Document name
Tagging Protocols
INT-018-WECC-CRT-0
Regional Criterion1
Category
( ) Regional Reliability Standard
(X) Regional Criterion
( ) Policy
( ) Guideline
( ) Report or Other
Document date
Adopted/approved by
Date adopted/approved
Custodian (entity responsible
for maintenance and upkeep)
12/6/2007
Stored/filed
Approved Regional Criteria
Previous name/number
This document was previously posted as Version 1; it should have
been posted as Version 0. See Version Control.
WECC Board of Directors
12/6/2007
Standards
On September 5, 2012, the WECC Board of Directors (Board)
changed the designation from “CRT” to “RBP.”
On June 25, 2014, the Board changed the designation from
“RBP” to “CRT.”
(X) In Effect
( ) Usable, Minor Formatting/Editing Required
( ) Modification Needed
( ) Superseded By
( ) Other
( ) Obsolete/Archived)
Status
Version Control
1
Version
0
0
Date
8/3/2007
11/16/2007
Action
Initial
MIC Approval (Email Ballot)
Change Tracking
Initial
Approval
0
12/6/2007
Board Approval
Approval
0
1/22/2008
Designation change
0
9/5/2012
Naming convention changed to INTBPS-018-0; formerly INT- BPS-W ECC004 -0.
WECC Board changed designation
from “CRT” to “RBP”.
0
1/25/2013
Reformatted
Conformed to RBP Template
Designation change.
Formatting change.
This document was posted for comment as a Regional Business Practice (RBP). During the
development process the Document Category of Regional Business Practice was eliminated by
WECC Board of Directors action. As a result, this document tag has been updated to reflect that
action. Although the narrative preamble also contains references to the RBP and other
categories, corrections were not made to those sections.
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0
6/25/2014
Background2
WECC Board of Directors (Board)
designated this document as a
Regional Criterion.
Designation change
On October 24, 2013, the Market Interface Committee (MIC) approved a motion 3 to
“update the format of the current approved INT-018, keeping the existing language.” In
keeping with the Document Categorization Policy (Policy) Regional Business Practices
(RBP) “are developed in accordance with the WECC Standards Development Procedures
(Procedures) as set forth in Exhibit C to the NERC-WECC Delegation Agreement.”4
Documents developed under the Procedures: 1) will follow a standard format that refers to
the Responsible Entities included in the NERC Functional Model, 2) will include
mandatory requirements, and 3) may include definitions for any terms included in the
document that need to be added to the WECC Glossary. (Procedures, Step 4) Under the
Policy, RBPs will also “include adherence measures instead of compliance measures.”
(Policy, 3. WECC Regional Business Practices)
It is the intent of the drafting team that the substance of Version Zero be kept while
bringing the document into alignment with the Procedures and the Policy.
Implementation Plan
To Be Determined.
2
Please take note of Footnote 1 regarding document classification. The preamble will be
removed after final disposition.
“If requirements of any WECC document are redundant to or in conflict with a Reliability
Standard or a Regional Criterion, then the document shall be reviewed for possible
revision or removal.” Document Categorization Policy, Categorization Guidelines.
3
4
WECC Guidelines are not developed under or subject to the Procedures.
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Project Roadmap
This section is maintained by the drafting team and is subject to change.
Completed Actions
1.
SAR Filed
Completion Date
December 3, 2013
2. WSC approved the SAR
December 4, 2013
3. DT solicitation notice dispatched
December 5, 2013
4. MIC requests scope change
December 10, 2013
5. WSC grants scope change / approves DT
January 8, 2014
6. First DT meeting / Agreed to post for Comment
February 13, 2014
7. WSC approves posting Version 1 for Comment
March 12, 2014
8. Posting 1 Comments Open
March 14, 2014
9. Posting 1 Comments Closed (45-day)
April 28, 2014
10. DT Meets to answer Comments
April 30, 2014
11. Joint Session – Notice
May 22, 2014
12. Close Ballot Pool
June 19, 2014
13. Joint Session
June 12, 2014
14. Open Ballot
June 25, 2014
15. Ballot Closed
July 18, 2014
16. WSC Meets
July 24, 2014
17. Notice to WECC Board of Directors
18. Board
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Target: September
2014
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Definitions of Terms Used in the Standard
The drafting team is proposing no change to the existing definitions with the exception of
errata.
Under the Procedures, the definitions will be moved to the WECC Glossary for WECC
Criteria and WECC Regional Business Practices and Naming Conventions (Glossary).
The Glossary contains all definitions developed under the Procedures for purposes of
WECC Criteria (CRT) and WECC Regional Business Practices (RBP), and also
grandfathered terms currently contained in active CRTs and RBPs.
The Glossary is currently located on the Documents section of the WECC Standards
Home Page.
The WECC Standards Committee has taken as an action item the task of ensuring the
WECC Glossary is up-to-date.
The following are “terms included in the [document] that need to be added to the WECC
Glossary.” (Procedures, Step 4) These definitions have not been changed.
Definitions
G-F: Firm Energy
This product may be curtailed only in the event of a reliability condition or to meet Seller’s
public utility or statutory obligations for reliability of service to native load. A G-F product
cannot be interrupted for economic reasons.
G-NF: Non-firm Energy
This product may be interrupted for any reason or no reason, without liability on the part of
either the buyer or seller.
G-FC: Firm Contingent
The energy is from a designated generating unit or source. This product may be
interrupted only to the extent the output capability of the designated unit or source has
been reduced due to a deration or outage of the designated unit or source. A G-FC
product cannot be interrupted for economic reasons.
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G-FP: Firm Provisional Energy
This product may be interrupted only if the interruption is within the recall time and for
conditions allowed by applicable provisions governing interruption of service, as mutually
agreed to by the parties. A G-FP product cannot be interrupted for economic reasons.
G-F1: Hourly Firm Energy
This product may be interrupted, consistent with the provisions of the transaction,
provided the Purchasing-Selling Entity or Load-Serving Entity receives notification of the
interruption 40 minutes or more prior to the start of the operating hour. A G-F1 product
cannot be interrupted for economic reasons.
G-EX: Exchange of Firm Energy
An exchange of firm energy where by one entity delivers energy to another entity at one
point on the grid and receives an agreed upon amount of energy from that entity at
another point on the grid.
C-SP: Capacity for Spinning Reserve
On-Demand Spinning Reserve obligation/resource is a Spinning Reserve product that can
be activated through the adjustment of a capacity e-Tag.
C-NS: Capacity for Non-Spinning Reserve
On-Demand Non-Spinning Reserve obligation/resource is a Non-Spinning Reserve
product that can be activated through the adjustment of a capacity e-Tag.
C-RE: Capacity Associated with Energy Recallable for Reserves
This product is energy which is recallable within ten minutes of activation of reserves and
has been included in the Source Balancing Authority’s reserve resources.
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A.
Introduction
1. Title:
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2. Number:
INT-018-WECC-CRT-1
3. Purpose:
To identify specific e-Tag product codes for use in the WECC
4. Applicability
4.1. Functional Entities
4.1.1
Load-Serving Entity
4.1.2
Purchasing-Selling Entity
4.1.3
Balancing Authority
5. Effective Date: The first day of the second quarter after approval by the
WECC Board of Directors.
B.
Requirements and Measures
R1.
Each Load-Serving Entity, Purchasing-Selling Entity and Balancing Authority
that authors an e-Tag within the Western Interconnection shall use the
energy product code that represents the energy transaction, to include but
not be limited to, any of following codes as defined in the WECC Glossary
for Criteria and WECC Regional Business Practices and Naming
Conventions (Glossary).

G-F:

G-NF: Non-firm Energy

G-FC: Firm Contingent

G-FP: Firm Provisional Energy

G-F1: Hourly Firm Energy

G-EX: Exchange of Firm Energy

C-SP: Capacity for Spinning Reserve

C-NS: Capacity for Non-Spinning Reserve
Firm Energy
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
C.
C-RE: Capacity Associated with Energy Recallable for Reserves
Measures
M1.
Each Load-Serving Entity, Purchasing-Selling Entity and Balancing Authority
that authors an e-Tag within the Western Interconnection shall have
evidence that it used the energy product code representing the energy
transaction, to include but not limited to, any of codes allowed in
Requirement R1, as contained in the WECC Glossary for WECC Criteria
and WECC Regional Business Practices and Naming Conventions
(Glossary).
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