MOVING FORWARD • TOGETHER
ANNUAL REPORT 2020 NEPOOL BY THE NUMBERS 2020*
PRINCIPAL COMMITTEE PRINCIPAL COMMITTEE VOTES 512 MEETING DAYS 82 Participants Committee PARTICIPANTS 12 Participants Committee 62 Markets Committee 276 Voting Members 28 Markets Committee 121 Reliability Committee 8 Joint MC / RC 10 Transmission Committee 13 Reliability Committee 8 Transmission Committee
26 6 NEW MEMBERS SECTORS 12 Supplier 62 Generation 6 AR Providers 251 20 Transmission 4 Provisional LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 214 Supplier 2 Generation Participated in or 45 End User 1 GIS-Only Actively Monitored 85 Alt Resources 1 Fuels Industry Participant 62 Publicy Owned Entities
* Through November 30, 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chairman’s Message 2
NEPOOL Developments 4
NEPOOL Stakeholder Process 8
Future Grid Initiative 10
Fuel Security 12
NEPOOL Sectors 14
NEPOOL Participants, Leadership & Committees 28
NEPOOL Leadership 30
NEPOOL Committees 31
NEPOOL Subcommittees 38
New Participants 40
NEPOOL Working Groups 42
State Energy Legislation 44
Legal Proceedings & Appeals 46
FERC Proceedings 49
Federal Court Appeals 52
Appendices 53
Acronyms & Abbreviations 54
Operative Documents 55
Photo Credits 56
Counsel & Administrative Team 57
* Statistical and other information in this report have been supported by Participants or derived from NEPOOL records or ISO New England Inc. (ISO-NE) records, except as specifically referenced. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this report are intended to have the same meaning given to such terms in the Second Restated NEPOOL Agreement, the Participants Agreement or the ISO-NE Transmission, Markets and Services Tariff (Tariff). Unless otherwise noted, data in this Annual Report is current through November 30, 2020. www.nepool.com 1 CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE
In a year of unprecedented challenges, NEPOOL has proven its resilience again. Much like the electric grid itself, the work of NEPOOL must go on even when circumstances are trying. COVID-19 required NEPOOL to quickly adjust its business practices; in mid-March NEPOOL began conducting all of its business remotely. Despite this significant change to the format for NEPOOL meetings, progress on key initiatives has not slowed. In 2020, NEPOOL opened the dialogue on the future of New England’s power grid and markets given states’ climate goals, completed its deliberations on ISO-NE-proposed Energy Security Improvements (ESI), and vetted changes to key values used in the Forward Capacity Market – among many other things. There have been bumps in the road to be sure, but we have remained steadfast in our resolve to address the difficult issues before us as we always have– together - even though we have been physically apart since March. NEPOOL GOES VIRTUAL The move to remote meetings has been a learning experience – frustrating at times, comic at others, but through it all NEPOOL stakeholders, ISO-NE staff and representatives for the New England states persevered and pulled together. We’ve had to get used to new meeting technologies, new ways of relating to each other, and new routines. Without a doubt, we miss being able to gather in-person. We miss the depth of communication possible in hallway discussions and the important social interactions that bring us together even when the issues at hand create tension. But we have found new ways to connect and work together to build consensus - the hallmark of the NEPOOL stakeholder process. MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER Amid the disruption to our normal processes, NEPOOL continues to move forward on efforts to explore market changes that may be needed in light of the rapid evolution in our industry toward cleaner energy sources. These discussions are ongoing in two separate forums. First, the Markets Committee and Reliability Committee are working together to develop a series of studies that identify any reliability gaps that might exist in the grid of the future. Once gaps have been identified, the discussion will focus on potential market approaches that could be used to address these gaps. Second, the region is exploring potential pathways that could facilitate the transition to the grid of the future; this work is occurring at the Participants Committee. While there is still much work left to do, the discussions this year have been robust, and the healthy differences of opinion and impassioned support from different perspectives highlight the strength and rigor of our process. Ultimately, it is this vigorous discourse that will lead NEPOOL to the best solutions for our region. In short, while COVID-19 may have slowed other industries and clearly changed our personal lives in many ways, it has not changed the commitment of NEPOOL stakeholders to embrace the work that must be accomplished to meet New England’s electric needs, reliably, and at low cost through competitive wholesale markets. Like true New Englanders, NEPOOL stakeholders have persevered through these challenging times.
2 New England Power Pool A NEW LOOK FOR THE FUTURE Reinforcing NEPOOL’s progress forward and its independence as a stakeholder organization, NEPOOL unveiled a new logo and redesigned website this year. The new logo symbolizes NEPOOL’s ongoing evolution and the sparks that fly as the NEPOOL process charts a path forward for the wholesale electric system. The new website design refreshes the access to “all-things NEPOOL”, including its members, organizational documents, meeting schedule, and, most importantly, the information that is required for the collaboration, cooperation and collective decision making that is the hallmark of the NEPOOL process. The public posting of this information provides transparency into NEPOOL’s activities, facilitating public access to and understanding of the matters under consideration. A DEBT OF GRATITUDE Before closing, personally and on behalf of NEPOOL, I thank the many front line electric industry workers who continue to operate and maintain the electric grid, the region’s power generating facilities, and the transmission and distribution system in order to ensure reliable electric supply for all of New England. They are the silent heroes of the electric industry, and we all owe them a great debt of gratitude. A TRUE PRIVILEGE I have been privileged to serve as Chair during this period of immense change. While we have accomplished much during my two year tenure, the organization has even more to accomplish in 2021 and beyond. I am honored and proud to have had the opportunity to work with stakeholders and have great confidence in the continued success of NEPOOL under the incoming Chair.
Nancy Chafetz Chairman, NEPOOL Participants Committee
www.nepool.com 3 A NEW LOGO
4 New England Power Pool A REFRESHED WEBSITE
REFRESHED WEBSITE
www.nepool.com 5 6 New England Power Pool NEPOOL’S VIRTUAL 2020
“The move to remote meetings has been a learning experience – frustrating at times, comic at others, but through it all NEPOOL stakeholders, ISO-NE staff and representatives for the New England states persevered and pulled together. We’ve had to get used to new meeting technologies, new ways of relating to each other, and new routines. Without a doubt, we miss being able to gather in-person. We miss the depth of communication possible in hallway discussions and the important social interactions that bring us together even when the issues at hand create tension. But we have found new ways to connect and work together to build consensus - the hallmark of the NEPOOL stakeholder process.” Nancy Chafetz Chairman, NEPOOL Participants Committee NEPOOL 2020 Annual Report
www.nepool.com 7 NEPOOL STAKEHOLDER PROCESS
The Participants Committee is the highest-level NEPOOL committee to which all matters are submitted unless they have been otherwise delegated to one of the Technical Committees – the Markets, Reliability and Transmission Committees. The Participants Committee is also supported by, and delegates some responsibilities to, two standing, self-selected subcommittees – the Budget & Finance Subcommittee and the Membership Subcommittee. The Participants Committee has eight elected officers. One officer is elected from each of the six voting Sectors to serve as a Vice-Chair of the Sector. The Committee then elects a Chair from among those six Sector representatives. The Committee also elects a Secretary and an Assistant Secretary. The Technical Committees’ Chairs and Secretaries are ISO-NE personnel appointed by ISO-NE after consultation with NEPOOL. Each Technical Committee also has a Vice-Chair who is elected from among and by the voting members of that Technical Committee. The leaders of all other subcommittees and working groups are selected by the Chair of the Participants Committee or ISO-NE following consultation as appropriate. NEPOOL meetings are attended by ISO-NE representatives and State representatives, including representatives of the New England States Committee on Electricity (NESCOE) and the New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners (NECPUC), who participate actively in discussions.
Participants Committee NEPOOL Chair and Five Vice-Chairs One Officer per Sector
Voting Members
11 5 129 59 20 38 14
Generation Transmission Supplier Publicly Owned Alternative End User Provisional Members Members Members Entity Resources Members & GIS-Only Members Members Members
Technical Committees. ISO-NE Chairs Standing Subcommittees. NEPOOL Vice-Chairs NEPOOL Chairs
Markets Reliability Transmission Budget & Membership Committee Committee Committee Finance Subcommittee Subcommittee
8 New England Power Pool NEPOOL STAKEHOLDER PROCESS
NEPOOL is the stakeholder voting organization that advises on all matters relating to New England’s competitive wholesale market rules and transmission tariff design. Its stakeholder processes are designed to maximize active and informed participation and negotiations to reach consensus among stakeholders, and where consensus is not possible, to articulate, define and limit unresolved issues. Through NEPOOL, Participants and representatives of the States, ISO-NE and the FERC provide informed and quality feedback at all levels. Informal feedback, which is a combination of education on and definition of positions, lays the foundation for consensus. Of course, consensus is not always possible, and in those circumstances, the NEPOOL process narrows and clarifies disagreements for resolution by the FERC as appropriate. NEPOOL acts through votes of the Principal Committees or by delegation to its subcommittees or elected or designated representatives.
FERC FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
Participants Agreement
Transmission MOU Operating Agreement MOU MOU Participating Transmission Owners
GIS Agreement
www.nepool.com 9 NEW ENGLAND’S FUTURE GRID INITIATIVE
From its original formation nearly Future Grid Study Effort. 50 years ago to ensure reliability Assessing the Future Together following the great Northeast In 2020, NEPOOL, NESCOE and ISO-NE have been working together to define a study (the Future blackout of 1965, NEPOOL has Grid Reliability Study) that would assess the evolved in response to the changing future state of the regional power system in light needs of the region. of state energy and environmental requirements. Those requirements include detailed goals for This year, in recognition of the adopting clean technology and reducing carbon changing demands on the grid emissions from the power grid, which are varied arising from evolving state among the six New England states and, some of which, have target dates out to 2050. The efforts policies and new technologies, underway are working to account not only for NEPOOL leadership, working those differing and evolving state requirements, closely with NESCOE and ISO-NE but also the differing views among NEPOOL representatives, launched New members and state and ISO-NE representatives as to the key input variables and assumptions to England’s Future Grid Initiative in inform the study. two parallel processes. (1) to define Currently, NEPOOL and NESCOE, with assistance and assess the future state of New from ISO-NE and a project facilitator, are England’s regional power system formulating the future grid study request. NEPOOL members and NESCOE, are working and (2) to explore and evaluate together through joint meetings of the NEPOOL potential market frameworks that Reliability and Markets Committees, to could be pursued to help support develop and explore criteria and related input assumptions and multiple future scenarios for the New England’s clean energy to-be-conducted study. The contemplated study transition. Both of these processes will involve and perform multiple areas of analysis, encourage active and informed including a gap analysis to help determine involvement by all interested whether, in the future state envisioned, the competitive markets will provide what is needed parties, including representatives to assure reliable operations of grid. With that of both the executive and legislative information, the region will then work through branches of the New England the NEPOOL process to explore potential market approaches to address any future reliability or states, and the FERC to the fullest operational gaps identified. For information extent possible. about this Future Grid Study process, including presentations and other materials discussed among regional stakeholders, are posted at https://nepool.com/future-grid-initiative/ potential-pathways Pathways to the Future Grid. Exploring Options Together Importantly, NEPOOL has also taken a leading role this year in providing a dedicated vehicle for its members and guests, all interested state
10 New England Power Pool officials/representatives, and the ISO-NE to learn frameworks. a new “Forward Clean Energy Market”; about, explore together, and assess potential a market that reflects an added cost for carbon- alternative pathways that can help facilitate New emitting resources (carbon pricing); an energy England’s transition to a future grid. only market similar to the Texas market; various The New England states have made substantial alternative reliability assurance constructs, some commitments to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) of which are deployed elsewhere in the country; emissions and to increase particular forms of clean a new “Integrated Clean Capacity Market”; and a energy they favor. In response to specific requests new energy-based resource adequacy construct. from the states (through NESCOE) and others Presentations on each of those constructs are to discuss potential future market frameworks posted at https://nepool.com/future-grid- that contemplate and are compatible with the initiative/potential-pathways. implementation of state energy and environment NEPOOL has engaged an independent consultant laws, NEPOOL commenced New England’s to help qualitatively assess the advantages and Pathways to the Future Grid process. disadvantages of each identified potential pathway/ The Pathways to the Future Grid effort is a focused market framework. The consultant also is helping stakeholder process to identify, explore and to identify additional decisions on details and evaluate potential alternative market frameworks design that will need to be made in order to more that would help support New England’s clean fully assess and compare the various potential energy transition. With this information, NEPOOL frameworks. The analysis of that consultant to and the region will be better able to identify and date also is posted on NEPOOL’s website at pursue market reforms that are best suited for New https://nepool.com/future-grid-initiative/ England. potential-pathways. The Pathways discussions thus far have all taken Successfully moving forward with any particular place during meetings of the NEPOOL Participants market framework(s) depends on the collaboration Committee, which, as noted in this Annual Report and consensus building within the region. is the highest level and most broadly attended Collaboration and consensus building is what NEPOOL forum/committee. At every one of its NEPOOL does best and, through this initiative, meetings since June, the Participants Committee it is dedicated to finding an acceptable pathway has received presentations from industry experts forward for New England given the many diverse on various potential frameworks that have been and sometimes conflicting goals and desires of identified for exploration and assessment. To date, stakeholders in the region. those presentations have included information on the following potential future pathways/market
www.nepool.com 11 NEW ENGLAND’S EVOLVING FUEL SECURITY STORY
In 2020, an important chapter was Comprehensive Stakeholder added to New England’s efforts Consideration of Longer-Term Market Solutions to address the region’s evolving In July 2018, the Commission directed ISO-NE to fuel security challenges. This past file, among other things, market improvements year, NEPOOL members, State “to better address regional fuel security concerns.” For nearly 20 months afterwards, officials, and ISO-NE devoted a NEPOOL members, ISO-NE, and state officials significant amount of time and engaged in robust dialogue and candid back-and- resources to develop, understand, forth discussions on ISO-NE’s Energy Security Improvements (ESI) proposal. The ESI proposal evaluate, and ultimately litigate would have revamped New England’s day- substantial proposed market ahead energy market, with the intent of offering design reforms to address longer- different revenue streams for resources that provided services ISO-NE concluded were not term regional fuel/energy security properly valued in the markets. The new market concerns. Although the FERC products were to be voluntary and priced based concluded that the proposed on bids for energy call options. Through the NEPOOL process, ESI was explored, changes were not shown to be debated, and analyzed, with ISO-NE incorporating just and reasonable, efforts to some design changes in response to stakeholder identify and explore potential feedback. To address certain remaining stakeholder concerns, NEPOOL adopted three future market changes to address modifications to ISO-NE’s ESI proposal designed demonstrated fuel security issues to strike a better balance between reliability will likely continue. benefits and costs to consumers. The three NEPOOL-approved changes were offered by NESCOE on behalf of the States. The Two Alternative ESI Proposals In ISO-NE’s April 2020 filing, two alternative ESI proposals were presented to the FERC on equal legal footing, one advocated by ISO-NE and the other advanced by NEPOOL. The ISO-favored ESI Design ISO-NE’s ESI proposal (as well as the NEPOOL alternative) included three new day-ahead ancillary services products. (1) Generation Contingency Reserve (GCR), which would procure Day-Ahead commitments for existing Real- Time Operating Reserve products (i.e., 10- and 30-minute reserve products); (2) Replacement Energy Reserve (RER), which would pay resources to be on standby to restore GCR (i.e., 90- and 240-minute reserve products) and pay resources to cover ISO-NE’s error in forecasting load; and (3) Energy Imbalance Reserve, which would compensate resources to be on standby if the energy that cleared in the Day-Ahead market was insufficient to meet ISO-NE’s load forecast.
12 New England Power Pool The ESI design would have also introduced energy Vice-Chair of the Publicly Owned Entity Sector, a call options. Each resource would have decided— representative from the Massachusetts Attorney voluntarily—whether to submit an energy call option General’s Office, and a member representative from offer identifying the minimum price the resource New England’s largest utility. would be willing to accept an obligation to be on stand-by to provide one of the three new ancillary End of the Beginning or Beginning of the services the following day. As designed, ISO-NE End? would forecast the expected locational marginal The ESI proceeding was heavily litigated, with price (LMP) for each hour of the next operating day 55 entities filing interventions, protests, and/or and that value would be considered the strike price comments and answers. Over the course of four for the energy call option. rounds of filings, litigants filed 39 separate briefs, with arguments spanning the range of full support NEPOOL’s Preferred ESI Design for ISO-NE’s proposal, full support for NEPOOL’s Although NEPOOL backed the vast majority of ISO- proposal, advocacy for additional conditions or NE’s proposed ESI design, it sought to modify it in changes, and advocacy for outright rejection of three crucial respects. First, under the NEPOOL both proposals. In late October, the FERC issued alternative RER would have been procured only its order, rejecting both proposals concluding that during the winter months rather than year-round neither alternative had been demonstrated to be as ISO-NE proposed. This change intended to just and reasonable. Based on the information filed, protect consumers from added RER-related costs the FERC concluded that ESI would not materially during non-winter months where there has been improve fuel security, finding that “ESI does not no demonstration of a regional fuel security need. strike an appropriate balance between addressing Second, NEPOOL’s alternative would have removed fuel security in New England while protecting a provision in ISO-NE proposal allowing it to consumers from the significant cost of those fuel purchase additional RER to cover its load forecast security benefits.” Although the FERC recognized error. By eliminating this provision, NEPOOL sought that NEPOOL’s alternative approach “would result in to protect consumers from what NEPOOL viewed as lower costs to consumers,” the FERC rejected it for unjustified costs. Third, NEPOOL—which generally the same underlying reasons it rejected the ISO- supported ISO-NE’s strike price concept—proposed NE’s proposal. to add $10 per megawatt hour to the strike price. ISO-NE now awaits further guidance from the The intended impact of this change would have FERC before deciding how best to proceed. In reduced the risk to suppliers without adversely the meantime, interim measures to address fuel impacting fuel security. At bottom, the overall goal security concerns will remain through May 2025, of the NEPOOL alternative was to strike a better including ISO-NE’s inventoried energy program, balance between reliability benefits and costs to NB_3011 NB_3002 NB_3009
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METHUEN Meadow St Pondvil Millbury 326-1 WOOD CHUCK MIDDLETON IPSWICH RIVER S. DANVERS WATERS RIVER NY-5-2 NY-5-1 K6 Y25N-1 Y25N-2 I135N-2 LAWRENCE RD Dracut PutnamRd Sears F6E-2 F6E-1 340 North-South C155N-4 N_TROY BOYTONVL HOOSICK BENNINGTON E5-2 367 G133W-2 NORTH CHELMSFORD G133W-1 B154N-6 B154N-4 B154N-3 B154N-2 B154N-1 B154S-3 B154S-2 O-15N E5-1 Harrngtn VERNON VT 379 FITZWILLIAM L'ENERGIA SO. BROADWAY King_St Tap K4 326-2 Y151-4 G133E 3320 A153-2 Y25 Palmer North-South 379 I161-2 Y151-3 C155N-5 C155N-3 C155N-2 C155N-1 C155S-3 J10 Y25S-2 Y25S-1 L164-4 N192 DeerFld5 Hoosac PERRY STREET Y151-2 E. BEVERLY Phase II P1_P2_T MEADOWBROOK J162 M191-2 L164-2 L164-3 394-2 MARBLEHEAD Q117 A127W-1 Connection I161-1 WARD HILL North E131-3 A127W-3 A153-1 River ASHBURNHAM 3521A 3512A WESTFORD Y151-1 Bearswamp HARRIMAN Montague Tap 452 397 BEVERLY ADAMS L138E-2 L138E-1 M191-1 W. ANDOVER RAILYARD C155S-1 Tap B128-1 I135-3 I135-5 East-West NORTH READING WALLLACE BARTHOLOMEW W. SALEM E131-2 E131-1 451 TEWKSBURY K137E-4 K137E-5 K137E-1 B154S-1 B128-2 I135-6 N140-1 T146-1 T146-2 T146-3 T146-4 T146E-4 T146E-3 T146E-2 T146E-1 Y177-2 Mass Yankee Y177-1 N.O. F132-2 J136N-3 LITTLETON S145E-4 S145E-3 S145E-2 S145E-1 SALEM HARBOR 381 M139-1
SHERMAN 3512 J136N-1 J136N-2 PROSPECT 3521 BILLERICA S145-1 S145-2 S145-3 T146-5 Q169-6 Q169-3 PINEHURST Q169-7 Q169-4 Q169-1 Q169-2 312 312 354 M139-4 E. TEWKSBURY BURTT RD RESCO LYNN NY-1-AR 393 EAST WINCHENDON V-22E U-21E Golden Hill Tap BERKSHIRE NORTHFIELD 3124 Q169-5 Q169-9 REYNOLDS ALPS K137 F158N-5 F158N-4 N.O. A179-2 AYER SANDY POND TEWKSBURY READING WAKEFIELD F158N-3 A179-3 A127W-2 FLAGG POND MELROSE GE RIVER 1604 337 PARTRIDGE I135S 397 N140-2 349 X&Y A179-1 211-503-2 NO. WOBURN 349 F158N-1 A127-1 WENDELL DEPOT J136S-1 K137W GE CO. 14E A127W-4 ERVING 211-504-2 339 GOLDEN HL F158S J136S-3 339 WAKEFIELD JCT MAPLEWOOD EVERETT REVERE NY-2-AN F132-1 LAUREL CIR 211-504-1 NEW_SCOT 1816 LITCHFIELD ST 365 211-514 B128-3 A127-2 L138W-2 338 1231-1 1231-2 1231-3 1361 WOBURN NORTH CAMBRIDGE 349 X&Y ALTRESCO CUMBERLAND MONTAGUE E 205E E 205E
1715 N.O. B128-4 PRATTS JUNCTION 211-514 1551 1242-1 1242-2 1242-3 A127W-5 211-508 346 831-536 875-539 351 343 314 PUTNAM 831-540 E. CAMBRIDGE KENDALL DOREEN FRENCH KING BURLINGTON 831-537 128-518 1242-4 1231-4 831-538 358 423-515 STERLING Boston Imp. 319
1662 1044-2 349XY 1231-5 P142N 391-508 1161-1 1242-5 320- 508 509- 530 329- 530 N.O. N.O. BARRE BLAIR_PD 1211 TILLSON O141N-1 HARTWELL TRAPELO RD 354 CONCORD MLP 329-510-2 329-510-1 488-518 PLAINFIELD ASHFIELD LEXINGTON CHELSEA 1632 WACHUSETT SOMERVILLE OSWALD 533-508 MYSTIC Oswald Jct. 1044-3 1113-5 329-531 AMHERST 320-507-2 329-511-2 329-511-1 1044-1 B128-5 219-532 219-533 450-508 250-517-3 313 308 250-516-3 1161-3 O141W Tillson Tap 1134-2 416-526 282-507 329-521 329-513-2 329-513-1 P142W WALTHAM BRIGHTON SCOTIA CARVER ST HAWKINS ST NO. MARLBORO MAYNARD SUDBURY PODICK N.O. 1113-1 FIVE CORNERS 329-512-2 329-512-1 WOODLAND 1113-4 416-527 282-602 372 A127-4 GREENDALE 329-520 250-516-2 250-517-2 WEST BOYLSTON N166-2 282- 520-2 282-521-2 1819 East-West 342-507-2 324 1113-2 1371 FLORENCE O141 282- 521-1 CHATHAM ST HUDSON SAXONVILLE 514-513 514-512 110-511-3 WATERTOWN ELECTRIC 110-510-3 MIDWAY 1039 1447 1134-1 NASHUA P142 PINESHED STONY BROOK 342-507-1 110-510-2 514-510 385-511-3 250-516-1 MT. TOM N166-1 H 160 342- 603 282- 520-1 250-517-1 PLEASANT MASSPWR COLBURN KINGSTON ST KINGSTON AB GUNN TREASURE VALLEY PAXTON 110- 511-2 1428 SPEEN STREET 1962 NORTHBORO ROAD 110-511-4 110- 510-4 514- 511 385-510-3 SEAFOOD 1327 334 O141S WEST FRAMINGHAM 1657-1 1930 1935 1940 513-507/D156 292-522 385-513 385-512 ROLFE AVE. 433-507 B128-6 E157E NEWTON HIGHLANDS BAKER STREET 385-510-1 HIGH ST 385-516 385-517 1894 1356 1845 301 3163 BUCK POND 1657-2 Southhampton 1601 BLOOMINGDALE 292-523 K ST. NO. 1 NORTH CANAL FAIRMONT SHAWINIGAN LUDLOW A127-5 SHREWSBURY 240-510 Jct. FRAMINGHAM 576-534 NY-93-LN 1552 EAST MAIN STREET N.O. 385-511-1 NY-94-LN 1657-3 X176-1 110-522 106-526
New England-New York 1904 3196 1638 1803 B180 P142S-2 NEEDHAM L STREET 1292 MEMORIAL THORNDIKE E157 496-529 496-528 ANDREWS SQ. K ST. NO. 2 M.B.T.A. 1421 1302-2 INGLESIDE HOLYOKE WEBSTER ST 455-507 106-527 WMI-MILLBURY E157W-2 576-535 1702 ORCHARD CENTECH 3164 3419 240-508 148-522X&Y HYDE PARK 483-525 X176-2 Z126-2 DEWAR STREET 483-524 132-538 3162 DEER ISLAND N.O. SHERBORN CHICOPEE 1426 VERNON HILL M165-3 WYMAN GORDAN POCHASSIC 1314 PALMER 3163 517-524 517-525 Boston Imp.
PIPER Boston Imp. 1803 1481 N.O. SEMARI-NE CADWELL Z126-1 E157W-1 DOVER_BE ELLIS AVE 3162 N.O. N. QUINCY W175-1 A127-7 240-601 A127-6 342-603 BLANDFORD CLINTON 517-532 517-533 1556 1645 LITTLE REST MILLBURY NO. 2 308 274-509-2 115-8-10 115-16-11 B128-7 313 495-533 495-532 3162 115-10-16 357 MIDDLE ST. POTTER STA. FIELD ST 1230 302 CHURCH HILL 478-502-2 1544 1755 W175-3 301 302 MILLBURY NO. 3 HOLLISTON 478-502-3 Swift's Beach 1302-1 CARPENTER HILL 456-522 NORWOOD EDGAR 1311 V174-2 323 115-4-8 Tap 1433 1322 WEST CHARLTON 366 CANTON_BE 478-502-1 WEST SPRINGFIELD BRECKWOOD EAST SPRINGFIELD W175-2 Boston Imp. 478-503-3 478-503-2 V174-1 PLAIN ST. 1412 SEMARI-NE D130-1 D130-7/126-501 SEMARI-NE WALPOLE W123-1 U173 478-508-4 HOBART ST. 1512-1 1007 NORTH OXFORD Purchase St HOPKINTN 478-508-3 ELM AGAWAM MILLENIUM C129N-1 274-509-1 S_RANDOLF 115-9-4 W123-2 240- 601 C129N-8/126-502 146-502 478-509-1 3196 1205 R170 357 GROVE ST. 478-509-4 EAST WEYMOUTH 3216 SNOW STREET 389 389 447-508 478-509-3 R144-1 Q143N-1 1781-2 1781-1 1858 1394 1976 DEPOT ST. 323 WEST MEDWAY WEST WALPOLE 447-509 HOLBROOK MID WEYMOUTH FRANCONIA SCITICO W HAMPDEN 398-537 D130-5 DCT 325 325 DCT E. HOLBROOK STOUGHTON 1782-2 1782-1 CT Import/Export MILFORD POWER MEDWAYJ3 331 451-536-1 SEMARI-NE 344 3161 316 316 Lower SEMA/ 3520 65- 507 SILVER SOUTH AGAWAM JCT 1100 C129N-6 65-508 ENFIELD CT Import/Export D130-6 201- 501 East RI Import MEDWAY 331 335 451-536-2 1512-3 1512-2 1768 3419 366 SOUTHWICK 1905 1300 ROCKY HILL 65-502 Granville Jct. 1768 DEXTER Depot_St_T C129N-3 336-2 1724 STOUGHTON HARRISON 1200 NORTH ABINGTON NORWELL BERKSHIRE POWER ROCKVILLE OCEAN STATE CT Import/Export WINDSOR LOCKS BARBOUR HILL PARK VIEW HANOVER TAP 3216 CT Import/Export C129N-7 C129N-2 BEAVER POND A94-2 N.O. 1606 C129 344 U2 C3-99 C3E 1635 NEA-BELLINGHAM C3 SOUTH WINDSOR 333 3520 C3-2 C3-3 S9E-2 1042 3642 AMES STREET SCITUATE W. CT Import East-West PLYMOUTH NORTH BLOOMFIELD 1763 3361 336-1 336-3 ANP-BELLINGHAM UNION ST N.O. Source. From693 ISO-NE System Diagram ISO-Public 9-15-20 SHERMAN ROAD www.nepool.com 13 BLACKSTONE MA BELMONT D911 S9-2 S9-3 FALLS VILLAGE A94-1 H1 FRANKLIN DRIVE 1777 BFLD 1448 303 S9E-1 1751-1 1310 C129S DUPONT S1 S9 689 BLOOMFIELD Tap ROOD TRACY RI Import WATER STREET PHILLIPS LANE 667 347 328 Q143N-1 Q143N-3 SOUTH WRENTHAM G18 1732-3 1037 1207 3557 UXBRIDGE C2 69kV 1726 342-1 690/FV 1788 1732-1 1256 1756 1751-2 EAST HARTFORD MANCHESTER 1742 1621 Q143N-2 D182N C181N F19-2 SMITHFLD SALISBURY CANTON N.E. SIMSBURY 1873 AUBURN TORR TERM. Weingart Rd Jct. 1722 WHITINS POND 1900 NW HARTFORD SW HARTFORD 1786-1 1786-2 E20-2 115kV Q143S-1 303 L1 MARSHFIELD 1732-2 368 R144-5 BERRY ST 191-1
W. CT Import 191-3 FARMINGTON 1704 RIVERSIDE DR 1767 KILLINGLY 191-2 CDEC EAST BRIDGEWATER R144-1 RI Import R144-6 East RI Lower SEMA\ Import CAMPVILLE THOMASTON 327 D182S-3 KINGSTON DUXBURY CHIPPEN HILL SOUTH MEADOW 3424 M1-1 BRISTOL FORESTVILLE 1783-1 3348 1505-1 1607-1 C181-3 331 117-3 342-1 LEEDS 310 328 366 315 315 194 1854 1775-1 1775-2 MILL STREET LAKE ROAD N. ATTLEBORO 117-1 PLSVY-SMITH
NY-95 KLEEN WEST FARNUM F19-1 NY-92 1810-4 1773 M1-2 341 341 H17-1 H17-3 H17-2 RIVERSIDE J16 132 1825 1783-2 D182S-2 E20-1 NEWINGTON FARNUM MIDDLEBORO BROOK ST WEST POND BLACK ROCK HOPEWELL W. CT Import WOONSOCKET WASHINGTON
1921 1835 G18 ATHENS HIGHLAND PK 1800 ROCKY HILL V148N 133 W. CT Import CT Import/Export NE-NY 1191 1191 1810-3 Lake Ave 1810-1 1783-3 330 R9 116 1759 T172N-2 J16S C181-2 344 E1 331 355 Jct. 1785 BROOKLYN NY-91 1854 329 1670-3 EAST NEW BRITAIN 3533 3271 B23
398 1820 Q143S-2 1752 PORTLAND STAPLES MANSFIELD CARVER DCT PILGRIM LONG MOUNTAIN FROST BRIDGE BRIDGEWATER PLST_VLY S171N-2 V148S-1 VALLEY SWCT Import Reservoir Rd NASONVILLE 352 352 1769 LAUREL ENERGY 1220 356 Jct. R144-4 Q10 342-3 1238 1163-1 1163-2 1830 1670-2 N.O. S8-4 1555 1813 CARMEL HILL TODD CARD WILLIMANTIC FARNUM PIKE P11-2 A24-1 321 1771 BERLIN 1766 DOOLEY 384 1505-2 C181-1 BULLS BRIDGE 1765 WEST SIDE 1607-1 S171N CLARKSON
ROCKY RIVER V5-3 1445 1550-1 1210 RAYNHAM 127 JORDAN 3041 V148S-3 ROBINSON AVE. 1910 SCOVILL RK. N.O. N.O. EASTON TAP SOUTHINGTON PUTNAM PIKE CHARTLEY POND 342-2 1618 1340-2 1721 1550-2 1163-3 3041 376 WOLF HILL S8-2 FREIGHT 1080-1 K15 322 NY-F31 A24-2 WEST BROOKFIELD NOERA_ST 1550-3 3754 R144-2 CANAL 1690 Jct. 1622 SHAWS HILL 387-1 FRY BROOK Q143S-4 C181S U6-2 129 1272 1668 1950 BIRD ROAD TAUNTON SEMASS CANAL 1050 1443 P11-1 1887-1 SHEPAUG BATES ROCK Jct. 3754 MIDDLE RIVER 1887-2 HANOVER 376 383 S171N T172N 399 120 Brkfld_J BUNKER HILL ADMIRAL ST Semass Tap Lucchini DCT 1712 D182S-1 NY_F30 362 362 HARTFORD AVE. V148S-2 1340-3 READ STREET STONY HILL 1029-2 364
V5-2 W BARSTABLE 1843 BESECK HADDAM NECK PLAINFIELD WOOD_ST 1337 1270 1485 WATERBRY BALDWIN Baldwin Plainfield Lower SEMA\ Tap SOUTH NAUGATUCK 3827 332 S171-1 128 134 1887-3 3827 359 R144-3 Q143S-5 F184-3 DIGHTON 137 1029-3 1789 East RI Imp 115 3252 1490 1505-4 1607-2 JOHNSTON 126 121 135 1268 F106 E105 NY-F37 NY-F36 TRIANGLE 1363 SANDY HOOK 1355-1 S171-3 PHILLIPSDALE 1340-1 1029-1 MIDDLETOWN X3-3 SWANSEA VALLEYNB 122- 1 PAVE PAWS 1588 1466 LISBON T172S-3 E_FISHKL 1208 COLONY E183W-2 1165 1142 NORTH WALLINGFORD W4 WELLFLEET 1760 1043 1232 TOWANTIC RISE E183W-1 S8-1 122-2 Hope FRANKLIN SQUARE P11-1 Horse Pd. Tap PLUMTREE NEWTOWN STEVENSON 387-1 1080-3 1080-4 Phillipsdale 113
1619 310 364 U6-1 Tap V5-1 125 1403 1610-1 S171-4 T172S-4 E183W-3 TREMONT BOURNE SANDWICH 321 1565-1 1560-1 PAWTUCKET T7 3403AB 1572 1620 WAMPANOAG 108 OXFORD 1630-1 1630-2 Wawecus Jct Cranston/2 SOMERSET 122-3 Derby ANSONIA WALREC N.O. 1565-3 Jct.(1) RIDGEWOOD SHUNPIKE E183E-1 N.O. ORLEANS RIDGEFIELD 1560-3 Glen Lake 1630-3 1675 X3-3 X3-1 137 OAK ST 1319 Jct. 3252 W. CT Import STOCKHOUSE BEAN HILL TUNNEL F184-3 112-1 114-1 3403A B 1565-2 T172S-7 118- 2 139-2 1594 1580 WALLINGFORD NORTH HAVEN S171S-1 Z1 Y2 122-4 1560-2 BEACON FALLS 348 MINK STREET 118-1 PEACEABLE 1610-2 1655 1070 PONTIAC AVE. 327 BLACKBURN SOCKANOSSET 107-1 Harwich Ta N12-1 Hoyts Hill MIX AVENUE HADDAM 1000-2 W. CRANSTON N_LONDON F184-2 M13-4 MANOMET BARNSTABLE INDIAN WELL (1808-2) 1570-1 (1808-1 future) 1507 WAREHAM MASHPEE p 1470-2 8600 E183E-2 N.O. HATHAWAY STREET 1470-3 POOTATCK 1570-2 FT HILL FARMS CMEEC 139-1 139-3 Derby Jct.(2) S171S-2 T172S-5 315 (1808-3 future) 1772 F184-5 123 119-1 1470-1 PIERCE P & W AIRCRAFT J188-6 J188-5 J188-1 J188-3 J188-4 Meriman 1610-3 84004 QUINNIPIAC SWCT Import 1466 BRISTLRI 139-5 1241 (1483 future) (remove future) 1000-3 Cranston/1 DRUMROCK Tap OTIS 124 1570-3 1090 1080-2 DUDLEY STREET RI Import ROCHESTER 136-2 3403-2 WILTON 1545 1655 HARWICH TRAP FALLS 1975 I187-5 I187-1 I187-6 I187-3 I187-4 F184-4 F184-1 EAST MERIDEN WARREN BRAYTON POINT SYKES RD 112-2 114-2 1682 1640 8400 1000-1 K189 G185N HYANNIS JCT 119-3 1730 SACKETT 8300 332 E183E-3 E183E-4 W. CT Import CT Import/Export SWCT Import 1714 New England-New York 364 WESTON TRUMBULL DEVON 1 JUNE_ST 1261 1598 1280-1 KILVERT LINCOLN AVE 107-2 HATCHVILLE 139-4 Archer Lane KENT CO. M13-8 Mendall Road 131 119-2 9550 MONTVILLE N12-2 112-4 1710-3 1776 1637 3165 3827 9502 1738 1508 1410 359 N.O. N.O. MILL RIVER BRANFORD STEPSTONE GREEN HILL BOKUM 371 OLD BAPTIST RD BELL ROCK 136-1 LOTHROP AVE 1222 1710-2 EAST DEVON LEGEND INDUSTRIAL PARK CRYSTAL SPRING 3403C D OLD TOWN BROADWAY 1250 G185S-2 L14-4 114-3 1342 L190-1 L190-2 M13-5 D21 FALMOUTH TAP 4606 3619 8301 111-1 CEDAR HEIGHTS 1350 1537 387-1 UNCASVILLE Whipple Bangor Hydro-Electric Company Eversource (NSTAR - EMI TIVERTON WING LANE Norwalk Jct HIGH HILL 112-5 4605 1697 9500 1605-1 G185S-4 G185S-3 114-4 107W 136E MERCHANTS WAY CANDLE HAWTHORNE DEVON RR 1235 Jct. Davisville L14-5 N.O. 1710-1 1497 MILFORD Tap North) 112-6 3403-1 8500 1500-1 1792 1753 1650 WATER STREET GRAND AVE. BRANFORD RR 109 111-2 FALMOUTH 1720 3165 3619 TOWER HILL Central Maine Power 112- 7 N.O. 1640 DAVISVILLE M13-1 M13-3 ARSENE 1522 3280 FLANDERS 1500-3 BUDDINGTON 1440 DEVON 2 G185S-1 WATERSIDE GLENBROOK NORWALK SINGER 8700 1280-3 CANONICUS Bent Rd. ACUSHNET 1734 1790-3 1460 L190-4 Eversource (NSTAR - South) DARTMOUTH 1685 L14-1 1880-3 3921 89003B-1 387-2 1617 Cohanzie L14-3 1880-2 UNION AVE WEST KINGSTON Rowayton 3922 1790-1 8200 Jct. Conn. Municipal Elec. Co-op. M13 L14 TRANSMISSION LINES LEGEND
EAST SHORE CT Import/Export 111- 3 1389 Totoket Jct. East-West/SEMARI-NE RI Import 1740 Jct. WATERFORD MYSTIC_NU BI WIND 1450 1151 1608 1880-1 1780 1605-3 130 FLAX HILL BPT_5CC 8702 National Grid USA 143 142 Underground Cable
1955 1870N DEXTER EUA 1867-3 1867-2 1943 MILVON WEST RIVER 8100 M13-2 L14-2 310 371 348 1790-2 383 CROSS RD Direct Current COS COB 1977-3 1130 88003A-1 1500-2 1605-2 Eversource (CL&P, WMECO, PSNH) United Illuminating COMPO 89005B BATES STREET PINE STREET 345 KV 1243 Ely Ave 8809A-2 8904B 89003B-3 1465 KENYON 109 1750-2 1430 DEVON TIE WOODMONT WILLIAMS Company SOUTHEND 91001 PEQUONNOCK 8909B-2 ALLINGS CROSSING MILLSTONE 230 KV 1750-1 ASH CREEK 8804A 1870 SONO 88005A 88003A-3 FISHER ROAD W. CT Import 1985 1365 UNITIL 115 KV, 138kV 1867-1 1870S-1 1870S-2 1977-1 1943 SHUNOCK CHASE HILL WOOD RIVER <115 KV TOMAC 1146 ELM WEST BPT. RESCO CONGRESS NLONDNCT Vermont Electric Power Company, Inc. Public/ 89006B DARIEN SHERWOOD NORWALK HBR BRIDGEPORT ENERGY HALVARSSON BARNUM Municipals/Sub_Transmission Privately Owned & Other Converter DCT Double Ckt Tower Interface
88006A Cross Sound 1028 1578 Cable BAIRD N.O. = Normally Open FITCH SASCO CK. Generator(s) Split Bus NNC Interface CSC Interface 481 Reactive Devices Phase Shifter or Load Tap SWCT Import 601 602 603 Transformer ISO NEW ENGLAND, INC SYSTEM DIAGRAM PS01 NY-681 NY-863 Revision 05/15/2018 Version WILDWOOD SHOREHAM NORTHPORT ELWOOD EMS 2.6.18 PLGRM_NY NY-867 NY-678 NY-891 For Transmission System Reference Only NY-677 MILLERPL ISO-PUBLIC NY-879 Hard Copy Uncontrolled NY-672 WADNGRV NY-679
NEPOOL SECTORS
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NEPOOL SECTORS Generation Diversity in and Among Sectors 62 PARTICIPANTS NEPOOL’s 512 Participants (as of November 30) are generally organized and act on matters by Sector. Each Sector has certain criteria, described in more detail in the pages that follow, that a Participant must meet in order to participate in that Sector. Transmission A Participant and all of its related affiliates are 20 PARTICIPANTS entitled only to one vote in the Sector and can join only one of NEPOOL’s six Sectors, regardless of how many Sectors for which they might qualify. NEPOOL Voting. Sector Members Supplier NEPOOL’s six sectors have equal aggregate votes 214 PARTICIPANTS (Voting Shares). Within each Sector, individual voting members have an equal per capita vote. To qualify as an individual voting member, Participants must meet certain criteria and/or minimum threshold requirements. In certain circumstances, Publicly members may (and some must) be represented Owned Entity by a group voting member. Group voting members 62 PARTICIPANTS and members required to vote with their related affiliates are entitled to split their votes to reflect the diversity of those they represent. Non-Sector Members Alternative Resources NEPOOL also created the opportunity for entities 85 that are interested in joining NEPOOL but are PARTICIPANTS not yet eligible to participate in any Sector – for example, because they are in the early stage of New England business development – to join NEPOOL as Provisional Members. Those members, End User to the extent they are not affiliated with a voting 45 PARTICIPANTS member, can vote in a group seat, with the group having a total vote of one percent (or less if there are not at least five Provisional Members). Non- Sector members, including the five Fuels Industry Participants and four Data Only Participants that do Provisional not vote, are identified on page 43. Member 15 Group Seat PARTICIPANTS
Fuels Industry Data Only 9 PARTICIPANTS
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E 350 Generators To qualify for membership in the Generation Sector, an entity Over 34,300 MW in 2020 must either own facilities in New England that generate E generating capacity power, have been approved by ISO-NE to interconnect to the system, have secured environmental air or siting approvals E More than 24,000 MW of new in New England for new generators, or have committed as a generation proposed for New England, including, among capacity resource in a New England Forward Capacity Auction others, over 15,650 MW of (FCA). wind power, about 4,155 MW of solar, nearly 4,000 MW of Generation Sector members include independent power producers, storage, and about 960 MW of exempt wholesale generators, and qualifying cogeneration and natural gas power small power production facilities. Their facilities cover the gamut of electric generation including natural gas, oil, coal and nuclear fuel E NEPOOL members own more than 350 generators as well as renewable resources. Unit types include combined cycle in New England, with 31 GW and combustion turbines, steam turbines, electric storage (e.g. of generating capability for pumped storage and lithium ion batteries) and renewable resources summer and 34 GW for winter that include hydro, wind, solar, bio/refuse and fuel cells. Each Participant in the Generation Sector that has at least 15 E From 2001 to 2017, New England generator annual MW of New England-based generation is entitled to designate an emissions for sulfur dioxide individual voting member for each of the Principal Committees. (SO2), nitrogen oxide (NOx) Other Participants in the Generation Sector that do not elect to and carbon dioxide (CO2) have participate through, or otherwise do not qualify to designate, an declined 98%, 74% and 34%, individual voting member are represented through a group seat. respectively At the end of 2020, the Generation Group Seat represented 20 members and more than 632 MW in aggregate. Approximately 15,185 MW are represented by the remaining 10 voting members. Because Participants must vote together with all their related affiliates and can join only a single Sector, there are owners of generation facilities that elect to participate in other Sectors, given the other business interests of one or more of their affiliates. For the same reason, the business interets of Generation Sector members also include member companies that have significant power-marketing interests and retail load-serving interests.
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Natural Gas 17,606 MW 42,294 GWh
Nuclear 3,348 MW Thomas W. Kaslow Michelle C. Gardner 21,106 GWh Vice-Chair, Vice-Chair, Generation Sector Generation Sector (Jan. – Nov. 2020) (Nov. – Dec. 2020) Hydro 3,433 MW GENERATION NextEra Energy Resources, LLC 6,353 GWh SECTOR MEMBERS ESI Northeast Energy GP, Inc. FPL Energy Mason LLC CPV Towantic, LLC FPL Energy Wyman IV LLC GenConn Energy LLC FPL Energy Wyman LLC Refuse/Other Clearway Power Marketing LLC New Hampshire Transmission, LLC 425 MW Dominion Energy Generation Mktg NextEra Energy Maine, LLC Dominion Energy Nuclear CT NextEra Energy Marketing, LLC 2,929 GWh FirstLight Power Management, LLC NextEra Energy Seabrook LLC Generation Group Member NEPM II, LLC Berlin Station, LLC NRG Power Marketing LLC Wind CS Berlin Ops, Inc. Connecticut Jet Power LLC 392 MW Paper Birch Energy, LLC Devon Power LLC Blackstone Hydro, Inc Middletown Power LLC 2,829 GWh Bridgewater Power Company, L.P. Montville Power LLC Brown Bear II Hydro, Inc. Norwalk Power LLC Energy Management Inc. Somerset Power LLC Madison BTM, LLC Energy Plus Holdings LLC Wood New England Battery Storage, LLC Green Mountain Energy Company 487 MW GenOn Energy Management, LLC Independence Energy Group LLC 1,894 GWh GenOn Canal LLC Reliant Energy Northeast LLC Indeck Energy - Alexandria, L.L.C. NRG Curtailment Solutions, Inc. Kendall Green Energy LLC XOOM Energy, LLC NTE Connecticut, LLC Pixelle Energy Services LLC Coal Plainfield Renewable Energy, LLC 917 MW Record Hill Wind LLC M Voting Members 73 GWh ReEnergy Stratton LLC M Related Persons Springfield Power LLC Spruce Mountain Wind, LLC Solar Waterside Power, LLC 649 MW Invenergy Energy Management LLC 1,842 GWh Kleen Energy Systems, LLC Seneca Energy II, LLC Marco DM Holdings, L.L.C. Manchester Street, L.L.C. Nautilus Power, LLC Oil Acadia Renewable Energy, L.L.C. 7,052 MW Essential Power MA, LLC 96 GWh Essential Power Newington, LLC Rhode Island State Energy Center Revere Power, LLC Valcour Wind Energy, LLC MW = Capacity (Seasonal Claimed Capability) GWh = Net Energy for Load Through October 31, 2020
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E Over 9,000 miles of high voltage A Transmission Sector member must own transmission lines transmission facilities that are Pool Transmission Facilities (PTF). PTF are defined as transmission E 13 transmission interconnections to New York and Canadian facilities rated 69 kV or above over which ISO- electricity systems NE exercises operational control and that are required to allow energy from significant power E 19% of region’s energy needs met sources to move freely on the New England by imports over transmission interconnections with neighboring Transmission System. regions in 2019
A Participant in the Transmission Sector can have an E Over $11 billion in transmission individual voting member if it owns PTF with an original capital investments since 2002 through investment of at least $30 million. While Participants must March 2020 with over $1.5 billion meet this requirement to vote in the Transmission Sector, their of planned future investments through 2022 related affiliates also include members that have significant non-transmission facilities in New England. Those Participants E Over 6 million Transmission Sector include companies with generation and power-marketing customers interests that operate in New England independently of their affiliated company that owns PTF. E 811 project components placed in service since 2002; with over In some cases, those related affiliates have exercised their 59 planned, proposed or under right to split the single Transmission Sector vote between construction through 2030 or among themselves. There are also Participant affiliates that do not yet meet the eligibility requirements for NEPOOL E 15 Elective Transmission Upgrades membership in any Sector and often are in the early stage of proposed as of January 2020 to their business development but are nevertheless required help deliver more than 11,000 MW of clean energy to New England and/or interested in becoming Participants before meeting load centers those requirements in order to participate in FERC Order 1000 transmission development efforts or the Forward Capacity E Transmission infrastructure Market (FCM). will be essential to integrate the resources necessary to meet state requirements for a clean energy future for New Service Electric Transmission Distribution England, including the over Territory Customers Lines (miles) Lines (miles) 14,000 MW of wind in the ISO-NE queue and potential additional ME*, CT* 964,000 3,053 27,738 hydroelectricity from Canada
NH, CT*,MA* 3,190,000 4,369 58,332
RI, MA* 1,830,281 2,921 24,706
VT 367,000 826 N/A
ME* 159,000 1,265 6,090
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Calvin A. Bowie Francis J. Ettori, Jr. Vice-Chair, Vice-Chair Transmission Sector Transmission Sector (Jan. – June 2020) July - Dec. 2020)
TRANSMISSION SECTOR MEMBERS AVANGRID Central Maine Power Company Avangrid Renewables, LLC New York State Electric & Gas Corporation Avangrid Networks, Inc. United Illuminating Company UIL Distributed Resources LLC GenConn Energy LLC Vineyard Wind LLC Eversource Connecticut Light and Power Company NSTAR Electric Company Public Service Co. of New Hampshire Eversource Energy Transmission Ventures, Inc. BSW ProjectCo LLC New England Power Company Massachusetts Electric Company Narragansett Electric Company NGV US Transmission Inc. Vermont Electric Power Company, Inc. AUTHORIZED OR EXISTING INSTALLATIONS LEGEND PLANNED INSTALLATIONS Green Mountain Power Corporation WIND FARM FOSSIL FUEL STATION Vermont Transco LLC NUCLEAR STATION HYDRO STATION SUBSTATION Versant Power PUMPED STORAGE SUBSTATION WITH INTERNAL COMBUSTION GENERATION HVDC M Voting Members M Related Persons BIOMASS
345 kV TRANSMISSION
230kV TRANSMISSION
138kV, 115kV, & 69kV
DENOTES NUMBER OF 2 CIRCUITS WHEN MORE 2 THAN ONE ± kV HVDC
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
SCALE MILES (APPROX.)
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A Supplier Sector Actual Energy Inc. member must be Aesir Power, LLC Algonquin Energy Services Inc. engaged or be authorized Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Alpha Gas and Electric, LLC to be engaged in power Alphataraxia Nickel LLC marketing, power AM Trading Solutions, LLC American Power & Gas of MA, LLC brokering or load American PowerNet Management, LP Nancy P. Chafetz Ampersand Energy Partners LLC aggregation within Vice-Chair, Supplier Sector Appian Way Energy Partners East, LLC New England. Supplier Archer Energy, LLC Sector members include Astral Energy LLC Competitive Energy Services, LLC Atlantic Energy MA LLC Connecticut Central Energy, LLC brokers, traders (physical Axon Energy, LLC Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc. and/or financial), load BioUrja Power, LLC Consolidated Edison Development, Inc. Boston Energy Trading and Marketing LLC Consolidated Edison Solutions, Inc. aggregators, distribution- BP Energy Company Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Brookfield Renewable Trading and Cross-Sound Cable Company, LLC only companies and a Marketing LP CWP Energy Inc. merchant transmission Bear Swamp Power Company LLC Darby Energy, LLC Black Bear Hydro Partners, LLC David Energy Supply, LLC provider. Brookfield Energy Marketing LP DC Energy, LLC Brookfield Energy Marketing Inc. VECO Power Trading, LLC Some current members Brookfield Renewable Energy Mktg US Devonshire Energy LLC Brookfield White Pine Hydro LLC qualify for membership Direct Energy Business, LLC Footprint Power Salem Harbor Dev. LP Direct Energy Business Marketing, LLC Granite Reliable Power, LLC Discount Power, Inc. in the Generation, Hartree Partners, LP DTE Energy Trading, Inc. Supplier and Alternative Stetson Holdings, LLC Blue Sky East, LLC Dynasty Power Inc. Resources Sectors but, Canandaigua Power Partners, LLC Dynegy Marketing and Trade, LLC Evergreen Wind Power III, LLC Ambit Northeast LLC due to governance rules MA Operating Holdings, LLC Connecticut Gas & Electric, Inc. Energy Rewards, LLC requiring membership Mass Solar 1, LLC Niagara Wind Power, LLC Everyday Energy, LLC of all related affiliates Stetson Wind II, LLC Massachusetts Gas and Electric, Inc. Vermont Wind, LLC Public Power, LLC in a single Sector, have Bruce Power, Inc. Viridian Energy, LLC EDF Trading North America, LLC elected membership in C.N. Brown Electricity, LLC Calpine Energy Services, LP EDF Energy Services, LLC the Supplier Sector. The Calpine Energy Solutions, LLC eKapital Investments LLC Champion Energy Marketing, LLC Eligo Energy, LLC Supplier Sector is by far Convergent Energy and Power LP Emera Energy Services Sub. No. 1 LLC NEPOOL’s most populous North American Power and Gas, LLC Emera Energy Services Sub. No. 2 LLC Castleton Commodities Merchant Trading Emera Energy Services Sub. No. 4 LLC Sector. GSP Lost Nation LLC Emera Energy Services Sub. No. 6 LLC GSP Merrimack LLC Emera Energy Services Sub. No. 9 LLC GSP Newington LLC Emera Energy Services Sub. No. 12 LLC GSP Schiller LLC Emera Energy Services Sub. No. 15 LLC GSP White Lake LLC Bear Swamp Power Company LLC Rensselaer Generating, LLC NS Power Energy Marketing, Inc. Roseton Generating, LLC Energy Harbor LLC Celtic Power Analytics LLC Engelhart CTP (US) LLC Centre Lane Trading Ltd. ETC Endure Energy, L.L.C. Choice Energy LLC Exelon Generation Company, LLC Citigroup Energy Inc. Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. CleanChoice Energy, Inc. First Point Power, LLC Clearview Electric Inc. Freepoint Commodities LLC
20 New England Power Pool Galt Power Inc. Saracen Energy East LP FACTS & FIGURES GBE Power Inc. Saracen Power LP Great American Gas & Electric, LLC SFE Massachusetts, Inc. Great American Power, LLC Shell Energy North America (US), L.P. E The Supplier Sector has grown Grid Power Direct, LLC MP2 Energy LLC from 35 voting members at its Group628, LLC MP2 Energy NE LLC formation in 1999 to 129 voting H.Q. Energy Services (U.S.) Inc. SmartEnergy Holdings LLC members at the end of 2020 Hampshire Power Corporation SocïVolta Inc. Harborside Energy of Massachusetts LLC South Jersey Energy Company E Over 86% of the Sector members Howard Wind LLC South Jersey Energy ISO3, LLC have FERC market-based IDT Energy, Inc. Spark Energy, LLC rate authority; over 7% trade Electricity Maine, LLC Residents Energy, LLC exclusively in virtuals (Increment Town Square Energy, LLC Electricity N.H., LLC (d/b/a E.N.H. Power) Offers and/or Decrement Bids); Inspire Energy Holdings, Inc. HIKO Energy, LLC Interstate Gas Supply, Inc. and the remaining 7% of the Major Energy Electric Services Sector members are load Invenia Technical Computing Corp National Gas & Electric, LLC J. Aron & Company LLC Oasis Power, LLC d/b/a Oasis Energy aggregators who sell energy Josco Energy MA LLC Perigee Energy, LLC only to retail customers in New Just Energy (U.S.) Corp. Provider Power Mass, LLC England Hudson Energy Services, LLC Verde Energy USA, Inc. Kimberly-Clark Corporation Standard Normal Energy LLC E $21.37/MWh Average Real-Time LMP Liberty Power Holdings LLC Starion Energy Inc. (All hours; through October 31) Liberty Power Delaware LLC Stonepeak Kestrel Energy Marketing, LLC Long Island Lighting Company d/b/a LIPA Bucksport Generation LLC E 38,344 MW Annual FTRs awarded MAG Energy Solutions, Inc. Summer Energy Northeast, LLC 314,855 MW Monthly FTRs awarded Maine Power, LLC Sunwave USA Holdings Inc. Marble River, LLC Talen Energy Marketing, LLC E More than 8.5 million MW Cleared EDP Renewables North America LLC Millennium Power Partners, LP Virtual Transactions (projected) Number Nine Wind Farm LLC Dartmouth Power Associates, L.P. Sustaining Power Solutions LLC TrailStone Energy Marketing, LLC Mega Energy Holdings, LLC TEC Energy, Inc. Mercuria Energy America, LLC Tenaska Power Services Co. Messer Energy Services, Inc. Tenaska Power Management, LLC MidAmerican Energy Services, LLC Berkshire Power Company, LLC Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc. Texas Retail Energy, LLC Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc. Thordin ApS MPower Energy LLC Titan Gas, LLC Nalcor Energy Marketing Corporation TransAlta Energy Marketing (U.S.) Inc. NDC Partners LLC Antrim Wind Energy LLC New Brunswick Energy Marketing Corp. TrueLight Commodities, LLC Nexus Energy Inc. Twin Eagle Resource Management, LLC NN8, LLC Uncia Energy, LP - Series G Nordic Energy Services, LLC Peninsula Power, LLC Northern States Power Company Union Atlantic Electricity Ontario Power Generation Inc. Uniper Global Commodities North Ontario Power Gen. Energy Trading, Inc. America LLC Pacific Summit Energy LLC Unitil Energy Systems, Inc. Palmco Power MA, LLC d/b/a Indra Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Co. Energy UNITIL Power Corporation Plant-E Corp. Vitol Inc. PNE Energy Supply LLC WATTIFI INC. Priogen Power LLC Wolverine Holdings, L.P. PSEG Energy Resources & Trade LLC Yellow Jacket Energy, LLC PSEG New Haven LLC Bloom Conn. Clean Energy Co., LLC Rainbow Energy Marketing Corporation M Voting Members M Related Persons Renaissance Power & Gas, Inc. Roctop Investments Inc. RPA Energy Inc. d/b/a Green Choice Energy Rubicon NYP Corp.
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Any NEPOOL PUBLICLY OWNED ENTITY SECTOR MEMBERS
Participant that Ashburnham Municipal Light Hudson Light and Power Rowley Municipal Lighting is a New England Department Department Plant Belmont Municipal Light Hull Municipal Lighting Plant Russell Municipal Light municipality (or Department Ipswich Municipal Light Department agency thereof) or Block Island Utility District Department Shrewsbury Electric & Cable Boylston Municipal Light Littleton (MA) Electric Light Operations a public corporation Department Department South Hadley Electric Light Braintree Electric Light Littleton (NH) Water and Light Department created under Department Department Sterling Municipal Electric the authority of Energy New England LLC Madison Electric Works Light Department Utility Services, Inc. Mansfield Municipal Electric Stowe (VT) Electric one of the New Burlington Electric Department Department England states and Department Marblehead Municipal Light Taunton Municipal Lighting Chester Municipal Electric Department Plant authorized to own, Light Department Massachusetts Bay Energy New England LLC lease and operate Chicopee Municipal Lighting Transportation Authority Utility Services, Inc. Plant Massachusetts Development Templeton Municipal Lighting electric generation, Concord Municipal Light Plant Finance Agency Plant Mass. Municipal Wholesale University of Massachusetts transmission Energy New England LLC Utility Services, Inc. Electric Company at Amherst or distribution Conn. Materials Innovations Massachusetts Port Authority Vermont Electric Cooperative and Recycling Authority Merrimac Municipal Light Vermont Public Power Supply facilities must Conn. Municipal Electric Department Authority be a member Energy Cooperative Middleborough Gas & Electric Village of Hyde Park (VT) Conn. Transmission Mun. Department Electric Department of the Publicly Elec. Energy Coop. d/b/a Middleton Municipal Light Wakefield Municipal Gas and Owned Entity The Transmission Authority Department Light Department Danvers Electric Division New Hampshire Electric Wallingford, Town of Sector. Electric Georgetown Municipal Light Cooperative, Inc. Wellesley Municipal Light Plant Department North Attleborough Electric West Boylston Municipal cooperatives and Groton Electric Light Department Lighting Plant organizations of Department Norwood Municipal Light Westfield Gas & Electric Light Groveland Electric Light Department Department Publicly Owned Department Pascoag Utility District Wolfeboro Municipal Electric Entities must also Hingham Municipal Lighting Paxton Municipal Light Department Plant Department be members of the Energy New England LLC Peabody Municipal Light Plant M Voting Members M Related Persons Publicly Owned Utility Services, Inc. Princeton Municipal Light Holden Municipal Light Department Entity Sector. Department Reading Municipal Light Holyoke Gas & Electric Department Department
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David A. Cavanaugh Vice-Chair, Publicly Owned Entity Sector
Enosburg Madison Swan’s Vermont Electric Co-op Island Orleans Fox Barton Johnson NHEC Islands Swanton Hyde Park Hardwick Stowe Morrisville Lyndonville Littleton Washington Electric Co-op Woodsville
Burlington N.H. Electric Co-op Northfield Ashland FACTS & FIGURES
Kennebunk Ludlow E 714,191 Meters Served Wolfeboro E 11,699,400 MWh Sales
New Hampton E 83 Public Power Systems; Readsboro Merrimac Groveland 62 NEPOOL Participants Georgetown Jacksonville Groton Littleton Rowley Hudson Ipswich Reading E Approximately 2 million retail Ashburnham Middleton Concord Danvers Templeton customers served MMWEC Sterling Peabody Princeton Wakefield Marblehead South Hadley Holden Belmont Holyoke Paxton Wellesley E Publicly Owned Entities own 68 Chester Boylston W. Boylston Braintree miles of PTF Chicopee Shrewsbury Norwood Mansfield Russell Westfield North Attleborough Hull Hingham E In 2020, Publicly Owned Entities Pascoag Middleborough represented 1,372 MW (winter Taunton CMEEC Jewitt City claimed capability) of the
Norwich region’s generating capacity Wallingford Mohegan Groton Norwalk Third Taxing District Block Island Utility District
South Norwalk
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An Alternative Resources (AR) Sector member must FACTS & FIGURES be a provider of renewable generation, distributed The AR Sector, NEPOOL’s generation, demand response or energy efficiency. E sixth and most-recently formed Sector, came into Renewable generation facilities generally produce energy existence on February 1, through use of wind, photovoltaic/solar, hydro, bio/refuse or 2005 fuel cells. Distributed generation resources generally produce electricity at the point of consumption rather than centrally, E The AR Sector is the only and Distributed Generation Sub-Sector members also include Sector whose Voting Share providers of grid-connected electricity storage devices. Load is expressly allocated response providers are entities that can effect reductions in amongst specific business interests (or Sub-Sectors). energy sales/usage through either reductions or shifts in energy There are three AR Sector consumption or through energy efficiency measures. Sub-Sectors — one each Participants in the AR Sector with at least five MWs of resources for Renewable Generation located within New England may designate an individual Resources, Distributed voting member within the Renewable Generation, Distributed Generation Resources and Generation or Load Response Sub-Sectors, as appropriate. Other Load Response Resources Participants in the Sector are entitled to vote in group seats E To be fully activated, within those Sub-Sectors. As is often the case, some AR Sector each Sub-Sector must members qualify for membership in other NEPOOL Sectors, but achieve membership by because they can be members of only one of those Sectors, have resources whose collective elected membership in the AR Sector. The AR Sector continues voting share exceeds the to be an area of increasing membership. prescribed amount for that Sub-Sector
E In 2020, the Distributed Generation Sub-Sector became fully activated. Accordingly, the AR Sector’s voting share is now equal to that of the other five sectors (before any reallocation of unused Provisional Member voting shares)
E The AR Sector has grown from 6 voting members at its formation in 2005 to 20 voting members at the end of 2020
24 New England Power Pool Syncarpha Bondsville, LLC RENEWABLE RESOURCES Syncarpha Hancock Solar, LLC Syncarpha Lexington, LLC PRESENT AND FUTURE Syncarpha North Adams, LLC McCallum Enterprises 1 Limited Partnership Wind Messalonskee Stream Hydro, LLC 2020. 392 MW Nautilus Solar Energy, LLC Proposed. 15,650 MW North Stonington Solar Center, LLC Power Supply Services, LLC Solar RoxWind LLC 2020. 3,965 MW Rhode Island Engine Genco, LLC 2029 Forecast. Douglas Hurley Three Corners Solar, LLC 7,796 MW Vice-Chair, Weaver Wind, LLC Alternative Resources Sector AR RG Small Group Member Anthony, Christopher M. Energy Efficiency ALTERNATIVE RESOURCES Community Eco Power, LLC 2020. 273 MW SECTOR MEMBERS CommonWealth Resource Management Total 2021-2029. Dichotomy Collins Hydro LLC Over 2,420 MW RENEWABLE GENERATION SUB- Gravity Renewables, Inc. SECTOR Great Bay Power Marketing, Inc. Green Development, LLC d/b/a Wind Hydro* Covanta Energy Marketing, LLC Energy Development 2020. 1,647 MW Central Rivers Power MA, LLC Green Power USA, LLC 2024 CSO. 1,526 MW Central Rivers Power NH, LLC Industrial Power Services Corp. Pawtucket Power Holding Company LLC Manchester Methane, LLC DFC ERG CT, LLC Orbit Energy Rhode Island, LLC Active Demand Bridgeport Fuel Cell, LLC Pioneer Hydro Electric Co., Inc. Response ENGIE Energy Marketing NA, Inc. Putnam Hydropower, Inc. ENGIE Power & Gas LLC Rocky Gorge Corporation 2020 CSO. 497 MW ENGIE Resources LLC SWEB Development USA, LLC 2024 CSO. 592 MW Genbright, LLC MATEP LLC DISTRIBUTED GENERATION SUB- Waterbury Generation LLC SECTOR Electric Storage Great River Hydro, LLC Borrego Solar Systems Inc. 2020**. 1,792 MW Jericho Power, LLC CLEAResult Consulting Inc. Proposed*. 3,935 MW Enerwise Global Technologies, LLC Sunrun Inc. d/b/a CPower AR DG Small Group Member New England Energy Connection, LLC * Omits Pumped Storage Acushnet Company ** Includes Pumped Storage Novatus Energy Sky View Ventures LLC Blue Sky West, LLC SYSO LLC Evergreen Wind Power II, LLC Hancock Wind, LLC LOAD RESPONSE SUB-SECTOR Stored Solar J&WE, LLC Enel X North America, Inc. 2020 ANNUAL NEW ENGLAND Wheelabrator North Andover, Inc. CHI Power Marketing, Inc. ENERGY PRODUCTION. Macquarie Energy, LLC Enel Trading North America, LLC E 1,949 GWh* Solar Macquarie Energy Trading LLC Energy Storage Resources, LLC Wheelabrator Bridgeport, LP Woods Hill Solar, LLC E 3,123 GWh* Wind WM Renewable Energy, LLC Maple Energy LLC AR RG Large Group Member Dantzig Energy LLC E 2,037 GWh* Wood AES Distributed Energy, Inc. Vermont Energy Investment Corporation Athens Energy LLC AR LR Small Group Member E 3,158 GWh* Refuse/Other Cianbro Energy, LLC Ameresco CT LLC Cypress Creek Renewables, LLC Energy Federation Inc. E 6,720 GWh* Hydro Deepwater Wind Block Island, LLC Icetec Energy Services, Inc. E 13 GWh* PRD DWW Solar II, LLC IPKeys Power Partners, Inc. Fusion Solar Center, LLC Tangent Energy Solutions, Inc. E 17,000 GWh* TOTAL Gas Recovery Systems, LLC Viridity Energy Solutions Inc. Georges River Energy, LLC * Through Nov. 22, 2020 Marie’s Way Solar I, LLC M Voting Members M Related Persons Fisher Road Solar I LLC Syncarpha Billerica, LLC
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End User Sector members FACTS & FIGURES END USER SECTOR MEMBERS are New England-based Acadia Center consumers that either E 14.8 Million. Associated Industries of Massachusetts New England Population purchase or generate Backyard Farms Energy, LLC Backyard Farms LLC electricity primarily for E 7.2 Million Retail Customers Bath Iron Works Corporation Longreach Energy, LLC their own consumption. E 95,775 GWh* Total Real- Time Demand Cape Light Compact JPE Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel End User Sector members E $32.25 MWh* Average Conservation Law Foundation represent their consumer Yearly Wholesale Load Cost Durgin and Crowell Lumber Company, Inc. (all hours) Elektrisola, Inc. interests in the NEPOOL Environmental Defense Fund stakeholder process. E The End User Sector was Farhad Aminpour Participants in the End User NEPOOL’s fifth Sector, Garland Manufacturing Company Sector also include New England- becoming fully activated Garland Power Company based municipalities or other on April 1, 2000 with the Green Berkshires, Inc. Hammond Lumber Company governmental agencies that are membership of its tenth member Hammond Belgrade Energy LLC not Publicly Owned Entities. Hanover, NH (Town of) Harvard Dedicated Energy Limited These members principally buy E The End User Sector includes today among Longwood Medical Energy electricity directly from the Collaborative its members 18 Market New England Markets but may High Liner Foods (USA) Incorporated Participant End Users incidentally sell their excess Industrial Energy Consumer Group (MPEUs), End User Entities J. F. Gray & Associates, LLC electricity as well. Members of that buy and sell directly King Forest Industries, Inc. the End User Sector also include into the New England Maine Public Advocate Office nonprofit groups and consumer Markets Maine Skiing, Inc. advocates representing New Mass. Attorney General’s Office E Consumer advocates from England consumers’ interests Mass. Div. of Capital Asset Mgmt. four of the six New England The Moore Company in discussions of market and States and 12 organizations Moore Energy LLC transmission changes. that represent the policy Natural Resources Defense Council interests of their members New England Wire Technologies who are New England New Hampshire Industries Inc. consumers are also New Hampshire Office of Consumer included among End User Advocate Sector members Nylon Corporation of America, Inc. PowerOptions, Inc. E NEPOOL fees for virtually Praxair, Inc. all End Users are fixed, Saint Anselm College predictable and have Shipyard Brewing Co., LLC remained unchanged since Shipyard Energy LLC 2004 The Energy Consortium The Energy Council of Rhode Island Union of Concerned Scientists University System of New Hampshire Utility Services, Inc. Z-TECH LLC
M Voting Members M Related Persons
26 New England Power Pool Michael X. Macrae Christina H. Belew 9,373 Vice-Chair, End User Sector Vice-Chair, End User Sector $31.65 (Jan. – Aug. 2020) (Aug. – Dec. 2020)
4,047 $31.21
9,379 $31.80 E Real-Time-Demand (GWh) E Average Yearly Wholesale Load Cost (All Hours) ($/MWh) As of October 31, 2020 43,539 $32.84
23,003 $31.45
6,434 $33.05
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Castleton Commod.Merchant Trading LP Electricity Maine, LLC Green Mountain Power Corporation A Celtic Power Analytics, LLC Electricity N.H., LLC d/b/a E.N.H. Power Green Power USA, LLC Able Grid Infrastructure Holdings, LLC Central Maine Power Company Elektrisola, Inc. Grid Power Direct, LLC Acadia Center Central Rivers Power MA, LLC Eligo Energy, LLC Groton Electric Light Department Acadia Renewable Energy, L.L.C. Central Rivers Power NH, LLC Emera Energy Services Sub. No. 1 LLC Group628, LLC Actual Energy Inc. Centre Lane Trading Limited Emera Energy Services Sub. No. 2 LLC Groveland Electric Light Department Acushnet Company Champion Energy Marketing LLC Emera Energy Services Sub. No. 4 LLC GSP Lost Nation LLC Advanced Energy Economy Inc. Champlain VT, LLC Emera Energy Services Sub. No. 6 LLC GSP Merrimack LLC AES Distributed Energy, Inc. Chester Municipal Electric Light Dept. Emera Energy Services Sub. No. 9 LLC GSP Newington LLC Aesir Power, LLC CHI Power Marketing, Inc. Emera Energy Services Sub. No. 12 LLC GSP Schiller LLC Algonquin Energy Services Inc. Chicopee Municipal Lighting Plant Emera Energy Services Sub. No. 15 LLC GSP White Lake LLC Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC Choice Energy LLC Enel Trading North America, LLC Alpha Gas and Electric, LLC Cianbro Energy, LLC Enel X North America, Inc. H Alphataraxia Nickel LLC Citigroup Energy Inc. Energy Management, Inc. H.Q. Energy Services (U.S.) Inc. AM Trading Solutions, LLC CleanChoice Energy, Inc. Energy New England LLC Hammond Belgrade Energy LLC Ambit Northeast LLC CLEAResult Consulting Inc. Energy Federation Inc. Hammond Lumber Company Ameresco CT LLC Clearview Electric Inc. Energy GPS LLC Hampshire Power Corporation American Petroleum Institute Clearway Power Marketing LLC Energy Harbor LLC Hancock Wind, LLC American Power & Gas of MA, LLC CommonWealth Resource Management Energy Plus Holdings LLC Hanover, NH (Town of) American PowerNet Management, LP Community Eco Power, LLC Energy Rewards, LLC Harborside Energy of Massachusetts, LLC Aminpour, Farhad Competitive Energy Services, LLC Energy Storage Resources, LLC Hartree Partners, LP Ampersand Energy Partners LLC Concord Municipal Light Plant Enerwise Global Technologies, LLC Harvard Dedicated Energy Limited Anbaric Development Partners, LLC Connecticut Central Energy, LLC d/b/a CPower High Liner Foods (USA) Incorporated Anthony, Christopher M. Connecticut Gas & Electric, Inc. Engelhart CTP (US) LLC HIKO Energy, LLC Antrim Wind Energy LLC Connecticut Jet Power LLC ENGIE Energy Marketing NA, Inc. Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant Appian Way Energy Partners East, LLC Connecticut Light and Power Company ENGIE Power & Gas LLC Holden Municipal Light Department Archer Energy, LLC Connecticut Materials Innovations and ENGIE Resources LLC Holyoke Gas & Electric Department Ashburnham Municipal Light Plant Recycling Authority EnvaPower, Inc. Howard Wind LLC Associated Industries of Massachusetts Connecticut Mun.Elec. Energy Coop. Environmental Defense Fund, Hudson Energy Services, LLC Astral Energy LLC Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel Incorporated Hudson Light and Power Department Athens Energy LLC Connecticut Transmission Municipal ESI Northeast Energy GP, Inc. Hull Municipal Lighting Plant Atlantic Energy MA, LLC Electric Energy Cooperative Essential Power Massachusetts, LLC Avangrid Networks, Inc. Conservation Law Foundation Essential Power Newington, LLC I Avangrid Renewables, LLC Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. ETC Endure Energy, LLC Axon Energy, LLC Consolidated Edison Development, Inc. Evergreen Wind Power II, LLC Icetec Energy Services, Inc. Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc. Evergreen Wind Power III, LLC IDT Energy, Inc. B Consolidated Edison Solutions, Inc. Eversource Energy Transmission Indeck Energy - Alexandria, L.L.C. Independence Energy Group LLC Backyard Farms LLC Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. Ventures, Inc. Industrial Energy Consumer Group Backyard Farms Energy, LLC Convergent Energy and Power LP Everyday Energy, LLC Industrial Power Services Corporation Bath Iron Works Corporation Covanta Energy Marketing, LLC Excelerate Energy Limited Partnership Inspire Energy Holdings, LLC Bear Swamp Power Company LLC CPV Towantic, LLC Exelon Generation Company, LLC Interconnect Energy Storage LLC Belmont Municipal Light Department Cricket Valley Energy Center, LLC Interstate Gas Supply, Inc. Berkshire Power Company, LLC Cross-Sound Cable Company, LLC F Invenergy Energy Management LLC Berlin Station, LLC CS Berlin Ops, Inc. First Point Power, LLC Invenia Technical Computing Corporation BioUrja Power, LLC CWP Energy inc. FirstLight Power Management LLC IPKeys Power Partners, Inc. Black Bear Hydro Partners, LLC Cypress Creek Renewables, LLC Fisher Road Solar I LLC Ipswich Municipal Light Department Blackstone Hydro, Inc. D Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company Block Island Utility District Footprint Power Salem Harbor Dev. LP J Bloom Conn. Clean Energy Co., LLC Dantzig Energy LLC FPL Energy Mason, LLC Blue Sky East, LLC Danvers Electric Division FPL Energy Wyman, LLC J. Aron & Company LLC Blue Sky West, LLC Darby Energy, LLC FPL Energy Wyman IV, LLC J.F. Gray & Associates, LLC Blueprint Power Technologies Inc. Dartmouth Power Associates, L.P. Freepoint Commodities LLC Jericho Power LLC Borrego Solar Systems, Inc. David Energy Supply, LLC Fusion Solar Center, LLC Josco Energy MA LLC Boston Energy Trading and Marketing DC Energy, LLC Just Energy (U.S.) Corp. Boylston Municipal Light Department Deepwater Wind Block Island, LLC G BP Energy Company K Devon Power LLC Galt Power Inc. Braintree Electric Light Department Devonshire Energy LLC Garland Manufacturing Company KCE CT 1, LLC Bridgeport Fuel Cell LLC DFC ERG CT, LLC Garland Power Company KCE CT 2, LLC Bridgewater Power Company, L.P. Dichotomy Collins Hydro LLC Gas Recovery Systems, LLC Kendall Green Energy LLC Brookfield Energy Marketing Inc. Direct Energy Business, LLC GBE Power Inc. Kimberly-Clark Corporation Brookfield Energy Marketing LP Direct Energy Business Marketing, LLC Genbright, LLC King Forest Industries, Inc. Brookfield Renewable Energy Mktg US Discount Power, Inc. GenConn Energy LLC Kleen Energy Systems, LLC Brookfield Renewable Trading & Mktg LP Dominion Energy Generation Mktg, Inc. GenOn Canal, LLC Kuser, Michael Brookfield White Pine Hydro LLC Dominion Energy Nuclear Conn., Inc. GenOn Energy Management, LLC Brown Bear II Hydro, Inc. DTE Energy Trading, Inc. Georges River Energy, LLC L Bruce Power, Inc. Durgin and Crowell Lumber Company, Inc. Georgetown Municipal Light Department BSW ProjectCo LLC Liberty Power Delaware LLC DWW Solar II, LLC Granite Reliable Power, LLC Bucksport Generation LLC Liberty Power Holdings, LLC Dynasty Power Inc. Gravity Renewables, Inc. Burlington Electric Department Dynegy Marketing and Trade, LLC Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Great American Gas & Electric, LLC Littleton (MA) Electric Light Department C E Great American Power, LLC Littleton (NH) Water and Light Department Great Bay Power Marketing, Inc. Long Island Lighting Company d/b/a LIPA C.N. Brown Electricity, LLC EDF Energy Services, LLC Great River Hydro, LLC Longreach Energy, LLC Calpine Energy Services, LP EDF Trading North America, LLC Green Berkshires, Inc. Longwood Medical Energy Collaborative Calpine Energy Solutions, LLC EDP Renewables North America LLC Green Development, LLC Canandaigua Power Partners, LLC EIP Investment, LLC d/b/a Wind Energy Development Cape Light Compact JPE eKapital Investments LLC Green Mountain Energy Company
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NN8, LLC M Nordic Energy Services, LLC S V MA Operating Holdings, LLC North American Power and Gas, LLC Saracen Energy East LLC Valcour Wind Energy, LLC Macquarie Energy, LLC North Attleborough Electric Department Saracen Power LLC VECO Power Trading, LLC Macquarie Energy Trading LLC North Stonington Solar Center, LLC Seneca Energy II, LLC Verde Energy USA, Inc. Madison BTM, LLC Northern States Power Company SFE Energy Massachusetts, Inc. Verde Group, LLC Madison Electric Works Norwalk Power LLC Shell Energy North America (US) L.P. Vermont Electric Cooperative MAG Energy Solutions, Inc. Norwood Municipal Light Department Shipyard Brewing Co., LLC Vermont Electric Power Company, Inc. Maine Power LLC NRG Curtailment Solutions, Inc. Shipyard Energy, LLC Vermont Energy Investment Corporation Maine Public Advocate Office NRG Power Marketing LLC Shrewsbury Electric & Cable Operations Vermont Public Power Supply Authority Maine Skiing, Inc. NS Power Energy Marketing Incorporated Sky View Ventures LLC Vermont Transco LLC Major Energy Electric Services NSTAR Electric Company SmartEnergy Holdings, LLC Vermont Wind Manchester Methane, LLC NTE Connecticut, LLC SocïVolta Inc. Versant Power Manchester Street, L.L.C. Number Nine Wind Farm LLC Somerset Power LLC Village of Hyde Park (VT) Electric Dept. Mansfield Municipal Electric Dept. Nylon Corporation of America, Inc. South Hadley Electric Light Dept. Vineyard Wind LLC Maple Energy, LLC South Jersey Energy Company Viridian Energy, LLC Marble River, LLC O South Jersey Energy ISO3, LLC Viridity Energy Solutions, Inc. Marblehead Municipal Light Dept. SP Transmission, LLC Vitol Inc. Oasis Power, LLC d/b/a Oasis Energy Marco DM Holdings, L.L.C. Spark Energy, LLC Ontario Power Generation Energy Trading Marie’s Way Solar I, LLC Springfield Power LLC Ontario Power Generation Inc. W Mass Solar I, LLC Spruce Mountain Wind, LLC Orbit Energy Rhode Island, LLC Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Dept. Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office SRECTrade, Inc. Wallingford, Conn., Dep’t of Pub. Utils., Mass. Bay Transportation Authority St. Anselm College Elec. Div. Mass. Development Finance Agency P Standard Normal Energy LLC Waterbury Generation LLC Mass. Div. of Capital Asset Management Pacific Summit Energy, LLC Starion Energy, Inc. Waterside Power, LLC Massachusetts Electric Company Palmco Power MA, LLC d/b/a Indra Energy Sterling Municipal Electric Light Dept. WATTIFI INC. Massachusetts Gas and Electric, Inc. Paper Birch Energy, LLC Stetson Holdings, LLC Weaver Wind, LLC Mass. Municipal Wholesale Electric Co. Pascoag Utility District Stetson Wind II, LLC Wellesley Municipal Light Plant Massachusetts Port Authority Pawtucket Power Holding Company Stonepeak Kestrel Energy Marketing, LLC West Boylston Municipal Light Plant MATEP LLC Paxton Municipal Light Department Stored Solar J&WE, LLC Westfield Gas & Electric Light McCallum Enterprises 1 LP Peabody Municipal Light Plant Stowe Electric Department Department Mega Energy Holdings, LLC Peninsula Power, LLC Summer Energy Northeast, LLC Wheelabrator Bridgeport, LP Mercuria Energy America, LLC Perigee Energy, LLC Sunrun Inc. Wheelabrator North Andover Inc. Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc. Pioneer Hydro Electric Co., Inc. Sunwave USA Holdings Inc. WM Renewable Energy, LLC Merrimac Municipal Light Department Pixelle Energy Services LLC Sustaining Power Solutions LLC Wolfeboro Municipal Electric Dept. Messalonskee Stream Hydro, LLC Plainfield Renewable Energy, LLC SWEB Development USA, LLC Wolverine Holdings, L.P. Messer Energy Services, Inc. Plant-E Corp. Syncarpha Billerica, LLC Woods Hill Solar, LLC MidAmerican Energy Services, LLC PNE Energy Supply LLC Syncarpha Bondsville, LLC Middleborough Gas and Electric Dept. Power Ledger Pty Ltd Syncarpha Hancock, LLC X Middleton Municipal Electric Dept. Power Supply Services, LLC Syncarpha Lexington, LLC Middletown Power LLC PowerOptions, Inc. Syncarpha North Adams, LLC XOOM Energy, LLC Millennium Power Partners, LP Praxair, Inc. SYSO LLC Montville Power LLC Princeton Municipal Light Department Y Moore Company Priogen Power LLC T Yellow Jacket Energy, LLC Moore Energy LLC Provider Power Mass, LLC Talen Energy Marketing, LLC Yes Energy, LLC Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc. PSEG Energy Resources & Trade LLC Tangent Energy Solutions, Inc. MP2 Energy LLC PSEG New Haven LLC Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant Z MP2 Energy NE LLC Public Power, LLC TEC Energy Inc. MPower Energy LLC Public Service Co. of New Hampshire Z-TECH LLC Templeton Mun. Light and Water Plant Putnam Hydropower, Inc. Tenaska Power Management, LLC N Tenaska Power Services Co. Nalcor Energy Marketing R Texas Retail Energy, LLC Narragansett Electric Company Rainbow Energy Marketing Corporation The Energy Consortium National Gas & Electric, LLC Reading Municipal Light Plant Thordin ApS Natural Resources Defense Council Record Hill Wind LLC Three Corners Solar, LLC Nautilus Power, LLC ReEnergy Stratton LLC Titan Gas, LLC Nautilus Solar Energy, LLC Reliant Energy Northeast LLC Town Square Energy, LLC NDC Partners LLC Renaissance Power & Gas, Inc. TrailStone Energy Marketing, LLC NEPM II, LLC Rensselaer Generating LLC TransAlta Energy Marketing (U.S.) Inc. New Brunswick Energy Mktg Corp. Repsol Energy North American Corp. Transource New England, LLC New England Battery Storage, LLC Residents Energy, LLC TrueLight Commodities, LLC New England Energy Connection, LLC Revere Power, LLC Twin Eagle Resource Management, LLC New England Power Company Rhode Island Engine Genco, LLC New England Wire Technologies Corp. Rhode Island State Energy Center, LP U New Hampshire Electric Coop., Inc. Rocky Gorge Corporation UIL Distributed Resources LLC New Hampshire Office of Consumer Roctop Investments Inc. Uncia Energy, LP - Series G Advocate Rodan Energy Solutions (USA) Inc. Union Atlantic Electricity, Inc. New Hampshire Transmission, LLC Roseton Generating LLC Union of Concerned Scientists, Inc. New York State Electric & Gas, Inc. Rowley Municipal Light Plant Uniper Global Commodities North NextEra Energy Marketing, LLC RoxWind LLC America LLC NextEra Energy Maine, Inc. RPA Energy Inc. United Illuminating Company NextEra Energy Resources, LLC d/b/a Green Choice Energy Unitil Energy Systems, Inc. NextEra Energy Seabrook LLC Rubicon NYP Corp. UNITIL Power Corp. Nexus Energy Inc. Russell Municipal Light Department University of Massachusetts at Amherst NGV US Transmission Inc. University System of New Hampshire Niagara Wind Power, LLC Utility Services, Inc.
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Pictured in the screenshot above, from top left to bottom right, are. Francis J. Ettori, Jr. (Participants Committee Vice-Chair [Jul.-Dec.]), David A. Cavanaugh (Participants Committee Vice-Chair), Jose A. Rotger (Transmission Committee Vice-Chair), Robert de R. Stein (Reliability Committee Vice-Chair), Nancy P. Chafetz (Participants Committee Chair), Michael X. Macrae (Participants Committee, Vice-Chair [Jan. – Aug.]), William S. Fowler (Markets Committee Vice-Chair), Michelle C. Gardner (Budget & Finance Subcommittee Chair [Jan. - Nov.]. Participants Committee Vice-Chair [Nov. – Dec.]), Douglas Hurley (Participants Committee Vice-Chair), Sarah Bresolin (Membership Subcommittee Chair), and Christina H. Belew (Participants Committee, Vice-Chair [Aug. – Dec.]). Not pictured in the screenshot are. Thomas W. Kaslow (Participants Committee Vice-Chair [Jan. - Nov.]. Budget & Finance Subcommittee Chair [Nov. - Dec.]) and Calvin A. Bowie (Participants Committee Vice-Chair [Jan. - Jun.]).
30 New England Power Pool NEPOOL COMMITTEES Participants COMMITTEE Committee Meetings ◆ 12 11 Active and informed participation at NEPOOL ✱ 82 meetings is strongly encouraged. Principal Committees meet regularly, with the schedule for those meetings established in advance for Markets the entire year. Each committee follows strict COMMITTEE notice requirements so that no matter is subject to ◆ 28 20 action that has not been noticed, with supporting ✱ 55 materials and draft resolutions, in advance of the meeting. NEPOOL committees follow normal parliamentary procedures, allowing any individual Joint Markets / member participating in the meeting to comment on a matter up for discussion and to advocate as Reliability appropriate. While participation may be in person COMMITTEE or by phone, the social distancing required during ◆ 8 8 the COVID-19 pandemic pushed participation to ✱ 0 be virtual for most of 2020. Votes may be cast by members or alternates in attendance or pursuant Reliability to a written designation or proxy. Guests routinely COMMITTEE attend/participate and are welcome to do so, subject to approval by the Committee Chair or ◆ 13 11 Vice-Chair. ✱ 114 Committee Votes NEPOOL takes actions through supermajority Transmission voting in the Principal Committees. Voting shares COMMITTEE are allocated across the six Sectors, with votes ◆ 8 8 within each Sector vote generally allocated on a per ✱ 10 capita basis among those members present and casting a vote for or against the pending motion. For changes to Market Rules, the Information Policy and Installed Capacity Requirements (ICR), Budget & Finance the supermajority vote for NEPOOL support is COMMITTEE 60 percent. For votes on amendments to the ◆ 8 8 Participants Agreement and to endorse slates of ✱ N/A candidates for election to the ISO-NE Board of Directors, the supermajority vote is 70 percent. For all other actions, the requisite vote is a two-thirds Membership majority. Final votes are recorded and reported COMMITTEE at the meeting and posted publicly in a notice of ◆ 14 14 actions and minutes after the meeting. ✱ N/A
◆ Total Meeting Days Virtual Meeting Days ✱ Votes
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The Participants The actions of this Committee include, with only one day Committee is among other things, votes on the held in person following. (in March); NEPOOL’s principal E Changes to the ISO-NE Tariff, Market instead, virtual participation, through governing body. Rules, Financial Assurance, Billing some combination of telephonic and The Participants or Information Policies, and other video conferencing, became the norm. Despite the shift in venue, the Committee is the procedures impacting the operation of the New England grid and the Participants Committee did not skip a final authority wholesale electric markets in New beat, taking 82 votes, with more than on NEPOOL’s England; 80% of those votes achieved during virtual meetings institutional position E Changes to NEPOOL’s Generation or response to Information System (GIS) Maintaining a slice of normalcy in arrangements; otherwise unprecedented times, the matters presented Committee assembled, as it does every E Slates of nominees for the ISO-NE to the organization. year, for a multi-day summer meeting, Board; It acts by super- albeit virtually given pandemic-related E Budgets for ISO-NE, NESCOE, and restrictions in place. The virtual majority, sector- NEPOOL; and meeting brought Participants together weighted voting E Changes to its own arrangements. to receive a detailed annual report or by delegating Because it is the final authority from the ISO-NE External Market authority to other for NEPOOL and its actions are the Monitor, and presentations on the challenges and opportunities with committees, culmination of the stakeholder process for considering all matters before New England’s transition to a future subcommittees or NEPOOL, Participants Committee grid. Presenters included Melanie working groups. meetings enjoy the broadest Kenderdine, Managing Principal, Its elected officers participation by its members, guests Energy Futures Initiative, and Jim Robb, NERC President and CEO, who set are looked to and policy makers and regulators. In addition to those persons identified by the stage and discussed the reliability for carrying out the Participants to be their members challenges associated with evolving its actions, with and alternates on the Participants grid systems. The Committee also heard from Frank Felder, PhD, Director assistance from Committee, Participants Committee meetings are routinely attended of the Center for Energy, Economic NEPOOL counsel and by New England State officials and and Environmental Policy at Rutgers consultants when representatives, numerous ISO-NE University and Director of the Rutgers appropriate. representatives, representatives of Energy Institute, who discussed the the FERC, and guests who seek and are various market frameworks deployed granted the Chair’s approval to attend. around the world, commenting on Regular Participants Committee advantages and disadvantaged of each meetings are scheduled to occur of those frameworks. Rounding out monthly, and there are provisions for this future grid discussion was Scott special meetings if needed between Kushner, Managing Director, John those regular meetings. While Hancock Infrastructure Investments, in-person Participants Committee who discussed how those investing in meetings have been the norm electrical infrastructure perceive the historically in order to maximize the various market frameworks. opportunities for informed discussion, Similarly in spite of the pandemic, the collaboration and consensus-building, Participants continued their tradition that was not the case in 2020, primarily of meeting twice each year by Sector because of the pandemic and social with ISO-NE Board members, once distancing requirements. In 2020, the following the June Summer meeting Committee held 12 days of meetings, and a second time following the
32 New England Power Pool November Committee meeting. In addition, The NEPOOL Participants Committee, as four of the six Sectors met individually in it does each year, voted on whether to June with State regulators, officials and endorse a slate of three nominees to the representatives, and all six Sectors have ISO-NE Board. That slate is first identified either met already during the fourth quarter and recommended by a Joint Nominating of 2020 or have scheduled meetings to Committee comprised of incumbent ISO-NE occur by year end. In view of the scope of Board members, elected NEPOOL officers contested matters pending before the FERC or their delegates, and a representative in 2020 and the prohibition of discussing of the New England Conference of such matters outside of the litigation Public Utilities Commissioners. NEPOOL Nancy P. Chafetz context, the usual biannual meetings with endorsement requires a super-majority Chair FERC staff did not take place this past year. NEPOOL Vote of over 70%. In 2020, the All meetings that did occur were virtual. Participants Committee endorsed a slate The Participants Committee process is of candidates comprised of Messrs. designed for fully informed and prepared Brook Colangelo and Roberto Denis, each participation on matters before the nominated for a second and third term, organization. Comprehensive background respectively, and Mark Vannoy, a former materials, draft resolutions, and agendas Chairman of the Maine Public Utilities for every meeting are circulated at least Commission and current Vice President one week before the meeting and, except of Maine Water, who was nominated to fill for confidential materials, are posted the sole open Board position that year. publicly (https://nepool.com/meetings). All Following NEPOOL endorsement, the David T. Doot actions of the Participants Committee are slate was formally elected by the ISO-NE NEPOOL Secretary, Counsel reported publicly shortly following each Board for terms that began in October and meeting through posted and distributed conclude at the end of September 2023. notices of actions, and later in detailed minutes of each meeting that are approved by the Committee and posted publicly.
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The NEPOOL At Markets Committee meetings, and insights Markets Committee NEPOOL members and State officials into models and work with ISO-NE to develop and assumptions used is principally assess all proposed changes to to calculate the FCM parameters/ responsible for the Market Rules. In the interest values for use in FCM Commitment advising ISO-NE and of identifying and implementing Periods that will run from 2025 through the Participants regional market improvements, the 2028. ISO-NE initially proposed a Committee discussions permit a new method to calculate the DDBT Committee on robust exchange of thoughts and ideas and adjust the DDBT value on a issues related to among Participants, ISO-NE staff, and formulaic basis every year instead of the design and State representatives. This dialogue on the current triennial update. Over operation of the allows for those around the Markets the course of several months, that region’s wholesale Committee table to gain a better proposal and various amendments understanding of regional market were considered, eventually voted by electric markets. challenges and then develop and the Markets Committee in October. Under the auspices influence proposals to address those Neither ISO-NE proposal nor any of challenges. As such, the Committee the amendments garnered sufficient of the NEPOOL plays a critical role in New England by support to be recommended by the stakeholder bringing together diverse interests and Markets Committee. These discussions process, the experiences of representatives of all and votes, however, set the stage for Markets Committee those participating in and affected by a compromise package of changes the region’s wholesale markets. that was broadly approved NEPOOL fully considers This year, as in the past, the Markets and adopted by ISO-NE in November. and acts upon any Committee was the busiest of NEPOOL Separately, at its November meeting, proposed changes committees. Through December and the Markets Committee considered to the energy, over the course of 28 meeting days, 13 amendments to ISO-NE’s proposed capacity, and the Markets Committee took more FCM values, ultimately recommending to the Participants Committee five ancillary services than 50 votes. In the first half of the year, the Markets Committee spent a amendments to the ORTP values for markets. significant amount of time and effort certain technologies, among other working through the ESI project, which things. is discussed more fully on pages 12-13 In addition to tackling these major of this Annual Report. areas of market reforms, the Markets For the second half of the year, the Committee also considered and acted Markets Committee’s efforts mainly on the following market changes in focused on the development of updates 2020. to important FCM parameters/values, E Revisions to the rules governing the namely, Dynamic De-List Bid Threshold participation of electric storage (DDBT), Cost of New Entry (CONE), facilities in the markets to satisfy the Net CONE, Performance Payment requirements of FERC Order 841. Rate, and Offer Review Trigger Prices E Two separate proposals affecting (ORTP). Starting in May, the Markets how energy efficiency (EE) resources Committee engaged with ISO-NE and are treated under the FCM Pay-for- its consultants to offer feedback Performance (PFP) construct.
34 New England Power Pool E A proposal by State representatives to THE NEW ENGLAND address unanticipated PFP settlement imbalance issues that became known MARKETS OVERALL during a September 2018 Capacity E Approximately $7.6 Billion in Scarcity Event. transactions in 2019 E A subsequent alternative set of E More than 450 NEPOOL Market changes to remove EE resources from Participants the PFP settlement rules altogether. E A proposal to sunset the Forward ENERGY MARKETS — $4.1 BILLION Maria E. Winkler Reserve Market conditioned on ESI Chair, ISO-NE-Appointed implementation. (After the Markets E Day-Ahead Energy Market Committee had fully addressed Market Participants secure prices for and recommended the proposal for electric energy the day before delivery approval, the FERC rejected ESI; to hedge prices. thus, the Participants Committee did E Real-Time Energy Market not act on the Markets Committee’s Price-based dispatch to meet the recommendation.) Real-Time demand for electricity In 2020, the Markets Committee across New England. also considered and recommended E Financial Transmission Rights Participants Committee support for Provides a hedge against the cost of William S. Fowler the following. (1) changes to the Net transmission network congestion. Vice-Chair Commitment Period Compensation (i.e., Participant-Elected payments to ensure that dispatched CAPACITY MARKET — $3.4 BILLION resources earn at least the amount of their bids) to avoid potential E Forward Capacity Market overpayments; (2) revisions to the Pays resources to meet the future demand ISO-NE’s Information Policy pertaining to for electricity. Auctions are designed to the disclosure of confidential information send price signals to attract new investment regarding defaulting Participants; (3) a and maintain existing resources. 30-minute extension to the submission deadline for offers and bids in the Day- ANCILLARY SERVICES — $0.1 BILLION Ahead Energy Market; and (4) changes to comply with the FERC’s directives relating E Regulation Market Sebastian M. Lombardi to the calculation of retirement delist Pays resources that increase or decrease NEPOOL Counsel bids. output moment-by-moment to balance Beyond Market Rule changes, the system frequency. Markets Committee also considered and E Real-Time Reserve Pricing recommended numerous clarifications Values resources operating in a ready-to- to the Manuals and to the GIS Operating respond state to preserve system reliability. Rules, as well as provided feedback to E Voltage Support System the ISO-NE’s Internal Market Monitor Tariff-based mechanism for maintaining (IMM) on its FCM reviews and other issues voltage control on the system. identified by the IMM in its Quarterly E Blackstart Program Markets Reports. Pays specific power plants to provide the capability to restart the transmission system following a blackout. E Forward Reserve Market Procures “fast start or synchronized” capability to meet future local or system needs for electric energy within 10 or 30 minutes, allowing the New England system to withstand unexpected outages and other adverse events.
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The Reliability The Reliability Committee also reviews and votes on Committee is whether to recommend to the NEPOOL Participants Committee changes to reliability-related rules and the Technical procedures, ICR and related values, FCM Capacity Committee Zones and other reliability-related matters. that reviews In 2020, the Reliability Committee held 21 days of all applications meetings, 8 of which were joint meetings with the presented to Markets Committee. At its meetings, the Committee processed over 50 votes on Proposed Plan Applications ISO-NE for (several of which were for solar clusters with hundreds infrastructure of individual associated Proposed Plan applications), changes that and approximately 20 sets of proposed changes to can impact the Operating Procedures and Planning Procedures. The Robert de R. Stein reliability of New Reliability Committee also provided advisory votes on the appropriate cost allocation for over $1.2 billion Vice-Chair, England’s bulk of transmission upgrades. As it does each year, the Participant-Elected power grid. To meet Reliability Committee also considered and voted on Reliability Committee that responsibility key inputs and criteria to be used in establishing ICR- the Committee related values and FCM Capacity Zones for upcoming Forward Capacity Auctions and Annual Reconfiguration reviews and Auctions. This year the committee considered and provides to ISO-NE recommended support for ISO-NE-proposed Tariff an advisory vote revisions to change the methodology for calculating the and other input gross load forecast, which is an important element of operations, planning and markets. on transmission In 2020, in addition to its usual matters, the Reliability changes needed Committee was engaged in several joint meetings with Emily Laine to add or retire the Markets Committee related to developing a future Chair, generation as grid study request. That future grid study effort is (ISO-NE-Appointed), well as other continuing into 2021. Reliability Committee and transmission Transmission Committee topology changes. Further, it reviews and provides advisory votes to ISO-NE on the costs for specific regional transmission upgrades proposed be included in the regional transmission rates under the Tariff.
36 New England Power Pool TRANSMISSION COMMITTEE
The NEPOOL In 2020, the Committee met eight times during which Transmission it discussed and voted to recommend Participants Committee support for several sets of proposed Committee changes to the ISO-NE Tariff, including the following. considers E Revisions to the OATT to comply with FERC’s reform and makes of the large generator interconnection process in recommendations Order Nos. 845 and 845-A and the FERC’s initial order to the on compliance. (FERC Docket No. ER19-1951) Participants E A formula rate settlement package that was negotiated following years of FERC litigation and Committee on any included extensive revisions to the transmission rate changes to ISO- provisions of the OATT (FERC Docket No. EL16-19). NE’s general Tariff E Tariff revisions to comply with FERC’s Order No. 841 José A. Rotger provisions or to on energy storage, and to incorporate certain NAESB Vice-Chair the ISO-NE OATT. standards into the OATT. Participant-Elected Currently, the Transmission Committee is considering Transmission Committee a proposal to discount to zero the Through and Out rate for transmission service from the Northern Maine Independent System Administrator. The Committee is also reviewing an introduction of possible changes to the reconstitution of behind-the-meter retail generation into load values used for transmission rate purposes, which will be a focus of discussions in 2021. Finally, the Transmission Committee continues to monitor relevant transmission-related matters at the FERC, including. the Section 206 FERC complaint proceeding and subsequent petition for review Eric K. Runge regarding ISO-NE’s implementation of Order No. 1000 NEPOOL Counsel (FERC Docket No, EL19-90); (2) long-standing litigation Reliability Committee and over the return on equity component in regional Transmission Committee transmission rates in New England (FERC Docket Nos. EL11-66 et al.); and (3) the contested FERC proceedings and related petition for review regarding a proposal for generators to recover certain critical infrastructure protection costs under Schedule 17 of the OATT (FERC Docket No. ER20-739).
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The NEPOOL Budget In 2020, the B&F Subcommittee spent considerable time & Finance (B&F) discussing how to expand the information available to ISO-NE with respect to all new member applicants and Subcommittee is all existing members in order to minimize the payment a non-voting body default risk to the Pool. This expanded disclosure was that monitors and proposed through a modified “Know Your Customer” provides ISO-NE and form that is required from all ISO-NE Market Participants and applicants under the ISO-NE Financial Assurance the Participants Policy. The revised form was proposed by ISO-NE based Committee with on changes being made across the industry. That input on all matters proposal was refined through Subcommittee discussions relating to ISO-NE and and was unanimously approved by the Participants Committee. NEPOOL finances. Other matters considered by the B&F Subcommittee Among its core were changes to the ISO-NE self-funding tariff that Michelle C. Gardner responsibilities are would permit ISO-NE to carry unspent funds designated Chair for a specific purpose from one year to the next (Jan. – Nov. 2020) the approval and without having to refund the unspent funds only to re- routine monitoring of appropriate those funds in the following year. The B&F the ISO-NE, NESCOE Subcommittee also discussed changes to the Financial and NEPOOL budgets. Assurance Policy to carve EE measures out of certain financial assurance requirements associated with It also considers the FCM. Finally, the B&F Subcommittee considered any changes to the several “clean-up” changes to the Financial Assurance ISO-NE Financial and Billing Policies. Those changes provided for earlier Assurance and Billing issuance of monthly statements, limited the number of times a Market Participant can prepay an invoice and Policies, which updated the form of letter of credit that can be used as are designed to financial assurance. minimize credit risk As the B&F Subcommittee does each year, it fully Thomas W. Kaslow Chair to ISO-NE and Market considered and discussed in numerous meetings the (Nov. – Dec. 2020) Participants. 2021 budgets for ISO-NE, NESCOE and NEPOOL. Those budgets are as follows (with the 2020 budgets listed for comparison).
($000’s) 2021 2020
ISO-NE
Operating Budget $178,600 $174,200
Capital Budget $28,000 $28,000
NESCOE Paul N. Belval Operating Budget $2,428 $2,421 NEPOOL Counsel NEPOOL
Operating Expenses $6,220 $6,365
Revenue ($3,655) ($3,525)
Net Participant Expenses $2,565 $2,840
38 New England Power Pool MEMBERSHIP SUBCOMMITTEE
The overall The Membership Subcommittee, chaired by Sarah Bresolin number of NEPOOL Silver, is tasked with considering all applications for membership in, and terminations of membership from, Participants NEPOOL. It has delegated authority from the Participants working together Committee to approve membership applications and to move New terminations so long as standard provisions relating England’s energy to those actions apply. The Subcommittee met 14 future forward times in 2020, considering more than 35 applications inched up for membership and 20 requests for termination of membership. Actions by the Subcommittee and all FERC slightly during membership filings are posted on the NEPOOL website at 2020. NEPOOL https://nepool.com/meetings/membership-subcommittee. membership grew The NEPOOL website also provides instructions for to include over 510 becoming a member, changing a Participant name and Sarah Bresolin members. terminating a membership. Chair In 2020 (through November 30), 26 new members joined NEPOOL while 21 members left the Pool. More than one- half of 2020’s new members were competitive electric NON-SECTOR MEMBERS suppliers, power marketers, and/or financial marketers/ traders and, except in a few instances where the new PROVISIONAL GROUP members were Related Persons to existing members, MEMBERS joined the Supplier Sector. Consistent with the evolution Able Grid Infrastructure of industry, the remaining new members were Alternative Holdings, LLC Resource Providers or companies developing or supporting Anbaric Development Partners Alternative Resources. The increase in new AR Sector Champlain VT, LLC Cricket Valley Energy Center members resulted in the Distributed Generation Sub- Patrick M. Gerity Sector, and the AR Sector overall, reaching its full voting Cypress Creek Renewables, LLC NEPOOL Counsel EIP Investment, LLC share for the first time. Interconnect Energy Storage Those leaving the Pool generally did so because of changes KCE CT 1, LLC in their New England business or organization. Similar to KCE CT 2, LLC the new members, the majority of those leaving the Pool RoxWind LLC were Supplier Sector members. Notably, roughly one- Transource New England, LLC Verde Group LLC third of departing members were those whose generation projects were either decommissioned/taken off line or GIS-ONLY PARTICIPANTS whose development did not come to fruition. The number of SRECTrade, Inc. End User Sector members was reduced by three. FUELS INDUSTRY PARTICIPANTS Algonquin Gas Transmission, American Petroleum Institute GROWING TOGETHER Excelerate Energy LP Repsol Energy North America 550 Corporation 500 Other 450 Alternative Resources DATA ONLY PARTICIPANTS 400
Cambridge Energy Solutions 350 Supplier Energy GPS LLC 300 EnvaPower, Inc. 250 End User Rinar Power LLC 200 Publicly Owned Yes Energy, LLC 150 100 Generation
M Voting Members 50 Transmission M Related Persons 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
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Nautilus Solar Energy, LLC (AR) SYSO LLC (AR)
Sky View Ventures LLC (AR) Enel Trading North America, LLC (AR)
Standard Normal Energy LLC Avangrid Networks, Inc. (Transmission) (Supplier)
MP2 Energy LLC (Supplier)
Energy Harbor LLC (Supplier) Rodan Energy Solutions (USA) Inc. (Provisional)
Priogen Power LLC (Supplier)
Actual Energy Inc. (Supplier)
Power Ledger Pty Ltd David Energy Supply, LLC (Supplier) (GIS-Only Participant)
40 New England Power Pool NEPOOL WELCOMES 26 PARTICIPANTS IN 2020
Invenia Technical Computing Corporation (Supplier) Advanced Energy Economy Inc. (Fuels Industry Participant)
d/b/a Green Choice Energy (Supplier)
Hampshire Power Paper Birch Energy, LLC Corporation (Supplier) Blueprint Power (Generation) Technologies, Inc. (Provisional)
Acadia Renewable Energy, L.L.C. (Generation)
Axon Energy Inc. (Supplier) TrueLight Commodities, LLC (Supplier)
SP Transmission Nexus Energy Inc. SP Transmission LLC (Supplier) (Provisional)
Borrego Solar Systems, Inc. (AR) Weaver Wind, LLC (AR)
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Meter Reader Working Group NEPOOL GIS The Meter Reader Working Group The NEPOOL Generation Information (MRWG) reports to the Markets System is the means for tracking and Committee on changes to maximize trading renewable energy and other the accuracy of meter data used for billing attribute certificates (Certificates) needed in and settlement purposes. During 2020, the New England to demonstrate compliance with MRWG discussed the metering requirements state mandates for generation attributes. The for participants installing electric storage and GIS creates and tracks Certificates that identify intermittent generation behind the same point of the fuel source, emissions and other attributes of interconnection while sharing one or more DC/AC each MWh settled in the ISO-NE market settlement inverters (i.e., DC-coupled facilities). The MRWG also system, produced by certain behind-the-meter offered feedback for ISO-NE’s consideration as ISO- generators and conservation resources that are NE develops a CAMS user interface to support load not settled regionally, and produced by certain asset registration. Specifically, MRWG members generators importing power into New England, as offered their experiences regarding, among well as the output of certain thermal resources. other things, the meter reader’s role in load asset These Certificates can be purchased and traded registration and any challenges with completing the to provide a separate revenue stream and a means Load Asset Registration Form. for the ultimate owners of the Certificates to prove that they have satisfied clean energy requirements Demand Resources Working imposed by each of the New England states. Group APX, Inc. (APX) has operated the GIS since 2001 The Demand Resources Working under an agreement that was most recently Group (DRWG), a standing working group extended and amended in October 2020 (GIS that provides specialized input to the Markets Agreement). Under the GIS Agreement, APX Committee, seeks to improve demand resources’ convenes quarterly, a GIS Usability Group (Usability participation in New England’s wholesale markets. Group). Through this Usability Group, both NEPOOL This year, the DRWG received monthly reports on Participants and non-Participants who use the GIS demand resource capability and activity, as well as are able to propose changes to the system, which reviewed the fourteenth Forward Capacity Auction’s are then presented to the Markets Committee results, with a focus on demand resources. and reviewed by the NEPOOL GIS Operating Rules Working Group (Working Group). In addition, under Variable Resource Working Group the amended GIS Agreement, APX will provide its The Variable Resource Working Group own list of proposed enhancements to the Usability (VRWG), as its name implies, provides Group for consideration to ensure that the GIS a focused forum for the exchange exhibits the best practices among tracking systems of information and ideas on issues in North America. NEPOOL Participants and state affecting the participation of variable resources agencies can also propose changes directly to (e.g., wind, solar, run-of-river hydro) in the New the Markets Committee for review by the Working England wholesale power markets. The VRWG Group. met twice in 2020 and received updates on and The NEPOOL Markets Committee approved some discussed operational topics of specific interest significant changes to the GIS and the GIS Operating and applicability to variable resources, including Rules in 2020, including. wind plant undelivered energy reporting, hydro resource automatic redeclaration processes, and E Changes made to address several modifications refinements to data submission by solar, hydro and to Maine’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), wind resources. including the creation of a new class (Class IA) of RPS-eligible resources and the transitioning of certain hydropower facilities located in Maine from Class II to Class I/IA over a six-year period;
42 New England Power Pool TOTAL GENERATORS REGISTERED IN NEPOOL GIS
E Changes associated with the GIS-Registered GIS-Registered Massachusetts Clean Peak Standard Year Generators Year Generators (CPS), resulting in a new parallel 2002 488 2012 3,526 system of Clean Peak Energy 2003 518 2013 6,180 Certificates that will be awarded to certain renewable, energy storage 2004 545 2014 12,329 and demand response resources 2005 567 2015 18,527 that qualify as “Clean Peak 2006 584 2016 47,233 Resources” under the CPS; 2007 617 2017 61,659 E Modifications relating to the role of ISO-NE in the administration of the 2008 677 2018 72,764 GIS, conforming the Rules to the role 2009 786 2019 77,854 ISO-NE is currently performing and 2010 986 2020 78,856 removing ISO-NE from roles to be performed by NEPOOL and/or APX; 2011 1,605 and E Addition of data warehouse TOTAL GIS ACCOUNT HOLDERS software to allow GIS users more flexible access to data and public 2002 8
reports. 2003 12 In addition, the Working Group is 200 160 considering modifications to the GIS relating to the Massachusetts 200 1 Department of Environmental 2006 210 Protection’s creation of a new category of “Clean Existing 200 231 Generation” resources and to 2008 28 improvements to independent verifier (i.e., Third Party Meter Reader) 200 3 6 uploads. 2010 36 As of October 31, there were 2,609 2011 6 active accounts in the GIS, with 140 of those accounts added in 2012 2 2020. Generator registrations now 2013 number 78,856 with 1,002 of those registrations from new generators 201 1,20 joining in 2020. The GIS created and 201 1, managed 133,253,288 Certificates from the third quarter of 2019 through 2016 1, 12 the second quarter of 2020. 201 2,0 2
2018 2,2 6
201 2, 6
2020 2,60 *
* Through October 31, 2020
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As they work through changes to the region’s bulk power An Act to Create Jobs and Slow Climate Change by Promoting arrangements, NEPOOL members need to be aware of key the Production of Natural Resources Bio-products (LD legislative developments in each state in the region. The most 1698). This act aims to create jobs and slow climate change by noteworthy legislation enacted in 2020 in each New England promoting the production of natural resources bio-products. It state includes the following. does so by providing a tax credit for the production of renewable Connecticut chemicals through the conversion of renewable biomass from the forest, farms, sea or solid waste, with that tax credit equal to The Connecticut General Assembly adjourned in a certain amount per pound of renewable chemical produced in May due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state. reconvening in certain “Special Sessions” to consider legislation regarding specific issues. See https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF. One such special session was convened in late September when asp?paper=HP1213&item=1&snum=129. the General Assembly considered and passed the following bill, An Act to Ensure Proper Closure of Oil Terminal Facilities (LD which the Governor promptly signed. 2033). This act establishes financial assurance and facility An Act Concerning Emergency Response by Electric closure requirements for oil terminals, develops a process for Distribution Companies, the Regulation of Other Public assessing the costs of decommissioning oil terminal facilities Utilities and Nexus Provisions for Certain Disaster-Related or and infrastructure, and establishes financial responsibility for Emergency-Related Work Performed in the State (Public Act closure costs. No. 20-5). This legislation makes various changes to the State See https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF. Public Utilities Regulatory Agency (PURA) procedures relating asp?paper=HP1443&item=1&snum=129. to EDCs including. (i) requiring PURA to initiate a proceeding by Massachusetts June 1, 2022, to adopt a Performance-Based Regulation (PBR) The Massachusetts General Court is in its second framework; (ii) requiring PURA to consider implementing financial year of a two-year session, which was extended performance-based incentives and penalties and performance- beyond its normal adjournment date of July 31, based metrics for periodic reviews and general rate hearings; (iii) 2020, to remain in session through the end of authorizing PURA, by November 1, 2020, to initiate a proceeding 2020. As of the date of this summary, two pieces of energy to consider implementing an interim rate decrease, low-income legislation, summarized below, have passed one branch of the rates, and economic development rates for EDC customers; and legislature, one from the Senate and a second from the House. ( iv) prohibiting EDCs from recovering costs related to PURA The focus of each is on climate change and there are many hearings. similarities to the bills on climate change matters, but some See https://www.cga.ct.gov/2020/BA/PDF/2020HB-07006- differences on other matters. Reconciliation of the two bills R00SS3-BA.PDF. is being negotiated in a legislative conference committee. On Maine climate change, both bills would require establishment of interim The Maine State Legislature adjourned on March limits on GHG emissions, in five-year increments between 2020 17, 2020 due to COVID-19. Prior to adjournment, and 2050, to enable realization of net zero emissions by 2050. the following bills of interest were passed and An Act Setting Next Generation Climate Policy (2020 MA S signed into law. 2500). Introduced in January, MA S 2500 directs the Secretary An Act to Authorize Separate Alternative Compliance Payment of the Department of Environmental Protection (“MA DEP”) to Rates for Maine’s Renewable Portfolio Standard and to Amend adopt statewide GHG emissions limits for 2020, 2025, 2030, the Laws Governing Thermal Renewable Energy Credits (LD 2035, 2040, 2045 and 2050. The Senate directed that the limit 1896). This act exempts retail electricity sales under supply for 2030 be at least 50 percent below the 1990 emissions level, contracts or standard offer service arrangements that were the limit for 2040 be at least 75 percent below the 1990 emissions executed by a competitive electricity provider and were in effect level, and the limit for 2050 be at least net-zero emissions. after September 2019 from the requirement for the purchase of Among its various provisions, the Senate bill would also establish thermal renewable energy credits through the existing term of a Climate Policy Commission to oversee climate policy on an those arrangements. See https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/ economy-wide basis, and would authorize the Secretary of the bills/bills_129th/billtexts/SP064801.asp. MA DEP to promulgate regulations establishing market-based compliance mechanisms. Pending. See https://malegislature. gov/Bills/191/S2500.
44 New England Power Pool An Act Creating a 2050 Roadmap to a Clean and Thriving See https://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText. Commonwealth (2020 MA H 4933). In July, the House visited aspx?sy=2020&id=1652&txtFormat=html. the subject of GHG emissions in MA H 4933, which bill re- Rhode Island iterates the same emissions limits as S 2500 for 2030, 2040 The Rhode Island General Assembly began its and 2050. In addition to the GHG limits, the House bill would current session on January 7, 2020. The legislative among its various provisions also. require that municipal lighting session was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic plants establish similar GHG limits for supplying their customers; and, through the date of this summary, no energy or climate establish new energy efficiency standards; require stronger legislation passed in Rhode Island during 2020. natural gas safety standards; and increase the offshore wind procurement target by 400 MW to 3,600 MW. Pending. Vermont See https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4933. The Vermont legislature convened its current session on January 7, 2020 and adjourned on New Hampshire September 25, 2020. Prior to adjournment, the The New Hampshire General Court was in the following pieces of legislation of interest were second year of its biennium when legislative enacted into law. activity was suspended from mid-March to mid- An Act Relating to Addressing Climate Change (Public Act No. June due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The following 153). In September 2020 the Vermont legislature overrode the bills were passed and signed into law this year. Governor’s veto to enact climate change legislation referred to as An Act Relative to Electrical Energy Storage (Chaptered Law the Vermont Global Warming Solutions Act of 2020 (H 688). This 11). This act requires the State public utilities commission to act reduces the targeted levels of GHG emissions from previously investigate ways to enable energy storage projects to receive established levels. Specifically it would require GHG levels. by compensation for avoided transmission and distribution Jan. 1, 2025, at least 26% below 2005 emissions; by Jan. 1, 2030, costs, including but not limited to avoided regional and local at least 40% below 1990 emissions; and by Jan. 1, 2050, at least network service charges, while also participating in wholesale 80% below 1990 emissions. The law creates a Climate Council energy markets for both utility-owned and non-utility-owned tasked to develop a Climate Action Plan that sets forth the energy storage projects, as well as for both behind-the-meter proposed programs and strategies to meet these reductions and storage and front-of-the-meter storage. The findings and to build resilience to the impacts of climate change. The law also recommendations of the investigation must be presented to the requires the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) to adopt rules standing committees of the House and Senate with jurisdiction consistent with the Plan and provides for a cause of action if over energy and utility matters no later than two years after the ANR fails to engage in rulemaking or adopts rules that fail to initiating the proceeding. See https://gencourt.state.nh.us/ achieve the required emissions reductions. bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2020&id=813&txtFormat=html. See https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ An Act Adopting Omnibus Legislation Concerning State ACTS/ACT153/ACT153%20As%20Enacted.pdf. Agencies (Chaptered Law 37). Among its various provisions, An Act Relating to Energy Efficiency Entities and Programs this act increases the measures that may be taken to reduce to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emission sin the Thermal Energy energy costs and meet state energy goals, including through and Transportation Sectors (Public Act No. 151). This act allows the use of efficiency measures such as conservation, strategic an energy efficiency utility to use up to $2 million per year, for electrification, energy storage, fuel switching, co-generation a total of $6 million over the course of the three-year period, and renewable energy. The act clarifies that power purchase of its 2021-23 budget for electric efficiency programs and agreements are suitable mechanisms for the state or any programs that reduce GHG emissions in the thermal energy and municipality to use in order to reduce energy costs and meet transportation sectors. state energy goals. It also modifies the way funds remaining in state energy budgets are distributed, requiring fifty percent of See https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ the general funds remaining in an agency’s energy budget to ACTS/ACT151/ACT151%20As%20Enacted.pdf. revert to the state energy investment fund and allowing for the funds from state sale of renewable energy certificates to be included in the energy investment fund. The money in the energy investment fund is used to fund energy efficiency or renewable energy projects. Additionally, this law establishes an offshore wind commission and an offshore wind industry development office in the department of business and economic affairs.
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46 New England Power Pool LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AND APPEALS
Legal proceedings related to the region’s market rule Efforts in connection with New England’s response or transmission arrangements are generally initiated to FERC Order Nos. 841 (electric storage participation by ISO-NE filing proposed changes with the FERC (for in RTO/ISO markets) and 845 (Interconnection approval or acceptance as the case may be). Often, Reforms) continued through 2020, with orders issued proposed changes are addressed by the FERC solely and additional compliance filings submitted in both by reference to the initial materials submitted and any proceedings. Separately, a second, but this time comments tendered. Some filings prompt protests or uncontested, settlement agreement was filed in June present disputes among the region’s diverse business to resolve the nearly five-year old proceeding over the interests, the States, or between NEPOOL and ISO- rates and protocols for setting rates for regional and NE. The FERC can also act unilaterally or in response local network transmission service. to a complaint by a third party if there are questions 2020 draws to a close with a noticeable increase in concerning the justness and reasonableness of the number of appeals of FERC actions to the federal the region’s arrangements. The FERC also opens courts. While indicative of a continuing high level of proceedings to inquire about areas of interest or to contested proceedings, the increase is also in part consider changes to its rules and regulations. Parties the result of the DC Circuit’s decision earlier this aggrieved by FERC actions can challenge them year in Allegheny Defense Project v. FERC (Allegheny), through appeal to the federal courts. which required the FERC to abandon its long-standing In 2020, there were more than 250 FERC proceedings practice of issuing brief orders to indefinitely suspend involving New England matters. The litigation and (or toll) the 30-day statutory deadline for action on efforts related to the region’s on-going fuel security requests for rehearing so it could take more time to efforts continued front and center. The litigation over address the rehearing requests. Among the more ESI is discussed on pages 12-13 above. There was also significant contested matters for the region that are litigation earlier in the year over the ISO-NE’s interim pending before the DC Circuit are challenges to the proposal to pay for inventoried energy during the June FERC’s orders on CIP IROL Cost Recovery, Competitive 2023 through 2025 period (which is referred to as Auctions with Sponsored Policy Resources (CASPR), the Inventoried Energy Program or IEP). IEP initially the FERC’s treatment of the arrangements under became effective by operation of law because the the reliability-must-run agreement for the Mystic FERC did not have a quorum to act on the proposal power station, and the FERC’s findings with respect within the statutorily-required period. That outcome to ISO-NE’s implementation of the exemption from was appealed to the DC Circuit, and in April of this competitive bidding for transmission upgrades for year, after a quorum at the FERC was restored, was immediate need reliability projects. remanded back to the FERC at FERC’s request. The Legal proceedings in 2020 continue to underscore FERC acted in June, accepting the IEP revisions. that complex and important issues shaping New Requests for rehearing of the June 2020 order were England’s path forward are best resolved where not acted on by the FERC within the statutorily- possible through the NEPOOL stakeholder process, required period and, as a result, were denied by rather than through litigation at the FERC and in operation of law. The matter is again pending before the federal courts. While the stakeholder process the DC Circuit. certainly does not resolve all disagreements, the Similarly, litigation on the FCM’s rule allowing new outcome is often agreement between NEPOOL and resources to lock-in their FCM payments for up to ISO-NE, with unresolved issues and potential solutions seven years was rekindled following a 2018 remand far narrower and better understood. from the DC Circuit. On July 1, the FERC issued an NEPOOL maintains on its website a current listing of order on remand, this time finding preliminarily that legal developments relevant to the region and NEPOOL the seven-year price-lock may no longer be just and Counsel prepares and posts a monthly summary reasonable and implementing a paper hearing to of those legal proceedings. The monthly litigation address questions it posed on those rules. Responses reports are publicly available in the NEPOOL website’s to the FERC’s questions have been filed in the paper library at https://nepool.com/library/litigation- hearing, along with comments on those responses, updates-reports. A full listing of the proceedings that and the FERC has not yet acted on those papers as of were active in 2020 before the FERC or the federal the date of this Annual Report. courts is included in the next five pages of this Annual Report. www.nepool.com 47 FERC PROCEEDINGS
Fuel Security Proceedings Waiver Requests ER13-2266 2013/14 Winter Reliability Program Remand ER19-570 Vineyard Wind FCA13 Participation ER18-1509 Chapter 1. Mystic 8 & 9 ISO-NE Waiver ER20-458 FCA14 Qualification (CPower) ER18-1639 Chapter 1. Mystic 8/9 COS Agreement ER20-366 FCA14 Qualification (Genbright II) ER18-2364 Chapter 2. Fuel Security Retention Proposal ER20-759 FCA15 De-List Bids Submission Deadline ER20-89 Chapter 2 (rev 1). Fuel Security Retention Limit ER20-1755 Settlement Only Resources Definition (GMP’s Revision Searsburg facility) ER20-645 Chapter 2 (rev 2). Fuel Security Retention OATT Changes Sunset ER19-1951 Order 845 Compliance Filing ER19-1428 Chapter 2B. IEP Remand ER19-1952 Interconnection Studies Scope and EL18-182 Chapter 3. Energy Security Improvements Reasonable Efforts Timelines Changes ER20-1567 Chapter 3. ESI Alternatives ER20-450 Interconnection Service Capability Changes Forward Capacity Auction Filings ER20-739 CIP IROL Cost Recovery Rules ER20-308 FCA14 Qualification Filing Financial Assurance/Billing Policy Amendments ER20-1025 FCA14 Results Filing ER20-1862 Billing Policy Enhancements & Clean-Up ER20-2317 FCA15 De-List Bids Filing ER20-2145 FAP Enhancements and Clean-Up Changes ER21-372 FCA15 Qualification Filing ER20-395 NCFA Rate FCM Market Rule & Related Changes Rate Filings ER17-795 CONE & ORTP Updates ER09-1532 2020/21 Power Year Transmission Rate ER18-619 CASPR ER21-106 2021 ISO-NE Admin & Capital Budgets ER20-1967 EE CSOs During Scarcity Conditions ER21-113 2021 NESCOE Budget Other Market Rule/Info Policy Changes ER20-499 Attachment F Modification. Inclusion of UI’s ER20-2511 DAM Offer Window Modification Pequonnock Substation Project CWIP ER18-1770 Economic Life Determination Revisions ES20-46 ISO-NE Securities. Future Drawdown Authorizations ER20-1497 eTariff § III.13.6 Conforming Changes ER15-1429-000 MPD 2019 Annual Info Filing ER20-2869 Gross Load Forecast Reconstitution Revisions ER15-1429 MPD 2020 Annual Info Filing ER20-2518 Information Policy §2.3 Revisions ER15-1429 MPD OATT 2018 Annual Info Filing ER20-763 ISO-NE eTariff Versioning True-Up ER15-1429 MPD OATT 2018 Annual Info Filing Settlement ER20-1094 NCPC Audit Eligibility Clean Up Agreement ER19-470 Order 841 Compliance Filing ER15-1429 MPD OATT 2019 Annual Info Filing ER20-1582 Settlement-Only Gen. Dispatchability Changes ER15-1429 MPD OATT 2020 Annual Info Filing Implem. Date Extension ROE Proceedings ICR, HQICC and Demand Curve Values EL16-64 et al. Base ROE Complaints I-IV ER21-371 2024-25 (FCA15) Capacity Commit. Period EL14-12 et al. Opinion 569-A. FERC’s Base ROE Methodology ER21-496 Annual Reconfig. Auctions 2021-24 EL11-66 Opinions 531-A/531-B Local & Regional Refund Reports ER15-414 TOs’ Opinion 531-A Compliance Filing Undo PL19-4 FERC’s ROE Policy (Nat. Gas and Oil Pipelines)
48 New England Power Pool FPA Section 206 Proceedings/Settlements not docketed EPIS, Inc. EL20-54 FCM Pricing Rules Complaints Remand not docketed Great American Power EL19-90 ISO-NE Implementation of Order 1000 not docketed Manchester Methane Exemptions for Immediate Need Reliability not docketed NS Power Energy Marketing Projects not docketed Number Nine Wind Farm LLC EL16-19-002 RNS/LNS Rates and Rate Protocols Schedule 20/21/22 Updates ER20-2054 RNS/LNS Rates and Rate Protocols Settlement Agreement II ER20-375 Sched. 20A-EM. Expiration of Talen IRH Rights Assignment Complaints ER20-1626 Sched. 20A-NEP. NEP/Brookfield RTM Phase I/ EL20-52 Exelon (PP-10) II HVDC-TF Service Agreement EL20-27 Liberty (Nov 2018 Meter Data Error) ER20-2783 Sched. 20A-VP. Renaming/Clean-Up EL21-3 NextEra Energy Seabrook (NECEC Elective ER09-938 Sched. 21-CMP Annual Info Filing Upgrade Costs Dispute) ER15-1434 Sched. 21-EM. 2018 Annual Update Settlement EL21-6 NECEC/Avangrid (NextEra/Seabrook) ER15-1434 Sched. 21-EM. 2019 Annual Update Settlement EL20-42 NERA (FERC Jurisdiction Over Customer-Side- of-the-Retail-Meter Energy Sales) ER15-1434 et al. Sched. 21-EM. BHE/MPS Merger-Related Costs Recovery EL20-67 New England Generators (Mystic COS Agreement) ER20-585 Sched. 21-ES. Berkshire Phase 2 LSA EL18-196 RTO Insider (NEPOOL’s Press Policy) ER12-2304 Sched. 21-GMP Annual True Up Calc. Info NEPOOL Agreement Amendments ER20-962 Sched. 21-NEP. Cancellation - Deepwater Wind Block Island Indem. Agreement ER18-2208 132nd Agreement (Press Membership Provisions) ER20-2454 Sched. 21-NEP. DWW E&P Agreement Membership Filings ER21-347 Sched. 21-NEP. GE Service Agreement Amendment ER20-493 Dec 2019 Membership Filing ER20-1692 Sched. 21-NEP. NSTAR LSA ER20-710 Jan 2020 Membership Filing ER20-1413 Sched. 21-NEP. Winchendon Hydro SGIA ER20-923 Feb 2020 Membership Filing ER09-1243 Sched. 21-NSTAR Annual Info Filing ER20-1130 Mar 2020 Membership Filing ER20-2449 Sched. 21-UI. LCSA. UI/NextEra ER20-1454 Apr 2020 Membership Filing ER10-1181 Sched. 21-VEC and 20-VEC Annual Info ER20-1694 May 2020 Membership Filing ER15-1434 Sched. 21-VP 2020 Annual Info Filing ER20-1943 Jun 2020 Membership Filing ER20-586 Sched. 22. Clear River LGIA Cancellation ER20-2277 Jul 2020 Membership Filing ER20-2489 Sched. 22. NSTAR/Vineyard Wind LGIA ER20-2581 Aug 2020 Membership Filing Regional Reports ER20-2772 Sep 2020 Membership Filing ER20-973 Capital Projects Report - 2019 Q4 ER20-3031 Oct 2020 Membership Filing ER20-1824 Capital Projects Report - 2020 Q1 ER21-260 Nov 2020 Membership Filing ER20-2640 Capital Projects Report - 2020 Q2 ER20-2001 Invenia Add’l Conditions Info Filing ER20-108 Capital Projects Report - 2020 Q3 Market Participant Suspension Notices ER18-2364 FCA14 Fuel Security Reliability Review Info not docketed Chris Anthony ZZ20-4 IMM Annual (2019) Markets Report not docketed Curio Analytics (FTR-Only) ZZ20-4, ZZ21-4 IMM Quarterly Markets Reports not docketed Empire Generating Co, LLC ER19-1951 Interconnection Study Metrics Processing not docketed Energy Federation Inc. Time Exceedance Quarterly Reports
www.nepool.com 49 not docketed ISO-NE FERC Forms 1, 3Q, 582, 714, 715 Regional Interest ER07-476 LFTR Implementation Quarterly Reports ER20-996 CONVEX Services Agreement. CL&P/MMWEC ER06-613 Reserve Market Semi-Annual Reports ER20-521 D&E Agreement. CL&P/CPV Towantic ER13-193 Transmission Projects Annual Info Filing ER20-2927 D&E Agreement. CL&P/UConn ERO Reliability Standards ER20-1871 D&E Agreement. CL&P-Gravel Pit Solar RM20-17 CIP-002-6 ER21-192 D&E Agreement. NSTAR/Ocean State Power RM18-20 CIP-012-1 (Order 866) ER20-1855 D&E Agreement. NSTAR-Mayflower Wind RD20-4 FAC-002-3; IRO-010-3; MOD-031-3; MOD-033- ER20-1221 D&E Agreement Cancellation. CL&P/CPV 2; NUC-001-4; PRC-006-4; TOP-003-4 Towantic RD20-1 PRC-006-NPCC-2 ER20-2327 D&E Agreement Cancellation. CL&P/NTE CT RD20-7 PRC-024-3 ER20-2915 D&E Agreement Cancellation. NSTAR/ RM19-10 TPL-001-5 (Order 867) Vineyard Wind RD20-3 TPL-007-4 ER19-1887 Emera Maine Order 845 Compliance Filing RM20-12 NOI. Enhancements to CIP Standards ER20-1445 Emera Maine/Houlton Water Co. NITSA RM19-16/17 Order 873 - Retirement of Rel. Standard Reqs. ER20-619 EMM Contract (Standards Efficiency Review) ER20-960 Facilities Use Agreement Cancellation. NGrid/ RD18-4/RM17-13 Reliability Standard Implementation Deferral Deepwater Block Island Wind Other ERO Matters ER20-1173/1172 IA / TSA Cancellations. EM/ReEnergy Fort Ashland RR20-6 2021 NERC/NPCC Business Plans/Budgets ER20-1076/1077 IA / TSA Cancellations. EM/ReEnergy Fort RR19-7 5-Year ERO Performance Assessment Rpt Fairfield RR21-1 Amended and Restated NERC Bylaws ER20-1434 IA Amendment. CMP/Sappi EL20-21 CIP-014-2 (Physical Security) Complaint ER20-1405 et al. IA Cancellations. NGrid/GRS & NGrid/Mini- RD20-2 Computing Services Projects Watt not docketed CYPRES Report ER20-2897 et al. LGIA Cancellations. Superseded Great River Hydro LGIAs (Moore, Vernon, Comerford) AD19-18 Joint Staff White Paper on Notices of Penalty for Violations of CIP Standards ER19-1164 Mystic COS Agreement Amendment No. 1 RM20-8 NOI. Virtualization and Cloud Computing ER21-12 et al. NECEC TSAs. NECEC Transmission Notice of Services in BES Operations Succession and CMP Notice of Cancellation RR20-3 Report of Comparisons. 2019 Budgeted to ER20-1914 NITSA Termination Versant Power/Houlton Actual Costs for NERC/Regional Entities Water Company RR19-8 Secure Evidence Locker Development Funding ER20-1030/1031 Northern Pass. TSA Cancellation / Cost Reimbursement Mergers & Acquisitions ER20-1896 NSTAR Transmission Service Agreement EC20-24 CMP/NECEC Cancellations EC21-16 CPV Towantic EL13-62 NYISO MOPR-Related Proceeding EC19-80 Emera Maine/ENMAX various Orders 864/864-A (ADIT Rate Changes). New EC20-103 Millennium Power Partners England Compliance Filings EC20-20 Verso/Pixelle ER20-1480 Phase II VT DMNRC Support Agreement Order 864-Related Filing EL18-169 PJM Clean MOPR Complaint
50 New England Power Pool EL18-178/16-49 PJM MOPR-Related Proceedings RM19-15 Order 872. Pricing and Eligibility Changes to ER20-729/730 Related Facilities Agreement Cancellations. PURPA Regulations Clear River Energy RM19-5 Orders 864/864-A. Public Util. Trans. ADIT ER20-1814 System Upgrade Reimbursement Agreement Rate Changes Cancellation. NEP/ Deerfield Wind RM18-9 Order 2222. DER Participation in ISO/RTOs ER20-1919/1914 Termination of IA and NITSA between Versant PL20-7 Waiver of Tariff Requirements Power & Houlton Water Company Administrative Proceedings ER20-2674 et al. TSAs. Second Amendments to New England AD20-14 Carbon Pricing in ISO/RTO Markets Clean Energy Connect TSAs AD20-6 Credit Reforms in ISO/RTO Markets ER20-2724 Use Rights Transfer. NSTAR/HQ US AD18-7 Grid Resilience in ISO/RTOs; DOE NOPR ER20-2774 Use Rights Transfer. CMEEC/HQ US AD20-9 Hybrid Resources ER20-2773 Use Rights Transfer. ENE/HQ US AD10-12 Increasing Market and Planning Efficiency ER20-2776 Use Rights Transfer. MMWEC/HQ US Through Improved Software ER21-256 VTransco Rate Schedule 2 Cancellation AD19-16 ISO/RTO Common Performance Metrics ER20-2507 VTransco Rate Schedule Cancellations AD20-18 Offshore Wind Integration in ISO/RTOs ER20-1823 VTransco VTA Waiver Request Gas Pipeline Project Proceedings ER20-1679 VTransco/VEC ShPA and O&M Agreements CP20-48 Iroquois ExC Project FERC Enforcement Matters CP13-499 Constitution Pipeline IN13-15 BP Initial Decision CP13-502 Wright Interconnection Project INI2-12/13 CES/Silkman CP15-115 Northern Access Project IN20-2 Emera ISO-NE Tariff Violations IN20-3 ExGen Start-Up Fuel Reporting to ISO-NE IN20-6 High Desert IN12-17 Total Gas & Power North America, Inc. IN14-4 Vitol & F. Corteggiano (Show Cause Order) Rulemaking Proceedings RM18-9 DER Participation in ISO/RTOs PL19-3 NOI. Electric Transmission Incentives Policy PL18-1 NOI. New Interstate Nat. Gas Facilities Cert. RM20-10 NOPR. Elec. Transmission Incentives Policy RM05-5 NOPR. NAESB WEQ Standards v. 003.3 - Incorporation by Reference into FERC Regs RM19-15 NOPR. QF Rates and Requirements; Implementation Issues under PURPA RM05-5 Order 676-I. NAESB WEQ Standards v. 003.2 – Incorporat’n by Ref. into FERC Regs RM16-17 Order 860/860-A. Data Collection for Analytics & Surveillance and MBR Purposes RM19-2 Order 861/861-A. Refinements to Horizontal Market Power Analysis Requirements RM20-2 Order 865. Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustments
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Docket Underlying Proceedings
15-1071/ FCM Pricing Rules Complaints (EL14-7; EL15-23). NEGPA and Exelon petition for review of FERC orders accepting the FCM’s 7-year 16-1042 price lock-in (EL14-7) and capacity-carry-forward rules. Granted. Remanded to the FERC for further proceedings.
16-1325 Opinion 569/569-A. FERC’s Base ROE Methodology (EL14-12; EL15-45). Challenge to the FERC’s establishment of a new methodology for setting the ROE that electric utilities are entitled to earn on electric transmission investments. Pending.
18-1128 PennEast Project (CP15-558). Challenge to FERC orders granting certificates of public convenience and necessity to PennEast Pipeline Company for the construction and operation of the PennEast Project. Being held in abeyance.
18-3787 First Energy Solutions Bankruptcy. FERC appeal of an Ohio bankruptcy court’s ruling that blocked the FERC from taking any action (6th Cir.) on FirstEnergy Solutions Corp.’s power purchase agreement with Ohio Valley Electric Corp., which First Energy was trying to shed in bankruptcy. Affirmed in part; Reversed in part. The Sixth Circuit concluded that the bankruptcy court has jurisdiction to decide whether FES may reject the contracts, but that its injunction of the FERC in this case was overly broad (beyond its jurisdiction), and its standard for deciding rejection too limited. The Sixth Circuit went on to hold that “when a Chapter 11 debtor moves the bankruptcy court for permission to reject a filed energy contract that is otherwise governed by FERC, via the FPA, the bankruptcy court must consider the public interest and ensure that the equities balance in favor of rejecting the contract, and it must invite FERC to participate and provide an opinion in accordance with the ordinary FPA approach (e.g., under the Mobile–Sierra doctrine), within a reasonable time.”
19-1098 Allegheny Defense Project v. FERC. DC Circuit rules that the Natural Gas Act does not allow the FERC to delay appellate review of its substantive orders through its common practice of issuing tolling orders.
1 19-1142/ Order 841 (Electric Storage Participation in RTO/ISO Markets) (RM16-23). Court denies petition for review of Orders 841 and 841-A. 9-1147
19-1224 ISO-NE’s Inventoried Energy Program Proposal (ER19-1428). Review of the FERC’s June 18, 2020 IEP Remand Order. Pending.
19-71615 FERC Orders on PG&E Bankruptcy. Court dismisses as moot PG&E appeal of the FERC’s orders finding that the FERC has concurrent (9th Cir.) jurisdiction with the bankruptcy courts to review and address the disposition of wholesale power contracts, expressing no opinion on the merits of the dispute.
20-1289 2013/14 Winter Reliability Program Remand Proceeding (ER13-2266). TransCanada appeals April 1, 2020 2013/24 Winter Reliability Program Order on Remand and Compliance. Pending.
20-1329 Opinion 531-A Compliance Filing Undo (ER15-414). Given Allegheny, TOs appeal the FERC’s October 6, 2017 order rejecting the TOs’ filing that sought to reinstate their transmission rates to those in place prior to the FERC’s orders later vacated by Emera Maine. Pending.
20-1333 CASPR (ER18-619). Given Allegheny, Sierra Club, NRDC, RENEW Northeast, and CLF seek review of the FERC’s March 9, 2018 CASPR Order. Pending.
20-1343 Mystic 8/9 Cost of Service Agreement (ER18-1639). Mystic, NESCOE, MA AG, and CT Parties separately petitioned the DC Circuit Court of Appeals for review of the FERC’s orders addressing the COS Agreement among Mystic, ExGen and ISO-NE. Pending.
20-1389 CIP IROL Cost Recovery Rules (ER20-739). Cogentrix and Vistra seek review of the FERC’s orders allowing for recovery of expenditures to comply with NERC IROL-CIP requirements, but only those costs incurred on or after the effective date of the relevant individual FPA section 205 filing, including undepreciated costs of any such past capital expenditures to comply with the IROL-CIP requirements. Pending.
20-1422 ISO-NE Implementation of Order 1000 Exemptions for Immediate Need Rel. Projects (EL19-90). LS Power challenges the FERC’s June 18, 2020 order finding insufficient evidence to conclude that ISO-NE’s implementation of the exemption for immediate need reliability projects is unjust, unreasonable, or unduly discriminatory or preferential. Pending.
20-72788 Order 872 (RM19-15). Solar Energy Industries Association seeks review of Order 872 (Pricing and Eligibility Changes to PURPA (9th Cir.) Regulations).
52 New England Power Pool APPENDICES
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AC Alternating Current HVDC-TF High Voltage Direct Current Transmission NESCOE New England States Committee on ADIT Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes Facilities Electricity ANR VT Agency of Natural Resources IA Interconnection Agreement NETOs New England Transmission Owners AOA Asset Owners Agreement ICR Installed Capacity Requirements NH New Hampshire APX APX, Inc., GIS Administrator IEP ISO-NE Inventoried Energy Program NITSA Network Integration TSA AR Alternative Resources IMM ISO-NE Internal Market Monitor NOI Notice of Inquiry B&F Budget & Finance Subcommittee Inc. Incorporated NOPR Notice of Proposed Rulemaking CAMS Customer Asset Management System IOA Interconnection Operators Agreement NOx Nitrogen Oxide CASPR Competitive Auctions with Sponsored IRH Interconnection Rights Holder NPCC Northeast Power Coordinating Council, Inc. Policy Resources IRO Interconnection Rel. Ops. and Coordination NYISO New York Independent System Operator CIP Critical Infrastructure Protection Rel. Rel. Standards NUC Nuclear Reliability Standard Standards IROL Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit O&M Operating & Maintenance CL&P Connecticut Light & Power ISO Independent System Operator OATT Open Access Transmission Tariff CLF Conservation Law Foundation ISO-NE ISO New England Inc. OPs ISO-NE Operating Procedures CMEEC Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy JPE Joint Powers Entity ORTP Offer Review Trigger Price Cooperative kV Kilovolt PA Participants Agreement CMP Central Maine Power kW Kilowatt PBR Performance-Based Regulation Co. Company LCSA Localized Costs Sharing Agreement PFP Pay-for-Performance CO2 Carbon Dioxide LFTR Long-Term Financial Transmission Right PJM Pennsylvania New Jersey Maryland Commission Federal Energy Regulatory Commission LGIA Large Generator Interconnection Interconnection CONE Cost of New Entry Agreement PP ISO-NE Planning Procedure COS Cost-of-service LGIP Large Generator Interconnection PRC Protection and Control Rel. Standards CPS Massachusetts Clean Peak Standard Procedures PRD Price-Responsive Demand CSO Capacity Supply Obligation LLC Limited Liability Company PSNH Public Service of New Hampshire CT Connecticut LNG Liquefied natural gas PTO Participating Transmission Owner (TOA CWIP Construction Work-in-Progress LMP Locational Marginal Price signatory) d/b/a Doing business as LNS Local Network Service PTF Pool Transmission Facilities D&E Design & Engineering LP Limited Partnership PURA CT Public Utilities Regulatory Authority DAM Day-Ahead Energy Market LSA Local Service Agreement PURPA Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act DC Direct Current Ltd Limited PV Photovoltaic DC District of Columbia MA Massachusetts QF Qualifying Facility DDBT Dynamic De-List Bid Threshold MA AG Massachusetts Attorney General (or her RC Reliability Committee DER Distributed energy resources office) RER Replacement Energy Reserve DMNRC Vermont Dedicated Metallic Neutral Return MBR Market-Based Rate Authorization RI Rhode Island Conductor MC Markets Committee RNS Regional Network Service DOE US Department of Energy ME Maine ROE Return on equity EDC Electric Distribution Company Mktg Marketing RPS Renewable Portfolio Standard MMWEC Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale EE Energy Efficiency RTO Regional Transmission Organization Electric Company EM Emera Maine SA Service Agreement MOD Modeling, Data, and Analysis Rel. Standard EMM ISO-NE External Market Monitor SGIA Small Generator Interconnection MOPR Minimum Offer Price Rule ENE Energy New England Agreement MOU Memorandum of Understanding ENECOS Eastern New England Consumer-Owned ShPA Shared Structure Participation Agreement MPD Maine Public District Systems SO2 Sulfur Dioxide MPEU Market Participation End User ERO Electric Reliability Organization (NERC) Tariff ISO-NE Transmission, Markets and ES Eversource Energy MPSA Market Participant Service Agreement Services Tariff ESI Energy Security Improvements MW Megawatts TOA Transmission Owners’ Agreement ETU Elective Transmission Upgrades MWh Megawatt hours TOP Transmission Operations Rel. Standards FAC Facilities Design, Connections & NA North America TOs Transmission Owners Maintenance Rel. Standards NAESB North American Electric Standards Board TPL Transmission Planning Rel. Standards FCA Forward Capacity Auction NCFA Non-Commercial Capacity Resources TSA Transmission Service Agreement Financial Assurance FCM Forward Capacity Market TSAA Transmission Service Admin. Agreement NCPC Net Committment Period Compensation FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission UI United Illuminating Company NECEC New England Clean Energy Connect FPA Federal Power Act US United States NECPUC New England Conference of Public Utilities FTR Financial Transmission Rights VEC Vermont Electric Cooperative Commissioners GCR Generation Contingency Reserve VP Versant Power NEP New England Power GHG Greenhouse Gas VRWG Variable Resource Working Group NEPGA New England Power Generators GIS NEPOOL’s Generation Information System VT Vermont Association GMP Green Mountain Power VTA 1991 Vermont Transmission Agreement NEPOOL New England Power Pool GW Gigawatts WEQ Wholesale Electric Quadrant NERA New England Rae Payers Association GWh Gigawatt hour NERC North American Electric Reliability HQ US HQ Energy Services (US) Inc., a subsidiary Corporation of Hydro-Québec
54 New England Power Pool OPERATIVE DOCUMENTS
Second Restated NEPOOL Agreement (2d RNA) Transmission Owners Agreement (TOA) https://nepool.com/uploads/Op-2d_RNA.pdf https://www.iso-ne.com/participate/governing- agreements/transmission-operating-agreements Participants Agreement (PA) https://nepool.com/uploads/Op-PA.pdf Asset Owners Agreement (AOA) https://www.iso-ne.com/participate/governing- Market Participant Service Agreement (MPSA) agreements/interconnection-operating-asset-owners https://nepool.com/uploads/Op-MPSA_form.pdf Interconnection Operators Agreement (IOA) Memorandum of Understanding Among ISO-NE, https://www.iso-ne.com/participate/governing- NEPOOL and NESCOE (MOU) agreements/interconnection-operating-asset-owners https://nepool.com/uploads/MOU_Final.pdf Phase I/II HVDC Transmission Operating Agreement ISO-NE Tariff (Tariff) (HVDC TOA) https://www.iso-ne.com/regulatory/tariff/index.html https://www.iso-ne.com/participate/governing- agreements/transmission-operating-agreements Manuals https://iso-ne.com/participate/rules-procedures/ Phase I/II HVDC-TF Transmission Service Administration Agreement (TSAA) manuals https://www.iso-ne.com/participate/governing- agreements/transmission-operating-agreements Operating Procedures (OPs) https://www.iso-ne.com/rules_proceds/ operating/ Highgate Interconnection Operators Agreement isone/index.html https://www.iso-ne.com/participate/governing- agreements/interconnection-operating-asset-owners Planning Procedures (PPs) https://iso-ne.com/participate/rules-procedures/ New Brunswick and NYISO Coordination Agreements planning-procedures https://www.iso-ne.com/static-assets/documents/ regulatory/tariff/attach_f/attach_f.pdf Generation Information System Operating Rules https://www.nepoolgis.com/documents/
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P.7 Screenshots from WebEx NEPOOL Meetings
P.13 ISO-NE, System Diagram
P.16 CPV Towantic Energy Center, Oxford, CT
P.16 FirstLight Power, Cabot Generating Station, Montague, MA
P.17 LS Power, Wallingford Energy Center, Wallingford, CT
p.19 ISO-NE, New England Geographic Transmission Map
P.22 Braintree Electric Light Department , Braintree, MA
P.22 Shrewsbury Electric & Cable Operations, Shrewsbury, MA
P.22 Middleborough Gas & Electric Department, Middleborough, MA
P.24 Green Development LLC, Johnston Wind Farm, Johnston, RI
P.24 Nexamp, Granby Solar Farm with a Battery Energy Storage System, Granby, Ma
P.24 FirstLight Power, Northfield Mountain Solar Generating Station, Northfield,MA
P.24 LS Power, Jericho Wind Farm, Berlin, NH
P.24 Brookfield Renewables, Pontook Hydro Facility, Dummer, New Hampshire
P.27 Boston, MA
P.27 Portsmouth, NH
P.27 Hartford, CT
P.30 NEPOOL Leadership
P. 33 Screenshots from WebEx NEPOOL Meetings
P.36 Eversource Energy, New Hampshire Seacoast Reliability Project
P.36 Middleborough Gas & Electric Department, Middleborough, MA
P.37 Eversource Energy, New Hampshire Seacoast Reliability Project
P.51 United States Supreme Court, Washington, DC
P.58 Screenshots from WebEx NEPOOL Meetings
56 New England Power Pool COUNSEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM
Paul N. Belval Harold M. Blinderman Sophia Browning Margaret Czepiel (860) 275-0381 (860) 275-0357 (202) 218-3904 (202) 218-3906 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
David T. Doot Joseph H. Fagan Lynn M. Fountain Rosendo Garza (860) 275-0102 or (202) 218-3903 (202) 218-3901 (860) 275-0298 (860) 275-0660 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Patrick M. Gerity Sebastian M. Lombardi Evan Reese III Eric K. Runge (860) 275-0533 (860) 275-0663 (202) 218-3917 (617) 345-4735 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Karen Cirillo Kathryn Dube Legal Assistant NEPOOL Administrator (860) 275-0478 (860) 275-0196 [email protected] [email protected]
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58 New England Power Pool WHAT I MISS ABOUT IN-PERSON NEPOOL MEETINGS
Kinship and camaraderie
Cookies at the DoubleTree
Small talk before/after sessions
Catching up at the Summer Meetings
NEPOOLM&Ms
Handshakes
Face-to-face interactions
Breakfast gossip
Traffic jams to and from Westborough
Souvenir note pads and pens
The ease of turning on and off the microphone button at in-person meetings
Rekindling friendships
The hallway conversations
The splash of my coffee on the tablecloth when I bump the table leg with my knee
Asking someone to plug me in
Dressing up
Getting lost at Seaport Hotel – is the meeting in the hotel or across the street?
Dinner with fellow NEPOOLers
The people and personalities of NEPOOL www.nepool.com
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