(A) The city/electric utility or its authorized designee is the sole entity permitted to bid demand response on behalf of retail customers served by the public power system directly into any Commission-approved (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) independent system operator’s or regional transmission organization’s organized electric markets.
(B) Retail customers served by the city/electric utility wishing to bid their demand response into a Commission-approved independent system operator’s or regional transmission organization’s organized electric markets may do so by participating in the program established by the public power system or its authorized designee. Retail customers are not permitted to participate in the demand response program of any other entity without the express prior authorization of the public power system.
(C) (1) The city/electric utility or its authorized designee is the sole entity permitted to bid demand response on behalf of retail customers served by city/electric utility directly into any Commission-approved independent system operator’s or regional transmission organization’s organized markets for energy imbalance, spinning reserves, supplemental reserves, reactive power, and voltage control, or regulation and frequency response ancillary services (or its functional equivalent in the Commission-approved independent system operator’s or regional transmission organization’s tariff).
(2) Retail customers served by the city/electric utility wishing to bid their demand response into a Commission-approved independent system operator’s or regional transmission organization’s organized markets for energy imbalance, spinning reserves, supplemental reserves, reactive power, and voltage control, or regulation and frequency response ancillary services (or its functional equivalent in the Commission-approved independent system operator’s or regional transmission organization’s tariff) may do so by participating in the authorized designee. Retail customers are not permitted to participate in the demand response program of any other entity without the express prior authorization of the city/electric utility.
(D) This section shall take effect in accord with law.
(Ord. 177, 3rd Series, passed 6-9-2009)