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SIBR – Scheduling
Coordinator Users Guide
Version: 5.0
Date: 11/4/2014
Storage Hydro Units and Pumps.
Pumping Cost
The Operating Cost of a Pump or a PumpedStorage Hydro Unit operating as a hydro pump.
Pumping Level
The fixed Operating Level of a Pump or a PumpedStorage Hydro Unit operating as a hydro pump.
Pumping Minimum Up Time
The minimum duration that a PSH must stay
Online in pumping operation.
Pumping Self-Schedule
A Self-Schedule from a Pump or a PumpedStorage Hydro Unit operating as a hydro pump.
Pumping Self-Schedule Bid
Component
A Bid Component for a Pumping Self-Schedule.
Pumping Self-Schedule Quantity
The Energy Bid Quantity for a Pumping SelfSchedule.
Purchasing-Selling Entity
A registered entity that purchases or sells Energy
or Ancillary Services over Inter-Ties; it appears in
electronic tags for Inter-Tie Schedules.
Quantity Precision
The minimum Capacity or Energy precision
allowed in a Bid.
RA Capacity
The Capacity of a Resource under Resource
Adequacy requirements, provided by IRR for each
Resource and Trading Hour.
RA Flag
A Yes/No flag provided by IRR for each Resource
and Trading Hour indicating whether the Resource
is a RA Resource in that Trading Hour. It is used
for MOO status determination.
RA Resource
A Resource with Resource Adequacy
requirements.
Ramp Rate
The rate of change of the Operating Level of a
Resource.
Ramp Rate Bid Component
A Bid Component for Ramp Rates.
Ramp Rate Bid Curve
The Ramp Rate curve of a Non-Generator
Resource.
Real-Time Base Schedule First Cutoff
Time
The first cutoff time when Base Schedules can be
submitted in the RTM for the Active Hour.
Real-Time Base Schedule Second
Cutoff Time
The second cutoff time when Base Schedules can
be submitted in the RTM for the Active Hour.
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