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 Dispatch Protocol on Issuance and Coverage of Dispatch Schedules below Minimum Stable Load (ORCP-WM-24-08).

The proposed amendments are intended to provide guidelines for trading participants and plants operators in managing the dispatch of their generating units in the event of having dispatch schedules below their minimum stable load or Pmin.

The WESM document for amendments is:

1. WESM Manual on Dispatch Protocol

BACKGROUND:

The proposed amendments were originally initiated by PEMC on 02 October 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 10 October 2024, and approved it on 22 October 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-24-07)
2. PEM Board-approved urgent proposal (RCC Resolution No. 2024-07)
3. RCC Form 3_Matrix of Proposed Amendments for Comments – Annex A of this document (See below. 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 11 December 2024 or 30 working days from the date of publication (30 October 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.