Bill; Mike Cashell (MPC's Transmission Mgr.)
just phoned me concerned, beca= use MPC's Real-Time group requested EPMI purchase energy for them under our=  existing Energy Imbalance structure, and was notified by our Real-Time gro= up that due to the newly implemented FERC price cap, we were have difficult= y securing any resources.
Just to clarify things, we are settling MPC's Ch= oice customers Energy Imbalance position, and PP&L Montana has the right to=  any length resulting from MPC's "domestic" load Energy Imbalance.
In othe= r words MPC is settling two separate Energy Imbalance accounts, so during t= he hour they may be turning energy back to PP&L Montana, while at the same = time finding themselves short for the Choice loads.
During the recent bull= ish pricing conditions, Choice customer were leaving themselves long, as of=  late, MPC is experiencing the Choice customers doing the opposite, positio= ning themselves short.
The net result is that MPC will most likely be expe= cting us to fill a short position from this point on, so I'd really like to=  see what we can do to honor their requests, mindful of the favorable posit= ion we've enjoyed over the last several months.
Let me know if you'd like t= o discuss this further, or better yet if you've got a workable solution to = the problem.
In the meantime, thanks again to you and your staff for the o= utstanding performance thus far in dealing with MPC.
John

Montana Power Company (MPC) Energy Imbalance
Bill; Mike Cashell (MPC's Transmission Mgr.)
just phoned me concerned, beca= use MPC's Real-Time group requested EPMI purchase energy for them under our= existing Energy Imbalance structure, and was notified by our Real-Time gro= up that due to the newly implemented FERC price cap, we were have difficult= y securing any resources.
Just to clarify things, we are settling MPC's Ch= oice customers Energy Imbalance position, and PP&L Montana has the right to= any length resulting from MPC's "domestic" load Energy Imbalance.
In othe= r words MPC is settling two separate Energy Imbalance accounts, so during t= he hour they may be turning energy back to PP&L Montana, while at the same = time finding themselves short for the Choice loads.
During the recent bull= ish pricing conditions, Choice customer were leaving themselves long, as of= late, MPC is experiencing the Choice customers doing the opposite, positio= ning themselves short.
The net result is that MPC will most likely be expe= cting us to fill a short position from this point on, so I'd really like to= see what we can do to honor their requests, mindful of the favorable posit= ion we've enjoyed over the last several months.
Let me know if you'd like t= o discuss this further, or better yet if you've got a workable solution to = the problem.
In the meantime, thanks again to you and your staff for the o= utstanding performance thus far in dealing with MPC.
John
point really ish pricing conditions cap difficult securing mpc domestic load imbalance structure notified gro newly implemented right length resulting transmission mindful favorable posit position pp montana