NEW ENGLAND POWER POOL

Litigation Updates & Reports

Activity Since the June 25 Report
Last Update: Jul 20, 2018 11:05 am

Date	Proceeding Type	Docket	Brief Description
Jul 17	Economic Life Determination Revisions	ER18-1770	NEPOOL and ISO-NE answer Jul 2 NEPGA protest
Jul 17	Schedule 21-EM: BHD Tax Law & Settlement Changes	ER18-1213 ER18-1244	Emera Maine answers Jun 21 MCG and Jul 2 MPUC answers
Jul 16	LFTR Implementation Quarterly Status Reports	ER07-476	ISO-NE files its 39th quarterly report
Jul 13	Mystic 8/9 COS Agreement	ER18-1639	FERC issues order accepting agreement but suspending its effectiveness and setting it for accelerated hearings and settlement discussions; joint procedural schedule due Jul 20, hearings completed and record certified to FERC by Oct 12, and post-hearing briefing completed before Thanksgiving
Jul 13	Regional Report	ZZ18-4	IMM submits Spring 2018 Quarterly Markets Report
Jul 13	Membership	ER18-1714	FERC accepts Group628 membership; terminations of: MMWAC, Palmco CT, Cumulus, South Jersey Energy ISO1, and VCharge
Jul 11	Mystic 8/9 COS Agreement	ER18-1639	ENECOS answers Mystic Jun 19 answer
Jul 6	Mystic 8/9 COS Agreement	ER18-1639	Repsol answers Mystic Jun 19 answer
Jul 6	Regional Interest	EC18-120	National Grid seeks authorization to consummate a transaction in which National Grid Green Homes Inc. will acquire from Sunrun Inc. rights to participate in Sunrun’s “grid services” activities, including wholesale energy and capacity sales, for the rooftop solar facilities owned by Sunrun
Jul 3	Economic Life Determination Revisions	ER18-1770	NEPGA protests revisions
Jul 3	NEPGA Mystic 8/9 Pricing Complaint	EL18-154	NEPGA withdraws complaint (and Jun 19 answer) given the FERC's Jul 2 denial of ISO-NE's Mystic 8/9 Waiver Filing
Jul 3	Mystic 8/9 COS Agreement	ER18-1639	MA AG answers Mystic's Jun 19 answer
Jul 2	ISO-NE Waiver Filing: Mystic 8 & 9	ER18-1509	FERC (i) denies ISO-NE’s request for waiver; and (ii) institutes an FPA Section 206 proceeding (EL18-182). ISO-NE required, on or before Aug 31, 2018 to either: (a) submit interim Tariff revisions that provide for the filing of a short-term, cost-of-service agreement to address demonstrated fuel security concerns (and to submit by Jul 1, 2019 permanent Tariff revisions reflecting improvements to its market design to better address regional fuel security concerns); or (b) show cause as to why the Tariff remains just and reasonable in the short- and long-term such that one or both of Tariff revisions filings is not necessary. FERC extends to Jan 4, 2019 the deadline for Exelon's Mystic 8/9 retirement decision
Jul 2	Fuel Security Proceeding	EL18-182	FERC issues notice of 206 proceeding; refund effective date Jul 2, 2018; interventions due Jul 23
Jul 2	MPD OATT Changes	ER18-1244	MPUC files comments on Emera Jun 13 response to May 14 deficiency letter
Jun 29	Mystic 8/9 COS Agreement	ER18-1639	CT Parties answer Mystic Jun 19 answer
Jun 29	Regional Interest	EL16-49 ER18-1314 EL18-178	FERC determines that the PJM Tariff is currently unjust and unreasonable, rejects PJM’s Section 205 Filing (ER18-1314), grants in part Calpine’s Complaint (EL16-49) with Mar 21, 2016 refund effective date, and establishes a paper hearing (EL18-178) to resolve the “price-suppressive” effects of out-of-market support for certain resources; comment date Aug 28, 2018
Jun 29	Membership	ER18-1910	New Members: Grid Power Direct; Sperian Energy; Name Change: Central Rivers Power MA
Jun 29	Sched. 21-NEP	ER18-1901	Mass. Elec. Co. submits Cost Reimbursement Agreement between MECo and Gas Recovery Systems to facilitate the performance of certain work that MECo will perform with regard to existing direct transfer trip equipment
Jun 29	Sched. 21-NSTAR Annual Info. Filing	ER09-1243	NSTAR submits CWIP supplement to May 31 annual informational filing
Jun 29	Sched. 21-CMP Annual Info. Filing	ER09-938	CMP files updated formula rates reflecting actual 2017 cost data and estimated 2018 cost data
Jun 28	Sched. 21-NHT: 2017 Tax Law Waiver Request	ER18-1723	FERC grants waiver permitting NHT to incorporate the 21% federal tax rate in Sched. 21-NHT
Jun 28	Identified PTOs 2017 Tax Law Waiver Request	ER18-1722	FERC grants waiver permitting Identified PTOs to incorporate the 21% federal tax rate in 2018 RNS Rate; addressing NEPOOL’s comments, the FERC stated "we encourage all market participants, including Identified PTOs, to follow the standard practices of the NEPOOL stakeholder process.”
Jun 28	Sched. 21-CMP: 2017 Tax Law Waiver Request	ER18-1719	FERC grants waiver permitting CMP to incorporate the 21% federal tax rate in Sched. 21-CMP
Jun 28	Sched. 21-UI: 2017 Tax Law Waiver Request	ER18-1718	FERC grants waiver permitting UI to incorporate the 21% federal tax rate in Sched. 21-UI
Jun 27	Economic Life Determination Revisions	ER18-1770	NEPOOL files supplemental comments to provide additional info. regarding stakeholder consideration not included in Jun 11 filing
Jun 27	Mystic Proceedings	AD18-7 EL18-154 ER18-1509	Eversource answers FirstEnergy emergency motion
Jun 27	Regional Interest	ER18-1866	National Grid files Notice of Cancellation of Interconnection Service Agrmt. between NEP & Wheelabrator Millbury recently superseded by a NEP/Millbury LGIA (IA-NEP-50 under Sched. 21- NEP)
Jun 27	Regional Interest	ER18-1861	National Grid files Notice of Cancellation of Firm Local Generation Delivery Service Agrmt. between NEP & Tiverton Power Assoc. recently superseded by a NEP/Tiverton LGIA (ISONE/NEP-16-01 under ISO-NE's and NEP's EQRs)
Jun 26	ISO-NE Mystic 8 & 9 Waiver Filing	ER18-1509	ISO-NE answers Cavus Energy
Jun 26	DER Participation in RTO/ISOs	RM18-9 AD18-10	Post-technical conf. comments filed by ISO-NE, Calpine, Direct, Eversource, Advanced Energy Management Alliance, APPA, EPSA, Microgrid Resources Coalition, NRECA, Tesla,