FERC Filings

MOTION TO INTERVENE AND COMMENT OF THE ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY ASSOCIATION-RTO West-Docket s No. RT01-35-000, RT01-15-000

Interregional Coordination and Seams Issues

The RTO West filing sets out the efforts to date on coordinating the activities of the three primary RTOs in the West: Desert Star, the California Independent System Operator Corporation (“CAISO”) and RTO West. These are important first steps. However, in light of attention focused on California in recent months and the interrelationship of the California market to other markets in the West, in reviewing each of these three filings, Commission should order that a plan be filed prior to the operational date that addresses seams and interregional coordination issues. The goal, much like the Commission’s efforts in the Northeast between PJM, the New York Independent System Operator Corporation (“NYISO”) and the New England Independent System Operator, should be to create a seamless market throughout the West irrespective of the number of RTOs.

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