10 Balanced Base schedule The prospective EIM Entity 90% or greater of base Schedules balancing capability Scheduling Coordinator schedules balance tests during demonstrates its ability to monitored hours are within 10% balance EIM demand and average imbalance of load EIM supply for the forecast over one day period prospective EIM Entity’s before parallel operation, and Balancing Authority Area 5% average over five full days before full activation. The CAISO will provide examples of MW thresholds for each prospective EIM Entity to indicate a reasonable threshold as it applies to a given EIM Entity and indicate the potential implications of a swing from 5% over to 5% under forecast in one hour to the next. 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 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
10 Balanced Schedules Base schedule balancing capability The prospective EIM Entity Scheduling Coordinator demonstrates its ability to balance EIM demand and EIM supply for the prospective EIM Entity’s Balancing Authority Area 90% or greater of base schedules balance tests during monitored hours are within 10% average imbalance of load forecast over one day period before parallel operation, and 5% average over five full days before full activation. The CAISO will provide examples of MW thresholds for each prospective EIM Entity to indicate a reasonable threshold as it applies to a given EIM Entity and indicate the potential implications of a swing from 5% over to 5% under forecast in one hour to the next. 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 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
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