The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week accepted revised transmission formula rate protocols by four SPP and MISO utilities that had deficient protocols.
The commission also accepted a new protocol from Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities, a PJM member in Kentucky and Virginia.
While accepting the filings, FERC required further compliance filings within 60 days from Black Hills Power, which serves parts of South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana; Empire District Electric Co., with territory in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas; Kansas City Power & Light and KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations, with customers in Missouri and Kansas; and Westar Energy, which serves parts of Kansas.
The commission ordered the revisions for the SPP in July 2014, saying the existing protocols had impeded the ability to review and appeal transmission owners’ cost claims. The commission ordered similar revisions for MISO transmission owners in 2013. (See FERC OKs MISO, TO Rules on Formula Rate Challenges.)
The commission found that the provisions related to rate challenge procedures and transparency in all of the filings generally comply with directives in the July 2014 orders, but they required some additional modifications.
