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ForTag Agent is used by PSE’s to create and submit Tags required by NERC to facilitate the |
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purchase or sale of energy or capacity. After initial creation and verification, the Tag is |
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transferred via the Internet to the appropriate Tag Authority Service |
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Using ForTag Agent, user can easily monitor the status of all the Tags (Pending, Approved, Denied |
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etc.) |
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Ability to sort Tags for display purposes based on user selection criteria such as date, status, |
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Exception Code or other parameters |
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ForTag Agent is designed strictly as per current NERC specifications |
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ForTag Authority provides a repository for all the communications associated with a Tag from |
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any standards compliant Tag Agent Service |
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ForTag Authority automatically routes all received Tags to the Tag Approval Service associated |
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with each entity involved with a transaction and collects approvals or denials issued by each |
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Tag Approval Service. Based on the information received from the Tag Approval Services |
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Ability to determine the final status of the Tag and notify the originating Tag Agent and all Tag |
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Approval Services associated with the transaction |
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Supports the required Tag-level override capability (implement or denied) |
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Ability to override individual Tag Approval Service approval / refusal decisions when those |
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services are unable to communicate electronically |
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Authority also provides the ability to manually enter faxed Tag |
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ForTag Approval provides a means for control areas and transmission providers to receive |
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Tags and send an accept or denial response to the Tag Authority Service |
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Tags are received from various authorities and are automatically validated according to the |
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NERC Electronic Tagging specifications |
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The system presents to the user a list of Tags and their status. After assessing each Tag, the |
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user decides whether to accept or refuse it and this decision is sent via standard e-Tagging |
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mechanisms to the responsible Tag Authority Service via the Internet |