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VGS Work Plan for MWG. Presentation to MIS August 26,2009 Meeting Seattle. VGS Marketing Work Group. Marketing Workgroup Investigate new approaches to address how ancillary services will be supplied for VG Evaluate the impacts of REC markets
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VGS Work Plan for MWG Presentation to MIS August 26,2009 Meeting Seattle
VGS Marketing Work Group • Marketing Workgroup • Investigate new approaches to address how ancillary services will be supplied for VG • Evaluate the impacts of REC markets • Investigate product codes used in scheduling of VG resources • Evaluate NAESB activities as appropriate
MWG Issues/Activities • How can market mechanisms assist in the supply and delivery of increased regulation, load following, and balancing requirements? • M1. Determine market based approaches to supplying regulation, load following, and balancing requirements and recommend WECC and Industry roles for supporting market based approaches.
MWG Tasks • Track ongoing efforts to develop new market mechanisms and products. • Work with OWG, MIS and others to determine what products will be needed how they can effectively be procured and delivered?
MWG Tasks • Determine need for a market impact study (or defer to other ongoing or existing market studies by NREL and others to develop strategies for accessing ancillary services). • Develop a white paper on market mechanisms with recommendations for new strategies and identify role of WECC and its members
VGS Operating Work Group • Assess methodologies for determining reserve requirements to facilitate reliable integration of VG • Inventory VG performance standards and propose modifications where gaps exist • Investigate mechanisms for better utilizing resource flexibility • Inventory forecasting practices • Quantify the benefits of BA consolidation