Pacific Gas & Electric (PCG)

Path 15 Existing Transmission Contract Facilitator (ETC Facilitator)

        PG&E will serve in the capacity of ETC Facilitator to assist the ISO and to provide necessary guidance to the ISO in the administration of Path 15 ETC rights. The ETC Facilitator shall:

1.

Provide to the ISO, for each hour of the Trading Day, the total amount of megawatts that should be reserved for use by the ETC Parties.^2/Such amounts shall be provided generally by 8:30 a.m. of each weekday prior to the start of a Trading Day for the Day-Ahead Market, and generally by 4:30 p.m. of the weekday prior to the start of a Trading Day for the Hour-Ahead Market.³ Any revisions to the amount of megawatts reserved for use by the ETC Parties after these times shall be as provided in ISO operating procedures (currently M-423).

2/

The ETC Facilitator's specification of the megawatt reservation amount does not limit, in any way, ETC Parties' ability to exercise their rights, including making schedule changes in real time.

3/

PG&E and most of the ETC Parties pre-schedule Monday through Friday only. PG&E generally provides its ETC reservation for Sunday and Monday by close-of-business on Friday and to the extent practicable, encourages ETC Parties to provide pre-schedules in time to meet the ISO's Day-Ahead market deadline.

2.

Facilitate all Path 15 schedules from ETC Parties, including those ETC Parties for which the ETC Facilitator is not the Scheduling Coordinator (SC), unless otherwise agreed by PG&E and the ETC Party.¹

3.

Schedule all SC to SC transfers² that utilize ETC rights across Path 15, unless otherwise agreed by PG&E and the ETC Party.

4.

Inform ETC Parties, affected SCs, and the ISO, pursuant to these Operating Instructions, when an ETC Party's scheduled usage of Path 15 is reduced and the amount of such reduction.

5.

In performing these tasks, ensure that all transmission rights and priorities on Path 15 that were in existence as of the ISO Operations Date are maintained and protected.

1/

PG&E may make arrangements with an ETC party to permit that party to self schedule its Path 15 rights. Any such arrangements will preserve the purpose and objectives of these Operating Instructions.

2/

Currently, Southern California Edison Company (Edison) schedules its SC-SC transfers for its Existing Contracts directly with the ISO. Upon mutual agreement by Edison and PG&E, PG&E may become a party to these SC-SC transfers across Path 15.