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STAGE 2 EMERGENCY NOTICE [200100893]

The California Independent System Operator is implementing Stage 2 of the Electrical Emergency Plan for the period 03/15/2001 10:30 through 03/15/2001 21:59.

The CAISO is continuing to request additional Supplemental Energy bids during this period. The Plan has been implemented for the following reason(s):

Insufficient Resources

Participating Transmission Owners are to notify the Utility Distribution Companies within their operational areas.

Stage 2: Operating reserves are currently, or forecast to be, below 5%. The UDC will implement interruptible service programs AS DIRECTED BY THE ISO and will take all additional actions necessary in preparation for immediate implementation of electrical emergency plans and await further orders from the ISO. Advise the UDC to prepare for possible implementation of involuntary firm demand reductions.

This message is from Market Operations at the California ISO.

Notice issued at: 03/15/2001 10:17

The system conditions described in this communication are dynamic and subject to change. While the ISO has attempted to reflect the most current, accurate information available in preparing this notice, system conditions may change suddenly with little or no notice.

-- Swissrose (cellier3@mindspring.com), March 15, 2001

Answers

California Independent System Operator FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Patrick Dorinson March 15, 2001 Director of Communications 1 (888) 516-NEWS

CALIFORNIA ISO ISSUES STAGE TWO ELECTRICAL EMERGENCY AFTER NORTHWEST POWER IMPORT FLOWS SLOW

All Consumers Urged to Step Up Conservation Efforts

No forecast for rotating blackouts today

(Folsom, CA) The California Independent System Operator (California ISO) declared a Stage Two Electrical Emergency this morning, Thursday, March 15, 2001 at 10:30 a.m., in effect until 10:00 p.m. tonight.

Operating reserves the ISO maintains to ensure reliability of the Grid were impacted after imported power from the Northwest was reduced by approximately 1,600 megawatts from yesterday. Only 1,500 megawatts are currently flowing into California from Oregon, Washington and Canada vs. approximately 2,700 megawatts yesterday.

Megawatt-savings through conservation are extremely helpful to the California ISO’s efforts to manage the state’s electricity grid during these instances of short supply.

Californians are encouraged to increase their conservation efforts as much as possible today. Demand across the California ISO Control Area is expected to peak at 28,675 megawatts around 6:00 p.m. this evening.

The amount of generation offline in the California ISO control area continues to hover around 10,000 megawatts (planned and unplanned maintenance on power plants).

With the Stage Two declaration, the California ISO is able to access emergency resources that will help maintain operating reserves today.

At this time, the ISO has not requested that the utilities’ voluntary interruptible customers, mainly commercial and industrial users, come off line.

-- PHO (owennos@bigfoot.com), March 15, 2001.