Commission’s Rules of Practice and procedure. 18 CF.R Section 385.213.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
Price Formation in Energy and
Ancillary Services Markets Operated
by Regional TransmissionDocket No. AD14-14-000
Organizations and Independent System Operators
Joint Answer of the California Independent System Operator Corporation,
Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., New York Independent
System Operator, Inc., PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., and Southwest Power
Pool, Inc. in Support of Motion for Extension of Time to File Post Technical
Workshop Comments
The American Public Power Association, the Electric Power Supply
Association, and National Rural Electric Cooperative Association have filed a
motion requesting a 15 day extension of time, up to and including March 6, 2015, for interested parties to file comments concerning technical workshops held last year in this proceeding. The California Independent System Operator Corporation, Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., New York Independent System Operator, Inc., PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., and Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
strongly support this request for an extension of time.1
The motion requests additional time to allow interested parties the
opportunity to develop a more complete response to a set of questions issued by
the Commission concerning price formation for energy and ancillary services in
organized electricity markets. The Commission’s questions seek information and
perspectives on a variety of topics, including bid mitigation, transparency of market
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The CAISO, MISO, NYISO, PJM and SPP file this answer pursuant to Rule 213 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and procedure. 18 CF.R Section 385.213.
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data, pricing associated with fast-start resources, granularity of settlement intervals,
new products to incentivize flexibility, operating reserve zones, uplift cost allocation,
market and modeling enhancements, shortage pricing, transient shortage events,
and interchange uncertainty. The scope of these questions involves significant
elements of how pricing formation occurs in organized markets and what
opportunities exist for operators to enhance modeling, market rules, and the
transparency of information affecting prices. The effort to respond to these
questions requires coordination among multiple subject matter experts and involves
a significant amount of material discussed at three full-day technical workshops.
Currently, independent system operators and regional transmission
organizations are also developing fuel assurance reports to submit to the
Commission.2 These reports are due February 18, 2015, one day before comments
are due in this docket. In light of the broad scope of issues raised by the
Commission’s questions and competing work to respond to Commission directives
in other dockets, the Commission should grant the motion of the American Public
Power Association, the Electric Power Supply Association, and National Rural
Electric Cooperative Association requesting a 15 day extension of time, up to and
including March 6, 2015, for interested parties to file comments concerning
technical workshops held last year in this proceeding.
Dated: February 2, 2015Respectfully submitted
2Centralized Capacity Markets in Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System
Operators, 149 FERC ¶ 61,145 (2014).
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/s/ Anna A. McKenna
Roger Collanton, General Counsel
Anna A. McKenna, Asst. General Counsel.
California Independent System
Operator Corporation
250 Outcropping Way Folsom, CA 95630
amckenna@caiso.com
/s/ Craig Glazer
Craig Glazer, VP-Federal Gov’t. Policy
Robert Eckenrod, Asst. General Counsel
PJM Interconnection, LLC
1200 G Street, NW Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005
Craig.Glazer@PJM.COM
/s/ Stephen G. Kozey
Stephen G. Kozey, Vice President,
Gen. Counsel, Legal & Compliance
Services
Midcontinent Independent System
Operator, Inc.
P.O. Box 4202
Carmel, IN 46082-4202
stevekozey@misoenergy.org
/s/ Carl F. Patka
Robert E. Fernandez, General Counsel
Carl F. Patka, Assistant General Counsel
Garrett E. Bissell, Senior Attorney
Raymond Stalter, Director, Reg. Affairs
New York Independent System Operator,
Inc.
10 Krey Boulevard
Rensselaer, NY 12144
cpatka@nyiso.com
/s/ Mike Riley
Paul Suskie, Executive Vice President-
Regulatory Policy & General Counsel
Mike Riley, Assoc. General Counsel
Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
201 Worthen Drive
Little Rock, AR 72223
michael.b.riley@spp.org
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that I have served the foregoing document upon all of the parties listed on the official service lists for the above referenced proceedings, in accordance with the requirements of Rule 2010 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 C.F.R. § 385.2011).
Dated at Folsom, California this 2nd day of February 2015.
/s/ Anna Pascuzzo
Anna Pascuzzo