Updates Between Apr 01, 2020 and May 04, 2020
Date |
Proceeding Type |
Docket | Brief Description |
May 4 | ISO-NE Order 845 Compliance Filing | ER19-1951 | NEPOOL answers ISO-NE motion for clarification |
May 4 | NERA Petition: FERC jurisdiction over customer- side-of-the-meter DG | EL20-42 | P. Martin files comments |
May 4 | IMM Quarterly Markets Reports – 2020 Winter | ZZ20-4 | IMM files Winter 2020 Report |
May 1 | Waiver Request: Settlement Only Resources Definition — GMP’s Searsburg facility | ER20-1755 | Green Mountain Power requests limited waiver of Settlement Only Resources definition to allow its Searsburg facility to maintain its Settlement Only Resource/SOG registration |
May 1 | 2013/14 Winter Reliability Program Remand Proceeding | ER13-2266 | TransCanada Power Marketing requests rehearing of Apr 1 2013/14 Winter Reliability Program Order on Compliance and Remand |
May 1 | Emera Maine MPD OATT Order 864 Compliance Filing | ER20-1736 | Emera Maine submits MPD OATT Order 864 compliance filing |
May 1 | NERA Petition: FERC jurisdiction over customer- side-of-the-meter DG | EL20-42 | Comments supporting an extension of time filed by: New England Small Hydro Assoc., Org. of MISO States; Public Interest Organizations; S. Thome submits comments |
Apr 30 | Economic Life Revisions | ER20-1770 | NEPGA submits comments supporting compliance changes |
Apr 30 | Membership | ER20-1694 | New Member: RPA Energy Inc. d/b/a/ Green Choice Energy; Termination: Empire Generating Co, LLC |
Apr 30 | Schedule 21-VEC and 20-VEC: Annual Informational Filing | ER10-1181 | VEC submits its annual update to its Schedule 21-VEC and 20-VEC formula rates covering the Jul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021 period |
Apr 30 | NERA Petition: FERC jurisdiction over customer- side-of-the-meter DG | EL20-42 | CT PURA/OCC/DEEP/NJ BPU jointly support 90-day extension of time |
Apr 29 | VTransco/VEC Agreements | ER20-1679 | Vermont Transco LLC submits Shared Structure Participation Agreement and Operating and Maintenance Agreement |
Apr 29 | NERA Petition: FERC jurisdiction over customer- side-of-the-meter DG | EL20-42 | State Entities request 90-day extension of time; NESCOE supports NARUC’s request for extension of time; NERA files comments not opposing a reasonable extension of time (which it views as between 30-60 days) |
Apr 29 | NERA Petition: FERC jurisdiction over customer- side-of-the-meter DG | EL20-42 | Patrica Martin files comments protesting NERA’s Petition |
Apr 29 | NEP-NSTAR LSA | ER20-1692 | New England Power files Local Service Agreement with NSTAR |
Apr 28 | NERA Petition: FERC jurisdiction over customer-side-of-the-meter DG | EL20-42 | NARUC, APPA/NRECA request 90-day extension of time to submit comments |
Apr 27 | ISO-NE FERC Form 582 | not docketed | ISO-NE files report on total interstate MWh of transmission services in 2019 |
Apr 27 | Revisions to FERC Forms Filing Processes | RM19-12 | ISO-NE files comments requesting new XBRL format for FERC Forms 1, 3-Q and 714 become effective in 2022 given its need to purchase software from a vendor and incorporate into its processes |
Apr 27 | Carbon Pricing in RTO/ISO Markets | AD20-14 | MA AG supports request for technical conference or workshop |
Apr 24 | ESI Proposals | ER20-1567 EL18-182 |
NEPOOL files comments supporting the NEPOOL-approved ESI Proposal |
Apr 24 | CIP IROL Cost Recovery Rules | ER20-739 | NESCOE answers IROL-Critical Facility Owners’ Apr 17 comments |
Apr 21 | Sched. 20-A: NEP/ Brookfield |
ER20-1626 | New England Power submits a new Phase I/II HVDC-TF Service Agreement between NEP and Brookfield Renewable Trading and Marketing LP |
Apr 21 | 206 Proceeding: RNS/LNS Rates and Rate Protocols | EL16-19-002 | TOs request procedural schedule be suspended for an add’l 47 days, to Jun 8, 2020 |
Apr 20 | ISO-NE Order 845 Compliance Filing | ER19-1951 | ISO-NE requests clarification of Mar 19 Order 845 Compliance Filing Order |
Apr 20 | NCPC Audit Eligibility Clean-Up |
ER20-1094 | FERC accepts changes, eff. May 1, 2020 |
Apr 17 | CIP IROL Cost Recovery Rules | ER20–739 | IROL-Critical Facility Owners file comments on ISO-NE’s deficiency letter response |
Apr 16 | Order 841 Compliance Filing | ER19-470-003 | FERC denies ISO-NE’s request for rehearing of Nov 22 order conditionally accepting New England Order 841 (Electric Storage Participation in RTO/ISO Markets) compliance filing |
Apr 16 | Extension of Implementation Date: SOG Dispatchability Changes | ER20-1582 | ISO-NE requests deferral of effective date of previously-accepted revisions to Tariff § I.2 that require Settlement Only Resources (SOGs) above 5 MW to register as dispatchable generators and meet offer telemetry requirements, from Jun 1, 2020 to Jan 1, 2021, due to COVID-19 related impacts |
Apr 16 | PJM MOPR-Related Proceedings | EL18-178-002; EL16-49-002 | FERC grants in part, and denies in part, requests for rehearing and clarification of its Dec 19 order; PJM directed to submit a compliance filing on or before Jun 1, 2020 |
Apr 16 | PJM-NOPR Related Proceedings | EL18-178-001; EL16-49-001; ER18-1314-002 | FERC denies rehearing and and grants clarification of its Jun 29, 2018 order |
Apr 15 | ESI Proposals | ER20-1567 | ISO-NE submits Tariff revisions to incorporate comprehensive, long-term market enhancements to address the fuel security challenges facing the New England region (Energy Security Improvements or ESI). The revisions included NEPOOL-supported alternatives to certain aspects of the enhancements proposed by ISO-NE. |
Apr 15 | LFTR Implementation Quarterly Status Reports | ER07-476 | ISO-NE files 46th quarterly report |
Apr 15 | ISO-NE FERC Form 1 | not docketed | ISO-NE submits FERC Form 1 (Annual Report of Major Electric Utilities, Licensees and Others) for calendar year 2019 |
Apr 14 | NERA Petition: FERC jurisdiction over customer- side-of-the-meter DG | EL20-42 | New England Ratepayers Association (NERA) asks the FERC to assert jurisdiction over energy sales from facilities located on the customer side of the retail meter (rooftop solar and other distributed generation (DG) (i) whenever the DG output exceeds customer demand or (ii) where the energy from the DG is designed to bypass the customer’s load and therefore is not used to serve demand behind the customer’s meter, and ensure the output is priced accordingly |
Apr 13 | Carbon Pricing in RTO/ISO Markets | AD20-14 | Industry associations and participants request FERC convene a technical conference or workshop to discuss integrating state, regional, and national carbon pricing in FERC-jurisdictional organized regional wholesale electric energy markets |
Apr 10 | FCA14 Result Filing | ER20-1025 | FERC accepts FCA14 Results filing |
Apr 9 | Economic Life Revisions | ER18-1770-003 | ISO-NE and NEPOOL file modifications to the Tariff to reflect the FERC’s rejection of the revisions to Section III.13.1.2.3.2.1.2.C of the Tariff that the ISO, joined by NEPOOL, filed on Jun 11, 2018, and the prospective implementation of the Economic Life Revisions in FCAs, beginning with FCA16 |
Apr 8 | IA / TSA Cancellations: Emera Maine/ReEnergy Fort Fairfield |
ER20-1076 ER20-1077 |
FERC accepts notices of cancellation, eff. Feb. 24, 2020 |
Apr 7 | Reliability Standards Implementation Date Deferral | RD18-4 et al. | ISO/RTO Council, including ISO-NE, supports implementation date deferrals |
Apr 6 | Reliability Standards Implementation Date Deferral | RD18-4 RM15-4 RM16-22 RM17-13 |
NERC requests deferral of implementation of several FERC-approved Reliability Standards with effective dates or phased-in implementation dates in the second half of 2020: CIP-005-6, CIP-010-3 and CIP-013-1 (by 3 months to Oct 1, 2020); PRC-002-2 and PRC-025-2 (6 months to Jan 1, 2021); and PER-006-1 and PRC-027-1 (by 6 months to Apr 1, 2021) |
Apr 3 | Membership | ER20-1130 | FERC accepts (i) SP Transmission’s provisional membership; (ii) the termination of the Participant status of QPH Capital; and (iii) Pixelle Energy Services’ name change |
Apr 3 | Capital Projects Reports | ER20-973 | FERC accepts ISO-NE’s 2019 Q4 Report |
Apr 3 | Conforming ISO-NE Tariff updates | ER20-1497 | ISO-NE submits a conformed § III.13.6 to be effective Jun 1, 2020, that consolidates previously-accepted changes made with the Oct 18, 2019 PRD Revisions, Apr 2, 2018 FCM Revisions and Oct 12, 2016 Resource Dispatchability Changes |
Apr 2 | COVID-19 | EL20-37 | FERC issues a blanket waiver of all Tariff/OATT requirements to hold meetings in-person and/or to provide/obtain notarized documents |
Apr 2 | ISO-NE Waiver Request: Tariff Affidavit Reqs. | ER20-1484 | ISO-NE requests a waiver of all notarization requirements contained in the Tariff or required under FERC regulations from Apr 2 through end of effectiveness of COVID-19-related emergency orders or declarations |
Apr 2 | COVID 19 | AD20-11 ER02-2001 |
FERC extends filing deadline for 2020 Q1 EQRs to Jun 1, 2020 (from Apr 30) |
Apr 2 | COVID-19 | AD20-11 | Non-statutory deadlines extended by FERC to May 1, 2020 include: (i) answers to complaints and orders to show cause with pre-May 1, 2020 deadlines; (ii) initial and reply briefs in paper hearings with pre-May 1, 2020 deadlines; (iii) interventions, protests, or comments to a complaint; and (iv) briefs on and opposing exceptions to an initial decision. Entities may seek waiver of FERC orders, regulations, tariffs, rate schedules, and service agreements, as appropriate, to address needs resulting from steps they take in response to the emergency conditions caused by COVID-19 — action on all such motions will be taken as expeditiously as possible |
Apr 2 | Semi-Annual Reserve Market Compliance Report | ER06-613 | ISO-NE submits 28th semi-annual report |
Apr 1 | 2013/14 Winter Reliability Program Remand Proceeding | ER13-2266-004 | FERC accepts ISO-NE’s Jan 23, 2017 compliance filing, finds that the bid results from the 2013-2014 Winter Reliability Program just and reasonable, and provides the further reasoning requested by the DC Circuit for this finding |
Apr 1 | Phase II VT DMNRC Support Agreement Order 864-Related Filing | ER20-1480 | VELCO, as agent of Joint Owners, submits filing explaining why no changes to the Agreement are required to comply with Order 864 |
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