Coordinated Flowgates Clause Samples

Coordinated Flowgates. An Operating Entity will conduct sensitivity studies to determine which Flowgates are significantly impacted by the flows of the Operating Entity’s Control Zones (historic Control Areas that existed in the IDC). An Operating Entity identifies these Flowgates by performing the following five studies to determine which Flowgates the Operating Entity will monitor and help control. As set forth in Appendix C, a Flowgate passing any one of these studies will be considered a Coordinated Flowgate and AFCs shall be computed for these Flowgates, unless mutually agreed otherwise by the Operating Entities and any Reciprocal Entities for the Flowgate. An Operating Entity shall add a Coordinated Flowgate to its AFC process as soon as practical in accordance with the Operating Entity’s processes. Nothing in this section precludes an Operating Entity or Reciprocal Entity from calculating AFCs for any Flowgates. An Operating Entity may also specify additional Flowgates that have not passed any of the five studies to be Coordinated Flowgates where the Operating Entity expects to utilize the TLR process to manage congestion. For a list of Coordinated Flowgates between Reciprocal Entities, see each Reciprocal Entity’s Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS) website. Coordinated Flowgates are identified to determine which Flowgates an entity impacts significantly. This set of Flowgates may then be used in the congestion management processes and/or Reciprocal Operations defined in this document. When performing the five Flowgate studies, a 5% threshold will be used based on the positive impact. Use of a 5% threshold in the studies may not capture all Flowgates that experience a significant impact due to operations. The Operating Entities have agreed to adopt a lower threshold at the time NERC and/or NAESB implements the use of a lower threshold in the TLR process.