Summary of ISO Governance Structures

 

ERCOT ISO

PJM ISO

California ISO

  • Board of Directors membership from 6 market groups: IOU, municipal, cooperative, transmission dependent, IPP, power marketers
  • 3 representatives per group
  • 2/3 majority of votes to pass (13 of 18)
  • 2 Board Committees: Executive Committee, Nominating Committee
  • PUC and Office of Public Utility Commission will each have one ex-officio nonvoting member on the Board
  • Board will hire ISO Director and an Executive Director, appoint a Director of Technical Advisory Committee, approve reliability and operating guidelines, approve budgets, etc.
 
  • Board of Directors will consist of the President and CEO and 6 Directors serving three-year terms
  • Of the 7 Directors on the Board of PJM Services Company, only 2 may be affiliated with members of the existing PJM pool and may serve on the Board for only the first five years
  • Other directors may not be affiliated with any entity engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution, purchase or sale of electric energy in the Mid-Atlantic region
  • 3 Board Committees: Nominating Committee, Compensation Committee, Audit Committee
  • Board of Directors comprised of 5 classes of market groups and non-stakeholder: IOU transmission owners (4), government/municipal (4), sellers (3), end-users (4), non-stakeholders (3)
  • No one class may block Board action
  • No two classes may force Board action
  • An entity can be in only one class
  • Board members will serve 3 years initially, then will rotate every 5 years
  • 12 votes required to pass most measures
  • 7 votes required to veto most measures

 

NEPOOL ISO

NYPP ISO

  • Board of Directors composed of ten members with no affiliation with any NEPOOL member
  • NEPOOL voting will be conducted in the Management Committee
  • Every NEPOOL member will be entitled to a seat on the Management Committee and a vote
  • Voting bases on a six-factor formula which allocates voting shares on the basis of peak and energy load responsibility, generation ownership, transactions, and transmission ownership
  • 66% majority needed to pass an action
  • 20% needed to block an action
  • 4 Committees below the Management Committee: Regional Market Operations, Regional Transmission Operations, Market Reliability Planning, and Regional Transmission Planning
  • Board of Directors comprised of 4 classes of market groups: buyers (8), sellers (8), consumer and environmental (4), and transmission providers (8)
  • A vote of 17 of 28 members will be needed to pass any measure
  • Board members will serve 4 year terms, with terms initially set at varying lengths in order to ensure staggered terms
  • 3 standing ISO committees; Operating, Business Issues, Dispute Resolution

 

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