Sec. 23.143. Authority of the Department of Water and Power Commissioners to Enter into Grid Interconnection and Operational Reliability Contracts.

e, or can be, operated and planned as a single facility. (h) “ IPA ” shall mean Intermountain Power Agency or its successor. ( i ) “ ISO ” shall mean the California Independent System Operator or its successor. (j) “ NERC ” shall mean the North American Electric Reliability Council or its successor. (k) “ PX ” shall mean the California Power Exchange or its successor. (l) “ reliable operation ” shall mean operation of the Department’s grid that follows pre-established criteria in order to maintain desired performance under contingency or steady state conditions. (m) “ RTG ” shall mean Regional Transmission Group, a voluntary organization, approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and composed of transmission owners, transmission users and other entities, organized to efficiently coordinate the planning, expansion and use of transmission on a regional or inter-regional basis. (n) “ RTO ” shall mean Regional Transmission Organization, a regional transmission institution, approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (o) “ SRP ” shall mean the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District or its successor. (p) “ WSCC ” shall mean the Western Systems Coordinating Council or its successor. (q) “ WSPP ” shall mean the Western Systems Power Pool or its successor. (3) The General Manager of the Department shall report to the Mayor and the City Council annually, within 30 days of the end of each calendar year, the essential provisions of all contracts entered into pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of Water and Power Commissioners herein and shall certify in such report that all conditions and limitations upon the Board of Water and Power Commissioners’ contracting authority set forth in this section have been satisfied. (4) If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase in this ordinance or the application thereof to any matter or circumstance is for any reason held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the ordinance or the application of such provision to other matters or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.