APPA's Competitive Market Plan - American Public Power Association

Table of Contents
Executive Summary................................................................xii
I. Introduction ............................................................................1
II. Background.............................................................................7
III. Overview of Proposed Market Structure ................................12
IV. Role of State Regulatory Agencies.........................................15
V. Bilateral Contracts .................................................................21
VI. Market Power .......................................................................27
VII. Residual Short-Term and Imbalance Services:
The Optimization Market........................................................30
VIII. RTO Operations to Support Non-Discriminatory
Transmission Access .............................................................34
IX. Renewable Energy.................................................................38
X. Resource Adequacy and Planning .........................................42
XI. Transmission Planning ...........................................................47
XII. Transition Issues ....................................................................49
XIII. Conclusion ............................................................................50
Appendix A: Division of Responsibilities for
Resource Adequacy in Current RTO Market Structures ..................52
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