California ISO Issues Stage Two Electrical Emergency; Media Teleconference Call at 4:00 p.m. and 6:15 p.m.Business Editors/Energy Writers FOLSOM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 2000 The California Independent System Operator (California ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. ) is declaring a Stage Two Electrical Emergency today, Wednesday, December 13, 2000 after credit concerns involving market participants The term market participant is used in United States constitutional law to describe a U.S. State which is acting as a producer or supplier of a marketable good or service. When a state is acting in such a role, it may permissibly discriminate against non-residents. stopped the flow of several thousand megawatts of Northwest imports into California. The Stage Two is in effect from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Demand across the California ISO Control Area is expected to peak at 33,767 megawatts around 6:00 p.m. The California ISO anticipates activating the voluntary load interruption INTERRUPTION. The effect of some act or circumstance which stops the course of a prescription or act of limitation's. 2. Interruption of the use of a thing is natural or civil. programs administered by the state's investor-owned utilities at around 4:00 p.m. The ISO urges interruptible customers to wait to shed their contracted electrical load If an electric circuit has a well-defined output terminal, the circuit connected to this terminal (or its input impedance) is the load. (The term 'load' may also refer to the power consumed by a circuit; that topic is not discussed here. until specified to do so by their local utility. Interruptible customers, mainly commercial and industrial users, receive a reduced rate in exchange for a commitment to come off line when asked to do so for reliability purposes. The California ISO strongly encourages state residents to continue their energy conservation efforts. A Stage Two Emergency is declared when operating reserves In power systems, the operating reserve is the generating capacity available to the system operator within a short interval of time to meet demand in case a generator is lost or there is another disruption to the supply. dip below five percent or are expected to within the next two hours. If an operating reserve shortfall of less than one-and-a-half percent is unavoidable, Stage Three will be initiated. Involuntary involuntary adj. or adv. without intent, will, or choice. Participation in a crime is involuntary if forced by immediate threat to life or health of oneself or one's loved ones, and will result in dismissal or acquittal. INVOLUNTARY. curtailments of service to customers, including "rotating ro·tate v. ro·tat·ed, ro·tat·ing, ro·tates v.intr. 1. To turn around on an axis or center. 2. blackouts," are possible during this emergency declaration. The California ISO's Electrical Emergency Plan (EEP EEP Export Enhancement Program EEP Ecosystem Enhancement Program EEP Early Entrance Program (University of Washington) EEP Equal Error Protection EEP Einstein Equivalence Principle EEP Emergency Evacuation Plan ) is part of the state's enhanced reliability standards created by landmark legislation Assembly Bill 1890, which restructured California's electricity industry. A Stage One Emergency, urging Californians to conserve as much energy as possible, was called at 6:00 a.m. and is effective through midnight. The California ISO is charged with managing the flow of electricity along the long-distance, high-voltage power lines that make up the bulk of California's transmission system. The not-for-profit public-benefit corporation assumed the responsibility in March, 1998, when California opened its energy markets to competition and the state's investor-owned utilities turned their private transmission power lines over to the California ISO to manage. The mission of the California ISO is to safeguard the reliable delivery of electricity, facilitate markets and ensure equal access to a 12,500 circuit mile "electron highway." Information about the California ISO control area's electricity supply and the current demand is available on the web at www.caiso.com. MEDIA TELECONFERENCE CALLS WILL BE HELD AT 4:00 P.M. AND 6:16 P.M. Call: 800/374-1387 Pass code: 982640 |
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