SUMMARY OF COMMENTS
TURN recommends Commission rejection of the proposals in the ACR. TURN believes the Commission should urge the CAISO to address local reliability needs through RMR contracts, STRCs, and other mechanisms.
DWR cautions that changes in procurement or scheduling to enhance reliability should be done with consideration of the impacts, if any, on recovery of DWR's revenue requirement. Also, DWR notes that many of the identified congestion issues arise as a result of the administration of DWR's contract with Sempra Energy Resources. DWR says that this contract is currently the subject of a dispute being addressed through arbitration, and the Commission's decision could impact the operational administration of the contract.
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Attachment B
Table of Acronyms
ACRONYM |
ITEM OR ENTITY |
AB |
Assembly Bill |
ACR |
Assigned Commissioner's Ruling |
AReM |
Alliance for Retail Energy Markets |
CAISO |
California Independent System Operator |
Calpine |
Calpine Corporation |
CCSF |
City and County of San Francisco |
CMUA |
California Municipal Utilities Association |
DWR |
California Department of Water Resources |
ESP |
Energy Service Provider |
FERC |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
IEP |
Independent Energy Producers Association |
LSE |
Load Serving Entity |
MD02 |
Market Design 2002 |
NCPA |
Northern California Power Agency |
ORA |
Office of Ratepayer Advocates |
PG&E |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
RMR |
Reliability must run |
SCE |
Southern California Edison Company |
SDG&E |
San Diego Gas & Electric Company |
STRC |
Short term reliability contract |
TDM |
Termoelectrica de Mexicali S. de R.L. de C.V. |
TURN |
The Utility Reform Network |