For the 2009 RA Compliance Year, the CPUC is issuing this guide to specify how to fill out the RA reporting templates. This guide combines the guide for both Year Ahead System and Local RA Filings, and Month Ahead System RA Filings. The System Month Ahead and Year Ahead templates have been combined, but the Local RA template is still separate. There are a number of changes made to the System RA Template discussed below. LSEs are encouraged to read this guide and the instructions included in the templates carefully and to contact Energy Division with any questions.

Changes to the guides and templates for 2009 include the following:

_ Combination of the System Year Ahead and System Month Ahead Template; One template now contains both Summary Pages

_ Combination of the Demand Response worksheets - LSE enters max hours per day and the template separates the programs

_ Combination of the Import worksheets - LSE enters unit information for unit specific imports and leaves it blank for non-unit imports

_ Addition of the NQC list and LSE Allocation sheets to the template to encourage automation

_ Change in filing procedures - no longer using Advice Letters

_ Proposal to use month specific values for DR is withdrawn, and the DR rules for the 2009 Local Filings are unchanged from the rules used for the 2008 Local Filings.

_ Export Commitments listed on the Physical Resource Page as negative MW value

Load Forecast and Month-Ahead filing dates for 2009 RA Compliance

RA filing month	Load Forecast month	Due Date
2009 Preliminary Local	N/A	September 19, 2008
2009 Final Year Ahead	N/A	October 31, 2008
January	February	December 1, 2008
February	March	December 31, 2008
March	April	February 2
April	May	March 2
May	June	April 1
June	July	April 30
July	August	June 1
August	September	June 30
September	October	July 31
October	November	August 31
November	December	September 30
December	January 2009	November 2

2. Changes to the RA Templates

In addition to other general filing procedures, the System RA Template has undergone considerable change for the 2009 compliance year. This was done to minimize opportunities for error and to minimize work on the part of the LSEs and reviewing agencies. This template incorporates information such as the CAISO NQC list and a spreadsheet of LSE Allocations so as to enable drop down menus and prepopulation of data inputs in particular formulas. Energy Division will continue to verify this information on a monthly basis.

Major changes to the template are discussed in the appropriate sections of this guide.

LSEs received their load forecasts, as well as allocations of DR capacity, Local RA, and CAM capacity from Energy Division on July 30^th. LSE Allocations were incorporated into LSE specific RA Templates, and are sent to each LSE via Secure FTP independent of the sending of this guide.

3. Energy Auction and the Capacity Allocation Mechanism

Pursuant to the Energy Auction and the Capacity Allocation Mechanism outlined in D.06-07-029, LSEs may receive an allocation of capacity for resources that are paid for via the Energy Auction Mechanism. The mechanism for auctioning this energy will be developed pursuant to D.06-70-029. This capacity, once allocated, is entered into the LSE Allocations spreadsheet and is automatically input into the correct cells in Summary Table 1 of the Summary sheets on the template. New resources that become eligible for the Energy Auction mechanism, as well as adjustments to allocations to accommodate for load migration among LSEs, will be done via the current mechanism that uses an LSE specific forecasted proportionate share of the coincident IOU Service Area peak in which the CAM resource is located to compute each LSE's portion of the CAM credit. This mechanism was first used in 2008 and will continue to occur on a quarterly basis, due to the limited number of resources that are currently eligible for the Energy Auction.

4. The Filing Process and the Local RAR

Decision (D.) 05-10-042 established a Year-Ahead and Month Ahead System Resource Adequacy Requirement (RAR) for Load Serving Entities (LSEs) under the jurisdiction of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). D. 06-06-064 expanded the RA program to include a Year-Ahead Local RAR and a Preliminary Local RAR, and D.08-06-031 adopted Local RA procurement obligations for compliance year 2009.

(1) September 19^th, 2008: The Preliminary Local RAR compliance filing covers the full 12-month period of 2009 and requires LSEs to demonstrate if they have procured any unit that is listed on the 2009 CAISO The Net Qualifying Capacity for Compliance Year 2009 (2009 NQC List) as being located in a Local Area. LSEs should use the template to show all resources under contract, including non-local area resources, in the preliminary showing as incorporating these resources in the CAISO's analysis could ultimately help minimize the CAISO's need to renew certain existing RMR contracts. Due September 19^th, 2008.

(2) October 31^st, 2008: LSEs are required to make a 2009 Year-Ahead System and Local RAR compliance filing that demonstrates compliance with the Year Ahead System RA obligation, which is 90% of the total load plus planning reserves for the five summer months of May through September 2009. LSEs are also required to meet 100% of the Local RAR for all 12 months of 2009. LSEs must include in the local showing any unit that is on the CAISO NQC list and listed as being located within a Local Area. Due October 31, 2008.

(3) Monthly: LSEs are required to continue making monthly forecasts and monthly system RAR showings that track load migration and demonstrate compliance with 100% of an LSE's system RAR. Due monthly with no set end date. There is no required Local RAR monthly filing.

Templates

The RAR Filing Guide herein and the accompanying RAR reporting templates (System RA template and Local RA template) provide the means for LSEs to demonstrate compliance with the System and Local RAR Program:

(1) For 2009 Preliminary Local RAR filing - LSEs are required to use the Local Template to demonstrate Preliminary Local RAR for all 12 months. LSEs must demonstrate whether they have any unit under contract that is listed on the CAISO's 2009 NQC list as located within a Local Area or any unit with a 2008 RMR contract. LSEs may also show any other unit under contract by the date of the filing, even if it is not in a local area. The CAISO will consider all units under contract (even those outside local areas) before making final determinations for RMR contracts for 2009.

(2) For 2009 Year Ahead System RAR - LSEs are required to use the 2009 System RA Template for the period of May through September.

(3) For 2009 Local RAR - LSEs are required to use the Local RA Template to demonstrate compliance with the Local RAR for all 12 months of 2009.

(4) For 2009 Monthly RAR, the 2009 System RA template contains summary sheets for both Year Ahead and Month Ahead compliance, and LSEs are required to use the 2009 System RA Template to demonstrate compliance with 2009 Month Ahead RAR.

(5) Local RA obligations have been rounded off to the nearest MW pursuant to the convention adopted in D.06-06-064, and System RA obligations have been similarly rounded pursuant to conventions adopted in D.07-06-029. The Local RA allocations and the System RA templates have been adjusted to reflect these rounding conventions.

(6) Summary Table 1 in the 2009 System RA Template has been adjusted to reflect the Zonal RA obligations that constitute the Path 26 Counting Constraint.

Notification of LSE RA obligation

Each LSE will be notified by the CEC/CPUC Energy Division of their Local RAR and System RAR. This notification process will consist of three parts.

(1) For System RAR - LSEs will be notified via Secure FTP of their monthly peak load forecasts, Local RA obligations, DR Allocations, and CAM Allocations for use in the Year Ahead System RA Filing on or about July 25^th, 2008. LSEs will receive their final Condition 2 RMR allocation on or about October 10^th, 2008 to aid them in preparing their Final System RA Filing. On a separate timeline, each LSE will receive notification of their Import Allocations and Path 26 Allocations for use in their System RAR filing. See Sections 12 and 13 for more details regarding Path 26 and Import Allocation.

(2) For Local RAR -- LSEs will be notified electronically via Secure FTP of their final Local RAR by the CPUC on or about July 25^th 2008.

(3) For Monthly System RAR - LSEs will be issued their System RAR for all months of 2009 on or about July 25^th, 2008. LSEs are required to comply with the Monthly Load Forecast Adjustment process throughout 2009 as done in past years. LSEs are to continue using the Import Allocations and Path 26 Allocations they receive in August 2008 for all 2009 Month Ahead RA Filings. CPUC Energy Division will notify LSEs of any change to Condition 2 RMR allocations and CAM Allocations as they occur throughout compliance year 2009 for use in subsequent Monthly RA Filings.

(4) For changes to allocations such as CAM reallocations and RMR reallocations, LSEs will be notified by email. Energy Division will input the corrected LSE Allocations spreadsheet into the RA Template, then send the entire RA Template to the LSE.

5. Confidentiality and RA Filings

We start with a presumption that information should be publicly disclosed and that any party seeking confidentiality bears a strong burden of proof. However, in some instances (such as "market sensitive" information relating to electric procurement that passes a materiality standard), confidential treatment of data may not only be allowed, but may be required in order to carry out our statutory and constitutional duties.

Parties or persons shall accompany RA Filings for which they claim a right to confidential treatment with a declaration under penalty of perjury certifying that they are only claiming confidentiality for data included in the D.06-06-066 Matrices. Pursuant to D.08-04-023, an LSE need not seek confidential treatment every time it makes a compliance filing of a repetitive nature¹. Instead, on making subsequent compliance filings, the LSE may cite the earlier declaration for confidentiality. Thus the LSE is instructed to file a declaration accompanying the 2009 Year Ahead System and Local RA Filing and refer to that declaration by date and subject in the cover letter submitted alongside subsequent Month Ahead RA Filings.

The LSE is required to send a signed electronic version of the declaration in pdf format via the Secure FTP application accompanying the 2009 Year Ahead Filing templates and cover letter, and to include a reference to this declaration by date and summary of content in the cover letter accompanying each future Month Ahead RA Filing. LSEs also may use the initial declaration submitted with the 2009 Year Ahead Filing to request protection for the annual and month ahead load forecast information submitted to the CEC; the LSE is to refer to the initial declaration filed with the 2009 year ahead filings in the cover letter to the Load Forecast submittals.

RA Filing or data requests related to RA Filings

Situation: An LSE files a RA Filing and seeks confidential treatment for data of the type addressed in the Matrices to D.06-06-066. In this situation, the following procedure applies:

A declaration under penalty of perjury will accompany the filing, establishing the five factors required by D.06-06-066, Ordering Paragraph 2, listed below but no motion is initially required.

1. That the material constitutes a particular type of data listed in the Matrix;

2. The category or categories in the Matrix to which the data correspond;

3. That the submitting party is complying with the limitations on confidentiality specified in the Matrix for that type of data;

4. That the information is not already public; and

5. That the data cannot be aggregated, redacted, summarized, masked or otherwise protected in a way that allows partial disclosure.

If another person asks to see the confidential data, the filer and the requesting person shall meet and confer to resolve the dispute informally, consistent with the intent of new Rule 11.3. If they cannot resolve the dispute, the filer and the requesting person shall present the dispute to the assigned ALJ. The confidentiality claim and dispute will be resolved consistent with the Commission's procedures for addressing confidentiality claims and requests for information in the context of Public Record Act requests.

6. Export Commitments made with RA Resources

Some LSEs have export commitments that they seek to fulfill with RA Resources. The Reporting template formalizes a method for the LSE to accomplish this end while maintaining the level of proper RA resources to meet the LSE's RA obligation within CAISO. This is done via the Physical Resource worksheet. LSEs are to list the amount of Export Commitment into which they have entered with a negative value of MW capacity in the proper MCC resource category. All other information is also entered, such as contract start date and contract end date and contract identifier. There is also the zonal designation. The LSE is directed to add the export commitment as if it was a new generator. On the ID and Local Area tab the LSE is to create a Scheduling ID that includes an abbreviation of the name of counterparty. The LSE is to enter a Zonal Designation for the resource in the ID and Local Area tab also. For Export Commitments that exit the CAISO via an intertie in SP26, the export commitment has a Zonal Designation of SP26 and for commitments that exit the CAISO via an intertie in NP26, the export commitment would be designated as NP26. Since a negative number is listed, and a zonal designation is given for the resource, the template is able to debit the export commitment from resources in that zone to ensure that the amount of the LSE's RA obligation is still met with an appropriate amount of resources within that zone.

7. Load Forecast Adjustments

D.05-10-042 stated "[w]e require that month-ahead compliance filings include adjustments for positive and negative load growth due to migration. Apart from load changes due to load migration, load forecasts should not be updated from LSE's Year-Ahead filing."

On July 30, 2008 the CPUC sent each LSE its month specific RA obligation for January-December 2009. Because the Year-Ahead forecasts made assumptions about direct access load, the Year-Ahead forecasts were revised to account for actual direct access customer migration to date, and expected additional load migration prior to the obligation period. No other adjustments may be made to the load forecasts approved for the Year-Ahead filing.

An LSE with migrating direct access customers is responsible for adjusting its monthly load forecast and monthly RA obligation and reflect those changes on the monthly RA Template. IOUs should adjust their forecast to account both for customers who are known to have returned to bundled service and for those that have notified the IOU that they intend to return to bundled service prior to the Filing Month. ESPs should account for contracted load and a reasonable expectation for the rate of contract renewals of non-firm load or load with expiring contracts. If the CEC determines that the assumptions made are not plausible, the CEC may make a plausibility adjustment to account for a more plausible rate of customer retention. The CPUC requires LSEs to procure to meet RAR based on the load forecasts that are submitted to the CEC and adjusted by the CEC. The CEC will communicate these monthly adjusted forecasts to the CPUC for compliance validation purposes.

The CEC has provided a separate template to facilitate the forecast revision process and verify that migrating load is correctly accounted. LSEs which have gained or lost customers since their Year-Ahead forecast will enter the amount of monthly peak load associated with the change in customers, and the template will make the appropriate adjustments, including coincidence. A complete submission of the load forecast adjustments each month is to be submitted to the CEC. This required submission shall include the certification sheet signed by an officer of the company, as well as the electronic template and all supporting data required. LSEs are asked not to send this information to the CPUC or the CAISO as they do not need to receive this submission. Guidelines for submission of load information are provided by the CEC.

LSEs are to account for the impacts of Load Migration via the LSE Allocation tab in the Month Ahead RA Filing. LSEs are to enter the Net Change in Load plus Trans. Losses & UFE for each service territory into Table 4 of the LSE Allocations tab for the appropriate month. Summary Table 1 in the Month Ahead Summary Page will sum the year ahead forecast for each service territory and the Net Change in Load for each service territory for that month to determine the LSE's RA obligation. The data for Table 4 is the data from Column 7 (M-O) of the LSE's most recent Load Forecast adjustments submitted to the CEC.

8. Net Qualifying Capacity

D. 05-10-042 requires all LSEs to fulfill their System RAR through purchase of Net Qualifying Capacity (NQC). A link to the Final 2009 CAISO NQC List is available under "Current Net Qualifying Capacity (NQC)" on the CAISO website at: http://www.caiso.com/1796/179688b22c970.html

For the convenience of the LSEs, a list of Scheduling Resource IDs and their Local and Zonal Designation is included in the template. New resources that are added as they come online in 2009 can be added to the bottom of the list until the new units are reflected in an update that is posted on the CAISO website. It is the responsibility of the LSE to ensure that information is entered correctly.

The Final 2009 NQC list published by the CAISO covers compliance year 2009. The information on this list will not be changed except for data maintenance and correction of errors, and addition of new resources that come online during the course of 2009. Any revisions made by the CAISO after it is published can raise a given unit's NQC or add units to the NQC list, but CAISO revisions cannot lower the resource's NQC for purposes of RA. CAISO will periodically update information on the NQC list, and this updated NQC list will be included in the quarterly submissions to each LSE of adjustments to their LSE Allocations within the RA reporting template.

NQC and Local RAR

D.06-06-064 adopted a program of Local RAR for LSEs that are under the jurisdiction of the CPUC, while D.08-06-031 adopted Local RA totals for 2009 compliance year. These decisions require all LSEs to procure physical resources to meet the Local RAR. These units are to be located in the ten LCR areas identified in the CAISO NQC list. For purposes of RA compliance, the ten LCR areas have been aggregated into five Local Areas (LA Basin, Big Creek/Ventura, San Diego, Other PG&E Local Areas, and the Greater Bay Area). The Other PG&E Local Areas include the Local Areas of Fresno, Humboldt, Kern, North Coast/North Bay, Sierra, and Stockton. The LSE is responsible for verification of the Local Area Designation of the unit, as well as the NQC value and the Scheduling Resource ID. The NQC that is to be entered for compliance with the Local RAR is either 1) the NQC listed, for resources that have only one annual NQC value or 2) the August NQC value for resources that have monthly NQC values which reflects performance of the unit at IOU Service Area Peak. In the case of DR resources, the template will utilize the August DR values for each Local Area for each of the 12 months of the year. Energy Division proposed a change to this rule for 2009, but that proposal is withdrawn pending further investigation..

Every resource has a resource name ("RES Name") and associated resource identification ("Scheduling Resource ID"). Each unit also has a Path 26 and Local Area designation. Resources not located in Local Areas are labeled as "CAISO system" or "CAISO Import" and can only count toward the System RAR. Resources designated as "CAISO Import" require an import allocation to count towards an LSE's RA obligation. Please check that you have an Import Allocation applicable to these resources and that these resources are listed on the Import Worksheet of the RA template.

To report a contract with a unit located within a Local Area on the Local Template, LSEs select the correct Scheduling ID from a drop down list, and upon selection, the Local Area designation is filled in for the LSE. The five areas are the same as last year, and are as follows: LA Basin, Big Creek/Ventura, San Diego Area, Other PG&E Local Areas, or Greater Bay Area. All units within any of the Other PG&E Local Areas have been designated as Other PG&E Local Areas, not as Humboldt, Fresno, Kern, etc. Local RARs above 1 MW are rounded to the nearest MW while obligations less than 1 MW receive an exemption from Local RAR procurement.

NQC and Outages

While outages do not change a units NQC value during an RA compliance year, LSEs are expected to verify with the Scheduling Coordinator the availability of any units the LSE wishes to include in their Monthly System RA Filings, and compute the appropriate amount of capacity that is affected pursuant to the formulas in Section 11 below. The Local RAR Filings will not be affected by either scheduled or forced outages.

9. Maximum Cumulative Capacity and Resource Categories

The Maximum Cumulative Capacity (MCC) percentages established for the 2006 filings through the December 9, 2005 workshop will still be used for 2009, and as in 2007 and 2008, the MCC restrictions will be based on the total RA obligation not the year ahead 90% RA obligation.


Summary of Resource Categories
Category	Consensus Agreement Resources may be categorized into one of the four categories shown below, according to their planned availability as expressed in hours available to run or operate per month (hours/month):
1	"Greater than or equal to" the ULR [Use Limited Resource] monthly hours as shown in the Phase 1 Workshop Report, Table "Number Hours ISO Load Greater than 90% of the Monthly Peak," p.24-25, last line of table, titled "RA Obligation," http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/word_pdf/REPORT/37456.pdf These ULR hours for May through September are, respectively: 30, 40, 40, 60, and 40, which total 210 hour and have been referred to as "the 210 hours."
2	"Greater than or equal to" 160 hours per month.
3	"Greater than or equal to" 384 hours per month.
4	All Hours (planned availability is unrestricted)

10. Demand Response (DR) Resources

As in years past, Dispatchable Demand Response (DR) resources shall be `taken off the top' of the System RA obligation. For DR programs that are operated by the IOUs and where cost is allocated across all transmission customers, the RA counting credit for these programs will also be allocated across all LSEs in a transmission service area based on share of program cost that customers of the LSE have paid². DR resources that are allocated to all LSEs will be included in the information on the LSE Allocations spreadsheet, and do not need to be entered into the DR worksheet. DR programs administered by the LSE and not included in the DR Allocation are to be entered by the LSE into the DR worksheet with all required information including operator, maximum daily and monthly hours of operation, and zonal designation.

The amount of capacity in megawatts (MW) of DR credit claimed by the LSE will be multiplied by 115% percent to reflect its status as dispatchable load based resources and will be subtracted from the overall 115% System RAR. For example, if LSE-ABC has a 1,000 MW RAR in June 2009, and LSE-ABC shows 100 MW of DR resources in the LSE Allocation sheet and any additional LSE DR programs reported in the DR worksheet, that 100 MW will be multiplied by 115% and subtracted from the 1000 MW to leave 885 MW to be met with an acceptable combination of resources. Note that this process is the same as subtracting the 100 MW of DR from the forecast peak load before multiplying by 115% to calculate RAR.

These resources are not subject to the MCC restrictions but DR programs that are available less than two hours in a day are still subject to the limitations set forth in D.05-10-042; these programs may provide RA equal to no more than 0.89% of the LSE's peak load³.

D.06-06-064 determined that dispatchable DR credit should be allocated to each Local Area and counted towards meeting Local RAR. This was completed during the DR forecast and allocation process for RA compliance year 2009 in all three IOU TAC areas. The DR allocation is broken up into DR located within each Local Area and DR outside of Local Areas as well as a total TAC Area DR Allocation. For reference, the month specific value for each Local Area is drawn into the Local RA Template, and the month specific value for each TAC Area is drawn into the System RA Template for use in the Year Ahead and Month Ahead RA Filings.

Non-dispatchable demand response resources are considered a reduction in demand and were included in the Load Forecasts. Therefore, they are not to be listed as resources in the System RA Filing.

Energy Division had previously proposed in the earlier version of this guide to change a provision relating to the way that DR counts for Local RA in 2009, but that proposal is withdrawn. The template implements the rule as was used for 2008 compliance year, and draws the August DR value for all 12 months of the year of 2009.

11. Outages

D. 06-07-031 adopted the following system for the counting of scheduled and forced outages for purposes of the System Monthly RA Filing. Please note that the Local RA Filing will not be affected by scheduled or forced outages and the following section and table apply only to the System RA Filings, not the Local RA Filings.

Scheduled Outages:

For RA counting purposes, a Scheduled Outage is any outage that is designated "Approved Planned" in the SLIC system. In determining the impact of outages, LSEs should use the scheduled outage criteria in the table below. LSEs are advised to verify a unit's outage status with the Scheduling Coordinator for that unit prior to including it in the RA filing. The CPUC and the CAISO will compare the amount of claimed capacity in the System year ahead and Monthly RA filings with the CAISO's outage information to verify compliance. An LSE's filings may be disapproved if there is a variance between unit availability and the capacity listed in the System year ahead and Monthly RA filings.

All outage schedules and changes to outage schedules for a RA resource are subject to CAISO approval. If the CAISO approves a change to the outage schedule, the outage schedule change will not change the RA counting of the resource. If the CAISO denies an outage request, the RA resource is expected to remain available.

If a unit has a scheduled outage pursuant to the direction above that curtails only part of the unit's capacity, a LSE may count for RA the capacity that is not curtailed.

Outages and the SLIC system

The magnitude in MW of curtailment and the length of an outage are both taken directly from the SLIC system. Any unit that has an outage designated as "Approved Planned" in the SLIC system for a particular month should use the scheduled outage criteria in the table below to determine the impact of scheduled outages on that unit's ability to count as Resource Adequacy Capacity. Any LSE listing a resource in an RA Filing must confirm that the amount of capacity to be listed is not subject to curtailment prior to the filing date.

The amount of capacity that can count towards an LSE's System RAR will be the total NQC for the applicable filing month minus the computed curtailment amount. The Energy Division will verify all Resource Adequacy Capacity against scheduled outage information in SLIC and will only allow capacity that is not under a scheduled outage to count towards an LSEs' System RAR, subject to the scheduled outage counting rules in the table below. Any approved changes to outages occurring after the filing due date will not affect an LSE's compliance.

Counting Resources with Scheduled Outages

Time Period

Description of How Resource Would Count at Time of the Showing

Summer

May through September

Any month where days of scheduled outages exceed 25% of days in the month, the resource does not count for RAR. If scheduled outages are less than or equal to 25% of the days in the month the resource does count for RAR.

Non-Summer Months

October through April

For scheduled outages less than 1 week, the resource counts towards RA obligations.

For scheduled outages 1 week to 2 weeks, the amount counted for RAR is prorated using the formula:

[1 - (days of scheduled outage/days in month) - 0.25] * NQC in MW = NQC that can count towards an LSE's RA obligation

The formula will allow resources to count between 50% and 25% of NQC.

For scheduled outages over 2 weeks, the resource does not count for RAR.

Forced Outages:

Forced outage of a RA resource occurring during a month does not change the RA compliance established for that LSE for that month. If the forced outage continues into a succeeding months, the resource may still be counted towards the LSE's RA compliance. The SLIC system verifies forced outages; units that, according to the SLIC system, have an outage designated as "forced" will not be derated for RA purposes and can sell capacity equal to the unit's NQC in the 2009 CAISO NQC list.

12. Allocation of Reliability Must Run (RMR) Units for Local and System RAR

D.06-06-064 requires that all LSEs file Preliminary Local RAR compliance showings. This Preliminary Local RAR demonstration must, at a minimum, accurately show whether the LSE has, by the filing date, entered into a contract with any unit that is listed on the 2009 NQC List. The Preliminary Local RA Filing will not be used to determine compliance with Local RA obligations but they are required to be accurate. The LSEs are encouraged to include other units in their Preliminary Local RA Filing --including units not in designated local areas -- because complete data on LSE procurement may help to reduce RMR procurement and the associated costs that are allocated to LSEs. An LSE that has no 2009 units designated as in Local Areas on the 2009 NQC list under an RAR contract prior to the Preliminary Local RA Filing is required to state this in a simple RA filing; however, even the identification of non-local units may reduce RMR procurement, and therefore all LSEs are encouraged to be as complete as possible in Preliminary Local RA Filings.

To the extent that an LSE's Preliminary Local RA Filing contains any RMR units, the showing needs to indicate whether the LSE contracted for the RMR unit's full RA capacity outright or contracted for only the Local RA counting benefits via a "wraparound" contract to the RMR contract. To qualify as providing Local RA, a wraparound contract must fully displace the RMR contract fixed costs such that no other transmission customers are paying for that part of the RMR contract obligation.

In requiring a Preliminary Local RA Filing, the CAISO will have time to review the filings prior to issuing RMR contract renewal notices. If a unit is bought under a full RA contract, there should be no CAISO RMR contract renewal. If a unit is bought by wraparound contract, then the CAISO may still execute an RMR contract renewal but the Local RA capacity credit of the RMR contract would not be distributed to all LSEs as Local RA credit; instead the Local RAR counting benefit would accrue only to the LSE that is paying for the wraparound contract. If an LSE has a wraparound contract that does not fully displace fixed cost recovery, the Local RA credit would be allocated as if it were an RMR unit without any wraparound contract. However, in that case the LSE that pays for the wraparound contract may still receive System RAR credit for the unit.

After finalizing the RMR contracts for 2009, the CAISO will know which RMR units are available and the total MW of RMR capacity. The CAISO, in coordination with the Energy Division, will then separate the total RMR contract amount (in MWs) by Commission-jurisdictional and non- jurisdictional, RMR-paying entities, and also by the five Local Areas. Each LSE will be notified by the Energy Division of their System RMR Allocation based on the expectation that any Condition 2 RMR unit that has a contract renewed by October 1, 2008 will likely continue to elect Condition 2 for 2009. If there is any change to the Condition of a unit throughout the year, LSEs will be notified of an updated RMR Allocation for use in their subsequent Monthly RA Filings.

Both Condition 1 and Condition 2 RMR contracts will be allocated for purposes of Local RA, while only Condition 2 units can be allocated to LSEs for purposes of System RA. D.06-06-064 specifically rejected the sale of separate System and Local RA counting credits; however RMR Condition 1 contracts that count towards Local RAR will not count towards System RAR. Therefore, a unit that is under an RMR Condition 1 contract may separately sell its System RAR credit.

The following schedule summarizes the process:

Schedule for Coordinating RAR and RMR Processes for 2009⁴

June 26, 2008	Commission adopts Local RAR Decision.
July 30, 2008	Energy Division notifies LSEs of their Local RAR for 2009
September, 2008	CAISO Board meets to consider RMR contract designations.
September 19, 2008	LSEs file Preliminary Local RAR showings.
September 29, 2008	CAISO finalizes (by October 1, 2008) its RMR contract renewal process by sending renewal notices.
October 10, 2008	Energy Division notifies LSEs of their 2009 RMR credit for Local RAR.
October 31, 2008	LSEs make Year-Ahead System and Local RAR showings for 2009.
November 17 2008	CAISO notifies all LSEs of any collective deficiencies to allow for additional LSE procurement.
December 15 2008	Last date for LSE to file amended Local RAR or System "year ahead" RAR showing to reduce CAISO backstop for collective deficiency.
After December 15, 2008	CAISO engages in any backstop required to cure collective local deficiencies and notifies the Energy Division so that it can notify LSEs of their System RAR credit to their monthly showings.

13. Import Capacity Allocation Process for 2009

Note: Please refer to the CAISO Tariff, Section 40.5.2.2 for the express language on this topic and Appendix B of this Guide for a quick reference guide as to the timelines and tasks that are codified in this section of the CAISO Tariff.

In summary, import capacity will be assigned to entities that serve load in the CAISO Control Area in 2009 per the following steps:

1. For 2009, the CAISO will establish for each branch group the total import capacity values into the CAISO Control Area and publish these values on its website by July 1, 2008. The information can be found on the CAISO website at: http://www.caiso.com/1c44/1c44b2dd750.html

2. For each branch group, the CAISO will determine the Available Import Capability into the CAISO by taking the Total Import values from Step 1 and deducting the import capacity associated with (i) Existing Transmission Contracts and (ii) Encumbrances and Transmission Ownership Rights.

3. The import capability associated with ETCs and TORs in Step 2 will be reserved for the holders of such commitments, and will not be reduced subsequent to the following process.

4. The LSEs submitted their existing commitments from resources outside CAISO Control Area entered into before March 10, 2006 and with a term lasting through the year 2008 as part of the 2008 Compliance Year Import Allocation Process. The CAISO will use this information to determine Import Capability reserved for Pre-RA Commitments. Previously, LSEs selected particular branch groups based on the primary branch group that energy or capacity from each particular import resource commitment had historically been scheduled. For resources that did not have deliveries in 2008 or were not included in the Compliance Year 2008 Import Allocation process, the CAISO will assign capacity based on which branch group the energy or capacity was anticipated to be scheduled. This is the Pre-RA Import Capability.

To the extent a particular branch group is over requested due to Pre-RA commitments not included in the Compliance Year 2008 Import Allocation process or changes to system conditions that affect total import capability into the CAISO, the requested Pre-RA Import Capability will be allocated based on the Import Capacity Load Share ratio of each Load Serving Entity that submitted such resource commitments. However, to the extent this initial allocation has not fully assigned the total import capacity of a particular branch group to the requested resource commitments, the remaining capacity will be allocated until fully exhausted based on the Import Capacity Load Share ratio of each Load Serving Entity whose quantity of submitted resource commitment have not been fully satisfied. Import Capacity Load Share is each Load Serving Entity's proportionate share of the forecasted 2009 coincident peak load for the CAISO Control Area relative to the total coincident peak load of all Load Serving Entities that have not had their request for import capacity for a resource commitment on a particular branch group fully satisfied. The proportionate share of the forecasted 2009 peak load for the CAISO Control Area for each Load Serving Entity is the "Coincident Load Share" as determined by the California Energy Commission.

The CAISO will assign Remaining Import Capability to LSEs that have not received Existing or Pre-RA Import Allocations in excess of their Import Capability Load Share due to the steps above. This is not a branch specific allocation.

5. By July 9, 2008 the CAISO will publish on their website the following information:

a. Total Import Capability;

b. Quantity in MW of ETCs and TORs assigned to each branch group, distinguishing between ETCs held by LSEs within the CAISO and those held by LSEs outside the CAISO;

c. The aggregate quantity in MW, the holders, of Pre-RA Import Commitments assigned to each branch group;

d. Remaining aggregate import capacity, the identity of the branch groups with available capacity, and the MW quantity remaining on each such branch group. http://www.caiso.com/1c44/1c44b2dd750.html

6. By July 9, 2008 the CAISO will notify the Scheduling Coordinators of each LSE of the following information:

a. LSE's Import Capability Load Share;

b. LSE's Load Share Quantity

c. Amount and branch group on which the LSE's Contract Import and Pre-RA Import Capability has been assigned;

d. LSE's Remaining Import Capability

7. Load Serving Entities will be allowed to trade some or all of their remaining import capability to any other Load Serving Entity or market participant. The CAISO will accept trades among LSEs and market participants only to the extent such trades are reported to the CAISO as outlined in a CAISO Market Notice. LSEs must report to the CAISO the following:

a. Name of counterparty

b. MW quantity

c. Term of transfer

d. Price per MW

LSEs must report their trades to the CAISO by July 18, 2008.

8. By July 18, 2008, Scheduling Coordinators for LSEs and other market participants shall report to the CAISO requests to allocate post-trading Remainder Import Capacity on a MW per available branch group basis. The CAISO will honor the requests to the extent a branch group has not been over-requested. If a branch group is over requested, the requests for Remainder Import Capacity on that branch group will be allocated based on the ratio of each Load Serving Entity's Import Capacity Load Share, as used in Step 4. A market participant without an Import Capacity Load Share will be assigned the Import Capacity Load Share equal to the average Import Capacity Load Share of those Load Serving Entities from which it received Remainder Import Capacity.

9. By July 28, the CAISO will notify each Scheduling Coordinator for Load Serving Entities of their accepted allocations and publish on its website remaining aggregate import capacity, the identity of the branch groups with available capacity, and the MW quantity remaining on each branch group.

10. To the extent import capacity remains unallocated pursuant to Step 10, all LSEs will notify the CAISO by August 1, 2008 of their request to allocate any Remainder Import Capacity on a MW per available branch group basis. The CAISO will honor the requests to the extent a branch group has not been over requested. If a branch group is over requested, the requests on that branch group will be allocated based on the ratio of each Load Serving Entity or market participant's Import Capacity Load Share, as used in steps 3 and 6.

11. By August 8, 2008 the CAISO will notify each Scheduling Coordinator for a Load Serving Entity of the Load Serving Entity's accepted allocation under this Step 12 and publish on its website the quantity and branch group identity of Remaining Import Capability that has not been assigned pursuant to the steps above.

12. To the extent total Available Import Capability remains unassigned pursuant to Step 12, Scheduling Coordinators for Load Serving Entities shall notify the CAISO pursuant to limitations discussed below, of a request to assign the Remaining Import Capability on a branch group. The CAISO will accept two (2) requests per calendar week from any Scheduling Coordinator on behalf of a single LSE or market participant. The CAISO will honor requests on a first come first served basis and without regards to the LSE's Load Share Quantity. Requests will be honored and assigned for the balance of the Compliance Year, however requests honored by the CAISO and notified to the LSE after the 20^th day of the month cannot be included in the Monthly RA Filing submitted at the end of that month, but may be used for subsequent RA Filings.

This multi-step allocation of import capacity does not guarantee or result in any actual transmission service being allocated and is only used for determining the maximum import capacity that can be credited towards satisfying a Load Serving Entity's planning reserve margin, or appropriate Resource Adequacy Obligation. Upon the request of the CAISO, Scheduling Coordinators must provide the CAISO with information on existing import contracts and any trades or sales of their load share allocation. The CAISO will inform the CPUC or other Local Regulatory Authority of any Resource Adequacy Plan submitted by a Scheduling Coordinator for a Load Serving Entity under their respective jurisdiction that exceeds its allocation of import capacity.

Please refer to Appendix B of this Guide for a quick reference guide as to the timelines and tasks that are codified in Section 40.5.2.2 of the CAISO's Tariff.

14. Zonal RA: Constraint on Flows Across Path 26

The Path 26 Counting Constraint was adopted in D.07-06-029 and will continue into 2009 compliance year. LSEs are still required to balance their loads and resources so as to provide the CAISO with enough resources north of Path 26 (between Midway and Vincent substations) and south of Path 26 to meet load while at the same time observing the transfer limits in both directions.

The reporting and offer requirements of resources listed in the Preliminary Path 26 submittals is the same as with a standard RA resource. There is the binding obligation that a resource listed in the Preliminary Path 26 submittals also be used to satisfy an LSE's RAR and thus be offered to the CAISO under an RA MOO in the subsequent System RA Filing and in all applicable Monthly RA Filings.

Each LSE is required to forecast load and specify customer count separately by TAC Area (PG&E, SCE, and SDG&E) in a template submitted to the CEC in April 2008. The CEC then verifies the submitted information, benchmarks the information against the CEC forecast and adjusts each LSE's forecast for plausibility. Energy Division includes this information in the LSE Allocation spreadsheet that is now included in the System RA reporting template. The LSE then verifies that each resource they list to provide RA is listed with the correct Zonal Designation in the appropriate Resource Worksheet and that the total of their commitments both north of Path 26 and south of Path 26 do not require transfers across Path 26 in either direction that exceed their Path 26 Allocation..

The System and Monthly templates implement this Path 26 transfer constraint by splitting the System RA obligation into Zonal RA obligations, and measuring resources procured against the Zonal RA obligations. LSE load for each TAC Area is drawn from the LSE Allocation spreadsheet; physical resources, along with imports, portfolio resources, units under construction, and demand response resources are designated according to zone. The template subtracts the amount of demand response resources located in the zone from the load within the zone, computes a RA obligation with the required Planning Reserve Margin, tallies the resources listed to meet that RA obligation, and computes a necessary flow across Path 26 to meet their zonal RA obligation. The LSE then enters their appropriate Path 26 allocation received at the conclusion of this process to accommodate those necessary flows. Imports delivered across a particular import branch and then traveling across Path 26 must be accommodated by both an import allocation and a Path 26 allocation. Additionally, contracts that do not specify either a particular generating unit or a specific zone of delivery will not be included as resources in the zone to serve load, and are unavailable to offset necessary flows across Path 26. The template assumes that resources delivered to the CAISO are in neither SP26 nor NP26, so in simple terms that capacity is always assumed to be transferred over Path 26 to meet zonal RA obligations.

Schedule for 2009 Path 26 Allocation process

Step 1 - July 18^th, 2008. The CAISO will determine the amount of Path 26 transfer capacity available for RA counting purposes after accounting for Existing Transmission Contracts (ETCs) and loop flow.⁵ The CAISO will notify the LSEs via their Scheduling Coordinators.

Step 2 - July 18^th, 2008. The CAISO will allocate a baseline "Path 26 transfer capability" to each LSE, and notify them via their Scheduling Coordinator. The baseline allocation is the higher of (1) their Load Share Ratio of load in the zone into which capacity is being transferred, or (2) the sum of the LSE's existing commitments including ETCs, TORs, and RA Commitments executed prior to March 22^nd, 2007. Any LSE with a baseline allocation in excess of Load Ratio Share due to existing commitments will receive Path 26 transfer capability to cover those commitments, which will be taken out of other LSE's baseline allocations.

Step 3 - August 1^st, 2008. Once the baseline quantities are determined, LSEs will have an opportunity, but not an obligation, to submit RA resource contract commitments (Preliminary Path 26 Submittals) that exist as of July 31^st, 2007, including Grandfathered RA Commitments, that need to use Path 26 to deliver to the LSE's loads (Existing RA Commitments). The CAISO will use these Preliminary Path 26 Submittals to "net" the north-to-south and south-to-north Path 26 RA counting impacts associated with the Existing RA Commitments. An LSE's Preliminary Path 26 Submittal cannot exceed its baseline Path 26 RA counting capacity. Once submitted, the Preliminary Path 26 Submittals will create a binding obligation on the LSE to include the Existing RA Commitments in its Year-Ahead and month-ahead RA compliance filings, and make them subject to the CAISO Tariff regarding RA Resources.

Step 4 - August 8^th, 2008. The CAISO will allocate the additional Path 26 RA counting capacity that was made available due to netting of existing commitments. This additional counting capacity will be allocated to LSEs based on load-ratio shares, and will be additive to the LSEs' baseline allocations. However, LSEs whose baseline Path 26 RA counting capacity exceeds their load-ratio shares because of Grandfathered RA commitments in Step 2 will only receive additional Path 26 RA counting capacity after all other LSEs have been allocated additional Path 26 RA counting capacity in an amount that causes them to exceed their respective load-ratio share by the same percentage that the initial LSE received because its baseline allocation exceeded its load-ratio share.

Step 5 - August 9^th, 2008. The CAISO will notify LSEs of the final results of the Path 26 RA counting capacity process. This final notification can add to the baseline allocation in Step 2 but cannot decrease it.

15. Department of Water Resources (DWR) Contracts

DWR CERS contracts are to the extent possible listed in the appropriate worksheet. For example physical resource specific DWR contracts are entered into the Physical Resource Worksheet I and Import DWR contracts are to be entered into the Import Worksheet III with the appropriate import allocation. Only DWR contracts that do not fit onto other existing worksheets are to be entered into the DWR Worksheet II. This represents a change in practice from earlier RA Compliance Years, and this change is made to streamline compliance review. This guideline applies for both the System RA Filing and the Local RA Filing as well to the extent physical resource specific DWR contracts are eligible for Local RA credit.

16. Liquidated Damages (LD) Contracts

Liquidated damage (LD) contracts other than firm imports or DWR contracts no longer count towards fulfillment of RA obligations. Pursuant to the phase out in D.05-10-042, LD contracts have been eliminated as RA resources.

Firm import LD contracts with specific Intertie Points and Import Allocations are not subject to these phase-out provisions and should be listed on Import Resource Worksheet III. Firm Import LD contracts do not count for Local RA, and when a Firm Import LD contract has flexibility of delivery to a non specified point within the CAISO, it is not viewed as a resource in one of the two zones of California for purposes of the Path 26 constraint.

17. Resource Adequacy (RA) Portfolio Resources

D.06-07-031 determined that the RA compliance process can accommodate the limited use of Resource Adequacy (RA) Portfolios, which are plant-specific RA contracts, not unit-specific RA contracts. For example, for the System Year-Ahead compliance filing, LSE-ABC may want to enter into an RA contract with a generator for 200 MW to be provided by any one of three units at the Acme Power Plant, as opposed to a specific unit.

For purposes of the Year-Ahead 90% compliance filings only, RA portfolios are acceptable, subject to the following conditions:

1. The portfolio must be eliminated and converted to specific units in the Monthly System RA showing.

2. Any portfolio must be unique and the units behind that portfolio must be specified, communicated to the CAISO/CPUC, and not allowed to change.

3. The portfolio may not have total capacity greater than the summed Qualifying Capacity of the individual units.

4. Portfolio may only be comprised of units served by the same busbar.

5. All units are located in the CAISO control area.

As in previous Local RA cycles, the 2009 Local RA compliance showings do not allow the use of portfolio resources.

18. Certification of LSE Resource Adequacy Compliance Filing

As confirmed in D. 06-07-031 all RA Filings shall be filed under the following certification; a certification sheet must accompany each template.

Consistent with Rules 1 and 2.4 of the CPUC Rules of Practice and Procedure, this Resource Adequacy compliance filing has been verified by an officer of the corporation who shall expressly certify, under penalty of perjury, the following:

1. I have responsibility for the activities reflected in this filing;

2. I have reviewed, or have caused to be reviewed, this compliance filing;

3. Based on my knowledge, information, or belief, this filing does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements true;

4. Based on my knowledge, information, or belief, this [filing] contains all of the information required to be provided by Commission orders, rules, and regulations.

The actual certification page must be completed and signed; it is included as a separate tab in each of the template workbooks.

19. Submission of RA Filings - Secure FTP

Pursuant to section 4.4 of D. 08-06-031, Energy Division may elect to discontinue the use of the Advice Letter for RA filings, and replace the mechanism with electronic filing protocols that are described in this section. Energy Division has elected to require LSEs to commence using electronic filing for RA Filings covering 2009 compliance year. LSEs may preview the Secure FTP method of electronic filing in addition to required Advice Letter filings during the remaining 2008 Monthly RA Filings so as to become comfortable with the mechanism. Instructions for filing Advice Letters for RA compliance are contained in the 2008 RA Guide and are not reprinted here. Appendices A and D direct LSEs in electronic submission of RA Filings for 2009 Compliance Year. LSEs are encouraged to contact Energy Division immediately for any questions or issues relating to the Secure FTP application. LSEs may need to reregister periodically, as the Secure FTP system may purge users after a period of inactivity. Additionally, in the case of unforeseen system failures, Energy Division will notify LSEs with alternate arrangements.

In light of the electronic nature of the submissions, LSEs are required to use the following naming convention when submitting compliance filings to the CPUC, CEC, and CAISO as follows:

[1-10 character name of LSE][first three letters of month or LOC for Year Ahead Local][YA for year ahead, or MA for month ahead][last 2 digits of the year][.xls]. For example, ACMELSE's Year Ahead template for August 2009 would be named as follows: ACMELSEAugYA09.xls. Filenames are not case sensitive.

LSEs will use the Secure FTP client available at the url below to transmit the following three files: https://cpucftp.cpuc.ca.gov/courier/1000@/mail_user_login.html?

1. Completed workbooks covering the applicable compliance months; Month Ahead System RA Filings cover the next compliance month, while Year Ahead System RA Filings cover the summer months of May through September and the Local RA Filing covers all months of 2009.

2. A pdf of the signed certification sheet.

3. A cover letter requesting approval of the RA Filing and including a completed Summary Sheet attached as Appendix A.

4. Confidentiality Declaration covering the filing or reference in the cover letter and Summary Sheet to the date and content of the original confidentiality declaration meant to cover the filing.

Directions for use of the Secure FTP are attached to this guide as Appendix D. The RA filings are to be submitted via email using the Secure FTP client to the three agencies at the email addresses below:

CPUC Energy Division
email: RAFiling@cpuc.ca.gov

California Energy Commission

email: RAFiling@energy.state.ca.us

CAISO

email: reliabilityrequirements@caiso.com

The RA Filings are due according to the following schedule. All dates are in 2009 except as noted otherwise.

Load Forecast and Month-Ahead filing dates for 2009 RA Compliance

RA filing month	Load Forecast month	Due Date
2009 Preliminary Local	N/A	September 19, 2008
2009 Final Year Ahead	N/A	October 31, 2008
January	February	December 1, 2008
February	March	December 31, 2008
March	April	February 2
April	May	March 2
May	June	April 1
June	July	April 30
July	August	June 1
August	September	June 30
September	October	July 31
October	November	August 31
November	December	September 30
December	January 2009	November 2

LSEs will receive a letter via electronic mail that confirms approval of the filing from Energy Division. This letter will be similar to the letter LSEs currently receive that approves RA Filings as Advice Letters. For this reason, the LSE must provide an email address to which the Energy Division will email the approval letter.

We have included one page for each worksheet of the template. If more pages are needed, the LSE is to add rows to the Excel spreadsheet. We have locked all formulas in the template so LSEs are unable to alter them. In the event that an LSE needs to unlock parts of the spreadsheet, LSEs are encouraged to contact Energy Division for directions. If an LSE alters the spreadsheet without explicit permission of the Energy Division any errors in filing or RA compliance will be sole the responsibility of the LSE and may result in penalties. It is the responsibility of the LSE to ensure that all information is integrated into the formulas correctly. The Summary worksheets of the template are completely automated. Please do not print out and mail any of this information, as paper copies are no longer useful to Energy Division. Electronic copies of all documents and delivery receipts will be retained by Energy Division for record keeping.

20. Correction of Errors: Minor or Substantial

There are two classes of corrections: those that require replacement sheets to correct typos and numerical errors that do not affect compliance and the LSE is not required to procure additional capacity; and errors that require the LSE to procure and demonstrate additional capacity which require a complete refiling with new certification sheet and cover letter that clearly explains the corrections, lists extra procurement, and which can subject the LSE to enforcement action. The CPUC has discretion over classifying errors, and ordering corrections.

LSEs are to use Secure FTP for all submissions of information and for all error correction. Energy Division will communicate correction notices to the LSE via email.

Appendix A: RA FILING Summary Sheet and RA Filing Directions

CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION


MUST BE COMPLETED BY LSE (Attach additional pages as needed)
Company name and CPUC Utility No or ESP registration number.
Date of Submission	Name and title of Authorized Officer at LSE:
RA Compliance Period (Year or Month) :
Filing type: ¨ Monthly ¨ Quarterly ¨ Annual · One-Time ¨ Other _____________________________
Date and content of original Confidentiality Declaration that covers this filing:______________________
Purpose and Summary of Filing: ¨ Original ¨ Refiling to correct errors · Additional Procurement Needed :
Receiving Agency Info (Energy Division use)		LSE Info (including e-mail)
Use Secure FTP to send this file electronically to the following email addresses: RAFiling@cpuc.ca.gov RAFiling@energy.state.ca.us reliabilityrequirements@caiso.com		Name and Title of Contact Person at LSE:___________________ Phone number:______________________ Email address for questions and notice of rejection/approval: ______________________________
Date Approved or Rejected by Energy Division:		LSE requests that Energy Division respond to this filing by sending a letter to the LSE indicating acceptance or rejection of this filing.

Submission of RA Compliance Filings

1. Applicability

D.08-06-031 allows Energy Division staff to determine that RA Filings may be submitted via means other than an Advice Letter. These guidelines seek to give direction to LSEs as to how to make RA Filings under the new rules.

1.1 Code of Ethics

Rule 1 ("Code of Ethics") of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (California Code of Regulations, Title 20, Division 1, Chapter 1) shall apply to all RA Filings.

1.2 Computation of Time

As used in these rules, "day" means a calendar day, and "business day" means a calendar day except for Saturdays, Sundays, and weekdays when the Commission's offices are closed, due either to a State holiday or to an unscheduled closure (e.g., an emergency or natural disaster). The Commission's Internet site (www.cpuc.ca.gov, under "About CPUC") will maintain a list of State holidays for the current calendar year and a list for the following calendar year as soon as that list is available.

When these rules set a time limit for performance of an act, the time is computed by excluding the first day (i.e., the day of the act or event from which the designated time begins to run) and including the last day. If the last day does not fall on a business day, the time limit is extended to include the first business day thereafter.

2. RA Filing format

The RA Filings (Cover Letter with Summary Sheet and all RA Templates) shall include a Cover Letter, which shall state the person to contact for questions, and the date when the LSE expects the RA Filing to be received by the CPUC. A Summary Sheet is attached as Appendix A. The Cover Letter shall summarize the contents as follows:

(1) Indicate requested effective date, which is the first day of the applicable compliance month;

(2) Note the correct compliance period covered by this Filing

(3) Cite Commission orders by decision or resolution number (in this case D.05-10-042, D.06-06-064, and D.08-06-031) and Public Utilities Code or other statutory provisions (by section) related to the substance of the RA Filings, and identify the RA Filing as a compliance filing (where applicable);

(4) Show contact person, telephone number, and e-mail address for additional information regarding the RA Filing and the person to whom the approval letter is to be sent.

If an RA Filing does not include a complete submission as described above, the Energy Division may reject the RA Filing and require a new submission by the LSE.

4. Submitting RA Filings and Related Documents

The RA filing (Cover Letter with Summary Sheet, confidentiality declaration if needed, and all applicable RA Templates) shall be submitted to the CPUC Energy Division, CEC, and CAISO. The method of filing is summarized in Section 19 of the RA Guide, along with the exact email addresses to be used at the CPUC, CEC, and CAISO.

5. Service to Other Parties

RA filings are compliance filings and not subject to protest. Therefore, service beyond the parties listed in Section 19 of the RA Guide (CPUC, CEC, and CAISO) is not required.

6. Correction of Errors made in RA Filings

Minor typographical or numerical inaccuracies that do not affect compliance and do not require the procurement of additional capacity can be made by submitting a corrected template to replace the original, with the changes described in the cover letter. The LSE must type REVISED at the top of all Resource Worksheets (not Summary Pages) and highlight any changed cells in the Resource Worksheets (not Summary Pages). Since the Summary Pages are protected and unable to be edited, the LSE is not required to highlight any information on them. Errors that do affect compliance and require the LSE to procure additional capacity must be submitted via a complete refiling of the templates with a new cover letter, new Certification Sheet, and must be received by Energy Division within the time frame indicated in the correction notice. The Cover Letter must state the reason for the refiling, and indicate any additional procurement performed. Energy Division Staff reserves the discretion to classify errors as one of the two classes, and to order corrections. Corrections made to RA Filings that affect compliance may also be referred to the Commission's enforcement staff.

· Typographical and Numerical Errors:

Simple typographical or numerical errors that do not affect compliance or do not invalidate resources sufficient to drop the LSE below RAR can be corrected by the LSE or upon request by the PUC by submitting a corrected template replace the original in its entirety; specific revisions must be noted in a cover letter. In the case of a supply plan mismatch or a scheduled outage that invalidates a portion of the LSE's capacity, if the supplier has submitted replacement capacity via a supply plan, the LSE may submit corrections to list the correct source of capacity via correction sheets. Submission of revised templates and cover letters is done via the same method as the original filing and to the same addresses. LSEs must type REVISED at the top of any page that contains corrections (except for Summary pages) and must highlight cells that have been altered. Corrections must arrive in Energy Division within five business days after notification by the CPUC.

· Errors that May Affect Compliance

Errors that affect compliance, where removal of capacity in question would leave the LSE without sufficient capacity to meet RAR, must be corrected via a complete refilling of the RA Filing (with cover letter that explains the errors and a new certification sheet). Additional procurement must be demonstrated via a corrected template and the LSE is to ensure that a revised supply plan documenting that additional procurement is filed with the CAISO by the supplier. Corrections and additional procurement must be clearly explained in the Cover Sheet and noted on the Summary Sheet in Appendix A. Corrections to an original RA Filing must include the date of submission of the original RA Filing.

Refiled RA Filings are evaluated similarly to original RA Filings, and are subject to the same filing provisions. Examples of errors that may affect compliance include omitting resource availability, filing a resource under an incorrect tab (recording an import as a Physical Resource), and any typographical or numerical error that would change an LSE's compliance status. Energy Division must receive corrections or refilings within five business days of LSE receipt of the correction notice.

Appendix B: CAISO Import Allocation Process for 2009

California Independent

System Operator Corporation


*CAISO Tariff Section 40.5.2.2 - Deliverability of Imports*		SC/LSE OBLIGATIONS		CAISO OBLIGATIONS
Tariff Step	Required Tasks by Step	Due Date	Status	Due Date	Status
1	CAISO will publish Total Import Capacity on CAISO website			1-Jul	Complete
2	CAISO will determine Available Import Capability by taking Total Import Capability and subtracting ETCs and TORs			1-Jul	Complete
3	CAISO will reserve Import Capability for holders of ETCs and TORs and will not reduce them pursuant to following steps.			1-Jul	Complete
4	CAISO will reserve Import Capability for the holders of Pre-RA Commitments reported as part of the 2008 Import Allocation process pursuant to Branch Group ratings			9-Jul	Complete
5	LSEs receive allocation of Remaining Import Capability reduced by allocations for ETCs, TORs, and Pre-RA Commitments from previous steps			9-Jul	Complete
6	CAISO will post amounts of Total Import Capability, the aggregate amounts and identity of holders of ETCs and TORs, aggregate amounts of Pre-RA Commitments, and the Remaining Import Capability by branch group after previous steps on their website			9-Jul	Complete
7	CAISO will notify the SC for each LSE of the LSE's import capability Load Share, Load Share Quantity, accepted branch group allocations, and Reminder Import Capability.			9-Jul	Complete
8	LSEs will notify CAISO of any trades of Remainder Import Capability (Incl Path 26) with necessary information	18-Jul	Pending
9	SCs for LSEs will report to the CAISO requests to allocate Remainder Import Capability to particular branch groups (Incl Path 26)	18-Jul	Pending
10	CAISO will notify LSEs of their accepted allocations of Remainder Import Capability and post the aggregate Remainder Import Capability to their website			1-Aug	Pending
11	LSEs can request allocations of Import Capability remaining after the steps above. CAISO will honor requests pursuant to Branch Capability. Prelim Path 26 showing due	1-Aug	Pending
12	CAISO will notify the LSE of the LSE's accepted allocation based on Step 11 above (Incl Path 26) and publish the amount and identity of any remaining Import Capability on their website			8-Aug	Pending
13	SCs for LSEs may at any time in the year request allocations of Import Capability remaining after Step 12 above, which will be effective for the remainder of the Compliance Year, on a first come - first serve basis.	Continuous

Appendix C: Frequently asked questions and clarifications to the filing instructions

1. Question: What if I have more than one contract with facilities under the same Scheduling Resource ID such as a set of QFs or maybe there is a baseload contract with a generator for part of the capacity, but also peak capacity contract for the rest? How should I file that in the RA template; should I include all that information in one line with one contract ID?

Answer: For multiple QF units under one aggregate ID that are all for as available capacity, please roll them all up under one Scheduling Resource ID and report the total capacity in one line of the template with the same hours of availability. For multiple contracts with the same Scheduling Resource ID that have different hours of availability, please list each separate contract on separate lines consecutively in the RA template. The Scheduling Resource ID (column C) will remain the same, but the Resource Contract Number (column H) will be different. Please list all information for each contract to the extent that functionally they are different contracts.

2. Question: What if I have one contract for peak capacity for 15 MW and a second contract for off-peak capacity for 5 MW? How should I report these contracts in the RA template; should I include all that information in one line with one Contract Identifier (Column B)?

Answer: If the peak and off peak contracts combine to cover a 24 x 7 period, split the peak contract into two components; 5 MW to match with the off-peak contract and 10 MW that remain peak. Then, on one line report the 5 MW peak and 5 MW off peak contracts as a single resource in category 4 with unrestricted availability (all hours). On a second line report a 10 MW peak contract. On the line with two contracts, both contract numbers should appear in the contract ID cells.

3. Question: What if I have one contract with a facility that includes different components? For example 100 MW 7x24, and 15 MW 7x16? How should I report that in the RA template; should I include all that information in one line with one contract ID?

Answer: If a single resource contract has separate components that qualify in different resource categories, the contract should be entered in the RA Template in multiple lines. Using the example, one line should be completed using the 100 MW 7x24 component and a separate line should be completed using the 15 MW 7x16 component. Each line should include all information.

4. Question: What does it mean in the instructions for Minimum Hours in Month, where the directions refer to "during peak load hours?"

"Minimum Hours in Month - The minimum number of hours in the RA month that the RA resource is contractually or physically available and capable of operating at its Qualifying Capacity during peak load hours to meet the LSE's RAR."

Answer: The minimum hours in a month are the minimum hours that a resource is available. For example a 5x4 contract is available for 80 hours a month. To count, those hours must be peak hours. A 5x4 contract that is available between 2 and 6 am would not deliver RA benefits. Different programs have different definitions of peak hours, so for this template peak hours are counted in accordance with program rules. For example, solar and wind resources define peak as noon to 6pm per D 05-10-042.

5. Question: Do firm import LD contracts signed after October 27, 2005 still count towards RA requirements, or are they subject to the same sunset date and phase out percentages as in-area LD contracts are pursuant to page 65 of D. 05-10-042?

Answer: Firm import LD contracts do not fall under the sunset and phase out provisions because they do not present the same deliverability and reliability issues as in-area LD contracts. Thus Firm import LD contracts with specific intertie agreements do not fall under the same phase out schedule.

6. Question: What is the difference between Scheduling Resource ID in Column C and the Resource Contract Number in column H in Worksheets I, III, and V in the RA Template?

Scheduling Resource ID - The CAISO-assigned Scheduling Resource ID that identifies the unit in the CAISO NQC list.

Resource Contract Number - LSE specified number that identifies the relevant contract(s). This information will be used to identify supporting documentation during compliance verification.

Answer: Column C, Scheduling Resource ID, is the identifier by which the unit is listed in the CAISO NQC list and by which the unit is scheduled into CAISO markets. Column G, Resource Contract Number, refers to the LSE's contract ID number. If there are two contracts with the same unit, then contract numbers (column H) would be different, but the Scheduling Resource ID (Column C) would be the same. Please refer to Question 1 above.

7. Question: What is the purpose of the DR Allocation spreadsheet now that the DR that is allocated by the CPUC is part of the LSE Allocations page and is automatically drawn into the Summary Pages?

Answer: All DR Programs that are part of the regular DR Allocation by the CPUC are included in the LSE Allocations page. Programs that are operated by non-IOU LSEs that are not allocated to all LSEs are to be entered into the DR resource worksheet. The LSE is to enter all information into this sheet.

8. Question: What is the desired level of accuracy for numbers, 1 MW, 0.5 MW, 0.01 MW? Do I round numbers off to the nearest 1MW, 0.5MW or 0.01 MW?

Answer: For purposes of filling in the templates, round off to the nearest 0.01 MW like the load forecasts and RMR allocations do. Do not round any more than that. Precision is important, particularly for smaller LSEs

9. Question: What if I have a contract with a unit that lasts for only part of the month?

Answer: Please pair up the resource with another resource that can fill out the month as done for peak/off peak pairings in question 2 above. If that is impossible, a contract for part of a month will not count for RA and should not be listed.

Appendix D: Directions for use of Secure FTP

(External accounts can only send to CPUC email addresses)

Self Registration to send files to CPUC staff:

1. Go to: https://cpucftp.cpuc.ca.gov and accept the certificate

2. Click New User

3. Enter your email address and click Register.

You will be prompted with the window below. Open your external email and copy the verification code and paste or enter to the verification code field and click verify email.

Create a password and click Register.

After clicking OK, login with your newly created account.

¹ Section 4.2.6 of D.08-04-023

² The CPUC mailed out 2009 DR allocations, Local RA, and load forecasts by Secure FTP on July 30, 2008. Some of this information originated with the CEC, but it was mailed to the LSEs by the CPUC.

³ D.05-10-042 page 53

⁴ Does not include filings for System RAR

⁵ The transfer capacity on Path 26 must be de-rated to accommodate ETCs that are used to serve load outside the CAISO control area. "Loop flow" is common to large electric power systems and must be accommodated to prevent overloading of lines.