6 270 2010-12-08 Incorporating multi-stage generating resource language submitted in the BPM PRR 270 with an effective date of December 7, 2010. 5 198 271/272 2010-08-16 Incorporating proxy demand resource language submitted in the BPM PRR 198 with an effective date of August 10, 2010. Incorporating make whole payments language submitted in BPM PRR 271 with an effective date of June 1, 2010. Incorporating transmission constraints relaxation language submitted in the BPM PRR 272 with an effective date of July 13, 2010. 4 2010-05-14 Incorporating late payment enforcement language submitted in BPM PRR 196 with an effective date of April 7, 2010. Incorporating Order 719 compliance langauge submitted in BPM PRR 197 with an effective date of February 18, 2010. Incorporating transmission constraints language submitted in BPM PRR 200 with an effective date of October 2, 2009. 3 123 2010-01-1 Incorporating standard capacity product language submitted in BPM PRR 123 with an effective date of January 1, 2010. 2 2009-12-18 Incorporating payment acceleration language submitted in BPM PRR 122 with an effective date of November 1, 2009. Incorporating transmission constraints language submitted in BPM PRR 124 with an effective date of August 4, 2009. Incorporating currently effective language submitted in BPM PRR 121 with a current effective date. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Exhibits:
Obligation or AS Obligation Up, Spinning Reserves, and Non-Spinning Reserves calculated pursuant to Section 11.10.2.1.3, 11.10.2.2.2, 11.10.3.2, and 11.10.4.2, respectively. [T] Ancillary Service Provider A Participating Generator, System Resource operator, Participating Load, or Proxy Demand Resource that is certified to provide an Ancillary Service. [T] Ancillary Service Region or AS Region The System Region, the Expanded System Region, or any Sub-Region identified by the CAISO for procurement of Ancillary Services. [T] Ancillary Service Regional Limit A maximum or a minimum, or both a maximum and a minimum, amount of (or boundary of) Ancillary Services to be obtained within an AS Region. Limits can be expressed as either megawatt amounts or percentages. [T] Ancillary Services (AS) Regulation, Spinning Reserve, Non-Spinning Reserve, Voltage Support and Start together with such other interconnected operation services as the CAISO may develop in cooperation with Market Participants to support the transmission of Energy from Generation resources to Loads while maintaining reliable operation of the CAISO Controlled Grid in accordance with WECC standards and Good Utility Practice. [T] Ancillary Service Schedule or AS Schedule The notification by the CAISO indicating that a Submission to Self-Provide an Ancillary Service has been selected to provide such service in the DAM or RTM. [T] Annual Interregional Coordination Meeting have the meaning set forth in Section 24.18.2. [T] Annual Interregional Information Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 24.18.1. [T] Demand Forecast A Demand Forecast of the highest Hourly Demand in a calendar year, in MW. [T] Applicable Reliability Criteria The Reliability Standards and reliability criteria established by NERC and WECC and Local Reliability Criteria, as amended from time to time, including any requirements of the NRC. [T] Approved Load Profile Local Regulatory Authority approved Load profiles applied to cumulative Meter Data in order to allocate consumption of Energy to Settlement Periods. [T] Approved Maintenance Outage A Maintenance Outage, which has been approved by the CAISO through the CAISO Outage Coordination Office. [T] Approved Project Sponsor The person or entity designated under the CAISO Tariff to construct, finance and own transmission additions or upgrades. [T] Approved Project An agreement between an Approved Project Sponsor and the CAISO
Outage. [T] Final Bill Determinant A Bill Determinant that represents the Billable Quantity, Settlement Amount, and Billable Price for a Charge Code. Final Invoice The invoice due from a RMR Owner to the CAISO at termination of the RMR Contract. [T] Final NERC/WECC Charge Invoice A final invoice issued by the CAISO that reflects an allocation of NERC/WECC Charges to a Scheduling Coordinator based on the Final NERC/WECC Charge Rate for the NERC/WECC Charge Assessment Year. [T] Final NERC/WECC Charge Rate The rate to be paid by Scheduling Coordinators for NERC/WECC Charges based on the WECC invoice to the CAISO for NERC/WECC Charges for a given year and on the NERC/WECC Metered Demand for the NERC/WECC Charge Assessment Year. [T] Financial Clearing The business functions and processes used to transfer amounts payable from/to Business Associates through bank accounts authorized by the CAISO Tariff. Financial Security Any of the types of financial instruments listed in Section 12 that are posted by a Market Participant, CRR Holder or Candidate CRR Holder. [T] Financial Security Amount The level of Financial Security posted in accordance with Section 12 by a Market Participant, CRR Holder or Candidate CRR Holder. [T] Firm Liquidated Damages Contract A contract utilizing or consistent with Service Schedule C of the Western Systems Power Pool Agreement or the Firm Liquidated Damages product of the Edison Electric Institute pro forma agreement, or any other similar firm Energy contract that does not require the seller to source the Energy from a particular unit, and specifies a delivery point internal to the CAISO Balancing Authority Area. [T] CRRs Congestion Revenue Rights that are used in the running of an SFT to represent encumbrances on the transmission system and which may include some or all of the following: previously allocated or awarded Monthly CRRs, Seasonal CRRs, Long Term CRRs, and Merchant Transmission CRRs, Existing Transmission Contracts, and Converted Rights. [T] Flexible Capacity The capacity of a resource that is operationally able to respond to Dispatch Instructions to manage variations in load and variable energy resource output. [T] Flexible Capacity Category The classification of Flexible Capacity as base ramping, peak ramping, or super-peak ramping based on the resource’s operational characteristics and
Participating Intermittent Resource (PIR) One or more Eligible Intermittent Resources that meets the requirements of the technical standards for Participating Intermittent Resources adopted by the CAISO and set forth in a Business Practice Manual. [T] Participating Intermittent Resource Program (PIRP) The CAISO’s program for Participating Intermittent Resources, as set forth in the Eligible Intermittent Resources Protocol. Participating Intermittent Resource Export Fee Fee based on Schedule 4 of Appendix F and Section 5.3 of Appendix Q. [T] Participating Intermittent Resource Fees Fees set in Section 11.12.3. [T] Participating Load An entity, including an entity with Pumping Load or Aggregated Participating Load, providing Curtailable Demand, which has undertaken in writing by execution of a Participating Load Agreement to comply with all applicable provisions of the CAISO Tariff. [T] Participating Load Agreement (PLA) An agreement between the CAISO and a Participating Load, a pro forma version of which is set forth in Appendix B.4. [T] Participating TO or Participating Transmission Owner (PTO) A to the Transmission Control Agreement whose application under Section 2.2 of the Transmission Control Agreement has been accepted and who has placed its transmission assets and Entitlements under the CAISO’s Operational Control in accordance with the Transmission Control Agreement. A Participating TO may be an Original Participating TO or a New Participating TO. [T] Participating TO The area in which an IOU, a Local Public Owned Electric Utility, or federal power marketing authority that has turned over its transmission facilities and/or Entitlements to CAISO Operational Control is obligated to provide electric service to Load. A PTO Service Territory may be comprised of the Service Areas of more than one Local Publicly Owned Electric Utility, if they are operating under an agreement with the CAISO for aggregation of their MSS and their MSS Operator is designated as the Participating TO. [T] Participating TO’s Interconnection Facilities All facilities and equipment owned, controlled, or operated by the Participating TO from the Point of Change of Ownership to the Point of Interconnection as identified in Appendix A to the Large Generator Interconnection Agreement, including any modifications, additions or upgrades to such facilities and equipment. Participating TO’s Interconnection Facilities are sole use facilities and shall not include Distribution Upgrades, Stand Alone Network Upgrades or
Sections 4.1 and 4.2 of the Demand Response Provider Agreement and excluding Section 4.3 of the Demand Response Provider Agreement. [T] Pseudo-Tie A functionality by which the output of a generating unit physically interconnected to the electric grid in a Native Balancing Authority Area is telemetered to and deemed to be produced in an Attaining Balancing Authority Area that provides Balancing Authority services for and exercises Balancing Authority jurisdiction over the Pseudo-Tie generating unit. [T] Pseudo-Tie Participating Generator Agreement An agreement between the CAISO and a Participating Generator with a Pseudo-Tie Generating Unit, a pro forma version of which is set forth in Appendix B.16. [T] PTB Allocation Adjustment A type of PTB Charge Code Adjustment calculation method that allows for the adjustment of Charge Codes which recover costs (or payments) pro rata or from all Business Associates to achieve neutrality. PTB Bill Determinant A type of Raw Bill Determinant required for calculating specific Charge Codes or Pre-calculation that is not a Settlement Amount and cannot be stored as static data. PTB Charge Adjustment A type of PTB Charge Code Adjustment calculation method that allows for the adjustment of Charge Codes which aim to pay (or charge) a Business Associate for a specific transaction. PTB Charge Code Adjustment A method for processing a dollar adjustment to a system generated Charge Code Settlement Amount. PTB Direct Charge A Settlement Amount associated with a Charge Code not calculated by the Settlements system that is directly assigned to a Settlement Statement, bill, and Invoice. PTB Financial Adjustment A dollar amount entry provided by the Financial Clearing system that adjusts for specific financial scenarios outside of CAISO market transactions. PTO Participating TO Service Territory. [T] Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Public key infrastructures designed to establish secure domains and trusted relationships necessary for conducting secure electronic business. PKI encompasses various processes that deal with the creation, distribution, authentication, and storage of keys and certificates. Public Market Information The report data that the posts to the OASIS portion of the CAISO Website, as described in Section 6. Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act The Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, incorporated in relevant part into the Federal Power Act. [T]