California ISO: Industry Links

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The electricity picture in California is a complex=20 interaction of many entities. This page attempts to = pull=20 together resources to help you understand and navigate = the=20 California electric market.

Investor Owned = Utilities

Three IOUs participate in the ISO. The ISO controls = approximately 75% of the electricity transmission in=20 California as a result. For a view of the ISO control = area,=20 see http://www.caiso.c= om/aboutus/infokit/map/.

Pacific Gas = &=20 Electric

San Diego Gas = &=20 Electric

Southern = California=20 Edison

Other Electric = Utilities

The California Municipal Utilities Association = maintains a=20 list of its members at http://www.cmua.org/aboutcmu= .htm.

State Agencies

California Energy = Commission =20 (CEC)

The California Energy Commission is the state's = primary=20 energy policy and planning agency, charged with = ensuring a=20 reliable and affordable energy supply. The Commission = has five=20 major responsibilities: Forecasting future energy = needs and=20 keeping historical energy data; Siting and licensing = power=20 plants; Promoting energy efficiency through appliance = and=20 building standards; Developing energy technologies and = supporting renewable energy; Planning for and = directing state=20 response to energy emergencies.

California Electricity Oversight=20 Board (EOB)

Formed by the California Legislature to perform = three=20 functions: To oversee the Independent System Operator = and the=20 Power Exchange; To determine the composition and terms = of=20 service and to appoint the members of the governing = boards of=20 the Independent System Operator and the Power = Exchange; To=20 serve as an appeal board for majority decisions of the = Independent System Operator governing board.

California Public Utilities=20 Commission (CPUC)

The CPUC regulates privately owned = telecommunications,=20 electric, natural gas, water, railroad, rail transit, = and=20 passenger transportation companies. The CPUC is = responsible=20 for assuring California = utility=20 customers have safe, reliable utility service at = reasonable=20 rates, protecting utility customers from fraud, and = promoting=20 the health of California=92s economy.

California Air Resources = Board =20 (ARB)

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) mission is = to=20 promote and protect public health, welfare and = ecological=20 resources through the effective and efficient = reduction of air=20 pollutants while recognizing and considering the = effects on=20 the economy of the state.

Office of the Governor of=20 California

California Legislation

California Department of Water=20 Resources

Federal Agencies

Federal=20 Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

FERC is an independent regulatory agency within the = Department of Energy that: regulates the transmission = and sale=20 for resale of natural gas in interstate commerce; = regulates=20 the transmission of oil by pipeline in interstate = commerce;=20 regulates the transmission and wholesale sales of = electricity=20 in interstate commerce; licenses and inspects private, = municipal and state hydroelectric projects; oversees = related=20 environmental matters; and administers accounting and=20 financial reporting regulations and conducts of = jurisdictional=20 companies.

U.S.=20 Department of Energy (DOE)

"The Department of Energy's mission is to foster a = secure=20 and reliable energy system that is environmentally and = economically sustainable. . . " The FERC, which = regulates the=20 California ISO, is part of the DOE.

Electric Industry Links

Automated=20 Power Exchange

Bonneville Power = Administration

Electric=20 Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Northern=20 California Power Agency

OASIS Nodes in the = WECC =20 (tsin)

Other ISO/RTOs

Electric=20 Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

Midwest ISO

ISO New England

PJM=20 Interconnection

New York ISO

Trade Groups and Agencies

North=20 American Electric Reliability Council = (NERC)

Since its formation, NERC has operated as a = voluntary=20 organization - one dependent on reciprocity and mutual = self-interest of all those involved. With the = continued growth=20 of competition and the structural changes taking place = in the=20 industry, incentives and responsibilities are = changing, making=20 it necessary for NERC to transform from a voluntary = system of=20 reliability management to one that is mandatory, with = the=20 backing and support of U.S. and Canadian governments. = The=20 mission of the new NAERO (North American Electric = Reliability=20 Organization), NERC's successor organization, will be = to=20 develop, promote, and enforce standards for a reliable = North=20 American bulk electric system.

Western=20 Electricity Coordinating Council = (WECC)

The Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) = was=20 formed in 1967 by 40 electric power systems engaged in = bulk=20 power generation and/or transmission serving all or = part of=20 the 14 Western States and British Columbia, Canada. In = addition to promoting a reliable electric power system = in the=20 Western Interconnection, WECC supports efficient = competitive=20 power markets, assures open and non-discriminatory=20 transmission access among members, provides a forum = for=20 resolving transmission access disputes, and provides = an=20 environment for coordinating the operating and = planning=20 activities of its members.

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