The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said May 28 that it plans to hold a technical conference on the California Independent System Operator’s (CAISO) proposal to implement an interim flexible capacity and local reliability resource retention mechanism.
The technical conference is to encourage a structured dialogue on flexible and local resources at risk of retirement for CAISO and its stakeholders, and to focus on the development of a market-based mechanism to provide incentives to ensure that reliability needs are met.
The technical conference will be held on July 31 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Aug. 1 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Pacific Time) in the Auditorium at the California Natural Resources Agency in Sacramento, Calif. The technical conference will be led by FERC staff, with presentations from panelists. A subsequent notice detailing the topics to be discussed and agenda will be issued in advance of the conference.
Those interested in participating in panel discussions should notify the commission by close of business on June 14. Due to time constraints, staff may not be able to accommodate all of those interested in speaking. After June 14 staff will notify those who are selected to speak at the conference.
