Regional Transmission Organizations and Wind Energy: A Happy Marriage or Divorce Proceedings?; Preprint

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Abstract

In 1996, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued Order 888, which required transmission-owning utilities under FERC jurisdiction to provide open access transmission service to eligible wholesale power customers. Among other things, the elements of electric service are unbundled, meaning that wind project developers must not only find a taker for the energy but also potentially makeinterconnection, ancillary service, and transmission arrangements for their wind projects. In 1999, the FERC issued Order 2000, which required transmission-owning utilities to file an intent with FERC on whether they have joined or plan to join a regional transmission organization (RTO). Order 2000 also required RTOs to meet certain criteria and be approved by FERC in order to begin operationsas an RTO. More recently, FERC said it would issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in 2002 on certain requirements and services, often termed 'standard market design' (SMD), that must be included in all transmission tariffs filed at FERC. This paper discusses the chronology of open access transmission issues, from Order 888 onward, and reviews some of the important issues raised by FERC's SMDinitiative.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages14
StatePublished - 2002
EventAmerican Wind Energy Association (AWEA) WINDPOWER 2002 Conference - Portland, Oregon
Duration: 2 Jun 20025 Jun 2002

Conference

ConferenceAmerican Wind Energy Association (AWEA) WINDPOWER 2002 Conference
CityPortland, Oregon
Period2/06/025/06/02

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/CP-500-32467

Keywords

  • regional transmission organizations
  • RTOS
  • utilities
  • wind energy

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