Load Curtailment. The CAISO will not issue Dispatch Instructions to an EIM Entity Scheduling Coordinator with respect to load that has not been bid into the EIM as an EIM Participating Resource.
Load Curtailment. While this RFP 2012 is not intended to implement the Demand Side management (DSM) initiatives contained in its IRP, the Company does consider certain types of load management measures to be appropriate for consideration under this RFP 2012. The Company has found that bilateral agreements with large end-use customers for the physical curtailment of load have proven to be effective in reducing the need for incremental energy and capacity at critical times. . As a result, the Company invites end-use customers to bid physical load curtailment under this RFP 2012. Any such bid must meet the following requirements: (a) the Bidder must be an existing end-use customer of the Company; (b) the load to be curtailed must be not less than 25 MW; (c) the curtailment must be a physical curtailment of the load; (d) the load to be curtailed must respond to the curtailment order 30 minutes prior to the hour within and remain curtailed for continuous one-hour blocks; (e) the Company must not have any residual delivery obligation upon exercising its curtailment rights hereunder under any other contract, law, regulation or order, and Bidder must waive any and all rights to assert any such contrary rights; and (f) the Bidder must provide the Company with contractual surety and adequate credit assurances that such load curtailment will take place at times and in amounts required by this RFP 2012. The Company will not accept proposals for the financial curtailment of load nor will it accept physical load curtailment proposals that result in the Company having a residual delivery obligation via any other contract, law, or regulatory rule or order. b) b) Qualifying Facility Qualifying Facilities (“QFs”), as defined under the regulations implementing the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (“PURPA”), with 10 MW or greater of capacity are eligible to participate in this RFP 2012. QFs must be 10 MW or greater of firm capacity and a minimum term of fiveten years or longer. Each QF Bidder must submit the required information in Attachment 2 in order to be evaluated under this RFP 2012.
Load Curtailment. The Company has found that bilateral agreements with large end-use customers for the physical curtailment of load have proven to be effective in reducing the need for incremental energy and capacity at critical times. As a result, the Company invites end-use customers to bid physical load curtailment under this RFP 2012. Any such bid must meet the following requirements:
