Riverside Municipal Code Ch. 14.32 Provisions with Respect to the Aggregation of Demand Response on Behalf…

The City Council finds as follows:

A. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued Order No. 719, 125 FERC 61, 071, 73 Fed. Reg. 64,099 (October 28, 2008).

B. Pursuant to Order No. 719, 18 C.F.R. § 35.28(g)(1)(iii) provides: "Each Commission-approved independent system operator and regional transmission organization must permit a qualified aggregator of retail customers to bid demand response on behalf of retail customers directly into the Commission-approved independent system operator's or regional transmission organization's organized markets, unless the laws and regulations of the relevant electric retail regulatory authority expressly do not permit a retail customer to participate."

C. The City Council has determined that it would be harmful to demand response efforts by Riverside Public Utilities, as a load-serving entity with an obligation to serve at retail, and its retail customers to permit any entity other than Riverside Public Utilities itself or its authorized designee to aggregate demand response on behalf of its retail customers.

D. The City Council, as the electric retail regulatory authority for Riverside Public Utilities, has determined it to be desirable that the aggregation of demand response on behalf of retail customers located within its service area to be bid directly into the organized electric and ancillary services markets administered by the California Independent System Operator Corporation (or any successor independent system operator or regional transmission organization to which Riverside Public Utilities is a member, participant, or customer) be performed by Riverside Public Utilities or its authorized designee, the following amendments to the Riverside Municipal Code are hereby adopted.

(Ord. 7052 § 1, 2009)

Pursuant to Section 1200 of the Riverside City Charter, the City Council is authorized to enact regulations governing the provision of electric power, by and through the Riverside Department of Public Utilities ("Riverside Public Utilities"), to the City and its residents.

(Ord. 7052 § 1, 2009)

A. Riverside Public Utilities or its authorized designee is the sole entity permitted to bid demand response on behalf of retail customers served by Riverside Public Utilities directly into any Federal Energy Regulatory Commission-approved independent system operator's or regional transmission organization's organized electric markets.

B. Retail customers served by Riverside Public Utilities 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 Riverside Public Utilities 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 Riverside Public Utilities.

(Ord. 7052 § 1, 2009)

A. Riverside Public Utilities or its authorized designee is the sole entity permitted to bid demand response on behalf of retail customers served by Riverside Public Utilities 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).

B. Retail customers served by Riverside Public Utilities 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 program established by Riverside Public Utilities 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 Riverside Public Utilities.

(Ord. 7052 § 1, 2009)