FERC ruled on Thursday for the third time that an allegation of “price suppression” in the capacity market was outside of the scope of an ongoing proceeding to review a proposed agreement to prop up the struggling R.E. Ginna nuclear power plant in New York (ER15-1047).

FERC rejected TC Ravenswood’s request for rehearing of a previous order that granted rehearing for other aspects of the Ginna proceeding. TC Ravenswood had argued that FERC had incorrectly determined the reliability support services agreement’s effects on the capacity market were not relevant. (See NYPSC Approves 5.2% Ginna Rate Surcharge.)

Because the rehearing order reaffirmed FERC’s stance on the price suppression issue in its original order on Ginna, “we find that TC Ravenswood’s request for rehearing is improper and we will dismiss it,” the commission said.

– William Opalka