NYISO’s Business Issues Committee on Wednesday approved revisions to the Transmission and Dispatch Operations Manual that relate to generator fuel and emissions reporting (GFER) and are expected to become effective approximately two weeks after the Operating Committee approval on Feb. 11.

“Based on stakeholder feedback, we have developed the functionality within the GFER application to issue surveys both weekly and as requested survey by fuel type,” said John Stevenson, senior gas and electric analyst at the ISO. “Before we were surveying all generators just like we currently do and will continue to do in the annual survey, and this functionality allows us to hone that in on fuel types we may be interested in, such as fossil fuel generators, and allows us not to overwhelm stakeholders for whom these questions may not be applicable.”

The revisions say that NYISO may only solicit responses from generators that use fossil fuels to produce electricity, and all installed capacity suppliers must submit fuel and environmental restriction data at weekly and yearly intervals and as requested by the ISO. Yearly fuel surveys must be completed within 30 days of NYISO notification of their availability; weekly surveys by 1:00 p.m. of the first business day of each week; and as-requested surveys by 1:00 p.m. the day prior to the operating day the survey covers.

Stevenson agreed with one stakeholder that the rationale for the manual and GFER changes is to make the reporting requirements more practical, recognizing, for example, that wind turbines cannot predict how much wind is available for generation in future periods. “We’ve been getting feedback for a couple years now and … implemented that change,” he said.

ICAP Manual Revisions

The BIC also approved Installed Capacity Manual revisions to update the External Import Rights Limits for the 2021/22 capability year and reflect the maximum amount of import capacity allowed from neighboring control areas.

The proposed revisions affect Section 4.9.6 of the manual.

GE Multi-Area Reliability Simulation (MARS) simulations were performed on the locational minimum installed capacity requirements MARS database to determine capacity imports allowed without violating the loss of load expectation criterion.

The import capability for each control area will be subjected to a deliverability test, with any megawatts not deemed deliverable deducted from final values.

Deliverability results for import rights limits are scheduled for completion in mid-February, with final numbers to be released along with other summer capability period auction information on Feb. 26. That auction opens at the end of March.