JJ JamiesonMIC Chair

JGC updateSeptember 2014

Salt Lake City

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• MIC leadership informed the MIC of a recent decision of the WECC Board to reclassify WECC Regional Business Practices as WECC Criteria

• WECC members voiced concern about the lack of communication to the membership regarding this change

Reclassification of Regional Business Practices as Regional Criterion

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• WECC members felt that the implications of the change were not fully investigatedo E.g.: Criteria can become sanctionable in

certain circumstances

• More effective communication is necessary• MIC to follow results of motion to ensure

that BOD and MAC address the issues

Reclassification of Regional Business Practices as Regional Criterion (2)

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• The WECC Market Interface Committee (WECC MIC) has learned of the action taken by the WECC Board of Directors to reclassify the WECC Business Practices to WECC Regional Criteria.  This action was taken without the knowledge of the WECC MIC and concurrence of the WECC membership.  The WECC MIC believes that the action that the WECC Board took was taken without full knowledge of the action and consequences. 

•  The WECC MIC hereby moves to request that the WECC Member Advisory Committee, acting as the member advisory to the WECC Board of Directors take action on this issue to prevent reoccurrence of similar Board resolutions in future Board action and seek to rescind the action to reclassify the WECC Business practices and seek member advisory for this reclassification project.

• Motion passed with some entities abstaining and no votes opposing

MOTION:

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• Discussion of the future of the MIC and its subcommittees • WECC has to conduct a review per Section 4.9 of the WECC Bylaws• The MIC will prepare a paper to the Board explaining the value and

importance of the MIC• Evaluating the MIC’s subcommittees future roles to capture optimal

efficiency• MIC members encouraged to take an active role in directing the

committee’s future• MIC leadership will reach out to the subcommittee chairs and release

a broad statement regarding the proposed future of the subcommittees for MIC comment.

Committee Structures

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• Shawn Davis provided background and an update on the proposed MID-C Scheduling changes

• A MID-C Scheduling Forum was created on April 18, 2014 with the objective to:o generate comments regarding the Grant County

proposalo investigate alternate proposalso define MID-C scheduling needs

• The MIC is concerned about impacts on scheduling and liquidity at the MID-C

Proposed Mid-Columbia (MID-C) Scheduling Changes

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• The EIM is currently running system testing and market simulation

• The EIM operation should begin October 1, 2014• Staff has been selected and a draft EIM Business Practice

Manual has been prepared. •  FERC conditionally approve the implementation for

PacifiCorp and other EIM participants on June 19, 2014 •  A Stakeholder Transitional Committee was formed as an

advisory committee to the ISO Board in May 2014. • MIC is following the development of the EIM closely

CAISO- PacifiCorp EIM Report

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• A new task force being formed under the JGC• Evaluate whether Dynamic and Pseudo ties are

both necessary• initial phase of the task force’s goal would be an evaluation only

• Members of the MIC expressed that there are legitimate reasons for both

Pseudo-Tie and Dynamic Schedules

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• MIC held their Spring meeting via webinaro Comments received were supportiveo MIC is planning to hold one of their meetings

per year via webinar Webinar meeting could be replaced with a Face to

Face meeting if deemed necessary / beneficial

• Next meeting is October 7, 2014 in Salt Lake City, Utah

MIC Meetings

JJ Jamieson

MIC Chair

503 970 8422

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