2002 AGN JUL 02 I17 - Laserfiche WebLink

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captioned complaint proceedings pertaining to the California ISO's allocation and collection of energy costs incurred as a result of schedule deviations through neutrality adjustment charges during the period June 1, 2000 through February 26, 2001. BACKGROUND To avoid an intervention in market operations or prevent or relieve a system emergency, during the period June 1, 2000 through December 11, 2000, the California ISO purchased energy to serve the loads of Scheduling Coordinators who did not schedule or deliver enough energy to meet the real-time needs of their loads. The California ISO allocated costs incurred by the California ISO for Dispatch instructions made by the California ISO to serve the Loads of Scheduling Coordinators who did not adequately Schedule or deliver enough Energy to all Scheduling Coordinators, including to those Scheduling Coordinators who Scheduled and delivered enough Energy to serve their own Load, in the form of neutrality adjustment charges. The neutrality adjustment charges billed to all Scheduling Coordinators included the costs of energy procured through out -of market dispatches by the California ISO as well as the costs of energy procured within California ISO markets in excess of the applicable market clearing price, or soft cap, in effect during this time period., The neutrality adjustment charges were assessed based on the ratio of each Scheduling Coordinator's metered Demand and Exports to the total metered Demand and Exports in each Settlement Interval. 1 A $250/MWh break point, or soft price cap, was in effect when energy was procured by the Califomia ISO in December 2000. A $150/MWh break point, or soft cap, was in effect when energy was Procured by the California ISO during the period January 1, 2001 through February 27, 2001. 2