NEPGA filed a Limited Protest of the cost-of-service (COS) agreement for the Mystic Units (No. ER18-1639), asking FERC to correct for certain terms in the proposed COS agreement that could cause energy and capacity market price suppression, including the limit on Mystic Unit energy offers to not exceed Energy Market Reference Levels (which are set […]

On May 25, the New England States Committee on Electricity’s (NESCOE) filed a motion to extend the comment period in NEPGA’s fuel security resource pricing complaint proceeding (No. EL18-154), asserting that a two-week extension is necessary due to the “complex” issues raised by NEPGA’s complaint, the existence of other “interrelated” proceedings, and a common comment […]

On May 23, 2018, NEPGA filed two related pleadings at FERC: A Complaint (with a request for fast-track processing) asking for relief from ISO-NE’s proposal to re-price the Mystic 8 and 9 Units, or any other resources subsequently retained for fuel security, as price-takers in the FCA, and offering a remedy that would require such […]

NEPGA filed a Motion to Intervene and Comments in the grid resilience administrative docket open before FERC (No. AD18-7).  NEPGA asks FERC to take notice that the Operational Fuel Security Analysis produced by ISO-NE, which ISO-NE offers as a “framework” for understanding the “fuel security risk” in New England, does not define that risk because […]

NEPGA filed an Answer to the Motion for Clarification filed by the New England States Committee on Electricity (NESCOE) in the Peak Energy Rent (PER) settlement proceeding (Nos. EL16-120, et al.). In its Motion, NESCOE asks the Commission to find that the terms agreed to the in the PER settlement do not apply to capacity […]

NEPGA filed a Protest and supporting Affidavit from Paul Sotkiewicz in response to the ISO-NE/Internal Market Monitor proposal to reduce the Dynamic De-List Bid Threshold from $5.50/kW-month in FCA 12 to $4.30/kW-month in FCAs 13-15 (No. ER18-619).  NEPGA argues that the Dynamic De-List Bid Threshold proposed by ISO-NE and the IMM is unjust and unreasonable […]

NEPGA filed Comments and a Limited Protest of ISO-NE’s proposal to create a second auction – a Substitution Auction – to allow certain subsidized clean, renewable and alternative energy resources the opportunity to acquire a Capacity Supply Obligation when they are not economic in the Forward Capacity Auction (No. ER18-619).  NEPGA offered its support for […]

On December 20, 2-17, Calpine Corporation and LS Power Associates (the Complainants) filed a complaint asking FERC to order ISO-NE to adopt a Tariff provision that would cause ISO-NE to not offer Unit 1 of the Clear River Energy Center (Clear River) as supply in FCA 12 and to not compensate Unit 1 during the […]