I have attached the summery of the Congestion Management Votes.? Let me know 
if you need anything else( Have a nice weekend!

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Katie Kaplan

Manager of Policy

Independent Energy Producers Association

(916) 448-9499

kaplan@iepa.com

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-----Original Message-----
From: Katie Kaplan [mailto:kaplan@iepa.com]
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 10:16 AM
Cc: Jan Smutny-Jones; Andy Brown; Steven Kelly
Subject: ISO Board Meeting

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Good Morning:

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Yesterday the ISO Board met and approved several items including: Price Cap 
extension, significant parts of Congestion Management Reform, RMR-LARS for 
2001, RMR Pre-Dispatch, and the net vs. gross GMC. As you can imagine, there 
were several controversial items in which some favorable results occurred.? 
If you would like to look at the entire set of documents and the materials 
related- please visit:

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http://www1.caiso.com/pubinfo/BOG/documents/motions/index.cgi?b=20000907/Board

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Below is the language from each individual vote as it was approved. The ISO 
will not be posting the Congestion Management Reform motions until later 
today.? I will forward them as soon as they are released.? Please feel free 
to call me with any questions

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Governance Committee 

Amending Articles of Incorporation

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MOVED, that the Board hereby approves the amendments to Article VI of the 
Articles of Incorporation of California Independent System Operator 
Corporation as set forth on

Attachment A to this memorandum; and be it further

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MOVED, that the Board authorized and directs Management to submit these 
amendments to the California Electricity Oversight Board for approval and to 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for acceptance and, upon receiving 
such approval and acceptance, to file a certificate of amendment with the 
California Secretary of State.

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Motion passes: 22-0-0

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Grid Ops Committee 

Amendments to Transmission Control Agreement - Appendix C (MCC)

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Moved, the Board hereby approves the changes in Sections 1, 4.3, 5.2.1b), and 
10 in order to clarify responsibilities in the TCA - Appendix C and 
authorizes ISO Management to obtain PTO approval for an Amendment to the TCA 
and make necessary FERC Filings to implement these changes.

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Motion passes: 22-0-0

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Board of Governors

Extension of Price Cap Authority (1)

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MOVED: The Board authorizes and directs Management to file an amendment to 
the ISO Tariff (substantially in the form attached as Attachment B) to remove 
the November 15, 2000 date for the termination of the ISO,s authority to 
establish price caps in the ISO,s markets.

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Motion passes: 21-1-0

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Board of Governors

Extension of Price Cap Authority (A2)

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MOVED: The Board authorizes and directs Management to do the following:

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1.to continue the price cap provision and other provisions set forth in Board 
Resolution of August 1, 2000 beyond October 15, 2000 until further directed 
by the Board in a subsequent resolution; and

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2.to provide a report and analysis to the Board by no later than March 31, 
2001 that includes an assessment of market competitiveness for 

Summer 2001, a timetable for the implementation of Congestion Management 
Reform and other Comprehensive Market Redesign components that could affect 
the need for price caps, and a recommendation regarding the need for and 
level of price caps for Summer 2001.

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Motion passes: 19-2-1

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Finance Committee 

?Increasing Neutrality Adjustment Price Cap

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Moved, that the Board of Governors, based on the authority granted under 
section 11.2.9.1 of the ISO Tariff, approve changing the limit of total 
charges levied under section 11.2.9 of the ISO Tariff from $0.095/MWh to 
$0.35/MWh for the period of September 15, 2000 through January 15, 2001. ISO 
management is directed to give seven days notice to Scheduling Coordinators 
of this action and to continue to pursue the following actions and implement 
as appropriate: (1) Allocate to Scheduling Coordinators, in proportion to 
their deviations from schedules, the costs that the ISO incurs (when in 
excess of market costs) to serve these deviations; (2) If determined to be 
feasible, allocate costs incurred to resolve real-time inter-zonal congestion 
to deviations, regardless of the zonal location of the deviations. 
Furthermore, management is directed to report back to the Board no later than 
the first Quarter of 2001 on the progress made to allocate costs to 
deviations as directed above.

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Motion passes: 21-1-1

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Grid Ops Committee 

ISO Maintenance Procedures (MCC)

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Moved, the Board hereby approves Procedures #4 and #5 of the ISO Maintenance 
Standards in order to meet the requirements of the TCA - Appendix C, approves 
Procedure #6 to improve the performance of PTO SCADA systems, and authorizes 
ISO Management to implement Procedures #4, #5, and #6 immediately upon their 
publication on the CAISO website.

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Motion passes: 22-0-0

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Grid Ops Committee Management Recommendations for RMR Designations from LARS 
2001-2003 Process

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Moved, that the Board:

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Approve Management's recommendation for Reliability Must-Run designations for 
2001 as shown in Attachment A with the exception of two newly designated 
Humboldt units until more information is forthcoming and regarding the 
designation of Lodi CT pending opinion of the ISO counsel after discussions 
with PG&E and NCPA and defer the decision on the three newly designated San 
Diego units until the 4-Oct-2000 Board of Governors meeting; 

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?Approve Management's recommendation to accept transmission projects and load 
reduction programs as shown in Attachment A, and authorize and direct 
Management to secure letters of commitment from the Respondents to have those 
projects in service as specified in their proposals.

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Motion passes: 22-0-0

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Grid Ops Committee 

Recommendations from Pre-Dispatch Enhancement Stakeholder Process

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Moved, that the Board approval of 1) the revision for the RMR Pre-dispatch 
changes to the tariff in substantially the form shown in Exhibit A of this 
memo dated August 25, 2000, and 2) the associated changes to the ISO's 
systems.

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Motion passes: 18-2-2

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Board Action

Marci Edwards, LADWP, submitted a letter of resignation at the meeting. The 
letter indicated that the muni class will now appoint David Freeman who will 
be seated, based on the below motion, at the October 9, 2000 meeting

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MOVED, that the Board of Governors hereby sets October 9, 2000, as the record 
date for selection of a governor nominee to fill the vacancy in the Municipal 
Utilities class.

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Motion passes: 14-2-4

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Audit Committee 

SC Annual Self-Audit of Meter Data

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MOVED, that the Board accept the report on the SC Annual Self-Audits of meter 
data for the period from April 1, 1998 through June 30, 1999 prepared by the 
ISO Data Quality Group.

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Motion passes: 22-0-0

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Audit/Finance Committee 

Tariff for an Unbundled Grid Management Charge (GMC)

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MOVED, that the Board approve the unbundled GMC tariff in substantially the 
form shown in Exhibit A

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Motion passes: 15-1-6

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Katie Kaplan

Manager of Policy

Independent Energy Producers Association

(916) 448-9499

kaplan@iepa.com

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