OASIS Subcommittee StatusPreemption and Competition

EC Meeting4/30/13

Annual Plan Items Affected• 2013 AP Item 2(a) Develop version 2 business practice standards

to better coordinate the use of the transmission system among neighboring transmission providers. Request R050004 was expanded to include the Order No. 890 (Docket Nos.RM05-17-000 and RM02-25-000), (Order No. 890-A (Docket Nos. RM05-17-001, 002 and RM05-25-001, 002), and Order No. 890-B (Docket Nos. RM05-17-03 and RM05-25-03) “Preventing Undue Discrimination and Preference in Transmission Services”– (i) Group 4: Pre-Emption; Request No. R05019• (1) Pre-Emption• (2) Request No. R05019

• 2013 AP Item 5(c) Add language to WEQ-001-4 Online Negotiation and Confirmation process to clarify Table 4-3 (R09003)

Issues & Requirements

• 143 were identified– What is a Challenger– What is a Defender– What is preemption & competition– Identify who has Right of First Refusal (ROFR)– How to handle Redirects and Resales– How to handle multiple Defenders who compete for the

same Transmission capacity– How to address tagging issues when a reservation loses

capacity through preemption and competition

Subcommittee Accomplishments • Worked through 87 issues and requirements

– 53 motions have already been voted on– Still have 56 issues and requirements to go

• Three task forces are working simultaneously with Subcommittee – Defender Mitigation Task Force– Commercially Similar Task Force (Finished tasks)– Notification Task Force

• Working on Short-Term Firm Preemption and Competition first – Will work on Non-Firm Preemption and Competition next– Will work on Long-Term Preemption next

• Drafting the recommendation as we adopt motions – Making Business Practice Standard revisions– Subcommittee formal work on the recommendation after we

complete bullet #3

Goals • Finish Task Force recommendations second quarter 2013• Finish issues and requirements for Short Term Firm second

quarter 2013• Making revisions to Business Practice Standards

– WEQ-000– WEQ-001– WEQ-002– WEQ-003– WEQ-013

• Out for informal comments fourth quarter 2013• Out for formal comments first quarter 2014

OASIS Calendar

• May 1-2 Carmel, IN (ACES) Face-to-Face• May 9 Conference• May 29-30 Little Rock, AR (SPP)Face-to-Face• June 6 Conference• June 25-27 Portland, OR (BPA) Face-to-Face• July 2 Conference