11 Balanced Flexible ramping The prospective EIM Entity \ Passes 90% of the time or Schedules sufficiency test Scheduling Coordinator greater over monitored hours of capability demonstrates its ability to one day before parallel pass the flexible ramping operation and five sufficiency test days before full activation 12 Balanced Capacity test capability The prospective EIM Entity Passes 90% of the time or Schedules Scheduling Coordinator greater over monitored hours of demonstrates its ability to one day before parallel pass capacity test operation and five days before full activation. The CAISO will explain the implications of any potential issues with the reliability of an EIM Entity to meet its capacity requirements. 13 Operating CAISO operating The prospective EIM Entity Operating procedures NDA Procedures procedures (relevant to signs CAISO non-disclosure signed by the prospective EIM EIM operations) agreement and receives Entity. appropriate CAISO “public” and operating “restricted” The prospective EIM Entity procedures receives CAISO operating procedures four months prior to the parallel operations date. 14 Operating Prospective EIM Entity The prospective EIM Entity The prospective EIM Entity Procedures operating procedures operating procedures are operating procedures are defined, updated, and updated tested and tested for the EIM Entity implemented prior to parallel Scheduling Coordinator operations date. 15 System Functional Testing The prospective EIM Entity All tasks identified in the Readiness & and the CAISO will test the functional and system testing Integration functional and system documentation are completed elements in accordance and will not have any issues with functional and system deemed significant. testing documentation posted on the CAISO website Any exceptions will be explained or have an interim solution that is functionally equivalent.
11 Balanced Schedules Flexible ramping sufficiency test capability The prospective EIM Entity \ Scheduling Coordinator demonstrates its ability to pass the flexible ramping sufficiency test Passes 90% of the time or greater over monitored hours of one day before parallel operation and five days before full activation 12 Balanced Schedules Capacity test capability The prospective EIM Entity Scheduling Coordinator demonstrates its ability to pass capacity test Passes 90% of the time or greater over monitored hours of one day before parallel operation and five days before full activation. The CAISO will explain the implications of any potential issues with the reliability of an EIM Entity to meet its capacity requirements. 13 Operating Procedures CAISO operating procedures (relevant to EIM operations) The prospective EIM Entity signs CAISO non-disclosure agreement and receives appropriate CAISO “public” and “restricted” operating procedures Operating procedures NDA signed by the prospective EIM Entity. The prospective EIM Entity receives CAISO operating procedures four months prior to the parallel operations date. 14 Operating Procedures Prospective EIM Entity operating procedures The prospective EIM Entity operating procedures are defined, updated, and tested for the EIM Entity Scheduling Coordinator The prospective EIM Entity operating procedures are updated tested and implemented prior to parallel operations date. 15 System Readiness & Integration Functional Testing The prospective EIM Entity and the CAISO will test the functional and system elements in accordance with functional and system testing documentation posted on the CAISO website All tasks identified in the functional and system testing documentation are completed and will not have any issues deemed significant. Any exceptions will be explained or have an interim solution that is functionally equivalent.
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