Capacity Technical Study ISO Tariff Section 40.3.1, ISO Technical Study ISO, on an annual publishes a technical study that determines the minimum amount of Local Capacity Area Resources that must be available to ISO within each Local Capacity Area identified in the study. ISO collaborates with the CPUC, LRAs within the ISO Control Area, and other Market Participants as applicable to establish the parameters, assumptions, and other criteria to be utilized in the technical study. The objective of the Local Capacity Area Resources Study is to specifically identify areas within the ISO Controlled Grid that have local reliability problems and to determine the generation capacity in MW that is required to mitigate these problems. The Local Capacity Technical Study will be conducted in accordance with the schedule set forth in Exhibit A. This schedule ensures both the required collaboration in the determination of study parameters and assumptions as well as consideration by the CPUC and other Local Regulatory Authorities prior to annual procurement cycles. The ISO is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the interconnected transmission grid in a manner consistent with prevailing Applicable Reliability Criteria (ARC), primarily consisting of reliability standards established by NERC and WECC. While the ISO develops and promulgates the ACR, in consultation with its Participating Transmission Owners (“PTOs”) and other market participants, as specified in ISO Transmission Control Agreement Section 5.1.5, the collaborative Local Capacity Technical Study process also examines the appropriate application of such ACR. Moreover, the collaborative Local Capacity Technical Study process provides the CPUC and other Local Regulatory Authorities with the opportunity to address the appropriate level of service reliability to end-use customers for whom their respective resource adequacy rules apply, as well as the roles of energy efficiency, demand response, and new generation technologies in assuring resource adequacy. In this regard, the CPUC, other Local Regulatory Authorities, and other Market Participants can offer non-generation capacity options to meet the ACR. However, non-generation capacity options chosen to meet the ACR, such as automatic load shedding schemes or operating procedures implementing manual load shedding options, must be operationally feasible, as determined by the ISO as grid operator. Greater detail on the Local Capacity Technical Study Criteria, Methodology and Assumptions can be found in the latest LCR Manual at: Greater detail on the latest Local Capacity Technical Study Reports on LCR needs can be found at:
Capacity Technical Study ISO Tariff Section 40.3.1, ISO Technical Study ISO, on an annual publishes a technical study that determines the minimum amount of Local Capacity Area Resources that must be available to ISO within each Local Capacity Area identified in the study. ISO collaborates with the CPUC, LRAs within the ISO Control Area, and other Market Participants as applicable to establish the parameters, assumptions, and other criteria to be utilized in the technical study. The objective of the Local Capacity Area Resources Study is to specifically identify areas within the ISO Controlled Grid that have local reliability problems and to determine the generation capacity in MW that is required to mitigate these problems. The Local Capacity Technical Study will be conducted in accordance with the schedule set forth in Exhibit A. This schedule ensures both the required collaboration in the determination of study parameters and assumptions as well as consideration by the CPUC and other Local Regulatory Authorities prior to annual procurement cycles. The ISO is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the interconnected transmission grid in a manner consistent with prevailing Applicable Reliability Criteria (ARC), primarily consisting of reliability standards established by NERC and WECC. While the ISO develops and promulgates the ACR, in consultation with its Participating Transmission Owners (“PTOs”) and other market participants, as specified in ISO Transmission Control Agreement Section 5.1.5, the collaborative Local Capacity Technical Study process also examines the appropriate application of such ACR. Moreover, the collaborative Local Capacity Technical Study process provides the CPUC and other Local Regulatory Authorities with the opportunity to address the appropriate level of service reliability to end-use customers for whom their respective resource adequacy rules apply, as well as the roles of energy efficiency, demand response, and new generation technologies in assuring resource adequacy. In this regard, the CPUC, other Local Regulatory Authorities, and other Market Participants can offer non-generation capacity options to meet the ACR. However, non-generation capacity options chosen to meet the ACR, such as automatic load shedding schemes or operating procedures implementing manual load shedding options, must be operationally feasible, as determined by the ISO as grid operator. Greater detail on the Local Capacity Technical Study Criteria, Methodology and Assumptions can be found in the latest LCR Manual at: Greater detail on the latest Local Capacity Technical Study Reports on LCR needs can be found at:
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