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Stakeholder intitiatives currently underway at the California ISO

The California ISO Stakeholder Process:

CAISO Master Stakeholder Engagement Plan
pdf 23K | Abstract | 08/01/2008 08:22
Market Notice - Improvements to CAISO Stakeholder Process
html 12K | Abstract | 04/11/2008 13:50

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Markets and Performance (MAP)
In September 2006, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ordered the California ISO to implement several market elements that are not part of the MRTU program. Working with its stakeholders, the California ISO ranked an initial set of the most beneficial enhancements. These enhancements, detailed in the Markets and Performance (MAP) Initiative Summary, are scheduled to be in place within 12 months after the MRTU Go Live date. The MAP elements include: 

Competitive Path Assessment (CPA)
Convergence Bidding
Decremental Re-Bidding in the Real Time Market
Demand Response
Pricing Logic Under Flexible Modeling of COG Units
Scarcity Pricing

Market Related
Advanced Transmission Technologies - LEAPS
Assign Startrans IO, LLC to East Central TAC Area
Congestion Revenue Rights (CRR) Initiative
Capacity Markets
Integrated Balancing Authority Areas (IBAA)
Market Initiatives Roadmap
New Pro Forma - Resource-Specific System Resource (RSSR) Agreement
Participating Intermittent Resource Program (PIRP) Initiative
Payment Acceleration Project
Uneconomic Adjustment Policy
formerly Parameter Tuning

Reliability Related
2009 CAISO Transmission Plan
2008 CAISO Transmission Plan
CAISO Grid Planning Standards
Central California Clean Energy Transmission Project (C3ETP)
Communications and Roles under Mandatory Reliability Standards
Exceptional Dispatch
Generation Interconnection Process Reform (GIPR)
Generator Availability Reporting
Generator Reliability Communication Protocol (GRCP)
Greater Bay Area Long-Term Study
Integration of Renewable Resources Program (IRRP)
Interim Capacity Procurement Mechanism (ICPM)
Location Constrained Resource Interconnection (LCRI) Policy
Mitigation of Reliance on Old Thermal Generation
NERC Reliability Standards
Outage Reporting Requirements Stakeholder Process
Planning Reserve Requirements Study (PRRS)
Reliability Capacity Services Tariff (RCST)
Resource Adequacy Initiative
Transitional Capacity Procurement Mechanism (TCPM)

Regulatory and FERC-Related
FERC Order No. 890: Preventing Undue Discrimination and Preference in Transmission Service

Stakeholder and Administrative
Amendment 60 Implementation Plan
CAISO Board Selection Process
GMC/Budget Processes
ISO Credit Policy Stakeholder Process
Systems Interface User Group

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