STAFF/Riverside-5

Referring to Riverside’s response to staff data request Staff/Riverside-2,

a)	please explain how the California ISO’s 10-minute dispatch requirements prevent Riverside from bidding its surplus energy into the California ISO’s Supplemental Energy markets.

b)	please explain “over-schedule”, as used in the response.

c)	did Riverside notify the California ISO that it would be using this “over-scheduling” mechanism to provide its surplus energy to the California ISO?  If yes, please provide supporting documentation.

d)	Riverside states that it would routinely “over-schedule” its resources in this manner --even when specific requests were not made -- in order to provide its surplus energy to the California ISO.  Has the California ISO approved this practice?  If yes, please provide supporting documentation.