HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-43 NCPA MSS Aggregator agreementRESOLUTION NO. 2011-43
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH
APPROVING THE THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED NCPA MSS
AGGREGATOR AGREEMENT
WHEREAS:
1. City of Ukiah ("City") operates in the California Independent System Operator
("CAISO") Balancing Authority Area as a Load Following Metered Subsystem ("MSS") in
accordance with the Second Amended and Restated NCPA MSS Aggregator Agreement
("MSSA Agreement") and the CAISO Tariff; and
2. The MSSA Agreement contains terms and conditions under which City operates,
schedules and settles transactions in the CAISO markets; and
3. City staff, working with Northern California Power Agency ("NCPA") and CAISO staff,
has developed the Third Amended and Restated NCPA MSS Aggregator Agreement
("Agreement") to enhance certain settlement provisions in the Agreement, and to amend various
sections of the Agreement to be consistent with current market rules and business
requirements; and
4. The Agreement will benefit the City by further enhancing its ability to perform load
following, will streamline the process for updating the Agreement, and will ensure the
Agreement remains consistent with current business practices; and
5. The Agreement will enable NCPA to act on behalf of the City to execute any future
amendments to the schedules of the Agreement, will update various schedules in the
Agreement to be consistent with current business practices, adds a new resource to Schedule
14 of the Agreement, includes language in the Agreement to clarify the classification of Load
Following Energy, and implements certain revisions to the MSSA Load Following Deviation
Energy Formula documented in Schedule 19 of the Agreement; and
6. Work associated with the development of the Agreement has been undertaken
pursuant to approved budget categories;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Ukiah:
1. Adopts and approves the Third Amended and Restated NCPA MSS Aggregator
Agreement which will enhance City's ability to perform load following, will streamline the
process for amending the Agreement, and will ensure the Agreement remains consistent
with current market rules and business practices.
2. Provides authority to the City Manager of City to execute the Third Amended and
Restated NCPA MSS Aggregator Agreement on behalf of City.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City of Ukiah Council on October 19, 2011, by the following
roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmember Landis, Thomas, Crane, Baldwin, and Mayor Rodin.
NOES: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
Mari Rodin, ayor
6OAnne Currie, City Clerk
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