4. Other Issues (Staff Report IV.)

The Staff Report invited parties to comment on issues not specifically addressed in the Staff Report, provided that such issues are within the scope of Phase 1. The CAISO and IEP responded to this invitation.

The CAISO proposes that consideration be given to the resource mix in load pockets. In particular, the CAISO maintains that having quick-start capable resources in transmission-constrained load pockets can help replenish the capacity and energy lost due to an unexpected loss of a generating unit or transmission facility. The CAISO encourages the inclusion of this topic as part of the dialogue in RAR and long-term procurement proceedings. We appreciate the CAISO's raising this topic insofar as it pertains to later phases of this proceeding and to future planning proceedings. We concur with DRA that this is not a Phase 1 topic.

IEP proposes development of a timeline showing in detail the timing of the CAISO's RMR process and the timing of the Local RAR process. As discussed above in Section 3.3.6, we agree that coordination of these processes is critical for orderly program implementation and to avoid under-or over-procurement by LSEs.