Summary of Reply and Added Supplemental Comments Submitted to the Commission Concerning Standard Market Design

FERC's Standard Market Design NOPR

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Publication Date: March 2003 
 
Item #130302

A summary of Reply and Supplemental Comments that were submitted in the SMD rulemaking docket by February 28, 2003.

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These comments address:

• Market Design for the Western Interconnection 
• Transmission Planning and Pricing, including Participant Funding
• Regional State Advisory Committees and State Participation
• Resource Adequacy
• Congestion Revenue Rights and Transition Issues
• Merchant Transmission Providers' Obligation to Expand

Filed by approximately 96 parties, this summary represents the opinions of federal and state governments, regulatory commissions, RTOs/ISOs, shareholder-owned utilities, independent transmission companies, independent power producers and marketers, non-jurisdictional utilities, energy consumers, public interests groups, and other significant parties.

The following issues are addressed, although not every party responds to every issue:

• Legal issues
• Tariff issues
• Business Models
• Markets, Bidding, and Scheduling
• Congestion Management/CRRs
• Transmission Pricing
• Business Practices and Standards
• Market Power Mitigation and Monitoring
• Long-Term Resource Adequacy
• Regional Planning
• State Participation
• Demand Response
• Governance
• Security
• Implementation and Seams Issues

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