Use of e-Tag Energy Product Codes Specific to the WECC Document name Regional Business PracticeCriteria INT-018-WECC-RBPCRT-1 Category ( ) Regional Reliability Standard ( X) Regional Criteria (X) Regional Business Practice ( ) Policy ( ) Guideline 8-11-2014 Document date WECC Board of Directors Adopted/approved by

Date adopted/approved Standards Custodian Physical location: Approved Regional Business PracticesCriteria Stored/filed (if any) This document is iterative from INT-018-WECC-RBP-0. Previous name/number (X ) Approved by Ballot Body 7-18-2014in effect December 6, 2007 Status ( ) usable, minor formatting/editing required ( ) modification needed ( ) superseded by ( ) other ( ) obsolete/archived

Version Control

Version Date Action Change Highlights

0 11/16/2007 Market Interface Committee Initial Approval

0 12/6/2007 WECC Board of Directors Initial (Board) Approved 0 1/22/2008 Naming convention changed Designation and formatting change. from INT-BPS-018-0 to INT- BPS-WECC-004-0.

0 9/5/2012 Board changed designation to Designation and formatting change. “Regional Business Practice” (RBP

0 1/25/2013 Reformatted Conformed to RBP template

1 8/11/2014 WECC Ballot 7-18-2014Board Conform to Regional Criteria template approved Use of e-Tag Energy Product Codes Specific to the WECC Regional Business PracticeCriteria INT-018-WECC-RBPCRT-1

Developed as WECC-0106 Page 2 Use of e-Tag Energy Product Codes Specific to the WECC Regional Business PracticeCriteria INT-018-WECC-RBPCRT-1 Background

On October 24, 2013, the Market Interface Committee (MIC) approved a motion 1 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.”2

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.

1 “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. 2

WECC Guidelines are not developed under or subject to the Procedures. Developed as WECC-0106 Page 3 Use of e-Tag Energy Product Codes Specific to the WECC Regional Business PracticeCriteria INT-018-WECC-RBPCRT-1

Project Roadmap This section is maintained by the drafting team and is subject to change.

Completed Actions Completion Date

1. SAR Filed 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. Open Ballot PoolDT Meets to answer Comments April 30, 2014 11.Joint Session – Notice May 25, 2014

12. Open Ballot Pool May 28, 2014 13.Close Ballot Pool June 19, 2014 14.Joint Session June 12, 2014 15.Open Ballot June 25, 2014 16.Ballot Closed July 18, 2014 17.WSC Meets July 24, 2014 18.Notice to WECC Board of Directors 19.Board Target: December 2014

Developed as WECC-0106 Page 4 Use of e-Tag Energy Product Codes Specific to the WECC Regional Business PracticeCriteria INT-018-WECC-RBPCRT-1

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.

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.

Developed as WECC-0106 Page 5 Use of e-Tag Energy Product Codes Specific to the WECC Regional Business PracticeCriteria INT-018-WECC-RBPCRT-1 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-tagTag.

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 Authorities Authority’s reserve resources.

Developed as WECC-0106 Page 6 Use of e-Tag Energy Product Codes Specific to the WECC Regional Business PracticeCriteria INT-018-WECC-RBPCRT-1 A. Introduction

1. Title: Use of e-Tag Energy Product Codes Specific to the WECC

Regional Business Practice

2. Number: INT-018-WECC-RBP-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 accurately represents the characteristics of the energy transaction, to include but not be limited to, any of following codes as defined in the WECC Glossary for WECC Criteria and WECC Regional Developed as WECC-0106 Page 7 Use of e-Tag Energy Product Codes Specific to the WECC Regional Business PracticeCriteria INT-018-WECC-RBPCRT-1 Business Practices and Naming Conventions (Glossary).

 G-F: Firm Energy  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  C-RE: Capacity Associated with Energy Recallable for Reserves

C. 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 accurately representing the characteristics of 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).

Developed as WECC-0106 Page 8