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CITY OF UKIAH
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Regular Meeting
CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS
300 Seminary Avenue
Ukiah, CA 95482
May 7 , 2014
6:00 p.m.
REVISED – 5/2/14
(Item 3a and 7e added)
1. ROLL CALL
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. PROCLAMATIONS/INTRODUCTIONS/PRESENTATIONS
a. Proclamation – National Bike Month, May - 2014.
4. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. Minutes of April 16, 2014, Regular Meeting.
6. RIGHT TO APPEAL DECISION
Persons who are dissatisfied with a decision of the City Council may have the right to a review of that decision by a court.
The City has adopted Section 1094.6 of the California Code of Civil Procedure, which generally limits to ninety days (90)
the time within which the decision of the City Boards and Agencies may be judicially challenged.
7. CONSENT CALENDAR
The following items listed are considered routine and will be enacted by a single motion and roll call vote by the City
Council. Items may be removed from the Consent Calendar upon request of a Councilmember or a citizen in which event
the item will be considered at the completion of all other items on the agenda. The motion by the City Council on the
Consent Calendar will approve and make findings in accordance with Administrative Staff and/or Planning Commission
recommendations.
a. Adoption of Resolution of Support for the Mendocino Transit Authority’s Grant Submission
to the United States Department of Transportation for an Additional Bus Trip Between
Santa Rosa and Ukiah.
b. Approval of Notice of Completion for Oak Manor Trail, Specification No. 14-02.
c. Notification of Purchase of Services in the Amount of $12,148 from Rau And Associates for
Surveying Work for the Grace Hudson Museum Nature Education Project to Be
Reimbursed by State Grant Funds.
d. Receive Status Report on the Removal of the 3 Meter Diving Board at the Ukiah Municipal
Swimming Pools and Consideration of Replacement Amenity and Corresponding Budget
Amendment.
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e. Approve Supplement to Consulting Agreement with ESA to Provide Litigation Support to
Costco in Defending Redwood Business Park Rezoning EIR.
8. AUDIENCE COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
The City Council welcomes input from the audience. If there is a matter of business on the agenda that you are interested in, you
may address the Council when this matter is considered. If you wish to speak on a matter that is not on this agenda, you may do
so at this time. In order for everyone to be heard, please limit your comments to three (3) minutes per person and not more than
ten (10) minutes per subject. The Brown Act regulations do not allow action to be taken on audience comments in which the
subject is not listed on the agenda.
9. COUNCIL REPORTS
10. CITY MANAGER/CITY CLERK REPORTS
11. PUBLIC HEARINGS (6:15 PM)
12. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
a. Introduce Ordinance by Title Only Amending Division 3, Chapter 7 of the Ukiah City Code
by Adding Letter “O” to Section 3226 (Prohibited Signs), Amending Letter “A,” and Adding
Letter “E” to Section 3233 (Non-Conformancy).
b. Approve Contract Modification with Leonard Charles and Associates for the Talmage
Road/U.S. 101 Interchange Realignment Environmental Impact Report, and Associated
Budget Amendment.
13. NEW BUSINESS
a. Adopt Resolution and Authorize City Manager or Designee to Execute Amendment No. 1
to the Third Amended and Restated NCPA Metered Subsystem (MSS) Aggregator
Agreement (EUD).
b. Approval and Authorize the City Manager to Execute Agreements with NCPA for Power
Management and Administrative Services Agreement, Amended and Restated Facilities
Agreement, Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement and
Second Amended and Restated Pooling Agreement (EUD).
c. Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute a Right of Entry and Exclusive Right
to Negotiate Acquisition of Easements for Utility, Well Drilling and Well Operation With
Rural Communities Development Corporation.
d. Approval of a Letter of Commitment to the Bureau of Reclamation for the Application of a
Recycled Water Grant for the Recycled Water System.
e. Discuss and Provide Direction Regarding the Authorization of the City Engineer to Send a
Letter to the California Department of Public Health Providing Support to Supply Surplus
Water to the Redwood Valley County Water District.
f. Informational Oral Update Regarding the Budget.
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14. CLOSED SESSION – Closed Session may be held at any time during the meeting
a. Conference With Legal Counsel – Pending Litigation
Initiation of litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(c): (1 case)
b. Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation
(Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1))
Name of case: Ukiah Valley Sanitation District v. City of Ukiah, Mendocino County Superior
Court Case No. SCUK-CVC-13-63024
c. Conference with Real Property Negotiators (§54956.8)
Property: APN Nos. 002-101-19, 20 & 21
Negotiator: Jane Chambers, City Manager
Negotiating Parties: Rural Communities Housing
Development Corporation (RCHDC) and City of Ukiah
Under Negotiation: Price & Terms
d. Conference with Real Property Negotiators_(§54956.8)
Property: APN: 180-070-19-00
Negotiator: Jane Chambers, City Manager
Negotiating Parties: City of Ukiah and RCMC LLC.
Under Negotiation: Price & Terms
15. ADJOURNMENT
Please be advised that the City needs to be notified 72 hours in advance of a meeting if any specific
accommodations or interpreter services are needed in order for you to attend. The City complies with
ADA requirements and will attempt to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities upon request.
Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the City Council after distribution of the agenda
packet are available for public inspection at the front counter at the Ukiah Civic Center, 300 Seminary
Avenue, Ukiah, CA 95482, during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
I hereby certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing agenda
was posted on the bulletin board at the main entrance of the City of Ukiah City Hall, located at 300
Seminary Avenue, Ukiah, California, not less than 72 hours prior to the meeting set forth on this agenda.
Dated this 2nd day of May, 2014.
Kristine Lawler, City Clerk
PROCLAMATION
NATIONAL BIKE MONTH
MAY -2014
WHEREAS, bicycle commuting is an effective means to improve air quality, reduce traffic
congestion and noise, increase physical activity, and conserve energy; and
WHEREAS, bicycle commuting benefits both employees and employers through better
employee health and fitness; reduced commuting, parking, and health care costs; lower
employee absenteeism and turnover; and increased employee productivity; and
WHEREAS, bicycle commuting to school benefits children and families by promoting physical
activity, reducing car-related pollution and traffic hazards, and contributing to a cleaner, safer
and healthier community; and
WHEREAS, bus transit, carpooling, vanpooling, and bicycle lanes and paths are concepts which
should be embraced if we are to continue to enjoy the amenities that make Ukiah an attractive
place in which to live and earn a livelihood; and
WHEREAS, touring cyclists pass through the City of Ukiah in ever-increasing numbers,
including the winter season, thereby improving the local economy; and
WHEREAS, the City of Ukiah is becoming a popular destination cyclists, many of whom eat at
Ukiah’s local dining establishments and lodge in the City; and
WHEREAS, the City of Ukiah has taken an active role in improving bicycle transportation
routes and bicycle parking facilities, increasing bicycle safety, and educating the community
about benefits of bicycle transportation through its Safe Routes to School, and other grant
programs; and
WHEREAS, Ukiah has a growing population of cyclists who are actively involved in shaping
city, county, regional, and national transportation and community policies; and
WHEREAS, the month of May is “National Bike Month” which promotes the bicycle as a means
of transportation and recreation and May is also “Clean Air Month” which promotes air quality.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, PHILIP BALDWIN, Mayor of the City of Ukiah, do hereby proclaim
May 2014 as NATIONAL BIKE MONTH throughout the City of Ukiah; and urge all citizens to
support and participate in biking and other activities that contribute to the health of the
community and the environment.
Signed and sealed, this 7th day of May, in the year Two Thousand and Fourteen.
______________________________
Philip E. Baldwin, Mayor
Agenda Item 5a
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CITY OF UKIAH
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
Regular Meeting
CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS
300 Seminary Avenue
Ukiah, CA 95482
April 16, 2014
6:00 p.m.
1. ROLL CALL
Ukiah City Council met at a Regular Meeting on April 16, 2014, having been legally noticed on April
11, 2014. Mayor Baldwin called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Roll was taken with the following
Councilmembers Present: Steve Scalmanini, Douglas F. Crane, Benj Thomas, Vice Mayor Mary
Anne Landis, and Mayor Phil Baldwin. Staff Present: Jane Chambers, City Manager; David
Rapport, City Attorney; and Kristine Lawler, City Clerk.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. PROCLAMATIONS/INTRODUCTIONS/PRESENTATIONS
a. Proclamation - Worker’s Memorial Day.
Presenter: Mayor Baldwin.
Public Comment: Terry Poplawski, Mendocino County Coalition of Union Members Organizer.
4. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. Minutes of April 2, 2014, Regular Meeting.
Motion/Second: Landis/Thomas to approve the minutes of April 2, 2014, a Regular Meeting, as
submitted. Motion carried by the following roll call votes: AYES: Scalmanini, Crane, Thomas,
Landis, and Baldwin. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
6. RIGHT TO APPEAL DECISION
7. CONSENT CALENDAR
a. Report of Disbursements for the Month of March, 2014 – Finance Department.
b. Approval of Notice of Completion for the 115 kV Transmission Line Pole Replacement and
Realignment Project, Specification No. 13-08, and Approval of Final Payment of the 5%
Retention to Cupertino Electric, Inc. – Electric Utility Department.
c. Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate and Enter into a Three-Year Contract (COU No.
1314-206) with Borismetrics Inc. to Assist Ukiah Electric Utility with Regulatory Compliance
and Market Analysis Support – Electric Utility Department.
City Council Minutes for April 16, 2014, Continued: Page 2 of 5
d. Adoption of Resolution (2014-13) Removing 160 Lineal Feet of On-Street Parking for the
Hours from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. at the East End of Talmage Frontage Road – Public Works
Department.
e. Authorize the City Manager to Renew and Sign a Contract (COU No. 1314-207) with Dell
Computers, Inc. for a Three-Year Microsoft Enterprise Agreement in the Amount of
$64,320.93 Per Year Plus Yearly True-Up of Installed Licensed Products, and Report the
True-Up for the Previous Contract Period in the Amount of $30,276.04 – Community
Services Department.
f. Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute an Amendment to the Management
Agreement (COU No. 021511-A4) for the Alex Rorabaugh Center with the Ukiah Valley
Cultural and Recreation Center Extending the Initial Term by One Year – Community
Services Department.
g. Approve a Resolution (2014-14) of the City Council of the City of Ukiah Consenting to
Assignment of Loan Documents from Ukiah Community Center to Ford Street Project and
Corresponding Assignment and Assumption Agreement (COU No. 1314-208) as it Relates
to the Grant Agreement (CDBG #09-STBG-6417) with the California Department of Housing
and Community Development – Community Services Department.
h. Authorize City Manager to Negotiate and Execute Lease Agreement (COU No. 1314-209)
at the Ukiah Airport with City of Ukiah Employees Credit Union – Airport.
i. Approve Letter Outlining City Purpose Served for Transfer of Surplus Ambulances for use in
Career Technical Education Programs of Mendocino County Office of Education –
Administration.
j. Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute Agreements with the Rural
Communities Housing Development Corporation (COU No. 1314-210) and Community
Development Commission (COU No. 1314-211) of Mendocino County for the
Implementation of the State Community Development Block Grant for Multi-Family Housing
Rehabilitation Project, Standard Agreement Number 13-CDBG-8940 – Community Services
Department.
Motion/Second: Landis/Crane to approve Consent Calendar Items 7a-j, as submitted. Motion
carried by the following roll call votes: AYES: Scalmanini, Crane, Thomas, Landis, and Baldwin.
NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
8. AUDIENCE COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
Public Comment: Don Crawford and Mike Peterson.
9. COUNCIL REPORTS
Presenters: Councilmember Thomas, Vice Mayor Landis and Mayor Baldwin.
10. CITY MANAGER/CITY CLERK REPORTS
Presenters: Jane Chambers, City Manager; Sage Sangiacomo, Assistant City Manager; and Tim
Eriksen, Public Works Director.
City Council Minutes for April 16, 2014, Continued: Page 3 of 5
11. PUBLIC HEARINGS (6:15 PM)
a. Receive Report from the City Council Ad-Hoc Committee, Hear from the Public and
Consider Adoption of the Resolution Ordering Repair of Dilapidated Palace Hotel
Structure and Consider Additional Staff Recommendations to Retain Cota Cole, LLP
and Initiate Proceedings Under Health and Safety Code Section 17980.7 to Establish
a Receivership for the Palace Hotel Property – Planning and Community Development
Department.
Presenter: Charley Stump, Planning and Community Development Director; David Rapport, City
Attorney; and Scott Huber, Cota Cole, LLP.
Property Representatives: Eladia Laines, Unique Properties, Inc. President and Norman Hudson,
Contractor.
Public Comment: Tom Liden, Friends of the Palace Co-Chair; Mike Peterson; John McCowen
(speaking as a private citizen); Alan Nicholson; and Ross Christenson.
Motion/Second: Landis/Thomas to adopt Resolution, attached as Attachment 1. Motion failed by
the following roll call votes: AYES: Thomas and Landis. NOES: Scalmanini, Crane, and Baldwin.
ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
Motion/Second: Crane/Scalmanini to continue this item to June 4, 2014. Motion carried by the
following roll call votes: AYES: Scalmanini, Crane, and Baldwin. NOES: Thomas and Landis.
ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
RECESS: 9:00 – 9:06 P.M.
12. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
a. Consider Action to Affirm Existing Ukiah Sign Ordinance Prohibiting Flashing,
Rotation, Animated, Blinking and Moving Signs – Administration.
Presenters: Mayor Baldwin and Charley Stump, Planning and Community Development Director.
Motion/Second: Landis/Thomas to affirm the existing Ukiah Sign Ordinance Prohibiting Flashing,
Rotation, Animated, Blinking and Moving Signs; to direct staff and the City Attorney to return to the
next Council meeting with clarifying language; and to grandfather in the currently existing signs.
Motion carried by the following roll call votes: AYES: Scalmanini, Crane, Thomas, Landis, and
Baldwin. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
b. Discussion and Consideration of Redwood Trees on City Property (South School
Street) and a Lease Agreement with the Ukiah Daily Journal – Community Services.
Presenters: David Rapport, City Attorney; Sage Sangiacomo, Assistant City Manager; and Tim
Eriksen, Public Works Director.
Motion/Second: Crane/Landis to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a lease
agreement (COU No. 1314-212) with the Ukiah Daily Journal contingent upon the insurance
requirements meeting the City Attorney’s satisfaction within 30 days, and directs staff to bring the
item back to council on May 28, 2014, if the requirements are not met. Motion carried by the
following roll call votes: AYES: Scalmanini, Crane, Thomas, Landis, and Baldwin. NOES: None.
ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
City Council Minutes for April 16, 2014, Continued: Page 4 of 5
13. NEW BUSINESS
a. Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate and Enter into a Three-Year Multi Task
Contract with Utility Design Services LLC. to Assist Ukiah Electric Utility with
Distribution System Design and Project Management Support Services – Electric
Utility Department.
Presenter: Mel Grandi, Electric Utility Director.
Motion/Second: Crane/Landis to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and enter into a three-
year multi task contract (COU No. 1314-213) with Utility Design Services LLC. to assist Ukiah
Electric Utility with distribution system design and project management support services. Motion
carried by the following roll call votes: AYES: Scalmanini, Crane, Thomas, Landis, and Baldwin.
NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
b. Award Professional Services Contract to the Reed Group, Inc., for Performing a Water
Rate Study – Public Works Department.
Presenter: Tim Eriksen, Public Works Director.
Motion/Second: Landis/Crane to award professional services agreement (COU No. 1314-214) to
The Reed Group for the performance of a Water Rate Study in an amount not to exceed
$41,425.00. Motion carried by the following roll call votes: AYES: Scalmanini, Crane, Thomas,
Landis, and Baldwin. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
c. Adoption of Resolution in Support of AB 2493 Allowing Use of 2011 Redevelopment
Bond Proceeds – Administration.
Presenter: Jane Chambers, City Manager.
Motion/Second: Crane/Landis to adopt of Resolution (2014-15) in Support of AB 2493 Allowing
Use of 2011 Redevelopment Bond Proceeds. Motion carried by the following roll call votes: AYES:
Scalmanini, Crane, Thomas, Landis, and Baldwin. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
COUNCIL ADJOURNED TO CLOSED SESSION AT 9:43 P.M.
14. CLOSED SESSION
a. Conference With Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Gov’t Code 54956.9(b) (1 case)
b. Conference with Real Property Negotiators (§54956.8)
Property: APN Nos. 002-121-20-00, 002-121-21-00, 002-121-22-00 and 002-121-23-00
Negotiator: Jane Chambers, City Manager
Negotiating Parties: Robert Gitlin
Under Negotiation: Price & Terms
c. Conference with Real Property Negotiators (§54956.8)
Property: APN Nos. 002-101-19, 20 & 21
Negotiator: Jane Chambers, City Manager
Negotiating Parties: Rural Communities Housing
Development Corporation (RCHDC) and City of Ukiah
Under Negotiation: Price & Terms
City Council Minutes for April 16, 2014, Continued: Page 5 of 5
d. Conference with Real Property Negotiators_(§54956.8)
Property: APN: 180-070-19-00
Negotiator: Jane Chambers, City Manager
Negotiating Parties: City of Ukiah and RCMC LLC.
Under Negotiation: Price & Terms
No action was taken on Closed Session Items.
15. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:58 p.m.
________________________________
Kristine Lawler, City Clerk
Exhibit A
Subject: Summary of Proposed Agreement Amendments
Scope of Document
The purpose of this document is to provide a high level summary of the proposed
substantive revisions that are incorporated into the Amended and Restated Facilities
Agreement, Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement, and
Second Amended and Restated Pooling Agreement.
Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement
The following summary describes the proposed revisions that are incorporated into the
Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement.
• Section 1 - Definitions
o Added, removed and modified various defined terms to improve clarity of
the agreement; added reference to defined terms contained in the Power
Management and Administrative Services Agreement to consolidate use
of common terms
• Section 3 – Duties of the Commission
o Established separate quorum and voting provisions for acting upon
matters pertaining to General Administration vs. NCPA Projects
• Section 4 – Duties of the General Manager and NCPA Staff
o Added certain new duties, such as the acquisition of GHG Compliance
Instruments, installing and maintaining meters and metering equipment,
and providing Scheduling Coordination Services for NCPA Projects
• Section 5 – Facilities Committee
o Established new Facilities Committee procedures for electing officers
o Established separate quorum and voting provisions for acting upon
matters pertaining to General Administration vs. a NCPA Project vs. more
than one NCPA Project
o Clarified TID’s rights to participate on the Facilities Committee
o Added certain new duties, such as the responsibility to review the
acquisition of GHG Compliance Instrument
• Section 6 – Project Services, Development and Costs
Summary of Proposed Agreement Amendments 2
o Added process under which the Commission will designate a Project as a
NCPA Project; adds clarity regarding what projects are governed by the
Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement
o First Phase Project Funding – revised First Phase project funding based
on the provisions of the Joint Powers Agreement or as provided voluntarily
by one or more Participants
o Added language stating that only a NCPA Member may enter into a
Project Agreement, and that any Member desiring to enter into a Project
Agreement must become a Participant under the Facilities Agreement
o Added language stating that NCPA shall provide Scheduling Coordination
Services on behalf of NCPA Projects, therefore, each Participant shall
become a signatory to the Amended and Restated Scheduling
Coordination Program Agreement
o Added language stating that each Project Participant shall act as an
Operating Entity or have NCPA act as their Operating Entity pursuant to
separate agreement
o Added language clarifying that all scheduling and Administrative Services
Costs assigned to NCPA Projects pursuant to the Power Management
and Administrative Services Agreement shall be treated as Project Costs
• Section 7 – Project Share Transfers, Sales, Assignments and Exchanges
o Added language that requires a Project Participant to provide certain
notices to NCPA prior to entering into a transfer, sale, assignment or
exchange of its Project Participation Percentage Share, or associated
attributes, of a NCPA Project
o Added language to clarify what actions trigger a Right of First Refusal
requirement for transfers, sales, assignments and exchanges of a
Participant’s Project Participation Percentage share of a NCPA Project
o To the extent a Project Participant’s Project Participation Percentage
share of a NCPA Project is transferred, sold, assigned or exchanged to a
non-Member, added language to the agreement stating that such non-
Member receiving the share shall not have an entitlement to participate in
the activities of the Facilities Committee
o To the extent a Project Participant’s Project Participation Percentage
share of a NCPA Project is transferred, sold, assigned or exchanged to a
Member who is not a Participant under the agreement, added language
stating that such Member is required to become a Participant under the
Facilities Agreement
• Section 8 – Billing and Payments
o Added various billing and payment requirements to make the Agreement
consistent with NCPA’s current billing and payment practices
• Section 10 – Participant Covenants and Defaults
o Added detailed procedures regarding Participant Covenants and
management of an Event of Default, including provisions for how an Event
of Default may be cured and what remedies may be exercised by NCPA if
such Event of Default is not cured
Summary of Proposed Agreement Amendments 3
• Section 15 – Admission and Withdrawal of Participants
o Added detailed withdrawal procedures under which a Participant may
withdraw from the agreement by: (i) submitting a notice of withdrawal two
(2) years in advance of the effective date of such withdrawal, and (ii)
divesting its Project Participation Percentage share of all NCPA Projects
through a permanent transfer, sale, assignment or exchange, so that the
Withdrawing Participant permanently disposes of its legal and contractual
obligation to pay for all Project Costs
o Added language that allows the standard withdrawal criteria to be altered
upon mutual agreement between NCPA and the Withdrawing Participant
whereby all un-discharged liabilities are fully satisfied (negotiated
withdrawal)
o Added language that clarifies the prospective rights of a Project
Participant who remains a Project Participant but who terminates its
membership in NCPA; such Project Participant will no longer be entitled to
participate in the activities of the Commission and Facilities Committee,
but will continue to participate as a non-Member Participant under the
Facilities Agreement and remain obligated and liable for its Project
Participation Percentage share of Project Costs and shall remain obligated
to take Scheduling Coordination Services provide by NCPA for all NCPA
Projects in which such non-Member Participant is a Project Participant
• Section 17 – Settlement of Disputes and Arbitration
o Added detailed language to address settlement of disputes and arbitration
of disputes; the agreement defers to the settlement of disputes and
arbitration provisions contained in the Power Management and
Administrative Services Agreement
• Section 18 – Miscellaneous
o Consolidated various contract provisions into the miscellaneous section of
the agreement; establishes consistency among the Power Management
and Administrative Services governance agreements
• Facilities Schedules
o Eliminated various Facilities Schedules that were designed for the
purpose of calculating project rates; added updated language regarding
invoicing of fixed and variable costs
o Updated various NCPA Project operational schedules to make operational
procedures consistent with current business practices
Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement
The following summary describes the proposed revisions that are incorporated into the
Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement.
• Section 1 - Definitions
o Added, removed and modified various defined terms to improve clarity of
the agreement; added reference to defined terms contained in the Power
Summary of Proposed Agreement Amendments 4
Management and Administrative Services Agreement to consolidate use
of common terms
• Section 3 – NCPA Duties
o Added the ability for NCPA to act as both Scheduling Coordinator and
Scheduling Agent on behalf of a Participant
o Added additional language describing the duties of NCPA to perform
scheduling and settlement activities; clarified that all schedules and bids
shall be made in accordance with the NCPA Power Scheduling Guide
o Added language to enable NCPA to perform Scheduling Coordination
Services on behalf of Member owned and contracted resources; original
agreement written to apply to NCPA Projects
• Section 4 – Participant Duties
o Clarified that each Participant shall act as an Operating Entity and provide
schedules and bids to NCPA; also clarified that NCPA may act as an
Operating Entity on behalf of a Participant pursuant to separate
agreement
• Section 5 – Allocation of CAISO Charges and Credits
o Added language to clarify how CAISO charges and credits are allocated
for non-NCPA Projects; the Participant who owns or has contracted for the
non-NCPA Project is responsible for all costs, and shall receive all
benefits, associated with the non-NCPA Project
• Section 6 – Billing and Payments
o Added various billing and payment requirements to make the Agreement
consistent with NCPA’s current billing and payment practices
• Section 8 – Participant Covenants and Defaults
o Added detailed procedures regarding Participant Covenants and
management of an Event of Default, including provisions for how an Event
of Default may be cured and what remedies may be exercised by NCPA if
such Event of Default is not cured
• Section 9 – CAISO Security Deposit and Credit Requirements
o Added language to clarify NCPA’s use of collateral, including unsecured
credit assigned to NCPA, to satisfy credit requirements enforced by
CAISO
o Added language to clarify how a Participant’s collateral requirements are
determined, and a Participant’s obligation to assign certain amount of
unsecured credit to NCPA (Appendix H)
• Section 10 – Balancing Account
o Added language to the agreement to clarify how total Balancing Account
funds may be used by NCPA to satisfy its obligations pursuant to the
CAISO Tariff, how such Balancing Account funds are accounted for and
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refunded, and establish a more complete procedure for emergency
additions to the Balancing Account
• Section 11 – NCPA Administrative Costs
o Removed SCALD Allocation methodology and SC Committee
(inconsistent with current cost allocation methodology)
o Added language stating that all costs associated with NCPA’s provision of
Scheduling Coordination Services to the Participants, including, but not
limited to, Administrative Services Costs, shall be allocated in accordance
with the Power Management and Administrative Services Agreement
• Section 12 – Administration of Agreement
o Revised governance procedures; revised quorum and voting procedures
o Voting procedures revised so that actions of the Commission shall be
effective upon a majority vote of the Participants, where each participant
has the right to cast one vote
o Added language so that the Commission may defer matters pertaining to
the agreement to the Facilities Committee for review and recommendation
(replacement for the SC Committee)
• Section 14 – Admission and Withdrawal of Participants
o Incorporated new withdrawal procedures that require a Withdrawing
Participant to submit at least a two (2) year notice of withdrawal prior to
the effective date of such withdrawal
o Added new language to clarify how resources that are scheduled under
the agreement can be added or removed, and what are the obligations of
the Participants for contingent liabilities
• Section 15 – Settlement of Disputes and Arbitration
o Added detailed language to address settlement of disputes and arbitration
of disputes; the agreement defers to the settlement of disputes and
arbitration provisions contained in the Power Management and
Administrative Services Agreement
• Section 16 – Miscellaneous
o Consolidated various contract provisions into the miscellaneous section of
the agreement; establishes consistency among the Power Management
and Administrative Services governance agreements
• Appendix C – Power Scheduling Guide
o Incorporated the NCPA Power Scheduling Guide into the agreement so
that it is made part of the agreement (currently not incorporated into the
agreement)
• Appendix E – Participant Resources
o Added an explicit list of Participant resources to clarify what resources
receive Scheduling Coordination Services from NCPA
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• Appendix F – Technical Metering Standards
o Added new appendix to clarify what technical metering standards are
required to be established for Participant resources that are scheduled by
NCPA
Second Amended and Restated Pooling Agreement
The following summary describes the proposed revisions that are incorporated into the
Second Amended and Restated Pooling Agreement.
• Section 1 - Definitions
o Added, removed and modified various defined terms to improve clarity of
the agreement; added reference to defined terms contained in the Power
Management and Administrative Services Agreement to consolidate use
of common terms
• Section 3 – Duties of the Commission
o Revised Commission quorum and voting procedures; voting regarding
general administration of the agreement is based on a one-member one-
vote, with actions of the Commission being effective upon a majority vote
of the Participants; voting regarding Power Pool Management Services
Cost Allocation methodology is based on a two conditional process where
both of the following conditions must be met:
each Participant shall have the right to cast one (1) vote, and
actions of the Commission shall be effective only upon an
affirmative vote of eighty percent (80%) or more of the Participants
each Participant shall have the right to cast one (1) vote, and each
Participant’s vote shall be weighted based on its percentage share
of Power Pool Management Services Costs; actions of the
Commission shall be effective only upon an affirmative vote of sixty
five percent (65%) or more of the Participants, provided, however,
each Participant’s share of the vote will be limited to 35%
o Added language to enable the Commission to refer matters pertaining to
the agreement to the Facilities Committee for review and recommendation
• Section 4 – Duties of the General Manager and NCPA Staff
o Added various duties to clarify activities performed by the General
Manager and NCPA staff on behalf of the Participants, including the
provision of Scheduling Coordination Services, acting as an Operating
Entity on behalf of the Participants, providing pre-scheduling, scheduling
and central dispatch services, developing load, resource and price
forecasts, transacting energy, capacity, transmission capacity and other
related services and products for a term less than Balance-of-Month, and
acquisition of GHG compliance instruments
• Section 5 – Resource Planning, Load Forecasting and Energy/Capacity
Requirements
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o Clarified the process used by NCPA to develop a Participant load and
resource balance; such balance is used for resource planning, transaction,
and scheduling activities
• Section 6 – Power Pool Purchases and Sales
o Expanded the types of products NCPA can transact on behalf of the
Participants to include energy, capacity, ancillary services and
transmission
o Added language to authorize NCPA to acquire GHG Compliance
Instruments on behalf of the Participants to satisfy any GHG compliance
requirement that results from NCPA’s provision of Power Pool
Management Services
• Section 7 – Pool Scheduling and Central Dispatch
o Added language to clarify NCPA’s provision of Scheduling Coordination
Services on behalf of the Participants; establishes the Participants’
requirement to become signatories to the Amended and Restated
Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement
o Added language to clarify NCPA’s role in acting as an Operating Entity on
behalf of the Participants
• Section 8 – NCPA Administrative Costs
o Added language stating that all costs associated with NCPA’s provision of
Power Pool Management Services to the Participants, including, but not
limited to, Administrative Services Costs and Power Pool Management
Costs, shall be allocated among the Participants in accordance with the
agreement and the Power Management and Administrative Services
Agreement
• Section 9 – Billing and Payments
o Added various billing and payment requirements to make the Agreement
consistent with NCPA’s current billing and payment practices
• Section 11 – Participant Covenants and Defaults
o Added detailed procedures regarding Participant Covenants and
management of an Event of Default, including provisions for how an Event
of Default may be cured and what remedies may be exercised by NCPA if
such Event of Default is not cured
• Section 15 – Admission and Withdrawal of Participants
o Incorporated new withdrawal procedures that require a Withdrawing
Participant to submit at least a two (2) year notice of withdrawal prior to
the effective date of such withdrawal
• Section 16 – Settlement of Disputes and Arbitration
o Added detailed language to address settlement of disputes and arbitration
of disputes; the agreement defers to the settlement of disputes and
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arbitration provisions contained in the Power Management and
Administrative Services Agreement
• Section 17 – Miscellaneous
o Consolidated various contract provisions into the miscellaneous section of
the agreement; establishes consistency among the Power Management
and Administrative Services governance agreements
• Pooling Schedule 2 – Allocation of Power Pool Management Services Costs
o Added this new Pooling Schedule to document the methodology for
allocating costs associated with NCPA’s provision of Power Pool
Management Services among the Participants
o Incorporated procedure for a Participant to submit a formal request to
evaluate the cost allocation methodology reflected in Pooling Schedule 2,
and the process for organizing an ad hoc group of Participants to review
the methodology to determine if revisions are required to produce an
equitable cost allocation
• Pooling Schedule 13 – Acquisition of GHG Compliance Instruments for
GHG Compliance Obligations
o Added this new Pooling Schedule to develop a detailed procedure that
NCPA can use to acquire GHG Compliance Instruments to satisfy any
GHG compliance obligations caused by performing services under the
agreement
• Balance of Pooling Schedules
o Updated the balance of the Pooling Schedules to make such schedules
consistent with current business practices
Power Management and Administrative Services
Agreement
Second
Amended and Restated
Pooling Agreement
Amended and Restated
Facilities Agreement
Amended and Restated
SCPA
Amended and Restated
MPP
Natural Gas
Program Agreement
Single Member
Services Agreement
Operating
Agreement
Special Conditions
Agreements
Lodi Energy Center
Project Agreements
Project Agreements
(Third Phase)
Purpose:
Establishes duties of NCPA
acting as Power Pool manager
Establishes duties of Participants
to consolidate resource/load
portfolios into aggregate “Pool”
portfolio
Specific procedures for resource
planning, energy procurement
and sales, and other
Allocation of costs/revenues
attributed to Pooling (e.g.,
energy transaction activities)
Purpose:
NCPA Project development
phases and process
NCPA Project operating
procedures and criteria
NCPA Project Cost accounting
Allocation of Project Costs
Purpose:
Establishes duties of NCPA
acting as Scheduling Coordinator
Establishes duties of Participants
acting as Operating Entities
Specific procedures for
scheduling, settlement, metering
and other associated with
Scheduling Coordination
Services
Establishment of reserve and
collateral requirements
Allocation of CAISO Charge
Code Revenues and Costs
(Appendix B)
Service Agreements
Budgeted Power
Management and
Administrative Services
Costs assigned to certain
Service Agreements
based on Services
Categories
Non Service Agreements
Obligation to execute Service
Agreement(s) based on type
of Power Management and
Administrative Services
received
Contract obligation
to pay allocated
share of Power
Management and
Administrative
Services Costs
EXHIBIT B
POWER MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
AGREEMENT
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Table of Contents
Section 1. Definitions ................................................................................................... 3
Section 2. Purpose ...................................................................................................... 20
Section 3. Power Management and Administrative Services .............................. 21
Section 4. Cost Allocation ......................................................................................... 23
Section 5. Administration of Agreement ................................................................ 23
Section 6. Term and Termination ............................................................................ 27
Section 7. Admission and Withdrawal of Participants ........................................ 27
Section 8. Power Management and Administrative Services Schedules ........... 30
Section 9. Precedence of Agreement ....................................................................... 31
Section 10. Settlement of Disputes and Arbitration ............................................ 31
Section 11. Miscellaneous ........................................................................................ 41
Schedule 1. List of Participants ..................................................................................... 1
Schedule 2. Service Agreements ................................................................................... 1
Schedule 3. Service Categories ...................................................................................... 1
Schedule 4. Cost Allocation Methodology .................................................................. 1
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This POWER MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
AGREEMENT is dated as of _____________, 20__ by and among the Northern
California Power Agency, a joint powers agency of the State of California
("NCPA"), and the signatories to this Agreement other than NCPA
(“Participants”). NCPA and the Participants are referred to herein individually
as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.
RECITALS
A. NCPA has heretofore been duly established as a public agency
pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act of the Government Code of the State
of California and, among other things, is authorized to acquire, construct,
finance, and operate buildings, works, facilities and improvements for the
generation and transmission of electric capacity and energy for resale.
B. Each of the Participants is a signatory to the Joint Powers
Agreement which created NCPA and therefore is a Member.
C. The Participants desire NCPA to establish facilities, staff and the
capability for providing Power Management and Administrative Services,
including, but not limited to, Scheduling Coordination Services, real time
dispatch, power pool management, resource management, settlements, risk
management, and direct assignment activities.
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D. NCPA has established facilities, staff and the capability for the
efficient and cost effective provision of Power Management and Administrative
Services to the Participants, pursuant to this Agreement, the Service Agreements
and Good Utility Practice.
E. Power Management and Administrative Services benefit all
Members who receive such services from NCPA. Power Management and
Administrative Services are an integral part of NCPA’s business function and are
necessary in order to manage, operate, maintain and support NCPA and
Member investments and service obligations.
F. An agreement is necessary to formalize the contractual
relationships between NCPA and the Participants with regards to the role, scope,
governance, and the equitable allocation of costs associated with Power
Management and Administrative Services supplied by NCPA to the Participants.
G. This Agreement establishes the framework under which
Participants shall enter into one or more Service Agreements with NCPA to take
certain Power Management and Administrative Services from NCPA, and how
costs associated with such services are to be allocated among the Participants
receiving such services.
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H. Each Participant agrees to pay its equitable share of costs
associated with NCPA’s provision of Power Management and Administrative
Services in accordance with this Agreement and the Service Agreements.
I. The Participants further desire, insofar as possible, to insulate other
Members, whether or not such Members are also Participants, from risks
inherent in the services and transactions undertaken on behalf of any given
Participant or group of Participants.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions.
1.1 Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement (including the
Recitals hereto), the following terms shall have the following respective
meanings:
1.1.1 “Administrative Services Costs” means that portion of
the NCPA administrative, general and occupancy costs and expenses,
including those costs and expenses associated with the operations, direction
and supervision of the general affairs and activities of NCPA, general
management, treasury operations, accounting, budgeting, payroll, human
resources, information technology, facilities management, salaries and wages
(including retirement benefits) of employees, facility operation and
maintenance costs, taxes and payments in lieu of taxes (if any), insurance
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premiums, fees for legal, engineering, financial and other services, power
management services, general settlement and billing services and general risk
management costs, that are charged directly or apportioned to Power
Management and Administrative Services Annual Budget categories.
1.1.2 “Agreement” means this Power Management and
Administrative Services Agreement.
1.1.3 “All Resources Bill” means the single, combined
monthly bill from NCPA to a Participant with respect to all NCPA services,
programs and NCPA Projects.
1.1.4 “Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement” or
“Facilities Agreement” means that agreement dated as of _____________, 20__
between NCPA and the Members who are signatories to that agreement
which establishes the framework under which Project Agreements are created
for the development, design, financing, construction, and operation of NCPA
Projects.
1.1.5 “Amended and Restated Market Purchase Program
Agreement” or “Market Purchase Program Agreement” means the NCPA
Amended and Restated Market Purchase Program Agreement dated as of
September 10, 2012 by and between NCPA and the Members who are
signatories to that agreement by which NCPA transacts Approved Products.
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1.1.6 “Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination
Program Agreement” or “Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement” or
“SCPA” means that agreement dated as of _____________, 20__ between
NCPA and the Members who are signatories to that agreement by which
NCPA provides Scheduling Coordination Services.
1.1.7 “Annual Budget” means the NCPA budget for the
current Fiscal Year adopted by the Commission, or in the event a two-year
budget is adopted by the Commission if permitted by the NCPA Commission
Bylaws or the Joint Powers Agreement, means the two-year budget for the
applicable period.
1.1.8 “Approved Products” has the meaning as defined in the
Amended and Restated Market Purchase Program Agreement.
1.1.9 “Balance of Month Transaction” means a purchase or
sale of electric energy, capacity and/or other related attributes for a term not
greater than one month to be performed or delivered within the current or
next succeeding calendar month.
1.1.10 “Business Day” means any day except a Saturday,
Sunday, or a Federal Reserve Bank holiday. A Business Day shall open at
8:00 a.m. and close at 5:00 p.m. local time.
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1.1.11 “Calendar Day” means all days, including Saturdays,
Sundays or Federal Reserve Bank holidays.
1.1.12 “California Independent System Operator Corporation”
or “CAISO” means the non-profit public benefit corporation responsible for
the provision of fair and open transmission access, and maintaining reliable
and efficient operation of that portion of the electric grid contained within its
defined balancing authority area, pursuant to the California Public Utilities
Code, or its successor entity.
1.1.13 “CAISO Tariff” means the CAISO FERC Electric Tariff.
1.1.14 “CARB” means the California Air Resources Board, or
its successor organization.
1.1.15 “CARB Offset Credit” means a tradable compliance
instrument issued by CARB pursuant to the GHG Regulations that represents
a GHG reduction or GHG removal enhancement of one metric ton of carbon
dioxide (“CO2”).
1.1.16 “CARB Sector-Based Offset Credit” means a credit
issued by CARB pursuant to the GHG Regulations from a sector-based
crediting program once the crediting baseline for a sector has been reached.
1.1.17 “Commission” means the NCPA Commission
established by the Joint Powers Agreement.
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1.1.18 “Commissioner” means a voting member of the
Commission.
1.1.19 “Contract Transaction” has the meaning as defined in
the Amended and Restated Market Purchase Program Agreement.
1.1.20 “Electric System” means, with respect to each
Participant except the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
(“BART”) and the City of Oakland, all properties and assets, real and
personal, tangible and intangible, of the Participant now or hereafter existing,
used or pertaining to the generation for resale, transmission, transformation,
distribution or sale of electric capacity and energy, or the utilization of such,
including all additions, extensions, expansions, improvements and
betterments thereto and equipment thereof, and in the case of BART all
properties and assets, real and personal, tangible and intangible, of the
Participant now or hereafter existing, used or pertaining to its public
transportation system, and in the case of the City of Oakland, all properties
and assets, real and personal, tangible and intangible, of the Participant now
or hereafter existing, used or pertaining to the Port of Oakland (as defined in
the Charter of the City of Oakland); provided, however, that to the extent the
Participant is not the sole owner of an asset or property or to the extent that
an asset or property is used in part for generation for resale, transmission,
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transformation, distribution or sale of electric capacity and energy, only the
Participant’s ownership interest in such asset or property or only the part of
the asset or property used for electric purposes (or public transportation or
Port of Oakland purposes in the case of BART or the City of Oakland,
respectively) shall be considered to be part of its Electric System.
1.1.21 “Emissions Allowance” means a limited tradable
authorization to emit up to one metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent
issued either pursuant to the GHG Regulations or federal law.
1.1.22 “Energy Risk and Counterparty Risk Management
Regulations” means that certain NCPA Energy Risk and Counterparty Risk
Management Regulations, version 1.7, approved September 24, 2012.
1.1.23 “Energy Risk Management Policy” means that certain
NCPA Energy Risk Management Policy, version 1.3, approved June 16, 2011.
1.1.24 “Facilities Committee” or “Committee” means the
committee established pursuant to Section 5 of the Amended and Restated
Facilities Agreement.
1.1.25 “FERC” means the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, or its regulatory successor.
1.1.26 “First Phase” of a NCPA Project means the initial
planning stage conducted pursuant to the provisions of Section 6 of the
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Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement and prior to the declaration of
such Project as constituting a “NCPA Project” by the Commission.
1.1.27 “Fiscal Year” means the NCPA fiscal year; currently the
twelve month period beginning July 1 and ending on the following June 30.
1.1.28 “General Manager” means the General Manager of
NCPA.
1.1.29 “GHG Compliance Instrument” means any instrument,
including but not limited to, Emission Allowance, CARB Offset Credit or
CARB Sector-Based Offset Credit that can be used to fulfill a GHG emission
compliance obligation imposed by the State or federal government.
1.1.30 “GHG Regulations” means the California Cap on
Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Market-Based Compliance Mechanism
regulations codified at 17 Code of California Regulations sec. 95801 et seq.,
and adopted by CARB in compliance with the Global Warming Solutions Act
(“AB 32”, California Health & Safety Code sec. 95801 et seq.).
1.1.31 “Good Utility Practice” means any of the practices,
methods and acts engaged in or approved by a significant portion of the
electric utility industry within the United States of America during the
relevant time period, which, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in light of
the facts known at the time the decision was made, could have been expected
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to accomplish the desired result at the lowest reasonable cost consistent with
NERC or WECC approved business practices, reliability and safety. Good
Utility Practice is not intended to be limited to the optimum practice, method,
or act to the exclusion of all others, but rather to be acceptable practices,
methods, or acts generally accepted in the electric utility industry within the
United States of America.
1.1.32 “Greenhouse Gas” or “GHG” means carbon dioxide
(“CO2”), methane (“CH4”), nitrous oxide (“N2O”), sulfur hexafluoride
(“SF6”), hydrofluorocarbons (“HFCs”), perfluorocarbons (“PFCs”), and other
fluorinated gasses.
1.1.33 “Joint Powers Agreement” means the Amended and
Restated Northern California Power Agency Joint Exercise of Powers
Agreement dated as of January 31, 2008.
1.1.34 “Lodi Energy Center” or “LEC” means the NCPA Lodi
Energy Center, a 280 MW combined cycle generation facility located in Lodi,
California.
1.1.35 “Long-Term Transaction” means a purchase or sale of
natural gas, electric power, capacity, transmission and/or other related
attributes to be performed or delivered for a duration longer than a Balance of
Month Transaction.
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1.1.36 “Member” means any member of NCPA or associate
member of NCPA who is a signatory to the Joint Powers Agreement.
1.1.37 “MSSA Agreement” means the Third Amended and
Restated NCPA MSS Aggregator Agreement.
1.1.38 “Natural Gas Program Agreement” means the NCPA
Natural Gas Program Agreement dated as of July 11, 2011 between NCPA
and the Members who are signatories to that agreement by which NCPA
purchases natural gas.
1.1.39 “NCPA” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
1.1.40 “NCPA Commission Bylaws” means the Rules of
Procedure for the Commission of the Northern California Power Agency as
adopted by resolution of the Commission.
1.1.41 “NCPA Project” means any Project undertaken by
NCPA and one or more of its Members, other than the Lodi Energy Center,
and which Project may also include a non-member as a participant, which has
progressed beyond the First Phase (preliminary survey and investigation)
pursuant to Section 6 of the Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement, and
which has been designated by the Commission as a NCPA Project.
1.1.42 “NERC” means the North American Electric Reliability
Corporation, or its successor.
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1.1.43 “Operating Agreement” means any agreement, other
than the Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement, that is entered into
subsequent to or concurrently with a Third Phase Agreement, and that
establishes the principles, procedures and rules for operating and
maintaining a specific NCPA Project.
1.1.44 “Operating Entity” means a Project Participant, or a
group of Project Participants, that determines the use of and coordinates
scheduling of their Project Participation Percentage share of energy and
capacity of a NCPA Project with NCPA, in accordance with established
scheduling requirements, including those requirements determined by
NCPA. NCPA may act as an Operating Entity for a Project Participant, or a
group of Project Participants, pursuant to separate agreement.
1.1.45 “Operating Service Agreement” means an Operating
Service Agreement between NCPA and one or more Members, utilizing the
Professional Services/Operating Agreement adopted by the Commission, by
which NCPA provides specific services, as described in the subject
agreement, related to the operation of Member resources and other
investments.
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1.1.46 “Participant” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of
this Agreement. Each Participant shall be a Member. Participants to this
Agreement are listed in Schedule 1 of this Agreement.
1.1.47 “Party” or “Parties” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals hereto; provided that “Third Parties” are entities that are not party to
this Agreement.
1.1.48 “Pool Member” means a signatory to the Second
Amended and Restated Pooling Agreement.
1.1.49 “Power Management and Administrative Services”
means services provided by NCPA to the Members, pursuant to this
Agreement and the Service Agreements, including, but not limited to,
Scheduling Coordination Services, real time dispatch, power pool
management, resource management, settlements, energy risk management,
and direct assignment, administrative and support activities related to the
foregoing.
1.1.50 “Power Management and Administrative Services
Schedules” or “Schedules” means the principles and/or procedures adopted
by the Commission, which are appended to and made part of this Agreement,
and are subject to change or amendment from time to time pursuant to
Section 11.6.2.
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1.1.51 “Power Management Services Costs” are costs
associated with NCPA’s provision of Power Management and Administrative
Services, including, but not limited to, those costs and expenses associated
with Scheduling Coordination Services, real time dispatch, power pool
management, resource management, settlements, energy risk management,
and direct assignment, administrative and support activities related to the
foregoing. Power Management Services Costs do not include that portion of
the NCPA administrative, general and occupancy costs and expenses that are
charged directly or apportioned to Power Management and Administrative
Services Annual Budget categories; rather such costs are accounted for as
Administrative Services Costs.
1.1.52 “Project” means a generation facility, transmission
facility, natural gas facility, Long-Term Transaction, or other resource directly
related to the Participants’ business. Provided, however, that any Long-Term
Transaction entered into pursuant to the Amended and Restated Market
Purchase Program Agreement, Natural Gas Program Agreement, or other
separate Service Agreements shall not be deemed to be a Project under the
Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement.
1.1.53 “Project Agreement” or “NCPA Project Agreement”
means an agreement including any Second Phase Agreement, Third Phase
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Agreement or Operating Agreement, between NCPA and Project
Participants, to enable NCPA, on behalf of Project Participants, to carry out
plans for the construction, operation, delivery and financing of a NCPA
Project.
1.1.54 “Project Indenture of Trust” means a document that
contains the terms and conditions (such as the interest rate, maturity, date,
convertibility, representations and covenants) governing a bond issuance as
between NCPA and a bond trustee with respect to the financing of a NCPA
Project.
1.1.55 “Project Participant” is a signatory to the Amended and
Restated Facilities Agreement which enters into a Project Agreement with
NCPA with respect to a particular NCPA Project.
1.1.56 “Project Participation Percentage” means the percentage
of participation of a Project Participant in a NCPA Project as set forth in a
Project Agreement. Project Participant Percentage is also commonly referred
to as Project Entitlement Percentage, Project Entitlement Share, Participation
Percentage or Generation Entitlement Share, each of which are synonymous.
1.1.57 “Revenues” means , with respect to each Participant with
the exception of BART, all income, rents, rates, fees, charges, and other
moneys derived by the Participant from the ownership or operation of its
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Electric System, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(a) all income, rents, rates, fees, charges or other moneys derived from the
sale, furnishing and supplying of electric capacity and energy and other
services, facilities, and commodities sold, furnished, or supplied through the
facilities of its Electric System; (b) the earnings on and income derived from
the investment of such income, rents, rates, fees, charges or other moneys to
the extent that the use of such earnings and income is limited by or pursuant
to law to its Electric System; and (c) the proceeds derived by the Participant
directly or indirectly from the sale, lease or other disposition of all or a part of
the Electric System, but the term Revenues shall not include (i) customers’
deposits or any other deposits subject to refund until such deposits have
become the property of the Participant or (ii) contributions from customers
for the payment of costs of construction of facilities to serve them. In regards
to BART, Revenues means, all income, rents, rates, fees, charges, grants, fares
or tariffs, subventions and other moneys derived by the Participant from the
operation of its Electric System including, without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, (i) the earnings on and income derived from the investment of
such income, rents, rates, fees, charges grants, fares or tariffs, subventions or
other moneys and (ii) the proceeds derived by the Participant directly or
indirectly from the sale, lease or other disposition of all or a part of its assets,
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but the term Revenues shall not include any moneys derived from sources the
use of which is limited by law to expenditures other than operating expenses.
1.1.58 “Scheduling Agent” means an entity authorized to act as
agent on behalf of a Scheduling Coordinator, and shall perform certain
Scheduling Coordinator duties and requirements on behalf of a Scheduling
Coordinator.
1.1.59 “Scheduling Coordinator” means an entity certified by
the CAISO for the purposes of undertaking the functions of a Scheduling
Coordinator specified in the CAISO Tariff, including, but not limited to,
submitting and settling bids, self-schedules, and trades in the CAISO
markets.
1.1.60 “Scheduling Coordination Services” means the
scheduling and settlement services provided by NCPA pursuant to the
Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement.
1.1.61 “Second Amended and Restated Pooling Agreement” or
“Pooling Agreement” means the NCPA Second Amended and Restated
Pooling Agreement dated as of _____________, 20__ between NCPA and the
Members who are signatories to that agreement which establishes an
operating resource pool to jointly manage Pool Members’ collective portfolios
of loads and resources.
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1.1.62 “Second Phase” means the second stage of NCPA
Project planning and design pursuant to an agreement (“Second Phase
Agreement”) between one or more of the Members and NCPA to proceed
beyond the First Phase with study, design, or development of a NCPA
Project.
1.1.63 “Service Agreements” mean the Amended and Restated
Facilities Agreement, the Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination
Program Agreement, the Second Amended and Restated Pooling Agreement,
the Amended and Restated Market Purchase Program Agreement, the
Natural Gas Program Agreement, an Operating Service Agreement, a Single
Member Services Agreement, or other agreements that may be developed by
the Commission from time to time to provide services to Participants as
described in Schedule 2 of this Agreement. Project Agreements are not
considered to be Service Agreements under the context of this Agreement.
1.1.64 “Single Member Services Agreement” means a NCPA
Single Member Services Agreement for Special Transactions between NCPA
and a Member utilizing the pro forma NCPA Single Member Services
Agreement adopted by the Commission, by which NCPA provides special
services to the Member as described in the subject agreement relating to the
operation of Member resources and other investments.
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1.1.65 “State” means the State of California.
1.1.66 “Third Phase” means the third stage of a NCPA Project
pursuant to an agreement (“Third Phase Agreement”) between one or more
of the Members and NCPA to participate in the financing, construction,
operation, and/or rights to the capacity, energy and/or other attributes of a
NCPA Project.
1.1.67 “Third Party” means an entity (including a Member)
that is not a Party to this Agreement.
1.1.68 “Uncontrollable Forces” means storm, flood, lightning,
earthquake, tsunami, fire, explosion, failure of facilities not due to lack of
proper care or maintenance, civil disturbance, labor dispute, sabotage, war,
national emergency, restraint by court or public authority, any curtailment,
order, regulation or restriction imposed by governmental, military or lawfully
established civilian authorities, or other causes beyond the control of the
affected Party which such Party could not reasonably have been expected to
avoid by exercise of Good Utility Practice, due diligence and foresight.
1.1.69 “WECC” means the Western Electricity Coordinating
Council, or its successor(s).
1.1.70 “Withdrawing Participant” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.2 of this Agreement.
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1.2 Rules of Interpretation. As used in this Agreement (including the
Recitals hereto), unless in any such case the context requires otherwise: The
terms “herein,” “hereto,” “herewith” and “hereof” are references to this
Agreement taken as a whole and not to any particular provision; the term
“include,” “includes” or “including” shall mean “including, for example and
without limitation;” and references to a “Section,” “subsection,” “clause,”
“Appendix”, “Schedule”, or “Exhibit” shall mean a Section, subsection, clause,
Appendix, Schedule or Exhibit of this Agreement, as the case may be. All
references to a given agreement, instrument, tariff or other document, or law,
regulation or ordinance shall be a reference to that agreement, instrument, tariff
or other document, or law, regulation or ordinance as such now exists and as
may be amended from time to time, or its successor. A reference to a “person”
includes any individual, partnership, firm, company, corporation, joint venture,
trust, association, organization or other entity, in each case whether or not
having a separate legal personality and includes its successors and permitted
assigns. A reference to a “day” shall mean a Calendar Day unless otherwise
specified. The singular shall include the plural and the masculine shall include
the feminine, and vice versa.
Section 2. Purpose. The purpose of this Agreement is to (i) set forth the terms
and conditions under which NCPA will provide efficient and cost effective
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Power Management and Administrative Services to a Participant, (ii) establish
the framework under which a Participant shall enter into this Agreement and
one or more Service Agreements with NCPA to obtain Power Management and
Administrative Services from NCPA, and (iii) specify how costs associated with
NCPA’s provision of Power Management and Administrative Services are to be
allocated among the Participants based on having participated in a NCPA Project
or having executed one or more Service Agreements.
Section 3. Power Management and Administrative Services. Power
Management and Administrative Services benefit all Members who receive such
services from NCPA, and Power Management and Administrative Services are
an integral part of NCPA’s business function and are necessary in order to
manage, operate, maintain and support NCPA and Member investments and
service obligations. A Member who receives Power Management and
Administrative Services from NCPA shall become a Participant to this
Agreement, and shall become a signatory to one or more Service Agreements,
based on the type of Power Management and Administrative Services that
Participant receives from NCPA, as further set forth in this Agreement.
3.1 NCPA Project and Service Agreements. NCPA provides Power
Management and Administrative Services to Participants pursuant to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, the Project Agreements, and the individual
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Service Agreements. A Participant receives particular Power Management and
Administrative Services from NCPA as an obligation of NCPA, by virtue of
being a signatory to the relevant Project Agreements or Service Agreements
under which NCPA provides or causes the provision of required services. The
scope and application of each Service Agreement is described in Schedule 2 of
this Agreement.
Pursuant to the amendment provisions contained in this Agreement and
each respective Service Agreement, the signatories of said agreements may
amend the terms and conditions of each agreement as deemed necessary. The
Participants agree to conduct a periodic review of each agreement to determine if
any terms or provisions of the agreements require amendment. Such periodic
review shall be conducted at least every five (5) years from the Effective Date of
this Agreement. The parties of each respective agreement shall act in good faith
and shall cooperate in conducting such periodic review. If based on the outcome
of such periodic review process the Participants determine that an agreement or
agreements require amendment, such amendments shall be made in accordance
with the amendment provisions contained in each respective agreement.
3.2 Power Management and Administrative Services Categories.
Power Management and Administrative Services are categorized based on the
type and function of services provided. Costs associated with Power
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Management and Administrative Services are accounted for based on the
relevant categories of the services established by the Commission, or as
otherwise set forth by the Commission in the Annual Budget. The functional
categories that describe the types of Power Management and Administrative
Services provided by NCPA in support of NCPA Projects and the Service
Agreements are described in Schedule 3 of this Agreement.
Section 4. Cost Allocation. Costs associated with Power Management and
Administrative Services, including Administrative Services Costs and Power
Management Services Costs, shall be allocated among the Participants in
accordance with methodologies and principles established by the Commission
from time to time, as set forth in Schedule 4 of this Agreement.
4.1 Power Management and Administrative Services Costs. Each
Participant agrees to and acknowledges its obligation to pay its allocated share of
costs associated with Power Management and Administrative Services, including
Power Management Services Costs and the portion of Administrative Services
Costs allocated to Power Management and Administrative Services, as invoiced
in its All Resources Bill subject to any applicable Project Agreement or Service
Agreement dispute resolution provisions or procedures.
Section 5. Administration of Agreement.
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5.1 Commission. The Commission is responsible for the
administration of this Agreement. Each Participant shall be represented by its
Commissioner or their designated alternate Commissioner (“Alternate”)
pursuant to the Joint Powers Agreement. Each Commissioner shall have
authority to act for the Participant represented with respect to matters pertaining
to this Agreement.
5.2 Forum. Whenever any action anticipated by this Agreement is
required to be jointly taken by the Participants, such action shall be taken at
regular or special meetings of the Commission.
5.3 Quorum. For acting upon matters pertaining to this Agreement, a
quorum of the Commission shall consist of those Commissioners, or their
designated Alternates, representing a numerical majority of the Participants.
5.4 Voting.
5.4.1 General Administration. For acting upon matters that
relate to general administration of this Agreement, each Participant shall have
the right to cast one (1) vote. Actions of the Commission shall be effective
only upon a majority vote of the Participants.
5.4.2 Power Management and Administrative Services
Functional Categories and Cost Allocation Methodology. For acting upon
matters that relate to the establishment of Power Management and
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Administrative Services functional categories, as set forth in Schedule 3, or
the methodology for allocating costs associated with Power Management and
Administrative Services, as set forth in Schedule 4, the following voting
procedure shall be used. Actions of the Commission regarding Schedule 3
and Schedule 4 shall be effective only upon both of the following conditions
being satisfied:
(i) each Participant shall have the right to cast one (1) vote, and
actions of the Commission shall be effective only upon an affirmative vote of
eighty percent (80%) or more of the Participants; and
(ii) each Participant shall have the right to cast one (1) vote and
each Participant’s vote shall be weighted based on its percentage share of Power
Management and Administrative Services Costs, including the portion of
Administrative Services Costs allocated to Power Management and
Administrative Services, as such costs are set forth in the prior Fiscal Year
budget. Actions of the Commission shall be effective only upon an affirmative
vote of sixty five percent (65%) or more of the weighted shares of the
Participants; provided, however, if the voting right of any Participant exceeds
thirty five percent (35%) that Participant’s voting right shall be limited to thirty
five percent (35%) and the Participant’s voting right percentage in excess of thirty
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five percent (35%) shall be proportionally reassigned to the Participants whose
voting right percentage is less than thirty five percent (35%).
5.5 Adoption and Amendment of Annual Budget. Annually, the
Commission shall adopt an Annual Budget, which includes, but is not limited to,
all costs attributed to Power Management and Administrative Services, for at
least the next succeeding Fiscal Year in accordance with the Joint Powers
Agreement and this Agreement. Provided, however, that the Commission may
in its discretion adopt a two-year budget if permitted to do so by the NCPA
Commission Bylaws or the Joint Powers Agreement.
5.6 Facilities Committee. The Facilities Committee has been
established pursuant to the Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement to act as
an advisory committee to the Commission. The Commission or General
Manager may refer matters pertaining to the administration of this Agreement to
the Facilities Committee for review and recommendation, including, but not
limited to, proposed amendments to this Agreement and to the Power
Management and Administrative Services Schedules. If the Commission or
General Manager refers matters pertaining to the administration of this
Agreement to the Facilities Committee, NCPA will provide a copy of the public
notice of the Facilities Committee meeting at which the matter will be discussed
to the Participants. The Facilities Committee may act upon such matters referred
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to it by the Commission in accordance with the procedures, including the general
administration quorum and voting procedures, set forth in the Amended and
Restated Facilities Agreement. Any recommendations of the Facilities
Committee shall be made to the Commission, Project Participants, and others, as
appropriate, in coordination with the General Manager.
Section 6. Term and Termination.
6.1 Effective Date. This Agreement shall become effective on the first
day of the month after which it has been duly executed by all Participants, and
delivered to and executed by NCPA (the “Effective Date”). NCPA shall notify all
Participants in writing of the Effective Date.
6.2 Term and Termination. This Agreement shall continue in full effect
until terminated by consent of all Parties.
Section 7. Admission and Withdrawal of Participants.
7.1 Admission of a New Participant. Subsequent to the initial Effective
Date, a Member who is not a Participant, and who desires to receive Power
Management and Administrative Services from NCPA or is required to take such
services (e.g. a Project Participant), shall become a Participant by executing this
Agreement. Such Member will become a Participant effective on the date of its
delivery to NCPA of an executed counterpart of this Agreement.
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7.2 Withdrawal of Participants. Any Participant may withdraw from
this Agreement (“Withdrawing Participant”) by: (1) submitting notice, in writing
to all Parties at least two (2) years in advance of the effective date of such
withdrawal, provided that such withdrawal shall only be effective on the last
day of a Fiscal Year and that the Withdrawing Participant has fully satisfied all
obligations it has incurred under this Agreement not later than the effective date
of withdrawal; and (2) fully withdrawing its participation in the Service
Agreement or Service Agreements it is signatory to, under which the Participant
receives Power Management and Administrative Services, pursuant to the terms
and conditions for withdrawal or termination specified in said Service
Agreement or Service Agreements not later than the effective date of withdrawal
from this Agreement; provided, however, if the withdrawal or termination
provisions specified in the Service Agreement or Service Agreements in which
the Withdrawing Participant is signatory require a notice of withdrawal or
termination of less than two (2) years, the length of withdrawal notice required
under this Agreement shall be made to be coterminous with the greatest length
of notice contained in said Service Agreement or Service Agreements. The
withdrawal requirements stated herein may be altered upon mutual agreement
between NCPA and the Withdrawing Participant whereby all un-discharged
liabilities, credits or obligations of the Withdrawing Participant, including any
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contingent liabilities, credits or obligation, are fully satisfied. NCPA and the
Withdrawing Participant shall negotiate in good faith and shall cooperate in
reaching such mutual agreement. The two (2) year duration of the notice
requirement may be waived or reduced by the Commission in its sole discretion.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7.2, a participant under the
Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement that terminates its membership in
the joint powers agency pursuant to the Joint Powers Agreement, but has not
withdrawn is participation in the Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement,
shall continue its participation in the Amended and Restated Facilities
Agreement as a non-Member participant pursuant to Section 15.5 of the
Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement. Withdrawal by any Participant
shall not terminate this Agreement as to the remaining Participants.
Pursuant to the respective Project Agreements, NCPA shall make
available or cause to be made available services so that a Project Participant may
receive its Project Participation Percentage share of capacity and energy from a
NCPA Project. The Participants acknowledge and agree that one way NCPA
may satisfy its obligation to cause or make available such services to the
Participants is through the provision of Power Management and Administrative
Services under this Agreement and the Service Agreements to the extent that
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NCPA performs its obligations under this Agreement and the Service
Agreements.
7.3 No Effect on Prior Liabilities. Withdrawal by any Participant will
not terminate any ongoing or un-discharged liabilities, credits or obligations,
including any contingent liabilities, credits or obligations, resulting from this
Agreement until they are satisfied in full, or such Withdrawing Participant has
provided a mechanism acceptable to NCPA, for the satisfaction in full thereof.
7.4 Associated Costs. A Withdrawing Participant shall reimburse
NCPA for any and all costs resulting from the withdrawal, including but not
limited to the legal, accounting, and administrative costs of winding up and
assuring the complete satisfaction and discharge of the Withdrawing
Participant’s liabilities, credits or obligations, including any contingent liabilities,
credits or obligations.
Section 8. Power Management and Administrative Services Schedules.
Power Management and Administrative Services Schedules may be established
for the implementation of this Agreement. Power Management and
Administrative Services Schedules provide detailed descriptions, procedures,
protocols and guidelines for the provision and allocation of services provided
under this Agreement and the Service Agreements. Power Management and
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Administrative Services Schedules may be established, repealed or amended by
the Commission in accordance with this Agreement.
Section 9. Precedence of Agreement. Where there is any conflict between
this Agreement and the Joint Powers Agreement, a Project Agreement, a Service
Agreement or a NCPA Project Indenture of Trust, the provisions in the Joint
Powers Agreement, Project Agreement, Service Agreement or NCPA Project
Indenture of Trust shall control.
Section 10. Settlement of Disputes and Arbitration.
10.1 Settlement of Disputes. The Parties agree to make best efforts to
settle all disputes among themselves connected with this Agreement as a matter
of normal business under this Agreement. The procedures set forth in the
remainder of this Section shall apply to all disputes that cannot be settled by the
Participants themselves.
10.2 Facilities Committee and Commission Resolution. All disputes
connected with this Agreement that cannot be resolved by the Parties
themselves, may be submitted by any Party to the Facilities Committee, which
shall consider the matter at its next regular meeting held not less than thirty (30)
Calendar Days after the submission of the matter to it. If the Facilities
Committee cannot resolve a dispute within thirty (30) Calendar Days after said
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meeting, the dispute shall be submitted by the Facilities Committee to the
Commission.
The Commission shall consider the matter at its next regular meeting held
not less than thirty (30) Calendar Days after the submission of the matter to it. If
the Commission cannot resolve a dispute within thirty (30) Calendar Days after
said meeting, any Party to the dispute may commence mediation pursuant to
Section 10.3.
The Facilities Committee and the Commission shall make best efforts to
resolve all disputes submitted to them through discussion and negotiations. At
any time during this process a Party or the Commission may suggest that a
mediator with experience in the utility industry be asked to assist in such
discussions and negotiations.
10.3 Mediation.
10.3.1 If informal dispute resolution by the Facilities Committee
and Commission, as described in Section 10.2, fails, then prior to engaging in
the arbitration outlined in Section 10.5, the Parties shall first attempt to settle
any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or
breach thereof, through a mediation process by a disinterested third person,
acceptable to the affected Parties. A formal mediation request shall be
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submitted to the General Manager by any Party within ten (10) Calendar
Days of the failure of dispute resolution by the Commission.
10.3.2 Once a mediation request is submitted by any Party,
unless the Parties otherwise agree upon a mediator, each affected Party shall
have thirty (30) Calendar Days in which to present to the General Manager a
list of not more than three (3) disinterested mediators, each of whom shall
preferably have experience in the utility industry and the subject matter area
in question. Each Party in turn, in the order in which the lists are received by
the General Manager, with NCPA exercising its turn last, may exercise the
right to reject one (1) name from the list of mediators until only one (1) name
is remaining. That person shall act as mediator. Any affected Party failing to
present a list to the General Manager shall waive its right to participate in the
selection of the mediator.
10.3.3 Each Party participating in the mediation shall bear its
own attorney’s fees and costs in preparing for and conducting the mediation,
except that the joint costs, if any, of the actual mediation proceeding,
including all costs of the mediator, shall be shared equally by all the Parties
participating in the mediation. Mediation proceedings shall not extend
beyond ninety (90) Calendar Days without the agreement of each of the
Parties participating in the mediation.
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10.4 Expedited Dispute Resolution Procedure.
10.4.1 At any time that a Party believes that a dispute exists
which cannot be timely resolved under procedures set forth in Section 10.2
and 10.3, written notice shall be promptly provided by the Party to the
General Manager and the Parties. Such notice shall provide a detailed
explanation of the dispute and the position(s) of the Parties to the dispute.
The notice shall also provide an explanation of why the dispute cannot be
timely resolved under the procedures set forth in Section 10.2 and 10.3.
10.4.2 Upon receipt of such notice, the General Manager shall
determine what actions are appropriate to effectuate a resolution of the
dispute. In the event that the General Manager cannot effectuate a resolution
of the dispute satisfactory to all Parties participating in the dispute resolution
within five (5) Business Days of receipt of such notice, the General Manager
shall immediately notify the Chair of the Commission and provide copies of
the notice to the Chair together with any comments of the General Manager,
concerning the dispute.
10.4.3 Upon receipt of such notice, the Chair of the Commission
shall either place the dispute on the agenda of the next regular meeting of the
Commission occurring not less than two (2) weeks from the date of receipt for
the purpose of having the Commission mediate the dispute, or, if deemed
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necessary by the Chair in his or her discretion, due to the need for timely
resolution, call a special meeting of the Commission for the purpose of having
the Commission mediate the dispute. If the Commission cannot effectuate a
resolution of the dispute within thirty (30) Calendar Days of such meeting,
any affected Party may immediately invoke the provisions of Section 10.5.
10.5 Arbitration. Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or
relating to this Agreement, or the breach thereof, which is not resolved by
mediation or expedited dispute resolution as provided in Section 10.2, 10.3 or
10.4, shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the procedures set
forth in this Section 10.5. Provided, however, that the provisions of this Section
10.5 may be invoked by a Party only following the exhaustion of the remedies
provided in Sections 10.2, 10.3 or 10.4, and any dispute, controversies or claims
not raised in the manner provided therein are deemed waived.
10.5.1 Schedule. Unless otherwise agreed, if the disputing
Party fails to commence arbitration within ninety (90) Calendar Days after the
mediation process fails, as provided for in Section 10.3, or the failure of the
expedited dispute resolution process, as provided for in Section 10.4, the
disputing Party shall be deemed to have waived all claims with respect to
such dispute.
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10.5.2 Arbitration Rules. Except as otherwise provided in this
Section, the arbitration shall be governed by the Commercial Arbitration
Rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”). Notwithstanding
such rules: (1) discovery shall be permitted and the provisions of California
Code of Civil Procedure Section 1283.05 are incorporated by reference herein;
except that, the Parties shall not use interrogatories as a means of discovery;
and (2) if such AAA rules and provisions as herein modified shall co nflict
with the laws of the State of California then in force, then California law shall
govern.
10.5.3 Commencement and Notice. A Party (the “Initiating
Party”) may commence arbitration by serving written notice of its intent to
commence arbitration upon the other Parties. The written notice shall express
the Initiating Party's intent to institute arbitration under this Agreement, and
shall in adequate detail set forth the nature of the dispute, the issue to be
arbitrated, the Initiating Party's position thereon, and the remedy to be
sought by such arbitration.
10.5.4 Response. Within thirty (30) Calendar Days of the
receipt of the notice commencing arbitration and statement of the dispute and
proposed remedy prepared pursuant to Section 10.5.3, each Party desiring to
respond (each a “Responding Party”) shall serve a written response upon the
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Initiating Party and the other Parties stating its understanding of the issues in
dispute, its position thereon, the reasons supporting its position and its
proposed remedy. The notices and statements required under Section 10.5.3
and this Section shall constitute the "Submittal Statements." The Initiating
Party and the Responding Party or Responding Parties are jointly referred to
as “the Arbitrating Parties.” All Parties shall be bound by the decision of the
arbitrator, whether or not the Party is an Arbitrating Party.
10.5.5 Selection and Qualifications of Arbitrator. Within thirty
(30) Calendar Days after delivery of the Initiating Party's written notice to
commence arbitration, the Arbitrating Parties shall meet for the purpose of
selecting a single impartial arbitrator. Unless otherwise agreed, in the event
the Arbitrating Parties are unable to agree on the selection of an arbitrator at
such meeting, they shall, within fifteen (15) Calendar Days of such meeting,
request the American Arbitration Association (or a similar organization if the
American Arbitration Association should not at that time exist) to provide a
list of five (5) impartial arbitrators from which to select the arbitrator. The
proposed arbitrators shall be available to serve and shall be skilled and
experienced in the field of the dispute.
No person shall be eligible for appointment as an arbitrator who
is a member of a governing board, an officer or an employee of any of the
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Parties (whether or not such Party is an Arbitrating Party) or is otherwise
interested in the matter to be arbitrated.
Within thirty (30) Calendar Days after the date of receipt of such
list, the Arbitrating Parties shall take turns striking names from said list until
the arbitrator has been selected by being the last name remaining on the
list. The order of the Arbitrating Parties (and where more than four (4)
Arbitrating Parties exist, the identity of the Arbitrating Parties eligible to
exercise the right to strike names) striking names will be selected randomly
by drawing lots in a manner decided by the General Manager. Provided,
however, that the Initiating Party shall always have the right to strike a name
and that NCPA shall always have the last opportunity to strike a name. After
each name is stricken from the list, the next Arbitrating Party will have two
(2) Business Days to strike a name from the list. If an Arbitrating Party fails
to timely strike a name, it waives its right to strike names, but the remaining
Arbitrating Parties shall continue to strike names in their turn, until only one
(1) name is remaining. That person shall act as arbitrator. Within ten (10)
Calendar Days after selection of the arbitrator, each of the Arbitrating Parties
shall submit to the arbitrator their Submittal Statements previously prepared
and exchanged.
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10.5.6 Arbitration Schedule. Within ten (10) Calendar Days
after the submission of the Submittal Statements to the arbitrator, or as may
otherwise be scheduled by the arbitrator in his or her discretion, the
Arbitrating Parties shall meet with the arbitrator to establish a schedule for
discovery, initial hearing, the time for the arbitrator to issue a decision after
the close of hearing and any other rules for consideration. Should an
Arbitrating Party fail to comply with any schedule established under this
Section in a timely manner, that Arbitrating Party shall be deemed to have
waived all claims with respect to the dispute. Such schedule may be
modified by agreement of the Arbitrating Parties and the arbitrator.
10.5.7 Settlement. The Arbitrating Parties may settle the
dispute at any time before the issuance of the arbitrator's decision.
10.5.8 Arbitrator’s Authority and Decision. The arbitrator may
grant any remedy or relief that is just and equitable and within the scope of
this Agreement and the Submittal Statements. Thus, the arbitrator may
effectuate a compromise among the Arbitrating Parties taking into account
each Arbitrating Party’s Settlement Statement.
The arbitrator shall issue a written decision which shall include
findings of fact and conclusions of law with respect to the issues involved in
the dispute. The arbitrator shall make his or her decision in accordance with
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Good Utility Practice. The arbitrator may not grant any remedy or relief
which is inconsistent with this Agreement or the Joint Powers Agreement.
The arbitrator shall specify the time within which the Arbitrating Parties shall
comply with the decision. In no event shall the arbitrator's decision contain
findings on issues not contained in, or grant a remedy beyond that sought in,
the Submittal Statements. The arbitrator shall have no authority to award
punitive or consequential damages. The arbitrator shall have no authority,
power or jurisdiction to alter, amend, change, modify, add to, or subtract
from any of the provisions of this Agreement, the Joint Powers Agreement, or
any other agreement between NCPA and its Members, nor to consider any
issues arising other than from the language in and authority derived from
this Agreement.
10.5.9 Binding Arbitration. The decision of the arbitrator shall
be final and binding upon all Parties (whether or not Arbitrating Parties) and
the Parties shall take whatever action is required to comply with the decision.
The decision of the arbitrator may be enforced by any court or agency having
jurisdiction.
10.5.10 Arbitration and Enforcement Expenses. Each
Arbitrating Party shall bear its own expenses, including arbitrator’s fees,
attorney's fees and the fees and charges of expert witnesses, associated with
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the arbitration. Provided, that if a resolution of the dispute is reached before
the arbitrator issues an award, such expenses shall be borne as agreed by the
Arbitrating Parties. Any and all expenses incurred by NCPA shall be treated
as Power Management Services Costs.
Should any Party fail to abide by the decision of the arbitrator,
any other Party may immediately seek relief in law or equity as may be
appropriate. In such event, the prevailing Party shall be entitled to damages,
if any, caused by the non-prevailing Party's failure to abide by the arbitrator's
decision, and expenses caused by the enforcement of the arbitrator's decision,
including, but not limited to, attorney's fees and the fees and charges of
expert witnesses.
Section 11. Miscellaneous.
11.1 Confidentiality. The Parties will keep confidential all confidential
or trade secret information made available to them in connection with this
Agreement, to the extent possible, consistent with applicable laws, including the
California Public Records Act. Confidential or trade secret information shall be
marked or expressly identified as such.
If a Party (“Receiving Party”) receives a request from a Third Party for
access to, or inspection, disclosure or copying of, any of the other Party’s (the
“Supplying Party”) confidential data or information (“Disclosure Request”), then
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the Receiving Party shall provide notice and a copy of the Disclosure Request to
the Supplying Party within three (3) Business Days of receipt of the Disclosure
Request. Within three (3) Business Days of receipt of such notice, the Supplying
Party shall provide notice to the Receiving Party either:
(i) that the Supplying Party believes there are reasonable legal
grounds for denying or objecting to the Disclosure Request, and the Supplying
Party requests the Receiving Party to deny or object to the Disclosure Request
with respect to identified confidential information. In such case, the Receiving
Party shall deny the Disclosure Request and the Supplying Party shall defend the
denial of the Disclosure Request at its sole cost, and it shall indemnify the
Receiving Party for all costs associated with denying or objecting to the
Disclosure Request. Such indemnification by the Supplying Party of the
Receiving Party shall include all of the Receiving Party’s costs reasonably
incurred with respect to denial of or objection to the Disclosure Request,
including but not limited to costs, penalties, and the Receiving Party’s attorney’s
fees; or
(ii) the Receiving Party may grant the Disclosure Request without
any liability by the Receiving Party to the Supplying Party.
11.2 Indemnification and Hold Harmless. Subject to the provisions of
Section 11.4, each Participant agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless
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NCPA and its Members, including their respective governing boards, officials,
officers, agents, and employees, from and against any and all claims, suits, losses,
costs, damages, expenses and liability of any kind or nature, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and the costs of litigation, including experts, to the
extent caused by any acts, omissions, breach of contract, negligence (active or
passive), gross negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct of that Participant,
its governing officials, officers, employees, subcontractors or agents, to the
maximum extent permitted by law.
11.3 Several Liabilities. Except as otherwise provided herein or in an
applicable Service Agreement, no Participant shall be liable under this
Agreement for the obligations of any other Participant, each Participant shall be
solely responsible and liable for performance of its obligations under this
Agreement and the obligation of each Participant under this Agreement is a
several obligation and not a joint obligation with those of the other Participants.
11.4 No Consequential Damages. FOR ANY BREACH OF ANY
PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT FOR WHICH AN EXPRESS REMEDY OR
MEASURE OF DAMAGES IS PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE
LIABILITY OF THE DEFAULTING PARTY SHALL BE LIMITED AS SET
FORTH IN SUCH PROVISION, AND ALL OTHER DAMAGES OR REMEDIES
ARE HEREBY WAIVED. IF NO REMEDY OR MEASURE OF DAMAGE IS
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EXPRESSLY PROVIDED, THE LIABILITY OF THE DEFAULTING PARTY
SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL DAMAGES ONLY AND ALL OTHER
DAMAGES AND REMEDIES ARE HEREBY WAIVED. IN NO EVENT SHALL
NCPA OR ANY PARTICIPANT OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS,
ASSIGNS, REPRESENTATIVES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS, OR
EMPLOYEES BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, CONSEQUENTIAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE OR INCIDENTAL LOSSES OR
DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOST
REVENUES, LOSS OF PROFIT OR LOSS OF CONTRACTS EVEN IF SUCH
PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES,
AND NCPA AND EACH PARTICIPANT EACH HEREBY WAIVES SUCH
CLAIMS AND RELEASES EACH OTHER AND EACH OF SUCH PERSONS
FROM ANY SUCH LIABILITY.
The Parties acknowledge that California Civil Code section 1542 provides
that: “A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not
know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release,
which if known by him or her must have materially affected his or her settlement
with the debtor.” The Parties waive the provisions of section 1542, or other
similar provisions of law, and intend that the waiver and release provided by
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this Section of this Agreement shall be fully enforceable despite its reference to
future or unknown claims.
11.5 Waiver. No waiver of the performance by a Party of any obligation
under this Agreement with respect to any default or any other matter arising in
connection with this Agreement shall be effective unless given by the
Commission. Any such waiver by the Commission in any particular instance
shall not be deemed a waiver with respect to any subsequent performance,
default or matter.
11.6 Amendments.
11.6.1 Amendments in General. Except where this Agreement
specifically provides otherwise, this Agreement may be amended only by
written instrument executed by the Parties with the same formality as this
Agreement.
11.6.2 Addition, Amendment or Repeal of Power Management
and Administrative Services Schedules. Any addition to, amendment to or
repeal of the Power Management and Administrative Services Schedules
attached hereto shall take effect after being approved by the Commission in
a manner consistent with the voting procedures set forth in Section 5.4 of this
Agreement, without the requirement of an approval of the individual
Participants’ governing bodies.
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11.7 Severability. In the event that any of the terms, covenants or
conditions of this Agreement or the application of any such term, covenant or
condition, shall be held invalid as to any person or circumstance by any court
having jurisdiction, all other terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement
and their application shall not be affected thereby, but shall remain in force and
effect unless the court holds that such provisions are not severable from all other
provisions of this Agreement.
11.8 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be interpreted, governed by,
and construed under the laws of the State of California.
11.9 Headings. All indices, titles, subject headings, section titles and
similar items are provided for the purpose of convenience and are not intended
to be inclusive, definitive, or affect the meaning of the contents of this Agreement
or the scope thereof.
11.10 Notices. Any notice, demand or request required or authorized by
this Agreement to be given to any Party shall be in writing, and shall either be
personally delivered to a Participant’s Commissioner or Alternate, and to the
General Manager, or shall be transmitted to the Participant and the General
Manager at the addresses shown on the signature pages hereof. The designation
of such addresses may be changed at any time by written notice given to the
General Manager who shall thereupon give written notice of such change to each
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Participant. All such notices shall be deemed delivered when personally
delivered, two (2) Business Days after deposit in the United States mail first class
postage prepaid, or on the first Business Day following delivery through
electronic communication.
11.11 Warranty of Authority. Each Party represents and warrants that it
has been duly authorized by all requisite approval and action to execute and
deliver this Agreement and that this Agreement is a binding, legal, and valid
agreement enforceable in accordance with its terms. Upon execution of this
Agreement, each Participant shall deliver to NCPA a resolution of the governing
body of such Participant evidencing approval of and authority to enter into this
Agreement.
11.12 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, and each executed counterpart shall have the same force and effect
as an original instrument and as if all the signatories to all of the counterparts
had signed the same instrument. Any signature page of this Agreement may be
detached from any counterpart of this Agreement without impairing the legal
effect of any signatures thereon, and may be attached to another counterpart of
this Agreement identical in form hereto but having attached to it one or more
signature pages.
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11.13 Venue. In the event that a Party brings any action under this
Agreement, the Parties agree that trial of such action shall be vested exclusively
in the state courts of California in the County of Placer or in the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of California.
11.14 Attorneys’ Fees. If a Party to this Agreement brings any action,
including an action for declaratory relief, to enforce or interpret the provisions of
this Agreement, each Party shall bear its own fees and costs, including attorneys’
fees, associated with the action.
11.15 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing contained in this Agreement
is intended by the Parties, nor shall any provision of this Agreement be deemed
or construed by the Parties, by any third person or any Third Parties, to be for
the benefit of any Third Party, nor shall any Third Party have any right to enforce
any provision of this Agreement or be entitled to damages for any breach by the
Parties of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
11.16 Assignment. No Member may assign or otherwise transfer its
rights and obligations under this Agreement without the express written consent
of NCPA. Such consent may not be unreasonably withheld.
11.17 Counsel Representation. Pursuant to the provisions of California
Civil Code Section 1717 (a), each of the Parties were represented by counsel in
the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and no one Party is the author
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of this Agreement or any of its subparts. Those terms of this Agreement which
dictate the responsibility for bearing any attorney’s fees incurred in arbitration,
litigation or settlement in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of Section
11.2 were intentionally so drafted by the Parties, and any ambiguities in this
Agreement shall not be interpreted for or against a Party by reason of that Party
being the author of the provision.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, NCPA and each Participant have, by the signature of
its duly authorized representative shown below, executed and delivered a
counterpart of this Agreement.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
POWER AGENCY
651 Commerce Drive
Roseville, CA 95678
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: General Counsel
Date:
CITY OF ALAMEDA
2000 Grand Street
P.O. Box H
Alameda, CA 94501
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
CITY OF BIGGS
465 “C” Street
Biggs, CA 95917
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
CITY OF GRIDLEY
685 Kentucky Street
Gridley, CA 95948
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
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CITY OF HEALDSBURG
401 Grove Street
Healdsburg, CA 95448
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
CITY OF LODI
221 W. Pine Street
Lodi, CA 95240
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
CITY OF LOMPOC
100 Civic Center Plaza
Lompoc, CA 93436
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
CITY OF OAKLAND, acting
by and through its
Board of Port Commissioners
530 Water Street
Oakland, CA 94607
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: Port General Counsel
Date:
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CITY OF PALO ALTO
250 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
PLUMAS-SIERRA RURAL
ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
73233 Highway 70
Portola, CA 96122
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: General Counsel
Date:
CITY OF ROSEVILLE
311 Vernon Street
Roseville, CA 95678
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
CITY OF SANTA CLARA
1500 Warburton Avenue
Santa Clara, CA 95050
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
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SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID
TRANSIT DISTRICT
300 Lakeside Drive, 16th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: General Counsel
Date:
CITY OF UKIAH
300 Seminary Avenue
Ukiah, CA 95482
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC
UTILITY DISTRICT
11570 Donner Pass Rd
Truckee, CA 96161
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: General Counsel
Date:
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SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 1
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
The following is a list of the Participants who are signatories to this Agreement:
City of Alameda
City of Biggs
City of Gridley
City of Healdsburg
City of Lodi
City of Lompoc
City of Oakland, acting by and through its Board of Port Commissioners
City of Palo Alto
City of Roseville
City of Santa Clara
City of Ukiah
Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Truckee Donner Public Utility District
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SCHEDULE 2
SERVICE AGREEMENTS
Pursuant to this Agreement a Participant who desires to receive Power
Management and Administrative Services from NCPA shall become a signatory
to one or more Service Agreements based on the type and function of the services
requested. The following is a description of the Service Agreements and
identifies the Service Agreements a Participant is required to become a signatory
to in order to receive Power Management and Administrative Services from
NCPA, based on the type and function of the services received by the Participant.
Section 1. Service Agreements.
1.1 Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement. The Amended and
Restated Facilities Agreement establishes the framework under which Project
Agreements are created for the development, design, financing, construction and
operation of NCPA Projects. The Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement
also contains various schedules that include detailed principles, descriptions and
procedures for managing, operating, scheduling, billing and settlement for the
NCPA Projects.
A Participant that is a Project Participant, or who desires to become a
Project Participant and enter into a Project Agreement for the purpose of
developing, designing, financing, constructing and operating a NCPA Project, is
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required to become a signatory to the Amended and Restated Facilities
Agreement.
1.2 Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program
Agreement. The Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program
Agreement establishes the framework under which NCPA supplies Scheduling
Coordination Services to the signatories of that agreement. Scheduling
Coordination Services include, but are not limited to, (i) the submission of
schedules and bids for load, resources (including, but not limited to NCPA
Projects, Member owned generation, other generation resources, imports and
exports), trades and/or other CAISO products in the CAISO energy and ancillary
services markets, (ii) obtaining and maintaining settlement quality meter data,
(iii) reviewing, validating, reconciling and allocating CAISO settlement charges
and credits.
A Participant that (i) is a Project Participant in a NCPA Project, (ii) is a
Pool Member, or (iii) desires to take Scheduling Coordination Services from
NCPA (including, but not limited to, the provision of Scheduling Coordination
Services to a non-NCPA Project resource), is required to become a signatory to
the Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement.
1.3 Second Amended and Restated Pooling Agreement. The Second
Amended and Restated Pooling Agreement establishes the framework under
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which the Pool Members have established an operating resource pool to jointly
manage their collective portfolios of loads and resources. Pursuant to the Second
Amended and Restated Pooling Agreement, NCPA has established the facilities,
staff and capabilities to provide services to the Pool Members, including, but not
limited to, load forecasting and resource planning, purchasing and selling
energy, capacity and other related products, and providing centralized dispatch
and scheduling services for Pool Member loads and resources.
A Participant that desires to become a Pool Member and receive the
services provided by NCPA under the Second Amended and Restated Pooling
Agreement is required to become a signatory to the Second Amended and
Restated Pooling Agreement.
1.4 Amended and Restated Market Purchase Program Agreement. The
Amended and Restated Market Purchase Program Agreement establishes the
framework under which NCPA may negotiate and enter into Contract
Transactions to purchase or sell Approved Products on behalf of a signatory to
that agreement.
A Participant that desires NCPA to enter into Contract Transactions on its
behalf is required to become a signatory to the Amended and Restated Market
Purchase Program Agreement.
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1.5 Natural Gas Program Agreement. The Natural Gas Program
Agreement establishes the framework under which NCPA may enter into term
agreements to purchase natural gas on behalf of a signatory to that agreement.
A Participant that desires NCPA to enter into term agreements to
purchase natural gas on its behalf is required to become a signatory to the
Natural Gas Program Agreement.
1.6 Single Member Services Agreement. The Single Member Services
Agreement establishes the framework under which NCPA may provide special
services to a single Member, in the nature of an advisor or agent, by which the
Member may receive an advantage by avoiding the cost of the embedded
expertise that it would have to employ in the absence of NCPA, and the risks
associated therewith, so that the Member may, at its sole risk, and without
hazard to NCPA and its other Members, receive benefits, when other NCPA
Members may not share interests in a Member’s specific effort.
A Participant that desires NCPA to supply special services that may not
otherwise be available through other existing Service Agreements intended to
provide the desired services to more than a single Participant, is required to
become a signatory to a Single Member Services Agreement.
1.7 Operating Service Agreement. The Operating Service Agreement
establishes the framework under which NCPA may provide certain services, as
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described in the subject agreement, related to the operation of Member resources
and other investments, where the services desired by the Member include
specific requirements or are not otherwise available pursuant to an existing
Service Agreement.
A Participant that desires NCPA to supply services that include specific
requirements or that are not otherwise available pursuant to an existing Service
Agreement is required to become a signatory to an Operating Service
Agreement.
1.8 Special Conditions. From time to time special conditions or
requirements for services may be requested from NCPA by a Participant under
which no existing Service Agreement is available to satisfy such needs. At the
sole discretion of the Commission, certain “one-off” agreements may be
developed between NCPA and a Participant, or group of Participants, to enable
NCPA to provide such special services. An example of such special services is
the Power Management Agreement Between Northern California Power Agency
and Truckee Donner Public Utility District, entered into on August 1, 2007.
A Participant, or group of Participants, that desires NCPA to supply
special services that are not otherwise available under an existing Service
Agreement may submit a written request to the General Manager for such
special services, and at the sole discretion of the Commission, NCPA may agree
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to develop certain agreements to provide such requested services to a Participant
or group of Participants.
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SCHEDULE 3
POWER MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES CATEGORIES
Power Management and Administrative Services are categorized based on the
type and function of services provided. NCPA supplies each of the following
functional categories of Power Management and Administrative Services
pursuant to and in support of the Service Agreements.
Section 1. Power Management and Administrative Services Categories.
1.1 Schedule Coordination. Scheduling Coordination Services include,
but are not limited to, the development, validation and submission of schedules
and bids to the CAISO and/or other balancing authority operator markets for
NCPA and Member loads and resources, where NCPA acts as Scheduling
Coordinator or Scheduling Agent, interchange management services, WECC and
NERC compliance activities and support, and system control and data
acquisition.
1.2 Real Time Dispatch. Real time dispatch services include, but are
not limited to, monitoring and dispatching NCPA and Member loads and
resources, outage coordination, management of unplanned outages and system
emergencies, purchasing and selling energy and capacity in real time, and
coordination and switching.
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1.3 Power Pool Management. Power pool management services
include, but are not limited to, load, resource and price forecasting, resource
planning, optimization, risk analysis and management, pre-scheduling activities,
power pool operations and settlement standards, contract administration, and
industry restructuring and advocacy activities.
1.4 Resource Management. Resource management services include,
but are not limited to, forecasting activities, resource planning, optimization, risk
analysis and management, power and fuels transactions, pre-scheduling
activities, contract administration, maintenance, negotiation and litigation
support, and industry restructuring and advocacy activities.
1.5 Settlements. Power settlement services include, but are not limited
to, CAISO settlement charge code validation and allocation, deal control tracking
and data validation, contract support activities, analytical support to other
NCPA business units and Members in the areas of energy transaction settlements
and accounting, meter data validation and management, and development of the
All Resources Bill and supporting information.
1.6 Risk Management. NCPA is responsible for providing risk
management tools and procedures to protect Members from and mitigate risks
inherent in the energy, natural gas, and other commodity trading markets,
including the management and coordination of purchase and sale activities
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within NCPA and Member risk management criteria. Common risk
management activities performed by NCPA include, but are not limited to,
assessment and management of NCPA and Member portfolio market exposure,
monitoring economy and energy market developments, evaluating counterparty
credit risk, maintaining policies and procedures, and organizing meetings with
NCPA and Member staff to evaluate risk exposure and compliance with risk
management policies established by the Commission. NCPA’s provision of risk
management services is made in accordance with the Energy Risk Management
Policy and Energy Risk and Counterparty Risk Management Regulations.
1.7 Direct Assignment Activities. Direct assignment activities include,
but are not limited to, information technology development, integration and
maintenance used in conjunction with and in support of Power Management and
Administrative Services (including software and hardware), term purchases and
sales of energy, capacity, natural gas and other related attributes and
commodities, market information and forecasting services, and other specific
services provided as directed by the Commission from time to time, or in
conjunction with or in support of the Service Agreements.
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SCHEDULE 4
SCHEDULE 4
POWER MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
COST ALLOCATION METHODOLOGY
Section 1. Definitions. Unless defined in this Schedule 4, all terms used in
this Schedule 4 with initial capitalization shall have the same meaning as those
contained in Section 1 of this Agreement:
1.1 “NCPA Power Management Cost Allocation Spreadsheet Model”
shall mean the spreadsheet model first approved by the Commission, pursuant
to Commission Resolution 10-16, that is based on the cost allocation principles
and recommendations documented in the NCPA Power Management Cost
Allocation Study Phase IIa Recommendations Final Report, dated January 14,
2010, as such spreadsheet model may be modified from time to time as directed
by the Commission.
Section 2. Cost Allocation Methodology. Costs associated with Power
Management and Administrative Services shall be allocated among the
Participants in accordance with the NCPA Power Management Cost Allocation
Spreadsheet Model.
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Table of Contents
Section 1. Definitions ............................................................................................................... 4
Section 2. Purpose .................................................................................................................... 7
Section 3. Duties of the Commission ..................................................................................... 7
Section 4. Duties of the General Manager and NCPA Staff ............................................... 9
Section 5. Facilities Committee ............................................................................................ 12
Section 6. Project Services, Development and Costs ........................................................ 19
Section 7. Project Share Transfers, Sales, Assignments and Exchanges ........................ 25
Section 8. Billing and Payments ........................................................................................... 29
Section 9. Cooperation and Further Assurances ............................................................... 31
Section 10. Participant Covenants and Defaults .............................................................. 32
Section 11. Facilities Schedules........................................................................................... 36
Section 12. Other Agreements ............................................................................................ 37
Section 13. Potential Adverse Impact ................................................................................ 38
Section 14. Term and Termination ..................................................................................... 38
Section 15. Admission and Withdrawal of Participants ................................................. 38
Section 16. Reports and Records ........................................................................................ 42
Section 17. Settlement of Disputes and Arbitration ........................................................ 43
Section 18. Miscellaneous .................................................................................................... 43
Facilities Schedule 1. List of Participants .................................................................................. 1
Facilities Schedule 2. NCPA Projects ........................................................................................ 1
Facilities Schedule 3. Billing Procedures and NCPA Project Cost Determinants............... 1
Facilities Schedule 4. Shared Facilities and Cost Sharing ...................................................... 1
Facilities Schedule 5. CT1 Project Operating Procedures ...................................................... 1
Facilities Schedule 6. Geothermal Project Operating Procedures ......................................... 1
Facilities Schedule 7. Hydroelectric Project Operating Procedures ..................................... 1
Facilities Schedule 8. STIG Project Operating Procedures ..................................................... 1
Facilities Schedule 9. Power Purchase Project Operating Procedures ................................. 1
Facilities Schedule 10. Reserve Funds ....................................................................................... 1
Facilities Schedule 11. Project Phases ........................................................................................ 1
Facilities Schedule 12. Federal Tax Guidelines Relating to Private Business Use .............. 1
Facilities Schedule 13. Reports to Participants ........................................................................ 1
Facilities Schedule 14. Participant Notice Requirements ....................................................... 1
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This AMENDED AND RESTATED FACILITIES AGREEMENT (“this
Agreement”) is dated as of _____________, 20__ by and among the Northern
California Power Agency, a joint powers agency of the State of California
("NCPA"), and the signatories to this Agreement other than NCPA
(“Participants”). NCPA and the Participants are referred to herein individually
as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.
RECITALS
A. NCPA has heretofore been duly established as a public agency
pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act of the Government Code of the State
of California and, among other things, is authorized to acquire, construct,
finance, and operate buildings, works, facilities and improvements for the
generation and transmission of electric capacity and energy for resale.
B. Each of the Participants other than the Turlock Irrigation District
(“TID”) is also a signatory to the Joint Powers Agreement which created NCPA
and therefore is a Member. The Participants other than TID are referred to as
“Member” or “Members”.
C. Each of the Participants to this Agreement has executed one or
more Project Agreements to participate in a NCPA Project or Projects.
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D. Each Participant is authorized by its Constitutive Documents to
obtain electric capacity and energy for its present or future requirements,
through contracts with NCPA or otherwise.
E. The Participants desire NCPA to establish facilities, staff and the
capability for planning for the addition of generation or transmission facilities,
and for entering into long-term transactions and transmission services.
F. NCPA has established facilities, staff and the capability for
planning for the addition of generation or transmission facilities, and for entering
into long-term transactions and transmission services.
G. The Participants desire NCPA to maintain, operate and schedule
the NCPA Projects in accordance with each respective Project Agreement,
applicable market rules and Good Utility Practices for the benefit of the
Participants.
H. The Members and NCPA have established and may again establish
NCPA Projects for the supply of electric capacity, energy, and related attributes,
and desire to clearly define and facilitate the activities of NCPA in connection
with such NCPA Projects.
I. This Agreement establishes the framework under which Project
Agreements are created for the development, design, financing, construction,
and operation of specific NCPA Projects.
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J. Each of the Parties intends to observe the provisions of this
Agreement in good faith and shall cooperate with all other Parties in order to
achieve the full benefits of joint design, construction, and operation of facilities.
K. The Parties desire to equitably allocate costs of NCPA’s provision
of services under this Agreement among the Participants.
L. This Agreement amends, restates and replaces that certain Facilities
Agreement dated as of December 15, 1993, as amended by Amendment No. 1
dated as of April 1, 2011 (as amended, “the prior facilities agreement”), and the
prior facilities agreement is hereafter of no further force or effect.
M. The Member Service Agreements between the Parties were
superseded by the prior facilities agreement, and continue to have no further
force or effect.
N. The Lodi Energy Center is independently governed pursuant to
separate agreements, and therefore the terms and conditions of this Agreement
do not apply to it.
O. The Participants further desire, insofar as possible, to insulate other
Members, whether or not such Members are also Participants, from risks
inherent in the services and transactions undertaken on behalf of any given
Participant or group of Participants.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:
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Section 1. Definitions.
1.1 Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement (including the
Recitals hereto), the following terms shall have the following respective
meanings, provided, capitalized terms used in this Agreement (including the
Recitals hereto) that are not defined in Section 1 of this Agreement shall have the
meaning indicated in Section 1 of the Power Management and Administrative
Services Agreement:
1.1.1 “Administrative Services Costs” means that portion of
the NCPA administrative, general and occupancy costs and expenses,
including those costs and expenses associated with the operations, direction
and supervision of the general affairs and activities of NCPA, general
management, treasury operations, accounting, budgeting, payroll, human
resources, information technology, facilities management, salaries and wages
(including retirement benefits) of employees, facility operation and
maintenance costs, taxes and payments in lieu of taxes (if any), insurance
premiums, fees for legal, engineering, financial and other services, power
management services, general settlement and billing services and general risk
management costs, that are charged directly or apportioned to the
development, financing, construction, improvement, maintenance, operation
or decommissioning of a NCPA Project. Administrative Services Costs as
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separately defined herein and used in the context of this Agreement is
different and distinct from the term Administrative Services Costs as defined
in Section 1 of the Power Management and Administrative Services
Agreement.
1.1.2 “Agreement” means this Amended and Restated
Facilities Agreement, including all Facilities Schedules.
1.1.3 “Constitutive Documents” means, with respect to NCPA,
the Joint Powers Agreement and any resolutions or bylaws adopted
thereunder with respect to the governance of NCPA, and with respect to each
Participant, the California Government Code and other statutory provisions
applicable to such Participant, any applicable agreements, charters, contracts
or other documents concerning the formation, operation or decision making
of such Participant, including, if applicable, its City Charter, and any codes,
ordinances, bylaws, and resolutions adopted by such Participant’s governing
body.
1.1.4 “Defaulting Participant” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.2 of this Agreement.
1.1.5 “Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section
10.2 of this Agreement.
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1.1.6 “Facilities Schedules” are the principles and/or
procedures adopted by the Commission, which are appended to and made
part of this Agreement, and are subject to change or amendment from time to
time pursuant to Section 18.7.2.
1.1.7 “OSHA” means either the State or federal Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, or their respective successors.
1.1.8 “Participant” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of
this Agreement. Each Participant, other than TID, shall be a Member.
Participants to this Agreement are listed in Facilities Schedule 1.
1.1.9 “Party” or “Parties” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals hereto; provided that “Third Parties” are entities that are not Party to
this Agreement.
1.1.10 “Power Management and Administrative Services
Agreement” means the NCPA Power Management and Administrative
Services Agreement, dated as of _____________, 20__ between NCPA and the
Members who are signatories to that agreement by which NCPA provides
Power Management and Administrative Services.
1.1.11 “Project Costs” are costs associated with a NCPA Project
authorized pursuant to this Agreement and/or Project Agreements.
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1.1.12 “Third Party” means an entity (including a Member) that
is not a Party to this Agreement.
1.1.13 “Turlock Irrigation District” or “TID” means the Turlock
Irrigation District, a California Irrigation District.
1.1.14 “Withdrawing Participant” has the meaning set forth in
Section 15.2 of this Agreement.
1.2 Rules of Interpretation. All words and references as used in this
Agreement (including the Recitals hereto), unless in any such case the context
requires otherwise, shall be interpreted pursuant to Section 1.2 of the Power
Management and Administrative Services Agreement.
Section 2. Purpose. The purpose of this Agreement is to set forth the terms
and conditions under which NCPA may acquire, construct, finance and plan for
the addition of NCPA Projects, and manage, maintain, operate, schedule and
perform billing for NCPA Projects.
Section 3. Duties of the Commission.
3.1 Commission. The Commission is responsible for the
administration of this Agreement. Each Member shall be represented by its
Commissioner or their designated alternate Commissioner (“Alternate”)
pursuant to the Joint Powers Agreement. Each Commissioner shall have
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authority to act for the Participant represented with respect to matters pertaining
to this Agreement.
3.2 Duties and Authorities. In addition to the administration of this
Agreement, the duties and authorities of the Commission are as specified in the
Joint Powers Agreement, the NCPA Commission Bylaws, and all Project
Agreements between NCPA and Project Participants.
3.3 NCPA Projects. The Commission shall take all action required of it
in connection with NCPA Projects in a timely manner consistent with obligations
pursuant to Project Agreements, other agreements between NCPA and Project
Participants and as provided in this Agreement.
3.4 Forum. Whenever any action anticipated by this Agreement is
required to be jointly taken by the Participants, such action shall be taken at
regular or special meetings of the NCPA Commission.
3.5 Quorum.
3.5.1 General Administration. For purposes of acting upon
matters that relate to general administration of this Agreement, such as, but
not limited to, establishment of common billing procedures, a quorum of the
Commission shall consist of those Commissioners, or their designated
Alternates, representing a numerical majority of the Member Participants.
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3.5.2 Relating to a NCPA Project. For purposes of acting upon
matters that relate to a NCPA Project, or more than a single NCPA Project, a
quorum of the Commission shall be established as provided for in the
applicable Project Agreement.
3.6 Voting.
3.6.1 General Administration. For acting upon matters that
relate to general administration of this Agreement, each Member Participant
shall have the right to cast one (1) vote. Actions of the Commission shall be
effective only upon a majority vote of the Member Participants.
3.6.2 Relating to a NCPA Project. For acting upon matters that
relate to a NCPA Project, or more than a single NCPA Project, voting shall be
in accordance with the applicable Project Agreement.
3.7 Adoption and Amendment of Annual Budget. Annually, the
Commission shall adopt an Annual Budget, which includes, but is not limited to,
all costs attributed to services provided under this Agreement, for at least the
next succeeding Fiscal Year in accordance with the NCPA Joint Powers
Agreement and this Agreement. Provided, however, that the Commission may
in its discretion adopt a two-year budget if permitted to do so by the NCPA
Commission Bylaws or the Joint Powers Agreement.
Section 4. Duties of the General Manager and NCPA Staff.
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4.1 Reporting Authority. The General Manager shall report to, and be
supervised by, the Commission pursuant to the JPA.
4.2 NCPA Staff. The General Manager shall hire such staff or
consultants as necessary to carry out NCPA’s obligations pursuant to this
Agreement, within the constraints of the Annual Budget.
4.3 Duties and Authority. The General Manager, or NCPA staff
designated by the General Manager, shall:
(a) Carry out directions of the Commission with respect to matters
related to this Agreement;
(b) Direct, conduct, and administer First Phase Project studies;
(c) Direct and carry out all responsibilities of NCPA acting as project
manager or agent that operates the project pursuant to this
Agreement, Project Agreements, Facilities Schedules, Operating
Agreements, or any other agreement between NCPA and Project
Participants. Examples of said responsibilities include but are not
limited to:
(1) Acquisition of property, easements, and water rights as
necessary to construct and operate NCPA Projects;
(2) Obtaining federal, State, and local permits, licenses, opinions
and rulings, as well as any environmental permits, allowances
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or GHG Compliance Instruments, as necessary to construct
and operate NCPA Projects;
(3) Directing the design and construction of NCPA Projects;
(4) Recommending methods for NCPA Project financing;
(5) Providing for the operation and maintenance of NCPA
Projects, with contract support if necessary, in accordance
with all applicable reliability standards, requirements, criteria
and rules, and consistent with Good Utility Practice;
(6) Developing a billing system and invoicing Participants;
(7) Preparing and submitting proposed budgets for NCPA
Projects for the ensuing Fiscal Year to the Commission and
appropriate NCPA committees on such schedule as
established by the Commission;
(8) Installing and maintaining meters and metering equipment
for NCPA Projects in accordance with all applicable metering
requirements and standards, including but not limited to all
standards and requirements enforced in the CAISO Tariff;
(9) Providing Scheduling Coordination Services for NCPA
Projects in accordance with the Amended and Restated
Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement; and
(10) Presenting to the Facilities Committee proposed amendments
to this Agreement and the Facilities Schedules for the
Committee’s review and recommendations.
4.4 Goals and Objectives. Each year, the General Manager shall
propose to the Commission, specific goals and objectives for the NCPA staff as
such relate to this Agreement. NCPA shall provide periodic reports to the
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Commission regarding progress toward meeting the approved goals and
objectives. Those goals and objectives pertaining to NCPA Projects shall be
reviewed by the Facilities Committee.
Section 5. Facilities Committee.
5.1 Representation. The Facilities Committee is hereby established as
an advisory committee to the Commission. Each Participant shall be entitled to
identify a Primary Representative (“Primary Representative”) to the Facilities
Committee and Alternate Representatives (“Alternate Representative”) by
written notice from a Participant’s Commissioner, or their designee, to the
General Manager. Provided however, that TID’s Primary Representative and
Alternative Representative shall be identified by written notice from its general
manager to the General Manager.
In the absence of the Primary Representative, the Alternate Representative
shall have all the rights of the Primary Representative with respect to matters
properly before the Facilities Committee under this Agreement. Primary and
Alternate Representatives shall serve until replaced by the Participant through
written notice from the Participant’s Commissioner, or their designee (or, in the
case of TID, its general manager), provided to the General Manager.
5.2 Officers and Staff. The Facilities Committee shall annually elect a
chair and a vice-chair to serve for the ensuing year. The chair of the Facilities
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Committee is responsible for managing Facilities Committee meetings, and in the
absence of the Facilities Committee chair, the vice-chair shall assume the duties
of the chair. Unless otherwise determined by vote of the Facilities Committee,
the vice-chair of the Facilities Committee will automatically become the chair of
the Facilities Committee following conclusion of the existing chair’s annual term.
The General Manager, or his or her designee, shall act as staff to the Facilities
Committee. The General Manager shall designate a NCPA staff person to act as
secretary of the Facilities Committee.
5.3 Recommendations. Recommendations of the Facilities Committee
shall be made to the Commission, Project Participants, and others, as
appropriate, in coordination with the General Manager.
5.4 Meetings. Meetings of the Facilities Committee shall be held at
least quarterly and be conducted in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act.
The Facilities Committee shall adopt a meeting schedule for the next calendar
year prior to the end of each calendar year. The Facilities Committee secretary
shall be responsible for the posting of all agendas, for the provision of notice of
meetings to the Facilities Committee, and for the keeping of minutes reflecting
the discussions and decisions of the Facilities Committee.
5.5 Quorum.
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5.5.1 Quorum of the Facilities Committee. A quorum of the
Facilities Committee shall consist of those Primary Representatives, or their
designated Alternate Representatives, representing a numerical majority of
the Participants.
5.5.2 Relating to a NCPA Project. Once a meeting of the
Facilities Committee has been established pursuant to Section 5.5.1, for
purposes of acting upon matters relating to a NCPA Project pursuant to this
Agreement, a quorum of the Project Participants shall be required and shall
consist of those Primary Representatives, or their designated Alternate
Representatives, representing a numerical majority of a NCPA Project’s
Participants, or, in the absence of such, those Primary Representatives, or
their designated Alternate Representatives, representing a NCPA Project’s
Participants having a combined Project Participation Percentage greater than
50%.
5.5.3 Relating to More than One NCPA Project. Once a
meeting of the Facilities Committee has been established pursuant to Section
5.5.1, for purposes of acting upon matters relating to more than one NCPA
Project pursuant to this Agreement, a quorum of the Project Participants for
each involved NCPA Project must be separately established, pursuant to
Section 5.5.2, before the Facilities Committee can take formal action.
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5.6 Voting.
5.6.1 General Administration. For acting upon matters not
directly related to a NCPA Project, the Primary Representatives, or their
designated Alternate Representatives, of each Participant shall have the right
to cast one (1) vote. Actions of the Facilities Committee shall be effective only
upon a majority vote of the Participants.
5.6.2 Relating to a NCPA Project. Each Primary
Representative, or designated Alternate Representative, to the Facilities
Committee shall have the right to cast one (1) vote with respect to actions
involving a NCPA Project in which such Project Participant has a Project
Participation Percentage. Actions of the Facilities Committee involving a
NCPA Project shall be effective and final upon a majority vote of the Project
Participants present, subject to the following exception:
a) Upon demand of any Project Participant in the involved
NCPA Project, at the meeting of the Facilities Committee,
the vote on any issue relating to such NCPA Project shall
be by Project Participation Percentage and sixty five
percent (65%) or greater affirmative vote shall be
required to take action.
5.6.3 Relating to More than One NCPA Project. For acting
upon matters relating to more than one NCPA Project, a separate vote of each
involved NCPA Project’s Participants shall be required, and the voting
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procedures specified in Section 5.6.2 shall apply. Actions of the Facilities
Committee involving more than one NCPA Project shall be effective only
upon an affirmative vote of the Project Participants for each affected NCPA
Project.
5.6.4 Lack of Quorum. If the Facilities Committee is unable to
satisfy the quorum requirements of Section 5.5 prior to casting a vote
pertaining to matters involving general administration of this Agreement, a
NCPA Project, or more than one NCPA Project, the result of such vote shall
not be represented as an official vote of the Facilities Committee, but at the
request of one or more Participants a tally of the respective votes may be
collected, and presented to the Commission for informational purposes.
5.6.5 Matters Relating to TID. Notwithstanding any other
provision in this Agreement to the contrary; (1) TID shall be entitled to
designate a Primary Representative and Alternate Representative of TID to
the Facilities Committee for so long as TID shall remain a Project Participant
in Geothermal Generating Project Number 3, which representatives shall
have voting rights only with respect to those matters directly relating to said
project; and (2) amendments to this Agreement which do not impair the
rights of TID as provided in subsection (1) of this Section 5.6.5 shall not
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require the consent of TID, provided that TID shall be given written notice of
any amendment to this Agreement.
5.7 Responsibilities. The Facilities Committee shall provide
representation of Participants in connection with Project Agreements. The
Facilities Committee shall also review, make recommendations, or take other
actions pursuant to this Agreement concerning Project studies and other
activities or actions conducted by, or proposed by, NCPA in connection with
NCPA Projects or First Phase activities. Examples of such responsibilities
include but are not limited to:
(a) Review and make recommendations concerning Project studies
conducted by NCPA staff or consultants;
(b) Review and make recommendations concerning the proposed
acquisition of property, easements, and water rights by NCPA;
(c) Review and make recommendations concerning proposed NCPA
actions relative to obtaining federal, State, and local permits,
licenses, opinions and rulings, as well as any environmental
permits, allowances or GHG Compliance Instruments to the extent
permitted by law;
(d) Review and make recommendations concerning NCPA Project
designs;
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(e) Monitor the progress of each NCPA Project, and where
appropriate, recommend actions;
(f) Review and make recommendations concerning all plans,
procedures and contracts for the procurement of fuel, equipment,
materials and services related to NCPA Projects;
(g) Review, and make recommendations regarding the operation and
maintenance of NCPA Projects, including maintenance schedules
and operation plans;
(h) Review and make recommendations concerning remedial actions,
settlements of disputes, granting of relief, in accordance with the
dispute resolution provisions of this Agreement;
(i) Review and make recommendations regarding NCPA Project
billing procedures;
(j) Review and make recommendations concerning the Annual
Budget, and modifications thereto, proposed by the General
Manager; and
(k) Initiate, or review and make recommendations concerning
proposed amendments to this Agreement and to the Facilities
Schedules.
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5.8 Goals and Objectives. The Facilities Committee may suggest
specific goals and objectives for NCPA concerning NCPA Projects, and shall
review and make recommendations concerning specific goals and objectives
proposed by the General Manager for NCPA Projects.
Section 6. Project Services, Development and Costs.
6.1 Scope of Services. NCPA shall act as project manager or agent that
operates the project on behalf of the Participants, and shall coordinate and
manage all phases of NCPA Project development. NCPA will operate, maintain,
schedule and perform billing for NCPA Projects as provided in this Agreement,
except as otherwise specified in a specific Project Agreement.
6.2 Designation of NCPA Projects. All Projects when so designated by
the Commission shall be known as NCPA Projects. All NCPA Projects subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement are listed in Facilities Schedule 2.
Facilities Schedule 2 shall be updated by NCPA upon the Commission’s
designation of a new NCPA Project.
6.3 NCPA Project Development Phases. Any NCPA Project
undertaken by NCPA may proceed through one or more phases as provided in
this Section and Facilities Schedule 11.
6.3.1 First Phase. The “First Phase” of a Project consists of all
surveys and preliminary investigation work performed by NCPA regarding a
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proposed Project supported out of NCPA’s general funds as required by the
JPA or provided voluntarily by one or more NCPA Members, pursuant to
Facilities Schedule 11, and prior to the time that the Commission declares it as
a NCPA Project. For the purpose of terminating the First Phase, the
Commission may declare a termination of investigations regarding the
proposed Project, or may declare the Project to be a NCPA Project by entering
into a Project Agreement with one or more NCPA Members desiring to
participate as indicated in Section 6.3.2 or 6.3.3.
6.3.2 Second Phase. The “Second Phase” of a NCPA Project
consists of all work performed after one or more NCPA Members has signed
a Second Phase Agreement with NCPA for Project surveys, preliminary
investigations, study, design, or development, but before a Third Phase
Agreement for the NCPA Project becomes effective.
6.3.3 Third Phase. The “Third Phase” of a NCPA Project
consists of all work performed after one or more NCPA Members has
contracted with NCPA pursuant to a Third Phase Agreement to participate in
the financing, construction, operation, and maintenance, and/or rights to the
output, of the NCPA Project. Nothing herein prevents the combination of the
Second and Third Phases, if NCPA and the participating NCPA Members so
agree.
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Third Phase Agreements shall be written as “take-or-pay”
(“hell-or-high-water”) agreements to the greatest extent possible, so as to
insulate NCPA and all Members who are not Project Participants from
liability arising from the NCPA Project. Third Phase Agreements shall
obligate Project Participants to treat all Project Costs as operation and
maintenance expenses of their respective Electric Systems, and shall pledge
the Project Participant’s obligation to raise electric rates and/or increase
Revenues upon demand of NCPA so as to pay such Project Costs.
6.4 Project Participation. Any Member desiring to participate in a
NCPA Project by executing a Project Agreement must first become a Party to this
Agreement.
Member Participants may elect to finance and participate in the Second
Phase, Third Phase, or operation of a NCPA Project through execution of a
Project Agreement.
The Project Participation Percentage shall be based on participation in the
previous phase of the NCPA Project, unless the NCPA Project is not fully
subscribed, or as otherwise agreed. If the NCPA Project is not fully subscribed,
any unsubscribed portion of the NCPA Project shall be divided among Project
Participants electing to increase their share, in proportion to their original Project
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Participation Percentages, unless otherwise unanimously agreed to by such
Project Participants.
Unless otherwise agreed, any Third Phase Agreement shall provide for
retirement of any preliminary financing and reimbursement of any expenditure
of Project Participants in the Second Phase of such NCPA Project, out of final
long-term financing of the NCPA Project or other funding method, including but
not limited to cash payment.
Unless otherwise agreed, those Participants not parties to the Second
Phase may participate in the Third Phase provided such Participant(s) agree to
assume, pro rata, all Second Phase obligations, that such Participants reimburse
the Second Phase Participants for such pro rata share either as part of the long-
term financing of the NCPA Project or as otherwise agreed, and that all Second
Phase Project Participants agree to such participation in writing within forty-five
(45) Calendar Days after written notice of a desire to participate.
6.5 Agreements. Agreements covering the several phases of NCPA
Projects are generally designated as follows:
(a) Second Phase Agreements or Licensing and Development
Agreements shall govern Second Phase NCPA Projects; and
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(b) Third Phase Agreements for Construction, Operation and
Financing, Participation Agreements or Power Purchase
Agreements shall govern Third Phase NCPA Projects; and
(c) Facilities Schedules established pursuant to this Agreement, Project
Agreements, including Operating Agreements, and other
agreements between NCPA and any Project Participant(s), shall
further govern operation and maintenance of NCPA Projects, after
completion.
6.6 Project Development Procedures. Procedures, criteria, rules, and
standards relating to construction, operation and maintenance of NCPA Projects
shall be established by the Commission or the General Manager, as provided in
this Agreement and Project Agreements.
6.7 Scheduling Coordination. Except as otherwise provided by a
separate agreement, NCPA shall provide Scheduling Coordination Services and
shall monitor, schedule, settle and dispatch capacity, energy and associated
attributes for delivery from each NCPA Project to the Project Participants in
accordance with this Agreement and the Amended and Restated Scheduling
Coordination Program Agreement. Therefore, each Project Participant shall
become a signatory to the Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination
Program Agreement. Each Operating Entity shall coordinate with NCPA the
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scheduling of its single or combined Project Participation Percentage share, of the
available capacity and energy from a NCPA Project, subject to all applicable
operating constraints, requirements and tariffs applicable to such activities,
including, but not limited to, the CAISO Tariff, unless otherwise specified in a
Project Agreement. Each Project Participant, or group of Project Participants,
acting as an Operating Entity for the purpose of coordinating scheduling and
dispatching of their Project Participation Percentage share of a NCPA Project
with NCPA must comply with the scheduling criteria set forth in the Amended
and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement.
6.8 Project Costs. All Project Costs attributed to a NCPA Project shall
be allocated to the Project Participants of said NCPA Project in accordance with
the provisions of the applicable Project Agreement, this Agreement, and/or the
Power Management and Administrative Services Agreement.
6.9 Incidental Project Costs. Incidental costs that result from a NCPA
Project, or associated transmission or other facilities located within or directly
connected to the system of a Participant, will be treated as Project Costs and be
borne by the NCPA Project.
6.10 Scheduling Coordination Costs. All costs of Scheduling
Coordination Services, including, but not limited to, day-ahead scheduling costs,
schedule coordination costs, system control and load dispatch costs, real-time
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dispatch costs and settlement costs associated with monitoring, scheduling,
dispatching and settlement of each NCPA Project shall be treated as Project Costs
and be allocated to the Project Participants of said NCPA Project in accordance
with the provisions of the applicable Project Agreements, this Agreement, the
Power Management and Administrative Services Agreement, and/or the
Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement.
6.11 Administrative Services Costs. NCPA Projects are supported by
other common activities and services provided by NCPA. Administrative
Services Costs attributed to NCPA’s provision of such activities and services to a
NCPA Project shall be treated as a Project Cost and be allocated to each Project
Participant in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Project
Agreements, this Agreement, and/or the Power Management and Administrative
Services Agreement.
Section 7. Project Share Transfers, Sales, Assignments and Exchanges.
7.1 Notice of Intent to Transfer, Sell, Assign or Exchange Project
Participation Percentage Share or Associated Attributes. Prior to a Participant
entering into a transfer, sale, assignment or exchange of all or any portion of its
Project Participation Percentage share of a NCPA Project or its Project
Participation Percentage share of a specific NCPA Project attribute, a Participant
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shall provide written notice to the General Manager in accordance with Facilities
Schedule 14.
7.2 NCPA Project Participation Percentage Share Transfers, Sales,
Assignments or Exchanges by a Project Participant. Except where the applicable
Project Agreement provides otherwise, if a Participant desires to transfer, sell,
assign or exchange a portion, or its entire Project Participation Percentage share,
of a NCPA Project for a specific time interval, or permanently, and a Participant
directly makes the desired transfer, sale, assignment or exchange on its own
behalf, and does not request NCPA to arrange the desired transfer, sale,
assignment or exchange, such transfer, sale, assignment or exchange will not be
subject to the right of first refusal process contained in Section 7.3.
7.3 NCPA Project Participation Percentage Share Transfers, Sales,
Assignments or Exchanges through NCPA. Except where the applicable Project
Agreement provides otherwise, if a Participant desires to transfer, sell, assign or
exchange a portion, or its entire Project Participation Percentage share, of a
NCPA Project for a specific time interval, or permanently, and a Participant
requests NCPA to consummate the desired transfer, sale, assignment or
exchange on behalf of the Participant, NCPA will use its best efforts in
accordance with this Section 7.3 to arrange the transfer, sale, assignment or
exchange of the portion of the Participant’s Project Participation Percentage share
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of such NCPA Project on behalf of the Participant, following the right of first
refusal process listed below:
7.3.1 Before NCPA may transfer, sell, assign or exchange a
Project Participation Percentage share to any person or entity other than a
Project Participant in the same NCPA Project, NCPA shall give all Member
Project Participants in the same NCPA Project the right to purchase or take
receipt of the share.
7.3.2 Before NCPA may transfer, sell, assign or exchange a
Project Participation Percentage share to any person or entity other than a
Participant in this Agreement, NCPA shall give all Member Participants the
right to purchase or take receipt of the share.
7.3.3 Before NCPA may transfer, sell, assign or exchange a
Project Participation Percentage share to any person or entity other than a
Member, it shall give all Members the right to purchase or take receipt of the
share.
7.3.4 NCPA shall make all such transfers, sales, assignments or
exchanges on behalf of Participants on terms and conditions consistent with
the requirements of the applicable Project Agreement, and shall offer the
NCPA Project Participation Percentage share to NCPA Members and other
persons or entities on terms and conditions no more favorable than those on
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which it offered the share to the Project Participants in the same NCPA
Project.
7.4 Tax Exempt Status. All transfers, sales, assignments and exchanges
arranged by NCPA or directly undertaken by a Project Participant must be made
in accordance with the federal tax guidelines relating to private business use as
specified in Facilities Schedule 12. Notwithstanding any provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, NCPA shall not be obligated to arrange the transfer,
sale, assignment or exchange of a Participant’s Project Participation Percentage
share of a NCPA Project if such transfer, sale, assignment or exchange may, in
NCPA’s opinion, adversely affect the tax exempt status of any NCPA debt
obligation.
7.5 Facilities Committee Participation. Non-Member entities to whom
a Participant’s Project Participation Percentage share of a NCPA Project is
transferred, sold, assigned or exchanged are not thereby entitled to participate in
the activities of the Facilities Committee, including voting activities, other than as
members of the public, nor do such entities become a member of the Facilities
Committee.
7.6 Non-Participant Transferees. Neither NCPA nor a Participant
shall transfer, sell, assign or exchange a Participant’s Project Participation
Percentage share of a NCPA Project to a non-Participant Member without such
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non-Participant Member becoming a Participant to this Agreement prior to, or
concurrently with, the execution of such transfer, sale, assignment or exchange.
Section 8. Billing and Payments.
8.1 Invoices. NCPA will issue an invoice to each Participant for its
share of Project Costs, Administrative Services Costs, scheduling coordination
costs, and all other costs for services provided in accordance with this
Agreement. Such invoice may be either the All Resources Bill or separate special
invoice, as determined by NCPA. Such invoices will be made pursuant to the
requirements and procedures provided for in this Agreement, Project
Agreements, and all other applicable agreements. At NCPA’s discretion,
invoices may be issued to Participants using electronic media or physical
distribution.
8.2 Payment of Invoices. All invoices delivered by NCPA (including
the All Resources Bill) are due and payable thirty (30) Calendar Days after the
date thereof; provided, however, that any amount due on a day other than a
Business Day may be paid on the following Business Day.
8.3 Late Payments. Any amount due and not paid by a Participant in
accordance with Section 8.2 shall be considered late and bear interest computed
on a daily basis until paid at the lesser of (i) the per annum prime rate (or
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reference rate) of the Bank of America NT&SA then in effect, plus two percent
(2%) or (ii) the maximum rate permitted by law.
8.4 Billing Disputes. A Participant may dispute the accuracy of any
invoice issued by NCPA under this Agreement by submitting a written dispute
to NCPA, within thirty (30) Calendar Days of the date of such invoice;
nonetheless the Participant shall pay the full amount billed when due. If a
Participant does not timely question or dispute the accuracy of any invoice in
writing, the invoice shall be deemed to be correct. Upon review of a submitted
dispute, if an invoice is determined by NCPA to be incorrect, NCPA shall issue a
corrected invoice and refund any amounts that may be due to the Participant. If
NCPA and the Participant fail to agree on the accuracy of an invoice within
thirty (30) Calendar Days after the Participant has disputed it, the General
Manager shall promptly submit the dispute to the Commission for resolution. If
the Commission and the Participant fail to agree on the accuracy of a disputed
invoice within sixty (60) Calendar Days of its submission to the Commission, the
dispute may then be resolved under the mediation and arbitration procedures set
forth in Section 17 of this Agreement. Provided, however, that prior to resorting
to either mediation or arbitration proceedings, the full amount of the disputed
invoice must be paid.
8.5 Billing/Settlement Data and Examination of Books and Records.
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8.5.1 Settlement Data. NCPA shall make billing and
settlement data available to the Participants in the All Resources Bill, or other
invoice, or upon request. NCPA may also, at its sole discretion, make billing
and settlement support information available to Participants using electronic
media (e.g. electronic data portal). Procedures and formats for the provision
of such electronic data submission may be established by the Commission
from time to time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, NCPA
may, in its reasonable discretion, require the Participants to execute a non-
disclosure agreement prior to providing access to the NCPA electronic data
portal.
8.5.2 Examination of Books and Records. Any Participant to
this Agreement shall have the right to examine the books and records created
and maintained by NCPA pursuant to this Agreement at any reasonable,
mutually agreed upon time.
Section 9. Cooperation and Further Assurances. Each of the Parties agree to
provide such information, execute and deliver any instruments and documents
and to take such other actions as may be necessary or reasonably requested by
any other Party which are consistent with the provisions of this Agreement and
which do not involve the assumption of obligations other than those provided
for in this Agreement, in order to give full effect to this Agreement and to carry
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out the intent of this Agreement. The Parties agree to cooperate and act in good
faith in connection with obtaining any credit support required in order to satisfy
the requirements of this Agreement.
Section 10. Participant Covenants and Defaults.
10.1 Each Participant covenants and agrees: (i) to make payments to
NCPA, from its Electric System Revenues, of its obligations under this
Agreement as an operating expense of its Electric System; (ii) to fix the rates and
charges for services provided by its Electric System, so that it will at all times
have sufficient Revenues to meet the obligations of this Agreement, including the
payment obligations; (iii) to make all such payments due NCPA under this
Agreement whether or not there is an interruption in, interference with, or
reduction or suspension of services provided under this Agreement, such
payments not being subject to any reduction, whether by offset or otherwise, and
regardless of whether any dispute exists; and (iv) to operate its Electric System,
and the business in connection therewith, in accordance with Good Utility
Practice.
10.2 Events of Default. An Event of Default under this Agreement shall
exist upon the occurrence of any one or more of the following by a Participant
(the “Defaulting Participant”):
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(i) the failure of any Participant to make any payment in full to
NCPA when due, where such failure is not cured within thirty (30) Calendar
Days following receipt of a notice from NCPA demanding cure;
(ii) the failure of a Participant to perform any covenant or
obligation of this Agreement where such failure is not cured within thirty (30)
Calendar Days following receipt of a notice from NCPA demanding cure.
Provided, that this subsection shall not apply to any failure to make payments
specified by subsection 10.2 (i));
(iii) if any representation or warranty of a Participant material to
the services provided hereunder shall prove to have been incorrect in any
material respect when made and the Participant does not cure the facts
underlying such incorrect representation or warranty so that the representation
or warranty becomes true and correct within thirty (30) Calendar Days of the
date of receipt of notice from NCPA demanding cure; or
(iv) if a Participant is in default or in breach of any of its covenants
under any other agreement with NCPA and such default or breach is not cured
within the time periods specified in such agreement.
10.3 Uncontrollable Forces. A Party shall not be considered to be in
default in respect of any obligation hereunder if prevented from fulfilling such
obligation by reason of Uncontrollable Forces. Provided, that in order to be
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relieved of an Event of Default due to Uncontrollable Forces, a Party affected by
an Uncontrollable Force shall:
(i) first provide oral notice to the General Manager using telephone
communication within two (2) Business Days of the onset of the Uncontrollable
Force, and provide subsequent written notice to the General Manager and all
other Parties within ten (10) Business Days of the onset of the Uncontrollable
Force, describing its nature and extent, the obligations which the Party is unable
to fulfill, the anticipated duration of the Uncontrollable Force, and the actions
which the Party will undertake so as to remove such disability and be able to
fulfill its obligations hereunder; and
(ii) use due diligence to place itself in a position to fulfill its
obligations hereunder and if unable to fulfill any obligation by reason of an
Uncontrollable Force such Party shall exercise due diligence to remove such
disability with reasonable dispatch. Provided, that nothing in this subsection
shall require a Party to settle or compromise a labor dispute.
10.4 Cure of an Event of Default. An Event of Default shall be deemed
cured only if such default shall be remedied or cured within the time periods
specified in Section 10.2 above, as may be applicable, provided, however, upon
request of the Defaulting Participant the Commission may waive the default at
its sole discretion, where such waiver shall not be unreasonably withheld.
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10.5 Remedies in the Event of Uncured Default. Upon the occurrence of
an Event of Default which is not cured within the time limits specified in Section
10.2, without limiting other rights or remedies available under this Agreement, at
law or in equity, and without constituting or resulting in a waiver, release or
estoppel of any right, action or cause of action NCPA may have against the
Defaulting Participant, NCPA may take any or all of the following actions:
(i) suspend the provision of services under this Agreement to such
Defaulting Participant;
(ii) demand that the Defaulting Participant provide further
assurances to guarantee the correction of the default, including the collection of a
surcharge or increase in electric rates, or such other actions as may be necessary
to produce necessary Revenues to correct the default; or
(iii) enforce all other rights or remedies available to it under any
Project Agreement in which the Defaulting Participant is a Project Participant.
10.6 Effect of Suspension.
10.6.1 Generally. The suspension of this Agreement will not
terminate, waive, or otherwise discharge any ongoing or undischarged
liabilities, credits or obligations arising from this Agreement until such
liabilities, credits or obligations are satisfied in full.
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10.6.2 Suspension. If performance of all or any portion of this
Agreement is suspended by NCPA with respect to a Participant in accordance
with subsection 10.5(i), such Participant shall pay any and all costs incurred
by NCPA as a result of such suspension including reasonable attorney fees,
the fees and expenses of other experts, including auditors and accountants, or
other reasonable and necessary costs associated with such suspension and
any portion of the Project Costs, scheduling and dispatch costs, and
Administrative Services Costs that were not recovered from such Participant
as a result of such suspension.
Section 11. Facilities Schedules.
11.1 Facilities Schedules. Facilities Schedules shall be established
relating to operations of NCPA Projects and administrative matters for the
implementation of this Agreement. All Facilities Schedules may be established,
repealed or amended by the Commission in accordance with this Agreement,
except as provided in Section 11.3 with respect to Facilities Schedules applicable
to NCPA Projects for which a separate Operating Agreement exists. The
Commission shall consider any recommendation of the Facilities Committee.
11.2 Scope of Facilities Schedules. Facilities Schedules include detailed
principles, descriptions and procedures for managing, operating, scheduling,
billing and settlement for the NCPA Projects.
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11.3 Operating Agreements. For those NCPA Projects for which a
separate Operating Agreement has been or later is executed by NCPA and the
Project Participants, the applicable Facilities Schedules will supplement the
Operating Agreement and shall include a note that an Operating Agreement
exists. To the extent a Facilities Schedule and Operating Agreement are
inconsistent, the Operating Agreement shall govern. An Operating Agreement,
whether or not it is appended to this Agreement as a Facilities Schedule, may
only be amended according to the terms contained therein.
Section 12. Other Agreements.
12.1 Precedence of Agreements. Where there is any conflict between
this Agreement and the Joint Powers Agreement, a Project Agreement or a
NCPA Project Indenture of Trust, the provisions in the Joint Powers Agreement,
Project Agreement or NCPA Project Indenture of Trust shall control.
12.2 Member Services Agreement. The Member Service Agreements
between NCPA, the Cities of Alameda, Biggs, Gridley, Healdsburg, Lodi,
Lompoc, Palo Alto, Roseville, and Ukiah, and the Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric
Cooperative dated February 2, 1981, and the Member Service Agreement
between NCPA and the City of Santa Clara dated February 12, 1981, were
previously terminated and have no further force or effect. At such time as the
City of Redding may become a Participant, then this Agreement shall supersede
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and replace the Member Service Agreement between NCPA and the City of
Redding dated February 12, 1981.
Section 13. Potential Adverse Impact.
13.1 Notification. A Participant shall promptly notify the General
Manager in writing of any new or materially changed plan(s) for additions to,
retirements of, or changes in transmission or other facilities, which are subject to
the control of such Participant, including distribution level transmission or other
facilities, and which the Participant believes could affect the capacity or
deliverability of a NCPA Project located within the Participant's system. The
Facilities Committee shall review such plan(s) and may recommend remedial
actions.
Section 14. Term and Termination.
14.1 Effective Date. This Agreement shall become effective on the first
day of the month after which it has been duly executed by all Participants, and
delivered to and executed by NCPA (the “Effective Date”). NCPA shall notify all
Participants in writing of the Effective Date.
14.2 Term and Termination. This Agreement shall continue in full
effect until terminated by consent of all Parties.
Section 15. Admission and Withdrawal of Participants.
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15.1 Admission of a New Participant. Subsequent to the initial Effective
Date, a Member may become a Participant by executing this Agreement. Such
Member Participant will become a Participant effective on the date of its delivery
to NCPA of an executed counterpart of this Agreement.
15.2 Withdrawal of Participants. Any Participant may withdraw from
this Agreement (“Withdrawing Participant”) by: (1) submitting notice, in writing
to all Parties at least two (2) years in advance of the effective date of such
withdrawal, provided that such withdrawal shall only be effective on the last
day of a NCPA fiscal year and that the Withdrawing Participant has fully
satisfied all obligations it has incurred under this Agreement; and (2) divesting
its Project Participation Percentage share of all NCPA Projects through a
permanent transfer, sale, assignment or exchange, so that (i) the Withdrawing
Participant permanently disposes of its legal and contractual obligation to pay
for all Project Costs, and other related costs, including disposing of its obligations
specified in each respective Project Agreement and Project Indenture of Trust,
and (ii) the party (or parties) taking permanent transfer, sale, assignment or
exchange of the Withdrawing Participant’s Project Participation Percentage of a
NCPA Project is or becomes a Member Participant; provided, however, the
withdrawal requirements stated herein may be altered upon mutual agreement
between NCPA and the Withdrawing Participant whereby all un-discharged
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liabilities, credits or obligations of the Withdrawing Participant, including any
contingent liabilities, credits or obligation, are fully satisfied. NCPA and the
Withdrawing Participant shall negotiate in good faith and shall cooperate in
reaching such mutual agreement. The two (2) year duration of the notice
requirement may be waived or reduced by the Commission in its sole discretion.
Withdrawal by any Participant shall not terminate this Agreement as to the
remaining Participants.
15.3 No Effect on Prior Liabilities. Withdrawal by any Participant will
not terminate any ongoing or un-discharged liabilities, credits or obligations,
including any contingent liabilities, credits or obligations, resulting from this
Agreement until they are satisfied in full, or such Withdrawing Participant has
provided a mechanism acceptable to NCPA, for the satisfaction in full thereof.
A Withdrawing Participant shall not be obligated to compensate the
remaining Participants for loss of any benefits that would have accrued to the
remaining Participants if the Withdrawing Participant had continued its
participation. Nor shall the remaining Participants be obligated to compensate
the Withdrawing Participant for any benefits that accrue to the remaining
Participants because of the withdrawal. Reallocation of the costs and benefits of
continuing under this Agreement after a Participant has withdrawn shall not
give rise to any claim against a Withdrawing Participant by the remaining
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Parties. Nor shall any of the remaining Parties be obligated to compensate the
Withdrawing Participant for any benefits that accrue to the remaining Parties
because of such a reallocation of costs and benefits.
15.4 Associated Costs. A Withdrawing Participant shall reimburse
NCPA for any and all costs resulting from the withdrawal, including but not
limited to the legal, accounting, and administrative costs of winding up and
assuring the complete satisfaction and discharge of the Withdrawing
Participant’s liabilities, credits or obligations, including any contingent liabilities,
credits or obligations.
15.5 Withdrawal of Participant from the JPA. Notwithstanding the
provisions of the Power Management and Administrative Services Agreement,
the Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement, and
this Agreement, a Member Participant that terminates its membership in the joint
powers agency pursuant to the Joint Powers Agreement, but has not withdrawn
from this Agreement pursuant to Section 15.2, shall continue its participation in
this Agreement as a non-Member Participant and remain obligated and liable to
pay its Project Participation Percentage share of all Project Costs, and other
related costs attributed to a NCPA Project in which the non-Member Participant
is a Project Participant, as specified in the applicable Project Agreements, the
Power Management and Administrative Services Agreement, the Amended and
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Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement, and this Agreement,
provided, however, the non-Member Participant is thereby no longer a Member
or a member of the Facilities Committee, and is not entitled to participate in the
activities of the Commission or the Facilities Committee, including voting
activities, other than as a member of the public. A non-Member Participant shall
remain obligated to take Scheduling Coordination Services provided by NCPA
for all NCPA Projects in which the non-Member Participant is a Project
Participant notwithstanding the fact that such non-Member Participant may no
longer be a signatory to the Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination
Program Agreement.
Section 16. Reports and Records.
16.1 Reports to Participants. NCPA shall prepare and make available to
each Participant the reports listed in Facilities Schedule 13. The frequency of
distribution shall be as specified in Facilities Schedule 13.
16.2 Records. Each Party shall keep such records as may be reasonably
required by the General Manager to carry out his or her duties pursuant to
Section 4.3 of this Agreement, and shall furnish to the General Manager such
records, reports, and other information as he or she may reasonably require.
16.3 Reports to Other Agencies. NCPA will submit such reports and
records which are required or may be required by the California Energy
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Commission, FERC, NERC, WECC, OSHA or such other local, State, regional or
federal agencies, as such reports and records are required for NCPA to fulfill its
obligations under this Agreement.
Section 17. Settlement of Disputes and Arbitration. The Parties agree to
make best efforts to settle all disputes among themselves connected with this
Agreement as a matter of normal business under this Agreement. The
procedures set forth in Section 10 of the Power Management and Administrative
Services Agreement shall apply to all disputes that cannot be settled by the
Participants themselves; provided, that the provisions of Section 8.4 shall first
apply to all disputes involving invoices prepared by NCPA.
Section 18. Miscellaneous.
18.1 Confidentiality. The Parties will keep confidential all confidential
or trade secret information made available to them in connection with this
Agreement, to the extent possible, consistent with applicable laws, including the
California Public Records Act. Confidential or trade secret information shall be
marked or expressly identified as such.
If a Party (“Receiving Party”) receives a request from a Third Party for
access to, or inspection, disclosure or copying of, any of the other Party’s (the
“Supplying Party”) confidential data or information (“Disclosure Request”), then
the Receiving Party shall provide notice and a copy of the Disclosure Request to
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the Supplying Party within three (3) Business Days of receipt of the Disclosure
Request. Within three (3) Business Days of receipt of such notice, the Supplying
Party shall provide notice to the Receiving Party either:
(i) that the Supplying Party believes there are reasonable legal
grounds for denying or objecting to the Disclosure Request, and the Supplying
Party requests the Receiving Party to deny or object to the Disclosure Request
with respect to identified confidential information. In such case, the Receiving
Party shall deny the Disclosure Request and the Supplying Party shall defend the
denial of the Disclosure Request at its sole cost, and it shall indemnify the
Receiving Party for all costs associated with denying or objecting to the
Disclosure Request. Such indemnification by the Supplying Party of the
Receiving Party shall include all of the Receiving Party’s costs reasonably
incurred with respect to denial of or objection to the Disclosure Request,
including but not limited to costs, penalties, and the Receiving Party’s attorney ’s
fees; or
(ii) the Receiving Party may grant the Disclosure Request without
any liability by the Receiving Party to the Supplying Party.
18.2 Indemnification and Hold Harmless. Subject to the provisions of
Section 18.4, each Participant agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless
NCPA and its Members, including their respective governing boards, officials,
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officers, agents, and employees, from and against any and all claims, suits, losses,
costs, damages, expenses and liability of any kind or nature, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and the costs of litigation, including experts, to the
extent caused by any acts, omissions, breach of contract, negligence (active or
passive), gross negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct of that Participant,
its governing officials, officers, employees, subcontractors or agents, to the
maximum extent permitted by law.
18.3 Several Liabilities. Except as otherwise provided herein or in an
applicable Project Agreement, no Participant shall be liable under this
Agreement for the obligations of any other Participant, each Participant shall be
solely responsible and liable for performance of its obligations under this
Agreement and the obligation of each Participant under this Agreement is a
several obligation and not a joint obligation with those of the other Participants.
18.4 No Consequential Damages. FOR ANY BREACH OF ANY
PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT FOR WHICH AN EXPRESS REMEDY OR
MEASURE OF DAMAGES IS PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE
LIABILITY OF THE DEFAULTING PARTY SHALL BE LIMITED AS SET
FORTH IN SUCH PROVISION, AND ALL OTHER DAMAGES OR REMEDIES
ARE HEREBY WAIVED. IF NO REMEDY OR MEASURE OF DAMAGE IS
EXPRESSLY PROVIDED, THE LIABILITY OF THE DEFAULTING PARTY
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SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL DAMAGES ONLY AND ALL OTHER
DAMAGES AND REMEDIES ARE HEREBY WAIVED. IN NO EVENT SHALL
NCPA OR ANY PARTICIPANT OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS,
ASSIGNS, REPRESENTATIVES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS, OR
EMPLOYEES BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, CONSEQUENTIAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE OR INCIDENTAL LOSSES OR
DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOST
REVENUES, LOSS OF PROFIT OR LOSS OF CONTRACTS EVEN IF SUCH
PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES,
AND NCPA AND EACH PARTICIPANT EACH HEREBY WAIVES SUCH
CLAIMS AND RELEASES EACH OTHER AND EACH OF SUCH PERSONS
FROM ANY SUCH LIABILITY.
The Parties acknowledge that California Civil Code section 1542 provides
that: “A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not
know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release,
which if known by him or her must have materially affected his or her settlement
with the debtor.” The Parties waive the provisions of section 1542, or other
similar provisions of law, and intend that the waiver and release provided by
this Section of this Agreement shall be fully enforceable despite its reference to
future or unknown claims.
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18.5 Waiver. No waiver of the performance by a Party of any obligation
under this Agreement with respect to any default or any other matter arising in
connection with this Agreement shall be effective unless given by the
Commission. Any such waiver by the Commission in any particular instance
shall not be deemed a waiver with respect to any subsequent performance,
default or matter.
18.6 Division of Responsibility. Neither the General Manager, the
Parties to this Agreement, nor an entity acting on behalf of the Parties, shall be
responsible for the transmission, control, use, or application of capacity and
energy provided under this Agreement or the Facilities Schedules attached
hereto on the receiving Party's side of such Party's point of interconnection and
shall not, in any event, be liable for damage or injury to any person or property
whatsoever, arising, accruing, or resulting from, in any manner, the receiving,
transmission, control, use, application, or distribution by NCPA, or the
Participants, or any Third Party acting on behalf of NCPA or the Parties, of said
capacity and energy on the receiving Party's side of such Party's point of
interconnection.
18.7 Amendments.
18.7.1 Amendments in General. Except where this Agreement
specifically provides otherwise, this Agreement may be amended only by
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written instrument executed by the Parties with the same formality as this
Agreement.
18.7.2 Approval and Amendment of Facilities Schedules. Any
addition to, amendment to or termination of the Facilities Schedules attached
hereto shall take effect after being approved by the Commission in a manner
consistent with the voting procedures set forth in Section 3.6 of this
Agreement, without the requirement of an approval of the individual
Participants’ governing bodies.
18.8 Assignment of Agreement.
18.8.1 Binding Upon Successors. This Agreement, including the
Facilities Schedules, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the
respective successors and assignees of the Parties to this Agreement.
18.8.2 No Assignment. This Agreement, nor any interest
herein, shall be transferred or assigned by a Party hereto except with the
consent in writing of the other Parties hereto, where such consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld. Without limiting the foregoing, this Agreement shall
not be assigned by Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative without the
approval in writing of the Administrator of the Rural Electrification
Administration Utilities Service.
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18.9 Severability. In the event that any of the terms, covenants or
conditions of this Agreement or the application of any such term, covenant or
condition, shall be held invalid as to any person or circumstance by any court
having jurisdiction, all other terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement
and their application shall not be affected thereby, but shall remain in force and
effect unless the court holds that such provisions are not severable from all other
provisions of this Agreement.
18.10 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be interpreted, governed by,
and construed under the laws of the State of California.
18.11 Headings. All indices, titles, subject headings, section titles and
similar items are provided for the purpose of convenience and are not intended
to be inclusive, definitive, or affect the meaning of the contents of this Agreement
or the scope thereof.
18.12 Notices. Any notice, demand or request required or authorized by
this Agreement to be given to any Party shall be in writing, and shall either be
personally delivered to a Participant’s Commissioner or Alternate, or in the case
of TID their Primary Representative or Alternate Representative, and to the
General Manager, or shall be transmitted to the Participant and the General
Manager at the addresses shown on the signature pages hereof. The designation
of such addresses may be changed at any time by written notice given to the
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General Manager who shall thereupon give written notice of such change to each
Participant. All such notices shall be deemed delivered when personally
delivered, two (2) Business Days after deposit in the United States mail first class
postage prepaid, or on the first Business Day following delivery through
electronic communication.
18.13 Warranty of Authority. Each Party represents and warrants that it
has been duly authorized by all requisite approval and action to execute and
deliver this Agreement and that this Agreement is a binding, legal, and valid
agreement enforceable in accordance with its terms. Upon execution of this
Agreement, each Participant shall deliver to NCPA a resolution of the governing
body of such Participant evidencing approval of and authority to enter into this
Agreement.
18.14 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, and each executed counterpart shall have the same force and effect
as an original instrument and as if all the signatories to all of the counterparts
had signed the same instrument. Any signature page of this Agreement may be
detached from any counterpart of this Agreement without impairing the legal
effect of any signatures thereon, and may be attached to another counterpart of
this Agreement identical in form hereto but having attached to it one or more
signature pages.
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18.15 Venue. In the event that a Party brings any action under this
Agreement, the Parties agree that trial of such action shall be vested exclusively
in the state courts of California in the County of Placer or in the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of California.
18.16 Attorneys’ Fees. If a Party to this Agreement brings any action,
including an action for declaratory relief, to enforce or interpret the provisions of
this Agreement, each Party shall bear its own fees and costs, including attorneys’
fees, associated with the action.
18.17 Counsel Representation. Pursuant to the provisions of California
Civil Code Section 1717 (a), each of the Parties were represented by counsel in
the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and no one Party is the author
of this Agreement or any of its subparts. Those terms of this Agreement which
dictate the responsibility for bearing any attorney’s fees incurred in arbitration,
litigation or settlement in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of Section
18.2 were intentionally so drafted by the Parties, and any ambiguities in this
Agreement shall not be interpreted for or against a Party by reason of that Party
being the author of the provision.
18.18 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing contained in this
Agreement is intended by the Parties, nor shall any provision of this Agreement
be deemed or construed by the Parties, by any third person or any Third Parties,
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to be for the benefit of any Third Party, nor shall any Third Party have any right
to enforce any provision of this Agreement or be entitled to damages for any
breach by the Parties of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, NCPA and each Participant have, by the
signature of its duly authorized representative shown below, executed and
delivered a counterpart of this Agreement.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
POWER AGENCY
651 Commerce Drive
Roseville, CA 95678
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: General Counsel
Date:
CITY OF ALAMEDA
2000 Grand Street
P.O. Box H
Alameda, CA 94501
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
CITY OF BIGGS
465 “C” Street
Biggs, CA 95917
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
CITY OF GRIDLEY
685 Kentucky Street
Gridley, CA 95948
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
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CITY OF HEALDSBURG
401 Grove Street
Healdsburg, CA 95448
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
CITY OF LODI
221 W. Pine Street
Lodi, CA 95240
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
CITY OF LOMPOC
100 Civic Center Plaza
Lompoc, CA 93436
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
CITY OF OAKLAND, acting
by and through its
Board of Port Commissioners
530 Water Street
Oakland, CA 94607
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: Port General Counsel
Date:
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CITY OF PALO ALTO
250 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
PLUMAS-SIERRA RURAL
ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
73233 Highway 70
Portola, CA 96122
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: General Counsel
Date:
CITY OF ROSEVILLE
311 Vernon Street
Roseville, CA 95678
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
CITY OF SANTA CLARA
1500 Warburton Avenue
Santa Clara, CA 95050
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
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SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID
TRANSIT DISTRICT
300 Lakeside Drive, 16th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: General Counsel
Date:
CITY OF UKIAH
300 Seminary Avenue
Ukiah, CA 95482
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
TURLOCK IRRIGATION DISTRICT
333 E. Canal Drive
Turlock, CA 95380
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: General Counsel
Date:
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FACILITIES SCHEDULE 1
FACILITIES SCHEDULE 1
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
The following is a list of the Participants who are signatory to this Agreement:
City of Alameda
City of Biggs
City of Gridley
City of Healdsburg
City of Lodi
City of Lompoc
City of Oakland, acting by and through its Board of Port Commissioners
City of Palo Alto
City of Roseville
City of Santa Clara
City of Ukiah
Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Turlock Irrigation District
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FACILITIES SCHEDULE 2
FACILITIES SCHEDULE 2
NCPA PROJECTS
Each of the following Projects have been designated by the Commission as a
NCPA Project, therefore subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement:
North Fork Stanislaus River Hydroelectric Development Project
Combustion Turbine Project Number One
Combustion Turbine Project Number Two-Unit One
NCPA Geothermal Generating Unit #2 Project
Geothermal Generating Project Number 3
Seattle City Light Capacity and Energy Exchange Third Phase Agreement
Amended NCPA Green Power Project Third Phase Agreement
NCPA Solar PV Project
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FACILITIES SCHEDULE 3
BILLING PROCEDURE AND NCPA PROJECT COST DETERMINANTS
Section 1. Billing Procedure. NCPA will issue invoices to each Participant
for its allocated share of Project Costs, Administrative Services Costs, scheduling
coordination costs, and all other costs for services provided in accordance with
this Agreement. Such invoices may be either the All Resources Bill or separate
special invoice, as determined by NCPA. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Agreement, NCPA shall issue invoices to each Participant as further described in
this Facilities Schedule 3.
1.1 Pre-Billing. Prior to each month, NCPA shall issue an invoice to
each Participant for its estimated share of Project Costs, Administrative Services
Costs, scheduling coordination costs, and all other costs for services provided in
accordance with this Agreement. Estimated costs shall be invoiced in advance
and are based on, but are not limited to, budgets, schedules, metering data,
forecasted net purchases or sales of energy, forecasted congestion costs and
estimates of power and related attribute prices, and charges from the CAISO
pursuant to the Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program
Agreement.
1.2 Adjustments and True-ups. From time to time, NCPA shall review
and compare its estimate of costs as set forth in the Annual Budget against actual
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costs incurred during the same period of time. In the event estimated costs
invoiced to Participants substantially deviate from actual costs incurred by
NCPA, NCPA shall adjust the amounts to be invoiced or credited to the
Participants in subsequent billings, in the respective cost category, for the
balance of the Fiscal Year, to ensure NCPA collects sufficient funds to cover all
budgeted and actual costs.
A substantial deviation from cost estimates approved in the Annual
Budget means a permanent variation from a major objective or parameter of plus
or minus five percent (5%) or more, unless otherwise provided for in the Annual
Budget. A permanent variation is one that is not expected to reverse at a later
date during the same Fiscal Year.
1.3 Annual Billing True-Up. At the end of each Fiscal Year, as soon as
actual data is available and the annual year-end audit is complete, NCPA shall
true-up all invoices based on actual cost data and actual billing determinates.
The amounts calculated to be over or under collected from the Participants
during the Fiscal Year, measured against actual costs, will be debited or credited
to Participants as follows:
(i) a lump sum on future invoices to the Participant;
(ii) applied to a Participant’s general operating reserve account;
or
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(iii) as otherwise directed by the Commission.
Section 2. NCPA Project Costs and Billing. Project Costs, Administrative
Services Costs, scheduling coordination costs, and all other costs associated with
services provided pursuant to this Agreement shall be reflected in the Annual
Budget. The NCPA Project budgets included as part of the Annual Budget shall
categorize costs as fixed and variable. Fixed costs are those Project Costs
incurred that are not dependent on the output of the generating unit or plant
(e.g., debt service and operating labor expenses). Variable costs are those Project
Costs which are dependent on the electrical output of the generating unit or
plant (e.g., fuel costs and operations and maintenance costs).
2.1 Cost Recovery. NCPA shall invoice monthly one-twelfth (1/12) of
the budgeted costs for each NCPA Project to the Participants based on each
Participant’s Project Participation Percentage share; provided, however, costs
associated with fuel, GHG Compliance Instruments, or other costs that are
subject to market volatility and which may change substantially from month to
month during the Fiscal Year shall be invoiced based on actual costs for the
respective month, or NCPA’s best estimate of such costs if actual costs are not
known at the time the invoice is issued to the Participants. When estimated fuel,
GHG Compliance Instruments or other costs are used, final adjustments for
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actual costs shall be made in the annual billing true-up as provided in Section 1
of the Facilities Schedule 3.
Section 3. Uniform System of Accounts. NCPA shall keep accurate records
and accounts for all costs attributed to each NCPA Project and the services
provided under this Agreement. All Project Costs shall be kept in general
accordance with the Uniform System of Accounts (“USofA”) for electric public
utilities and licensees prescribed by FERC.
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SHARED FACILITIES AND COST SHARING
Section 1. Scope. Project Participants desire to equitably share and use
facilities and equipment common to two or more NCPA Projects, including the
Combustion Turbine Project No. 1, Combustion Turbine Project No. 2 and LEC,
for the purpose of reducing costs and improving efficiencies. Such Shared
Facilities and the methods for how costs are to be shared among Project
Participants shall be included in this Facilities Schedule 4.
Section 2. Definitions.
2.1 Definitions. Unless defined in this Facilities Schedule 4, all terms
used in this Facilities Schedule 4 with initial capitalization shall have the same
meaning as those contained in Section 1 of this Agreement.
2.1.1 “PPC” means the Participant Committee established in
accordance with Section 8 of the Lodi Energy Center Power Sales
Agreement.
2.1.2 “Shared Facilities” means the facilities as documented in
this Facilities Schedule 4 and which may be revised from time to time based
upon recommendations and approvals of the Facilities Committee, the PPC
and the Commission.
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Section 3. Joint Use of Facilities. NCPA and Project Participants may use,
operate and maintain the Shared Facilities, according to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement and the percentage allocation of costs associated with such
Shared Facilities detailed in this Facilities Schedule 4. Nothing in this Agreement
may be construed to create a lease, sale or other disposition of real or personal
property of NCPA.
Section 4. Use of Shared Facilities. As applicable, the Combustion Turbine
Project No. 1, Combustion Turbine Project No. 2 and LEC projects will utilize the
Shared Facilities and equipment as listed in this Facilities Schedule 4. In addition
thereto, the Combustion Turbine Project No. 1, Combustion Turbine Project No.
2 and LEC projects and personnel will have:
(i) vehicular and pedestrian access rights;
(ii) use of Shared Facilities for the purpose of locating, accessing,
operating, maintaining, repairing and replacing pipelines;
(iii) access for locating, accessing, operating, constructing,
maintaining, repairing and replacing the steam pipeline(s), natural gas
pipeline(s) and any associated equipment currently on the Combustion Turbine
Project No. 2 and/or LEC sites or to be installed in the future;
(iv) access to the office building currently on the Combustion
Turbine Project No. 2 site for the installation, use, maintenance, repair and
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replacement of process control systems and related computer hardware
associated with the Combustion Turbine Project No. 1, Combustion Turbine
Project No. 2 and LEC projects;
(v) access to the Shared Facilities for the purpose of locating,
operating, repairing and replacing such improvements as may be necessary from
time to time; and
(vi) personnel associated with Combustion Turbine Project No. 1,
Combustion Turbine Project No. 2 and LEC shall provide reasonable notice, each
to the other, regarding any work to be conducted consistent with the above.
Section 5. Shared Facilities Cost Allocation. Shared Facilities costs shall be
allocated among the Combustion Turbine Project No. 1, Combustion Turbine
Project No. 2 and LEC in one or more of the following ways, pursuant to this
Facilities Schedule 4:
(i) headcount allocated to each project;
(ii) project capacity;
(iii) actual usage of Shared Facilities; or
(iv) such other allocation methodology as may be determined in
this Facilities Schedule 4.
The Shared Facilities cost allocation set forth in this Facilities Schedule 4
may be revised from time to time when operational conditions or factors used for
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the cost allocation(s) change. In such event, the PPC and the Facilities
Committee will provide their respective recommendations and approvals to the
Commission regarding any proposed modifications to the allocations set forth in
this Facilities Schedule 4. Until such revisions as proposed by the PPC and the
Facilities Committee are approved by the Commission, the cost allocation(s) set
forth in this Facilities Schedule 4 will be used to allocate Shared Facilities costs
among the Combustion Turbine Project No. 1, Combustion Turbine Project No. 2
and LEC projects, irrespective of the basis used for cost allocation as listed in this
Facilities Schedule 4, including those allocations that are based on estimated
usage.
Section 6. Other Costs. The Combustion Turbine Project No. 1, Combustion
Turbine Project No. 2 and LEC projects will each be solely responsible for the
payment of any and all taxes, insurance, utilities, maintenance, improvements
and labor directly attributable to the construction, operation and maintenance of
the respective projects. The Combustion Turbine Project No. 1, Combustion
Turbine Project No. 2 and LEC projects must pay the Shared Facilities cost
allocations imposed on such projects as detailed in this Facilities Schedule 4.
Section 7. Sale of Shared Facilities. In the event NCPA seeks to sell any of
the Shared Facilities the Combustion Turbine Project No. 1, Combustion Turbine
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Project No. 2 and LEC projects must be given reasonable notice and an
opportunity to purchase such Shared Facilities.
Section 8. Shared Facilities and Allocation
Cost Allocation to NCPA Project %
Facility
CT1 CT2 LEC Total
MW Capacity
75.0 49.9 280.0 404.9
Capacity CT1, CT2, LEC %
18.52% 12.32% 69.15% 100.00%
Capacity CT2, LEC %
0.00% 15.13% 84.87% 100.00%
Headcount for FTE-2012
3.0 4.5 17.5 25.0
Headcount % CT1, CT2, LEC
12.00% 18.00% 70.00% 100.00%
Cooling Tower Usage CT2/LEC (based on
calculation below)
0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Vehicle Usage CT1/CT2/LEC (based on
estimated usage)
90.00% 5.00% 5.00% 100.00%
Anhydrous Ammonia System
Fixed O&M, Capital (based on Capacity
CT2, LEC %)
0.00% 15.13% 84.87% 100.00%
Variable O&M CT2/LEC (based on actual
Ammonia usage)
Usage Usage
Administration / Warehouse Building
O&M, Capital (based upon Headcount %
CT1, CT2, LEC)
12.00% 18.00% 70.00% 100.00%
Fire System
O&M, Capital (based on Capacity CT2,
LEC %)
0.00% 15.13% 84.87% 100.00%
230 KV Switchyard (Common Equip)
O&M, Capital (based on Capacity CT2,
LEC %)
0.00% 15.13% 84.87% 100.00%
Tooling and Special Equipment
(based on Headcount % CT1, CT2, LEC) 12.00% 18.00% 70.00% 100.00%
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Cooling Tower/Closed Cooling Water/Injection Well Systems
O&M, Capital (based on Cooling
Tower Usage CT2/LEC)
0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Vehicle Usage
O&M, Capital (based on Vehicle
Usage CT1/CT2/LEC)
90.00% 5.00% 5.00% 100.00%
Cooling Tower CT2/LEC Usage Calculation:
Inputs
Sh = Number of Operating Hours of CT2
Lh = Number of Operating Hours of LEC
Constants
Sf = Design flowrate for CT2 cooling water = 4,416 GPM
Lf = Design flowrate for LEC cooling water = 64,584 GPM
Formula
% %
f * f *h
f *
S - 100 L Percentage LEC
100 * )L( SS(
)S S Percentage CT2 %
h
h
L)
(S
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COMBUSTION TURBINE PROJECT NO. 1 OPERATING PROCEDURES
Section 1. General Operating Criteria. The following general operating
criteria are applicable to the operation of the Combustion Turbine Project No. 1
generation facilities (hereinafter referred to as the “CT1 Project”). The General
Manager, or his or her designee, shall act as project manager for the CT1 Project
on behalf of the Project Participants.
1.1 Good Utility Practice. The CT1 Project shall be operated in
accordance with Good Utility Practice.
1.2 Licenses and Regulatory Criteria. The CT1 Project shall be
operated in accordance with all license and regulatory requirements that are
applicable to the CT1 Project (e.g., air permit restrictions).
1.3 CT1 Project Statistics. The following are general CT1 Project
statistics:
Resource Name Resource ID Pmax Pmin
Alameda GT Unit 1 ALMEGT_1_UNIT 1 23.9 MW 22.8 MW
Alameda GT Unit 2 ALMEGT_1_UNIT 2 25.4 MW 24.4 MW
Lodi Gas Turbine LODI25_2_UNIT 1 25.3 MW 22.2 MW
Section 2. Scheduling Criteria.
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2.1 Schedule Coordination. NCPA shall act as Scheduling Coordinator
for the CT1 Project, and perform such duties in accordance with the Amended
and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement.
2.2 Scheduling Criteria and Project Coordination. Each Project
Participant, acting as an Operating Entity, shall schedule and bid its Project
Participation Percentage share of capacity, energy, and/or other project attributes
in any manner, and shall coordinate the scheduling of its Project Participation
Percentage share of the CT1 Project with NCPA; provided, however, that such
schedules or bids shall be consistent with licensing and regulatory criteria,
operational limitations, all established scheduling requirements, including, but
not limited to, those requirements set forth in the CAISO Tariff and as
determined by NCPA pursuant to the Amended and Restated Scheduling
Coordination Program Agreement, and the provisions of the respective Project
Agreement. NCPA may act as Operating Entity on behalf of a Project Participant
or a group of Project Participants, pursuant to separate agreement.
2.3 Test Energy. All energy generated for testing purposes shall be
allocated in proportion to each Project Participant’s Project Participation
Percentage share of the CT1 Project.
2.4 Allocation of Project Output. All output of the CT1 Project,
including capacity, energy and/or other project attributes shall be allocated
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among the Project Participants in accordance with the Project Agreement and the
Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement.
2.5 Outage Coordination. Prior to the beginning of each Fiscal Year the
project manager shall prepare and submit for approval to the Facilities
Committee a planned outage schedule for the CT1 Project. Changes or
modifications made to the planned outage schedule during the course of the
Fiscal Year shall be subsequently reported in a timely manner to each Project
Participant. NCPA shall provide outage coordination services to track and
report planned and unplanned outages pursuant to the Amended and Restated
Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement.
2.6 Emergency Operation. The City of Alameda or Lodi may request
that the CT1 Project unit or units physically located within their respective
distribution systems be operated in the case of an usual event (e.g., approaching
distribution system loading limitations, loss of transmission services, etc.). Such
request shall be made from the Project Participant to the NCPA dispatch center.
Prior to approving a submitted request, NCPA shall review the impact such
request may have on prior commitments of NCPA and/or the Project Participants
associated with the CT1 Project, including, but not limited to, Project Participant
own load requirements, contractual commitments, bids submitted to and awards
received from the CAISO, to determine the feasibility of such request. All costs
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related to emergency operations of the CT1 Project shall be borne by the
requesting Project Participant.
Section 3. Natural Gas Fuel Supply.
3.1 General. The CT1 Project consumes natural gas as a fuel in order to
generate electric power for the benefit of the Project Participants. Section 3 of
this Facilities Schedule 5 describes the terms and conditions under which NCPA
will procure natural gas fuel for the CT1 Project.
3.2 Economic Dispatch and Daily Fuel Requirements. The CT Project
consists of three (3) peaking generators, two (2) of which are located in the City
of Alameda, and one (1) of which is located in the City of Lodi. Unless called
upon to insure reliability by the CAISO, each generator is economically
dispatched in accordance with this Facilities Schedule 5. In either case the fuel
supply requirements of the CT1 Project are met though NCPA’s contractual
relationship with a supplier for index based gas delivery. The cost of fuel
procured for the CT1 Project will be allocated to the Project Participants in
accordance with the Project Agreement, this Agreement, and the Amended and
Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement.
3.3 Forward Natural Gas Procurement and Financial Hedging. In the
normal course of business NCPA does not execute forward natural gas
transactions for the potential fuel supply needs of the CT Project, due to the
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inherent uncertainty in forecasting fuel supply requirements for small peaking
generators. No financial hedges for fuel supply costs associated with the CT
Project will be implemented pursuant to this Facilities Schedule 5. NCPA may
assist any Project Participant that desires to procure natural gas in advance for
anticipated CT1 Project fuel supply requirements, upon written request of a
Project Participant, provided that NCPA and the requesting Project Participant
have executed a separate agreement for such purposes.
3.4 Fuel Supply Management and Scheduling. Natural gas fuel
consumed by the CT1 Project must be scheduled and transported to each
generator site. To obtain necessary scheduling and transportation rights and
services the Commission may periodically authorize contracts with Third Parties
and/or authorize subscriptions for transportation and storage services under
pipeline tariffs in accordance with procurement policies and procedures
established by the Commission.
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GEOTHERMAL PROJECT OPERATING PROCEDURES
Section 1. General Operating Criteria. The following general operating
criteria are applicable to the operation of the Geothermal Project No. 2 and No. 3
generation facilities (hereinafter referred to as the “Geothermal Project”). The
General Manager, or his or her designee, shall act as project manager for the
Geothermal Project on behalf of the Project Participants.
1.1 Good Utility Practice. The Geothermal Project shall be operated in
accordance with Good Utility Practice.
1.2 Licenses and Regulatory Criteria. The Geothermal Project shall be
operated in accordance with all license and regulatory requirements that are
applicable to the Geothermal Project.
1.3 Geothermal Operating Agreement. The Geothermal Project shall
be operated in a manner consistent with the Amended and Restated Geothermal
Project Operating Agreement between Northern California Power Agency and
the Geothermal Project Participants, dated as of April 1, 2011 (hereinafter
referred to as the “Geothermal Operating Agreement”). The operating
procedures contained in this Facilities Schedule 6 are stated to further define and
clarify the principles and procedures contained in the Geothermal Operating
Agreement.
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1.4 Geothermal Project Statistics. The following are general
Geothermal Project statistics:
Resource Name Resource ID Pmax Pmin
NCPA Geo Plant 1 Unit 1 NCPA_7_GP1UN1 38.85 MW 20 MW
NCPA Geo Plant 1 Unit 2 NCPA_7_GP1UN2 34 MW 20 MW
NCPA Geo Plant 2 Unit 3 NCPA_7_GP2UN3 42.42 MW 15 MW
NCPA Geo Plant 2 Unit 4 NCPA_7_GP2UN4 52.73 MW 15 MW
Section 2. Scheduling.
2.1 Schedule Coordination. NCPA shall act as Scheduling Coordinator
for the Geothermal Project, and perform such duties in accordance with the
Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement.
2.2 Scheduling Criteria and Project Coordination. Each Project
Participant, acting as an Operating Entity, shall schedule and bid its Project
Participation Percentage share of capacity, energy, and/or other project attributes
in accordance with the Geothermal Operating Agreement, and shall coordinate
the scheduling of its Project Participation Percentage share of the Geothermal
Project with NCPA; provided, however, that such schedules or bids shall be
consistent with licensing and regulatory criteria, operational limitations, all
established scheduling requirements, including, but not limited to, those
requirements set forth in the CAISO Tariff and as determined by NCPA pursuant
to the Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement,
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and the provisions of the Geothermal Operating Agreement and respective
Project Agreement. NCPA may act as Operating Entity on behalf of a Project
Participant or a group of Project Participants, pursuant to separate agreement.
2.3 Allocation of Project Output. All output of the Geothermal Project,
including capacity, energy and/or other project attributes shall be allocated
among the Project Participants in accordance with the Project Agreement, the
Geothermal Operating Agreement and the Amended and Restated Scheduling
Coordination Program Agreement.
2.4 Outage Coordination. Notwithstanding the provisions of the
Geothermal Operating Agreement, prior to the beginning of each Fiscal Year the
project manager shall prepare and submit for approval to the Facilities
Committee a planned outage schedule for the Geothermal Project. Changes or
modifications made to the planned outage schedule during the course of the
Fiscal Year shall be subsequently reported in a timely manner to each Project
Participant. NCPA shall provide outage coordination services to track and
report planned and unplanned outages pursuant to the Amended and Restated
Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement.
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NORTH FORK STANISLAUS RIVER HYDROELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT OPERATING PROCEDURES
Section 1. Definitions. Unless defined in this Facilities Schedule 7, all terms
used in this Facilities Schedule 7 with initial capitalization shall have the same
meaning as those contained in Section 1 of this Agreement.
1.1 “Big Trees Flow Requirement” means the quantity of flow which
must be maintained in the North Fork Stanislaus River at Big Trees State Park in
accordance with the provisions of the FERC License.
1.2 “Collierville Capacity” means the maximum generating capability
of the Collierville power plant at any time under then existing conditions.
1.3 “Collierville Minimum Generation” means the minimum loading
of one unit at the Collierville power plant necessary to supply the required
consumption of the motoring unit or station power consumption as determined
through testing.
1.4 “Dry Water Conditions” means the period of historic record during
which the Hydroelectric Project could produce minimum project generation
usable to supply Operating Entities’ load requirements.
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1.5 “FERC License” means the license awarded by FERC for
construction and operation of the North Fork Stanislaus River Hydroelectric
Development Project, FERC Project Number 2409.
1.6 “Forecast Project Inflow” means the amount of Project Inflow for a
period of one month or less based on hydrometerologic forecast methods
considering current flows, antecedent flows, snow pack measurements,
antecedent precipitation, forecast precipitation, and forecast air temperatures.
1.7 “McKays Inflow” means the total inflow to McKays Diversion Dam
including flows diverted from Beaver Creek via the Beaver Creek Diversion
Tunnel.
1.8 “McKays Minimum Outflow Requirement” means the sum of the
following minimum flow obligations: (i) required minimum downstream flow
below McKays Diversion Dam, (ii) required diversions to Utica Water and Power
Authority (“UWPA”) and Calaveras County Water District (“CCWD”), and (iii)
supplemental releases below McKays Diversion Dam to satisfy minimum flow
requirements at the confluence of the North Fork Stanislaus River and Beaver
Creek.
1.9 “McKays Minimum Pool” means the minimum levels to which
McKays Reservoir will be drawn down under various operating conditions.
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1.10 “McKays Non-Storage-Regulated Inflow” means the inflow to
McKays Diversion Dam from NSM Non-Storage-Regulated Releases.
1.11 “McKays Storage-Regulated Inflow” means the inflow to McKays
Diversion Dam from NSM Storage-Regulated Releases.
1.12 “McKays Pondage” means the amount of usable storage at McKays
Diversion Dam for reregulating McKays Inflow.
1.13 “NSM” means New Spicer Meadow.
1.14 “NSM Capacity” means the maximum generating capability of the
NSM power plant at any time under then existing conditions.
1.15 “NSM Generation” is the total amount of capacity and energy
produced by the NSM power plant.
1.16 “NSM Minimum Flow Requirements” means the quantity of flow
which must be maintained in the North Fork Stanislaus River at NSM in
accordance with the provisions of the FERC License.
1.17 “NSM Minimum Release Rule Curve Storage” means the quantity
of water of NSM Storage which must be retained in NSM Storage to ensure that
the Project can satisfy NSM Minimum Release Requirements under Dry Water
Conditions.
1.18 “NSM Minimum Release Requirements” means the amount of
water which must be released from NSM Storage to supply or supplement the
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greater of (i) NSM Minimum Flow Requirements, (ii) Big Tree Flow
Requirements, or (iii) McKays Minimum Outflow Requirements.
1.19 “NSM Non-Storage-Regulated Release” means the quantity of
water which must be released from NSM Storage to supply the NSM Minimum
Release Requirement.
1.20 “NSM Spill Prevention Rule Curve Storage” means the minimum
quantity of water in NSM Storage which the project manager determines can be
held in NSM Storage and assure refill based on conservative forecasts of runoff
using snow pack measurements and long-range precipitation forecasts. NSM
Spill Prevention Rule Curve Storage may be less than the NSM Minimum
Release Curve Storage.
1.21 “NSM Storage” means the usable storage above NSM Dam for
reregulating Project Inflow.
1.22 “NSM Storage-Regulated Release” means the quantity of water
released from NSM Storage in excess of NSM Non-Storage-Regulated Releases to
satisfy the generation schedules of the Operating Entities.
1.23 “Project Capacity” means the sum of the Collierville Capacity and
the NSM Capacity.
1.24 “Project Inflows” means each of the following inflows to the
Hydroelectric Project: (i) natural inflow to NSM reservoir from Highland Creek;
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(ii) natural flows diverted from the North Fork Stanislaus River at the North Fork
Diversion Dam to NSM reservoir; (iii) bypassed flows and spill at the North Fork
Diversion Dam; (iv) natural inflows below NSM Dam on Highland Creek and
below the North Fork Diversion Dam to the McKays Diversion Dam on the
North Fork Stanislaus River; and (v) natural flows diverted from Beaver Creek to
the McKays Diversion Dam at the Beaver Creek Diversion Structure.
1.25 “Project Obligations” means the obligations of the Hydroelectric
Project as defined in the FERC License and agreements with local water districts
and other governmental entities as applicable.
1.26 “Project Minimum Flow Obligations” are the minimum flows to be
maintained at specified locations as provided in the FERC License.
1.27 “Regulation Study” means a study to determine the maximum
monthly loads of an Operating Entity or of all Operating Entities which can be
supplied by monthly Project Inflows when such flows are regulated by NSM
Storage and the Hydroelectric Project is operated to satisfy Project Obligations
under the FERC License.
Section 2. General Operating Criteria. The following general operating
criteria are applicable to the operation of the North Fork Stanislaus River
Hydroelectric Development Project generation facilities (hereinafter referred to
as the “Hydroelectric Project”). The General Manager, or his or her designee,
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shall act as project manager for the Hydroelectric Project on behalf of the Project
Participants.
2.1 Good Utility Practice. The Hydroelectric Project shall be operated
in accordance with Good Utility Practice.
2.2 Licenses and Regulatory Criteria. The Hydroelectric Project shall
be operated in accordance with all license and regulatory requirements that are
applicable to the Hydroelectric Project, including the FERC License.
2.3 Data Requirements. NCPA shall strive to maintain an accurate
accounting of all Hydroelectric Project measurements and data, as described in
this Facilities Schedule 7, which are used to manage and allocate the output of
the Hydroelectric Project; provided, however, if due to failure of equipment, data
transfer error or other condition in which Hydroelectric Project measurements
and data are found to be incorrect, NCPA will develop and use estimated
measurements and data pursuant to Good Utility Practice to perform its
obligations pursuant to this Facilities Schedule 7, until such deficiency can be
corrected.
2.4 Hydroelectric Project Statistics. The following are general
Hydroelectric Project statistics:
Resource Name Resource ID Pmax Pmin
Collierville Hydro Unit 1 & 2 Aggregation COLVIL_7_PL1X2 246.86 MW 3 MW
Spicer Hydro Units 1-3 Aggregation SPICER_1_UNITS 6 MW 0.1 MW
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Section 3. Forecasting Project Storage and Use
3.1 Seasonal Runoff Forecasts. On or before the seventh (7th) Business
Day of each month, December through May, the project manager will prepare a
forecast of spring runoff based on hydrometeorology data including
measurements of snow pack depth and water content and long-range forecasts of
future precipitation. An analysis will be made to determine NSM Spill
Prevention Rule Curve Storage required at the end of subsequent months
through June to assure NSM Storage refill. For the period June-November, the
project manager will provide a forecast based on historical information. NSM
Spill Prevention Rule Curve Storage may be less than the NSM Minimum
Release Rule Curve Storage. The project manager shall provide copies of all such
forecasts and NSM Spill Prevention Rule Curve Storage data to the Facilities
Committee for review and comment.
3.2 Long Term Schedules. Based on the information developed
pursuant to Section 3.1 of this Facilities Schedule 7, and at least 10 Calendar Days
prior to the start of each month for the periods described herein, each Operating
Entity shall, at the request of the project manager, submit to the project manager
forecasted monthly energy requirements as follows:
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(i) before November of each year a schedule of monthly energy
requirements for the following 14 months;
(ii) in the storage refill period before each month from January
through June, changes in schedules of monthly energy requirements for the
remainder of the calendar year;
(iii) in the storage draft period before each month from July
through December, changes in schedules of its forecast monthly energy
requirements to the end of the calendar year or for the following four (4) months,
whichever is longer.
The project manager shall prepare a Regulation Study based on the
Forecast Project Inflows to determine the forecast Hydroelectric Project operation
of each Project Participant’s Project Participation Percentage share of NSM
Storage, and the total Hydroelectric Project generation for the following month
based on Forecast Project Inflows. The project manager shall transmit to each
Operating Entity the results of the Regulation Study for its respective Project
Participation Percentage share of the Hydroelectric Project, and for the total
Hydroelectric Project, within three (3) Business Days of receipt of the information
supplied by the Operating Entities, including any revision made thereto.
Section 4. Scheduling.
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4.1 Schedule Coordination. NCPA shall act as Scheduling Coordinator
for the Hydroelectric Project, and perform such duties in accordance with the
Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement.
4.2 Scheduling Criteria and Project Coordination. Each Project
Participant, acting as an Operating Entity, shall schedule and bid its Project
Participation Percentage share of capacity, energy, and/or other project attributes
in any manner, and shall coordinate the scheduling of its Project Participation
Percentage share of the Hydroelectric Project with NCPA; provided, however,
that such schedules or bid shall be consistent with licensing and regulatory
criteria, operational limitations, all established scheduling requirements,
including, but not limited to, those requirements set forth in the CAISO Tariff
and as determined by NCPA pursuant to the Amended and Restated Scheduling
Coordination Program Agreement, and the provisions of the respective Project
Agreement. NCPA may act as Operating Entity on behalf of a Project Participant
or a group of Project Participants, pursuant to separate agreement. The
following specific scheduling criteria shall also apply to the Hydroelectric
Project:
(i) each Operating Entity shall be entitled to schedule its Project
Participation Percentage share of the Hydroelectric Project using its Project
Participation Percentage share of Project Capacity, Project Inflow, NSM Storage,
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and McKays Pondage after satisfying its Project Participation Percentage share of
Project Obligations;
(ii) if the NSM Storage of an Operating Entity is equal to or less
than its Project Participation Percentage share of NSM Minimum Release Rule
Curve Storage, its generation schedule will be limited to its Project Participation
Percentage share of NSM Non-Storage-Regulated Releases;
(iii) each Operating Entity shall be responsible for supplying its
Project Participation Percentage share of NSM Non-Storage-Regulated Releases
from its Project Participation Percentage share of NSM Storage;
(iv) each Operating Entity shall schedule its allocation of NSM
Generation based on its NSM Non-Storage-Regulated Releases each day;
(v) each Operating Entity will be entitled to use its Project
Participation Percentage share of McKays Pondage to reregulate its allocations of
McKays Non-Storage-Regulated Inflow and McKays Storage-Regulated Inflow to
satisfy its load requirements or other commitments;
(vi) the project manager, from time to time, will work with the
Operating Entities and the Facilities Committee to identify McKays Minimum
Pool, the applicable operating conditions and the associated minimum reservoir
levels; the McKays Minimum Pool levels are established taking into account the
Hydroelectric Project operational limitations, Project Minimum Obligations, the
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amount of useable entitlement possible in the reservoir, and other criteria as
appropriate; once established, Project Participants shall not draw down their
Project Participation Percentage share of the McKays Reservoir below their
Project Participation Percentage share of McKays Minimum Pool under any
circumstances;
(vii) the Operating Entities will coordinate the operation of the
NSM power plant and the Collierville power plant to maintain the McKays
Pondage to strive to maximize the value of energy and ancillary services from
the Hydroelectric Project.
4.3 NSM Minimum Release Obligations. The project manager shall
perform a Regulation Study to determine the NSM Minimum Release Rule
Curve Storage required to satisfy Project Minimum Flow Obligations under Dry
Water Conditions. An Operating Entity shall not draw on its Project
Participation Percentage share of NSM Storage below its Project Participation
Percentage share of NSM Minimum Release Rule Curve Storage except when the
established NSM Spill Prevention Rule Curve Storage is below the NSM
Minimum Release Rule Curve Storage level. The Regulation Study and the NSM
Minimum Release Rule Curve Storage for each Operating Entity, and in total for
the Hydroelectric Project, shall be reviewed by the Facilities Committee.
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4.4 Minimum Flow Obligations. Each Operating Entity shall be
responsible for supplying its Project Participation Percentage share of Project
Minimum Flow Obligations. If the sum of the Collierville generation
preschedules of the Operating Entities during any interval of the day is less than
the sum of the Collierville Minimum Generation, the project manager will
coordinate with the Operating Entities and adjust the collective preschedules of
the Operating Entities to meet the Collierville Minimum Generation.
4.5 Unscheduled Generation. If an Operating Entity does not schedule
its Project Participation Percentage share of the Hydroelectric Project for use in
its own system, or for sale to others, with the permission of that Operating Entity
arranged through the project manager, the other Operating Entities may
schedule such generation for their respective systems, or for sale to others. If
more than one Operating Entity requests that such unscheduled generation be
added to its schedule, the unscheduled generation shall be allocated in
proportion to the each Operating Entity’s Project Participation Entitlement share
of the requesting Operating Entities.
4.6 Minimum Generation Transfers. At any time that the Hydroelectric
Project is being operated at the minimum generation level to meet regulatory or
operating requirements, and one Operating Entity has scheduled or is willing to
schedule generation associated with such minimum generation, any other
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Operating Entity may arrange with that Operating Entity to schedule output of
the Hydroelectric Project that such Operating Entity would otherwise be
required to schedule, upon agreement of the Operating Entities and appropriate
notification to the project manager.
The responsibility for all arrangements in connection with any such
transfers shall rest with the Operating Entities involved. Unless otherwise
agreed by the Operating Entities and the project manager, the project manager
shall have no obligation in connection with the transaction beyond operating the
Hydroelectric Project to meet schedules provided and authorized by the
Operating Entities.
4.7 Outage Coordination. Prior to the beginning of each Fiscal Year the
project manager shall prepare and submit for approval to the Facilities
Committee a planned outage schedule for the Hydroelectric Project. Changes or
modifications made to the planned outage schedule during the course of the
Fiscal Year shall be subsequently reported in a timely manner to each Project
Participant. NCPA shall provide outage coordination services to track and
report planned and unplanned outages pursuant to the Amended and Restated
Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement.
Section 5. Project Accounting.
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5.1 General Considerations. The primary objective of project
accounting is to record and account for each Operating Entity’s use of its Project
Participation Percentage share of Project Inflow, NSM Storage, McKays Pondage,
and Hydroelectric Project generation to satisfy its share of Project Minimum
Flow Obligations as defined in the FERC License.
5.2 Criteria. A generation account, a NSM Storage account, and a
McKays Pondage account will be established for each Operating Entity. The
generation account, the McKays Pondage account and the NSM Storage account
will following a 2400 clock hour.
5.3 Required Models. Project accounting will include four basic
models as follows:
(i) Flow Calculation;
(ii) Generation Accounting;
(iii) NSM Storage Accounting;
(iv) McKays Pondage Accounting.
The four models will be run in the above sequence and make the
following determinations:
5.3.1 Flow Calculation. Flow calculations will determine the
non-storage-regulated and storage-regulated flows available for power
generation at the NSM power plant and at the Collierville power plant.
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Non-storage-regulated flows include releases from NSM Storage to satisfy
the project FERC License requirements and unregulated flows entering the
North Fork Stanislaus River below the NSM Dam and above the McKays
Diversion Dam. Flow calculations will be made in accordance with
Appendix A of this Facilities Schedule 7.
5.3.2 Generation Accounting. Generation accounting will
determine the quantity of project generation produced by each Operating
Entity. Generation accounting will be calculated in accordance with
Appendix B of this Facilities Schedule 7.
5.3.3 NSM Storage Accounting. Storage accounting will
determine the amounts of NSM Storage for each Operating Entity. Storage
accounting will be calculated in accordance with Appendix C of this
Facilities Schedule 7.
5.3.4 McKays Pondage Accounting. McKays Pondage
accounting will determine the amounts of McKays Pondage for each
Operating Entity based on:
(i) the Operating Entity’s allocation of McKays Non-Storage-
Regulated Inflow;
(ii) the Operating Entity’s allocation of McKays Storage-Related
Inflow; and
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(iii) the Operating Entity’s allocation of Collierville generation.
McKays Pondage accounting will be calculated in accordance with
Appendix D of this Facilities Schedule 7.
5.4 Project Flow Determinations. Each day the project manager will
determine Hydroelectric Project flows required for NSM Storage accounting as
described in Appendix A of this Facilities Schedule 7, and will provide to each
Operating Entity a report on Hydroelectric Project flow determination including
the following items:
(a) UPA and CCWD project diversions;
(b) McKays downstream releases including spill;
(c) McKays Minimum Outflow Requirements (a + b);
(d) Collierville discharge;
(e) total McKays outflow (c + d);
(f) McKays Pondage change:
(g) McKays Inflow (e + f);
(h) McKays Storage-Regulated Inflow;
(i) McKays Non-Storage-Regulated Inflow;
(j) Beaver Creek diverted flow;
(k) Big Trees Flow Requirements (g – h);
(l) NSM power plant discharge;
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(m) NSM outlet works discharge;
(n) total NSM release (l + m);
(o) NSM Storage change;
(p) NSM inflow (n + o);
(q) total NSM Non-Storage-Regulated Release; and
(r) total NSM Storage-Regulated Release.
Additionally, any two (2) Operating Entities, by mutual consent, may
trade water in McKays Reservoir, and make a simultaneous offsetting reverse
trade of their NSM Storage. The quantity of the offsetting trade at NSM is
reduced by eight percent (8%) to compensate the Operating Entity trading away
at NSM for the loss of the opportunity to generate with that water through the
NSM power plant.
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APPENDIX A
FLOW CALCULATIONS
Section 1. Definitions. Unless defined in this Appendix A of Facilities
Schedule 7, all terms used in this Appendix A of Facilities Schedule 7 with initial
capitalization shall have the same meaning as those contained in Section 1 or
Facilities Schedule 7 of this Agreement.
1.1 “Bank Storage” means the storage within the banks of a river
stretch resulting from the change in river stage at different flows. Filling and
emptying of Bank Storage results in time delays between changes in discharge at
NSM Dam and the corresponding changes in observed flow at McKays. Bank
Storage in all stretches of the river below NSM is represented as an imaginary
pondage reservoir above McKays.
1.2 “NSM Storage-Regulated-Flows” means releases into Bank Storage
from NSM Reservoir exclusively to produce power at the NSM power plant or to
produce power or ancillary services at the Collierville power plant.
1.3 “NSM Non-Storage-Regulated-Flows” means releases into Bank
Storage from the NSM Reservoir to satisfy Project Minimum Flow Obligations
including: (i) minimum flows below NSM Dam, (ii) minimum flows at Big Trees
State Park, (iii) required Mill Creek Tap Diversion; (iv) minimum flows below
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McKays Point Dam, (v) minimum flows below the confluence of Beaver Creek
and the North For Stanislaus River, and (vi) NSM spill.
1.4 “Unregulated Flow” means unregulated flow into McKays
including the following: (i) inflow to the North Fork Stanislaus River below NSM
Dam and below the North Fork Diversion Structure, (ii) North Fork Diversion
Structure spill and fish release, and (iii) Beaver Creek diverted flows.
Section 2. Basic Hydro Data. All flow calculations will be based on the
following measurements:
(i) NSM releases include the following:
a. NSM power plant discharge;
b. NSM outlet works discharge; and
c. NSM spill;
(ii) NSM Reservoir elevation;
(iii) McKays Pondage inflows, including:
a. Avery gauge; and
b. Beaver Creek diverted flow measurement;
(iv) McKays Pondage outflows, including:
a. Collierville power plant discharge;
b. Mill Creek Tap diversions;
c. McKays downstream fish release; and
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d. McKays spill;
(v) Stream gauge below McKays Dam – indirect spill calculation
only;
(vi) McKays Pond elevation.
Section 3. General Procedure.
(i) All flows will be calculated and routed through the system using
the model described herein.
(ii) The model will be considered to comprise three subsystems as
follows:
a. NSM subsystem;
b. McKays subsystem; and
c. Bank Storage subsystem.
(iii) The Bank Storage subsystem will serve as a substitute for the
effect of natural bank storage within the river system between NSM Dam and
McKays Dam to represent travel time.
Section 4. Routing.
4.1 Routing Interval. A basic routing interval of one-half hour is used.
Computations will be based on average water and power flows recorded over
the routing interval.
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4.2 Routing Criteria. The following criteria will be used in flow
routing:
(i) Bank Storage outflow will be assumed to come:
a. First from Bank Storage of NSM Non-Storage-Regulated
Flow; and
b. Second from Bank Storage of NSM Storage-Regulated
Flow.
(ii) Big Trees flow in excess of available Bank Storage will be
assumed to be Unregulated Inflow into McKays.
Section 5. Flows.
5.1 McKays Flows.
(i) Determine McKays outflow from McKays Pondage as the sum of
Collierville discharge, Mill Creek Tap diverted flow, McKays fish release and
McKays spill.
(ii) Determine McKays Inflow as the sum of McKays outflow plus
the change in McKays Pondage.
(iii) McKays minimum outflow is the sum of the flow diverted from
the Mill Creek Tap and the McKays fish release.
(iv) Determine Big Trees flows as McKays Inflow less Beaver
Creek diverted flow.
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5.2 NSM Flows.
(i) Determine NSM release as the sum of NSM power plant
discharge, NSM outlet works discharge and NSM spill.
(ii) Determine NSM inflow as the sum of NSM release and the
change in NSM Storage.
5.3 Bank Storage Flows.
(i) Bank Storage inflow is equal to the sum of NSM Storage less
NSM Storage-Regulated Releases and NSM Non-Storage-Regulated Releases.
(ii) Bank Storage is accumulated in those routing intervals when
Bank Storage inflow is greater than Big Trees flow. Bank Storage for each
Operating Entity will be classified and accumulated as non-storage-regulated or
storage-regulated, in accordance with the classification of the release from NSM.
(iii) Bank Storage outflow is used to supply Big Trees flow.
(iv) If there is not sufficient Bank Storage to supply all of the Big
Trees flow, then the balance of the Big Tree flow is assumed to be Unregulated
Inflow directly into McKays and not through Bank Storage.
(v) In accordance with the routing criteria stated herein, all non-
storage-regulated water in Bank Storage is depleted before any storage-regulated
water is released.
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APPENDIX B
GENERATION ACCOUNTING
Section 1. General Considerations. Project generation may be placed in three
principal categories:
1.1 Generation which must be produced at the Collierville power
plant:
(i) to discharge unregulated flows entering the North Fork
Stanislaus River below NSM Dam or below the North Fork Diversion Structure
including Beaver Creek Diversion discharge; or
(ii) to discharge North Fork Diversion Dam spill or NSM spill
through the Collierville power plant.
1.2 Generation produced at the NSM power plant resulting from the
release of NSM Storage to satisfy minimum release requirements of the FERC
License.
1.3 Generation produced at the NSM and Collierville power plant
resulting from the release of storage to meet the energy and ancillary service
requirements of the Operating Entities.
Section 2. Generation Accounting.
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2.1 Operating Entity Responsibilities. Each Operating Entity is
responsible for submitting NSM water release schedules, NSM energy schedules,
Collierville energy schedules, ancillary service self-provision schedules and bids
to the project manager in the time frames as specified in the Amended and
Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement. Each Operating Entity’s
pre-scheduled daily NSM water release schedules will be developed by the
project manager based on each Operating Entity’s estimate of Collierville energy
use for that day. Each Operating Entity shall provide an estimate of total daily
Collierville energy use no later than 07:00 each pre-scheduling day. NSM water
release schedules can be adjusted for future hours, but not for the currently
active hour, and not retroactively. Energy and ancillary service schedules must
follow the scheduling protocols of the CAISO Tariff and the Amended and
Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement, and are therefore not
changeable after having been processed through the CAISO scheduling process.
2.2 NSM Generation. Generation actually produced at the NSM power
plant will be allocated to the Operating Entities in proportion to their water
release schedules, as specified in Appendix B of the Amended and Restated
Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement. This allocation means that it is
the NSM water release schedules, and not the NSM energy schedules, that form
the basis for the allocation of power at NSM. The NSM energy schedules are
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needed to determine CAISO energy balancing purposes in the day-ahead
market, and should correspond appropriately to the NSM water release
schedules, but ultimately it is the NSM water release schedules that dictate the
allocation.
2.3 Collierville Generation. Collierville discharge through the power
plant is allocated to the Operating Entities in the same proportion as the metered
energy allocation results described in Appendix B to the Amended and Restated
Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement (commonly referred to as the Unit
Energy Allocation or (“UEA”)).
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APPENDIX C
NSM STORAGE ACCOUNTING
Section 1. General Considerations. Each Operating Entity will be allocated
its Project Participation Percentage share of NSM Storage. Storage accounting
will determine the amount of NSM Storage drafted by each Operating Entity
each day and the status of the Operating Entity's allocation of NSM Storage at the
end of each day.
An Operating Entity may utilize the Project Participation Percentage share
of NSM Reservoir storage of other Operating Entities, provided that, if it is
necessary to spill at NSM Dam, such spill will be assumed to be first from water
stored by the Operating Entity who is using the Project Participation Percentage
share of NSM Reservoir storage of other Operating Entities. The allocation of
spill will be based on the amount the Operating Entities are “over-filled” relative
to their respective Project Participation Percentage shares of NSM Reservoir
storage. If more than one Operating Entity is over-filled, the initial allocation of
spill will be pro-rata to each based on the amount each is over-filled. Once all
water stored in the Project Participation Percentage share of others is spilled, any
remaining spill is allocated based on Project Participation Percentage shares.
Section 2. NSM Storage Accounting.
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2.1 NSM Inflow Allocation. Each Operating Entity will be allocated its
NSM Inflow (as determined in accordance with Appendix A of this Facilities
Schedule 7, Flow Calculations) by Project Participation Percentage share.
2.2 NSM Release Allocation. Each Operating Entity shall provide a
NSM water release schedule for each interval of each day. The actual NSM water
releases, calculated as described in Appendix A of this Facilities Schedule 7, will
be pro-rated to the Operating Entities based on the water release schedules. The
Facilities Schedule 7 model algorithm will automatically allocate the actual NSM
water releases by Operating Entity in each interval first to satisfy each Operating
Entity's share of the NSM Minimum Release. These are classified in accordance
with Appendix A of this Facilities Schedule 7 as non-storage-regulated flows.
The remainder of each Operating Entity's water release will be considered
storage-regulated flows.
2.3 NSM Storage Change. The change in NSM Storage of each
Operating Entity will be equal to the Operating Entity’s allocation of NSM Inflow
minus each Operating Entity’s storage-regulated and non-storage-regulated
releases.
2.4 End-of-Interval NSM Storage. The end-of-interval NSM Storage of
each Operating Entity will be the algebraic sum of the Operating Entity's
beginning-of-interval NSM Storage and its NSM Storage change.
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APPENDIX D
MCKAYS PONDAGE ACCOUNTING
Section 1. General Considerations. Determinations of McKays Pondage
accounts for each Operating Entity will be made each day.
Section 2. McKays Pondage Accounting.
2.1 McKays Entitlement. Each Operating Entity will be allocated an
entitlement amount of the total useable McKays Pondage in accordance with this
Appendix D of Facilities Schedule 7.
2.2 Storage in Excess of Entitlement. An Operating Entity may utilize
the McKays Pondage entitlements of other Operating Entities, provided that if it
is necessary to spill at McKays Dam, such spill will be assumed to be first from
water stored by the Operating Entity who is using the entitlement of other
Operating Entities. The allocation of spill will be based on the amount the
Operating Entities are “over-filled” relative to their Project Participation
Percentage share of McKays Pondage. If more than one Operating Entity is over-
filled, the initial allocation of spill will be pro-rata to each Operating Entity based
on the amount each Operating Entity is over-filled. Once all water stored in the
entitlements of others is spilled, any remaining spill is allocated based on Project
Participation Percentage shares.
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2.3 Allocation of Flows. Flows are allocated to each Operating Entity
as follows:
(i) Unregulated inflow, non-storage regulated inflow, inflow from
Beaver Creek, Mill Creek Tap Outflow and McKays Fish Release are allocated
based on Project Participation Percentage shares;
(ii) Storage-regulated inflow is allocated in accordance with the
bank storage routing criteria specified in Appendix A of this Facilities Schedule
7, and the accumulated Operating Entity Project Participation Percentage shares
of the storage-regulated water in bank storage, based on each Operating Entity's
NSM water release schedules;
(iii) Spill is allocated as specified in Section 2.2 of this Appendix D;
and
(iv) Collierville discharge through the power plant is allocated to
the Operating Entities in the same proportion as the metered energy allocation
results described in Appendix B of the Amended and Restated Scheduling
Coordination Program Agreement (commonly referred to as the Unit Energy
Allocation (“UEA”), and which allocates NSM energy based on the NSM water
release schedules).
2.4 Operating Entity Pondage. At the end of each interval, each
Operating Entity’s McKays Pondage is determined by algebraically summing the
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Operating Entity’s allocation of inflows and outflows with the ending McKays
Pondage from the previous interval.
2.5 Water Trades Between McKays and NSM Pondage. Any two
Operating Entities, by mutual consent, may trade water in McKays, and make a
simultaneous offsetting reverse trade of their Pondage at NSM. The quantity of
the offsetting trade at NSM is reduced to compensate the Operating Entity
trading away at NSM for the loss of the opportunity to generate with that water
through the NSM power plant. The trade at NSM will be reduced by 8% (based
on the historical generation water duty ratio for NSM releases) relative to the
trade at McKays.
Water trades are effective as of 0001 of the agreed-upon trade day (since
the Facilities Schedule 7 algorithm re-calculates each interval of the current day
every half-hour, this means that there will be no retroactive computer re-runs
required). A trade can be arranged to apply no earlier than 0001 of the current
day. Once agreed by the trading Operating Entities, the trade will be scheduled
by the project manager. Trades are of water only with no corresponding
financial payments. If there is no willing partner to a proposed trade, then each
Operating Entity's Pondage results are unchanged, and all Facilities Schedule 7
results, including the allocation of spill, remain unchanged.
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COMBUSTION TURBINE PROJECT NO. 2 OPERATING PROCEDURES
Section 1. Definitions. Unless defined in this Facilities Schedule 8, all terms
used in this Facilities Schedule 8 with initial capitalization shall have the same
meaning as those contained in Section 1 of this Agreement.
1.1 “Pool” or “Pooling” has the meaning as defined in the Second
Amended and Restated Pooling Agreement.
Section 2. General Operating Criteria. The following general operating
criteria are applicable to the operation of the Combustion Turbine Project No. 2
generation facilities (hereinafter referred to as the “STIG Project”). The General
Manager, or his or her designee, shall act as project manager for the STIG Project
on behalf of the Project Participants.
2.1 Good Utility Practice. The STIG Project shall be operated in
accordance with Good Utility Practice.
2.2 Licenses and Regulatory Criteria. The STIG Project shall be
operated in accordance with all license and regulatory requirements that are
applicable to the STIG Project (e.g., air permit restrictions).
2.3 Project Operation. The project manager shall normally operate the
STIG Project in accordance with day ahead and active day schedules. The project
manager may deviate from the scheduled operation due to system economics or
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other operating conditions, provided that such deviations shall be coordinated
among the Operating Entities.
2.4 STIG Project Statistics. The following are general STIG Project
statistics:
Resource Name Resource ID Pmax Pmin
Lodi STIG Unit STIGCT_2_LODI 49.9 MW 25 MW
Section 3. Scheduling Criteria.
3.1 Schedule Coordination. NCPA shall act as Scheduling Coordinator
for the STIG Project, and perform such duties in accordance with the Amended
and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement.
3.2 Scheduling Criteria and Project Coordination. Each Project
Participant, acting as an Operating Entity, may schedule and bid its Project
Participation Percentage share of capacity, energy, and/or other project attributes
in any manner, and shall coordinate the scheduling of its Project Participation
Percentage share of the STIG Project with NCPA; provided, however, that such
schedules or bid shall be consistent with licensing and regulatory criteria,
operational limitations, all established scheduling requirements, including, but
not limited to, those requirements set forth in the CAISO Tariff and as
determined by NCPA pursuant to the Amended and Restated Scheduling
Coordination Program Agreement, and the provisions of the respective Project
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Agreement. NCPA may act as Operating Entity on behalf of a Project Participant
or a group of Project Participants, pursuant to separate agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon mutual agreement of the STIG
Project Operating Entities NCPA may, acting as project manager, schedule and
bid the entire STIG Project on behalf of the Project Participants for capacity,
energy, and/or other project attributes into the CAISO markets and shall strive to
maximize the economic value of the STIG Project while taking full consideration
of other regulatory costs (e.g., GHG compliance obligations).
3.3 Load Following. The STIG Project may be utilized by NCPA to
provide load following capacity, provided that Project Participants are
compensated for such operation in accordance with this Facilities Schedule 8.
3.4 Allocation of Project Output. All output of the STIG Project,
including capacity, energy and/or other project attributes shall be allocated
among the Project Participants in accordance with the Project Agreement, this
Facilities Schedule 8, and the Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination
Program Agreement.
3.5 Outage Coordination. Prior to the beginning of each Fiscal Year the
project manager shall prepare and submit for approval to the Facilities
Committee a planned outage schedule for the STIG Project. Changes or
modifications made to the planned outage schedule during the course of the
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Fiscal Year shall be subsequently reported in a timely manner to each Project
Participant. NCPA shall provide outage coordination services to track and
report planned and unplanned outages pursuant to the Amended and Restated
Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement.
Section 4. Natural Gas Fuel Supply.
4.1 General. The STIG Project consumes natural gas as a fuel in order
to generate electric power for the benefit of the Project Participants. Section 4 of
this Facilities Schedule 8 describes the terms and conditions under which NCPA
will procure natural gas fuel for the STIG Project.
4.2 Economic Dispatch and Daily Fuel Requirements. The STIG
Project consists of one generator. Unless called upon by the CAISO for
emergency conditions, the STIG Project is economically dispatched or self-
scheduled in accordance with the operating procedures defined in this Facilities
Schedule 8. In either case the fuel supply requirements of the STIG Project are
primarily met though NCPA’s contractual relationship with a primary supplier
under a gas management agreement and supplemented with North American
Energy Standards Board (“NAESB”) agreements with various Third Parties to
encourage competitive fuel supplies. The cost for natural gas fuel procured for
the STIG Project will be allocated to the Project Participants in accordance with
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the Project Agreement, this Agreement, and the Amended and Restated
Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement.
4.3 Forward Natural Gas Procurement and Financial Hedging. NCPA
is permitted to procure natural gas fuel in advance of generation provided that
the term of the purchase does not exceed one month with delivery occurring
within the next calendar month following the transaction. No financial hedges
for fuel supply costs associated with the STIG Project will be implemented
pursuant to this Facilities Schedule 8. NCPA may assist any Project Participant
that desires to procure natural gas in advance for anticipated STIG Project fuel
supply requirements, upon written request of a Project Participant, provided that
NCPA and the requesting Project Participant have executed a separate
agreement for such purposes.
4.4 Fuel Supply Management and Scheduling. Natural gas fuel
consumed by the STIG Project must be scheduled and transported to the
generator site. To obtain necessary scheduling and transportation rights and
services the Commission may periodically authorize contracts with Third Parties
and/or authorize subscriptions for transportation and storage services under
pipeline tariffs in accordance with procurement policies and procedures
established by the Commission.
Section 5. Unused Project Participation Percentage Share.
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5.1 Unused Project Participation Percentage Share.
5.1.1 Day Ahead Scheduling. If an Operating Entity does not
elect to schedule and bid its Project Participation Percentage share of the
STIG Project in the day ahead market, pursuant to Section 3 of this Facilities
Schedule 8, the remaining Operating Entities may request the entire output
of the STIG Project. If the remaining Operating Entities desire to take energy
from the STIG Project, they must take the entire minimum economic
operating output as determined by the project manager. An Operating
Entity that did not take their Project Participation Percentage share in the
day ahead scheduling process cannot request their Project Participation
Percentage share in the active day where other Operating Entities have
requested to take the entire output of the STIG Project, unless otherwise
mutually agreed. Any Operating Entity that does not take their Project
Participation Percentage share shall be compensated for their Project
Participation Percentage share by the other Operating Entities in accordance
with this Facilities Schedule 8. If the STIG Project is not scheduled for any
Operating Entity, the STIG Project will remain available for active day
scheduling for any Operating Entity.
5.1.2 Active Day Scheduling. If an Operating Entity does not
elect to schedule and bid its Project Participation Percentage share of the
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STIG Project in the active day market, pursuant to Section 3 of this Facilities
Schedule 8, the remaining Operating Entities may request the entire output
of the STIG Project. If the remaining Operating Entities desire to take energy
from the STIG Project, they must take the entire minimum economic
operating output as determined by the project manager. Once an Operating
Entity communicates to the project manager that it does not desire to take its
Project Participation Percentage share in the active day scheduling process,
they cannot request their Project Participation Percentage share in any hours
of the active day where other Operating Entities have requested to take the
entire output of the STIG Project, unless otherwise mutually agreed. Any
Operating Entity that does not take their Project Participation Percentage
share shall be compensated for their Project Participation Percentage share
by the other Operating Entities in accordance with this Facilities Schedule 8.
If the STIG Project is not scheduled for any Operating Entity, the STIG
Project is available for use by the project manager.
Section 6. Coordinated Settlements, Cost Recovery, and Reimbursement of
Margin (Between Pool and non-Pool Project Participants).
6.1 General Considerations.
(i) the objective of settlements and cost recovery is to ensure that
Project Participants pay actual operating costs, and provide the process that will
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ensure scheduling and operation by an Operating Entity does not have any
adverse economic impact on another Operating Entity; and
(ii) the objective of reimbursement of margin is to ensure that if the
STIG Project is scheduled to operate and an Operating Entity cancels the
operation, due to economic conditions or load following, such cancellation does
not adversely affect another Operating Entities’ ability to receive its expected
margin from the planned operation of the STIG Project.
6.2 Settlements.
(i) whenever the STIG Project is operated, Project Participants shall
pay the variable costs of generation including any associated CAISO costs and
uninstructed energy costs, according to their Project Participation Percentage
share;
(ii) associated CAISO costs and uninstructed energy costs will be
allocated and settled in accordance with Appendix B of the Amended and
Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement;
(iii) Project Participants shall be paid for project output pursuant to
the CAISO Tariff and project output shall be allocated according to their Project
Participation Percentage share; and
(iv) for non-Pool Operating Entities receiving energy through an
inter-scheduling coordinator trade, such Operating Entity shall pay for the inter-
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scheduling coordinator trade pursuant to the CAISO Tariff and Appendix B of
the Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement.
6.3 Cost Recovery.
(i) an Operating Entity that is taking energy greater than their
Project Participation Percentage share shall compensate the other Operating
Entities to ensure that those whose Project Participation Percentage share was
consumed by others are, at a minimum, financially neutral;
(ii) in the context of this Facilities Schedule, financial neutrality
means, if the Operating Entity scheduling less than their Project Participation
Percentage share has a net cost for those hours of the day that their Project
Participation Percentage share was being used by others, taking into account the
costs and payments under this Facilities Schedule 8, the Operating Entity using
the Project Participation Percentage share shall pay the Operating Entity whose
entitlement was used an amount to ensure the net cost is zero for the Operating
Entity whose Project Participation Percentage share was used by others; and
(iii) the STIG Project may be used for load following; in such case,
the Pool Operating Entity shall compensate the non-Pool Operating Entity to
ensure that the non-Pool Operating Entity is financially neutral or so that its
contribution to margin from CAISO market awards is maintained.
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POWER PURCHASE PROJECTS OPERATING PROCEDURES
Section 7. Definitions. Unless defined in this Facilities Schedule 9, all terms
used in this Facilities Schedule 9 with initial capitalization shall have the same
meaning as those contained in Section 1 of this Agreement.
7.1 “Power Purchase Project” means a power purchase contract or
contracts which are individually or collectively deemed to be NCPA Projects.
Section 8. General Operating Criteria. The following general operating
criteria are applicable to the operation of each Power Purchase Project. The
General Manager, or his or her designee, shall act as project manager for the
scheduling and operation of each Power Purchase Project.
8.1 Good Utility Practice. Power Purchase Projects shall be operated in
accordance with Good Utility Practice.
8.2 Licenses and Regulatory Criteria. Power Purchase Projects shall be
scheduled and operated in accordance with all license and regulatory
requirements that are applicable to the Power Purchase Projects, if any.
Section 9. Scheduling Criteria.
9.1 Schedule Coordination. NCPA shall act as Scheduling Coordinator
for each Power Purchase Project, and perform such duties in accordance with the
Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement.
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9.2 Scheduling Criteria and Project Coordination. Each Project
Participant, acting as an Operating Entity, shall schedule and bid its Project
Participation Percentage share of capacity, energy, and/or other project attributes
in any manner, and shall coordinate the scheduling of its Project Participation
Percentage share of each Power Purchase Projects with NCPA; provided,
however, that such schedules or bids shall be consistent with licensing and
regulatory criteria, operational limitations, all established scheduling
requirements, including, but not limited to, those requirements set forth in the
CAISO Tariff and as determined by NCPA pursuant to the Amended and
Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement, and the provisions of
the respective Project Agreement. NCPA may act as Operating Entity on behalf
of a Project Participant or a group of Project Participants, pursuant to separate
agreement.
9.3 Allocation of Project Output. All output of a Power Purchase
Project, including capacity, energy and/or other project attributes shall be
allocated among the Project Participants in accordance with the Project
Agreement and the Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program
Agreement.
9.4 Outage Coordination. Prior to the beginning of each Fiscal Year the
project manager shall prepare and submit for approval to the Facilities
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Committee a planned outage schedule for each Power Purchase Project, if
applicable. Changes or modifications made to the planned outage schedule
during the course of the Fiscal Year shall be subsequently reported in a timely
manner to each Project Participant. NCPA shall provide outage coordination
services to track and report planned and unplanned outages pursuant to the
Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement.
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RESERVE FUNDS
Reserve funds shall be established by the Commission for each NCPA Project as
set forth in this Facilities Schedule 10. Reserve Funds shall be classified as either
"Mandatory Reserve Funds" or "Additional Reserve Funds."
Section 1. Mandatory Reserve Funds. Each NCPA Project that is financed by
the issuance of notes, bonds, or other public debt (“Bonds”) is secured by the
provisions of a Project Indenture of Trust. Each Project Indenture of Trust
establishes, among other things, various interrelated reserve funds for the
protection of the holders of the Bonds. The following Mandatory Reserve Funds
are governed by the provisions of the applicable Project Indenture of Trust:
1.1 Debt Service Reserve Fund. A reserve equal to the maximum
annual debt service over the life of the outstanding debt. This reserve fund may
be used to pay debt service in the event that amounts in the debt service fund are
not sufficient.
1.2 Reserve and Contingency Fund. The renewal and replacement
account is a subaccount of the reserve and contingency fund used to pay the cost
of acquisition and construction relating to any capital improvement. In general,
a capital improvement is a repair, addition, improvement, modification or
betterment to a NCPA Project that is: (i) consistent with Good Utility Practice
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and determined necessary by the Commission to keep the NCPA Project in good
operating condition or to prevent a loss of revenue therefrom; (ii) required by
any governmental agency having jurisdiction over the NCPA Project; or (iii) not
any generating unit in addition to those included in the NCPA Project. (See the
appropriate Project Indenture of Trust for specific definition).
The reserve account is a subaccount of the reserve and contingency fund
used to pay the cost of the following to the extent not provided for in the Annual
Budget or by an operating reserve in the operating fund: (i) acquisition and
construction relating to capital improvements to the extent amounts in the
renewal and replacement account are not sufficient; and (ii) items related to
extraordinary operations and maintenance costs and contingencies, including
payments to prevent or correct any unusual loss or damage to the NCPA Project.
Any increase or decrease in the balance to be on deposit in this account must be
recommended by the consulting engineer as provided in the applicable Project
Indenture of Trust.
1.3 General Reserve. The general reserve is a subaccount of the general
reserve used to pay any deficiencies in any other funds and accounts established
by the Project Indenture of Trust and for any other purpose related to the NCPA
Project. The rate stabilization account is a subaccount of the general reserve used
to provide revenues so that Participant rates may be stabilized.
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1.4 Operating Fund. A fund used to pay current NCPA Project
operating expenses. This fund also contains any amounts set aside as working
capital or operating reserves. In its Annual Budget process, the Commission will
determine and establish appropriate purposes for and levels of operating
reserves to be held and maintained in the operating fund of the applicable NCPA
Project. Such operating reserves may include, but are not limited to, the
following:
(i) the working capital reserve is a reserve equal to the average
amount of capital required for operating purposes to fund expenditures made
prior to receipt of revenue collections; and
(ii) the maintenance reserve is a reserve for anticipated periodic
operating costs including, but not limited to, scheduled and unscheduled
maintenance other than ordinary repairs and replacements, e.g., overhaul,
inspection, etc.
Upon completion of construction of the applicable NCPA Project, interest
income on such reserves is considered a revenue for Project Indenture of Trust
purposes, and therefore treated as an operating revenue to NCPA to be allocated
back to the applicable NCPA Project.
Section 2. Additional Reserve Funds. Additional Reserve Funds may be
established by the Commission from time to time, provided their establishment
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does not affect the funding, maintenance, or operation of any Mandatory Reserve
Fund.
Funding mechanisms for all Additional Reserve Funds will be determined
on a case by case basis by the Commission upon the recommendation of the
Facilities Committee, but unless such Additional Reserve Fund is limited to a
specific project, may not be funded under a Project Agreement. If the additional
Reserve Fund is designated for capital improvements, the recommendation of
the NCPA Finance Committee will also be requested.
NCPA shall maintain separate accounts for all Additional Reserve Funds.
Unless otherwise required by a Project Indenture of Trust, at the time an
Additional Reserve Fund is established, the Commission shall determine
whether the interest accrued on the balance of the fund shall be treated and
accounted for as: (i) operating revenue to NCPA to be allocated back to the
applicable NCPA Project, or (ii) an addition to the balance of the fund. NCPA
shall maintain records and provide reports for each Additional Reserve Fund as
provided in this Agreement.
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PROJECT PHASES
Pursuant to Section 6 of this Agreement, any NCPA Project undertaken by
NCPA may have one or more phases. Facilities Schedule supplements the
description of each phase provided in Section 6 of this Agreement.
Section 1. First Phase Projects. Review and recommendations regarding First
Phase Project activities shall be made by the Facilities Committee. Each Member
obtains a right to participate in any Project identified by First Phase activity
proportional to its contribution to First Phase costs at the time a Project is
identified and becomes a candidate for Second Phase activity. First Phase
activity includes the following typical scope of work:
(i) make general investigations and obtain currently available
background, technical, economic and other preliminary data concerning the
feasibility of a specific Project; and
(ii) hold initial discussions to gain sufficient understanding of data
and circumstances surrounding the proposed Project to enable staff to report,
and/or recommend Participant participation in Second Phase activity and
execution of a Second Phase Agreement enabling such activity.
Section 2. Second Phase NCPA Projects. Second Phase development activity
begins upon the identification of a Project in substantial detail to allow
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proceeding with participation agreements resulting from investigations pursuant
to First Phase activities.
Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, Second Phase participation
rights are based a Participant’s share of funding First Phase activities. Final
Second Phase Project Participation Percentages will be determined by election by
those Project Participants desiring to participate pursuant to the Second Phase
Agreement. A Second Phase project must be fully subscribed to proceed with
the scope of work for the project. Limitations in scope of work, off ramps or
conditions of participation in Second Phase projects will be addressed in the
language of the associated Second Phase Agreement.
Funding for Second Phase projects may proceed in two steps:
2.1 Step 1. Step 1, is defined as the period from identification of a
Second Phase project, up to the final execution of a Second Phase Agreement for
all Participants desiring participation. Step 1 funding sources will be determined
at the discretion of the Project Participants. Typically, funding for Step 1 costs
will be by direct assessments to Participants or by withdrawals from Participants'
Second Phase funds, in accordance with each Participant's Project Participation
Percentage at the time of authorization of Step 1.
Step 1 is optional and is provided in order to maintain continuity in the
project or to advance the project to some gain not otherwise obtainable without
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implementing Step 1. All Step 1 costs will be included for ultimate
reimbursement and accounted for in the final Second Phase Agreement executed
by the Project Participants. Project Participation Percentages may change from
Step 1 to Step 2. In the event that the Second Phase project is terminated before
final execution of a Second Phase Agreement, each Project Participant will absorb
those costs expended, up to and including termination costs. No refunds are
anticipated for Step 1 costs associated with a terminated project.
2.2 Step 2. Step 2 is defined as the period beginning at final execution
of a Second Phase Agreement and ending either when the Third Phase
Agreement for the NCPA Project becomes effective, or in the case where an
NCPA Project does not progress to the Third Phase, upon termination of the
Second Phase Agreement.
Step 2 costs will be funded at the discretion of the Project Participants.
Typical funding for Step 2 costs will be by direct assessment, temporary
financing or permanent financing, depending on the needs of the project and
Project Participants. Second Phase costs will consist of all Step 1 costs (optional)
and all Step 2 costs. All Second Phase costs will be included for ultimate
reimbursement and accounted for in the final Third Phase Agreement executed
by the Project Participants. Project Participation Percentages may change from
the Second Phase to Third Phase of a project. In the event that the Second Phase
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of a project is terminated prior to the final execution of a Third Phase Agreement,
each Project Participant will absorb those costs expended, up to and including
termination costs. No refunds are anticipated for Second Phase costs associated
with a terminated project. Second Phase activity includes the following typical
scope of work:
(i) licensing/permitting of a project;
(ii) preparation of design or turn-key specification documents for
construction or a project; and
(iii) negotiation of contracts.
Section 3. Third Phase NCPA Projects. Third Phase activities are described
in Section 6 of this Agreement.
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FEDERAL TAX GUIDELINES RELATING TO PRIVATE BUSINESS USE
NCPA has issued a number of Bond issues (the “Bonds”) for the NCPA Projects
which have been “traditional” tax exempt bond or Build America Bond
obligations, which are “tax advantaged” under provisions of the Internal
Revenue Code (the “Tax Status”). This Facilities Schedule 12 summarizes and
documents the various federal tax restrictions approved by the Commission to be
used as guidelines relating to private business use of the NCPA Projects and the
capacity and energy from the NCPA Projects required to qualify and maintain
the Tax Status of the Bonds. Failure to comply with the private business use
requirements set forth in this Facilities Schedule 12 may adversely affect the Tax
Status of the Bonds.
Section 1. Definitions. Unless defined in this Facilities Schedule 12, all terms
used in this Facilities Schedule 12 with initial capitalization shall have the same
meaning as those contained in Section 1 of this Agreement.
1.1 “Bonds” means bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of
NCPA (including, without limitation, contracts relating to letters of credit or
other credit enhancement devises, interest rate swap and other agreements
relating to interest rate or other cash-flow exchanges such as those authorized by
the Public Finance Contracts Law, and other contracts which are characterized as
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debt by NCPA at or prior to the execution thereof) issued to finance or refinance
a NCPA Project and to finance or refinance any contributions-in-aid-of-
construction for construction necessary for the adjacent electric system to
interconnect with a NCPA Project and includes additional bonds to complete a
NCPA Project and may consist of that portion of an issue of NCPA bonds, notes
or other evidences of indebtedness issued to finance the costs of a NCPA Project,
which portion is specifically identified as Bonds.
1.2 “Build America Bonds” or “BABs” means taxable municipal bonds
that feature tax credits and/or federal subsidies for bondholders and state and
local government bond issuers.
1.3 “Internal Revenue Code” means all federal tax laws.
1.4 “Internal Revenue Service” means the federal agency responsible
for administering and enforcing the Treasury Department’s revenue laws,
through the assessment and collection of taxes, determination of pension plan
qualification, and related activities.
1.5 “Treasury Regulations” means tax regulations issued by the
Internal Revenue Service.
Section 2. Restrictions on Non-Governmental Use. Neither NCPA nor the
Participants may expect that (i) more than five (5) percent of the proceeds of a
Bond issue will be used to make or finance loans to any person other than a state
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or local governmental unit, or (ii) except as described below, more than the
permitted amount of the proceeds of a Bond issue (that is, the lesser of 10 percent
or $15 million, as applicable) will be used in any trade or business carried on by
any natural person or any activity carried on by anyone other than a natural
person or a State or local governmental unit.
“Use” includes the sale of power (whether consisting of capacity, energy,
or both, including the sale of ancillary services) to non-governmentally owned
utilities (including e.g., the federal government, Bonneville Power
Administration and Western Area Power Administration) pursuant to output or
requirements contracts as well as any other arrangements for the sale of power
on terms different from those available to the general public. Such may include
contracts with retail customers that contain provisions which obligate a customer
to make payments that are not contingent on the output requirements of the
customer or that obligate the customer to have output requirements (including
provisions which obligate the customer not to cease operations). The privat e
business use restrictions are applied by taking into account any arrangements
NCPA or any of the Participants have with non-exempt persons (generally, for
these purposes any entity or person other than a municipally owned utility) for
the sale of power from a NCPA Project. Use also includes providing a non-
governmental person with control, whether direct or indirect, over the
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operations, maintenance or decision making as to when to run or not run a
particular NCPA Project (in tax parlance such rights would be called “special
legal entitlements”). Such special legal entitlements also may create private
business use.
Applicable Treasury Regulations provide an exception to private business
use if the non-governmental person uses the property (or the capacity or energy
for the property) as a member of the general public. This occurs if the “property
is intended to be available and in fact is reasonably available for use on the same
basis by natural persons not engaged in a trade or business.” Use on the same
basis as the general public may include a fee or charge for use, so long as the
rates charged are generally applicable and uniformly applied. These rates may
vary in certain respects, such as different rates based on volume, so long as the
difference in rates is customary and reasonable. Any arrangement that gives the
non-exempt person special priority rights or preferential benefits is not use on
the same basis as the general public.
Section 3. Specific Private Business Use Exceptions Relating to the NCPA
Projects. NCPA and the Participants will enter into a variety of arrangements
with non-exempt persons, including wholesale customers of NCPA, wholesale
and retail customers of the Participants, and non-governmental utilities and
other providers and purchasers of electric generation, transmission, and
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distribution service. Each of these arrangements will be treated as private
business use in evaluating compliance with the limits described in Section 2 of
this Facilities Schedule 12, except to the extent that the arrangement either
satisfies one of the following exceptions to the limitations on private business use
and private security or payments, or NCPA or the Participants obtain an opinion
of Bond Counsel to the effect that the arrangement will not adversely affect the
Tax Status of the Bonds:
(i) in the case of sales of electric generation or distribution service,
the term of such transaction will not exceed three (3) years (including renewal
options) and will be negotiated, arm’s length arrangements that provide for
compensation at fair market value or are based on generally applicable and
uniformly applied rates, and the related facility (e.g. a NCPA Project) was not
financed with a principal purpose of providing that facility for use by that non-
governmental person;
(ii) in the case of sales of electric generation or distribution service,
the compensation for such service and any other payments in respect of such use
will not exceed NCPA’s or the Participant’s, as applicable, properly allocable cost
of ordinary and necessary expenses that are directly attributable to the operation
of the financed property used by the non-governmental person;
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(iii) in the case of sales of electric generation or distribution service,
the output is sold (a) to a retail customer pursuant to a requirements contract that
does not require the customer to make payments unless it actually has
requirements, (b) under a contract pursuant to which the average annual
payments made under the contract do not exceed the amount permitted under
the de minimis rule contained in the applicable regulations, (c) under a contract
the terms of which comply with (i) above, or (d) from non-bond financed system
resources of the Participant which are physically capable of supplying the output
being sold;
(iv) the arrangement will not involve use of the Project (e.g., non-
bond financed resources or contracts involving the resale of generation provide
by an investor owned utility to NCPA);
(v) the use of the NCPA Projects that would constitute private
business use is allocable to (a) Bonds that have been “remediated” within the
meaning of Treasury Regulation section 1.141-12 (or repaid in their entirety), or
(b) equity, or (c) taxable bonds issued by NCPA, or (d) issues of bonds that have
been fully repaid;
(vi) an agreement that provides for the swapping or pooling of
output by one or more non-governmental persons to the extent that: (a) the
swapped output is reasonably expected to be approximately equal in value
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(determined over periods of one year or less), and (b) the purpose of the
agreement is to enable each of the parties to satisfy different peak load demands,
to accommodate temporary outages, to diversify supply, or to enhance reliability
in accordance with prudent reliability standards; and
(vii) the use of the NCPA Project is by an entity that qualifies as an
agency or instrumentality of NCPA approved by the Internal Revenue Service or
Bond Counsel.
Section 4. Sale of Renewable Energy Certificates. In a private letter ruling,
the Internal Revenue Service concluded that under certain circumstances the sale
of renewable energy certificates (“RECs”) does not create any private business
use. If a Participant transacts to sell some or all of the RECs resulting from the
generation at one or more of the NCPA Projects to non-governmental person
with contract terms longer than three (3) years (contracts of three (3) years or less
would meet one of the exceptions from private business use described in Section
3 of this Facilities Schedule 12) such transaction must satisfy the following basic
requirements to satisfy the Internal Revenue Service:
(i) that the purchase of RECs does not entitle the REC purchaser to
any electric energy from the NCPA Project;
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(ii) the Participant will retain exclusive control over its entitlement
to the NCPA Project, its operations and any decision regarding how or whether
to operate the NCPA Project;
(iii) the Participant will not be under any obligation to produce, or
cause to be produced, any renewable energy or to operate, or cause the Project to
be operated at all or at any particular level; and
(iv) the REC contracts will not give the REC purchaser any direct or
indirect voice in how any component of the NCPA Project will be operated or
maintained.
Section 5. Compliance with Private Business Use Limits by Participants.
Private business use limitations set forth in this Facilities Schedule apply in
aggregate to all actions by NCPA and the Participants. Accordingly, NCPA will
implement internal procedures and requirements necessary to assure compliance
with the private business use limits as specified in this Facilities Schedule,
including:
(i) contractual obligations of the Participants to comply with
private business use limits and other requirements of the Internal Revenue Code,
and
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(ii) regularly surveying the Participants to determine compliance
with the private business use limits and other requirements of the Internal
Revenue Code.
Participants are required to comply with private business use limits and
other requirements of the Internal Revenue Code pursuant to applicable Project
Agreement, and Participants are strongly encouraged to established internal
procedures and requirements necessary to assure compliance.
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REPORTS TO PARTICIPANTS
Pursuant to Section 16.1 of this Agreement, NCPA shall prepare and make
available to each Participant the following reports monthly:
(i) NCPA Project Operating Reports;
(ii) NCPA Project Financial Operating Statements;
(iii) Status of NCPA Budget as such applies to Project Costs; and
(iv) such additional reports as are required under any applicable
Project Agreement, this Agreement, or as requested by the Facilities
Committee.
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PARTICIPANT NOTICE REQUIREMENTS
Pursuant to Section 7.1 of this Agreement a Participant that desires to enter into a
transfer, sale, assignment or exchange of all or a portion of its Project
Participation Percentage share of a NCPA Project or its Project Participation
Percentage share of specific NCPA Project attributes shall provide notice of such
transfer, sale, assignment or exchange to the General Manager in accordance
with this Facilities Schedule 14.
Section 1. Participant Notice.
1.1 Project Participation Percentage Share. Prior to a Participant
entering into a transfer, sale, assignment or exchange of all or any portion of its
Project Participation Percentage share of a NCPA Project, for a specific time
interval, or permanently, a Participant shall provide thirty (30) Calendar Days
prior written notice to the General Manager.
1.2 NCPA Project Attributes. Prior to a Participant entering into a
transfer, sale, assignment or exchange of its Project Participation Percentage
share of a specific NCPA Project attribute, including, but not limited to, capacity,
energy and/or other related attributes, for a specific time interval, but re tain its
full Project Participation Percentage share of a NCPA Project throughout the
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term of such transfer, sale assignment or exchange, a Participant shall provide
thirty (30) Calendar Days prior written notice to the General Manager.
Section 2. Evaluation and Report of Impacts. Upon receipt of a Participant’s
notice submitted to the General Manager pursuant to Section 1 of this Facilities
Schedule 14, the General Manager shall evaluate what impacts, if any, the
transfer, sale, assignment or exchange may have on NCPA’s internal and
external systems utilized to manage the respective NCPA Project, on NCPA’s
governance, and other Project Participants’ interest in the respective NCPA
Project. Within thirty (30) Calendar Days after the date on which written notice
is received by NCPA, or a period of time greater than thirty (30) Business Days if
deemed necessary by the General Manager, in his/her sole discretion, that is
reasonably required to identify and evaluate impacts and interests, the General
Manager will develop and deliver to the Participants in the affected NCPA
Project a written report identifying such impacts and interests.
In such report the General Manager shall identify what reasonable
conditions, if any, are necessary to implement such transfer, sale, assignment or
exchange in a cost effective and timely manner and mitigate the impacts of the
transfer, sale, assignment or exchange on NCPA and other Project Participants.
The General Manager shall coordinate with the Participants in the affected
NCPA Project prior to the final execution of the desired transfer, sale, assignment
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or exchange, so as to mitigate any identified impacts as necessary (e.g.,
programming modifications, impacts to NCPA Project operations).
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Table of Contents
Section 1. Definitions ................................................................................................. 3
Section 2. Purpose ...................................................................................................... 6
Section 3. NCPA Duties ............................................................................................ 6
Section 4. Participant Duties..................................................................................... 9
Section 5. Allocation of CAISO Charges and Credits ......................................... 10
Section 6. Billing and Payments ............................................................................. 12
Section 7. Cooperation and Further Assurances ................................................. 15
Section 8. Participant Covenants and Defaults .................................................... 16
Section 9. CAISO Security Deposit and Credit Requirements .......................... 21
Section 10. Balancing Account ................................................................................. 22
Section 11. NCPA Administrative Costs ................................................................ 26
Section 12. Administration of Agreement .............................................................. 26
Section 13. Term and Termination .......................................................................... 28
Section 14. Admission and Withdrawal of Participants....................................... 29
Section 15. Other Agreements .................................................................................. 32
Section 16. Settlement of Disputes and Arbitration .............................................. 32
Section 17. Miscellaneous ......................................................................................... 32
Appendix A. List of Participants .................................................................................. 1
Appendix B. CAISO Settlements Summary ................................................................ 1
Appendix C. Power Scheduling Guide ........................................................................ 1
Appendix D. SCPA Appendix Definitions Glossary ................................................. 1
Appendix E. Participant Resources .............................................................................. 1
Appendix F. Technical Metering Standards................................................................ 1
Appendix G. New Additions ........................................................................................ 1
Appendix H. CAISO Security Deposit and Credit Requirements ........................... 1
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This AMENDED AND RESTATED SCHEDULING COORDINATION
PROGRAM AGREEMENT (“this Agreement”) is dated as of ____________, 20__
by and among the Northern California Power Agency, a joint powers agency of
the State of California (“NCPA”), and the signatories to this Agreement other
than NCPA (“Participants”). NCPA and the Participants are referred to herein
individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.
RECITALS
A. NCPA has heretofore been duly established as a public agency
pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act of the Government Code of the State
of California and, among other things, is authorized to acquire, construct,
finance, and operate buildings, works, facilities and improvements for the
generation and transmission of electric capacity and energy for resale.
B. Each of the Participants is a signatory to the Joint Powers
Agreement which created NCPA and therefore is a Member.
C. The Participants desire NCPA to act as their Scheduling
Coordinator or Scheduling Agent to schedule and settle loads, resources,
including, but not limited to, NCPA Projects, and other products in the CAISO
energy and ancillary services markets, or other markets as applicable, in
accordance with the MSSA Agreement, the Service Agreements, the Settlement
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Agreement, the Project Agreements, the CAISO Tariff, and other rules and
requirements, as such may be applicable.
D. The Participants desire NCPA to establish facilities, staff and the
capability to enable NCPA to provide Scheduling Coordination Services to the
Participants.
E. NCPA has established facilities, staff and the capability for the
provision of Scheduling Coordination Services to the Participants.
F. The Participants desire NCPA to provide Scheduling Coordination
Services to make NCPA Project and other resource capacity and energy available
as contemplated in each respective Project Agreement, Service Agreements or
other applicable agreement.
G. Each Participant agrees to pay its allocated share of costs for
Scheduling Coordination Services pursuant to this Agreement and the Power
Management and Administrative Services Agreement.
H. The Participants desire to equitably allocate CAISO charges and
credits accruing to NCPA as Scheduling Coordinator or Scheduling Agent
among the Participants.
I. The Participants further desire, insofar as possible, to insulate other
Members, whether or not such Members are also Participants, from risks
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inherent in the services and activities undertaken on behalf of any given
Participant or group of Participants.
J. This Agreement amends, restates and replaces the certain
Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement dated as of August 28, 2002 (as
amended, “the prior scheduling coordination program agreement”), and the
prior scheduling coordination program agreement is hereafter of no further force
or effect.
NOW THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions.
1.1 Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement (including the
Recitals hereto), the following terms shall have the following respective
meanings, provided, capitalized terms used in this Agreement (including the
Recitals hereto) that are not defined in Section 1 of this Agreement shall have the
meaning indicated in Section 1 of the Power Management and Administrative
Services Agreement:
1.1.1 “Administrative Services Costs” means that portion of
the NCPA administrative, general and occupancy costs and expenses,
including those costs and expenses associated with the operations, direction
and supervision of the general affairs and activities of NCPA, general
management, treasury operations, accounting, budgeting, payroll, human
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resources, information technology, facilities management, salaries and wages
(including retirement benefits) of employees, facility operation and
maintenance costs, taxes and payments in lieu of taxes (if any), insurance
premiums, fees for legal, engineering, financial and other services, power
management services, general settlement and billing services and general risk
management costs, that are charged directly or apportioned to the provision
of Scheduling Coordination Services. Administrative Services Costs as
separately defined herein and used in the context of this Agreement is
different and distinct from the term Administrative Services Costs as defined
in Section 1 of the Power Management and Administrative Services
Agreement.
1.1.2 “Agreement” means this Amended and Restated
Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement, including all Appendices,
attached hereto.
1.1.3 “Balancing Account” means an account established at
NCPA pursuant to this Agreement. The Balancing Account is established to:
(1) make timely payments to the CAISO under the MSSA Agreement and
CAISO Tariff, and protect NCPA from potential Participant default by
providing funds and time to cure, (2) provide working capital for NCPA’s
provision of Scheduling Coordination Services and to bridge timing
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differences between the receipt of payments from Participants and the date
payments are due to the CAISO, (3) satisfy CAISO security deposit
requirements, and (4) provide security against Participant default.
1.1.4 “Defaulting Participant” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.2 of this Agreement.
1.1.5 “Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section
8.2 of this Agreement.
1.1.6 “Participant” has the meaning set forth in the preamble
hereto. Participants to this Agreement are listed in Appendix A.
1.1.7 “Party” or “Parties” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble hereto; provided that “Third Parties” are entities that are not Party
to this Agreement.
1.1.8 “Power Management and Administrative Services
Agreement” means the NCPA Power Management and Administrative
Services Agreement, dated as of ____________, 20__ between NCPA and the
Members who are signatories to that agreement by which NCPA provides
Power Management and Administrative Services.
1.1.9 “Settlement Agreement” means the Settlement
Agreement among Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Northern California
Power Agency, the City of Santa Clara, California, the City of Roseville,
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California and the California Independent System Operator Corporation in
FERC Dockets ER01-2998-000, ER02-358-000, and EL02-64-000, as accepted by
FERC.
1.1.10 “Third Party” means an entity (including a Member) that
is not a Party to this Agreement.
1.1.11 “Withdrawing Participant” has the meaning set forth in
Section 14.2 of this Agreement.
1.1.12 “Withdrawn Asset” has the meaning set forth in Section
14.5.2 of this Agreement.
1.2 Rules of Interpretation. All words and references as used in this
Agreement (including the Recitals hereto), unless in any such case the context
requires otherwise, shall be interpreted pursuant to Section 1.2 of the Power
Management and Administrative Services Agreement.
Section 2. Purpose. The purpose of this Agreement is to set forth the terms
and conditions under which NCPA will supply Scheduling Coordination
Services to the Participants.
Section 3. NCPA Duties. NCPA shall perform as the Scheduling Coordinator
or Scheduling Agent for the Participants in accordance with the MSSA
Agreement, the Service Agreements, the Settlement Agreement, the Project
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Agreements, the CAISO Tariff, and other rules and requirement, as applicable.
Such duties shall include, but are not limited to:
3.1 Submission of schedules and bids for Participants’ loads, resources,
including, but not limited to, NCPA Projects, other generation resources, imports
and exports, trades, ancillary services and/or other CAISO products in the
CAISO energy and ancillary services markets, or other markets, as applicable.
All schedules and bids will be made and submitted to the CAISO in accordance
with Appendix C and the CAISO Tariff, or other balancing authority areas in
accordance with the applicable rules and requirements. Energy and capacity
schedules and bids made on behalf of a Participant may be supplied from NCPA
Projects, Participant owned and operated generation facilities, generation
facilities in which a Participant has a contractual entitlement to energy and/or
capacity, and/or other contractual arrangements for the supply of energy and
capacity. All NCPA Projects, Participant owned and operated generation
facilities, and generation facilities in which a Participant has a contractual
entitlement to energy and/or capacity, for which NCPA supplies Scheduling
Coordination Services on behalf of, are listed in Appendix E.
3.2 Obtain and maintain settlement quality meter data in accordance
with the MSSA Agreement and CAISO Tariff, to be used for multiple purposes,
including, but not limited to settlement validation and cost allocation.
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3.3 Perform outage coordination for planned and unplanned outages
in accordance with applicable rules and requirements, including, but not limited
to, the CAISO Tariff.
3.4 Review, validate, and reconcile CAISO settlement charges and
credits for services, file timely disputes and pursue dispute resolution.
3.5 Allocate CAISO settlement charges and credits among Participants
for services in accordance with Appendix B, or as otherwise determined by the
Commission for CAISO settlement charges and credits not addressed in
Appendix B, make timely collection from the Participants of costs charged to
NCPA by the CAISO, and make timely payments to the CAISO of such charges
in accordance with the MSSA Agreement and the CAISO Tariff. All charges and
credits will be invoiced to the Participants through the All Resources Bill, or an
alternative invoice.
3.6 From time to time, recommend to the Commission amendments or
modifications to the Appendices of this Agreement, as may be required, to
ensure the Appendices of this Agreement conform and remain current with
market rules, business practices, CAISO requirements, and other accounting or
operating procedures.
3.7 Allocate costs associated with the provision of Scheduling
Coordination Services, including, but not limited to, Administrative Services
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Costs, to the Participants in accordance with this Agreement and the Power
Management and Administrative Services Agreement.
Section 4. Participant Duties. The duties of the Participants under this
Agreement are to:
4.1 Provide Participant load, resource, trade, ancillary services, and/or
other CAISO product schedules and bids to NCPA, as applicable, in accordance
with Appendix C, where the Participant shall act as an Operating Entity or
NCPA shall act as an Operating Entity on behalf of a Participant or group of
Participants, subject to separate agreement, upon which NCPA using such
information will submit schedules and bids to the CAISO as Scheduling
Coordinator or Scheduling Agent for the Participants.
4.2 Make timely payments to NCPA for all CAISO charges and credits
for services invoiced by NCPA to the Participant in accordance with Section 6 of
this Agreement.
4.3 Provide staff and other assistance as may be required from time to
time to the extent necessary for NCPA to fulfill its duties as described in Section 3
of this Agreement.
4.4 Comply with all requirements of the MSSA Agreement and CAISO
Tariff, as applicable, in respect to the operation and maintenance of its Electric
System and other facilities covered under this Agreement.
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4.5 Provide security or other deposits required by the CAISO to NCPA
in accordance with Section 9 of this Agreement.
4.6 Initially fund and maintain sufficient deposits in its Balancing
Account in accordance with Section 10 of this Agreement.
4.7 Provide NCPA access to settlement quality meter data from loads
and resources scheduled and bid by NCPA for a Participant under this
Agreement, and to maintain such meters and metering equipment in accordance
with the standards and requirements set forth in the MSSA Agreement, CAISO
Tariff and Appendix F of this Agreement, unless otherwise agreed to between
NCPA and the Participant.
4.8 Make timely payment of all costs associated with NCPA’s
provision of Scheduling Coordination Services, including, but not limited to,
Administrative Services Costs, allocated among the Participants in accordance
with this Agreement and the Power Management and Administrative Services
Agreement.
4.9 Indemnify NCPA in regard to Scheduling Coordination Services
provided to a Participant by NCPA.
Section 5. Allocation of CAISO Charges and Credits. All CAISO charges
and credits for services invoiced by the CAISO to NCPA will be allocated among
the Participants in accordance with Appendix B, or as otherwise determined by
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the Commission. Appendix B includes a detailed description of the
methodologies used by NCPA to allocate CAISO charges and credits invoiced by
CAISO to NCPA, as such CAISO charges and credits are assessed through use of
CAISO charge codes, and is meant to reflect allocation methodologies consistent
with the CAISO Tariff and NCPA Service Agreements. Appendix B may be
amended from time to time in accordance with Section 17.6 of this Agreement to
add, modify and/or remove CAISO charge codes, as required, to ensure
Appendix B remains consistent with current market rules and business practices.
5.1 Allocation of CAISO Charges and Credits for Non NCPA Projects.
Appendix E herein contains a list of all generation resources, demand response
resources and other resources for which NCPA provides Scheduling
Coordination Services on behalf of the Participants. The resources listed in
Appendix E may include NCPA Projects, member owned and operated
resources, and resources in which a Participant has a contractual entitlement to
the energy and/or capacity of such facilities. Unlike NCPA Projects, where
NCPA’s and Participants’ obligations are defined in a Project Agreement and/or
the Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement, NCPA may have a limited or
no contractual relationship, other than the obligations set forth in this
Agreement, with a Participant or a Third Party to specify obligations of the
Parties with respect to scheduling, operation and settlement of non NCPA
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Project resources. Therefore, a Participant who receives Scheduling
Coordination Services from NCPA for a non NCPA Project resource hereby
agrees to indemnify NCPA from and against, and be fully liable for, its
entitlement share of all costs associated with scheduling, operation and
settlement of such non NCPA Project resource, including, but not limited to,
CAISO charges and credits invoiced to NCPA attributed to the non NCPA
Project resource, and to pay all costs for NCPA’s provision of Scheduling
Coordination Services to the non NCPA Project resource on behalf of the
Participant, that arise during the term of this Agreement and subsequent to the
term of this Agreement. CAISO charges and credits, and all other costs
associated with the provision of Scheduling Coordination Services to a non
NCPA Project resource shall be allocated to the Participants in accordance with
Appendix B, or as otherwise determined by the Commission.
Section 6. Billing and Payments.
6.1 Invoices. NCPA will issue an invoice to each Participant for its
share of estimated and actual CAISO charges and credits, costs associated with
NCPA’s provision of Scheduling Coordination Services, including
Administrative Services Costs, and all other costs for services provided in
accordance with this Agreement. Such invoice may be either the All Resources
Bill or separate special invoice, as determined by NCPA. Such invoices will be
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made pursuant to the requirements and procedures provided for in this
Agreement and all other applicable agreements. At NCPA’s discretion, invoices
may be issued to Participants using electronic media or physical distribution.
6.2 Payment of Invoices. All non-emergency invoices delivered by
NCPA (including the All Resources Bill) are due and payable thirty (30) Calendar
Days after the date thereof; provided, however, that any amount due on a day
other than a Business Day may be paid on the following Business Day. NCPA
may apply a Participant’s share of the Balancing Account to the payment of all or
any portion of an invoice to such Participant (including that portion of an invoice
relating to Scheduling Coordination Services), provided that application of such
funds from the Balancing Account shall not relieve the Participant from any late
payment charges pursuant to Section 6.3. To the extent that NCPA applies funds
from the Balancing Account to pay an amount due under an invoice, following
receipt of payment of such invoice by the relevant Participant, NCPA shall
deposit the relevant portion of the payment into the Balancing Account and
credit such deposit to such Participant. Emergency invoices delivered by NCPA
shall be due and payable on the date indicated on such invoice, or as indicated in
Section 10.4.
6.3 Late Payments. Any amount due and not paid by a Participant in
accordance with Sections 6.2, Section 9 and Section 10 shall be considered late
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and bear interest computed on a daily basis until paid at the lesser of (i) the per
annum prime rate (or reference rate) of the Bank of America NT&SA then in
effect, plus two percent (2%) or (ii) the maximum rate permitted by law.
6.4 Billing Disputes. A Participant may dispute the accuracy of any
invoice issued by NCPA under this Agreement by submitting a written dispute
to NCPA, within thirty (30) Calendar Days of the date of such invoice;
nonetheless the Participant shall pay the full amount billed when due. If a
Participant does not timely question or dispute the accuracy of any invoice in
writing the invoice shall be deemed to be correct. Upon review of a submitted
dispute, if an invoice is determined by NCPA to be incorrect, NCPA shall issue a
corrected invoice and refund any amounts that may be due to the Participant. If
NCPA and the Participant fail to agree on the accuracy of an invoice within thirty
(30) Calendar Days after the Participant has disputed it, the General Manager
shall promptly submit the dispute to the Commission for resolution. If the
Commission and the Participant fail to agree on the accuracy of a disputed
invoice within sixty (60) Calendar Days of its submission to the Commission, the
dispute may then be resolved under the mediation and arbitration procedures set
forth in Section 16 of this Agreement. Provided, however, that prior to resorting
to either mediation or arbitration proceedings, the full amount of the disputed
invoice must have been paid.
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6.5 Billing/Settlement Data and Examination of Books and Records.
6.5.1 Billing/Settlement Data. NCPA shall make billing and
settlement data available to the Participants in the All Resources Bill, or other
invoice, or upon request. NCPA may also, at its sole discretion, make billing
and settlement support information available to Participants using electronic
media (e.g. electronic data portal). Procedures and formats for the provision
of such electronic data submission may be as established by the NCPA
Commission from time to time. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, NCPA may, in its reasonable discretion, require the Participants to
execute a non-disclosure agreement prior to providing access to the NCPA
electronic data portal.
6.5.2 Examination of Books and Records. Any Participant to
this Agreement shall have the right to examine the books and records created
and maintained by NCPA pursuant to this Agreement at any reasonable,
mutually agreed upon time.
Section 7. Cooperation and Further Assurances. Each of the Parties agree to
provide such information, execute and deliver any instruments and documents
and to take such other actions as may be necessary or reasonably requested by
any other Party which are consistent with the provisions of this Agreement and
which do not involve the assumption of obligations other than those provided
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for in this Agreement, in order to give full effect to this Agreement and to carry
out the intent of this Agreement. The Parties agree to cooperate and act in good
faith in connection with obtaining any credit support required in order to satisfy
the requirements of this Agreement.
Section 8. Participant Covenants and Defaults.
8.1 Each Participant covenants and agrees: (i) to make payments to
NCPA, from its Electric System Revenues, of its obligations under this
Agreement as an operating expense of its Electric System; (ii) to fix the rates and
charges for services provided by its Electric System, so that it will at all times
have sufficient Revenues to meet the obligations of this Agreement, including the
payment obligations; (iii) to make all such payments due NCPA under this
Agreement whether or not there is an interruption in, interference with, or
reduction or suspension of services provided under this Agreement, such
payments not being subject to any reduction, whether by offset or otherwise, and
regardless of whether any dispute exists; and (iv) to operate its Electric System,
and the business in connection therewith, in accordance with Good Utility
Practice.
8.2 Events of Default. An Event of Default under this Agreement shall
exist upon the occurrence of any one or more of the following by a Participant
(the “Defaulting Participant”):
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(i) the failure of any Participant to make any payment in full to
NCPA when due, where such failure is not cured within thirty (30) Calendar
Days following receipt of a notice from NCPA demanding cure;
(ii) the failure of a Participant to perform any covenant or
obligation of this Agreement where such failure is not cured within thirty (30)
Calendar Days following receipt of a notice from NCPA demanding cure.
Provided, that this subsection shall not apply to any failure to make payments
specified by subsection 8.2 (i));
(iii) if any representation or warranty of a Participant material to
the services provided hereunder shall prove to have been incorrect in any
material respect when made and the Participant does not cure the facts
underlying such incorrect representation or warranty so that the representation
or warranty becomes true and correct within thirty (30) Calendar Days of the
date of receipt of notice from NCPA demanding cure; or
(iv) if a Participant is in default or in breach of any of its covenants
under any other agreement with NCPA and such default or breach is not cured
within the time periods specified in such agreement.
8.3 Uncontrollable Forces. A Party shall not be considered to be in
default in respect of any obligation hereunder if prevented from fulfilling such
obligation by reason of Uncontrollable Forces. Provided, that in order to be
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relieved of an Event of Default due to Uncontrollable Forces, a Party affected by
an Uncontrollable Force shall:
(i) first provide oral notice to the General Manager using telephone
communication within two (2) Business Days of the onset of the Uncontrollable
Force, and subsequently provide written notice to the General Manager and all
other Parties within ten (10) Business Days of the onset of the Uncontrollable
Force, describing its nature and extent, the obligations which the Party is unable
to fulfill, the anticipated duration of the Uncontrollable Force, and the actions
which the Party will undertake so as to remove such disability and be able to
fulfill its obligations hereunder; and
(ii) use due diligence to place itself in a position to fulfill its
obligations hereunder and if unable to fulfill any obligation by reason of an
Uncontrollable Force such Party shall exercise due diligence to remove such
disability with reasonable dispatch. Provided, that nothing in this subsection
shall require a Party to settle or compromise a labor dispute.
8.4 Cure of an Event of Default. An Event of Default shall be deemed
cured only if such default shall be remedied or cured within the time periods
specified in Section 8.2 above, as may be applicable, provided, however, upon
request of the Defaulting Participant the Commission may waive the default at
its sole discretion, where such waiver shall not be unreasonably withheld.
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8.5 Remedies in the Event of Uncured Default. Upon the occurrence of
an Event of Default which is not cured within the time limits specified in Section
8.2, without limiting other rights or remedies available under this Agreement, at
law or in equity, and without constituting or resulting in a waiver, release or
estoppel of any right, action or cause of action NCPA may have against the
Defaulting Participant, NCPA may take any or all of the following actions:
(i) suspend the provision of services under this Agreement to such
Defaulting Participant;
(ii) demand that the Defaulting Participant provide further
assurances to guarantee the correction of the default, including the collection of a
surcharge or increase in electric rates, or such other actions as may be necessary
to produce necessary Revenues to correct the default;
(iii) terminate this Agreement as to the Defaulting Participant, on
ten (10) Calendar Days prior written notice to the Defaulting Participant; or
(iv) enforce all other rights or remedies available to it under any
other agreement in which the Defaulting Participant is a signatory.
8.6 Special Covenants Regarding Balancing Account. In the event that
a Participant’s balance of the Balancing Account is insufficient to cover all
invoices for costs incurred under this Agreement delivered to such Participant,
then, without limiting NCPA’s other rights or remedies available under this
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Agreement, at law or in equity, such Participant shall cooperate in good faith
with NCPA and shall cure the default as rapidly as possible, on an emergency
basis, taking all such action as is necessary, including, but not limited to, raising
rates and charges to its customers to increase its Revenues to replenish its share
of the Balancing Account as provided herein, drawing on its cash-on-hand and
lines of credit, obtaining further assurances by way of credit support and letters
of credit, and taking all such other action as will cure the default with all due
haste.
8.7 Effect of Termination or Suspension.
8.7.1 Generally. The termination or suspension of this
Agreement will not terminate, waive, or otherwise discharge any ongoing or
undischarged liabilities, credits or obligations arising from this Agreement
until such liabilities, credits or obligations are satisfied in full.
8.7.2 Suspension. If performance of all or any portion of this
Agreement is suspended by NCPA with respect to a Participant in accordance
with subsection 8.5 (i), such Participant shall pay any and all costs incurred by
NCPA as a result of such suspension including reasonable attorney fees, the
fees and expenses of other experts, including auditors and accountants, or
other reasonable and necessary costs associated with such suspension and
any portion of the costs associated with NCPA’s provision of Scheduling
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Coordination Services, including Administrative Services Costs, that were not
recovered from such Participant as a result of such suspension.
8.7.3 Termination. If this Agreement is terminated by NCPA
with respect to a Participant in accordance with Section 8.5 (iii), such
Participant shall pay any and all costs incurred by NCPA as a result of such
termination, including reasonable attorney fees, the fees and expenses of
other experts, including auditors and accountants, other reasonable and
necessary costs associated with such termination and any portion of costs
associated with NCPA’s provision of Scheduling Coordination Services that
were not, or will not be, recovered from such Participant as a result of such
termination; provided, however, if NCPA terminates this Agreement with
respect to the last remaining Participant, then this Agreement shall terminate.
Section 9. CAISO Security Deposit and Credit Requirements. Any credit
requirements, including, but not limited to, security, collateral, unsecured credit,
or other deposits required by the CAISO, shall be provided by each Participant
prior to NCPA providing services under this Agreement, and shall be
maintained as may be required thereafter, pursuant to Appendix H. Failure to
maintain sufficient credit, security, collateral, unsecured credit, or other deposits
may impact NCPA’s ability to perform services under this agreement. NCPA
shall maintain a detailed accounting of the share of each Participant’s credit,
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security, collateral, unsecured credit or other deposits. Any changes in credit,
security, unsecured credit or other deposits required by CAISO may be provided
by NCPA from the Balancing Account, and NCPA shall invoice Participants
within two (2) Business Days for their share of such required amounts, and will
use the funds collected from the Participants to fund the Balancing Account. The
obligation to provide credit, security, collateral, unsecured credit or other
deposits as required by the CAISO shall be allocated to the Participants on the
same basis as the applicable CAISO charge codes which the required amounts
are based upon, as specified in Appendix B or the CAISO Tariff.
Section 10. Balancing Account. Any deposits into a Balancing Account
pursuant to this Agreement shall be separate from and in addition to any
security accounts maintained pursuant to any other agreements between NCPA
and the Participant, or any other such security account required of Members.
10.1 Initial Amounts. Prior to NCPA providing Scheduling
Coordination Services, a Participant shall deposit into the Balancing Account
held by NCPA an amount equal to the highest three (3) months of estimated
CAISO invoices for the succeeding twelve (12) months; provided, however, that
such deposit may be satisfied in whole or in part either in cash or through a
clean, irrevocable letter of credit satisfactory to the General Manager. NCPA
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shall maintain a detailed accounting of the share of each Participant’s deposit in
the Balancing Account.
10.2 Subsequent Deposits. Periodically, and at least quarterly, NCPA
shall review and revise its estimate of all costs Participants shall be obligated to
pay under this Agreement. Following such review, NCPA shall determine
whether each Participant has a sufficient balance in the Balancing Account. To
the extent that any Participant’s balance in the Balancing Account is greater than
one hundred and ten percent (110%) of the amount required herein, NCPA shall
credit such amount as soon as practicable to the Participant’s next All Resources
Bill, or to the Participant’s general operating reserve account held at NCPA at the
request of the Participant. To the extent that any Participant’s balance in the
Balancing Account is less than ninety percent (90%) of the amount required
herein, NCPA shall add such amount as soon as practicable to such Participant’s
next All Resources Bill, or as necessary, to a special invoice to the Participant.
Credits or additions shall not be made to Participants who satisfy these Balancing
Account requirements in whole through the use of a letter of credit, provided
that the amount of the letter of credit shall be adjusted by the Participant as
necessary in a like manner to assure an amount equal to the highest three (3)
months of CAISO invoices is available to NCPA.
10.3 Use of Balancing Account Funds.
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10.3.1 NCPA may use any and all funds deposited into the
Balancing Account (or utilize a letter of credit provided in lieu thereof) to pay
any costs it incurs hereunder, without regard to any individual Participant’s
balance in the Balancing Account and irrespective of whether NCPA has
issued an All Resources Bill or invoice for such costs to the Participants or
whether a Participant has made timely payments of All Resources Bills or
invoices. Should Participant have satisfied its Balancing Account
requirements in whole or part through a letter of credit, NCPA may draw on
such letter of credit to satisfy obligations hereunder.
10.3.2 If funds deposited into the Balancing Account, or
provided through a letter of credit, are used by NCPA to pay any costs it
incurs hereunder, NCPA, pursuant to Section 10.5, will maintain a detailed
accounting of each Participant’s shares of funds withdrawn from the
Balancing Account or letter of credit, and upon the collection of all or a part of
such withdrawn funds, NCPA will credit back to each Participant the funds
collected in proportion to such non-defaulting Participant’s share of funds
withdrawn from the Balancing Account or letter of credit.
10.4 Emergency Additions. In the event that the funds are withdrawn
pursuant to Section 10.3 of this Agreement, or if the Balancing Account is
insufficient to allow payment of a CAISO invoice, NCPA shall notify all
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Participants and then prepare and send a special or emergency assessment to the
Participants. Each Participant shall pay to NCPA such assessment when and if
assessed by NCPA within two (2) Business Days of the invoice date of the
assessment or consent to and direct NCPA to draw on any existing letter of credit
Participant has established for such purposes.
10.5 Accounting and Interest. NCPA shall maintain a detailed
accounting of each Participant’s deposits into and shares of withdrawals from the
Balancing Account. Monies on deposit in the Balancing Account shall be
invested by NCPA in accordance with policies set by the Commission. Interest
earned on the Balancing Account shall be proportionately credited to the
Participants in accordance with the balances in each Participant’s Balancing
Account. Any losses in the Balancing Account caused by early termination of
investments or otherwise shall be allocated among the Participants in accordance
with their proportionate share of the total Balancing Account.
10.6 Return of Funds. On the termination of this Agreement with
respect to a Participant or a permitted withdrawal of a Participant in accordance
with this Agreement, the affected Participant or Participants may apply to NCPA
for the return of their share of Balancing Account funds ninety (90) days after the
effective date of such termination or withdrawal. NCPA shall, in its sole
discretion, as determined by the General Manager, estimate the then outstanding
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liabilities of the Participant or Participants, including any estimated contingent
liabilities and shall retain all such funds until all such liabilities have been fully
paid or otherwise satisfied in full. After such determination by the General
Manager, the balance of the Participant’s share of the Balancing Account will be
refunded to the Participant within sixty (60) days.
Section 11. NCPA Administrative Costs.
11.1 Cost of Services. All costs associated with NCPA’s provision of
Scheduling Coordination Services to the Participants, including, but not limited
to, Administrative Services Costs, shall be allocated among the Participants in
accordance with this Agreement and the Power Management and Administrative
Services Agreement.
11.2 Scheduling Coordination Services Costs. Each Participant agrees to
and acknowledges its mandatory obligation to pay its allocated share of costs
associated with Scheduling Coordination Services, including, but not limited to,
Administrative Services Costs, as invoiced in its All Resources Bill.
Section 12. Administration of Agreement.
12.1 General. The Commission has sole overall responsibility and
authority for the administration of this Agreement. Any acts, decisions or
approvals taken, made or sought by NCPA under this Agreement shall be taken,
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made or sought, as applicable, in accordance with the Joint Powers Agreement,
the NCPA Commission Bylaws and Section 12.2 of this Agreement.
12.2 Action by Commission.
12.2.1 Forum. Whenever any action anticipated by or related to
this Agreement is to be taken by the Participants, such actions shall be taken
at a regular or special meeting of the Commission, but shall be participated in
only by those Commissioners, or their designated alternates (“Alternate”),
who represent Participants.
12.2.2 Quorum. A quorum of the Commission, for purposes of
acting upon matters relating to this Agreement, shall consist of those
Commissioners, or their Alternate, representing a numerical majority of the
Participants.
12.2.3 Voting. Each Participant shall have the right to cast one
vote with respect to matters pertaining to this Agreement. Actions of the
Commission with regard to this Agreement shall be effective upon a majority
vote of the Participants.
12.3 Adoption and Amendment of Annual Budget. Annually, the
Commission shall adopt an Annual Budget, which includes, but is not limited to,
all costs attributed to services provided under this Agreement, for at least the
next succeeding Fiscal Year in accordance with the Joint Powers Agreement and
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this Agreement. Provided, however, that the Commission may in its discretion
adopt a two-year budget if permitted to do so by the NCPA Commission Bylaws
or the Joint Powers Agreement.
12.4 Facilities Committee. The Facilities Committee has been
established pursuant to the Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement to act as
an advisory committee to the Commission. The Commission may, in
coordination with the General Manager, refer matters pertaining to the
administration of this Agreement to the Facilities Committee for review and
recommendation, including, but not limited to, proposed amendments to this
Agreement and to the Appendices. If the Commission or General Manager refers
matters pertaining to the administration of this Agreement to the Facilities
Committee, NCPA will provide a copy of the public notice of the Facilities
Committee meeting at which the matter will be discussed to the Participants.
The Facilities Committee may act upon such matters referred to it by the
Commission in accordance with the procedures, including the general
administration quorum and voting procedures, set forth in the Amended and
Restated Facilities Agreement. Any recommendations of the Facilities
Committee shall be made to the Commission, Project Participants, and others, as
appropriate, in coordination with the General Manager.
Section 13. Term and Termination.
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13.1 Effective Date. This Agreement shall become effective on the first
day of the month after which it has been duly executed by all Participants, and
delivered to and executed by NCPA (the “Effective Date”). NCPA shall notify all
Participants in writing of the Effective Date.
13.2 Term and Termination. The Term of this Agreement shall
commence on the Effective Date, and shall continue in effect until terminated by
consent of all Parties that have not withdrawn or materially defaulted as
provided herein.
Section 14. Admission and Withdrawal of Participants.
14.1 Admission of a New Participant. Subsequent to the initial Effective
Date, a Member may become a Participant by executing this Agreement. Such
Member will become a Participant effective on the date of its delivery to NCPA
of an executed counterpart of this Agreement.
14.2 Withdrawal of Participants. Any Participant may withdraw from
this Agreement (“Withdrawing Participant”) by submitting notice, in writing to
all Parties at least two (2) years in advance of the effective date of such
withdrawal, provided that such withdrawal shall only be effective on the last day
of a Fiscal Year and that the Withdrawing Participant has fully satisfied all
obligations it has incurred under this Agreement. The two (2) year duration of
the notice requirement may be waived or reduced by the Commission in its sole
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discretion. Withdrawal by any Participant shall not terminate this Agreement as
to the remaining Participants.
14.3 Associated Costs. A Withdrawing Participant shall reimburse
NCPA for any and all costs resulting from the withdrawal, including but not
limited to the legal, accounting, and administrative costs of winding up and
assuring the complete satisfaction and discharge of the Withdrawing
Participant’s liabilities, credits or obligations, including any contingent liabilities,
credits or obligations.
14.4 No Effect on Prior Liabilities. Withdrawal by any Participant will
not terminate any ongoing or un-discharged liabilities, credits or obligations,
including any contingent liabilities, credits or obligations, resulting from this
Agreement until they are satisfied in full, or such Withdrawing Participant has
provided a mechanism acceptable to NCPA, for the satisfaction in full thereof.
A Withdrawing Participant shall not be obligated to compensate the
remaining Participants for loss of any benefits that would have accrued to the
remaining Participants if the Withdrawing Participant had continued its
participation. Nor shall the remaining Participants be obligated to compensate
the Withdrawing Participant for any benefits that accrue to the remaining
Participants because of the withdrawal. Reallocation of the costs and benefits of
continuing under this Agreement after a Participant has withdrawn shall not
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give rise to any claim against a Withdrawing Participant by the remaining
Parties. Nor shall any of the remaining Parties be obligated to compensate the
Withdrawing Participant for any benefits that accrue to the remaining Parties
because of such a reallocation of costs and benefits.
14.5 New Additions or Partial Withdrawal.
14.5.1 New Additions. A Participant may request in writing,
using the form contained in Appendix G, that NCPA provide Scheduling
Coordination Services for new or additional resources, trades or other CAISO
products for which NCPA has not previously provided services under this
agreement on behalf of the Participant (for example, a new generation
resource). Upon receipt of such written request from a Participant, NCPA, at
its sole discretion, may agree to provide Scheduling Coordination Services for
the new or additional resource, trades or other CAISO products on behalf of
the Participant, and the provision of such services will be subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, and the Appendices of this Agreement will
be amended as required.
14.5.2 Partial Withdrawal. A Participant may request to
withdraw certain loads, resources, trades or other CAISO products
(“Withdrawn Assets”) for which NCPA provides Scheduling Coordination
Services under this Agreement, by providing ninety (90) days advanced
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written notice to NCPA, so that NCPA will no longer provide Scheduling
Coordination Services for the Participant’s Withdrawn Assets; provided,
however, that Participant shall remain fully liable for its share of any
outstanding or future liabilities incurred by NCPA attributed to the
Withdrawn Asset, pursuant to Section 14.4 of this Agreement. The ninety (90)
days duration of the notice requirement may be waived or reduced by the
Commission in its sole discretion.
Section 15. Other Agreements.
15.1 Precedence of Agreement. Where there is any conflict between this
Agreement and the Joint Powers Agreement, a Project Agreement or a Project
Indenture of Trust, the provisions in the Joint Powers Agreement, Project
Agreement or Project Indenture of Trust shall control.
Section 16. Settlement of Disputes and Arbitration. The Parties agree to make
best efforts to settle all disputes among themselves connected with this
Agreement as a matter of normal business under this Agreement. The
procedures set forth in Section 10 of the Power Management and Administrative
Services Agreement shall apply to all disputes that cannot be settled by the
Participants themselves; provided, that the provisions of Section 6.4 shall first
apply to all disputes involving invoices prepared by NCPA.
Section 17. Miscellaneous.
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17.1 Confidentiality. The Parties will keep confidential all confidential
or trade secret information made available to them in connection with this
Agreement, to the extent possible, consistent with applicable laws, including the
California Public Records Act. Confidential or trade secret information shall be
marked or expressly identified as such.
If a Party (“Receiving Party”) receives a request from a Third Party for
access to, or inspection, disclosure or copying of, any of the other Party’s (the
“Supplying Party”) confidential data or information (“Disclosure Request”), then
the Receiving Party shall provide notice and a copy of the Disclosure Request to
the Supplying Party within three (3) Business Days of receipt of the Disclosure
Request. Within three (3) Business Days of receipt of such notice, the Supplying
Party shall provide notice to the Receiving Party either:
(i) that the Supplying Party believes there are reasonable legal
grounds for denying or objecting to the Disclosure Request, and the Supplying
Party requests the Receiving Party to deny or object to the Disclosure Request
with respect to identified confidential information. In such case, the Receiving
Party shall deny the Disclosure Request and the Supplying Party shall defend the
denial of the Disclosure Request at its sole cost, and it shall indemnify the
Receiving Party for all costs associated with denying or objecting to the
Disclosure Request. Such indemnification by the Supplying Party of the
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Receiving Party shall include all of the Receiving Party’s costs reasonably
incurred with respect to denial of or objection to the Disclosure Request,
including but not limited to costs, penalties, and the Receiving Party’s attorney’s
fees; or
(ii) the Receiving Party may grant the Disclosure Request without
any liability by the Receiving Party to the Supplying Party.
17.2 Indemnification and Hold Harmless. Subject to the provisions of
Section 17.4, each Participant agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless
NCPA and its Members, including their respective governing boards, officials,
officers, agents, and employees, from and against any and all claims, suits, losses,
costs, damages, expenses and liability of any kind or nature, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and the costs of litigation, including experts, to the extent caused
by any acts, omissions, breach of contract, negligence (active or passive), gross
negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct of that Participant, its governing
officials, officers, employees, subcontractors or agents, to the maximum extent
permitted by law.
17.3 Several Liabilities. No Participant shall be liable under this
Agreement for the obligations of any other Participant, and each Participant shall
be solely responsible and liable for performance of its obligations under this
Agreement, except as otherwise provided for herein, and the obligation of each
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Participant under this Agreement is a several obligation and not a joint obligation
with those of the other Participants.
17.4 No Consequential Damages. FOR ANY BREACH OF ANY
PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT FOR WHICH AN EXPRESS REMEDY OR
MEASURE OF DAMAGES IS PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE
LIABILITY OF THE DEFAULTING PARTY SHALL BE LIMITED AS SET
FORTH IN SUCH PROVISION, AND ALL OTHER DAMAGES OR REMEDIES
ARE HEREBY WAIVED. IF NO REMEDY OR MEASURE OF DAMAGE IS
EXPRESSLY PROVIDED, THE LIABILITY OF THE DEFAULTING PARTY
SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL DAMAGES ONLY AND ALL OTHER
DAMAGES AND REMEDIES ARE HEREBY WAIVED. IN NO EVENT SHALL
NCPA OR ANY PARTICIPANT OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS,
ASSIGNS, REPRESENTATIVES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS, OR
EMPLOYEES BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, CONSEQUENTIAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE OR INCIDENTAL LOSSES OR
DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOST
REVENUES, LOSS OF PROFIT OR LOSS OF CONTRACTS EVEN IF SUCH
PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES,
AND NCPA AND EACH PARTICIPANT EACH HEREBY WAIVES SUCH
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CLAIMS AND RELEASES EACH OTHER AND EACH OF SUCH PERSONS
FROM ANY SUCH LIABILITY.
The Parties acknowledge that California Civil Code section 1542 provides
that: “A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not
know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release,
which if known by him or her must have materially affected his or her settlement
with the debtor.” The Parties waive the provisions of section 1542, or other
similar provisions of law, and intend that the waiver and release provided by this
Section of this Agreement shall be fully enforceable despite its reference to future
or unknown claims.
17.5 Waiver. No waiver of the performance by a Party of any obligation
under this Agreement with respect to any default or any other matter arising in
connection with this Agreement shall be effective unless given by the
Commission. Any such waiver by the Commission in any particular instance
shall not be deemed a waiver with respect to any subsequent performance,
default or matter.
17.6 Amendments.
17.6.1 Amendments in General. Except where this Agreement
specifically provides otherwise, this Agreement may be amended only by
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written instrument executed by the Parties with the same formality as this
Agreement.
17.6.2 Approval and Amendment to Appendices.
Notwithstanding Section 17.6.1, any addition to, amendment to or removal of
the Appendices of this Agreement shall take effect after being approved by
the Commission in a manner consistent with the voting procedures set forth
in Section 12 without the requirement of an approval of the individual
Participants’ governing bodies.
17.7 Assignment of Agreement.
17.7.1 Binding Upon Successors. This Agreement, including the
Appendices attached hereto, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding
upon the respective successors and assignees of the Parties to this Agreement.
17.7.2 No Assignment. This Agreement, nor any interest
herein, shall be transferred or assigned by a Party hereto except with the
consent in writing of the other Parties hereto, where such consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld. Without limiting the foregoing, this Agreement shall
not be assigned by Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative without the
approval in writing of the Administrator of the Rural Electrification
Administration Utilities Service.
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17.8 Severability. In the event that any of the terms, covenants or
conditions of this Agreement or the application of any such term, covenant or
condition, shall be held invalid as to any person or circumstance by any court
having jurisdiction, all other terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement
and their application shall not be affected thereby, but shall remain in force and
effect unless the court holds that such provisions are not severable from all other
provisions of this Agreement.
17.9 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be interpreted, governed by,
and construed under the laws of the State of California.
17.10 Headings. All indices, titles, subject headings, section titles and
similar items are provided for the purpose of convenience and are not intended
to be inclusive, definitive, or affect the meaning of the contents of this Agreement
or the scope thereof.
17.11 Notices. Any notice, demand or request required or authorized by
this Agreement to be given to any Party shall be in writing, and shall either be
personally delivered to a Participant’s Commissioner or Alternate, and to the
General Manager, or shall be transmitted to the Participant and the General
Manager at the addresses shown on the signature pages hereof. The designation
of such addresses may be changed at any time by written notice given to the
General Manager who shall thereupon give written notice of such change to each
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Participant. All such notices shall be deemed delivered when personally
delivered, two (2) Business Days after deposit in the United States mail first class
postage prepaid, or on the first Business Day following delivery through
electronic communication.
17.12 Warranty of Authority. Each Party represents and warrants that it
has been duly authorized by all requisite approval and action to execute and
deliver this Agreement and that this Agreement is a binding, legal, and valid
agreement enforceable in accordance with its terms. Upon execution of this
Agreement, each Participant shall deliver to NCPA a resolution of the governing
body of such Participant evidencing approval of and authority to enter into this
Agreement.
17.13 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, and each executed counterpart shall have the same force and effect
as an original instrument and as if all the signatories to all of the counterparts
had signed the same instrument. Any signature page of this Agreement may be
detached from any counterpart of this Agreement without impairing the legal
effect of any signatures thereon, and may be attached to another counterpart of
this Agreement identical in form hereto but having attached to it one or more
signature pages.
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17.14 Venue. In the event that a Party brings any action under this
Agreement, the Parties agree that trial of such action shall be vested exclusively
in the state courts of California in the County of Placer or in the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of California.
17.15 Attorneys’ Fees. If a Party to this Agreement brings any action,
including an action for declaratory relief, to enforce or interpret the provisions of
this Agreement, each Party shall bear its own fees and costs, including attorneys’
fees, associated with the action.
17.16 Counsel Representation. Pursuant to the provisions of California
Civil Code Section 1717 (a), each of the Parties were represented by counsel in
the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and no one Party is the author
of this Agreement or any of its subparts. Those terms of this Agreement which
dictate the responsibility for bearing any attorney’s fees incurred in arbitration,
litigation or settlement in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of Section
17.2 were intentionally so drafted by the Parties, and any ambiguities in this
Agreement shall not be interpreted for or against a Party by reason of that Party
being the author of the provision.
17.17 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing contained in this
Agreement is intended by the Parties, nor shall any provision of this Agreement
be deemed or construed by the Parties, by any third person or any Third Parties,
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to be for the benefit of any Third Party, nor shall any Third Party have any right
to enforce any provision of this Agreement or be entitled to damages for any
breach by the Parties of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, NCPA and each Participant have, by the
signature of its duly authorized representative shown below, executed and
delivered a counterpart of this Agreement.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
POWER AGENCY
651 Commerce Drive
Roseville, CA 95678
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: General Counsel
Date:
CITY OF ALAMEDA
2000 Grand Street
P.O. Box H
Alameda, CA 94501
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
CITY OF BIGGS
465 “C” Street
Biggs, CA 95917
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
CITY OF GRIDLEY
685 Kentucky Street
Gridley, CA 95948
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
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CITY OF HEALDSBURG
401 Grove Street
Healdsburg, CA 95448
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
CITY OF LODI
221 W. Pine Street
Lodi, CA 95240
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
CITY OF LOMPOC
100 Civic Center Plaza
Lompoc, CA 93436
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
CITY OF OAKLAND, acting
by and through its
Board of Port Commissioners
530 Water Street
Oakland, CA 94607
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: Port General Counsel
Date:
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CITY OF PALO ALTO
250 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
PLUMAS-SIERRA RURAL
ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
73233 Highway 70
Portola, CA 96122
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: General Counsel
Date:
CITY OF ROSEVILLE
311 Vernon Street
Roseville, CA 95678
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
CITY OF SANTA CLARA
1500 Warburton Avenue
Santa Clara, CA 95050
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
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SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID
TRANSIT DISTRICT
300 Lakeside Drive, 16th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: General Counsel
Date:
CITY OF UKIAH
300 Seminary Avenue
Ukiah, CA 95482
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
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APPENDIX A
APPENDIX A
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
The following is a list of the Participants who are signatories to this Agreement:
City of Alameda
City of Biggs
City of Gridley
City of Healdsburg
City of Lodi
City of Lompoc
City of Oakland, acting by and through its Board of Port Commissioners
City of Palo Alto
City of Roseville
City of Santa Clara
City of Ukiah
Plumas Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
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APPENDIX B
APPENDIX B
CAISO SETTLEMENTS SUMMARY
The CAISO Settlement Summary is separately attached to this Agreement as
NCPA Appendix B.
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APPENDIX C
APPENDIX C
POWER SCHEDULE GUIDE
The NCPA Power Schedule Guide is separately attached to this Agreement as
Appendix C.
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APPENDIX D
APPENDIX D
SCPA APPENDIX DEFINITIONS GLOSSARY
The SCPA Appendix Definitions Glossary is separately attached to this
Agreement as Appendix D.
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APPENDIX E
APPENDIX E
PARTICIPANT RESOURCES
The following is a list of the Participant resources for which NCPA provides
Scheduling Coordination Services pursuant to this Agreement.
Resource Name Resource ID
Alameda GT Unit 1 ALMEGT_1_UNIT 1
Alameda GT Unit 2 ALMEGT_1_UNIT 2
Black Butte Hydro BLCKBT_2_STONEY
Beardsley Hydro BEARDS_7_UNIT 1
Collierville Hydro Unit 1 & 2 Aggregate COLVIL_7_PL1X2
Container Corp. of America CONTAN_1_UNIT
Ameresco San Joaquin LLC CORRAL_6_SJOAQN
Santa Clara Co-Gen CSCCOG_1_UNIT 1
Gianera Peaker Unit 1 CSCGNR_1_UNIT 1
Gianera Peaker Unit 2 CSCGNR_1_UNIT 2
Donnells Hydro DONNLS_7_UNIT
Donald Von Raesfeld Power Project DUANE_1_PL1X3
Stoney Gorge Hydro Aggregate ELKCRK_6_STONYG
Neal Road Landfill Generating Facility ESQUON_6_LNDFIL
Johnson Canyon Landfill GONZLS_6_UNIT
Gridley Main Two GRIDLY_6_SOLAR
Santa Cruz Landfill Generating Plant GRNVLY_7_SCLAND
Keller Canyon Landfill Gen Facility KIRKER_7_KELCYN
Lodi Gas Turbine LODI25_2_PL1X2
Lodi Energy Center LODIEC_2_PL1X2
NCPA Geo Plant 1 Unit 1 NCPA_7_GP1UN1
NCPA Geo Plant 1 Unit 2 NCPA_7_GP1UN2
NCPA Geo Plant 2 Unit 3 NCPA_7_GP2UN3
NCPA Geo Plant 2 Unit 4 NCPA_7_GP2UN4
High Line Canal ORLND_6_HIGHLI
Ox Mountain Landfill Generating Plant OXMTN_6_LNDFIL
Cooperatively Owned Back Up Generator PALALT_7_COBUG
Bay Environmental (NOVE Power) RICHMN_7_BAYENV
Spicer Hydro Units 1-3 Aggregate SPICER_1_UNITS
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Lodi STIG Unit STIGCT_2_LODI
Tulloch Hydro TULLCK_7_UNITS
Ukiah Lake Mendocino Hydro UKIAH_7_LAKEMN
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APPENDIX F
APPENDIX F
TECHNICAL METERING STANDARDS
All Participant meters and field equipment associated with NCPA’s provision of
Scheduling Coordination Services are required to comply with the technical
metering standards included in this Appendix F. Meters associated with NCPA’s
provision of Scheduling Coordination Services are meters that are covered by a
NCPA Scheduling Coordinator identification number (e.g. SCID: NCPA).
Section 1. Metering Standard Specifications and Procedures. All meters
monitored by NCPA’s System Control and Data Acquisition system (“SCADA”)
shall, at a minimum, conform to the following requirements:
1.1 Metering Requirements.
1.1.1 Primary Meter. Each primary meter shall:
(i) be CAISO certified and conform to the current CAISO metering
requirements at the time of installation as specified in the CAISO business
practice manual for metering;
(ii) support Distributed Network Protocol (“DNP”) and CAISO
Revenue Metering Data Acquisition and Processing System (“RMDAPS”)
standards as required by the CAISO; and
(iii) have an Ethernet port.
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1.1.2 Secondary Meter. Each secondary meter shall be
configured with the same functionality as the primary meter and be wired to
provide redundant metering service.
1.1.3 Router. Each router shall:
(i) provide a secure network connection to the NCPA SCADA
system at a speed of 56k or faster;
(ii) support Virtual Private Network (“VPN”) tunneling; and
(iii) have an available Ethernet port for each meter connection and a
dedicated port for the Remote Terminal Unit (“RTU”).
1.1.4 Power. Power for metering and communications
equipment shall not be provided through the station potential transformer.
Backup power for metering equipment shall be supplied through a
uninterruptible power supply (“UPS”) capable of maintaining the meter,
router (and its related networking equipment), and the RTU, if present, for a
minimum of 48 hours. Where station service power is not available, the UPS
charge shall be maintained by solar power or other local generation, as
applicable, with a battery carry through period of not less than five days.
1.2 Physical Security Requirements. The router, Ethernet connection
and/or dial-up phone connection is to be physically secured from tampering. If
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the equipment is located in a shared facility, the equipment shall be enclosed in a
locked cabinet (for example, Hoffman part number CTD364812 or equivalent).
1.3 Logical Security Requirements. Meters that use the CAISO Energy
Communication Network (“ECN”) for communication need to be configured in
accordance with the CAISO Information Security Requirements for the Energy
Communication Network. Each meter needs to be protected behind a router
with strong access control lists (“ACLs”) or firewall protection to help prevent
unauthorized access to the meter. The router or firewall used needs to have the
ability to send logs back to a central logging server to trigger alerts associated
with malicious or unusual network behavior. The router or firewall that protects
the meter needs to have the ability to terminate site-to-site VPN tunnels. Data
provided from the metering equipment shall be transported to NCPA’s SCADA
system through VPN tunnels, and CAISO shall access meters through NCPA
maintained VPN tunnels. Additional VPN tunnels may be configured back to
non-NCPA systems in coordination with NCPA staff.
1.4 Access. Access to meters and associated equipment shall be
granted to NCPA staff, or its delegates, to perform maintenance and repairs on
meters and communications equipment. NCPA locks will be provided at each
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metering location where unescorted access by NCPA staff, or its delegates, is
permitted by the Participant.
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APPENDIX G
APPENDIX G
NEW ADDITIONS
Pursuant to Section 14.5.1 of this Agreement a Participant may request in writing
that NCPA provide Scheduling Coordination Services for new or additional
loads, resources, trades or other CAISO products for which NCPA has not
previously provided services under this Agreement. Such requests for new
additions must be submitted to NCPA using the standard form attached
separately to this Agreement as Appendix G.
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APPENDIX H
APPENDIX H
CAISO SECURITY DEPOSIT AND CREDIT REQUIREMENTS
Pursuant to Section 9 of this Agreement, in order to satisfy CAISO security
deposit and credit requirements each Participant shall provide to NCPA security,
collateral, unsecured credit, or other deposits in accordance with the procedure
identified in this Appendix H.
Section 1. CAISO Security Deposit and Credit Requirements Procedure
1.1 Assignment of Unsecured Credit. Pursuant to the CAISO Tariff,
each Participant may use unsecured credit to collateralize its calculated estimated
aggregate liability for all transactions made through the CAISO markets except
for any calculated liability associated with congestion revenue rights. Pursuant
to CAISO Tariff section 12.1.1.1 (5) a local publicly owned electric utility with a
governing body having ratemaking authority that has submitted an application
for an unsecured credit limit shall be entitled to an unsecured credit limit of $1
million without regard to its net assets; provided, however, a Participant shall be
entitled to request an unsecured credit limit based on its net assets as provided in
the CAISO Tariff in order to establish an unsecured credit limit greater than $1
million dollars.
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Pursuant to authority provided under the CAISO Tariff, each Participant
that has a positive estimated aggregate liability, as determined by NCPA, shall
assign an amount of its unsecured credit limit to NCPA equal to the lesser of $1
million or its estimated aggregate liability. NCPA shall notify a Participant
regarding the need to provide additional unsecured credit limit, or other form of
collateral acceptable to NCPA and CAISO, to NCPA if the amount of unsecured
credit assigned to NCPA by a Participant is not equal to or greater than its
estimated aggregate liability, as calculated by NCPA based on the maximum of
the highest forecasted monthly CAISO budget costs or actual allocated monthly
CAISO costs. Each Participant shall promptly notify the CAISO and request that
an additional amount of its unsecured credit limit or other form of acceptable
collateral be assigned to NCPA that is equal to the positive difference between its
estimated aggregate liability and the amount of unsecured credit limit currently
assigned to NCPA.
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
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Table of Contents
Section 1. Definitions ................................................................................................... 3
Section 2. Purpose ........................................................................................................ 9
Section 3. Duties of the Commission ......................................................................... 9
Section 4. Duties of the General Manager and NCPA Staff ................................. 12
Section 5. Resource Planning, Load Forecasting and Energy/Capacity
Requirements .................................................................................................................. 15
Section 6. Power Pool Purchases and Sales ............................................................ 19
Section 7. Pool Scheduling and Central Dispatch ................................................. 20
Section 8. NCPA Administrative Costs .................................................................. 22
Section 9. Billing and Payments ............................................................................... 23
Section 10. Cooperation and Further Assurances ............................................... 25
Section 11. Participant Covenants and Defaults .................................................. 26
Section 12. Pooling Schedules ................................................................................ 31
Section 13. Other Agreement .................................................................................. 31
Section 14. Term and Termination ......................................................................... 31
Section 15. Admission and Withdrawal of Participants ..................................... 32
Section 16. Settlement of Disputes and Arbitration ............................................ 33
Section 17. Miscellaneous ........................................................................................ 34
Pooling Schedule 1. List of Participants ....................................................................... 1
Pooling Schedule 2. Allocation of Power Pool Management Services Costs ......... 1
Pooling Schedule 3. Forecasting ................................................................................... 1
Pooling Schedule 4. NCPA Capacity Pool .................................................................. 1
Pooling Schedule 5. NCPA Capacity Pool Resource Adequacy Program .............. 1
Pooling Schedule 6. Principles for Sale of Pool Excess Energy ................................ 1
Pooling Schedule 7. Economic Dispatch, Scheduling and Operation of Resources
............................................................................................................................................. 1
Pooling Schedule 8. Pool Settlement and Accounting Method ................................ 1
Pooling Schedule 9. Transmission ................................................................................ 1
Pooling Schedule 10. Load Following Costs and Allocations .................................. 1
Pooling Schedule 11. Western Area Power Administration Allocations ................ 1
Pooling Schedule 12. Billing Procedures ..................................................................... 1
Pooling Schedule 13. Acquisition of GHG Compliance Instruments for GHG
Compliance Obligations .................................................................................................. 1
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This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED POOLING AGREEMENT
(“this Agreement”) is dated as of _____________, 20__ by and among the
Northern California Power Agency, a joint powers agency of the State of
California ("NCPA"), and the signatories to this Agreement other than NCPA
(“Participants”). NCPA and the Participants are referred to herein individually
as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.
RECITALS
A. NCPA has heretofore been duly established as a public agency
pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act of the Government Code of the State
of California and, among other things, is authorized to acquire, construct,
finance, and operate buildings, works, facilities and improvements for the
generation and transmission of electric capacity and energy for resale.
B. Each of the Participants is a signatory to the Joint Powers
Agreement which created NCPA and therefore is a Member.
C. Each of the Participants owns a system for the distribution of
electric capacity and energy for resale or its own use and is authorized to obtain
electric capacity and energy for its present or future requirements, through
contracts with NCPA or otherwise.
D. The Participants desire to establish an operating resource pool
(hereinafter referred to as the “Pool” or “Pooling”) to jointly manage their
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collective portfolios of loads and resources to avail themselves of the full benefits
of pooling.
E. The Participants desire NCPA to establish facilities, staff and the
capability to provide Power Pool Management Services, including, but not
limited to, load, resource and price forecasting, resource planning, optimization,
energy and capacity procurement and sales, risk analysis and management, pre-
scheduling, scheduling and dispatch activities, power pool operations and
settlement standards, contract administration and industry restructuring and
advocacy activities.
F. NCPA has established facilities, staff and the capability for the
provision of Power Pool Management Services to the Participants, including, but
not limited to, load, resource and price forecasting, resource planning,
optimization, energy and capacity procurement and sales, risk analysis and
management, pre-scheduling, scheduling and dispatch activities, power pool
operations and settlement standards, contract administration and industry
restructuring and advocacy activities.
G. By establishing the Pool it is intended that each Participant will
receive operating reliability and economic benefits from participating in the Pool,
and that such benefits should be greater than, or at least equal to, the benefits
which would have been derived from the use of the Participant’s own resources
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if the resources had been scheduled and operated for the Participant’s maximum
benefit for use on its own loads.
H. The Participants intend to observe the provisions of this Agreement
in good faith and shall cooperate with all other Parties in order to achieve the full
benefits of pooling.
I. Each Participant agrees to pay its allocated share of costs associated
with NCPA’s provision of Power Pool Management Services in accordance with
this Agreement and the Power Management and Administrative Services
Agreement.
J. The Participants further desire, insofar as possible, to insulate other
Members, whether or not such Members are also Participants, from risks
inherent in the services and transactions undertaken on behalf of any given
Participant or group of Participants.
K. The Agreement amends, restates and replaces the certain Amended
and Restated Pooling Agreement dated as of October 29, 2008 (as amended, “the
prior pooling agreement”), and the prior pooling agreement is hereafter of no
further force or effect.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions.
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1.1 Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement (including the
Recitals hereto), the following terms shall have the following respective
meanings, provided, capitalized terms used in this Agreement (including the
Recitals hereto) that are not defined in Section 1 of this Agreement shall have the
meaning indicated in Section 1 of the Power Management and Administrative
Services Agreement:
1.1.1 “Administrative Services Costs” means that portion of
the NCPA administrative, general and occupancy costs and expenses,
including those costs and expenses associated with the operations, direction
and supervision of the general affairs and activities of NCPA, general
management, treasury operations, accounting, budgeting, payroll, human
resources, information technology, facilities management, salaries and wages
(including retirement benefits) of employees, facility operation and
maintenance costs, taxes and payments in lieu of taxes (if any), insurance
premiums, fees for legal, engineering, financial and other services, power
management services, general settlement and billing and general risk
management costs, that are charged directly or apportioned to the provision
of Power Pool Management Services. Administrative Services Costs as
separately defined herein and used in the context of this Agreement is
different and distinct from the term Administrative Services Costs as defined
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in Section 1 of the Power Management and Administrative Services
Agreement.
1.1.2 “Agreement” means this Second Amended and Restated
Pooling Agreement, including all Pooling Schedules.
1.1.3 “Assignment Administration Agreement” or “AAA
Agreement” means an agreement between NCPA and certain of its Members;
whereby NCPA has agreed to accept assignment of assignor’s base resource
percentage, and will administer the Assignment Contract for the benefit of
assignor in order to create a power resource portfolio for the mutual benefit
of the Members, including the Participants.
1.1.4 “Assignment Contract” has the meaning as defined in the
AAA Agreement.
1.1.5 “Base Resource Contract” means Contract 04-SNR-00782
between NCPA and Western.
1.1.6 “Congestion Revenue Right” or “CRR” means a CRR
Obligation or CRR Option.
1.1.7 “CRR Obligation” means a financial instrument that
entitles the holder to a payment when congestion is in the direction of the
CRR source to CRR sink specification and imposes on its holder a charge
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when congestion is in the opposite direction of the CRR source and CRR sink
specification pursuant to the CAISO Tariff.
1.1.8 “CRR Option” means a financial instrument that entitles
its holder to a payment when congestion is in the direction of the CRR source
to CRR sink specification.
1.1.9 “Defaulting Participant” has the meaning set forth in
Section 11.2 of this Agreement.
1.1.10 “Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section
11.2 of this Agreement.
1.1.11 “NCPA Capacity Pool” is a voluntary program in which
Participants pool and transact capacity in addition to the pooling of other
resources pursuant to this Agreement.
1.1.12 “Participant” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of
this Agreement. Participants to this Agreement are listed in Pooling Schedule
1.
1.1.13 “Party” or “Parties” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals hereto; provided that “Third Parties” are entities that are not party to
this Agreement.
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1.1.14 “Pool” or “Pooling” means the operating resource pool
established under this Agreement to jointly manage the Participants’
collective portfolios of loads and resources.
1.1.15 “Pool Forecast” means the Participant load forecast of
combined Pool energy and Pool peak demand developed in accordance with
Section 5.1.2 of this Agreement.
1.1.16 “Pool Load Resource Balance” means the optimizing and
managing of assets, including gas/fuel and electric power transactions,
procurement of transmission, ancillary services and coordinating energy
delivery scheduling to meet the physical and financial needs of a Participant
or group of Participants for electric power.
1.1.17 “Pooling Schedules” are the principles and/or procedures
adopted by the Commission, which are appended to and made part of this
Agreement, and are subject to change or amendment from time to time
pursuant to Section 17.7.2.
1.1.18 “Power Pool Management Services” means the services
NCPA supplies to the Participants pursuant to this Agreement, including, but
not limited to, load, resource and price forecasting, resource planning,
optimization, energy and capacity procurement and sales, risk analysis and
management, pre-scheduling, scheduling and dispatch activities, power pool
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operations and settlement standards, contract administration and industry
restructuring and advocacy activities.
1.1.19 “Power Pool Management Services Costs” means costs
associated with NCPA’s provision of Power Pool Management Services
pursuant to this Agreement, including, but not limited to, Administrative
Services Costs, determined by the Commission as part of the Annual Budget.
1.1.20 “Power Management and Administrative Services
Agreement” means the NCPA Power Management and Administrative
Services Agreement, dated as of _____________, 20__ between NCPA and the
Members who are signatories to that agreement by which NCPA provides
power management and administrative services.
1.1.21 “Third Party” means an entity (including a Member) that
is not a Party to this Agreement.
1.1.22 “Western” means the Western Area Power
Administration, or its successor.
1.1.23 “Withdrawing Participant” has the meaning set forth in
Section 15.2 of this Agreement.
1.2 Rules of Interpretation. All words and references as used in this
Agreement (including the Recitals hereto), unless in any such case the context
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requires otherwise, shall be interpreted pursuant to Section 1.2 of the Power
Management and Administrative Services Agreement.
Section 2. Purpose. The purpose of this Agreement is to set forth the terms
and conditions under which NCPA may provide Power Pool Management
Services to the Participants.
Section 3. Duties of the Commission.
3.1 Commission. The Commission is responsible for the
administration of this Agreement. Each Member shall be represented by its
Commissioner or their designated alternate Commissioner (“Alternate”)
pursuant to the Joint Powers Agreement. Each Commissioner shall have
authority to act for the Participant represented with respect to matters pertaining
to this Agreement.
3.2 Duties and Authorities. In addition to the administration of this
Agreement, the duties and authorities of the Commission are as specified in the
Joint Powers Agreement and the NCPA Commission Bylaws.
3.3 Forum. Whenever any action anticipated by t his Agreement is
required to be jointly taken by the Participants, such action shall be taken at
regular or special meetings of the NCPA Commission.
3.4 Quorum. For purposes of acting upon matters that relate to the
administration of this Agreement, a quorum of the Commission shall consist of
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those Commissioners, or their designated Alternates, representing a numerical
majority of the Participants.
3.5 Voting.
3.5.1 General Administration. For acting upon matters that
relate to the general administration of this Agreement, each Participant shall
have the right to cast one (1) vote. Actions of the Commission shall be
effective only upon a majority vote of the Participants.
3.5.2 Power Pool Management Services Cost Allocation
Methodology. For acting upon matters that relate to the methodology for
allocating costs associated with Power Pool Management Services, as set forth
in Pooling Schedule 2, the following voting procedure shall be used. Actions
of the Commission shall be effective only upon both of the following
conditions being satisfied:
(i) each Participant shall have the right to cast one (1) vote, and
actions of the Commission shall be effective only upon an affirmative vote of
eighty percent (80%) or more of the Participants; and
(ii) each Participant shall have the right to cast one (1) vote and
each Participant’s vote shall be weighted based on its percentage share of Power
Pool Management Services Costs, including the portion of Administrative
Services Costs allocated to Power Pool Management Services, as such costs are
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set forth in the prior Fiscal Year budget. Actions of the Commission shall be
effective only upon an affirmative vote of sixty five percent (65%) or more of the
Participants; provided, however, if the voting right of any Participant exceeds
thirty five percent (35%) that Participant’s voting right shall be limited to thirty
five percent (35%) and the Participant’s voting right percentage in excess of thirty
five percent (35%) shall be proportionally reassigned to the Participants whose
voting right percentage is less than thirty five percent (35%).
3.6 Adoption and Amendment of Annual Budget. Annually, the
Commission shall adopt an Annual Budget, which includes, but is not limited to,
all costs attributed to Power Pool Management Services, for at least the next
succeeding Fiscal Year in accordance with the NCPA Joint Powers Agreement
and this Agreement. Provided, however, that the Commission may in its
discretion adopt a two-year budget if permitted to do so by the NCPA
Commission Bylaws or the Joint Powers Agreement.
3.7 Facilities Committee. The Facilities Committee has been
established pursuant to the Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement to act as
an advisory committee to the Commission. The Commission or General
Manager may refer matters pertaining to the administration of this Agreement to
the Facilities Committee for review and recommendation, including, but not
limited to, proposed amendments to this Agreement and to the Pooling
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Schedules. If the Commission or General Manager refers matters pertaining to
the administration of this Agreement to the Facilities Committee, NCPA will
provide a copy of the public notice of the Facilities Committee meeting at which
the matter will be discussed to the Participants. The Facilities Committee may
act upon such matters referred to it by the Commission in accordance with the
procedures, including the general administration quorum and voting
procedures, set forth in the Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement. Any
recommendation of the Facilities Committee shall be made to the Commission,
Project Participants, and others, as appropriate, in coordination with the General
Manager.
Section 4. Duties of the General Manager and NCPA Staff.
4.1 Reporting Authority. The General Manager shall report to, and be
supervised by, the Commission pursuant to the Joint Powers Agreement.
4.2 NCPA Staff. The General Manager shall hire such staff or
consultants as necessary to carry out NCPA’s obligations pursuant to this
Agreement, within the constraints of the Annual Budget.
4.3 Duties and Authority. The General Manager, or NCPA staff
designated by the General Manager, shall:
(a) Carry out directions of the Commission with respect to matters
related to this Agreement;
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(b) Direct and carry out all responsibilities of NCPA pursuant to this
Agreement to supply Power Pool Management Services to the
Participants. Examples of said responsibilities include but are not
limited to:
(1) Providing Scheduling Coordination Services for the
Participants’ loads and resources in accordance with the
Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program
Agreement;
(2) Acting as an Operating Entity on behalf of the Participants;
(3) Providing pre-scheduling, scheduling and central dispatch
services to the Participants;
(4) Developing load, resource and price forecasts for the
Participants;
(5) Perform short term and long term resource planning and
optimization for the Participants;
(6) Management of Pool Load Resource Balance activities;
(7) Performing nomination and bidding activities to acquire and
transact Congestion Revenue Rights, and managing
Congestion Revenue Rights holdings on behalf of the
Participants;
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(8) Entering into Balance of Month Transactions and transactions
for a term less than balance-of-month for purchasing and
selling energy, capacity, transmission capacity, and other
related services and products on behalf of the Participants;
(9) Acquire GHG Compliance Instruments on behalf of the
Participants to fulfill a GHG emission compliance obligation
imposed by the State or federal government incurred by
NCPA or a Participant resulting from activities conducted
pursuant to this Agreement;
(10) Perform risk analysis and management to mitigate risks
associated with Pool activities;
(11) Developing Pool operating principles, practices and
procedures and settlement standards associated with Pool
activities;
(12) Providing contract administration, industry restructuring and
advocacy activities to the Participants;
(13) Developing a billing system and invoice Participants;
(14) Preparing and submitting proposed budgets for costs
associated with Power Pool Management Services, including
Administrative Services Costs, for the ensuing Fiscal Year to
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the Commission and appropriate NCPA committees on such
schedule as established by the Commission;
(15) Presenting to the appropriate committees and the Commission
proposed amendments to this Agreement and the Pooling
Schedules for review and approval.
4.4 Goals and Objectives. Each year, the General Manager shall
propose to the Commission, specific goals and objectives for the NCPA staff as
such relate to this Agreement. NCPA shall provide periodic reports to the
Commission regarding progress toward meeting the approved goals and
objectives.
4.5 Consultation with Participants. The General Manager shall consult
with the Participants from time to time, as needed, to advise him or her on a
particular matter relevant to this Agreement.
Section 5. Resource Planning, Load Forecasting and Energy/Capacity
Requirements.
5.1 Resource Planning. NCPA, in coordination with the Participants,
shall develop load and resource balance information at least quarterly for the
Pool and for each Participant, using load and resource forecasts developed
pursuant to this Agreement. The load and resource balance information
developed shall be utilized by NCPA and the Participants to coordinate and
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manage Pooling activities, including, but not limited to, supply investments and
transaction activities, to maintain reliabil ity of service and strive to obtain the
maximum overall economies on behalf of the Participants.
5.1.1 Participant Load Forecasts. Annually each Participant
may submit to NCPA a forecast of its monthly peak demand and energy
load for the subsequent fifteen calendar year period. Such information shall
consist of forecasts for the upcoming calendar year and the subsequent
fourteen calendar year period. If a Participant does not submit such forecast
information to NCPA in accordance with a schedule established by NCPA,
NCPA staff will work in conjunction with the Participant to jointly produce
such forecast information. The load forecast information shall be prepared
in accordance with the applicable Pooling Schedules. The load forecast
information may be used to develop load and resource balance information
for the Pool and each Participant.
5.1.2 Pool Load Forecast. Annually NCPA shall develop
combined Pool peak demand and energy load forecasts (the “Pool Forecast”)
using Participant load forecast information provided to NCPA in accordance
with Section 5.1.1. Such forecast information shall be for a period of fifteen
calendar years, including the upcoming calendar year and the subsequent
fourteen calendar year period. The Pool Forecast shall be prepared in
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accordance with the applicable Pooling Schedules. The Pool Forecast may be
used by NCPA to develop load and resource balance information for the
Pool and each Participant.
5.1.3 Participant Supply Portfolio. Each Participant shall
promptly notify NCPA in advance of any new or material changes to its
supply portfolio, including, but not limited to, additions to, retirements of, or
any changes in generation, power supply contracts, transmission resources,
or other supply sources which can affect the Participant’s current or future
load and resource balance, or NCPA’s obligation to acquire sufficient supply
to serve Pool load in the balance of month timeframe.
5.2 Capacity Reserve Requirements. Each Participant is required to
comply with capacity reserve requirements established by its applicable
regulatory authority. Each Participant may voluntarily elect to participate in the
NCPA Capacity Pool to transact capacity among and between the Participants
who have elected to participant in the NCPA Capacity Pool, pursuant to the
rules and criteria set forth in the applicable Pooling Schedules.
5.3 Energy Requirement. Each Participant is required to comply with
energy requirements established by its applicable regulatory authority. If such
energy requirements impact NCPA’s provision of Power Pool Management
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Services or the activities associated with such, the provisions of such energy
requirements shall be incorporated within an applicable Pooling Schedule.
5.4 Energy and Capacity Needs Determination. NCPA, using the Pool
and Participant load and resource balance and forecast information developed
pursuant to this Agreement, will evaluate each Participant’s energy/capacity
portfolio to determine if each Participant is in compliance with the energy and/or
capacity requirements established by its applicable regulatory authority. If
NCPA, based upon its assessment, determines that a Participant is not in
compliance with its established energy and/or capacity requirements, NCPA
shall consult with and provide an estimate of the energy and/or capacity need to
the Participant for additions to the Participant’s energy and/or capacity portfolio
in order to satisfy the applicable requirements.
NCPA may consult with and assist the Participants in identifying
potential energy and/or capacity supply that can be acquired to fill any
deficiencies identified pursuant to this Section 5.4; provided, however, the
individual Participants are responsible for procuring any additional energy
and/or capacity needed to meet requirements established by their respective
regulatory authority, where the term of such procurement is greater than balance
of month, through separate agreements.
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5.5 Allocation of Costs Resulting from Energy/Capacity Shortages.
Any charges or penalties incurred by NCPA as a result of a Participant not
having sufficient energy and/or capacity to meet the requirements established by
its respective regulatory authority, will be allocated among the Participants
pursuant to the principles of cost causation. Such charges and/or penalties shall
be proportionally allocated among the Participant(s) who cause the charges
and/or penalties. If the cause of the charges and/or penalties were due to the
deficiency of energy and/or capacity, then the Participant(s) who were deficient
will be allocated the cost of such shortfall. If based on available information
NCPA is unable to determine the basis of the charges and/or penalties incurred
by NCPA, the charges and/or penalties shall be allocated among the Participants
based on a methodology established by the Commission.
Section 6. Power Pool Purchases and Sales.
6.1 Power Pool Purchases and Sales. NCPA shall purchase and sell
energy, capacity, ancillary services and transmission on behalf of the Participants
and thereby strive to economically serve the Pool load and meet other service
obligations. NCPA shall enter purchase and sale transactions for a term of
balance of month or less, including, but not limited to, transactions in the day-
ahead, intra-day, and real-time time frame for energy, capacity, ancillary services
and transmission on behalf of the Participants. Costs and revenues associated
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with purchase and sale transactions entered into by NCPA on behalf of the
Participants shall be allocated among the Participants in accordance with the
applicable Pooling Schedules.
Transactions for energy, capacity, ancillary services and transmission for a
term greater than balance of month shall be undertaken pursuant to separate
agreements between NCPA and those Participants entering in to such
agreements.
6.2 Acquisition of GHG Compliance Instruments. NCPA shall acquire
GHG Compliance Instruments to satisfy any GHG compliance obligations that
result from NCPA’s provision of Power Pool Management Services under this
Agreement, including, but not limited to, the purchase and sale of interchange
transactions (energy imports and exports), in accordance with the applicable
Pooling Schedule. All costs associated with the acquisition of GHG Compliance
Instruments shall be allocated among the Participants in accordance with the
applicable Pooling Schedule.
Section 7. Pool Scheduling and Central Dispatch.
7.1 Central Dispatch. Each Participant shall, to the fullest extent
practicable, subject all loads, power supplies and transmission entitlements,
including, but not limited to, a Participant’s Project Participation Percentage
share of energy and capacity supplied from a NCPA Project, Participant owned
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and operated generation, and power supply contracts, to the central dispatch of
NCPA and the Pool. All Participant loads, power supplies and transmission
entitlements shall be scheduled and dispatched by NCPA in accordance with this
Agreement for the benefit of the Pool, with the objective of creating economies of
scale, striving to achieve the highest value for power supply resources and the
lowest practical costs to serve loads, consistent with reliability standards, and in
accordance with Good Utility Practice.
7.2 Scheduling Coordination. NCPA shall provide Scheduling
Coordination Services and shall monitor, schedule, settle and dispatch Pool
capacity, energy and associated attributes for delivery of Pool power supplies to
Pool loads in accordance with this Agreement and the Amended and Restated
Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement. Therefore the Participant shall
become signatories to the Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination
Program Agreement. NCPA shall act as an Operating Entity on behalf of the
Participants for the scheduling of Pool loads and power supplies, subject to all
applicable operating constraints, requirements and tariffs applicable to such
activities.
7.3 Scheduling of Western Resource. The Participants’ entitlement to
Western power (hereinafter referred to as “Base Resource”), which has been
assigned to NCPA pursuant to each respective Assignment Contract entered into
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between the Participants and Western, shall be scheduled by NCPA in
accordance with the AAA Agreement and the Base Resource Contract. To the
extent the AAA Agreement and Base Resource Contract do not address certain
aspects of Base Resource scheduling, scheduling of Base Resource will be
performed in accordance with this Agreement.
7.4 Metering. Each Participant shall install and maintain meters and
metering equipment in accordance with all applicable metering requirements
and standards, including, but not limited to, all standards and requirements
enforced in the CAISO Tariff, the Amended and Restated Scheduling
Coordination Program Agreement, and the MSSA Agreement, at their respective
points of interconnection or as otherwise required. Each Participant shall be
solely responsible for maintaining their respective metering equ ipment;
provided, however, a Participant may contract with NCPA to supply meter
maintenance services pursuant to separate agreements.
Section 8. NCPA Administrative Costs.
8.1 Cost of Services. All costs associated with NCPA’s provision of
Power Pool Management Services to the Participants, including, but not limited
to, Administrative Services Costs and Power Pool Management Services Costs,
shall be allocated among the Participants in accordance with this Agreement and
the Power Management and Administrative Services Agreement.
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8.2 Power Pool Management Services Costs. Each Participant agrees to
and acknowledges its mandatory obligation to pay its allocated share of costs
associated with Power Pool Management Services, including, but not limited to,
Administrative Services Costs, as invoiced in its All Resources Bill.
Section 9. Billing and Payments.
9.1 Invoices. NCPA will issue an invoice to each Participant for its
share of costs associated with Power Pool Management Services, and all other
costs for services provided in accordance with this Agreement. Such invoice
may be either the All Resources Bill or separate special invoice, as determined by
NCPA. Such invoices will be made pursuant to the requirements and
procedures provided for in this Agreement and all other applicable agreements.
At NCPA’s discretion, invoices may be issued to Participants using electronic
media or physical distribution.
9.2 Payment of Invoices. All invoices delivered by NCPA (including
the All Resources Bill) are due and payable thirty (30) Calendar Days after the
date thereof; provided, however, that any amount due on a day other than a
Business Day may be paid on the following Business Day.
9.3 Late Payments. Any amount due and not paid by a Participant in
accordance with Section 9.2 shall be considered late and bear interest computed
on a daily basis until paid at the lesser of (i) the per annum prime rate (or
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reference rate) of the Bank of America NT&SA then in effect, plus two percent
(2%) or (ii) the maximum rate permitted by law.
9.4 Billing Disputes. A Participant may dispute the accuracy of any
invoice issued by NCPA under this Agreement by submitting a written dispute
to NCPA, within thirty (30) Calendar Days of the date of such invoice;
nonetheless the Participant shall pay the full amount billed when due. If a
Participant does not timely question or dispute the accuracy of any invoice in
writing the invoice shall be deemed to be correct. Upon review of a submitted
dispute, if an invoice is determined by NCPA to be incorrect, NCPA shall issue a
corrected invoice and refund any amounts that may be due to the Participant. If
NCPA and the Participant fail to agree on the accuracy of an invoice within
thirty (30) Calendar Days after the Participant has disputed it, the General
Manager shall promptly submit the dispute to the Commission for resolution. If
the Commission and the Participant fail to agree on the accuracy of a disputed
invoice within sixty (60) Calendar Days of its submission to the Commission, the
dispute may then be resolved under the mediation and arbitration procedures set
forth in Section 16 of this Agreement. Provided, however, that prior to resort to
either mediation or arbitration proceedings, the full amount of the disputed
invoice must have been paid.
9.5 Billing/Settlement Data and Examination of Books and Records.
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9.5.1 Settlement Data. NCPA shall make billing and
settlement data available to the Participants in the All Resources Bill, or other
invoice, or upon request. NCPA may also, at its sole discretion, make billing
and settlement support information available to Participants using electronic
media (e.g. electronic data portal). Procedures and formats for the provision
of such electronic data submission may be as established by the NCPA
Commission from time to time. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, NCPA may, in its reasonable discretion, require the Participants to
execute a non-disclosure agreement prior to providing access to the NCPA
electronic data portal.
9.5.2 Examination of Books and Records. Any Participant to
this Agreement shall have the right to examine the books and records created
and maintained by NCPA pursuant to this Agreement at any reasonable,
mutually agreed upon time.
Section 10. Cooperation and Further Assurances. Each of the Parties agree to
provide such information, execute and deliver any instruments and documents
and to take such other actions as may be necessary or reasonably requested by
any other Party which are consistent with the provisions of this Agreement and
which do not involve the assumption of obligations other than those provided
for in this Agreement, in order to give full effect to this Agreement and to carry
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out the intent of this Agreement. The Parties agree to cooperate and act in good
faith in connection with obtaining any credit support required in order to satisfy
the requirements of this Agreement.
Section 11. Participant Covenants and Defaults.
11.1 Each Participant covenants and agrees: (i) to make payments to
NCPA, from its Electric System Revenues, of its obligations under this
Agreement as an operating expense of its Electric System; (ii) to fix the rates and
charges for services provided by its Electric System, so that it will at all times
have sufficient Revenues to meet the obligations of this Agreement, including the
payment obligations; (iii) to make all such payments due NCPA under this
Agreement whether or not there is an interruption in, interference with, or
reduction or suspension of services provided under this Agreement, such
payments not being subject to any reduction, whether by offset or otherwise, and
regardless of whether any dispute exists; and (iv) to operate its Electric System,
and the business in connection therewith, in accordance with Good Utility
Practice.
11.2 Events of Default. An Event of Default under this Agreement shall
exist upon the occurrence of any one or more of the following by a Participant
(the “Defaulting Participant”):
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(i) the failure of any Participant to make any payment in full to
NCPA when due, where such failure is not cured within thirty (30) Calendar
Days following receipt of a notice from NCPA demanding cure;
(ii) the failure of a Participant to perform any covenant or
obligation of this Agreement where such failure is not cured within thirty (30)
Calendar Days following receipt of a notice from NCPA demanding cure.
Provided, that this subsection shall not apply to any failure to make payments
specified by subsection 11.2 (i));
(iii) if any representation or warranty of a Participant material to
the services provided hereunder shall prove to have been incorrect in any
material respect when made and the Participant does not cure the facts
underlying such incorrect representation or warranty so that the representation
or warranty becomes true and correct within thirty (30) Calendar Days of the
date of receipt of notice from NCPA demanding cure; or
(iv) if a Participant is in default or in breach of any of its covenants
under any other agreement with NCPA and such default or breach is not cured
within the time periods specified in such agreement.
11.3 Uncontrollable Forces. A Party shall not be considered to be in
default in respect of any obligation hereunder if prevented from fulfilling such
obligation by reason of Uncontrollable Forces. Provided, that in order to be
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relieved of an Event of Default due to Uncontrollable Forces, a Party affected by
an Uncontrollable Force shall:
(i) first provide initial notice to the General Manager using
telephone communication within two (2) Business Days of the onset of the
Uncontrollable Force, and second provide further written notice to the General
Manager and all other Parties within ten (10) Business Days of the onset of the
Uncontrollable Force, describing its nature and extent, the obligations which the
Party is unable to fulfill, the anticipated duration of the Uncontrollable Force,
and the actions which the Party will undertake so as to remove such disability
and be able to fulfill its obligations hereunder; and
(ii) use due diligence to place itself in a position to fulfill its
obligations hereunder and if unable to fulfill any obligation by reason of an
Uncontrollable Force such Party shall exercise due diligence to remove such
disability with reasonable dispatch. Provided, that nothing in this subsection
shall require a Party to settle or compromise a labor dispute.
11.4 Cure of an Event of Default. An Event of Default shall be deemed
cured only if such default shall be remedied or cured within the time periods
specified in Section 11.2 above, as may be applicable, provided, however, upon
request of the Defaulting Participant the Commission may waive the default at
its sole discretion, where such waiver shall not be unreasonably withheld.
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11.5 Remedies in the Event of Uncured Default. Upon the occurrence of
an Event of Default which is not cured within the time limits specified in Section
11.2, without limiting other rights or remedies available under this Agreement, at
law or in equity, and without constituting or resulting in a waiver, release or
estoppel of any right, action or cause of action NCPA may have against the
Defaulting Participant, NCPA may, for so long as such Event of Default
continues uncured, take any or all of the following actions:
(i) suspend the provision of services under this Agreement to such
Defaulting Participant;
(ii) demand that the Defaulting Participant provide further
assurances to guarantee the correction of the default, including the collection of a
surcharge or increase in electric rates, or such other actions as may be necessary
to produce necessary Revenues to correct the default;
(iii) terminate this Agreement as to the Defaulting Participant, on
ten (10) Calendar Days prior written notice to the Defaulting Participant; or
(iv) enforce all other rights or remedies available to it under any
other agreement in which the Defaulting Participant is a signatory.
11.6 Effect of Termination or Suspension.
11.6.1 Generally. The termination or suspension of this
Agreement will not terminate, waive, or otherwise discharge any ongoing or
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undischarged liabilities, credits or obligations arising from this Agreement
until such liabilities, credits or obligations are satisfied in full.
11.6.2 Suspension. If performance of all or any portion of this
Agreement is suspended by NCPA with respect to a Participant in accordance
with subsection 11.5 (i), such Participant shall pay any and all costs incurred
by NCPA as a result of such suspension including reasonable attorney fees,
the fees and expenses of other experts, including auditors and accountants, or
other reasonable and necessary costs associated with such suspension and
any portion of the costs associated with NCPA’s provision of Power Pool
Management Services, including Administrative Services Costs, that were not
recovered from such Participant as a result of such suspension.
11.6.3 Termination. If this Agreement is terminated by NCPA
with respect to a Participant in accordance with Section 11.5 (iii), such
Participant shall pay any and all costs incurred by NCPA as a result of such
termination, including reasonable attorney fees, the fees and expenses of
other experts, including auditors and accountants, other reasonable and
necessary costs associated with such termination and any portion of costs
associated with NCPA’s provision of Power Pool Management Services that
were not, or will not be, recovered from such Participant as a result of such
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termination; provided, however, if NCPA terminates this Agreement with
respect to the last remaining Participant, then this Agreement shall terminate.
Section 12. Pooling Schedules.
12.1 Pooling Schedules. Pooling Schedules shall be established relating
to activities and operations of the Pool and administrative matters for the
implementation of this Agreement. All Pooling Schedules may be established,
repealed or amended by the Commission in accordance with this Agreement.
12.2 Scope of Pooling Schedules. Pooling Schedules include detailed
principles, descriptions and procedures for managing, operating, scheduling,
billing and settlement for Pooling activities.
Section 13. Other Agreements.
13.1 Precedence of Agreement. Where there is any conflict between this
Agreement and the Joint Powers Agreement, a Project Agreement or a Project
Indenture of Trust, the provisions in the Joint Powers Agreement, Project
Agreement or Project Indenture of Trust shall control.
Section 14. Term and Termination.
14.1 Effective Date. This Agreement shall become effective on the first
day of the month after which it has been duly executed by all Participants, and
delivered to and executed by NCPA (the “Effective Date”). NCPA shall notify all
Participants in writing of the Effective Date.
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14.2 Term and Termination. This Agreement shall continue in full
effect until terminated by consent of all Parties.
Section 15. Admission and Withdrawal of Participants.
15.1 Admission of a New Participant. Subsequent to the initial Effective
Date, a Member may become a Participant by executing this Agreement. Such
Member will become a Participant effective on the date of its delivery to NCPA
of an executed counterpart of this Agreement.
15.2 Withdrawal of Participants. Any Participant may withdraw from
this Agreement (“Withdrawing Participant”) by submitting notice, in writing to
all Parties at least two (2) years in advance of the effective date of such
withdrawal, provided that such withdrawal shall only be effective on the last
day of a Fiscal Year and that the Withdrawing Participant has fully satisfied all
obligations it has incurred under this Agreement. The two (2) year duration of
the notice requirement may be waived or reduced by the Commission in its sole
discretion. Withdrawal by any Participant shall not terminate this Agreement as
to the remaining Participants.
15.3 Associated Costs. A Withdrawing Participant shall reimburse
NCPA for any and all costs resulting from the withdrawal, including but not
limited to the legal, accounting, and administrative costs of winding up and
assuring the complete satisfaction and discharge of the Withdrawing
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Participant’s liabilities, credits or obligations, including any contingent liabilities,
credits or obligations.
15.4 No Effect on Prior Liabilities. Withdrawal by any Participant will
not terminate any ongoing or un-discharged liabilities, credits or obligations,
including any contingent liabilities, credits or obligations, resulting from this
Agreement until they are satisfied in full, or such Withdrawing Participant has
provided a mechanism acceptable to NCPA, for the satisfaction in full thereof.
A Withdrawing Participant shall not be obligated to compensate the
remaining Participants for loss of any benefits that would have accrued to the
remaining Participants if the Withdrawing Participant had continued its
participation. Nor shall the remaining Participants be obligated to compensate
the Withdrawing Participant for any benefits that accrue to the remaining
Participants because of the withdrawal. Reallocation of the costs and benefits of
continuing under this Agreement after a Participant has withdrawn shall not
give rise to any claim against a Withdrawing Participant by the remaining
Parties. Nor shall any of the remaining Parties be obligated to compensate the
Withdrawing Participant for any benefits that accrue to the remaining Parties
because of such a reallocation of costs and benefits.
Section 16. Settlement of Disputes and Arbitration. The Parties agree to
make best efforts to settle all disputes among themselves connected with this
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Agreement as a matter of normal business under this Agreement. The
procedures set forth in Section 10 of the Power Management and Administrative
Services Agreement shall apply to all disputes that cannot be settled by the
Participants themselves; provided, that the provisions of Section 9.4 shall first
apply to all disputes involving invoices prepared by NCPA.
Section 17. Miscellaneous.
17.1 Confidentiality. The Parties will keep confidential all confidential
or trade secret information made available to them in connection with this
Agreement, to the extent possible, consistent with applicable laws, including the
California Public Records Act. Confidential or trade secret information shall be
marked or expressly identified as such.
If a Party (“Receiving Party”) receives a request from a Third Party for
access to, or inspection, disclosure or copying of, any of the other Party’s (the
“Supplying Party”) confidential data or information (“Disclosure Request”), then
the Receiving Party shall provide notice and a copy of the Disclosure Request to
the Supplying Party within three (3) Business Days of receipt of the Disclosure
Request. Within three (3) Business Days of receipt of such notice, the Supplying
Party shall provide notice to the Receiving Party either:
(i) that the Supplying Party believes there are reasonable legal
grounds for denying or objecting to the Disclosure Request, and the Supplying
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Party requests the Receiving Party to deny or object to the Disclosure Request
with respect to identified confidential information. In such case, the Receiving
Party shall deny the Disclosure Request and the Supplying Party shall defend the
denial of the Disclosure Request at its sole cost, and it shall indemnify the
Receiving Party for all costs associated with denying or objecting to the
Disclosure Request. Such indemnification by the Supplying Party of the
Receiving Party shall include all of the Receiving Party’s costs reasonably
incurred with respect to denial of or objection to the Disclosure Request,
including but not limited to costs, penalties, and the Receiving Party’s attorney’s
fees; or
(ii) the Receiving Party may grant the Disclosure Request without
any liability by the Receiving Party to the Supplying Party.
17.2 Indemnification and Hold Harmless. Subject to the provisions of
Section 17.4, each Participant agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless
NCPA and its Members, including their respective governing boards, officials,
officers, agents, and employees, from and against any and all claims, suits, losses,
costs, damages, expenses and liability of any kind or nature, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and the costs of litigation, including experts, to the
extent caused by any acts, omissions, breach of contract, negligence (active or
passive), gross negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct of that Participant,
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its governing officials, officers, employees, subcontractors or agents, to the
maximum extent permitted by law.
17.3 Several Liabilities. Except as otherwise provided herein or in an
applicable Project Agreement, no Participant shall be liable under this
Agreement for the obligations of any other Participant, each Participant shall be
solely responsible and liable for performance of its obligations under this
Agreement and the obligation of each Participant under this Agreement is a
several obligation and not a joint obligation with those of the other Participants.
17.4 No Consequential Damages. FOR ANY BREACH OF ANY
PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT FOR WHICH AN EXPRESS REMEDY OR
MEASURE OF DAMAGES IS PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE
LIABILITY OF THE DEFAULTING PARTY SHALL BE LIMITED AS SET
FORTH IN SUCH PROVISION, AND ALL OTHER DAMAGES OR REMEDIES
ARE HEREBY WAIVED. IF NO REMEDY OR MEASURE OF DAMAGE IS
EXPRESSLY PROVIDED, THE LIABILITY OF THE DEFAULTING PARTY
SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL DAMAGES ONLY AND ALL OTHER
DAMAGES AND REMEDIES ARE HEREBY WAIVED. IN NO EVENT SHALL
NCPA OR ANY PARTICIPANT OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS,
ASSIGNS, REPRESENTATIVES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS, OR
EMPLOYEES BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, CONSEQUENTIAL,
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SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE OR INCIDENTAL LOSSES OR
DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOST
REVENUES, LOSS OF PROFIT OR LOSS OF CONTRACTS EVEN IF SUCH
PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES,
AND NCPA AND EACH PARTICIPANT EACH HEREBY WAIVES SUCH
CLAIMS AND RELEASES EACH OTHER AND EACH OF SUCH PERSONS
FROM ANY SUCH LIABILITY.
The Parties acknowledge that California Civil Code section 1542 provides
that: “A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not
know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release,
which if known by him or her must have materially affected his or her settlement
with the debtor.” The Parties waive the provisions of section 1542, or other
similar provisions of law, and intend that the waiver and release provided by
this Section of this Agreement shall be fully enforceable despite its reference to
future or unknown claims.
17.5 Waiver. No waiver of the performance by a Party of any obligation
under this Agreement with respect to any default or any other matter arising in
connection with this Agreement shall be effective unless given by the
Commission. Any such waiver by the Commission in any particular instance
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shall not be deemed a waiver with respect to any subsequent performance,
default or matter.
17.6 Division of Responsibility. Neither the General Manager, the
Parties to this Agreement, nor an entity acting on behalf of the Parties, shall be
responsible for the transmission, control, use, or application of capacity and
energy provided under this Agreement or the Pooling Schedules attached hereto
on the receiving Party's side of such Party's point of interconnection and shall
not, in any event, be liable for damage or injury to any person or property
whatsoever, arising, accruing, or resulting from, in any manner, the receiving,
transmission, control, use application, or distribution by NCPA, or the
Participants, or any Third Party acting on behalf of NCPA or the Parties, of said
capacity and energy on the receiving Party's side of such Party's point of
interconnection.
17.7 Amendments.
17.7.1 Amendments in General. Except where this Agreement
specifically provides otherwise, this Agreement may be amended only by
written instrument executed by the Parties with the same formality as this
Agreement.
17.7.2 Approval and Amendment of Pooling Schedules. Any
addition to, amendment to or repeal of the Pooling Schedules attached hereto
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shall take effect after being approved by the Commission in a manner
consistent with the voting procedures set forth in Section 3.5 of this
Agreement, without the requirement of an approval of the individual
Participants’ governing bodies.
17.8 Assignment of Agreement.
17.8.1 Binding Upon Successors. This Agreement, including the
Pooling Schedules, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the
respective successors and assignees of the Parties to this Agreement.
17.8.2 No Assignment. This Agreement, nor any interest
herein, shall be transferred or assigned by a Party hereto except with the
consent in writing of the other Parties hereto, where such consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld. Without limiting the foregoing, this Agreement shall
not be assigned by Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative without the
approval in writing of the Administrator of the Rural Electrification
Administration Utilities Service.
17.9 Severability. In the event that any of the terms, covenants or
conditions of this Agreement or the application of any such term, covenant or
condition, shall be held invalid as to any person or circumstance by any court
having jurisdiction, all other terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement
and their application shall not be affected thereby, but shall remain in force and
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effect unless the court holds that such provisions are not severable from all other
provisions of this Agreement.
17.10 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be interpreted, governed by,
and construed under the laws of the State of California.
17.11 Headings. All indices, titles, subject headings, section titles and
similar items are provided for the purpose of convenience and are not intended
to be inclusive, definitive, or affect the meaning of the contents of this Agreement
or the scope thereof.
17.12 Notices. Any notice, demand or request required or authorized by
this Agreement to be given to any Party shall be in writing, and shall either be
personally delivered to a Participant’s Commissioner or Alternate, and to the
General Manager, or shall be transmitted to the Participant and the General
Manager at the addresses shown on the signature pages hereof. The designation
of such addresses may be changed at any time by written notice given to the
General Manager who shall thereupon give written notice of such change to each
Participant. All such notices shall be deemed delivered when personally
delivered, two (2) Business Days after deposit in the United States mail first class
postage prepaid, or on the first Business Day following delivery through
electronic communication.
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17.13 Warranty of Authority. Each Party represents and warrants that it
has been duly authorized by all requisite approval and action to execute and
deliver this Agreement and that this Agreement is a binding, legal, and valid
agreement enforceable in accordance with its terms. Upon execution of this
Agreement, each Participant shall deliver to NCPA a resolution of the governing
body of such Participant evidencing approval of and authority to enter into this
Agreement.
17.14 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, and each executed counterpart shall have the same force and effect
as an original instrument and as if all the signatories to all of the counterparts
had signed the same instrument. Any signature page of this Agreement may be
detached from any counterpart of this Agreement without impairing the legal
effect of any signatures thereon, and may be attached to another counterpart of
this Agreement identical in form hereto but having attached to it one or more
signature pages.
17.15 Venue. In the event that a Party brings any action under this
Agreement, the Parties agree that trial of such action shall be vested exclus ively
in the state courts of California in the County of Placer or in the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of California.
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17.16 Attorneys’ Fees. If a Party to this Agreement brings any action,
including an action for declaratory relief, to enforce or interpret the provisions of
this Agreement, each Party shall bear its own fees and costs, including attorneys’
fees, associated with the action.
17.17 Counsel Representation. Pursuant to the provisions of California
Civil Code Section 1717 (a), each of the Parties were represented by counsel in
the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and no one Party is the author
of this Agreement or any of its subparts. Those terms of this Agreement which
dictate the responsibility for bearing any attorney’s fees incurred in arbitration,
litigation or settlement in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of Section
17.2 were intentionally so drafted by the Parties, and any ambiguities in this
Agreement shall not be interpreted for or against a Party by reason of that Party
being the author of the provision.
17.18 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing contained in this
Agreement is intended by the Parties, nor shall any provision of this Agreement
be deemed or construed by the Parties, by any third person or any Third Parties,
to be for the benefit of any Third Party, nor shall any Third Party have any right
to enforce any provision of this Agreement or be entitled to damages for any
breach by the Parties of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, NCPA and each Participant have, by the
signature of its duly authorized representative shown below, executed and
delivered a counterpart of this Agreement.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
POWER AGENCY
651 Commerce Drive
Roseville, CA 95678
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: General Counsel
Date:
CITY OF ALAMEDA
2000 Grand Street
P.O. Box H
Alameda, CA 94501
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
CITY OF BIGGS
465 “C” Street
Biggs, CA 95917
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
CITY OF GRIDLEY
685 Kentucky Street
Gridley, CA 95948
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
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CITY OF HEALDSBURG
401 Grove Street
Healdsburg, CA 95448
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
CITY OF LODI
221 W. Pine Street
Lodi, CA 95240
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
CITY OF LOMPOC
100 Civic Center Plaza
Lompoc, CA 93436
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
CITY OF OAKLAND, acting
by and through its
Board of Port Commissioners
530 Water Street
Oakland, CA 94607
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: Port General Counsel
Date:
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CITY OF PALO ALTO
250 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
PLUMAS-SIERRA RURAL
ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
73233 Highway 70
Portola, CA 96122
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: ________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: General Counsel
Date:
CITY OF UKIAH
300 Seminary Avenue
Ukiah, CA 95482
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title: __________________________
Date:
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Its: City Attorney
Date:
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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
The following is a list of the Participants who are signatory to this Agreement:
City of Alameda
City of Biggs
City of Gridley
City of Healdsburg
City of Lodi
City of Lompoc
City of Oakland, acting by and through its Board of Port Commissioners
City of Palo Alto
City of Ukiah
Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative
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ALLOCATION OF POWER POOL MANAGEMENT SERVICES COSTS
Pursuant to Section 8.1 of this Agreement, all costs associated with NCPA’s
provision of Power Pool Management Services to the Participants, including, but
not limited to, Administrative Services Costs and Power Pool Management
Services Costs, shall be allocated among the Participants in accordance with this
Agreement and the Power Management and Administrative Services Agreement.
Section 1. Allocation of Power Pool Management Services Costs. The costs
directly assigned to Power Pool Management Services budget categories, or that
are directly assigned or are allocated to the Pool Operating Entity, pursuant to
the Power Management and Administrative Services Agreement, shall be
allocated among the Participants using the following methodology:
Allocation Basis A – Applicable through the end of Fiscal Year 2014
Direct
Assignment
Categories Allocation Basis
Forecasting Pool & BART (78% Load / 22% Contracts)
Resource Planning Pool & BART (78% Load / 22% Contracts)
Prescheduling Pool (78% Load / 22% Contracts)
Power Pool Administration Pool (78% Load / 22% Contracts)
Pooling Committee Pool (78% Load / 22% Contracts)
Industry Restructuring Pool (78% Load / 22% Contracts)
Risk Management Pool & BART (78% Load / 22% Contracts)
TANC Representation TANC Participation Percentages
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Western Representation Western Base Resource Percentages **
Scheduling Coordination Pool (78% Load / 22% Contracts)
Real-Time Dispatch Pool (78% Load / 22% Contracts)
** Includes Truckee-Donner PUD
Allocation Basis B – Applicable Beginning Fiscal Year 2015
Direct
Assignment
Categories Allocation Basis
Forecasting
Pool & BART (33.3% Load / 33.3% Contracts /
33.3% Pool Resources)
Resource Planning
Pool & BART (33.3% Load / 33.3% Contracts /
33.3% Pool Resources)
Prescheduling
Pool (33.3% Load / 33.3% Contracts / 33.3% Pool
Resources)
Power Pool
Administration
Pool (33.3% Load / 33.3% Contracts / 33.3% Pool
Resources)
Pooling Committee
Pool (33.3% Load / 33.3% Contracts / 33.3% Pool
Resources)
Industry Restructuring
Pool (33.3% Load / 33.3% Contracts / 33.3% Pool
Resources)
Risk Management
Pool & BART (33.3% Load / 33.3% Contracts /
33.3% Pool Resources)
TANC Representation TANC Participation Percentages
Western Representation Western Base Resource Percentages **
Scheduling Coordination
Pool (33.3% Load / 33.3% Contracts / 33.3% Pool
Resources)
Real-Time Dispatch
Pool (33.3% Load / 33.3% Contracts / 33.3% Pool
Resources)
** Includes Truckee-Donner PUD
Section 2. Cost Allocation Review Process. Subsequent to the Effective Date
of this Agreement, a Participant may submit a written notice to the General
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Manager requesting that the Power Pool Management Services Costs allocation
methodology, as set forth in Section 1 of this Pooling Schedule 2, be evaluated to
determine if the allocation methodology is consistent with the principle of cost
causation, and is representative of the benefits received by the Participants for
services provided under this Agreement. Such request must include a statement
explaining the basis on which the Participant believes the Power Pool
Management Services Costs allocation methodology should be amended, and
include a description of what changes the Participant proposes to make to the
Power Pool Management Services Costs allocation methodology.
Upon receiving such written request the General Manager shall establish
an ad hoc committee of Participants. The ad hoc committee shall meet and
review the Power Pool Management Services Costs allocation methodology.
Upon completing is review of the proposal and the Pool Management Services
Costs allocation methodology, the ad hoc committee shall provide
recommendations for amendments to the Power Pool Management Services
Costs allocation methodology, if any, to the General Manager. Adoption of any
proposed amendments to the Pool Management Services Costs Allocation
methodology shall be subject to the provisions of Section 3 of this Agreement.
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FORECASTING
Section 1. Forecasting Overview. Electric load forecasts are required for a
number of reasons by various entities. These entities include, but are not limited
to, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (“PG&E”), the CAISO, the California
Energy Commission (“CEC”) and NCPA. For example, the Interconnection
Agreement between NCPA, PG&E and certain Members (“IA”) states that
“NCPA shall provide PG&E with NCPA’s electric load planning data by October
15 of each year. Such electric load planning data shall contain the best estimate of
NCPA’s electric system load for the next five-year period being served at Points
of Interconnection.” The MSS Agreement states that “NCPA shall provide to the
CAISO annually its ten-year forecasts of Demand growth … Such forecast shall
be provided on the date that Utility Distribution Companies are required to
provide similar forecasts and shall be provided in accordance with the CAISO
Tariff.” Changing regulations, such as resource adequacy and NERC reporting,
may generate new forecasting requirements and deadlines.
Each Participant may also have its own internal forecast requirements that
may be different from the requirements established by PG&E, CAISO, CEC, and
NCPA. When Participants have a need to update their forecasts, NCPA will
incorporate such updated forecast information in its database. NCPA will use a
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Participant’s most recent forecast held in the NCPA database when fulfilling
reporting and regulatory requirements, as they may exist. In addition to using a
Participant’s most recent forecast held in the NCPA database to fulfill reporting
and regulatory requirements, NCPA will use such data for budget and invoicing
purposes, and to develop load and resource balance information pursuant to
Section 5 of this Agreement.
Section 2. Data Requirements. Pursuant to California Code of Regulations,
Title 20, Section 1306(a)(1) and 1307(a)(1), the CEC requires each energy service
provider, electric retailer, gas retailer, utility distribution company and local
distribution company that sells electricity or gas to end-use customers in
California to report, on a quarterly basis, monthly electric and natural gas sales
data. When Participants submit this data directly to the CEC, Participants shall
also provide a copy of the data to NCPA staff. Instructions and timelines for
submitting this data may be found in the CEC publication “Electric/Gas Sales
and Electric Generation Data Collection, Forms and Instructions”, dated May
2001. The instructions are also available on the CEC website, and can be accessed
using the following web address:
http://www.energy.ca.gov/electricity/forms.html
Participants shall submit to NCPA estimated future energy and demand
savings resulting from implementation of energy efficiency programs. For
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Participants that submit their own forecasts to NCPA these savings should be
stated separately from their energy and peak demand forecasts. If a Participant
does not submit energy efficiency program estimates to NCPA, NCPA will
assume that no energy efficiency programs have been implemented by the
Participant.
Participants shall also submit to NCPA estimates of their load
management and/or demand response programs. A load management and/or
demand response program is generally described as a program in which the
utility can request (or require) a customer to curtail load during times of system
distress. For example, a residential air conditioning cycling program is
considered as a load management program in the context of this Agreement.
Participants shall report to NCPA a summary of all of its load management
and/or demand response programs by September 15 of each Calendar Year.
Throughout the year Participants shall report any changes or revisions to these
programs and their expectation of use, especially during the peak summer
periods. If a Participant does not submit load management and/or demand
response estimates to NCPA, NCPA will assume no load management and/or
demand response programs have been implemented by the Participant.
Section 3. Forecasts. In order to meet long-term forecasting requirements
Participants may choose to submit their own forecast or provide NCPA the
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historical data required for NCPA to develop a long-term forecast for the
Participant. A Participant submitting its own forecasts to NCPA shall do so
whenever the forecast is updated to ensure NCPA has current forecast
information. NCPA will develop revised forecasts in early fall of each year.
Each fifteen-year forecast shall include monthly energy (i.e., MWh measured at
the city meter(s)) and peak demand (i.e. MW integrated over the hour as
measured at city meter). The fifteen-year forecasts of monthly energy and peak
demand will be allocated to integrated hourly values by NCPA. The allocation
of forecast information should be made so NCPA can derive monthly coincident
peak demand forecasts for each Participant, and have available a forecast of
hourly loads for use by NCPA in the Plexos Modeling. Plexos Modeling is a
software tool that is used in the Annual Budget process and for long-term
resource planning.
The process used to develop forecasts, and the type of data used to
develop forecasts, shall remain dynamic in nature and may deviate from the
process described in this Pooling Schedule to meet revised requirements and/or
due dates driven by an ever-changing regulatory environment. As such, these
data requirements, forecasts, and due dates are subject to change. NCPA will
update this Pooling Schedule to reflect such change when appropriate.
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Each year, NCPA will produce and distribute a table showing the due
dates for all data and forecast submittals. The table will summarize the data
requirements and due dates for the data, and will summarize which Participants
are required to submit data to NCPA in accordance with the published schedule
for the upcoming Fiscal Year. It will also summarize data and forecast
requirements that NCPA must comply with in reporting forecast information to
state, federal, and other regulatory entities.
Section 4. Long-Term Forecast Scenarios. If long-term forecast scenarios are
required by NCPA or a regulatory authority, NCPA will develop the scenarios in
coordination with the Participants.
Section 5. Long-Term Forecast Documentation. Participants that produce
their own forecasts shall provide relevant documentation and support, and will
make staff available to provide explanations of their forecast methodology to the
applicable regulatory authorities, as requested.
Section 6. Short-Term Forecasts. NCPA will develop all short-term forecasts,
and will include input from Participants in such forecasts when provided. These
forecasts include the active day, day-ahead, week-ahead and month-ahead time
frames. The active-day forecasts are used to balance Pool load and system sales
and/or purchases in the CAISO intra-day markets. The day-ahead forecasts are
used to balance Pool load and system sales and/or purchases in the CAISO day-
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ahead markets. The rolling week-ahead forecasts are submitted to the CAISO on
a daily basis as required by the CAISO Tariff and the MSS Agreement. The
month-ahead forecasts are used to develop pre-month scheduling plans.
Monthly forecasts will integrate information included in the long-term and short-
term forecasts, and will include information such as current weather information,
economic and demographic data, and will include other relevant factors and
inputs provided by the Participants.
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NCPA CAPACITY POOL
Section 1. NCPA Capacity Pool. Pursuant to Section 5.2 of this Agreement,
each Participant is required to comply with capacity reserve requirements
established by its applicable regulatory authority. Each Participant may comply
with such requirements by either participating in the NCPA Capacity Pool or by
providing a compliance demonstration pursuant to the rules and criteria
established by its applicable regulatory authority. This Pooling Schedule 4
establishes the rules and criteria for participating in the NCPA Capacity Pool,
and includes the NCPA Capacity Pool Capacity Transfer Process.
The NCPA Capacity Pool participants recognize that to achieve a high
degree of reliability in the electric service supplied to their customers, an amount
of resources sufficient to meet both the immediate loads of their customers and
to also permit maintenance, to provide for planning and forced generation
outages, and to account for load forecast errors is required. In order to achieve a
high degree of reliability in the electric service supplied to their customers, the
NCPA Capacity Pool participants have elected to develop a common set of
mandatory standards and criteria against which Participants that elect to
participate in the NCPA Capacity Pool will be measured to determine if
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Participants have acquired sufficient capacity to maintain the desired high
degree of reliability.
The CAISO Tariff contains provisions requiring all load serving entities
that have a peak demand exceeding one (1) MW, and that serve demand within
the CAISO balancing authority area, to demonstrate that they have acquired
sufficient capacity to meet both a planning reserve margin established by their
applicable regulatory authority, and local capacity area resource requirements
established by the CAISO. Each of the Participants currently operates within the
CAISO balancing authority area as Load Following Metered Subsystem Entities
and are signatories to the MSS Agreement. Pursuant to the CAISO Tariff Load
Following Metered Subsystem Entities are required to provide to the CAISO a
resource adequacy plan and to comply with local capacity area resource
requirements established by the CAISO.
The right to establish certain requirements set forth in the CAISO Tariff
has been delegated to the Participant’s applicable regulatory authority. As a
result, the NCPA Capacity Pool participants have been granted the right to
establish the following provisions which are utilized within the overall
compliance program:
(i) planning reserve margin; and
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(ii) rule and criteria for calculating Qualifying Capacity and eligible
resource types
The NCPA Capacity Pool allows Participants to aggregate capacity
resources to comply with capacity reserve requirements, and to establish a
mechanism to transfer surplus capacity among the NCPA Capacity Pool
participants, as required. As further described below, there are rules and criteria
for participating in the NCPA Capacity Pool, and rules and criteria used to
coordinate the transfer of capacity between participants in the NCPA Capacity
Pool.
Section 2. General Rules and Criteria for Participating in the NCPA
Capacity Pool.
2.1 Participation. Participation in the NCPA Capacity Pool is
voluntary. In order to participate in the NCPA Capacity Pool during the
applicable compliance period, a Participant must inform NCPA, in writing, of its
election to participate in the NCPA Capacity Pool two (2) weeks after the later of
the:
(i) July Commission meeting;
(ii) date on which the capacity prices for system and local area
capacity are developed and approved by the Commission; or
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(iii) date on which the CAISO and/or CEC publishes the final local
area capacity requirements and monthly coincident peak demand determination
information that will be used to calculate each Participant’s capacity reserve
obligation.
Such election must be made prior to the annual system and local area
compliance deadline for the applicable compliance period. Additional elections
as described in this Pooling Schedule 4 are also due to be submitted as part of the
annual election to participate. Once a Participant has elected to participate in the
NCPA Capacity Pool, the Participant must continue to participate in the NCPA
Capacity Pool in accordance with Pooling Schedules 4 and 5 for a minimum of
one (1) year before it may elect to withdraw from the NCPA Capacity Pool. Once
a Participant has elected to participate in the NCPA Capacity Pool, the
Participant will continue to be recognized as a NCPA Capacity Pool participant
until a notice of withdrawal has been received by NCPA from the participant. If
a participant elects to withdraw from the NCPA Capacity Pool, the notification of
withdrawal must be made to NCPA, in writing, on the same date in which
Participants are required to elect to participate in the NCPA Capacity Pool for the
applicable compliance period. Once a Participant has withdrawn from the
NCPA Capacity Pool the Participant may not elect to rejoin the NCPA Capacity
Pool until the specified election date for the compliance year following the
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compliance year from which it has withdrawn (i.e., minimum one (1) year
withdrawal).
2.2 Delegation of Authority. NCPA Capacity Pool participants are
required to comply with common rules and criteria unless a participant identifies
within its election to participate its choice to limit the type of resources that are
eligible to be recognized as qualifying capacity in accordance with Pooling
Schedule 5. In such case, the participant choosing not to include an identified
resource type within its compliance demonstration will be unable to transfer
such capacity within the NCPA Capacity Pool in accordance with Pooling
Schedule 4. Other than any elected exception, the common rules and criteria are
documented within the NCPA Capacity Pool Resource Adequacy Program
contained in Pooling Schedule 5. Included within the NCPA Capacity Pool
Resource Adequacy Program are common standards including the development
of a planning reserve margin and rules and criteria used to calculate resource
adequacy qualifying capacity. By electing to become a participant in the NCPA
Capacity Pool, and by executing this Agreement, a Participant, and its applicable
regulatory authority, are therefore delegating the authority granted to it, as
stated in the CAISO tariff, to establish an applicable planning reserve margin and
to develop a common set of rules and criteria used to calculate resource
adequacy qualifying capacity to the Commission.
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2.3 Establishment of Common Rules and Criteria for Compliance.
Each of the NCPA Capacity Pool participants shall comply with the common
rules and criteria contained in the NCPA Capacity Pool Resource Adequacy
Program documented within Pooling Schedule 5 unless a participant chooses to
elect to limit the type of resources that are eligible to be counted as qualifying
capacity. For example, a participant may elect not to include Firm Energy
Contracts as qualifying capacity within its compliance demonstration. Such
election will be incorporated into the capacity transfer process. The NCPA
Capacity Pool Resource Adequacy Program establishes the following categories
of common rules and criteria:
(i) compliance demonstration;
(ii) demand forecast determination;
(iii) planning reserve margin;
(iv) CAISO authority to dispatch NCPA generation facilities;
(v) resource adequacy qualifying capacity rules and criteria; and
(vi) compliance and enforcement.
2.4 System and Local Area Capacity Resource Demonstrations. NCPA,
acting as Scheduling Coordinator, on behalf of the NCPA Capacity Pool
participants, is required to submit an annual and monthly system capacity
demonstration and an annual local area capacity demonstration to the CAISO.
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These demonstrations will be made according to the schedule and format
specified within the NCPA Capacity Pool Resource Adequacy Program. NCPA
will evaluate each individual NCPA Capacity Pool participant’s portfolio to
determine if that participant maintains an amount of capacity that is either
surplus or deficient relative to its system and/or local area capacity reserve
requirements. All capacity transactions with Third Parties and/or among
Participants not executed pursuant to Pooling Schedule 4 will also be included in
this evaluation. The results of this evaluation will be used by NCPA for the
purpose of calculating the transfer of surplus capacity within the NCPA Capacity
Pool, as required. NCPA will submit an aggregate system and local area
capacity demonstration, on behalf of the NCPA Capacity Pool participants and
the non NCPA Capacity Pool Participants to the CAISO. Such demonstrations
will include an amount of capacity that is equal to or less than each Participant’s
respective capacity reserve requirement, limited only by the amount of capacity
maintained within a Participant’s portfolio (i.e., only if a Participant maintains an
amount of capacity that is less than their capacity reserve requirement will an
amount of capacity less than the Participant’s requirement be included within the
aggregate demonstrations). This evaluation will be performed in accordance
with Pooling Schedules 4 and 5. The aggregate system and local area capacity
demonstrations will reflect all capacity transfers within the NCPA Capacity Pool
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made in accordance with this Pooling Schedule 4, for the applicable compliance
period.
2.5 Transfer of Surplus Capacity. At the time a Participant is required
to submit its election to participate in the NCPA Capacity Pool a Participant must
include within its written election: (1) its choice to transfer only Type A capacity,
or to transfer both Type A and Type B capacity, (2) its election to participate in
the NCPA Capacity Pool as a Primary participant or a Secondary participant,
and (3) identify any qualifying capacity maintained within its portfolio that it
chooses not to transfer in the NCPA Capacity Pool for all, or a portion of the
applicable compliance year. For example, at the time a new resource is under
construction, and an exact commercial operational date for such resource has not
been confirmed, a participant may choose not to transfer capacity sourced from
such resource in the NCPA Capacity Pool to mitigate its risk of replacement, as
described under this Pooling Schedule 4, that could result if the actual resource
commercial operational date is delayed. Regardless of such election a participant
may continue use such capacity to satisfy its own compliance requirements.
2.6 Type A and Type B Election. Each participant is required to elect
the type of capacity it will transfer in the NCPA Capacity Pool. Capacity
transferred in the NCPA Capacity Pool is categorized as either Type A or Type B
capacity. The following is a description of Type A and Type B capacity:
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(i) Type A capacity is capacity recognized to be qualifying capacity
pursuant to the rules and criteria identified in Pooling Schedule 5, but does not
include qualifying capacity sourced from Firm Energy Contracts or Industry
Standard Contracts with Damages Provisions; and
(ii) Type B capacity is capacity recognized to be qualifying capacity
pursuant to the rules and criteria identified in Pooling Schedule 5, but only
includes qualifying capacity sourced from Firm Energy Contracts or Industry
Standard Contracts with Damages Provisions.
Type A capacity may include both system and/or local area capacity.
Type B capacity includes only system capacity. If a participant fails to make such
election the default election is to transfer both Type A and Type B capacity.
Capacity that is maintained by a NCPA Capacity Pool participant that is surplus
to that participant’s system and/or local area capacity reserve requirement will be
automatically transferred to any and all participants within the NCPA Capacity
Pool that are deficient in meeting their respective system and/or local area
capacity reserve requirement, in accordance with the Pooling Schedule 4. NCPA
Capacity Pool participants who have elected only to transfer Type A capacity
will only be allocated Type A capacity if they are determined to be deficient.
NCPA Capacity Pool participants who have elected to transfer Type A and Type
B capacity will be allocated both Type A and Type B capacity if they are
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determined to be deficient. NCPA Capacity Pool participants who have surplus
Type A and/or Type B capacity may transfer surplus capacity to those deficient
participants who have elected to transfer each respective capacity type. Such
capacity will be allocated in accordance with this Pooling Schedule 4. Only a
total amount of surplus capacity equal to or less than the total amount of
deficiency within the aggregate NCPA Capacity Pool will be transferred among
participants. Any surplus capacity greater than the aggregate deficiency within
the NCPA Capacity Pool will not be transferred among the NCPA Capacity Pool
participants as part of the NCPA Capacity Pool. The process for transferring
surplus capacity within the NCPA Capacity Pool, and for developing the pricing
of such transfer, is described in this Pooling Schedule 4.
Capacity that is transferred from a NCPA Capacity Pool participant to a
Participant who has not elected to participate in the NCPA Capacity Pool, or to a
Third Party, will be transacted pursuant to a separate agreement.
2.7 Primary Participant and Secondary Participant Election. Each
participant is required to elect to participate in the NCPA Capacity Pool as a
Primary participant or a Secondary participant. If a participant fails to make
such election the default election will be Primary participant. The following is a
description of each type of NCPA Capacity Pool participant:
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(i) a Primary participant is a participant who elects to transfer
capacity in all months of the applicable compliance year in which the participant
maintains either a surplus amount of capacity, or is deficient in satisfying its
compliance requirements. Such participation will not be limited to a predefined
set of months selected by the participant; and
(ii) a Secondary participant is a participant who chooses to transfer
capacity only during those months that are preselected by the participant in
which the participant maintains either a surplus amount of capacity, or is
deficient in satisfying its compliance requirements. At the time NCPA Capacity
Pool participant elections are due, a Secondary participant is required to identify
the months during the applicable compliance period in which it will participate
in the NCPA Capacity Pool.
Primary participants will be given priority regarding capacity transferred
in the NCPA Capacity Pool. Secondary participants will only be eligible to
transfer, or receive, capacity through the NCPA Capacity Pool once the
compliance requirements of all Primary participants have been satisfied. For
example, if the amount of surplus capacity available to be transferred in the
NCPA Capacity Pool, in any particular month, is less than or equal to the
deficiency of all Primary participants, all Primary participants will be allocated
such surplus capacity prior to any capacity being allocated to Secondary
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participants. Only to the extent that the amount of surplus capacity available to
be transferred in the NCPA Capacity Pool, in any particular month, is greater
than the deficiency of all Primary participants will such excess surplus capacity
be transferred to Secondary participants who are deficient in satisfying their
respective compliance requirements. Pooling Schedule 4 describes the transfer
process that applies to Primary and Secondary participants.
Section 3. NCPA Capacity Pool Transfer Process. One of the objectives of
developing the NCPA Capacity Pool is to create a process in which capacity
maintained by NCPA Capacity Pool participants that is surplus to their
respective capacity reserve requirement can be transacted in an efficient manner.
As stated in this Pooling Schedule 4, once a Participant has voluntarily elected to
participate in the NCPA Capacity Pool, a Participant will be required to
participate in the automatic capacity transfer process described below. Each
NCPA Capacity Pool participant’s capacity portfolio will be evaluated to
determine if that participant is surplus and/or deficient in complying with the
capacity reserve requirements established by its applicable regulatory authority.
To the extent there are NCPA Capacity Pool participants who maintain capacity
that is surplus to their respective capacity reserve requirements, and there are
NCPA Capacity Pool participants who are deficient in complying with their
respective capacity reserve requirements, NCPA, through this Pooling Schedule
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and the All Resources Bill, will automatically transfer capacity among the
surplus and deficient NCPA Capacity Pool participants, in accordance with each
NCPA Capacity Pool participant’s Type A and Type B capacity election, and
Primary or Secondary participation election. This capacity transfer process is
described in this Pooling Schedule 4.
3.1 System and Local Area Capacity Transfer Timing. System and
local area capacity will be transferred in accordance with the schedule described
in this Section of Pooling Schedule 4:
3.1.1 Local Area Capacity. Local area capacity will be
transferred twice annually. The first local area capacity transfer will be
executed five (5) business days after the date on which Participants are
required to submit an election to participate within the NCPA Capacity Pool,
among participants who have elected to transfer Type A capacity, for the
applicable compliance period. The second local area capacity transfer will be
executed approximately five (5) business days prior to the date the local area
capacity compliance demonstration is due to be submitted to the CAISO.
This transfer process will be conducted prior to any system capacity
transfers because local area capacity is equally effective at meeting both local
area and system capacity requirements.
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3.1.2 System Capacity. System capacity will be transferred
twice annually, and once each month during the applicable compliance
period.
(i) The first annual system capacity transfer will be executed five (5)
business days after the date on which Participants are required to submit an
election to participate within the NCPA Capacity Pool, among participants who
have elected to transfer Type A and/or Type B capacity, for the applicable
compliance period. The second annual system capacity transfer will be executed
approximately five (5) business days prior to the date the applicable compliance
demonstration is due to be submitted to the CAISO. This transfer process will be
executed after any local area capacity transfers are conducted. Pooling Schedule
5 describes the annual system capacity reserve requirement and demonstration
process, in which participants will demonstrate an amount of qualifying capacity
that is equal to or greater than ninety percent (90%) of their respective monthly
coincident peak demand determination plus the monthly planning reserve
margin, established in Pooling Schedule 5, for each or any of the five summer
months, May through September, of the applicable compliance period. Unless
otherwise elected by a participant, only to the extent that a participant’s system
capacity position is greater than one-hundred percent (100%) of their respective
monthly coincident peak demand determination plus the monthly planning
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reserve margin for each or any of the five summer months, established in Pooling
Schedule 5, for the applicable compliance period, will either Type A and/or Type
B system capacity be transferred from a surplus participant to a deficient
participant through the NCPA Capacity Pool capacity transfer process.
If a participant provides notice to NCPA, in writing, as part of its
election to participate within the NCPA Capacity Pool for the applicable
compliance period, that it would like to transfer Type A and/or Type B system
capacity that is maintained within its capacity portfolio that is in excess of its
ninety percent (90%) annual system capacity requirement for each or any of the
five summer months, as specified in Pooling Schedule 5, then NCPA will transfer
any Type A and/or Type B capacity that is greater than a participant’s annual
system requirement to deficient participants, in accordance with their Type A
and Type B election status, for the duration of the applicable compliance period.
(ii) System capacity will be transferred once monthly, among
participants who have elected to transfer Type A and/or Type B capacity,
approximately five (5) business days prior to the date the applicable compliance
demonstration is due to be submitted to the CAISO. Pooling Schedule 5
describes the monthly system capacity reserve requirement and demonstration
process, in which participants will demonstrate a quantity of qualifying capacity
that is equal to or less than one-hundred percent (100%) of their respective
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monthly coincident peak demand determination plus the monthly planning
reserve margin, established in Pooling Schedule 5, for the applicable compliance
period.
3.2 System and Local Area Capacity Transfer Billing Process. Amounts
to be paid or charged resulting from the transfer of system and/or local area
capacity among NCPA Capacity Pool participants, pursuant to this Pooling
Schedule 4, for the applicable compliance year will be included within the All
Resources Bill. The total amount of funds transacted in the annual transfer of
system and local area capacity within the NCPA Capacity Pool will be paid to or
charged to the appropriate participants within the All Resources Bill in twelve
(12) equal monthly payments over the duration of the applicable compliance
year. The total amount of funds transacted in the monthly transfer of system
capacity within the NCPA Capacity Pool will be paid to or charged to the
appropriate participants within the All Resources Bill the month following the
transfer of capacity.
3.3 Development of Capacity Balance for Capacity Transfer Process
and Compliance Demonstrations. For each applicable capacity transfer and
compliance period, NCPA will develop a capacity balance for each of the NCPA
Capacity Pool participants. A revised and updated capacity balance will be
distributed to the NCPA Capacity Pool participants prior to the submission of
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each resource adequacy demonstration to the CAISO (including both annual and
monthly submissions developed and provided in accordance with Pooling
Schedule 5). Each NCPA Capacity Pool participant is responsible for reviewing
the current capacity balance distributed by NCPA to ensure all capacity that is
maintained by the participant is accounted for and reflected accurately in the
capacity balance. If a NCPA Capacity Pool participant identifies a discrepancy in
the current capacity balance developed and distributed by NCPA, the participant
must contact NCPA to inform NCPA of the discrepancy. If, per mutual
agreement between the participant and NCPA, it is determined that a correction
to the current capacity balance is required, NCPA will update and redistribute
the capacity balance. If NCPA has not received notice from a NCPA Capacity
Pool participant(s), within three (3) days prior to the applicable capacity transfer
or resource adequacy annual or monthly demonstration deadline, that there is a
discrepancy in the current capacity balance, the capacity balance will be deemed
accurate and will be made final, and will be used for the next applicable capacity
transfer process and/or resource adequacy demonstration.
3.4 Evaluation of Surplus/Deficient Capacity Positions for Capacity
Transfer Process. Once the applicable capacity balance developed by NCPA has
been certified and deemed final, NCPA will evaluate each NCPA Capacity Pool
participant’s resulting system and/or local area capacity balance to determine if
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they maintain system and/or local area capacity that is surplus to their needs, or
if they maintain system and/or local area capacity that is deficient in meeting its
capacity reserve requirement for the applicable compliance period. This analysis
will separately account for each type of capacity that qualifies as Type A or Type
B capacity. Type A and Type B capacity will be used in the following manner to
satisfy a participant’s capacity reserve requirement:
(i) A participant’s Type A capacity will be used first to meet its
system and/or local area capacity reserve requirement;
(ii) If a participant’s total amount of Type A local area capacity is
equal to or less than its local area capacity reserve requirement, then the total
amount of the participant’s Type A local area capacity will be used to satisfy its
capacity reserve requirements;
(iii) If a participant’s total amount of Type A local area capacity is
greater than its local area capacity reserve requirement, then the amount of Type
A local area capacity that is surplus to its need will be treated as surplus local
area capacity that is available for transfer unless the following conditions apply1:
1 The objective of step 3 is to provide a participant who maintains surplus local
area capacity, but who is deficient in meeting its system capacity reserve
requirement, the ability to simultaneously sell local area capacity and buy system
capacity to maximize the amount of surplus local area capacity available for
transfer within the NCPA Capacity Pool. Only to the extent that there is
insufficient system capacity available for transfer from the NCPA Capacity Pool
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(a) if a participant’s total amount of Type A and Type B
system capacity is less than its system capacity reserve requirement not met with
Type A local area capacity, and there is insufficient surplus system capacity
available for transfer from the NCPA Capacity Pool to fulfill its system capacity
reserve requirement, an amount of the participant’s surplus local area capacity
will be used to meet its remaining system capacity reserve requirement; or
(b) if a participant’s total amount of Type A and Type B
system capacity is less than its system capacity reserve requirement not met with
Type A local area capacity, and the total amount of the participant’s surplus local
area capacity cannot be transferred to other participants within the NCPA
Capacity Pool, an amount of the participant’s surplus local area capacity which
cannot be transferred to other participants within the NCPA Capacity Pool will
be used to meet a portion or all of its remaining system capacity reserve
requirement.
(iv) If a participant’s total amount of Type A system capacity is
equal to or less than its system capacity reserve requirement not met with Type
to meet the participant’s system capacity reserve deficiency, or if the total
amount of the participant’s surplus local area capacity cannot be transferred
within the NCPA Capacity Pool, will a quantity of that participant’s surplus local
area capacity be used to meet its system capacity reserve requirements above the
amount used to meet its local area capacity reserve requirement.
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A local area capacity, then the total amount of the participant’s Type A system
capacity will be used to satisfy its capacity reserve requirement;
(v) If a participant’s total amount of Type A system capacity is
greater than its system capacity reserve requirement not met with local area
capacity, then the amount of Type A system capacity that is surplus to its total
needs will be treated as surplus system capacity that is available for transfer; and
(vi) If a participant’s total amount of Type A capacity is less than its
system capacity reserve requirement then an amount of Type B capacity equal to
or less than its remaining system capacity reserve requirement, that has not been
met with Type A local area capacity and Type A system capacity, will be used to
meet its need, otherwise any amount of Type B capacity that is greater than its
remaining system capacity reserve requirement will be treated as surplus system
capacity that is available for transfer.
NCPA will evaluate the capacity balance of each participant to determine
if any NCPA Capacity Pool participants are deficient in meeting their applicable
system and/or local area capacity reserve requirements. If a single or a collection
of NCPA Capacity Pool participants are deficient in meeting their applicable
system and/or local area capacity reserve requirements, NCPA will calculate the
total amount of system and/or local area deficiency within the NCPA Capacity
Pool. Once any deficiency has been confirmed, NCPA will determine if any
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NCPA Capacity Pool participants maintain surplus system and/or local area
capacity within the NCPA Capacity Pool that could either partially or fully offset
the identified deficiency. Such surplus capacity will be distinctly accounted for
as Type A local area capacity, Type A system capacity or Type B system capacity.
If the total amount of surplus system and/or local area capacity within the NCPA
Capacity Pool is equal to or less than the total system and/or local area
deficiency, all surplus system and/or local area capacity will be transferred
between the surplus and deficient NCPA Capacity Pool participants limited only
by each participant’s election to transfer Type A and/or Type B capacity, and
each Participant’s election to participate in the NCPA Capacity Pool as a Primary
or Secondary participant. If the total amount of surplus system and/or local area
capacity within the NCPA Capacity Pool is greater than the total system and/or
local area deficiency, only an amount of surplus system and/or local area
capacity equal to the total system and/or local area capacity deficiency will be
transferred within the NCPA Capacity Pool, limited by each participant’s
election to transfer Type A and/or Type B capacity.
3.5 NCPA Capacity Pool Transfer. Surplus Type A system and/or local
area capacity will be transferred among participants prior to Type B system
capacity. Local area capacity transfers will be identified and completed using
the capacity transfer process prior to system capacity transfers. System capacity
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transfers will be identified and completed using the capacity transfer process
only after the initial local area capacity transfers have been completed. If a
NCPA Capacity Pool participant(s) has been found to be deficient in meeting a
system and/or local area compliance requirement, and an amount of surplus
system and/or local area capacity has been identified to be available for transfer,
then NCPA, acting as NCPA Capacity Pool administrator, will transfer the
identified surplus system and/or local area capacity to the NCPA Capacity Pool
participant(s) that are deficient in meeting a capacity reserve requirement. If the
total amount of surplus system and/or local area capacity available for transfer,
in a specific month, is equal to or less than the total deficiency of all Primary
participants, such surplus capacity will only be transferred to Primary
participants and no surplus capacity will be transferred to Secondary
participants. If the total amount of surplus system and/or local area capacity
available for transfer, in a specific month, is greater than the total deficiency of all
Primary participants, Secondary participants will be transferred a share of such
excess surplus capacity in accordance with the transfer process described below.
Only the type of capacity elected to be transferred by a participant, either Type A
and/or Type B capacity, will be transferred to the deficient participant if
available. The amount of surplus system and/or local area capacity that will be
transferred between surplus and deficient participants will be equal to or less
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than the amount of deficiency identified and limited only by each deficient
participant’s capacity type election. Any surplus system and/or local area
capacity in excess of the total identified system and/or local area deficiencies will
not be transferred within the NCPA Capacity Pool. The following steps will be
used to transfer surplus system and/or local area capacity within the NCPA
Capacity Pool:
(i) Using the final capacity balance developed by NCPA, NCPA
will identify the quantity of capacity deficiency for each NCPA Capacity Pool
participant who has been found to be deficient in meeting its applicable capacity
reserve requirement;
(ii) Using the information developed in this Pooling Schedule 4,
NCPA will identify the quantity of capacity that is surplus to each NCPA
Capacity Pool participant’s need, by category (i.e., Type A local area capacity,
Type A system capacity or Type B system capacity), which is available for
transfer;
(iii) NCPA will calculate the total quantity of surplus capacity
available for transfer, by category (i.e., Type A local area capacity, Type A system
capacity or Type B system capacity), within the NCPA Capacity Pool;
(iv) NCPA will calculate each surplus participant’s proportionate
share of the total NCPA Capacity Pool surplus by category (i.e., Type A local
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area capacity, Type A system capacity or Type B system capacity), which is
available for transfer;
(v) A quantity of surplus capacity equal to the lesser of one (1) MW
or the deficient participant’s calculated deficiency, will be allocated to the
deficient Primary participant based on its respective capacity type election,
unless the total amount of surplus capacity available for transfer (as calculated in
step 3) is less than the total amount to be transferred under this step 5, in which
case the total amount of surplus capacity will be equally allocated to each
deficient Primary participant, but such amount shall not exceed a deficient
Primary participant’s total deficiency2;
(vi) If after step (v) of the transfer process an amount of surplus
capacity remains available, a quantity of surplus capacity equal to or less than
the remaining total amount of NCPA Capacity Pool Primary participants’
deficiency will be allocated, by capacity type, to the deficient Primary
participants based on their proportionate share of the remaining NCPA Capacity
Pool Primary participants’ deficiency. A participant will only be allocated the
capacity type(s) it has elected to transfer;
2 Step 5 of the capacity transfer process is intended to ensure all deficient Primary
participants, regardless of the size of their respective deficiency as compared to
other Primary participants, will receive a transfer of surplus capacity that is
equal to the lesser of one (1) MW or their respective deficiency, pending the
availability of surplus capacity.
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(vii) If an amount of surplus capacity remains available, in a given
month, after the deficiency of all Primary participants has been fully satisfied,
such remaining surplus capacity will be proportionately allocated, by capacity
type, to Secondary participants who are deficient in meeting their respective
compliance requirement for those months that each Secondary participant has
elected to participate in the NCPA Capacity Pool. The amount of surplus
capacity transferred to Secondary participants will not exceed a Secondary
participant’s deficiency; and
(viii) The total amount paid for the quantity of surplus capacity
transferred to deficient participants will be allocated to the surplus participants
based on their proportionate share of the total NCPA Capacity Pool surplus by
category (i.e., Type A local area capacity, Type A system capacity or Type B
system capacity).
The results of the capacity transfers will be accounted for in the applicable
capacity demonstration for the term of the transfer.
3.6 Assignment of Charges or Penalties for Disqualified System and
Local Area Capacity. Once system and local area capacity demonstrations are
submitted to the CAISO, the CAISO will evaluate the demonstration to
determine if it is in compliance with the applicable capacity reserve
requirements. Pursuant to the CAISO Tariff, CAISO will review such
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demonstrations and will identify if such satisfies a participant’s compliance
requirement. Pursuant to this review, if the CAISO disqualifies an amount of
capacity that is maintained within a NCPA Capacity Pool participant’s portfolio,
CAISO will provide notice to the participant’s Scheduling Coordinator that such
capacity has been disqualified. At such time the disqualified capacity may be
replaced by the participant in accordance with the rules and timelines set forth in
the CAISO Tariff. If NCPA, acting as Scheduling Coordinator on behalf of the
participants, receives notice from the CAISO that it has disqualified an amount of
capacity that is maintained within a NCPA Capacity Pool participant’s portfolio,
NCPA will promptly notify those participants impacted by such notice. If as a
result of CAISO’s disqualification of such capacity NCPA incurs a penalty or
charge from the CAISO, the penalty or charge incurred by NCPA will be
allocated to the Participant(s) that maintained such capacity within its portfolio
prior to any system and/or local area capacity transfers. This allocation
methodology will ensure that any capacity that is transferred within the NCPA
Capacity Pool transfer process that is disqualified by the CAISO, and which
results in the assessment of charges or penalties, will not result in harm to the
procuring party, but instead provides an incentive to the selling party to provide
fully qualified capacity to the NCPA Capacity Pool.
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3.7 Assignment of Non-Availability Charges and Availability Incentive
Payments. Once system and/or local area capacity demonstrations are submitted
to the CAISO, the CAISO will measure the performance of such capacity in
accordance with the provisions of the CAISO Tariff. Pursuant to this review, if
the CAISO determines that such capacity has failed to perform in accordance
with the provisions of the CAISO Tariff resulting in non-availability charges
being assessed to NCPA, or if the CAISO determines that such capacity has
exceeded the performance standards in accordance with the provisions of the
CAISO tariff resulting in the credit of availability incentive payments to NCPA,
such charges and/or incentive payments will be allocated to Participant(s) that
maintained such capacity within its portfolio prior to any system and/or local
area capacity transfers. This allocation methodology will ensure that any
capacity that is transferred within the NCPA Capacity Pool transfer process that
either does not perform in accordance with the CAISO Tariff, or that exceeds the
performance standards in accordance with the provisions of the CAISO Tariff,
will not harm or provide an availability benefit to the procuring party, but
instead will provide an incentive to the selling party to offer capacity that meets
or exceeds the CAISO availability requirements contained within the CAISO
tariff to the NCPA Capacity Pool transfer process.
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3.8 Development of Capacity Transfer Pricing. All Capacity
transferred between participants within the NCPA Capacity Pool will be priced
in accordance with the provisions found within this section. Capacity pricing for
both system and local area capacity will be developed for use by the NCPA
Capacity Pool participants, and will not be effective for other non NCPA
Capacity Pool capacity transfers that NCPA may administer. Capacity pricing
for both system and local area capacity will be developed annually, and will be
established pursuant to Commission adoption and approval that will take place
at the Commission meeting held in July. If capacity prices for both system and
local area capacity are not adopted and approved by the Commission at the
Commission meeting held in July, capacity prices for both system and local area
capacity will be adopted and approved by the Commission during the next
available Commission meeting.
3.8.1 System and Local Area Capacity Pricing Alternatives.
The following alternatives or methodologies, or a combination of such, may
be utilized to develop a system and local area capacity price that will be used
within the NCPA Capacity Pool transfer process:
(i) negotiated price;
(ii) market price survey, formal or informal request for proposal; of
(iii) CAISO backstop procurement proxy value of capacity.
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An ad hoc group of NCPA Capacity Pool participants will be organized to
develop and propose a system and local area capacity price to the Commission
for adoption and approval, in a timeframe consistent with the approval process
described in this Pooling Schedule 4. If the established ad hoc group of NCPA
Capacity Pool participants is unable to collectively develop and propose a system
and local area capacity price to the Commission for adoption and approval, in a
timeframe consistent with the approval process described in this Pooling
Schedule 4, a default price will be established for system and local area capacity
as described in this Pooling Schedule 4.
3.8.2 Default System and Local Area Capacity Price. In the
event an established ad hoc group of NCPA Capacity Pool participants is
unable to collectively develop and propose a system and/or local area
capacity price to the Commission for adoption and approval, in a timeframe
consistent with the approval process described in this Pooling Schedule 4,
the following default system and local area capacity pricing methodologies
will be used to derive prices that will be used within the NCPA Capacity
Pool transfer process:
(i) the system capacity price that will be used for capacity transfers
within the NCPA Capacity Pool will be equal to the CAISO
proxy value of capacity, established within the CAISO Tariff, for
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backstop procurement multiplied by fifty percent (50%); the
system capacity price, expressed as a formula, is:
(a) System Capacity Price ($/kW-year) = CAISO Proxy Value
of Backstop Capacity * 0.5
(ii) the local area capacity price that will be used for capacity
transfers within the NCPA Capacity Pool will be equal to the CAISO proxy value
of capacity, established within the CAISO Tariff, for backstop procurement,
expressed as a formula:
(b) Local Capacity Price ($/kW-year) = CAISO Proxy Value
of Backstop Capacity
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NCPA CAPACITY POOL RESOURCE ADEQUACY PROGRAM
Section 1. Resource Adequacy Program. The NCPA Capacity Pool
participants recognize that to achieve a high degree of reliability in the electric
service supplied to their customers, an amount of resources sufficient to meet
both the immediate loads of their customers, and to also permit maintenance, to
provide for planned and forced outages, and to account for load forecast errors is
required. In order to achieve a high degree of reliability in the electric service
supplied to their customers, the NCPA Capacity Pool participants have
established this resource adequacy program to accomplish this goal, as found in
this Pooling Schedule 5, which includes the following information and
requirements:
(i) Applicability;
(ii) Compliance Demonstration;
(iii) Demand Forecast;
(iv) Planning Reserve Margin;
(v) CAISO Authority to Dispatch Qualifying Capacity;
(vi) Qualifying Capacity Rules and Criteria; and
(vii) Compliance and Enforcement.
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This NCPA Capacity Pool resource adequacy program has been
developed to coordinate with the rules and requirements incorporated in the
CAISO Tariff. This NCPA Capacity Pool resource adequacy program may be
modified by vote of the Commission. Any modifications to the NCPA Capacity
Pool resource adequacy program will be developed in accordance with the
Commission approval process. NCPA acts as Scheduling Coordinator on behalf
of the NCPA Capacity Pool participants. Capitalized terms not otherwise
defined within this Agreement shall be defined as set forth in the Master
Definitions Supplement of the MRTU Tariff.
Section 2. Applicability. Pursuant to Section 40 of the CAISO Tariff all Load
Serving Entities (“LSE”) and their respective Scheduling Coordinators, with
limited exemptions, are subject to certain resource adequacy requirements based
on its election of LSE status. The participants currently operates within the
CAISO balancing authority area as Load Following Metered Subsystem entities
and are signatories to the MSS Agreement, and are recognized as Load Following
Metered Subsystem entities regarding the application of resource adequacy
requirements. The NCPA Capacity Pool participants are required to comply
with the requirements encompassed within this resource adequacy program and
the CAISO Tariff, as applicable.
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The right to establish certain requirements set forth in the CAISO Tariff
has been delegated to the local regulatory authority of each applicable LSE. As a
result, the NCPA Capacity Pool participants have been granted the right to
establish the following provisions which are utilized within the NCPA Capacity
Pool Resource Adequacy Program:
(i) planning reserve margin; and
(ii) qualifying capacity rules and criteria, per resource type.
Pursuant to Pooling Schedule 4 the NCPA Capacity Pool participants, and
their respective authority(s) of competent jurisdiction, have delegated authority
to establish an effective planning reserve margin and to define rules and criteria
for calculating qualifying capacity to the Commission. As a result, the
Commission has established within this NCPA Capacity Pool Resource
Adequacy Program both the planning reserve margin and qualifying capacity
rules and criteria that are applicable to each of the NCPA Capacity Pool
participants. The planning reserve margin and qualifying capacity rules and
criteria found within this Pooling Schedule 5 are meant to establish a common
baseline set of rules applicable to the NCPA Capacity Pool participants. The
adopted planning reserve margin is found in this Pooling Schedule 5. The
adopted qualifying capacity rules and criteria are found in this Pooling Schedule
5.
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Section 3. Compliance Demonstration. Pursuant to the NCPA Capacity
Pool Resource Adequacy Program and the CAISO Tariff, the NCPA Capacity
Pool participants are required to provide a system and local area resource
adequacy demonstration to the CAISO that sets forth the amount of capacity
either procured or self-provided by the NCPA Capacity Pool participants to
satisfy the obligations described below. As a result, NCPA will submit, on behalf
of the NCPA Capacity participants, the following information to the CAISO:
3.1 Submission of Annual System Resource Adequacy Demonstration.
NCPA will submit an aggregate annual system resource adequacy
demonstration to the CAISO for the applicable compliance period, on behalf of
the NCPA Capacity Pool participants acting as Scheduling Coordinator, on a
schedule and in a format set forth by the CAISO Tariff and the CAISO business
practice manual for reliability requirements. The annual system resource
adequacy demonstration will include an aggregate monthly coincident peak
demand determination for the NCPA Capacity Pool participants for each of the
five summer months, May through September, of the applicable compliance
period, established pursuant to this Pooling Schedule 5, and identify the
megawatt (“MW”) quantity of Resource Adequacy Qualifying Capacity,
established pursuant to this Pooling Schedule 5, that the NCPA Capacity Pool
participants will rely upon to satisfy at least ninety percent (90%) of their
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respective monthly coincident peak demand determinations plus the monthly
planning reserve margin, established in this Pooling Schedule 5, for each of the
five summer months, May through September, of the applicable compliance
period.
3.2 Submission of Monthly System Resource Adequacy Demonstration.
NCPA will submit an aggregate monthly system resource adequacy
demonstration to the CAISO for the applicable compliance period, on behalf of
the NCPA Capacity Pool participants acting as Scheduling Coordinator, on a
schedule and in a format set forth by the CAISO Tariff and the CAISO business
practice manual for reliability requirements. The monthly system resource
adequacy demonstration will include an aggregate monthly coincident demand
determination for the NCPA Capacity Pool participants for the relevant
reporting month of the applicable compliance period, established pursuant to
this Pooling Schedule 5, and identify the megawatt (“MW”) quantity of resource
adequacy qualifying capacity, established pursuant to this Pooling Schedule 5,
that the NCPA Capacity Pool participants will rely upon to satisfy one-hundred
percent (100%) of their respective monthly coincident demand determinations
plus the monthly planning reserve margin, established in this of Pooling
Schedule 5, for the relevant reporting month of the applicable compliance period.
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3.3 Submission of Annual Local Area Resource Adequacy
Demonstration. NCPA will submit an aggregate annual local area capacity
resource adequacy demonstration to the CAISO for the applicable compliance
period, on behalf of the NCPA Capacity Pool participants acting as Scheduling
Coordinator, on a schedule and in a format set forth by the CAISO Tariff and the
CAISO business practice manual for reliability requirements. The annual local
area resource adequacy demonstration will identify the megawatt (“MW”)
quantity of resource adequacy qualifying capacity, established pursuant to this
Pooling Schedule 5, qualified as local capacity area resources that the NCPA
Capacity Pool participants will rely upon to satisfy the NCPA Capacity Pool
participants aggregate allocated responsibility for procurement of local capacity
area resources determined pursuant to the CAISO Tariff. The NCPA Capacity
Pool participant’s allocated responsibility for procurement of local capacity area
resources is based on the NCPA Capacity Pool participant’s proportionate share
of the Transmission Access Charge (“TAC”) area load at the time of the CAISO’s
annual coincident peak demand set forth in the annual peak demand forecast for
the next applicable compliance period, as determined by the California Energy
Commission (“CEC”). Those local capacity area resources identified within the
annual local area capacity resource adequacy demonstration will count towards
the NCPA Capacity Pool participants overall system capacity requirements in
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addition to meeting the NCPA Capacity Pool participant’s local resource
adequacy requirements.
3.4 Submission of Annual and Monthly Resource Adequacy Supply
Plans. A Load Following Metered Subsystem LSE is not required, pursuant to
the CAISO Tariff, to provide the CAISO with annual and monthly resource
adequacy Supply Plans for resource adequacy qualifying capacity that is used to
meet its own system and local area resource adequacy compliance obligations.
To the extent that a Load Following Metered Subsystem LSE provides resource
adequacy qualifying capacity to a reserve sharing Load Serving Entity or a
modified reserve sharing Load Serving Entity, its Scheduling Coordinator is
required to provide the CAISO with annual and monthly resource adequacy
Supply Plans for this quantity of resource adequacy qualifying capacity. As a
result, NCPA will submit annual and monthly resource adequacy Supply Plans
to the CAISO on behalf of the NCPA Capacity Pool participants (if required), on
a schedule and in a format set forth in the CAISO Tariff and the CAISO business
practice manual for reliability requirements. Both the annual and monthly
resource adequacy Supply Plans shall include a listing of the NCPA Capacity
Pool participant’s commitments to provide resource adequacy qualifying
capacity to any reserve sharing Load Serving Entity or modified reserve sharing
Load Serving Entity for the applicable compliance period.
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Section 4. Demand Forecast. Pursuant to the CAISO Tariff, the NCPA
Capacity Pool Resource Adequacy Program, as established in this Pooling
Schedule 5, shall utilize the monthly coincident peak demand determination
provided by the CEC for the applicable compliance period, which are based on
demand forecast data (“Demand Forecast”) submitted to the CEC by the NCPA
Capacity Pool participants, or, if the CEC does not produce a monthly coincident
peak demand determination for the NCPA Capacity Pool participants, the
monthly coincident peak demand determination produced by the CAISO for the
applicable compliance period for the NCPA Capacity Pool participants in
accordance with the CAISO Tariff and the applicable business practice manual,
using Demand Forecast data submitted to the CAISO by the NCPA Capacity
Pool participants. The monthly coincident peak demand determination
developed and provided by either the CEC or the CAISO are coincident with the
CAISO monthly system peak demand forecast for the applicable compliance
period. If the CEC or the CAISO fail to produce a monthly coincident peak
demand determination for the NCPA Capacity Pool participants, the monthly
coincident peak demand determination that will be used for resource adequacy
compliance in this Pooling Schedule 5 shall be equal to the sum of each NCPA
Capacity Pool participant’s share of the NCPA Pool’s monthly coincident peak
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Demand Forecasts for the applicable compliance period irrespective of the
CAISO system coincident peak.
Section 5. Planning Reserve Margin. Each NCPA Capacity Pool participant
shall maintain an amount of resource adequacy qualifying capacity, as described
in this Pooling Schedule 5, equal to no less than one-hundred fifteen percent
(115%) of the NCPA Capacity Pool participant’s peak hourly Demand Forecast
for the applicable compliance period. The resulting fifteen percent (15%)
capacity reserve margin which is in excess of the NCPA Capacity Pool
participant’s peak hourly Demand Forecast, for the applicable month, is referred
to as the planning reserve margin within this Pooling Schedule 5.
Section 6. CAISO Authority to Dispatch Generation Facilities. As a Load
Following Metered Subsystem Entity, each NCPA Capacity Pool participant is
only required to comply with a limited set of provisions contain within the
CAISO Tariff, and is not required to make available its resource adequacy
qualifying capacity used to meet its capacity reserve requirements to the CAISO
for dispatch in the day-ahead or real-time market. However, the CAISO has
authority to dispatch each Participant’s resource adequacy qualifying capacity
used to meet its capacity reserve requirements pursuant to the terms of the MSS
Agreement.
Section 7. Resource Adequacy Qualifying Capacity Rules and Criteria.
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7.1 Resource Adequacy Qualifying Capacity. Resource adequacy
qualifying capacity shall be the quantity of capacity from a resource, stated in
megawatts (“MW”), which is listed within the resource adequacy system and
local area capacity demonstration. Resource adequacy qualifying capacity is the
megawatt quantity of capacity from resources, as calculated using the qualifying
capacity rules and criteria, that is used for resource adequacy compliance. The
rules and criteria for determining the type of resources that may be eligible to
provide resource adequacy qualifying capacity and for calculating the quantity
of resource adequacy qualifying capacity provided from eligible resource types is
documented within this Pooling Schedule 5. Once calculated, the resource
adequacy qualifying capacity will be provided to the CAISO to be used to verify
compliance against submitted resource adequacy compliance demonstrations.
7.2 Qualifying Capacity Rules and Criteria by Eligible Resource Type.
The types of resources specified in this Pooling Schedule 5 will be eligible to
provide resource adequacy qualifying capacity to the extent that they meet the
criteria for each type of resource set forth in this Pooling Schedule 5. Net
Dependable Capacity (“NDC”) terms defined by NERC Generating Availability
Data System (“GADS”) information will be used to determine the resource
adequacy qualifying capacity of some of the resource types identified in this
Pooling Schedule 5. For the purpose of this Pooling Schedule 5, NDC is equal to
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Gross Dependable Capacity (“GDC”) less the unit capacity utilized for unit
station service or auxiliaries. GDC is equal to Gross Maximum Capacity
(“GMC”) modified for seasonal limitations over a specified period of time. GMC
is the maximum capacity a unit can sustain over a specified period of time when
not restricted by seasonal or other deratings.
7.2.1 NCPA System. As defined in the MSS Agreement, the
NCPA System means all transmission and distribution facilities owned or
controlled by the NCPA Capacity Pool participants, and all generating units
within the CAISO balancing authority area owned or controlled by the
NCPA Capacity Pool participants or any individual NCPA Capacity Pool
participant or combination of NCPA Capacity Pool participants.
7.2.2 Jointly-Owned Facilities. A jointly-owned facility must
either be identified in Schedule 14 of the MSS Agreement, located within the
NCPA System, a Participating Generator, a System Resource, or a Qualified
Facility to be considered resource adequacy qualifying capacity. The
resource adequacy qualifying capacity for the entire facility will be
determined based on the type of resource as described below in this Pooling
Schedule 5. The NCPA Capacity Pool participant’s entitlement to the
resource adequacy qualifying capacity of the facility may encompass the
entire resource adequacy qualifying capacity of the facility, or may be
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limited to a portion of the resource adequacy qualifying capacity of the
facility. The total amount of resource adequacy qualifying capacity that may
be identified in the system and/or local area capacity compliance
demonstration is limited to the total jointly-owned facility resource
adequacy qualifying capacity determined in this Pooling Schedule 5.
7.2.3 Thermal Resources. Thermal generating facilities must
either be identified in Schedule 14 of the MSS Agreement, located within the
NCPA System, a Participating Generator, a System Resource, or a Qualified
Facility to be considered resource adequacy qualifying capacity. The
resource adequacy qualifying capacity of thermal facilities will be based on
Net Dependable Capacity as defined in this Pooling Schedule 5.
7.2.4 Hydroelectric Resources. Hydroelectric generating
facilities must either be identified in Schedule 14 of the MSS Agreement,
located within the NCPA System, a Participating Generator, a System
Resource, or a Qualified Facility to be considered resource adequacy
qualifying capacity. The resource adequacy qualifying capacity of a pond or
pumped storage hydroelectric facility will be based on Net Dependable
Capacity as defined in this Pooling Schedule 5, minus variable head de-rate
based on current reservoir levels with average year forecasted inflows. The
resource adequacy qualifying capacity of a run-of-river hydroelectric facility
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will be based on Net Dependable Capacity as defined in this Pooling
Schedule 5, minus actual or forecasted conveyance flow, stream flow, or
canal head de-rate.
7.2.5 Unit-Specific Contracts. Unit-specific contracts will fully
qualify as resource adequacy qualifying capacity. The generating facility
identified in the contract must either be identified in Schedule 14 of the MSS
Agreement, located within the NCPA System, a Participating Generator, a
System Resource, or a Qualified Facility to be considered resource adequacy
qualifying capacity.
7.2.6 Firm Energy Contracts. Firm energy contracts which
contain provisions to ensure reliable physical delivery of energy and that
contain provisions identifying non-delivery as a default condition subject to
contract suspension and/or termination, and that does not require the seller
to source the energy from a particular unit, but specifies a delivery point
internal to the CAISO balancing authority area will fully qualify as resource
adequacy qualifying capacity.
7.2.7 Industry Standard Contracts with Damages Provisions.
Industry standard contracts with damages provisions as generally reflected
in Service Schedule C of the Western System Power Pool Agreement or the
Firm LD product of the Edison Electric Institute pro forma Master
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Agreement, or any other similar firm energy contract that does not require
the seller to source the energy from a particular unit, but specifies a delivery
point internal to the CAISO balancing authority area will qualify as resource
adequacy qualifying capacity until a commercially available industry
standardized capacity based product is readily available, and which is
provided under an agreement similar to the Western System Power Pool
Agreement or the Edison Electric Institute pro forma Master Agreement.
7.2.8 Wind and Solar Resources. The resource adequacy
qualifying capacity of wind and solar generating facilities, with backup
sources of generation, will be based on Net Dependable Capacity as defined
in this Pooling Schedule 5. The resource adequacy qualifying capacity of
wind and solar facilities, without backup sources of generation, will be based
on their monthly historic noon to 6:00 p.m. capacity factor, using a three-year
rolling average. Wind and solar generating facilities without backup sources
of generation which do not have three years of historic performance data
will be assigned a default resource adequacy qualifying capacity value for
each year of missing historical performance as follows:
(i) the resource adequacy qualifying capacity of a solar or wind
generator with historic data located in the same weather regime with similar
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technology adjusted for the nameplate capacity ratio of a new generator and the
similarly situated proxy generator; or
(ii) if historical data of a solar or wind generator located in the same
weather regime with similar technology is not available, then historic
performance data from the monthly average production factors of all units (wind
or solar) within the TAC Area in which the generator is located will be utilized.
The default resource adequacy qualifying capacity values will
be replaced on a year-by-year basis with actual performance data as the data
becomes available to form a three year rolling average.
7.2.9 Geothermal Resources. Geothermal generating
facilities must either be identified in Schedule 14 of the MSS Agreement,
located within the NCPA System, a Participating Generator, a System
Resource or a Qualified Facility to be considered resource adequacy
qualifying capacity. The resource adequacy qualifying capacity of a
geothermal facility will be based on Net Dependable Capacity as defined in
this Pooling Schedule 5, adjusted for steam field degradation.
7.2.10 Participating Loads. Participating Loads must
either be identified in Schedule 14 of the MSS Agreement or located within
the NCPA System to be considered resource adequacy qualifying capacity.
Participating Loads must be available at least 48 hours during the five
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summer months (May – September) to be counted in a system and/or local
area resource adequacy compliance demonstration as resource adequacy
qualifying capacity. If Participating Loads are available for the minimum
requirement, the stipulated megawatt (“MW”) quantity reduction in
demand will be treated as supply and be eligible to be listed as resource
adequacy qualifying capacity.
7.2.11 Dispatchable Demand Response. Dispatchable
Demand resources must either be identified in Schedule 10B of the MSS
Agreement or located within the NCPA System to be considered resource
adequacy qualifying capacity. Dispatchable Demand resources must be
available at least 48 hours during the five summer months (May –
September) to be counted in a system and/or local area resource adequacy
compliance demonstration as resource adequacy qualifying capacity. If a
Dispatchable Demand resource is available for the minimum requirement,
the megawatt (“MW”) quantity reduction stipulated in the contract or
program will be treated as supply and be eligible to be listed as resource
adequacy qualifying capacity.
7.2.12 Non-Dynamically Scheduled System Resources
(Imports). The resource adequacy qualifying capacity of Non-Dynamically
Scheduled System Resources to which the NCPA Capacity Pool participants
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have an entitlement shall be the amount of the NCPA Capacity Pool
participant’s entitlement, measured in megawatts (“MW”).
7.2.13 Dynamically Scheduled System Resources
(Imports). The resource adequacy qualifying capacity of a Dynamically
Scheduled System Resource to which the NCPA Capacity Pool participants
have an entitlement shall be the amount of the NCPA Capacity Pool
participant‘s entitlement. Eligibility as resource adequacy qualifying
capacity is contingent upon the NCPA Capacity Pool participants securing
transmission through any intervening balancing authority areas for the
resource entitlement that cannot be curtailed for economic reasons or
trumped by higher priority transmission.
Section 8. Compliance and Enforcement. Once the CAISO has received the
system and/or local area capacity compliance demonstrations submitted by
NCPA on behalf of the NCPA Capacity Pool participants, acting as Scheduling
Coordinator (“SC”), the CAISO will verify that the NCPA Capacity Pool
participants have procured sufficient resource adequacy qualifying capacity to
comply with the planning reserve margin established in this Pooling Schedule 5,
and any requirements established by the applicable authority(s) of competent
jurisdiction. To the extent the system and/or local area capacity demonstrations
do not include sufficient resource adequacy qualifying capacity to satisfy the
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planning reserve margin and/or local area capacity requirements, or in the case
of a mismatch between information included in the compliance demonstration
and the resource adequacy Supply Plan submitted by the Scheduling
Coordinator of a resource identified in the NCPA Capacity Pool participant’s
compliance demonstration, the CAISO will notify NCPA and attempt to resolve
the issue. If NCPA is notified by the CAISO that the system and/or local area
capacity demonstrations do not satisfy a participant’s respective compliance
requirements due to an identified deficiency, disqualified capacity and/or other
reasons identified by the CAISO, NCPA will promptly notify those participants
affected by such notice. NCPA will coordinate with the participants affected by
such notice to identify the source of the discrepancy, and will supplement and/or
revise the system and/or local area capacity compliance demonstrations
submitted to the CAISO if such revision is required pending analysis of the
compliance discrepancy identified by the CAISO. In the event that NCPA is
unable to resolve the identified issue in coordination with those affected
participants, the CAISO will notify the NCPA Capacity Pool participant’s
applicable authority(s) of competent jurisdiction and/or the Commission of the
potential deficiency.
Once the NCPA Capacity Pool participant’s applicable authority(s) of
competent jurisdiction and/or the Commission is informed of the identified
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deficiency and confirms that the NCPA Capacity Pool participant’s system
and/or local area capacity compliance demonstration is deficient, then the NCPA
Capacity Pool participant’s applicable authority(s) of competent jurisdiction
and/or the Commission may determine if and how the deficiency will be
resolved. If the CAISO identifies a mismatch between the information included
in the NCPA Capacity Pool participant’s system and/or local area capacity
compliance demonstration and a resource adequacy Supply Plan submitted by
the Scheduling Coordinator of a resource identified in a compliance
demonstration, and the identified mismatch is not resolved prior to the 10th day
before the effective month during the applicable compliance period, then the
CAISO will accept the value contained in the Supply Plan to set the resource
adequacy qualifying capacity value for the applicable compliance period.
If the NCPA Capacity Pool participant’s applicable authority(s) of
competent jurisdiction and/or the Commission requires the NCPA Capacity Pool
participant to resolve an identified deficiency in the system and/or local area
capacity compliance demonstration, and the NCPA Capacity Pool participant has
not resolved the identified deficiency, then the NCPA Capacity Pool participant
must provide an explanation as to why the identified deficiency has not be
resolved to its applicable authority(s) of competent jurisdiction and/or the
Commission. The NCPA Capacity Pool participant may incur penalties or other
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sanctions adopted by the applicable authority(s) of competent jurisdiction and/or
the Commission for failure to cure the deficiency. NCPA, acting as Scheduling
Coordinator, is required to report to the CAISO within thirty (30) days of any
action taken by the applicable authority(s) of competent jurisdiction and/or the
Commission in response to the deficiency notification if the applica ble
authority(s) of competent jurisdiction and/or the Commission does not provide
public access to records or information regarding action taken for violations of
the NCPA Capacity Pool resource adequacy policies or rules.
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PRINCPLES FOR SALE OF POOL EXCESS ENERGY
There may exist from time to time, situations wherein the Pool will have energy
in amounts that exceed the combined load of the Participants. This situation can
occur for example, when there are substantial amounts of unregulated flow from
hydroelectric projects, take-or-pay power purchase contracts, and/or must-run
resources, or when economic circumstances dictate that it is beneficial to operate
resources that would otherwise not be required to meet load. The following
principles are intended as general guidelines for NCPA to follow in dealing with
an "excess energy" condition. Excess energy can be sold using bilateral
transactions or through organized market mechanisms, including but not limited
to, the CAISO day-ahead and real-time energy markets, an interchange
transaction (exported out of the CAISO balancing authority area), bilaterally to
Third Parties or among Participants. NCPA will operate generating plants,
associated facilities and other resources in accordance with the following
principles:
(i) in compliance with the obligations and constraints of governing
contracts, the applicable licenses and permits, and the physical requirements of
the equipment/facilities;
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(ii) to appropriately and reliably interact with the associated
balancing authority, including the CAISO; and
(iii) to maximize the economic value to Project Participants of
NCPA Projects.
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ECONOMIC DISPATCH, SCHEDULING AND OPERATION OF
RESOURCES
Section 1. Economic Dispatch, Scheduling and Operation of Resources. In
accordance with Section 7 of this Agreement, each Participant shall make
available all of its generating units, purchases from Third Parties, and associated
transmission to the central dispatch of NCPA to the fullest extent possible. The
objective of Pool central dispatch shall be to supply the capacity and energy
requirements of the Participants at the lowest practicable net cost, and to
accomplish this in a reliable and safe manner, and in compliance with applicable
regulations and agreements. Resources of the Participants shall be scheduled
and dispatched to meet the combined load for each time period as deemed
applicable according to balancing authority standards and Good Utility Practice,
as appropriate. Schedules may be affected by a variety of factors, including plant
outages, changes in available transmission, unanticipated load changes, relative
costs, and economic conditions in the marketplace.
NCPA shall be provided with information from the Participants, and
appropriate NCPA departments regarding the capability, operating criteria and
incremental variable cost for the resources to be dispatched. This information
will include heat rate curves and fuel costs for each thermal electric unit,
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transmission losses associated with each resource, and variable operation and
maintenance costs from which incremental cost rate curves will be developed.
NCPA shall utilize this information to optimally schedule the operation of the
Pool's resources, acting on behalf of the Participants as an Operating Entity, in
accordance with requirements as reflected in the CAISO Tariff, the MSS
Agreement, the Pooling Schedules, the Amended and Restated Facilities
Agreement, other applicable Project Agreements and Commission policy, with
the objective to minimize the overall cost to the Pool to the fullest extent possible,
and to maximize the value of the resources for the applicable resource
participants, while respecting project limitations and requirements. Economic
considerations should include seasonal, weekly, and hourly operating variations
and flexibility as appropriate. Details regarding the process used by NCPA to
schedule and dispatch Participant resources are documented in the SCPA.
1.1 Thermal Electric Resources. Thermal electric resources shall be
scheduled and operated in coordination with hydroelectric resources,
geothermal resources and other resources to minimize the overall cost to the Pool
to the fullest extent possible, and to maximize the value of thermal electric
resources for the applicable project participants. In general, the operating cost of
thermal electric units which are in service to supply a specified load level is
minimized when the Incremental Costs of all partially-loaded units are equal.
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Full or partial unit commitments and/or shutdowns shall be undertaken with
due consideration to this principle and in compliance with applicable NERC and
WECC reliability standards, operating criteria, operating requirements as
reflected in the CAISO Tariff, operating requirements as reflected in the MSS
Agreement, constraints, Pooling Schedules, the Amended and Restated Facilities
Agreement, the SCPA and other applicable Project Agreements. Thermal electric
resources may be used to supply energy, capacity and other attributes,
contingent upon the physical capability of the resource and associated fuel
supply.
1.2 Hydroelectric Resources. Hydroelectric resources shall be
scheduled and operated in coordination with thermal electric resources,
geothermal resources and other resources to minimize the overall cost to the Pool
to the fullest extent possible, and to maximize the value of hydroelectric
resources for the applicable project participants. Hydroelectric resources will be
scheduled and operated to comply with applicable NERC and WECC reliability
standards, operating criteria, operating requirements as reflected in the CAISO
Tariff, operating requirements as reflected in the MSS Agreement, constraints,
Pooling Schedules, the Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement, the SCPA
and other applicable Project Agreements. Hydroelectric resources may be used
to supply energy, capacity and other attributes, contingent upon the physical
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capability of the resource and associated fuel supply. NCPA will strive to
maximize the value of hydroelectric resources by utilizing limited fuel supplies
during optimal periods.
1.3 Geothermal Resources. Geothermal resources shall be scheduled
and operated in coordination with thermal electric resources, hydroelectric
resources and other resources to minimize the overall cost to the Pool to the
fullest extent possible, and to maximize the value of geothermal resources for the
applicable project participants. Geothermal resources will be scheduled and
operated to comply with applicable NERC and WECC reliability standards,
operating criteria, operating requirements as reflected in the CAISO Tariff,
operating requirements as reflected in the MSS Agreement, constraints, Pooling
Schedules, the Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement, the SCPA and other
applicable Project Agreements. Geothermal resources may be used to supply
energy, capacity and other attributes, contingent upon the physical capability of
the resource and associated fuel supply.
1.4 Other Resources. All other resources, including but not limited to
purchase power agreements, landfill resources, wind resources and transmission
assets made available to the central dispatch of NCPA shall be scheduled and
operated in coordination with thermal electric resources, hydroelectric resources
and geothermal resources to minimize the overall cost to the Pool to the fullest
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extent possible, and to maximize the value of the resources for the applicable
Project Participants. All other resources will be scheduled and operated to
comply with applicable NERC and WECC reliability standards, operating
criteria, operating requirements as reflected in the CAISO Tariff, operating
requirements as reflected in the MSS Agreement, constraints, Pooling Schedules,
the Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement, the SCPA and other applicable
Project Agreements. Other resources may be used to supply energy, capacity
and other attributes, contingent upon the physical capability of the resources and
associated fuel supply.
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POOL SETTLEMENT AND ACCOUNTING METHOD
Participants’ power supply, load, and other entitlements are scheduled in the
CAISO markets as an aggregate Pool portfolio. Therefore, after such schedules
are awarded and settled by the CAISO, NCPA must allocate the results to each
Participant using the guidelines included in this Pooling Schedule 8, and as
further documented in the SCPA. Scheduling Pool Participant’s power supply,
load, and other entitlements under an aggregated Pool portfolio provides joint
benefits that are shared among the Participants.
Section 1. Pool Settlement and Accounting Method. The Pool is operated in
a balanced manner in accordance with requirements of the CAISO Tariff and the
MSS Agreement. NCPA purchases energy in the bilateral market to supplement
its generation portfolio, and schedules power purchases that have been directly
made by the Participants. Each Participant is responsible for its own costs of
generation and for its settlement for energy provided by counterparties in
accordance with each Participant’s power purchases or sales contracts.
Since all day-ahead schedules must be transacted through the CAISO day-
ahead market, and the CAISO day-ahead locational marginal price (“LMP”)
reflects the price of any scheduled energy at its delivery point, the CAISO LMP
prices calculated in the day-ahead market are the appropriate prices to use for
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individual Participant purchases and sales in the day-ahead market timeframe.
Day-ahead schedules means schedules submitted into the CAISO day-ahead
market (otherwise known as the “Integrated Forward Market”).
Real-time dispatch instructions from the CAISO to a specific generator,
where the energy is intended to be delivered directly to the CAISO, or under
conditions when a plant trips, will be subject to settlement compensated at the
applicable resource-specific CAISO real-time LMP.
In the Pool, all post day-ahead market energy, except that day-ahead
market energy listed in Section 6 of Appendix B of the SCPA, will be settled at
the CAISO day-ahead LMP. Post day-ahead market transactions means
schedules submitted into the CAISO hour-ahead scheduling process (“HASP”)
for delivery in real-time and/or operational adjustments. This includes
uninstructed energy and load following energy associated with Pool load,
imports and exports, and the Participant’s Project Participation Percentage share
of NCPA Projects. This also includes the settlement of HASP imports and
exports, and any real-time imports or exports. Instructed energy, and other
energy delivered to the CAISO in real-time, will continue to be settled at the
CAISO real-time LMP.
This settlement method is a variation to the pre Market redesign and
Technology Upgrade (“MRTU”) practice of using the “Pool MCP” applied to
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uninstructed energy, and is intended for the primary purpose to make load
following resources indifferent to the magnitude and direction of movement in
real-time and associated CAISO real-time LMP. Additionally, the CAISO day-
ahead LMP will apply to uninstructed energy so that every Participant load and
resource will be subject to the CAISO real-time LMP only to the extent and in
proportion with the MSS Agreement net deviation settlement with the CAISO.
When NCPA load follows, or substitutes one resource for another
resource in the real-time market, those changes from the day-ahead market
energy schedule are generally settled with the CAISO as uninstructed energy.
Under MRTU load following energy is explicitly classified and settled as a form
of CAISO instructed energy. Due to the load following deviation band, there is
the expectation within the MSS Agreement that the positive and negative
deviations and load following energy will offset one another, on average.
Therefore the MSS Agreement as a whole is only subject to the CAISO real-time
LMP for the net of all deviations, which is normally within a three percent (3%)
bandwidth.
This pricing methodology will allow each resource, particularly those
with output levels adjusted in real-time for load following purposes, to be
shielded from the volatility of the CAISO real-time LMP. This does not
necessarily mean a reduction in cost when comparing the CAISO real-time LMP
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to the CAISO day-ahead LMP because the settlement effect depends on whether
the CAISO real-time LMP is greater or less than the CAISO day-ahead LMP. It
does mean that all energy within the Pool will be transacted using the same
CAISO day-ahead LMP for market energy, whether scheduled in the day-ahead
market timeframe or not.
The resulting settlement will be a difference between the dollars settled
for instructed and uninstructed energy within the Pool, and the corresponding
Pool settlement with the CAISO. The amount of this difference should be
relatively small due to NCPA’s MSS Agreement operation within the deviation
band for the Pool and the result of offsetting deviations, both positive and
negative, such that the total net deviation is small. For NCPA to maintain
revenue neutrality with the CAISO, this difference must then be allocated as an
uplift charge/payment on all MWhs scheduled with the CAISO by the Pool that
might be subject to uninstructed energy, MSS Agreement generation, load,
imports and exports.
Incremental obligations on the MSS Agreement resources by the CAISO in
real-time due to a bid to provide a specific ancillary service or optimal energy are
allocated to the project participants according to their bids. An exceptional
dispatch is allocated by NCPA Project ownership shares.
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Section 2. Allocation of Uplift Charges and Payments. As described in this
Pool Schedule 8, there will be an hourly Pool uplift settlement amount to ensure
Participants are made whole for the difference between the Pool settlement at
CAISO day-ahead LMP under NCPA charge code 9919, and the CAISO
settlement at CAISO real-time LMP in charge codes 6470 and 6475. Special
exceptions will be made for Participant specific situations that are not related to
normal load following activities. The uplift settlement will be accounted for in
NCPA charge code 9920 as follows:
(i) Pool 9920 Uplift = (Pool 9919 MWh * Pool 9919 Price) – (Pool
6470 MWh * Pool 9919 Price) – (Pool 6475 MWh * DA LMP)
The 9920 uplift amount will be allocated to Participants in the All
Resources Bill according to the sum of the absolute values of the MWh quantities
of the following:
(i) Participant metered load;
(ii) Participant share of metered generation, where metered
generation refers to the energy allocation determined in Appendix B of the
SCPA;
(iii) Participant share of final import and export schedules; and
(iv) Participant participation in real-time ESP trades and inter-sc
trades.
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Section 3. Procedure for Allocating Pool and Third Party Transactions. This
section outlines the procedure for allocating among the Participants’ power
transactions with Third Parties. This section also outlines the procedure for
allocating transmission use among Participants. This procedure is intended to
cover all Pool energy and capacity transactions. It will be amended and revised
in the future as markets change, or in response to new types of transactions that
are not covered by this document.
3.1 Energy and Capacity Transaction Allocations. Energy and capacity
transactions from sources outside of the Pool will be categorized as either "Pre-
month" or "In-month" transactions. Pre-month transactions are defined to be
sales or purchases scheduled prior to the calendar month covered by the
transaction. All other transactions are defined to be In-month transactions. The
Pool will execute Pre-month power transactions only as explicitly authorized and
directed by one or more Participant. Each Pre-month transaction will be
formally communicated to each Participant as specified by NCPA’s procedures
and policies.
In-month transactions, including daily and hourly pre-scheduled and real-
time energy purchases and sales, are executed by NCPA based solely on its
judgment. In-month transactions that do not require the California Oregon
Transmission Project (“COTP”) or South of Tesla (“SOT”) transmission capacity
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to consummate, or do not have pre-established ownership rights or other
rationale for direct allocation, will be allocated based on need. Two sets of
allocators will be developed, one for pre-schedule transactions and the other for
intra-day transactions. Pre-schedule transactions means transactions
consummated prior to the active day. Intra-day transactions means transactions
consummated within the active day but prior to actual delivery. Active day
means the period in which energy is generated and/or delivered. All pre-
schedule and intra-day transactions are treated as in-month transactions. The
allocators will be developed after the fact.
Pre-schedule allocators will be created for the hourly resource balance of
each Participant. A Participant’s resource balance will be calculated from the
Participant’s pre-schedule forecast and its allocation of resources, pre-month and
balance of month deals. If the pre-schedule deal is a purchase, the purchase will
be allocated only to those Participants whose resource balance is short, in
proportion to each Participant’s share of the collective Pool short position. If the
pre-schedule deal is a sale, the sale will be allocated only to those Participants
whose resource balance is long, in proportion to each Participant’s share of the
collective Pool long position. If the pre-schedule deal is a purchase, and no
Participants’ resource balance are short during any hour of the relevant
purchase, for such hour(s) the purchase will be allocated to the Participants
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based on their pro-rata share of the Pool pre-scheduled load forecast. If the pre-
schedule deal is a sale, and no Participants’ resource balance are long during any
hour of the relevant purchase, for such hour(s) the sale will be allocated to the
Participants based on their pro-rata share of the Pool pre-scheduled load
forecast. Short in this context means demand is greater than supply, and long
means demand is less than supply. A majority of pre-schedule deals are
purchased in standard block deliveries (e.g. on-peak, super-peak, off-peak or
7x24 blocks). The value of energy is different for each hour of the day, and on
average the value of on-peak energy is greater than off-peak energy. For those
pre-schedule deals that have a fixed price for the duration of the delivery period,
the hourly price will be mathematically reshaped to reflect the value of such
transactions during different periods and hours of the transactions using the
CAISO day-ahead market NP15 existing zone trading hub LMP prices
(commonly referred to as the NP15 EZ Gen Hub LMP) as the basis for shaping.
Intra-day allocators will be created from the hourly resource balance of
each Participant. A Participant’s intra-day resource balance will be calculated as
the summation of its uninstructed deviations in schedules. If the intra-day
transaction is a purchase, the purchase will be allocated only to those
Participants whose resource balance is short, in proportion to each Participant’s
share of the collective Pool short position. If the intra-day transaction is a sale,
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the sale will be allocated only to those Participants whose resource balance is
long, in proportion to each Participant’s share of the collective Pool long position.
Any intra-day transaction for which an hourly allocator cannot be calculated,
based on the Participants’ intra-day resource balance, will be allocated to the
Participants based on their respective share of the hourly “Load Volatility
Index”. Short in this context means demand is greater than supply, and long
means demand is less than supply. The value of energy is different for each hour
of the day, and on average the value of on-peak energy is greater than off-peak
energy. For those Intra-day transactions that have a fixed price for the duration
of the delivery period, the hourly price will be mathematically reshaped to reflect
the value of such transactions during different periods and hours of the
transactions using the CAISO day-ahead market NP15 existing zone trading hub
LMP prices (commonly referred to as the NP15 EZ Gen Hub LMP) as the basis
for shaping.
In-month transactions, including both pre-schedule and intra-day
transaction, that require COTP or SOT capacity will be allocated in proportion to
each Participant's hourly ownership of unused transmission capacity on the
COTP or SOT, respectively. Unused transmission capacity shall be determined
by subtracting pre-allocated transactions only from the Participant’s share of
available transmission. In-month transactions that require buy-back of COTP
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capacity from the TANC OASIS will be based upon Participant share of
uncommitted use as a function of the line rating at the time of the transaction. In-
month transactions that use committed load following transmission capacity will
be based upon monthly capacity shares. COTP capacity shares shall be
determined as follows:
(i) COTP Capacity Shares -- Monthly, Weekly, Daily, and Hourly
Time Frames (T) = Participant Remaining Capacity (MW)T / Σ (Participants
Remaining Capacity (MW)T
Participant resource commitments that require transmission capacity to be
completed will be deducted from the Participant's hourly unused transmission
capacity only if the transmission is actually used by the resource in real-time.
For example, the full Participant Entitlements of the Seattle City Light Exchange
Agreement will count against a Participant’s unused COTP transmission capacity
only if energy actually is transmitted over the COTP.
Section 4. Allocation of Balance of Month (“BOM”) Energy Transactions.
Balance of Month (“BOM”) energy transactions are typically purchases or sales
contracts where the term of the transaction extends from the next scheduling day
until the end of the current or next succeeding calendar month. For the purpose
of this Agreement, the definition of BOM will include all transactions with terms
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that are longer than the normal daily pre-schedule transactions and are
completely contained within the current or next succeeding calendar month.
NCPA will monitor Participant energy balances within the current month
to identify significant energy imbalances that, in the sole judgment of NCPA,
need to be corrected with the execution of a BOM energy transaction. Energy
balances may change significantly within a month due to various unexpected
developments, including changes in hydrologic conditions or resource
availability. NCPA will fully consider projections of prospective energy market
and resource conditions in determining the need to execute a BOM transaction.
NCPA will allocate each BOM energy transaction fully at the time the
transaction is executed on the basis of need to reduce energy imbalances for the
current month. NCPA will execute BOM energy transactions only for the
purpose of reducing energy cost risk represented by energy imbalances.
Whenever possible, NCPA will consult each Participant prior to
implementing BOM energy transactions. NCPA staff may execute a transaction
without such consultation if, in the sole judgment of NCPA staff, there is a
compelling reason to act immediately. Participants will be notified of their
participation shares in BOM transactions without delay.
An individual Participant may execute its own BOM energy transactions
to be scheduled by the Pool only with the express prior review and consent of
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NCPA. NCPA shall review the proposed transaction to determine its utility
towards balancing the Participant’s energy balance for the month. Such consent
shall be withheld only if NCPA staff determines that the BOM transaction
proposed by the Participant is unlikely to reduce a significant energy imbalance.
NCPA staff will consult the requesting Participant as soon as possible after a
determination is made so that the Participant may execute the BOM energy
transaction if consent is granted, or take corrective action if consent was withheld
by NCPA staff.
Section 5. Transactions Using Buy Back of Pool Posted COTP Transmission.
In the day-ahead and real-time scheduling time frame NCPA will buy back Pool
COTP capacity that has been posed on the Transmission Agency of Northern
California (“TANC”) OASIS to effect transactions that will provide net value to
the owners of the COTP. The costs and benefits of the transaction and the COTP
buy back will be allocated using COTP Capacity Shares as derived in this
Pooling Schedule 8.
Section 6. Hourly Transmission Allocations and Transfers. The Pool will
automatically implement hourly transfers of transmission capacity for
Participants whose resource commitments over a transmission path exceed their
transmission entitlements. The price of these transmission transfers, which will
be determined after-the-fact during the preparation of the monthly All Resources
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Bill, will equal the positive difference between the applicable hourly CAISO day-
ahead LMP’s for the points of delivery and receipt of the transmission path. The
transfer price will equal zero if the difference is less than zero. The hourly
transmission balance (deficits and surpluses) will be computed based on the
actual energy flow on the line. Participants with surplus transmission capacity
will sell their unused/surplus transmission on an hourly basis in proportion to
the surplus amounts.
Section 7. Procedure for Allocating Cost and Benefits of Ancillary Services.
NCPA shall allocate the costs and benefits of purchasing and/or sales (including
self-provision) of ancillary services in accordance with the SCPA.
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TRANSMISSION
Section 1. Interconnection Agreements. Interconnection of Participant’s
electric systems to the balancing authority area is provided for under the terms
and conditions of the Interconnection Agreement between NCPA, Pacific Gas
and Electric Company (“PG&E”), and certain Members.
Section 2. Transmission Service. High voltage and low voltage transmission
service is provided in accordance with the CAISO Tariff. Charges for high
voltage and low voltage transmission service provided by the CAISO shall be
allocated to Participants in accordance with the SCPA.
Section 3. Transmission Resources.
(i) California Oregon Transmission Project (“COTP”)
The California Oregon Transmission Project (“COTP”) is the third leg of
an intertie system connecting California with the Pacific Northwest. The
Participant’s project ownership participation percentages are as stated in Table A
below. The Participant project ownership participation percentages reflected in
this Pooling Schedule 9 may be modified by layoff agreements between
Participants, or between Participant(s) and Third Parties.
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Table A
COTP Project Ownership Participation Percentages
North-to-South Directional
Project
Participant
COTP Capacity
North-South
(MW)
COTP
Ownership
Percentage
(%)
COTP Pool
Percentage
(%)
Alameda 16.7141 1.227% 16.140%
Healdsburg 3.3453 0.246% 3.230%
Lodi 26.1511 1.920% 25.254%
Lompoc 2.5396 0.187% 2.453%
Palo Alto 50.1422 3.682% 48.420%
Plumas Sierra 2.0146 0.148% 1.945%
Ukiah 2.6489 0.195% 2.558%
Total 103.5558 7.603% 100.000%
South-to-North Directional
Project
Participant
COTP
Capacity
South-North
(MW)
COTP
Ownership
Percentage
(%)
COTP Pool
Percentage
(%)
Alameda 12.7871 1.227% 16.140%
Healdsburg 2.5593 0.246% 3.230%
Lodi 20.007 1.920% 25.254%
Lompoc 1.9429 0.187% 2.453%
Palo Alto 38.3614 3.682% 48.420%
Plumas
Sierra 1.5413 0.148% 1.945%
Ukiah 2.0265 0.195% 2.558%
Total 79.2255 7.603% 100.000%
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(ii) South of Tesla Transmission Service (“SOTP”)
The South of Tesla Transmission Service (“SOTP”), an existing
transmission contract, is long-term firm transmission service provided by
contract between PG&E and Transmission Agency of Northern California
(“TANC”), through which Participants can access the Southern California Edison
transmission system. The Participant’s project ownership participation
percentages for the contracted service are contained in table B below. The
Participant’s project ownership participation percentages reflected in this
Pooling Schedule 9 may be modified by layoff agreements between Participants,
or between Participant(s) and Third Parties.
Table A
COTP Project Ownership Participation Percentages
Project
Participant
SOTP
Capacity
(MW)
SOTP
Ownership
Percentage
(%)
SOTP Pool
Percentage
(%)
Alameda 6.309 2.103% 40.341%
Healdsburg 0.711 0.237% 4.546%
Lodi 6.21 2.070% 39.708%
Lompoc 0.801 0.267% 5.122%
Plumas Sierra 0.699 0.233% 4.470%
Ukiah 0.909 0.303% 5.812%
Total 15.639 5.213% 100%
(iii) Other transmission resource transactions
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NCPA shall assist the Parties in transacting bi-lateral agreements for the
transfer of transmission resources. Participants who separately enter into bi-
lateral transmission agreements shall notify NCPA operations prior to the time
that the Agreement is effective.
Section 4. Schedule of Transmission Use. NCPA shall provide a schedule of
transmission resource entitlements and transfers, and the cost of each in the
monthly All Resources Bill.
Section 5. Other Rights. Transmission access does not preempt rights to
generating resource, contract entitlements, ownership or any other rights, except
to the extent authorized by the Party with such rights.
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LOAD FOLLOWING COSTS AND ALLOCATIONS
Section 1. Overview. Load following capacity is needed to balance the Pool
loads and resources pursuant to the MSS Agreement in each ten-minute
settlement period. To enable load following in real-time, generation capacity
must be withheld from the day-ahead energy and/or ancillary services markets.
The amount of capacity withheld from the day-ahead markets to balance real-
time ten-minute loads, after submission of all final schedules, will be referred to
as total load following capacity. Total load following capacity can be divided into
two types. Type 1 allows dispatch to follow the 10-minute deviations in load
from their integrated hourly values. Type 2 allows for adjustments to integrated
hourly deviation in load from its final schedule (i.e., forecast error). This Pool
Schedule 10 deals with total load following capacity, its optimal amount,
allocation, and pricing of its opportunity costs.
Much of this schedule is devoted to the Collierville hydroelectric project
because it is the main resource used for load following by the Pool and Silicon
Valley Power (“SVP”). Load following also includes uses of resource capacity in
real time when that capacity was not scheduled in the day-ahead market. These
resources include, but are not limited to, the gas units and the California Oregon
Transmission Project ("COTP").
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Whenever a resource is used to follow load it will incur a forgone revenue
stream and/or additional energy costs for which the owners of the resource must
be compensated. Within the All Resources Bill load following compensation will
be determined in general conformance to this schedule, while allowing for
changes in innovation and scheduling practices in the CAISO markets. This
Pooling Schedule 10 will be update as required to reflect such changes.
Section 2. Optimal Load Following Amount. Statistical analysis of the
Participants and SVP load variability has identified that the required amount of
load following capacity varies by month and hour of the day. However, due to
the dynamics of the market a more fluid approach in deriving load following
capacity will be used. This approach will use a load following capacity baseline
derived from statistical analysis of Pool and SVP operations. Then periodically,
NCPA power management staff will decide on the optimal amount of load
following capacity based on current market conditions, weather variability and
resource reliability. The optimal amount of load following capacity will then be
allocated between the Participants being balanced in real time and SVP based
upon historically derived shares. Since SVP is a Metered Subsystem balancing
entity, its load/resource balance will be monitored in real time and any SVP
deviations that cause deviation penalties will be directly assigned to SVP. The
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Pool is also a balancing entity and any Pool resource/load deviations that cause
deviation penalties will be directly assigned to the Pool.
Section 3. Allocation of the Pool’s Load Following Capacity. Every
Participant needs load following capacity. There is no single Participant that has
a perfectly flat load or one that can predict its load on a day-ahead or hour-ahead
basis with absolute certainty. Moreover, the Pool’s load following need will
always be equal to or less than the sum of the Participant’s load following need
because of offsetting load characteristics. These offsets occur when the
maximum and/or minimum ten-minute ramp periods within an hour are
different for Participants within the Pool, and when their load forecast deviations
offset. The offsets are analogous to coincident versus non-coincident peaks,
creating for the purpose of load following, economies of scope and joint benefits
to the members (i.e., the broader and more diverse load the greater the offsets).
The amount of load following capacity will, however, vary both in absolute and
relative terms by Participant. Given these characteristics, the Pool’s share of load
following capacity determined by NCPA power management staff will be
allocated between Participants based upon their hourly load characteristics. This
is referred to as a Participant’s Load Volatility Index (“Load Volatility Index”).
The hourly allocation of load following capacity will be based upon the
following equations using actual data:
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Load Volatility Index For Each Hour (Participant i) =
max(0,Highest Ten Minute Meter Value (Participant i) – Three Hour Ahead
Forecast (Participant i)) + max(0,Three Hour Ahead Forecast (Participant i) – Lowest
Ten Minute Meter Value (Participant i))
Load Capacity Share (Participant i) =
Load Volatility Index For Each Hour(Participant i) ÷ (i = 1 to n) (Load Volatility
Index For Each Hour (Participant i))
Allocated Load Following Capacity(Participant i) =
Pool’s Load Following Capacity * Load Capacity Share(Participant i)
Section 4. Opportunity Cost of Load Following. Whenever generating
capacity is reserved to load follow it cannot be scheduled into the CAISO’s day-
ahead ancillary services market or sold in the day-ahead energy markets. As
such, the opportunity costs of load following consist of two components. The
first is the net price of forgone ancillary services and energy sales in the day-
ahead markets (e.g., Regulation Up Price less GMC). The second is the energy
adjustment component that occurs when the unit is used for load following
versus it being used when called upon by the CAISO.
4.1 Forgone Capacity Price Component. The forgone capacity price is
derived as the weighted average net price of the day-ahead capacity and energy
markets that the generation unit was pre-scheduled into. The Collierville
generating units, for example, can be bid into the following markets: regulation
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up, regulation down, spin, energy, and none. The forgone energy sale usually
has a price of zero since the water can be stored for the next day.
4.2 Energy Adjustment Component. The energy cost adjustment
component is needed because after the fact energy settlements will result when
the unit is used to load follow, with the generator being paid the day-ahead
and/or real-time locational marginal price (“LMP”) for all energy. The energy
adjustment accounts for the difference between: (i) the use of energy under load
following and that in the market alternative(s), and (ii) the difference between
the LMP value of the energy and the variable cost of the energy. Since the
variable cost of a hydroelectric unit is different from that of a gas unit the energy
adjustment component will be unit specific.
4.3 Hydroelectric Energy Cost. The variable cost component of a
hydroelectric unit is its value of water (“VOW”), which may or may not be equal
to its value of storage (“VOS”). For example if there is plenty of room for storage
in the Spicer reservoir, but there is a large amount of runoff between Spicer and
McKay then the value of Storage could be some positive amount while the value
of water is zero (because such runoff cannot be stored).
Whether the energy adjustment is positive or negative depends upon
whether the LMP is greater than or less than the hydroelectric unit’s energy costs
and whether load following will use more or less energy than that of the
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foregone sales in the ancillary services/energy markets. Hydroelectric energy
cost is defined as: StoragePcnt*VOW, where StoragePcnt is the percent of energy
pulled from its reservoir. If natural flows are sufficient to allow for load
following then the storage percent would be zero and the resulting energy
adjustment cost of hydroelectric generation would be zero dollars. If natural
flows were low and releases from storage were needed to load follow then the
storage percent would be one (1) and the resulting energy cost would be the
value of water. The storage percent is found by reviewing the DAM energy to
determine if sufficient generation was scheduled to be able to load follow down.
If the DAM energy award can support load following down then the storage
percent will be zero; if not, the storage percent will be somewhere between zero
and one.
(i) Energy Cost = Storage Percent (Hour i) * (Value of Water)
4.4 Turbine Energy Costs. The energy costs of a combustion turbine
are equal to its variable costs. That is, the plant’s heat rate times the price of
natural gas plus its variable operation and maintenance costs (“VOM”) and
startup costs less any CAISO avoided cost for internal generation.
(i) Energy Cost = (Heat Rate * Natural Gas Price (Day d)) + VOM + Startup
Costs – Avoided CAISO Costs
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If however, the combustion turbine is energy limited, then its energy cost
characteristics will include an element similar to that of a hydroelectric unit’s
VOW to reflect the time-of-use value.
4.5 COTP Energy Costs. The energy cost of COTP is the price of the
contracted energy.
(i) Energy Cost = Contract Energy Price (Hour hd) + losses and associated
scheduling fees.
4.6 Energy Adjustment for All Units. The formula for the energy
adjustment component of the opportunity cost of load following on a per MW
basis for each hour of the day will be calculated in general conformance to:
Energy Adjustment (Hour h) =
{ (EnergyCost – LMP) * LF_Energy – (EnergyCost – LMP) * AS_Energy } (Hour h)
where: Energy Cost = Energy Cost ( Resource r)
LMP = Locational Marginal Price
LF_Energy = energy used to load follow in real time.
AS_Energy = energy called by the CAISO in real time.
If the energy cost is greater than the LMP, and the energy used for load
following is less than what would have been used in the ancillary
services/energy markets, then by load following there is a net energy benefit to
the owner of the load-following resource and thus the energy adjustment
subtracts from the average net ancillary services/energy price. If more energy is
use to load follow than what would have been used in the ancillary
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services/energy market when the energy cost is greater than the LMP then the
energy adjustment adds to the average net price. On the other hand if the LMP is
greater than the energy price and load following energy is less than what would
have been used in the ancillary services/energy markets, the energy adjustment
will be added to average net price. If more load following energy is used than
what would have been used in the ancillary services/energy markets when the
LMP is greater than energy costs then the energy adjustment will be subtracted
from the average net price. Even if a resource incurs no opportunity costs, that
is, it does not qualify for ancillary service or it had idle capacity in the day-ahead
markets, an energy adjustment will be calculated if the LMP is less than its
energy costs.
4.7 Time-Of-Use Adjustment Cost. For resources that store its energy
(e.g., hydro units), a time-of-use (“TOU”) adjustment must be made for energy
scheduled for the sole purpose of load following down. The TOU adjustment is
calculated as the max of zero and the difference between the unit’s average super
peak DAM LMP and the hourly LMP.
4.8 Load Following Opportunity Cost. The total opportunity cost per
MW of load following for a generating resource for each hour of the day is the
net ancillary services/energy price plus the energy adjustment.
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LF_Opp_Cost_MW(Hour h) = Avg_Net_Price + Energy Adjustment (Hour h) + TOU
Adjustment
where: Avg_Net_Price as previously defined
Energy Adjustment as previously defined
TOU Adjustment as previously defined
The monthly opportunity cost of load following will be allocated to each
Participant as the product of the load following opportunity cost per MW for
hour i and the Participant’s allocated load following capacity for that hour,
summed across all the hours of the month. The load following opportunity cost
payments will then be distributed to the resource owners based on ownership
shares. Such payments and charges will be included in the monthly All
Resources Bill.
4.9 Choice of Load Following Unit. An examination of the opportunity
cost per MW and resource availability will be used to determine which
generating unit will be used to load follow. As the value of water and/or natural
gas prices change the relative energy costs of a hydroelectric unit versus a gas
unit, versus the COTP will change. The opportunity cost per MW of the
hydroelectric unit and availability will change vis-à-vis alternatives. If, for
example, natural gas prices fall during a dry hydro year, then the opportunity
cost of load following with hydroelectric resources will increase and that of the
gas unit will fall. The changes in relative opportunity costs my now make load
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following with the gas unit less expensive than load following with the
hydroelectric unit. Pending operational and/or other constraints and
requirements Power Management staff will strive to use the least cost resource to
perform load following.
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WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION ALLOCATIONS
Allocations of Western Area Power Administration capacity and energy assigned
to NCPA shall be administered in accordance with the AAA Agreement. Such
capacity and energy is treated as any other Third Party resources procured solely
by such Participant in the context of Pool operations. NCPA will strive to
maximize the value of such capacity and energy assigned to NCPA in accordance
with any applicable rules and regulations.
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BILLING PROCEDURES
Section 1. Billing Procedure. NCPA will issue invoices to each Participant
for its allocated share of costs associated with NCPA’s provision of Power Pool
Management Services, including, but not limited to, Administrative Services
Costs and Power Pool Management Services Costs, in accordance with this
Agreement. Such invoices may be either the All Resources Bill or separate
special invoice, as determined by NCPA. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Agreement, NCPA shall issue invoices to each Participant as further described in
this Pooling Schedule 12.
1.1 Pre-Billing. Prior to each month, NCPA shall issue an invoice to
each Participant for its estimated share of costs associated with the services
provided in accordance with this Agreement. Estimated charges are billed in
advance and are based on, but are not limited to, budgets, schedules, metering
data, forecasted net purchases or sales of energy, forecasted congestion costs and
estimates of power and related attributes prices, and charges from the CAISO as
per the SCPA.
1.2 Adjustments and True-ups. From time to time NCPA shall review
and compare its estimate of costs as set forth in the Annual Budget against actual
costs incurred during the same period of time. In the event estimated costs
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invoiced to Participants substantially deviate from actual costs incurred by
NCPA, NCPA shall adjust the amounts to be invoiced to the Participants in
subsequent billings, in the respective cost category, for the balance of the Fiscal
Year, to ensure NCPA collects sufficient funds to cover all budgeted and actual
costs.
A substantial deviation from cost estimates approved in the Annual
Budget means a permanent variation from a major objective or parameter of plus
or minus five percent (5%) or more, unless otherwise provide for in the Annual
Budget. A permanent variation is one that is not expected to reverse at a later
date during the same Fiscal Year.
1.3 Annual Billing True-Up. At the end of each Fiscal Year, as soon as
actual data is available and the annual year-end audit complete, NCPA shall
true-up all invoices based on actual cost data and actual billing determinates.
The amounts calculated to be over or under collected from the Participants
during the Fiscal Year, measured against actual costs, will be debited or credited
to Participants as follows:
(i) a lump sum on future invoices to the Participant;
(ii) applied to a Participant’s general operating reserve account;
or
(iii) as otherwise directed by the Commission.
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ACQUISITION OF GHG COMPLIANCE INSTRUMENTS FOR GHG
COMPLIANCE OBLIGATIONS
The CARB, through the requirements established under the GHG Regulations,
may impose obligations on NCPA to report GHG emissions caused by
performing the services under the Agreement and to surrender to the CARB
GHG Compliance Instruments for such emissions. This Pooling Schedule 13 is
intended to directly address NCPA and Participant compliance activities specific
to the GHG Regulations. In the event of other applicable GHG-related mandates,
this Pooling Schedule 13 will be reviewed to assess the need for amendments.
The procedures below outline NCPA and Participant responsibilities with regard
to procurement, payment, purchase, sale, trade, transfer, identification,
certification, and all similar activities ancillary to acquiring, evaluating,
allocating, and surrendering requisite CARB Offset Credits, Emissions
Allowances, penalties, certificates or other GHG Compliance Instruments,
products, factors or considerations required and associated with the operation of
the Agreement. Such activities include, but are not limited to, transactions
between NCPA and Third Parties, transactions utilizing agents and/or Third
Parties to act as intermediaries, and transactions between and among
Participants and NCPA if requested and feasible, all as may be developed,
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revised, and approved by the Commission (“AB32 Compliance Activities”). The
general principles that apply to such activities are:
(i) all Participants are to be treated in an equitable manner.
(ii) All Participants shall be afforded the same opportunities to
interact with NCPA and/or any outside agents utilized by NCPA as approved
and authorized by the Commission. NCPA’s AB32 Compliance Activities
undertaken for the Pool shall be subject to full transparency for all Participants to
the extent permitted by law and regulations; provided that NCPA shall treat any
Participant specific information related to any GHG trading platform or auction
as confidential to the extent required by law.
(iii) To the extent practicable, NCPA shall allow Participants to
individually manage their own risks of meeting their GHG compliance
obligations.
(iv) Consistent with the terms of Section 6.2 of this Agreement,
NCPA and Participants may utilize other authorizing agreements (e.g. Market
Purchase Program) to acquire GHG Compliance Instruments for transactions
longer than the Balance-of-Month or prospectively (i.e. prior to incurring a
compliance obligation).
(v) NCPA shall procure any required and as yet unattained GHG
Compliance Instruments associated with activities under this Agreement as close
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in time as practicable to daily operations, unless otherwise directed by the
Commission, and pursuant to the protocols contained in this Pooling Schedule
13.
(vi) Participants may transfer GHG Compliance Instruments or
direct NCPA to procure GHG Compliance Instruments under other authorizing
agreements (e.g. Market Purchase Program) to meet up to 100% of a Participant’s
forecast and or actual compliance obligation for a given compliance time period
in lieu of cash payments to NCPA to procure such GHG Compliance
Instruments, if such GHG Compliance Instruments have not yet been procured
by NCPA and provided such GHG Compliance Instruments have been
transferred to and received by NCPA prior to the next applicable CARB
administered auction. NCPA and such Participants shall mutually agree to any
such GHG Compliance Instrument transfers prior to making any such GHG
Compliance Instrument transfer and NCPA’s agreement to any such transfer
shall not be unreasonably withheld. NCPA and such Participants shall
coordinate to meet any requisite depository and timeline requirements consistent
with the GHG Compliance Instrument procurement process outlined in this
Pooling Schedule 13.
(vii) On a monthly basis, NCPA shall timely invoice Participants in
the All Resources Bill, based on NCPA’s estimate for Participant’s share for costs
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associated with AB32 Compliance Activities such that NCPA shall have on hand
sufficient funds and or GHG Compliance Instruments from each Participant
projected to meet the full estimate of each Participant’s then current compliance
obligation.
(viii) NCPA intends, to the extent practicable, to allow Participants
to perform AB32 Compliance Activities and meet up to 100% of their actual or
forecast compliance obligations (current, future and, when required, in arrears)
by conveyance of any combination of cash and or GHG Compliance Instruments
to NCPA sufficient to meet such obligations for applicable compliance periods.
(ix) NCPA shall set up any needed accounts or accounting
mechanisms such that Participants may advance to NCPA, and NCPA shall track
by Participant, the combination of available cash and/or GHG Compliance
Instruments prior to providing any functions of the Agreement that may be
utilized to meet all or a portion of a given Participant’s compliance obligations.
(x) NCPA shall set up and establish any requisite reserve accounts,
emissions products trading accounts and deposits, brokerage accounts and
deposits, and or other similar accounts, deposits, or reserve requirements in
consultation with the Commission.
(xi) NCPA shall account for compliance obligations for activity
performed under the Agreement separately by covered entity and by Participant,
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and to the extent identifiable, account for and allocate to each individual
Participant any costs, charges, fees, penalties, liabilities, and damages arising out
of that Participant’s AB32 Compliance Activities including, but not limited to,
penalties for failure to comply with reporting, surrender, or other legal
obligations resulting from a Participant’s decisions, actions and/or inactions to
transfer GHG Compliance Instruments, to direct NCPA to acquire GHG
Compliance Instruments under other authorizing agreements (e.g. Market
Purchase Program), the inability to utilize such GHG Compliance Instruments to
meet all or any portion of a Participant’s GHG compliance obligation, and/or to
pay cash. Under no circumstances shall NCPA or any other Participant be liable
for such costs attributable to the responsible Participant.
Section 1. NCPA GHG Compliance Instrument Invoicing, Tracking and
Settlement. NCPA will invoice Participants monthly for their share of the
estimated cost of GHG Compliance Instruments forecast to be needed for the
next operating month as part of NCPA’s All Resources Bill to Participants. The
estimated costs will be calculated in accordance with the regulatory structure of
the GHG Regulations. NCPA will incorporate into its internal accounting
systems and All Resources Billing statements to include the following terms:
1.1 “Compliance Cash Account” or “CCA” means an account or entries
within an account that NCPA uses to track, by Participant by month, a
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Participant’s cash payments to/from NCPA to maintain prescribed funds at
NCPA sufficient to meet the Participant’s compliance obligations that the
Participant has not otherwise met with GHG Compliance Instruments that are
timely transferred to NCPA.
1.2 “Metric Ton Compliance Instrument Account” or “MTA” means an
account established or used by NCPA to track, by Participant by month and, if
necessary, by compliance period, the total amount of eligible GHG Compliance
Instruments, including applicable serial numbers, then held by NCPA on behalf
of each Participant.
1.3 “Metric Ton Compliance Obligation Account” or “MTO” means an
account established or used by NCPA to track, by Participant by month, the total
estimated GHG Compliance Instruments needed for GHG emissions for services
provided under the Agreement for an applicable billing period as described
below, net of any GHG Compliance Instruments surrendered to CARB.
1.4 “Minimum Cash Compliance Obligation” or “MCCO” means the
monthly minimum required dollar amount determined by NCPA that each
Participant must have on deposit at NCPA in its CCA sufficient to cover the
estimated cost of GHG Compliance Instruments to cover each Participant’s MTA
Shortfall.
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1.5 “MTA Shortfall” means the positive value for each Participant
given by the formula:
MTO balance - MTA balance.
Participants may satisfy their individual compliance obligation by
providing to NCPA cash, GHG Compliance Instruments, or a combination
thereof, which in aggregate, the amount or value of which is equal to or greater
than NCPA’s current estimated cost to meet the Participant’s MCCO as
determined below. For each Participant, invoices will specify the Participant’s
required compliance obligations forecast for each operating month in units of
Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (“MTCO2e”), as further defined in the
GHG Regulations, and the estimated cost to procure any forecast required
number of GHG Compliance Instruments through the next operating month.
(1) NCPA will maintain at least three compliance obligation related
accounts for each Participant of each covered entity:
(a) Metric Ton Compliance obligation Account (MTO);
(b) Metric Tom Compliance Instrument Account (MTA); and
(c) Compliance Cash Account (CCA).
(2) Each Participant’s monthly MTO at the time of the All
Resources Bill, will include the following:
(a) the prior month’s MTO balance;
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(b) adjustments to prior months’ Compliance obligations
occurring as a result of:
(i) variations in actual versus forecast generation/import
levels;
(ii) variations in MTO due to adjustments to actual prior
months’ generator heat rates, emission factors, and or
other factors; or
(iii) Other AB32 Compliance Activities undertaken by either
a Participant or NCPA that result in a net increase or
decrease in each Participant’s MTO (for example,
certified biogas deliveries may decrease a generator
participant’s monthly share of the facility’s Compliance
obligation).
(c) the Participant’s expected share of the monthly compliance
obligation based on a forecast of the next month’s operating
levels (as adjusted for any applicable biogas, emission
factors, or other factors that may reduce a Participant’s share
of the monthly compliance obligation).
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(d) adjustments for any GHG Compliance Instruments from
such Participant’s MTA surrendered to CARB by NCPA to
meet a surrender obligation.
(3) Each Participant’s monthly MTA at the time of the All Resources
Bill will include the following:
(a) the prior month’s MTA balance;
(b) the net total of the following adjustments since the previous
All Resources Bill, including:
(i) applicable GHG Compliance Instrument purchases/sales
by NCPA on Participant’s behalf;
(ii) transfers of applicable GHG Compliance Instruments to
NCPA by Participant; or
(iii) Applicable GHG Compliance Instruments from such
Participant’s MTA surrendered to CARB by NCPA to
meet a Surrender Obligation.
(c) other adjustments as warranted which affect each
Participant’s monthly MTA balance; and
(d) for purposes of calculating the All Resources Bill, CARB
Offset Credits, including CARB Sector-Based Offset Credits,
of up to eight percent (8.00%) of a Participant’s share of the
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compliance obligation may be included in the MTA for the
current compliance period. CARB Offset Credits which
exceed this eight percent limit shall be placed in the MTA for
future Compliance Period(s), as appropriate.
(4) Each Participant’s monthly CCA at the time of the All Resources
Bill will include the following:
(a) the prior month’s CCA balance;
(b) cash withdrawals;
(i) of amounts in excess of a Participant’s MCCO, if
requested.
(ii) other refunds of excess funds as authorized by the
Commission.
(iii) NCPA’s use of funds for requisite actions to satisfy a
compliance obligation, including but not limited to using
CCA funds to satisfy CARB’s security requirements (e.g.
bid guarantee), or procuring GHG Compliance
Instruments, or other related activities.
(c) cash additions;
(i) CCA portion of the monthly All Resources Bill payment.
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(ii) Other cash payments as required and paid by
Participant.
(iii) Return of any unused funds from CARB’s security
requirements (e.g., bid guarantee), or any funds
withdrawn under 4.b.iii.
(5) The monthly CCA balance at the time of the monthly All
Resources Bill will be calculated as: 4(a) – 4(b) + 4(c).
Pursuant to quantitative usage limits in the GHG Regulations on
designated GHG Compliance Instruments that are used to meet compliance
obligations, CARB Offset Credits, including CARB Sector-Based Offset Credits,
are limited to not more than eight percent (8.00%) of a Participant’s actual
compliance obligations in a given compliance period. To the extent one or more
Participants provide CARB Offset Credits in excess of this eight percent level,
NCPA will not apply such excess CARB Offset Credits in the calculation of the
All Resources Bill and each such Participant shall provide NCPA with a written
description of how such excess CARB Offset Credits are to be used, including the
potential to designate such to be used for another compliance period if
administratively and regulatorily feasible, and NCPA will account for such
Participant’s excess CARB Offset Credits according to that plan and invoice, if
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required, such Participant in accordance with that plan and the accounting
methodology described above.
If a Participant’s MTO balance exceeds its MTA balance at the time of the
monthly All Resources Bill, NCPA will determine the MCCO by multiplying
such Participant’s MTA Shortfall by the forward price per MTCO2e associated
with a suitable publicly available GHG Compliance Instrument index approved
for such use by the Commission, or if no suitable publicly available index is
available, a price per MTCO2e deemed appropriate for such use as determined
and approved by the Commission. If no publicly available GHG Compliance
Instrument index is available and the Commission has not established an
alternative price to use for such purpose, the price per MTCO2e used for such
shortfall calculation shall be the Tier 1 applicable to the next available price
containment reserve auction (“Reserve Sales”), as established under the GHG
Regulations. This calculation determines each Participant’s MCCO and if such
MCCO is greater than such Participant’s current CCA balance, such Participant’s
All Resources Bill for such month will include an additional amount sufficient to
bring its CCA balance up to its MCCO.
The Commission may establish, and from time to time revise, MTA
balance and timing requirements which prescribe that Participants have GHG
Compliance Instruments in their MTA sooner and or in greater quantity than
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would otherwise be necessary to meet the surrender obligation schedule, as
defined in the GHG Regulations.
NCPA will track and account for all funds and GHG Compliance
Instruments provided to NCPA by each Participant in support of its compliance
obligations. Funds and GHG Compliance Instruments may be combined into
single categorical accounts for ease of administration, but in no circumstances
will funds or GHG Compliance Instruments provided by one Participant be
allocated or utilized to meet the compliance obligations of another Participant
without advance written authorization of the affected Participants.
Section 2. Allowance Transfers to NCPA’s Compliance Account.
Participants may unilaterally participate in CARB administered auctions (e.g.
regularly scheduled quarterly auctions (“Quarterly Auction”) and Reserve Sales)
and or other means to obtain GHG Compliance Instruments and may want to
transfer all or a portion of such GHG Compliance Instruments to NCPA to be
used to meet up to 100% of a compliance obligation for a given compliance
period. If such transfers include CARB Offset Credits, including CARB Sector -
Based Offset Credits, Participants may not transfer and NCPA will not accept
CARB Offset Credits in excess of 8.00% of a given Participant’s compliance
obligation for a particular actual or forecast compliance period. To transfer such
GHG Compliance Instruments to NCPA, Participants shall appropriately notice
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NCPA of such transfer and or provide a copy of the Participant’s transfer request
to the CARB Executive Officer or other applicable entity. Upon receipt of such
notice, NCPA will prepare for the transfer of such GHG Compliance Instruments
and separately track and account for such GHG Compliance Instruments
received in each respective Participant’s MTA at NCPA.
Section 3. Procurement of GHG Compliance Instruments. Participants
acknowledge and understand the evolution, implementation and interpretation
of GHG Regulations will be ongoing. The Commission will modify this section
as needed to encompass procurement as CARB provides guidance and amends
the GHG Regulations. For freely allocated Emissions Allowances that CARB
provides to Participants in CY2012 and CY2013, Participants assume such
Emissions Allowances cannot be used to meet all or any portion of the
Participant’s compliance obligation.
NCPA, in consultation with the Participants and subject to approval by
the Commission, may utilize the services of consultants, brokers, agents or other
qualified individuals or organizations ancillary to participating in CARB
administered auctions, CARB Offset Credits procurement, or other markets for
GHG Compliance Instruments, and/or other AB32 Compliance Activities, as
warranted, to meet compliance.
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NCPA will acquire and accept only GHG Compliance Instruments issued
or approved by CARB to meet compliance obligations. NCPA will initially
acquire GHG Compliance Instruments from four sources: (i) Emissions
Allowances purchased through participation in CARB administered allowance
auctions; (ii) Emissions Allowances purchased through participation in CARB
administered Reserve Sales; (iii) GHG Compliance Instruments purchased by
Participants that are then transferred to NCPA; and (iv) GHG Compliance
Instruments purchased from sources other than CARB administered auctions.
The NCPA General Manager, or designee, will designate primary and
alternate authorized account representatives, as necessary, to take actions in
regard to NCPA’s administration of GHG Compliance Instruments, CARB
administered auctions, and other transactions and action related to attaining and
maintaining compliance with the GHG Regulations.
NCPA will fulfill all reporting requirements applicable to NCPA, or
provide assistance to fulfill any reporting requirements applicable to
Participants, pursuant to the GHG Regulations.
NCPA’s overall compliance objective under the GHG Regulations is to
obtain requisite GHG Compliance Instruments at the lowest reasonably expected
cost, balancing the risks of GHG Compliance Instrument price volatility and
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availability and the need to meet the compliance obligation of each covered
entity subject to the GHG Regulations.
To meet 100% of each covered entity’s compliance obligation, NCPA will
use best reasonable efforts to acquire the total needed quantity of GHG
Compliance Instruments on or before November 1, 2014, and each year
thereafter, based on forecast and actual operations subject to the following:
(1) To the extent that CARB Offset Credits, including CARB Sector-
Based Offset Credits, are available at a lower cost than Emissions Allowances or
other qualified GHG Compliance Instruments, NCPA will use best reasonable
efforts to procure CARB Offset Credits sufficient to meet eight percent (8.00%) of
the forecast compliance obligation. If, after the end of a calendar year, NCPA has
CARB Offset Credits in excess of eight percent of the respective calendar year
compliance obligation, such excess CARB Offset Credits will be applied to
compliance obligations in subsequent years in proportion to the Participants’
forecasted MTA Shortfall.
(2) If a day to day GHG Compliance Instrument market develops,
NCPA will acquire, on a daily basis and as close in time as practicable to actual
daily operations, GHG Compliance Instruments to meet any MTA Shortfall.
(3) By the fifth (5th) calendar day of the month immediately
preceding each Quarterly Auction, NCPA will determine and publish to each
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Participant its MTA Shortfall through the end of the calendar month two months
prior to the Quarterly Auction.
(a) By the fifteenth (15th) calendar day of the month, NCPA will
invoice each Participant of each covered entity, as applicable
and in proportion to its MTA Shortfall, net of any applicable
GHG Compliance Instruments successfully transferred to
NCPA within seven (7) calendar days of the aforementioned
publication date of the MTA Shortfall. Payments for said
invoices shall be due within ten (10) calendar days of the
invoice date to have sufficient procurement funds on hand
to satisfy CARB’s security requirements. In the next
immediate Quarterly Auction, NCPA will bid quantities and
prices expected to obtain sufficient Emissions Allowances to
meet up to 100% of the so determined MTA Shortfall of all
Participants, with a maximum price not to exceed 125% of
the estimated value of Emissions Allowances as determined
by NCPA staff.
(b) The allocation of any GHG Compliance Instruments attained
by NCPA in such Auction, and the associated cost thereof,
shall be in proportion to those Participants based on then
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existing MTA Shortfalls. Any excess funds collected above
will be credited back to the respective Participant’s CCA
balance after the applicable Auction.
(4) Thirty (30) days before each Reserve Sale in CY2014 and in each
year thereafter, NCPA will determine, by covered entity and by Participant, the
MTA Shortfall through all of the previous calendar years and invoice each
Participant, as applicable and in proportion to its MTA Shortfall. Payments for
said invoices shall be due within ten (10) calendar days of the invoice date to
have sufficient procurement funds on hand to satisfy CARB’s security
requirements. The allocation of any GHG Compliance Instruments attained by
NCPA in each Reserve Sale (as described in (4 a-c) below), and the associated
cost thereof, shall be in proportion to the Participant’s share of the MTA
Shortfalls for each covered entity. For each Participant whose MTA Shortfall is
then satisfied, any excess funds collected above will be refunded to the respective
Participants after the applicable Reserve Sale.
(a) At the first Reserve Sale in each calendar year, NCPA will
bid the applicable Tier 1 price for 33.3% of the so determined
MTA Shortfall of all Participants.
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(b) At the second Reserve Sale in each calendar year, NCPA will
bid the applicable Tier 2 price for 66.7% of the so determined
MTA Shortfall of all Participants.
(c) At the third and fourth Reserve Sale in each calendar year,
NCPA will bid the applicable Tier 3 price for 100.0% of the
so determined MTA Shortfall of all Participants.
(5) Pursuant to Pooling Schedule 13, Section 2, individual
Participants may acquire and transfer GHG Compliance Instruments to NCPA, if
administratively feasible and as allowed by the GHG Regulations, to meet all or
a portion of any then existing or forecast compliance obligation not already
attained by NCPA on behalf of such Participant(s). Any transfers of Participant
GHG Compliance Instruments eligible to be used for the first compliance period
consisting of CY2013 and CY2014 to NCPA will first be applied to meet any of
such Participant’s unmet CY2013 compliance obligation, with any excess GHG
Compliance Instruments applied to such Participant’s unmet Compliance
obligation during the next subsequent compliance year(s). To the extent one or
more Participants transfer GHG Compliance Instruments to NCPA for such
purposes, NCPA will allocate the GHG Compliance Instruments and associated
costs thereof of any subsequent NCPA Compliance Instrument procurement for
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CY2013 in proportion to those Participants on whose behalf such GHG
Compliance Instruments are procured.
(6) NCPA shall track by covered entity and Participant, and
regularly report, as allowed by the GHG Regulations, to Participants the then
current and remaining forecast compliance obligations of the current calendar
year together with quantities and prices associated with each NCPA Compliance
Instrument transaction.
Section 4. Surrender of GHG Compliance Instruments. NCPA will
surrender GHG Compliance Instruments in accordance with procedures
specified in the GHG Regulations. NCPA will track any Participant’s untimely
provision or transfer of GHG Compliance Instruments to NCPA. In addition,
NCPA will track and allocate to the responsible Participant(s) any identifiable
costs, charges, fees, penalties, liabilities, and damages arising out of a
Participant’s activities related to complying with GHG Regulations for the
services provided under the Agreement – including, but not limited to, a
Participant’s decisions, actions, or inactions to transfer GHG Compliance
Instruments to NCPA, provide directions to NCPA, and or to pay cash - that
results in NCPA not meeting regulatory requirements. Under no circumstances
shall NCPA or any other Participant be liable for such costs attributable to the
responsible Participant.