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Our People, Customer Focus, Integrity, Innovation, Excellence

What are NYISO Core Values?
100

Last opportunity for ICAP Suppliers to sell certified capacity for an upcoming delivery month.

What is the Spot Auction?

100

The first month Capacity Accreditation will apply

What is May 2024?

100

GADS

What is Generating Availability Data System?

100

22%

What is the 2024/2025 IRM?

200
State policies that require an emission-free electricsystem by 2040.

What is the CLCPA?

200

DMNC, CRIS, derating factor, Capacity Accreditation Factor

What is needed to calculated UCAP (starting Capability Year 2024/2025)?

200

A comparison of a Resource’s applicable average capacity factor to the applicable average capacity factor of the representative unit used to calculate the Resource’s Capacity Accreditation Factor

What is a Resource Specific Derating Factor?

200

MST

What is Market Services Tariff?

200

These events are the only exception the NYISO recognizes when calculating an ICAP Supplier's market derating factor.

What are 9300 events?

300

Planning, Market Structures, Operations, and Market Operations

What are the four Spark departments?

300

A through M today, A through N once the DER ruling is accepted by FERC

What are Attachments of the ICAP Manual?

300

Values that represent the MRI of a CARC, expected to be 100% for all capacity zones

What is the Generator CAF?

300

NYSRC-ICS

New York State Reliability Council Installed Capacity Subcommittee

300

Beta

What is Christina's chinchilla's name?

400

Extension to contact NYISO Service Desk

What is 7500?

400

New York City and any Locality added to the definition of “Locality” accepted by the Commission on or after March 31, 2013.

What is a Mitigated Capacity Zone?

400

Hours which captures at least 90% of the hourly LOLE occurring in the Summer Capability Period, subject to ISO review

What is a Peak Load Window?

400
DCR

Demand Curve Reset

400

STAR

Short Term Assessment of Reliability

500

58% affirmative votes

What is the required for a motion to pass at a NYISO Stakeholder Committee meeting?
500

38,458.7 MW

What is the (2023/2024 Capability Year) NYCA ICAP Requirement?

500

B786

What is Modeling Improvements for Capacity Accreditation?

500

UDR and EDR

Unforced Capacity Deliverability Rights and External-to-Rest of State Deliverability Rights

500

Prancer, Dancer, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Dasher, Vixen, Blitzen and Rudolph

Who are Santa's Reindeer?