September 2018

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
NERC Chief: Inverter, Fuel Assurance Standards Needed
NERC CEO Jim Robb said he is pushing for new reliability standards to address fuel assurance concerns and settings for inverters on solar and storage.
MISO to Create NOLA Cost Allocation Zone
MISO said it will approve New Orleans’ request to make the city a cost allocation zone but is deferring action on an interregional cost-sharing plan by TOs.
MISO
MISO Queues up Interconnection Options
MISO announced plans to update its interconnection queue procedures to allow multiple projects to interconnect at one point on the system.
MISO Plan to Reduce Queue Studies Gets FERC Nod
FERC approved the MISO plan to cut some duplicate analyses from the first phase of its generation interconnection queue.
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ERCOT Technical Advisory Briefs: Sept. 27, 2018
ERCOT stakeholders granted Southern Cross Transmission’s request to create a new market participant category for DC tie operators after months of inaction.
MISO Contemplates Storage as Tx Reliability Asset
MISO floated a relatively simple straw proposal for treating energy storage as a reliability asset in its annual transmission plan.
NERC Chief: Inverter, Fuel Assurance Standards Needed
NERC CEO Jim Robb said he is pushing for new reliability standards to address fuel assurance concerns and ride-through settings for inverters on solar generation and storage.
Constellation Energy Nuclear Group
Appeals Court Upholds NY Nuclear Subsidies
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld New York’s zero-emission credits for nuclear generation, rejecting claims they intrude on FERC jurisdiction.
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FERC Upholds PJM TOs’ Supplemental Project Rules
FERC on Wednesday rejected a rehearing request over PJM Transmission Owners’ revised processes for planning supplemental projects, ruling it in compliance with Order 890.
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MISO Utilities Float New Load Forecasting Approach
A new proposal would require MISO load-serving entities to develop a 20-year base load forecast that includes predictions for non-coincident peaks.

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