[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 89 (Thursday, May 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27216-27217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09751]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. ER20-588-000]
Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.; Supplemental
Notice of Technical Conference
By order dated March 10, 2020,\1\ the Commission directed staff to
convene a technical conference regarding Midcontinent Independent
System Operator, Inc.'s (MISO) filing of proposed revisions to its Open
Access Transmission, Energy and Operating Reserve Markets Tariff to
allow for the selection of a storage facility as a transmission-only
asset (SATOA) in the MISO Transmission Expansion Plan (MTEP). The
technical conference will explore issues including, but not limited to,
MISO's proposed evaluation and selection criteria for SATOAs, the
SATOA's market activities and any potential wholesale market impacts of
those activities, how MISO's current formula rate structure
accommodates cost recovery for SATOAs, a SATOA's potential effects on
the generator interconnection queue, and operating guides that will
apply to a SATOA.\2\
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\1\ Midcontinent Indep. Sys. Operator, Inc., 170 FERC 61,186
(2020).
\2\ Id. P 56.
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As announced in the Notice of Technical Conference issued on April
10, 2020, the Commission will hold this staff-led technical conference
on Monday, May 4, 2020, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).
As explained in the April 10, 2020 notice, the conference will be held
remotely. Questions that will be discussed at the technical conference
were also included in the April 10, 2020 notice.
The conference will include discussions between Commission staff
and MISO. Commissioners may also participate in the technical
conference. If time permits, there may be an opportunity for parties
that are participating in the conference to ask questions or provide
comments. The technical conference will not be transcribed.
The agenda (attached to this Notice) and information on joining the
technical conference is posted on the Events Calendar available at
https://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx?View=listview.
Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations, please
send an email to [email protected] or call toll free 1-866-208-
3372 (voice) or 202-502-8659 (TTY); or send a fax to 202-208-2106 with
the required accommodations.
Following the technical conference, the Commission will consider
post-technical conference comments submitted on or before May 25, 2020.
The written comments will be included in the formal record of the
proceeding, which, together with the record developed to date, will
form the basis for further Commission action.
For more information about this technical conference, please
contact Mark Byrd, 202-502-8071, [email protected]. For information
related to logistics, please contact Sarah McKinley, 202-502-8368,
[email protected].
Dated: May 1, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
Storage as a Transmission-Only Asset (SATOA) in MISO
Technical Conference--Webex Teleconference
Monday, May 4, 2020
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Evaluation and Selection Criteria for SATOA
Identified Transmission System performance requirement
Unique Characteristics or Circumstances
Functioning as SATOA Compared to Market Participant
10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Evaluation and Selection Criteria for SATOA
(continued)
Traditional Transmission Project compared to SATOA
SATOA Evaluation Criteria
Communication of Decision Approving a SATOA
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. SATOA Market Activities and Market Impacts
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Meaning of ``Functional Control''
Impact of SATOA Activity on Wholesale Market
Information Regarding Market Participant
12:45 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m.-2:15 p.m. Cost Recovery for SATOAs
Formula Rate Structure
2:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Impact on the Generator Interconnection Queue
Assessing the Impact of a SATOA on Newly Interconnecting
Generating Resources
Assessment of Delays and Mitigation
3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m. Operating Guides Information in Operating
Guides
4:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Miscellaneous Emergency Conditions
Reliability Impacts
[FR Doc. 2020-09751 Filed 5-6-20; 8:45 am]
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