Please note that we are not asking entities to identify themselves (though we will ask you to identify with a stakeholder community).  The ISO may or may not post this data publicly, however we reserve the right to share it with the working group to maintain transparency.

 

Survey responses requested by 10 a.m. on Monday, July 31, in time for discussion during the August 1 stakeholder working group meeting.
Viability and Data
Stakeholder  identification

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* 1. What Stakeholder community do you represent? (Check one)

Queue behaviors

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* 2. What are your considerations when assessing viability of a project prior to submitting an interconnection request?  (Check all that apply)

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* 3. What measures or factors help define a project’s viability during or after the interconnection request process as the project proceeds to commercial operation and why?  (Check all that apply)

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* 4. What are reasons for withdrawing interconnection requests from the queue?

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* 5. What are the main reasons for keeping projects in the queue after they have been converted to EO?

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* 6. What are your considerations when assessing viability of a project after being converted to EO?  (Check all that apply)

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* 7. What are the greatest factors that facilitate securing an offtaker?

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* 8. What can the ISO do to help increase the pace of procurement and help LSEs and off-takers meet their Local Regulatory Authority’s mandates?

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* 9. If given the opportunity, would you withdraw a project from the queue if you were provided all of your available Interconnection Financial security postings back, assuming it would not impact another project?

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* 10. What would be the most important aspect for you to decide to withdraw a project in a one-time withdrawal opportunity?

Queue management

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* 11. Why are projects lingering in the queue? (Check all that apply and please explain)

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* 12. What ISO processes could be updated to ensure that projects either continue to move forward or withdraw? (Check all that apply and please explain)

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* 13. Following the ISO study process, how many years should a project be allowed to remain in the queue before the ISO can withdraw it?

0 10 20

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* 14. Please explain the reasoning behind your response to question #13.

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* 15. Following the ISO study process, within how many years should a project execute their interconnection agreement?

0 10 20

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* 16. Please explain the reasoning behind your response to question #15.

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* 17. How quickly should the interconnection agreement be effective after the TPD results are known? (Numeric value in years)

1 10 20

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* 18. Please explain the reasoning behind your response to question #17.

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* 19. Should the CAISO maintain the current calculation for execution of the interconnection agreement based on the longest lead time of the project’s network upgrades?

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* 20. How could the ISO simplify the modification process?

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* 21. Should the ISO establish defined times for modifications in advance of procurement;

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* 22. Should the ISO establish defined times for modifications in advance of synchronization

Data transparency

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* 23. Are you in favor of or opposed to publishing ALL Phase II study results publicly? And why? (Check one and explain)

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* 24. What ISO queue data already provided by the ISO is most useful to you? (Check all that apply)

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* 25. Any other comments you would like the ISO to know?