What has changed under SMD that requires submission of start-up and shutdown profiles?
Unlike the commitment software utilized in the interim markets, the SMD commitment software does not recognize start-up and shutdown profiles. Instead, the software considers a generator available for dispatch above EcoMin from the first hour on to the last hour on, at the manual response rate for sixty minutes. Upon the close of the DAM, the Lead Participant/Designated Entity must review any schedules for their resources and submit any start-up or shutdown profiles to the Forecaster. The Forecaster will consider these values along with the cleared DAM commitments and commit additional resources as required to meet capacity needs. If a generator is committed, as a result of the RAA process, the Forecaster will contact the Lead Participant/Designated Entity to advise them of the start-up and request them to submit start-up and shutdown profiles for that resource. These values will be incorporated into the RAA commitment to ensure the software can consider all of the generator outputs in
