Updates Between Mar 06, 2025 and Apr 02, 2025
New Members: Gabel Associates, Inc.; NECEC Transmission LLC; and Powervine Energy LLC; Termination of Participant status: NRG Kiosk LLC; and the Name Changes of Avangrid Power, LLC and NDC Partners Corp.; comment deadline Apr 21, 2025
FERC issues order advising of its intention to act on the Order 2023 Compliance Revisions (ER24-2009) and Related Changes (ER24-2007) on or before Apr 4, 2025.
FERC accepts the Avangrid TOs reports identifying planned collection activity related to the recovery of post-retirement benefits other than pensions (“PBOP”) under Appendix A to Attachment F of the ISO-NE OATT
PSNH files an Interconnection Study Agreement with Granite Shore Power, which may construct a facility and establish a load interconnection to PSNH’s transmission system
FERC accepts LGIA amongst ISO-NE/CMP/Andro Hydro, eff. Aug 8, 2024
ISO-NE submits 2024 annual transmission planning and evaluation report
FERC accepts National Grid Wholesale Distribution Tariffs (MECO, Nantucket)
National Grid companies request the FERC expeditiously issue an order accepting the Wholesale Distribution Tariffs in the above-captioned proceedings
FERC accepts Q4 2024 Capital Projects Report, eff. Jan 1, 2025
Answers/Comments/Protests to Consumers’ RTP Complaint filed by, among others: [ ]
In response to Order 904, ISO-NE and NEPOOL filed changes to eliminate compensation for reactive power capability within the standard power factor range of 0.95
leading to 0.95 lagging (and continuing compensation for reactive power capability outside of the power factor range of 0.95 leading to 0.95 lagging)
UI files Revisions to correct errors in the template worksheets to reflect the FERC’s approval of certain transmission rate incentives associated with UI’s Fairfield to Congress Project and to clean up a small number of typographical and formatting errors identified in its formula rate worksheets.
MPUC urges the FERC to reject the remedies proposed by Complainants and open its own investigation (or investigations) pursuant to Section 206 of the FPA to further explore the issue but allow for regional flexibility in its solution
American Efficient answers American Efficient Show Cause Order
CL&P submits Deficiency Letter response
ISO-NE answers comments by Public Citizen, NECOS/ENE, and Public Systems
Public Citizen files supplemental comments; Stowe Electric Department joins NECOS/ENE comments
FERC accepts updates to the depreciation rates set forth in Service Agreement No. 20 among NEP, MECO, and Nantucket Electric under NEP’s Tariff No. 1, eff. Oct 1, 2024
ISO-NE and NEPOOL jointly file revisions to the Billing Policy to account for the fact that the ISO may collect funds from a guaranty to meet a Participant’s invoice obligations
AEU, NRDC, UCS, Acadia Center, CLF, Earthjustice, and EDF submit joint comments urging the FERC to issue an order on ISO-NE’s May 14, 2024 compliance filing
RENEW supports compliance changes; NEPGA submits motion for correction to Section 8 of the OATT; CPV Towantic submits a protest requesting 2 changes to the filed compliance changes: (1) that OATT Schedule 11 paragraph (8) be revised so that refunds of O&M costs associated with Network Upgrades are due (with interest) where such costs accrued on or after December 19, 2024, regardless of whether the Interconnection Customer paid such costs prior to December 19, 2024; and (2) that Filing Parties be directed to revise Schedule 11 paragraph (8) to provide that the relevant Filing Parties will revise an Interconnection Agreement to reflect the requirements of the RENEW O&M Complaint Order upon request of the Interconnection Customer
Comments/Protests filed by: ISO-NE IMM, ISO-NE EMM, Green Mountain Power, NECOS/ENE, NEPGA, Public Systems, Vermont Utilities, Public Citizen, US Sen Blumenthal (D-CT)
FERC accepts (i) the memberships of Five Elements Energy Northeast and Five Elements Energy II (Supplier Sector); and Three Rivers Solar Power (AR Sector, RG Sub-Sector, Large AR RG Group Seat); (ii) the termination of the Participant status of: Trailstone Renewables; Syncarpha North Adams; and Precept Power; and (iii) the names changes of: Collins Hydro, LLC and Engelhart CTP Marketing, LLC.
Advanced Energy United and the Alliance for Climate Transition file comments supporting compliance filing
FERC approves National Grid’s Abandoned Plant Incentive for its part of the Power Up New England Project.
NEPOOL files comments supporting RENEW O&M Complaint Order compliance changes
FERC accepts Unitil WDT, eff. est. Dec 1, 2025 (subject to a filing of the actual effective 7 days ahead of implementation)
NSTAR and ISO-NE file a fully executed Local Service Agreement (“LSA”) by and among NSTAR, ISO-NE, and Pittsfield Generating Company, LP (“Pittsfield”) for Local Point-to-Point Service under Section 21-ES (Part A) of the ISO-NE OATT relating to Pittsfield’s 193 MW combined cycle Large Generating Facility.