NEW ENGLAND POWER POOL

Litigation Updates & Reports

Activity Since the May 1 Report
Last Update: Jun 19 2019 1:35 pm

Date	Proceeding Type	Docket	Brief Description
Jun 18	Membership	ER19-1720	FERC accepts (i) the May 1, 2019 memberships of AES Distributed Energy and Precept Power; (ii) the April 1, 2019 termination of the Participant status of Tomorrow Energy; and (iii) the name changes of Central Rivers Power NH, LLC and NGV US Transmission Inc.
Jun 18	Membership	ER19-1737	FERC accepts End User membership of Michael Kuser
Jun 18	Sched. 21-NEP: National Grid/Calpine Fore River RFA	ER19-1681	FERC accepts RFA, eff. Mar 28, 2019
Jun 17	D&E Agreement: NSTAR/ Vineyard Wind	ER19-2171	NSTAR files Agreement setting for the terms and conditions under which NSTAR will undertake design and engineering activities prior to execution of LGIA with Vineyard Wind
Jun 14	DAM Offer Cap Changes	ER19-2137	ISO-NE and NEPOOL jointly file changes to revise the dispatch treatment of resources whose Supply Offers are price-capped in the Day-Ahead Energy Market; ISO-NE requests effective date for all Order 831 changes become eff. Mar 1, 2020
Jun 13	UI Pequonnock Substation Transmission Rate Incentive Request	ER19-1359	UI requests rehearing of UI Pequonnock Rate Incentive Order
Jun 12	RNS/LNS Rates and Rate Protocols Hearings	EL16-19-002	Presiding Judge issues errata changing date for initial briefs to Apr 27, 2020
Jun 11	VTransco Tax Rate Attachment F Waiver	ER19-1832	FERC grants waiver request, eff. Jun 1, 2019
Jun 11	Termination of Pilgrim RFA	ER19-2108	NSTAR files notice of termination of Related Facilities Agreement with Entergy following formal retirement of Pilgrim Station
Jun 10	Sched. 21-EM: BHD Excess ADIT Changes	ER19-1470-001	Emera Maine submits responses to May 10 deficiency letter
Jun 10	RNS/LNS Rates and Rate Protocols Hearings	EL16-19-002	Presiding Judge Coffman issues orders establishing a procedural schedule and adopting rules of conduct for the hearings
Jun 10	Schedule 21-EM 2019 Annual Informational Filing	ER15-1434	Emera Maine submits annual update to its local transmission service rates
Jun 7	Order 845 Compliance Filing & Interconnection Studies Scope & Reasonable Efforts Timelines Changes	ER19-1951 ER19-1952	FERC grants 14-day extension of time for comments in these proceedings; comments now due on or before Jun 26
Jun 7	RTO Insider Press Policy Complaint	EL18-196-001	FERC issues tolling order affording it additional time to consider Public Citizen request for reh'g
Jun 7	Sched. 21-EM: MPD Excess ADIT Changes	ER19-1400-001	Emera Maine submits responses to May 10 deficiency letter
Jun 6	ISO-NE’s Interim Winter Energy Security (Chapter 2B) Proposal	ER19-1428-001	ISO-NE submits responses to May 8 deficiency letter; comment date Jun 27
Jun 6	FCA14 Results Filing	ER19-1166	FERC issues deficiency letter; additional information required of ISO-NE on or before Jul 8, 2019
Jun 6	Membership	not docketed	ISO-NE files notice of Jun 4 suspension of Stored Solar J&WE, LLC from the New England Markets
Jun 5	ISO-NE Order 845 Compliance Filing	ER19-1951	NEPOOL submits comments and protests to ISO-NE/PTO AC May 22 filing
Jun 4	IA Cancellation: Pilgrim	ER19-2046	In connection with the May 31 retirement of Entergy's Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, NSTAR filed a notice of the Jun 1, 2019 termination of the Interconnection and Operation Agreement with Pilgrim
Jun 4	203 App: Empire Generating Co, LLC	EC19-99	Empire requests authorization for the disposition of its FERC-jurisdictional facilities by way of a bankruptcy-related upstream change in control
Jun 3	Membership	ER19-1550	FERC accepts involuntary termination of Lotus Danbury LMS100 One, eff. Jun 10, 2019
Jun 3	Regional Report	not docketed	ISO-NE submits revised 2018 FERC Form 714
May 31	Order 845 Compliance Filing & Interconnection Studies Scope & Reasonable Efforts Timelines Changes	ER19-1952 ER19-1951	AWEA requests 21-day extension of time to comment on these and other regions' Order 845 compliance filings
May 31	Membership	ER19-2021	New Members: Brookfield Renewable Trading and Marketing; Community Eco Power; DWW Solar II; and NS Power Energy Marketing, Inc. Terminations: Mint Energy; Power Bidding Strategies; and Utility Expense Reduction LLC Name Change: Bridgeport Fuel Cell, LLC
May 31	Sched. 21-NSTAR Annual Informational Filing	ER09-1243; ER07-549	NSTAR submits an informational filing containing the true-up of billings under Schedule 21-NSTAR for the period Jan1, 2018 through Dec 31, 2018
May 30	Waiver Req: NB Energy Mkting	ER19-2011	New Brunswick Energy Marketing requests limited waiver of MR1 § 13.1.10 (FCA Qualification Schedule) to allow ISO-NE to accept NB Energy Marketing’s FCA14 Show of Interest form (for an importing capacity resource using control-area backed generation)
May 28	D&E Agreement: CL&P/NTE CT	ER19-1994	CL&P files Agreement in connection with the interconnection of NTE CT’s 692 MW generation facility to CL&P’s system in Killingly, CT
May 24	FCA13 Results Filing	ER19-1166	ISO-NE supplements records advising that the disaggregated quantity of capacity from Demand Capacity Resources at the End-of-Round Price for each Capacity Zone was not published during FCA 13
May 24	RNS/LNS Rates and Rate Protocols	EL16-19-002	Presiding Judge Coffman schedules prehearing conference for Jun 6
May 23	RNS/LNS Rates and Rate Protocols	EL16-19-002	Chief Judge Cintron designates (i) ALJ David Coffman as the Presiding Judge for purposes of hearing and an initial decision; and (ii) resolution specialist Joshua Hurwitz as the settlement facilitator
May 23	IMM 2018 Annual Markets Report	ZZ19-4	ISO-NE IMM files annual report covering calendar year 2018
May 22	Interconnection Studies Scope and Reasonable Efforts Timelines Changes	ER19-1952	ISO-NE, NEPOOL and PTO AC together file changes to Schedule 22 to: (i) reduce the scope of the Feasibility Study and increase the Reasonable Efforts timeframe for completing that study; and (ii) increase the Reasonable Efforts timeframe for completing the System Impact Study
May 22	Order 845 Compliance Filing	ER19-1951	ISO-NE files Order 845 compliance filing
May 22	RNS/LNS Rates and Rate Protocols	EL16-19 ER18-2235	FERC rejects Settlement and remands EL16-19 to Chief Judge Cintron for the resumption of hearing procedures; ER18-2235 terminated
May 21	Winter Fuel Security (Chapter 3)	EL18-182 ER19-1428 ER18-1639 ER18-2364 ER13-2266	FERC notices a Jul 15 joint, public, staff-led meeting (in response to Apr 22 request of ISO-NE, NESCOE and NEPOOL)
May 21	Sched. 21-UI: LCSA - UI/Revere Power (Bridgeport Energy)	ER19-1911	UI files LCSA with Revere Power to recover Bridgeport Energy’s Category B Load Ratio Share of the revenue requirement for UI’s Localized Facilities under Schedule 21-UI
May 21	Sched. 21-UI: LCSA Cancellation - UI/EES5 (Bridgport Energy)	ER19-1921	UI files to cancel LCSA with EES5 in light of transfer of Category B Network Load Responsibility for the Bridgeport Energy facility to Revere Power
May 17	MPD OATT Changes	ER19-1887	Emera Maine files Order 845/845-A changes to its MPD OATT LGIA and LGIP
May 16	Capital Projects Report - 2019 Q1	ER19-1822	NEPOOL intervenes and files comments supporting Q1 Report
May 14	ISO-NE’s Interim Winter Energy Security (Chapter 2B) Proposal	ER19-1428	MA AG answers ISO-NE Apr 30 answer
May 14	UI Trans. Rate Incentive Request: Pequonnock Substation Project	ER19-1359	FERC grants in part (Abandonment Plant and CWIP Incentives), and denies in part (ROE Incentive), the transmission rate incentives requested
May 13	VTransco Tax Rate Waiver Request	ER19-1832	VTransco requests a waiver of Attachment F to enable it to use the 21% fed. income tax rate in its 2019 revenue requirement calculations
May 13	Membership	not docketed	ISO-NE files notice of May 9 suspension of Great American Power LLC from the New England Markets
May 10	Capital Projects Report - 2019 Q1	ER19-1822	ISO-NE submits 2019 Q1 Report
May 10	FCA13 Results Filing	ER19-1166	NEPGA answers IMM and ISO-NE answers; Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems files comments to respond specifically to certain statements made about MHPS’s turbine technology in the Niemann Affidavit and corresponding statements in the Capacity Suppliers Comments
May 10	Schedule 21-EM: BHD Excess ADIT Changes	ER19-1470	FERC issues deficiency letter requesting add'l information; response due Jun 10
May 10	RTO Insider Press Policy Complaint	EL18-196-001	Public Citizen requests rehearing of RTO Insider Complaint Order
May 8	ISO-NE’s Interim Winter Energy Security (Chapter 2B) Proposal	ER19-1428	FERC issues deficiency letter; ISO-NE responses due Jun 7, 2019
May 8	FCA13 Results Filing	ER19-1166	Clean Energy Advocates (Acadia Center, CLF, Sierra Club) answer Vineyard Wind's Apr 12 protest and other comments
May 8	Schedule 21-EM: BHD Excess ADIT Changes	ER19-1470	Emera Maine submits errata to correct typographical errors (replacing references to the Maine Public District with the Bangor Hydro District)
May 7	FCA13 Results Filing	ER19-1166	Vineyard Wind answers ISO-NE Apr 29 answer
May 7	IMM Quarterly Markets Reports	ZZ19-4	IMM files Winter 2019 Report
May 7	D&E Agreem't Cancellat'n: NSTAR/NGrid (Wynn Casino)	ER19-1395	FERC accepts notice of cancellation, eff. Mar 21, 2019
May 6	Schedule 21-EM: BHD Excess ADIT Changes	ER19-1470 (corrected)	Emera Maine answers MPUC Apr 19 comments
May 6	203 Application: Kendall Green Energy	EC19-86	Kendall Green requests authorization for transaction in which Veolia will become the sole owner through the acquisition of ISQ Thermal Kendall's 49% share
May 3	203 Application: Convergent Energy & Power / ECP	EC19-85	Convergent requests authorization for its acquisition by ECP (upon which it will become a Calpine Related Person)
May 3	ISO-NE eTariff Versioning Corrections	ER19-1387	FERC accepts fling, eff. Apr 1, 2019
May 2	CMP & UI/Brookfield Phase I/II HVDC-TF Service Agreements	ER19-1105 ER19-1106 ER19-1107	FERC accepts agreements, eff. Jan 1, 2020 (1105 & 1106) and Sep. 1, 2020 (1107)
May 1	Order 841 Compliance Filing	ER19-470	ISO-NE files responses to FERC Apr 1 letter requesting additional information