Federal Register/Vol. 84, No. 242/Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Load more
Recommended publications
-
Testimony of Evelyn Robinson, Managing Partner – State Government Policy PJM Interconnection, L.L.C March 4, 2021
Before the Indiana Senate Utilities Committee Testimony of Evelyn Robinson, Managing Partner – State Government Policy PJM Interconnection, L.L.C March 4, 2021 For Public Use Testimony of Evelyn Robinson, Managing Partner – State Government Policy Introduction Good day Chairman Koch, Ranking Member Perfect and esteemed members of the Utilities Committee. My name is Evelyn Robinson, and I am the Managing Partner within the State Government Policy Department at PJM Interconnection, L.L.C (“PJM”). Thank you for having me today. I am here before this committee to speak on PJM’s role as a regional transmission organization (“RTO”) and to discuss PJM’s winter preparedness and performance during the recent cold weather event. As an RTO, PJM’s primary focus is the reliable operation of the nation’s largest electric grid for 65 million people in 13 states and Washington, D.C. – including portions of Indiana. As illustrated in Figure 1 of my testimony, our service territory extends from New Jersey to Illinois, encompassing the Indiana/Michigan electric utility portion of the AEP transmission zone. This scale allows us to provide reliable electric service from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River; from the Great Lakes to the Outer Banks. Figure 1. Map of PJM Footprint Like the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (“MISO”), PJM is situated within what is called the Eastern Interconnection, one of the three major electric grids in the continental United States. As illustrated in Figure 2 below, the Eastern Interconnection, the Western Interconnection and the Texas Interconnection typically operate independent of each other. The Eastern Interconnection extends from the Atlantic coast to the Rocky Mountains and operates as one harmonized machine. -
News Release
NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PJM Board of Managers Approves Proposal to Address Capacity Market Reform Decision Shows Successful Conclusion in Stakeholder Process (Valley Forge, PA – July 8, 2021) – PJM Interconnection’s Board of Managers has approved a proposal to address long-standing concerns with the Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR) in the PJM capacity market. Following presentations on nine proposals from PJM and its stakeholders, the PJM proposal received the highest sector-weighted vote by members. The PJM Board selected the proposal because it accommodates state policy and self-supply business models, addresses attempted exercises of buyer-side market power, and creates a sustainable market design by keeping clearing prices consistent with supply and demand fundamentals. The PJM proposal achieved broad consensus under a unique, accelerated stakeholder process, called the Critical Issue Fast Path (CIFP). This was the first time the PJM Board has employed the CIFP process, an alternative to the normal stakeholder process designed to expeditiously resolve issues that are contentious or time sensitive. “In the first-ever use of the CIFP process, stakeholders have successfully tackled a complex issue in a compressed time frame, achieving both a workable solution and broad consensus behind that solution,” said PJM President and CEO Manu Asthana. “This proposal ensures that our capacity market accommodates state policy and self-supply business models, avoids customer costs of double-procurement, addresses attempted exercises of buyer-side market power, and creates a sustainable market design by keeping clearing prices consistent with supply and demand fundamentals,” Asthana said. PJM expects to work diligently to make a FERC filing with the goal of incorporating the changes into the 2023/2024 Delivery Year Base Residual Auction, to be held in December 2021. -
Ohio State Report
Ohio State Report July 2017 www.pjm.com PJM©2017 Table of Contents 1. Planning • Generation Portfolio Analysis • Transmission Analysis • Load Forecast 2. Markets • Capacity Market Results • Market Analysis 3. Operations • Emissions Data www.pjm.com 2 PJM©2017 Executive Summary (July 2017) • Existing Capacity: Natural gas represents approximately 34 percent of the total installed capacity in Ohio while coal represents approximately 56 percent. This differs from PJM where natural gas and coal are relatively even at 35 and 34 percent respectively. • Interconnection Requests: Natural gas represents approximately 86 percent of new interconnection requests in Ohio. • Deactivations: Approximately 94.6 MW of capacity in Ohio retired in 2016. This represents more than 24 percent of the 392 MW that retired RTO-wide in 2016. • RTEP 2016: Ohio RTEP 2016 projects total more than $160 million in investment. Approximately 44 percent of that represents supplemental projects. • Load Forecast: Ohio load growth is nearly flat, averaging between .1 and .5 percent per year over the next 10 years. This aligns with PJM RTO load growth projections. www.pjm.com 3 PJM©2017 Executive Summary (July 2017) • 2020/21 Capacity Market: Compared to the PJM footprint, Ohio’s distribution of generation, demand response and energy efficiency is similar. • 6/1/14 – 5/31/17 Performance: Ohio’s average daily locational marginal prices were consistently at or below PJM average daily LMPs. Coal resources represented 44 percent of generation produced in Ohio while imports averaged 25 percent. • Emissions: 2016 carbon dioxide emissions are slightly up from 2015; sulfur dioxides are slightly down while nitrogen oxides continue to hold flat from 2015. -
Shoreline Management Program
SHORELINE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM MARTIN DAM PROJECT FERC NO. 349 Prepared by: Birmingham, Alabama December 2016 SHORELINE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM MARTIN DAM PROJECT ALABAMA POWER COMPANY BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................... 1-3 2.0 PURPOSE AND GOALS OF THE SHORELINE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ....... 2-1 3.0 SHORELINE MANAGEMENT POLICIES ................................................................... 3-1 3.1 SHORELINE CONSERVATION POLICY ..................................................................... 3-1 3.2 SHORELINE MANAGEMENT POLICIES .................................................................... 3-2 4.0 SHORELINE MANAGEMENT CLASSIFICATIONS .................................................. 4-1 4.1 SHORELINE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM ................................................................... 4-1 4.1.1 PROJECT OPERATIONS ............................................................................... 4-1 4.1.2 RECREATION ............................................................................................. 4-1 4.1.3 QUASI-PUBLIC LANDS .............................................................................. 4-2 4.1.4 COMMERCIAL RECREATION ...................................................................... 4-2 4.1.5 NATURAL/UNDEVELOPED ........................................................................ -
State Interconnection Regulations: Scope and Screens
State Interconnection Regulations: Scope and Screens Table of Contents Introduction and Disclaimer ............................................................................................................................................ 2 Scope of Local Regulations on Interconnection Procedures .......................................................................................... 3 Delaware (Delaware Code, Title 26. Public Utilities, Chap. 1 Public Service Commission)....................................... 3 Indiana (Indiana Administrative Code, Title 170, Rule 4.3 “Customer-Generator Interconnection Standards” .......... 4 Illinois (IL Administrative Code, Title 83, Chapter I, Subchapter c, Part 466) ............................................................ 4 Maryland (Code of Maryland, Title 20, Subtitle 50, Chapter 20.50.09) ...................................................................... 4 Michigan (Public Service Commission, “Electric Interconnection and Net Metering Standards”) .............................. 5 New Jersey (NJ Administrative Code, Title 14, Chapter 5) ........................................................................................ 5 Ohio (OH Administrative Code, Title 4901, Chapter 22) ............................................................................................ 5 Pennsylvania (PA Code Title 52, Chapter 75) ........................................................................................................... 6 Virginia (VA Administrative Code, Title 20, Agency 5, Chapter -
Deployment of Energy Storage to Improve Environmental Outcomes of Hydropower White Paper May 2021
PNNL-SA-157672 Deployment of Energy Storage to Improve Environmental Outcomes of Hydropower White Paper May 2021 B Bellgraph, T Douville, A Somani, K DeSomber, R O’Neil, R Harnish, J Lessick, D Bhatnagar, J Alam Prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC05-76RL01830 Choose an item. DISCLAIMER This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor Battelle Memorial Institute, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof, or Battelle Memorial Institute. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY operated by BATTELLE for the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY under Contract DE-AC05-76RL01830 Printed in the United States of America Available to DOE and DOE contractors from the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, P.O. Box 62, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-0062; ph: (865) 576-8401 fax: (865) 576-5728 email: [email protected] Available to the public from the National Technical Information Service 5301 Shawnee Rd., Alexandria, VA 22312 ph: (800) 553-NTIS (6847) email: [email protected] <https://www.ntis.gov/about> Online ordering: http://www.ntis.gov Choose an item. -
Application of East Kentucky Power Cooperative
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION In the Matter of: APPLICATION OF EAST KENTUCKY POWER ) COOPERATIVE, INC. TO TRANSFER ) CASENO. FUNCTIONAL CONTROL OF CERTAIN ) 2012-00169 TRANSMISSION FACILITIES TO PJM ) INTERCONNECTION, LLC ) ___1-ORDER On May 3, 2012, East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. (“EKPC”) filed an application seeking approval, pursuant to KRS 278.2 18, to transfer functional control of certain transmission facilities to the PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (“PJM”) effective June 1, 2013. EPKC is organized under KRS Chapter 279 as an electric generating and transmission cooperative and is a utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission.’ Intervention in this case was requested by, and granted to: the Attorney General’s Office, Rate Intervention Division (“AG”); PJM; Gallatin Steel Company (“Gallatin Steel”); and Kentucky Utilities Company and Louisville Gas and Electric Company (“KU/LG&E”). By Order dated June 7, 2012, the Commission established a procedural schedule for this case which included two rounds of discovery on EKPC, the opportunity for intervenors to file testimony, one round of discovery on intervenors, and a public hearing. Informal conferences were held at the Commission’s offices on October 12, ’ KRS 279 210(1) 19, and 26, 2012. A public hearing was held at the Commission’s offices on November 7, 2012, and EKPC has requested the Commission to issue a decision in this case by December 31, 2012, to provide adequate time for EKPC to complete the preliminary steps needed to accomplish the transfer of control by June I,2013. Standard of Re- EKPC’s application is subject to the Commission’s jurisdiction under KRS 278.218, which governs a change in ownership or control of assets of an electric utility where those assets have an original book value of $1,000,000 or more. -
2008 Northeast Coordinated Electric System Plan ISO New England, New York ISO and PJM
Final 03-27-09 2008 Northeast Coordinated Electric System Plan ISO New England, New York ISO and PJM Contributors: ISO-NE: M. Henderson, J. Platts, W. Henson, M. Garber NYISO: J. Adams, J. Buechler, P. Carney, W. Lamanna PJM: P. McGlynn, M. Nix, G. Velummylum, M. Osman Table of Contents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY..................................................................................................................... 1 2. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................... 5 3. SUMMARIES OF RTOS’ SYSTEM PLANS ...................................................................................... 6 3.1 ISO-New England 2008 Regional System Plan .................................................................................. 6 3.2 NYISO 2008 Comprehensive Reliability Plan ................................................................................... 7 3.3 PJM 2007 Regional Transmission Expansion Plan (RTEP) ............................................................... 8 3.4 New Interconnections between the ISO/RTOs ................................................................................... 8 3.5 Links to the Regional Plans ................................................................................................................ 8 4. SUMMARIES OF INTERREGIONAL STUDIES ............................................................................ 10 4.1 Loss-of-Source Analyses ................................................................................................................. -
105 Ferc ¶ 61, 251 United States of America Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
20031125-3087 Issued by FERC OSEC 11/25/2003 in Docket#: ER03-262-007 105 FERC ¶ 61, 251 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION Before Commissioners: Pat Wood, III, Chairman; William L. Massey, and Nora Mead Brownell. The New PJM Companies Docket Nos. ER03-262-007 American Electric Power Service Corp. ER03-262-008 On behalf of its operating companies ER03-262-009 Appalachian Power Company Columbus Southern Power Company Indiana Michigan Power Company Kentucky Power Company Kingsport Power Company Ohio Power Company, and Wheeling Power Company Commonwealth Edison Company, and Commonwealth Edison Company of Indiana, Inc. The Dayton Power and Light Company, and PJM Interconnection, LLC American Electric Power Company Docket Nos. EC98-40-000 and ER98-2770-000 Central and South West Corporation ER98-2786-000 ORDER MAKING PRELIMINARY FINDINGS AND GIVING PUBLIC NOTICE AND SETTING MATTER FOR PUBLIC HEARING UNDER PURPA SECTION 205(A) (Issued November 25, 2003) 1. In this order, the Commission takes the following actions: (A) Pursuant to Section 203(b) of the Federal Power Act (FPA),1 in supplement to its orders approving the merger of American Electric 116 U.S.C. § 824b (2000). 20031125-3087 Issued by FERC OSEC 11/25/2003 in Docket#: ER03-262-007 Docket No. ER03-262-001, et al. - 2 - Power Company with Central and South West Corporation (CSW),2 the Commission finds that, to secure the maintenance of adequate service and the coordination in the public interest of facilities subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, American Electric Power Company-East (AEP or AEP-East)3 must fulfill its voluntary commitment to join a Regional Transmission Organization (RTO), namely, PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM). -
The State of CHP: Alabama
The State of CHP: Alabama Combined heat and power (CHP) – also referred to as cogeneration – is an efficient and clean approach to generating on-site electric power and useful thermal energy from a single fuel source. The information in this document provides a general overview of the state of CHP in Alabama, with data on current installations, technical potential, and Map of current CHP installations in Alabama. Illustration from ICF. economics for CHP. Alabama: Installed CHP U.S. DOE Combined Heat and Power Installation Database Alabama Existing CHP The DOE CHP Installation Database is a data collection effort sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. The database Sector Sites Capacity (MW) contains a comprehensive listing of combined heat and power Industrial 30 3,381 installations throughout the country, including those in Alabama, and can be accessed by visiting energy.gov/chp-installs. Commercial/Institutional 5 117 CHP Project Profiles Other 5 22 The Southeast CHP TAP has compiled information on certain Total 40 3,520 illustrative CHP projects in Alabama. You can access these by visiting the Department of Energy’s CHP Project Profiles Database at energy.gov/chp-projects. Southeast CHP TAP Director Isaac Panzarella, P.E. Southeast CHP Technical Assistance Partnership • North Carolina State University For assistance with questions about specific CHP opportunities in • [email protected] Alabama, please consult with the Southeast CHP TAP by visiting • 919-515-0354 sechptap.org or contacting the CHP TAP director. DOE CHP Installation -
Investing in Failure How Large Power Companies Are Undermining Their Decarbonization Targets
Investing in Failure How Large Power Companies Are Undermining their Decarbonization Targets Prepared for Majority Action, March 9, 2020 Authors: Bruce Biewald, Devi Glick, Jamie Hall, Caitlin Odom, Cheryl Roberto, Rachel Wilson CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................... II 1. PURPOSE OF THE REPORT .................................................................................... 1 2. THE THREE COMPANIES PRODUCE 4 PERCENT OF ECONOMY-WIDE U.S. CO2 EMISSIONS ...... 1 3. THE COMPANIES HAVE AMBITIOUS DECARBONIZATION GOALS FOR 2030 AND 2050 .......... 7 4. DESPITE COMMITMENTS, THERE IS LITTLE PROGRESS .................................................. 8 4.1. The companies’ Status Quo Planning processes are not adequate .....................................9 4.2. The companies are not retiring aging and uneconomic coal plants fast enough ................ 11 4.3. The companies are unduly focused on traditional fossil generation to replace the coal assets they are retiring ................................................................................................... 20 4.4. The companies are underutilizing and underinvesting in renewables and distributed alternatives ................................................................................................................... 25 4.5. The companies’ grid modernization efforts are not equal to the task............................... 36 4.6. The companies’ corporate engagement is not aligned with decarbonization -
Application of East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION In the Matter of: APPLICATION OF EAST KENTUCKY ) POWER COOPERATIVE, INC. FOR A ) CASE NO. DECLARATORY ORDER CONFIRMING ) 2017-00129 THE EFFECT OF KENTUCKY LAW AND ) COMMISSION PRECEDENT ON RETAIL ) ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS' PARTICIPATION ) IN WHOLESALE ELECTRIC MARKETS ) ORDER On March 13, 2017, East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. ("EKPC") filed a verified application, pursuant to 807 KAR 5:011 , Sections 14 and 19, for a declaratory order addressing the legality of retail electric customers to participate in wholesale electric markets. Specifically, EKPC requests the Commission to declare that: 1. Under Kentucky law and Commission precedent, retail electric customers within EKPC's service territory are barred from participating in PJM's wholesale markets, either directly or indirectly through a third party, unless through a tariff or special contract approved by the Commission; and 2. Energy-efficiency resource providers within EKPC's service territory may participate in the PJM Capacity Market only pursuant to a Commission approved tariff or special contract, specifically to ensure that other retail electric customers within EKPC's service territory are not: (a ) unfairly or unlawfully disadvantaged and discriminated against; {b) subjected to inefficient service; and (c) forced to unfairly, unjustly and unreasonably subsidize the energy-efficiency resource provider's participation in the PJM wholesale market; and 3. PJM is subject to the Commission's jurisdiction to enforce its prior Orders in cases in which PJM has been granted voluntary intervention and has given acknowledgements and consents; 1 and 4. PJM's decision to allow one or more retail energy-efficiency resource providers located within EKPC's service territory to participate in its Capacity Market in a manner inconsistent with Commission precedent is unlawful, unreasonable and a violation of Kentucky law; and 5.