Resource Bidding Requirements Type IFM RUC RTM ISO Inserts Required Bids Short Start or Submit Economic Bids for Participation of all All Flexible RA IFM: No Medium Start Energy for the full Flexible available flexible Capacity MW that RUC: Generating RA Capacity MW. RA capacity does not have an Optimized at Units (other Submit Economic Bids for resources is IFM Schedule or a $0/MW-hour than Ancillary Services that are required. RUC for a not flagged as given Trading Hour RTM: No ISO will optimize Resources) Contingency Only for the must submit to the $0/MW-hour full Flexible RA Capacity RTM for that RUC Availability MW certified to provide Trading hour: Bids for all Ancillary Services. Flexible RA (a) Energy Bids Where Economic Bids are Capacity that is for the full required, resource must not reflected in an amount of the submit in at least the IFM Schedule in Flexible RA required hours for the only the required Capacity MW, resource’s committed hours for the including capacity Flexible RA Capacity resource’s for which it has categories. committed Flexible submitted RA Capacity Ancillary Services ISO Tariff Sections categories. Bids or 40.10.6.1(a) & Submissions to 40.10.6.1(f)(1) Self-Provide ISO Tariff Sections Ancillary Services; and 40.10.6.1(a) & 40.10.6.1(f)(1) (b) Ancillary Services Bids and Submissions to Self-Provide Ancillary Services for the full amount of the available Ancillary Resource Adequacy Capacity and for each Ancillary Service for which the resource is certified, including capacity for which it has submitted Energy Bids. ISO Tariff Sections 40.10.6.1(f)(1), 40.6.3, and 40.6.2.
Resource Type Bidding Requirements IFM RUC RTM ISO Inserts Required Bids Short Start or Medium Start Generating Units (other than Resources) Submit Economic Bids for Energy for the full Flexible RA Capacity MW. Submit Economic Bids for Ancillary Services that are not flagged as Contingency Only for the full Flexible RA Capacity MW certified to provide Ancillary Services. Where Economic Bids are required, resource must submit in at least the required hours for the resource’s committed Flexible RA Capacity categories. ISO Tariff Sections 40.10.6.1(a) & 40.10.6.1(f)(1) Participation of all available flexible RA capacity resources is required. ISO will optimize $0/MW-hour RUC Availability Bids for all Flexible RA Capacity that is not reflected in an IFM Schedule in only the required hours for the resource’s committed Flexible RA Capacity categories. ISO Tariff Sections 40.10.6.1(a) & 40.10.6.1(f)(1) All Flexible RA Capacity MW that does not have an IFM Schedule or a RUC for a given Trading Hour must submit to the RTM for that Trading hour: (a) Energy Bids for the full amount of the Flexible RA Capacity MW, including capacity for which it has submitted Ancillary Services Bids or Submissions to Self-Provide Ancillary Services; and (b) Ancillary Services Bids and Submissions to Self-Provide Ancillary Services for the full amount of the available Ancillary Resource Adequacy Capacity and for each Ancillary Service for which the resource is certified, including capacity for which it has submitted Energy Bids. ISO Tariff Sections 40.10.6.1(f)(1), 40.6.3, and 40.6.2. IFM: No RUC: Optimized at $0/MW-hour RTM: No