1. DCPP Curtailment Guidelines
Ken Johnston
Director, Operations Services
PG&E
October 20, 2016 I

2. 2016 Summer Loads and Resources
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3. Role of Cal ISO
The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) provides open and non-discriminatory access to the bulk of the state’s wholesale transmission grid, supported by a competitive energy market and comprehensive infrastructure planning efforts. 3

4. Emergency Curtailment
Emergency curtailment orders may be issued due to grid stability concerns
Can be required to curtail by ISO
Specific criteria for requesting emergency curtailments and for DCPP’s response to such a request are included in confidential sections of DCPP Operation Policy
Confidentiality is due to market sensitive nature of information. 4

5. Non - Emergency Curtailment
PG&E’s Short Term Electric Supply’s (STES) mission is to procure and schedule electricity to meet PG&E retail load in a least cost fashion
STES forecasts PG&E retail load and schedules generation and load to CAISO in the day ahead and hour ahead markets.
STES monitors system load and generation continuously, and acts as PG&E’s single point contact for generation related coordination.
STES bids DCPP as base load (i.e. both units operating at full capacity) unless there is a scheduled outage or curtailment. 5

6. Over - Generation Curtailment
Over - Generation Curtailment Agreement
Although DCPP has an over generation curtailment agreement with STES, neither the ISO or STES has ever requested that it be exercised.
Limitations of the Curtailment Agreement
Curtailment would be for a limited amount of MWe.
Curtailment duration would be limited to small fraction of the year.
Sufficient notice would be provided to allow for safe execution of a normal power ramp. 6

7. Thank you
Ken Johnston 7