advisories & notices

The Rules Change Committee (RCC) is inviting all WESM Members and interested parties to submit comments to the PEM Board-approved Proposed General Amendments to the WESM Manual on Ancillary Services Monitoring (WESM ASMM) on Matters regarding the Reserve Conformance Standards and Related Enforcement Actions (ORCP-WM-24-06).

The proposed amendments seek to cover the following matters:

1. Clarification on, and correction of, the criteria and formulas relating to compliance with the Reserve Conformance Standards (RCS)
2. Clarity on the basis of the Ancillary Service Providers in submitting the Request for Reassessment with Notice of Claim
3. Clarity in the responsibilities of the Market Operator, the WESM Governance Arm, and the System Operator regarding the data provision, flagging, determination, and reporting of breach.
4. Timeline of the completion, consolidation, and submission of reports/results.

The WESM document for amendments is:

1. WESM Manual on Ancillary Services Monitoring

BACKGROUND:

The proposed amendments were originally initiated by PEMC on 13 August 2024 by way of the rules change process for urgent amendments. Following the procedures for processing urgent proposals set forth in Section 7 of the Rules Change Manual, the RCC certified the proposal as urgent, immediately deliberated on the proposal on 16 August 2024, and approved it on 22 August 2024.

The urgent amendments shall remain in effect up to 6 months or until a general amendment on the same matter has been approved by the DOE and becomes continuously in effect, whichever comes first. The updated market rules and manuals could be accessed in this webpage.

DOCUMENTS:

Provided below are the relevant materials for your reference:

1. Original Rules Change Proposal submitted by PEMC (ORCP-WM-24-05)
2. PEM Board-approved urgent proposal (RCC Resolution No. 2024-05) – Note: Further amendments approved by the PEM Board are provided in the matrix (item 3)
3. RCC Form 3 (Matrix of Proposed Amendments) for Comments – (Please write your comments in the proper columns in the matrix.)

Kindly submit your comments (in Word format) through the File a Submission page no later than 18 October 2024 or 30 working days from the date of publication (06 September 2024). Please input in the proper field the e-mail address of your point person(s) who we could further contact regarding activities related to the processing of the proposal. All comments received shall be published in the PEMC website.

Thank you.

For the Rules Change Committee.