EIM Operations and Settlement Workflows for Balancing Authorities

PCI discusses business needs for participants in the Western Energy Imbalance Market.  Topics include:

• Performing last-minute Schedule Balancing for units and tie lines to match latest CAISO Load Forecasts
• Submission of Balanced Schedules to CAISO BSAP servers
• How to make last-minute adjustments to make sure that a BA meets flexible-ramp tests
• How to monitor all CAISO Sufficiency Tests
• Updating and submission of inter-tie limits CAISO BAAOP servers
• Submitting outage cards for G&T equipment to CAISO WebOMS
• Validating meter data for units, loads, and tie lines
• Submission of meter data to CAISO MRI-S
• Downloading and validating CAISO settlements for EIM entities
• Running transmission billing to create invoices for Transmission Customers