On April 21, 2022, NEPGA filed Comments in support of the ISO-NE and NEPOOL joint proposal to apply a 700 MW Renewable Technology Resource (RTR) exemption from the Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR) in FCAs 17 and 18, and to eliminate the existing MOPR for effect in FCA 19 (Docket No. ER22-1528-000). NEPGA asks FERC […]

On March 8, 2022, NEPGA filed Comments in support of ISO-NE’s request that FERC accept Tariff changes that would allow ISO-NE to re-set the FCA 17 schedule (No. ER22-1053-000). The Tariff establishes the many deadlines and steps Market Participants and ISO-NE must take over the course of the year leading up to each Forward Capacity […]

On February 22, 2022, NEPGA filed an Unopposed Motion to Intervene or in the Alternative Brief Amicus Curiae in support of ISO-NE’s February 18 motion to dissolve the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s stay of FERC’s January order accepting ISO-NE’s disqualification of the Killingly Energy Center from participating in FCA 16. In […]

On February 22, 2022, NEPGA filed comments in support of ISO-NE’s motion to temporarily waive the Tariff requirement that ISO-NE publish certain information following the running of FCA 16 (No. ER22-1060-000). On February 15, ISO-NE filed a motion with FERC asking for a waiver of its obligation to public de-list bid and capacity zone information […]

On January 18, 2022, NEPGA filed an Answer to NTE Connecticut LLC’s (owner and developer of the Killingly Energy Center (KEC)) Emergency Motion to Stay and Request for Rehearing in response to FERC’s order accepting ISO-NE’s termination of the KEC Capacity Supply Obligations (CSOs) and qualification for FCA 16 (Docket No. ER22-355-001). On January 4, […]

On October 12, 2021, NEPGA filed an Amended Protest and Comments on the Participating Transmission Owners’ (PTOs) and ISO-NE’s joint response to a deficiency letter served on those parties in response to their original filing proposing to amend the definition of Monthly Regional Network Load (MRNL) to newly allow Network Customers to not reconstitute their […]

On August 12, NEPGA filed an Answer challenging the Participating Transmission Owners’ (TOs) proposal to amend the definition of Monthly Regional Network Load (MRNL) to newly require Network Customers to not reconstitute their load profiles to account for the energy delivered by unregistered behind-the-meter resources (Docket No. ER21-2337). The Tariff currently requires that in calculating […]

On July 22, 2021, NEPGA filed a Protest of the Participating Transmission Owners’ and ISO-NE’s joint proposal to amend the definition of Monthly Regional Network Load (“MRNL”) providing that Network Customers shall not reconstitute their load profiles to account for the energy delivered by unregistered behind-the-meter resources (both with respect to retail meter and Pool […]

On July 19, 2021, NEPGA filed Post-Technical Conference comments following the May 25 FERC Technical Conference on resource adequacy and ISO-NE’s wholesale markets, with a particular emphasis on the potential elimination of the Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR) (Docket No. AD21-10-000). NEPGA explains that ISO-NE proposes to eliminate the MOPR and is considering other associated […]