Updates Between Aug 01, 2024 and Sep 03, 2024
FERC grants Versant Power’s waiver request of the regional transmission planning, interregional transmission coordination, and cost allocation requirements of Order 1920 for the MPD
FERC issues 3rd supplemental notice of Sep 10-11, 2024 workshop
New Members: Elyctra LLC and Halia Energy LLC; and Termination of Participant status: Town on Hanover, New Hampshire
Parties appeal FERC orders in 8th Circuit
GDQ ESS requests waiver of pending Tariff provisions so as to allow its acceptance after Aug 30, 2024 of the SIS results for its facility to enable its LGIA to benefit from the proposed Late-Stage SIS Process and for it to be refunded its deposits associated with participation in the Transitional Cluster Study; comment deadline Sep 19, 2024
Trailstone Companies file notice of consummation of transaction making Trailstone Companies and Engelhart US Related Persons
ISO-NE and NEPOOL jointly file Tariff revisions to supplement the core DASI Rules, and address the impacts of the core DASI design on a number of secondary market-related processes; comment deadline Sep 15, 2024
New England Power and Narragansett submit, in response to the FERC’s July 26 letter, their public responses to the MOPA’s September 15 Information Requests
Eversource and MEPCO submit their responses to the FERC’s July 26 letter requesting copies of their public responses to the MOPA’s September 15 Information Requests
NERC submits proposed 2025 Business Plan and Budget for itself and its Regional Entities, including NPCC; comment deadline Sep 13, 2024
Applicants request authorization for Q-Generation’s acquisition of 100% of the interests of a company indirectly owned by investment fund vehicles managed/advised by The Carlyle Group (owner of Nautilus Power and its Related Persons); comment deadline Sep 13, 2024
NEP files notice of cancellation of its Cost Reimbursement Agreement with Holden; comment deadline Sep 13, 2024
FERC accepts Aurora Energy Research and Enverus as new members and the termination of Participant status of KCE CT 10, LLC
Chief Judge designates ALJ Patricia Hurt as the Settlement Judge in this proceeding; first Status Report due Sep 20, 2024
FERC accepts RI Energy’s Local Control Center Services Agreement with BIPCO and Pascoag, eff. May 30, 2024
Massachusetts Electric Co. and Nantucket Electric Co. file new Wholesale Distribution Tariffs to provide for National Grid’s recovery of costs associated with the provision of Wholesale Distribution Service (“WDS”) to customers who own qualifying standalone electric energy storage systems (“ESS”) connected to National Grid’s distribution system and who charge those resources via deliveries over National Grid’s distribution system for purposes of making wholesale sales through the wholesale ISO-NE markets.
FERC accepts termination of D&E Agreement, eff. Jun 26, 2024
FERC issues supplemental notice of Nov 1, 2024 tech. conf.
FERC issues Allegheny Notice noting that Indicated Utilities’ request for reh’g may be deemed to have been denied by operation of law, but noting that Indicated Utilities’ request will be addressed in a future order
ISO-NE files required quarterly report
Constellation Mystic Power, LLC (“Mystic”) requests approval of an uncontested Settlement Agreement establishing a settled Return on Equity (“ROE”) that would, if approved, moot all ROE appeals currently pending before the DC Circuit related to the ROE in the Mystic COS Agreement. The Settlement Agreement establishes an ROE of 9.0% for the entirety of the Term (“Settled Mystic ROE”), a reduction from the currently-on-file ROE of 9.19%. Comment deadline Sep 4, 2024.
FERC issues 2nd supplemental notice of Sep 10-11, 2024 workshop
FG&E proposes updated depreciation rates in its Regional and Local Service formula rate calculations, which will result in an estimated annual decrease of $28,067 to depreciation expense and have a de minimus effect on the transmission rates of Regional and Local Service customers.
FERC establishes settlement judge procedures to address the issue of whether and how Canal Marketing should return revenues or net revenues, with applicable interest, to ISO-NE.
NEPOOL files comments supporting ATTR Submetering Revisions
FERC grants waiver of the deadlines in Sections II.6.A and II.4.F of the COSA Protocols so that the deadline to make the 2024 Informational Filing (and subsequent related deadlines) can be delayed to allow Mystic and active intervenors in ER18-1639-027, who have agreed to a settlement in principle in that proceeding, to determine whether a settlement can be reached that may impact or obviate the need for the filing or challenges that might be filed subsequent thereto.
FERC issues order listing the state commission members of the Federal and State Current Issues Collaborative: from NECPUC: MPUC Chairman Phil Bartlett and NHPUC Commissioner Pradip Chattopadhyay; from MACRUC: PA PUC Vice Chair Kimberly M. Barrow and PH PUC Commissioner Dennis P. Deters; from the Mid-America Regulatory Conference: IN Utility Regulatory Commission Chairman Jim Huston and MI PUC Commissioner Katherine Peretick; from SEARUC: NC Utilities Commissioner Kimberly W. Duffley and FL PSC Commissioner Art Graham; and from WESTERN: ID PUC Commissioner Eric Anderson and NM Public Regulation Commission Chair Patrick O’Connell.
ISO-NE files for acceptance a non-conforming LGIA covering the interconnection of Brookfield’s ~50 MW solar facility located in Sterling, CT (non-conforming only in that it is unexecuted). ISO-NE states that FERC acceptance of the LGIA will eliminate any uncertainty remaining regarding the issue of whether Sterling Property, LLC retains any right to use the 87 MW of capacity on the CL&P Tie Line pursuant to the IA between Sterling and CL&P.
FERC accepts Agreement, eff. Aug 11, 2024
ISO-NE files answer to Longroad’s Aug 5, 2024 answer
Judge French submits 4th status report recommending continuation of settlement proceedings
Longroad Energy answers ISO-NE’s Jul 19 Answer
CL&P withdraws filing (D&E Agreement terminated without any services being provided thereunder)
Judge Hessler issues 2nd status report recommending continuation of settlement judge procedures
NSTAR submits notice of cancellation of D&E Agreement; comment deadline Aug 23, 2024
FERC accepts rate schedule that allows Bear Swamp to begin the recovery period for certain CIP-IROL Costs under Schedule 17 of the ISO-NE Tariff
FERC accepts Bear Swamp Power Co.’s CIP-IROL Rate Schedule, eff. Jun 12, 2024