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Initial* NWCC Regional
Transmission Organization Principles
* These RTO Principles were
discussed and deliberated by the National Wind Coordinating Committee
members at the March 2000 NWCC Meeting. These RTO Principles are
acceptable to the attached list of NWCC members. Click
here for link to Annotated version of principles
- RTOs should cover large contiguous areas
and coordinate with each other to widen trading areas and ensure
transmission system reliability.
- Fixed costs of the existing transmission
system should be recovered through load-based charges.
- RTOs should eliminate pancaking of
transmission rates within and between RTOs.
- RTO decision-making must provide for
non-transmission owner participation.
- RTOs should mitigate seams issues
between RTOs and have sufficient authority to resolve seams problems.
- RTOs should adopt interconnection
requirements that are fair, non-discriminatory, and standardized.
- RTOs need to provide for real-time
markets as well as forward markets.
- Ancillary services should be based on
competitive market prices.
- RTO pricing policies should support
efficient competitive markets that treat intermittent resources
fairly.
- RTO transmission planning processes
should be open and transparent and examine all resource options.
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