May 15, 2008

 

 

Requested Client Action Action Date

Categories

Legal/ Regulatory

 

 

California ISO Tariff Section 20 Notice of Requests for Information

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Summary

The Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) has requested from the CAISO certain data and information in connection with its West-wide System Model (WSM) project.  The due date for any objections to the CAISO’s release of the Confidential Information under the Agreement is Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. PDT.

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Main Text

WECC has requested from the California ISO (CAISO) the following data and information in connection with its West-wide System Model (WSM) project:

 

·         Links to WECC of EMS Inter-Control Center Communications Protocol (ICCP) object ID mapping to SCADA names and the ICCP sources for the data

·         Contingency definitions as defined in the network applications contingency analysis application

·         Updated Common Information Model (CIM) network model

 

Any Market Participant that objects to the release of this data to WECC and the other parties to the Agreement must submit by Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. PDT a court order or other appropriate order that prohibits the release of the information.  Unless the CAISO receives such an order by that date, the CAISO will thereafter proceed with the production of the data to WECC, under the terms of the Interim Non-Disclosure, Use of Information, and License Agreement (Agreement) with AREVA T&D Inc. (AREVA), WECC, the Rocky-Mountain-Desert Southwest Reliability Coordinator (RDRC), and the Pacific Northwest Security Coordinator (PNSC) dated June 4, 2007.  A copy of the Agreement can be viewed at http://www.caiso.com/1fc8/1fc87d68318a0.pdf.

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For More Information Contact

Please direct any such order, as well as any questions or comments, to CAISO Senior Counsel, Beth Ann Burns, at (916) 608-7146 or bburns@caiso.com and to CAISO Senior Paralegal, Chris Kirsten, at (916) 608-7013 or ckirsten@caiso.com