FERC Order Conditionally Approved California ISO’s Order No. 1000 Compliance Filing
In an order issued April 18, 2013, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") conditionally approved the Order No. 1000 compliance filing submitted by the California Independent System Operator Corporation ("CAISO") addressing local and regional transmission planning and cost allocation processes set forth in the CAISO Open Access Transmission Tariff. FERC required CAISO to submit a further compliance filing within 120 days of the order to address certain further tariff modificati
. . . Roxane E. Maywalt
; Raymond B. Wuslich
April 22, 2013
FERC Acted on Four Order No. 1000 Compliance Filings
In orders issued April 18 and 19, 2013, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission acted upon four filings made in response to its directives in Order No. 1000. The linked memorandum summarizes the Commission's rulings on the Order No. 1000 compliance filings by NorthWestern Corporation and South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, in which the Commission directed further compliance by each utility. Also summarized are the Commission's grant of requests for waiver from compliance with Ord
. . . Roxane E. Maywalt
; Raymond B. Wuslich; Victoria L Hsia
April 22, 2013
FERC Issued Order No. 773-A on Rehearing and Clarification of NERC Bulk Electric System Definition and Exceptions Process Under Rules of Procedure
In its Order No. 773-A, issued April 18, 2013, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission denied in part and granted in part requests for rehearing, and made certain clarifications, of its December 20, 2012 Order No. 773 in which it approved the revised definition of "Bulk Electric System" as developed by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation ("NERC"), for determining which facilities or elements are subject to NERC's Reliability Standards. Order No. 773-A also responded to c
. . . Roxane E. Maywalt
; Raymond B. Wuslich
April 19, 2013
FERC Issues Order Clarifying Certain Electric Quarterly Report Requirements
On April 18, 2013, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") issued an order on rehearing and clarification of its September 2012 Final Rule ("Order No. 768") under which it required non-public utilities that have more than a de minimis market presence to file Electric Quarterly Reports ("EQR") and revising certain EQR filing requirements applicable to both public and non-public utility market participants in the interstate wholesale electric markets. In the April 18 order, F
. . . Roxane E. Maywalt
; Raymond B. Wuslich
April 19, 2013
FERC Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Generator Requirements at the Transmission Interface, Docket No. RM12-16-000
On April 18, 2013, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing to adopt modifications to four existing Reliability Standards as submitted by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation ("NERC"). FERC proposes to approve revised Reliability Standards FAC-001-1 (Facility Connection Requirements), FAC-003-3 (Transmission Vegetation Management), PRC-004-2.1a (Analysis and Mitigation of Transmission and Generation Protection Syste
. . . Roxane E. Maywalt
; Raymond B. Wuslich
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