Updates Between Feb 01, 2024 and Mar 05, 2024
FERC accepts 2nd Amendment, eff. Dec 22, 2023
MOPA answers Indentified TOs’ Feb 21 answer
Canal Marketing requests one-time waiver of Market Rule 1 Appendix K (IEP) to (i) withdraw its participation in the IEP on behalf of Canal 3 for Winter 2023-24 and (ii) return to ISO-NE the net revenues, with applicable interest, that CM received on behalf of Canal 3 for Canal 3’s participation in the IEP for Winter 2023-24; comment deadline Mar 25, 2024
ISO-NE submits comments supporting waiver request
NEPOOL requests FERC accept: (i) the following Applicants’ membership in NEPOOL: DRW Energy Trading; Innovo Markets; OW North America; and Trailstone Renewables; (ii) the termination of the Participant status of Transource New England; and (iii) the name changes of: Canal Marketing LLC (f/k/a Stonepeak Kestrel Energy Marketing LLC); and Excelsior Billerica, Bondsville, and Lexington (f/k/a Syncarpha Billerica, Bondsville, and Lexington); comment deadline Mar 21, 2024
Versant asks that the FERC take no action prior to May 1, 2024, in order to allow Versant and the new owner of the PERC facility to agree to a course of action
FERC accepts (i) memberships of Bristol BESS; Frankland Road Solar; Dare US ; Eoch Energy; and Phillips 66 Energy Trading; and (ii) the termination of the Participant status of Astral Energy LLC
Maine Renewable Energy Association protests CMP’s Energy Storage Tariff Filing
TOs oppose and New England Consumer Advocates submit comments generally supportive of MOPA’s formal challenge to the 2023 Annual Update
ISO-NE files notice of Feb 16 suspension of Paper Birch Energy from the New England Markets
ISO-NE, MISO, PJM, and SPP release white paper recommending potential initiatives that could help enhance the reliability of gas-electric coordination
NERC files its Cold Weather Data Collection Plan (first annual information filing to be submitted on Oct 1, 2025)
FERC issues an order on the arguments raised in ENECOS’ Nov 6, 2023 request for rehearing of the Mystic I Order on Remand Modification Order
Viridon files supplemental information explaining that it would use the common formula transmission rate already embedded in the Tariff, and would not have a Viridon-specific formula rate
FERC conditionally authorizes a proposed transaction pursuant to which the Energy Harbor Public Utilities and certain Vistra subsidiaries that are public utilities will become indirectly owned by Vistra Vision, subject to Vistra’s commitment to divest its Richland and Stryker generating facilities and the implementation of interim mitigation until the proposed divestiture is completed
FERC approves EOP-11-4 and TOP-002-5 and their associated violation risk factors and violation severity levels
ISO-NE files required 2023 Q4 Report
ISO-NE and NEPOOL jointly file changes (1) to update the Forward Reserve Market (FRM) Offer Cap, and (2) to delay FRM Offer Data publication for one year after each procurement period begins
NEPOOL submits comments supporting ISO-NE’s Jan 31 compliance filing
Moscow Dev. Co. requests waiver of OATT Schedule 22 § 3.4.1 (Interconnection Request Deposit Refund Deadline)
FERC accepts changes, eff. Mar 1, 2020 and Nov 1, 2020, as requested
ISO-NE and NSTAR file non-confirming LGIA to govern the interconnection of MMWEC’s existing Large Generating Facility and the Surplus Interconnection of MMWEC’s new 6.9 MW solar generating facility, both of which are located in Ludlow, MA
Settlement Judge French issues her first status report, recommending that settlement procedures continue
NERC files proposed Reliability Standard EOP-012-2 (Extreme Cold Weather Preparedness and Ops.)
FERC accepts Avangrid Companies’ reports (CMP – ER24-774; UI – ER24-775) identifying planned collection activity related to the recovery of post-retirement benefits other than pensions (PBOP) under Appendix A to Attachment F to the ISO-NE OATT.
PSNH files Related Facilities Agreement (RFA) to set forth the terms and conditions under which it will construct Related Facilities in its New Hampshire service territory to allow the reliable interconnection of NECEC Transmission’s Project
FERC issues notice that it will not take any action on this FPA section 206 proceeding until after Aug 30, 2024
FERC issues Allegheny Notice that Mystic’s request for rehearing can be deemed denied by operation of law
CMP files for acceptance B-ES rates for qualifying Electric Storage Facilities (ESFs). The B-ES Rate was developed for distribution service offered by CMP for ESFs seeking to participate in the ISO-NE ancillary services market and is derived from CMP’s distribution service rate
NSTAR files a Facilities Support Agreement to cover the design, engineering, construction, ownership, operation, and maintenance, at Hingham’s expense, of a new switching station on land owned by NSTAR in Weymouth, MA and new connections to NSTAR’s 115 kilovolt Line #478-502, part of a solution designed to address a reliability concern identified in Hingham’s service territory