PacifiCorp is probably responsible for the onslaught of these Email's.  Most of PacifiCorp's Merchant tags that moved energy from CA to CA at a generator bus already used the term "NOR".  In our attempts to improve the checkout process so we could see our Merchant's schedules by tag I requested a software change to allow us to start scheduling his tags that contained the ARef value of "NOR" (No Oasis Required).  We then asked him to continue to use it and requested that he inform all those he did business with to also use it on our line so we could schedule against it.  I was not thinking about nor remembered Business Practice #11 at the time we implemented this and didn't realize it would be an issue.  Since the notification, I did some research and found that no standard is being used for the use of "Single Bus".  18 were "single buss", 8 were "single bus", 6 were "singlebus".  I have made the attached programming change to comply with Business Practice rule and I believe that Mark is going to send a notice to everybody that the rule needs to be followed as written.    I apologize for the inconvenience, it was not intentional.   We will accept all tags that properly use "Single Bus".   Responses are graciously accepted.  

-----Original Message----- 
From: Harshbarger, Robert [ <mailto:bharsh@puget.com>] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 3:48 PM 
To: Interchange Scheduling & Accounting Subcommittee (ISAS) 
Subject: RE: Business Practice #11 


Your last paragraph is right on man.  It just the commie business practice 
that bites. 

Again, my view of the world is that the transmission should be associated 
with the sink control area - they are the one who takes it home.  The source 
control area shouldn't have the fake transmission. 

Guess part of the problem is due to CAs not registering as TPs which would 
make things much more consistent. 

PSEI will take NOR, SINGLEBUS, GF (if we're not looking), MIDC-MIDC, and 
other creative entries for the OASIS number for MIDC-MIDC transactions. 

Bob 

> ---------- 
> From:         Hackney, Mark W(Z39911)[SMTP:Mark.Hackney@aps.com] 
> Sent:         Wednesday, October 03, 2001 3:04 PM 
> To:   Interchange Scheduling & Accounting Subcommittee (ISAS) 
> Subject:      Business Practice #11 
> 
> "For transactions that occur at only one bus (i.e. no OASIS/GF 
> transmission 
> involved) use a willing TP on the second line with the same PSE as on the 
> first line and the words "Single Bus" in the OASIS reservation field and 
> "7-F" as the Product." 
> 
> Is this practice not being practiced?  I've seen/heard that at the MID 
> Columbia folks selling energy to those who have take away rights at MID C 
> are have their tags denied because the tag creators are not using a "TP 
> specific transmission path or designation".  It was agreed to use "Single 
> Bus" in these situations to avoid the implications of transmission service 
> where no transmission service was necessary from the MID C. 
> 
> If the sink control area is bringing the energy back to their system at 
> that 
> point then the sink should have it indicated that it's not a single bus 
> for 
> their transmission portion, but may be "GF" or "No reservation required" 
> from the bus to the system.  But in this circumstance then the path is not 
> MIDC-MIDC but MIDC-SYS.  That's my take.  Others wish to pipe in? 
> 
> Mark W. Hackney 
> Section Leader 
> Pre and Real-time Transmission Scheduling 
> APS OATT Administration 
> Arizona Public Service Company 
> 602.250.1128 - Office 
> 602.908.1423 - Cell 
> 602.250.1155 - Fax 
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From: Larocco, Mike <Mike.Larocco@pacificorp.com>
To: EMIS Transmission Scheduling <emis_transmission_scheduling@pacificorp.com>, Williams, Robert L <Robert_L.Williams@PacifiCorp.com>
CC: EMIS OASIS <IMCEAEX-_O=PACIFICORP_OU=SLC_CN=DISTRIBUTION+20LISTS_CN=EMISOASIS@PacifiCorp.com>
Date: Thursday, October 4, 2001 12:31:26 PM
Subject: NOR Scheduling

It was requested that ETags that specify an OASIS reservation 
as 'Single Bus' be treated the same as 'NOR' tags.  I have just 
released a copy of SCHDOASIS that supports this.  The text 
must exactly read 'Single Bus' (as stated in the rules).  Let me 
know of any problems.