Participating Generator (PG) Certification Process

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Participating Generator (PG) Certification
Process CDWR Generation Resource Development
Workshop 3/29/01 Kyle Hoffman
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PG Certification Process

• Overview
• Contracts
• ISO Metering Energy Communication Network
• Telemetry
• Ancillary Services Certification
• Automated Dispatching System
• Certified Scheduling Coordinator

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PG Certification Process

• Applicable to
• New Generators
• Restarts/Repowers
• QF conversions upon release from IOU Standard
  Offer contract
• ISO expediting PG Certification for Summer 2001
  Reliability Generation

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PG Certification Process

• Execution of Contractual Agreements with the ISO
• Participating Generator Agreement
• Meter Service Agreement for ISO Metered Entities
• http//www.caiso.com/clientserv/agreements/

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PG Certification Process

• ISO Metering Installation
• Metering Guidelines (http//www.caiso.com/clientse
  rv/metering/guidelines/index.html)
• Installation of ISO Specification Metering by a
  certified installer
• Certification of meters by an independent
  certification company
• ISO Energy Communications Network (ECN)
  ExtraNet Connectivity

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PG Certification Process

• Energy Management System (EMS) Visibility
  SCADA/Telemetry
• Required of ALL generators 10 MW or greater
• Required of generators 1 MW or greater
  participating ISO Ancillary Services (A/S)
  Markets
• Telemetry Standards (http//www.caiso.com/thegrid/
  operations/gcp)

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PG Certification Process

• Ancillary Services (A/S) Certification
• Required of generators participating in ISO
  Operating Reserves Capacity or A/S Markets
• A/S Certification Testing and Request Form
  (http//www.caiso.com/thegrid/operations/opsdoc/gc
  p)
• ISO Operating Procedure G-213 - Management of
  Ancillary Services Certification Testing
• Pmax, ramp rates, AGC response

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PG Certification Process

• Automated Dispatch System (ADS) Connectivity
• ISO Electronic Dispatch system
  (http//www.caiso.com/clientserv/ads)
• Required of all dispatchable resources,
  participating in ISO Real Time (RT) Energy Market

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PG Certification Process

• Select a Certified Scheduling Coordinator (SC) to
  Schedule Units Operation within California ISO
  Control Area
• - SC schedules generators power flow
• - ISO reads meter via ECN
• - ISO settles grid charges with generators SC

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ISO Market Services

• For information on the ISO Participating
  Generator Certification Process,
  please contact Client Relations
  at
• 916-608-7059
• http//www.caiso.com/clientserv/certification/