NEPGA Testimony in favor of Senate Bill 584

On January 17, NEPGA submitted testimony in favor of New Hampshire Senate Bill 584, relative to application of the utility property tax to certain renewable electric generating facilities, and relative to communications services tax revenues.

NPEGA Files in Support of Day-Ahead Reserves – FERC Docket No. ER24-275-000

On November 21, 2023, NEPGA filed Comments in support of ISO-NE’s proposal to price and procure four types of reserves co-optimized with energy in the day-ahead energy market – its so-called Day-Ahead Ancillary Services proposal (Docket No. ER24-275-000). The proposal creates day-ahead ten-minute spinning, ten-minute non-spinning, thirty-minute operating, and energy imbalance reserves, while retiring the […]

NEPGA Files in Support of FCA 19 Delay – FERC Docket No. ER24-339-000

On November 24, 2023, NEPGA filed Comments in support of ISO-NE’s proposal to delay the nineteenth Forward Capacity Auction (FCA 19) by one year (No. ER24-339-000). ISO-NE proposes to delay FCA 19 to allow it and NEPOOL the additional time necessary to develop and vet the Resource Capacity Accreditation (RCA) changes for effect beginning in […]

NEPGA Files Comments in Support of Upward Mitigation Elimination – Docket No. ER24-324-000

On November 16, 2023, NEPGA filed comments in support of ISO-NE’s and NEPOOL’s joint filing of Tariff changes eliminating the potential for “upward mitigation” in the Real-Time Energy Market (Docket No. ER24-324). ISO-NE’s proposal responds to FERC’s May 5, Show Cause Order granting a Vistra request for the recovery of costs incurred but not recovered […]

NEPGA Petitions to Intervene in Central Maine Power Rate Case

On July 14, 2023, NEPGA filed a Petition to Intervene in the Maine Public Utilities Commission proceeding concerning Central Maine Power (CMP) rates, Request for Approval of Distribution Rate Increase and Rate Design Changes Pursuant to 35-A M.R.S. s. 307 (Docket No. 2022-00152). The proceeding concerns CMP base distribution rates, including potentially stranded cost rates […]

Testimony on Massachusetts Decarbonization Bills

On July 12 and 13, the New England Power Generators Association testified at public hearings on the following bills: H.3147; H.3231; S.2167; S.2080. Below is the written testimony that NEPGA filed with the legislature.

NEPGA Files Comments in Support of Cost Recovery

On April 4, 2023, NEPGA filed Comments in support of Dynegy Marketing Trading’s (DMT) (non-confidential, public filing) request that FERC accept its request for cost recovery for the operation of their resources on December 24, 2022 (on which day reserve deficiencies caused a Capacity Shortage Condition) (Docket No. ER23-1261). DMT asserts that its resources incurred […]

NEPGA Answers SATOA Pleadings – Docket Nos. ER23-739-000 and ER23-743-000

On February 6, 2023, NEPGA filed an Answer to the comments filed by National Grid and Vermont Electric Power Company and Vermont Transco (“VELCO”) in response to ISO-NE’s storage as transmission-only assets (SATOAs) proposal (Docket Nos. ER23-739-000 and ER23-743-000). National Grid asks FERC to either “clarify” or direct changes to ISO-NE’s proposal that would allow […]