The Independent System Operator shall immediately participate in all relevant Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proceedings. The Independent System Operator shall ensure that additional filings at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission request confirmation of the relevant provisions of this chapter and seek the authority needed to give the Independent System Operator the ability to secure generating and transmission resources necessary to guarantee achievement of planning and operating reserve criteria no less stringent than those established by the Western

Electricity Coordinating Council and the North American Electric Reliability Council.