How to join

To join the Western Market Transparency Initiative, please take the following steps:

Step 1: Contact a WMTI representative (see contact information below). A representative will guide you through steps 2, 3, and 4.

Step 2: Contact Ernest Onukogu at Dow Jones at Ernest.Onukogu@dowjones.com to complete the Confidentiality Agreement and Schedule A.

Step 3: Begin reporting standard and firm day ahead transactions.

Step 4: Contact other WMTI members to execute the Master Confirmation Agreement under the Western Systems Power Pool Agreement, which allows for counterparty disclosure between the signed parties only.

Agreements

Linked below are examples of agreements that utilities participating in WMTI might use. The agreements are posted in PDF format, so to view them you will need Adobe Reader, if you don't already have it.

Dow Jones & Co. Inc. Confidential Disclosure Agreement (148K)

Dow Jones & Co. Inc. Schedule A to Confidential Disclosure Agreement (56K)

Master Confirmation Agreement Under the WSPP Agreement (112K)

Contact information

For more information on WMTI, contact:

  • Rob Early, (602) 236-4623
  • John Coggins, (602) 236-4514

Or, send an e-mail to: webmaster@westmti.com.