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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No., AD14–18–000]
Joint Technical Conference on New
York Markets & Infrastructure; Second
Supplemental Notice of Technical
Conference
As announced in notices issued on
September 17, 2014 1 and October 10,
2014,2 the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission) and the New
York Public Service Commission will
hold a joint technical conference on
November 5, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00
p.m., to discuss issues of mutual interest
and concern regarding the installed
capacity market and energy
infrastructure in New York and review
the role of New York’s centralized
capacity market in attracting investment
and ensuring resource adequacy and
reliability. The conference will be held
in the New York Institute of Technology
Auditorium located at 1871 Broadway,
between 61st and 62nd Streets, New
York, NY 10023. An agenda identifying
panelists for this conference is attached.
This conference is free of charge and
open to the public.
The technical conference will be
transcribed. There will also be a free
webcast of the conference. The webcast
will allow persons to listen to the
technical conference but not participate.
There is limited seating available at the
conference venue, so those registrants
that have a confirmed space will be
contacted by email. We encourage all
others to take advantage of the free
webcast. The webcast is available at the
following Web site: https://bcove.me/
n8ovpqg7. The link will also be made
available by navigating to the Calendar
of Events at www.ferc.gov and locating
the technical conference in the
Calendar. A recording of the webcast
will be made available after the
conference in the same location on the
Calendar of Events.
While this conference is not for the
purpose of discussing specific cases, we
note that the discussions at the
conference may address matters at issue
in the following Commission
proceedings that are either pending or
within their rehearing period:
New York Independent System Operator, Inc ................................................................................................
New York Independent System Operator, Inc ................................................................................................
Independent Power Producers of New York, Inc. v. New York Independent System Operator, Inc .........
Hudson Transmission Partners, LLC v. New York Independent System Operator, Inc ..............................
Astoria Generating Company, L.P., et al. v. New York Independent System Operator, Inc .......................
Astoria Generating Company, L.P., et al. v. New York Independent System Operator, Inc .......................
New York Independent System Operator, Inc ................................................................................................
Dunkirk Power, LLC .........................................................................................................................................
Cayuga Operating Company, LLC ....................................................................................................................
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp ..........................................................................................................................
Information on the technical
conference will be posted on the Web
site https://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/
EventDetails.aspx?ID=7531&CalType=
%20amp;CalendarID=116&Date=11/05/
2014&View=Listview, as well as the
Calendar of Events on the Commission’s
Web site, https://www.ferc.gov, prior to
the conference.
Commission conferences are
accessible under section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For
1 Joint Technical Conference on New York
Markets & Infrastructure, Docket No. AD14–00018–
000 (September 17, 2014).
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Conference on New York Markets & Infrastructure,
Docket No. AD14–00018–000 (October 10, 2014).
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For more information about the
technical conference, please contact:
Kathleen Schnorf (Technical
Information), Office of Energy Market
Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–
8547, Kathleen.Schnorf@ferc.gov.
Betty Watson (Technical Information),
Office of Energy Policy and
Innovation, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–
8552, Betty.Watson@ferc.gov.
Kate Hoke (Legal Information), Office of
General Counsel, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,
(202) 502–8404, Katheryn.Hoke@
ferc.gov.
Sarah McKinley (Logistical
Information), Office of External
Affairs, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–
8004, Sarah.McKinley@ferc.gov.
October 31, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
Joint FERC–NYPSC Technical
Conference on New York Markets &
Infrastructure
Docket No. AD14–18–000, November 5,
2014
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Agenda
8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.—Registration
9:00 a.m.–9:30 a.m.—Opening remarks
by Commissioners
9:30 a.m.–10:15 a.m.—NYISO and
Independent Market Monitor
presentation
NYISO and the Independent Market
Monitor will report on the recent
performance of NYISO’s capacity
market. NYISO will also describe
current initiatives it is undertaking, and
hurdles it is facing, as it seeks to
improve performance of its capacity
market to attract adequate investment in
resources and infrastructure to
efficiently meet New York State’s
reliability/resource adequacy needs.
NYISO will provide information on
recent investments made in resources
and infrastructure through NYISO’s
markets and transmission planning
efforts, and discuss the implementation
of the new capacity zone in the Lower
Hudson Valley. NYISO will provide a
brief update on preparedness for the
upcoming winter. Finally, the
Independent Market Monitor will
provide its recommendations for
improved performance of NYISO’s
capacity market.
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10:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.—Panel One:
Assessing the performance of
NYISO’s capacity market design in
attracting investment in resources
and infrastructure to meet
reliability/resource adequacy needs
This session will discuss the role of
NYISO’s capacity market in attracting
investment in both resources and
infrastructure in order to meet New
York State’s reliability and/or resource
adequacy needs. In particular, panelists
should discuss the particular capacity
market design features that encourage
merchant investment in resources and
infrastructure. Panelists will be asked to
discuss how the capacity market is
addressing local and state-wide resource
adequacy and reliability issues at just
and reasonable rates. Finally, panelists
should discuss what changes, if any,
should be considered going forward to
improve the performance of NYISO’s
capacity market.
Panelists should be prepared to
discuss the following questions:
a. How do particular market design
features impact infrastructure
investment decisions by merchant
entities? How can these market design
aspects best address the interests of both
buyers and sellers? How do buyer-side
mitigation measures affect investment?
Should the NYISO capacity market
provide a longer revenue certainty
period (e.g., 3, 5, or 10 years)? Does the
existing NYISO capacity market
appropriately incent investment as
compared with three-year forward
market designs in other capacity
markets (e.g., PJM, ISO–NE)? Are longterm bilateral contracts a feasible
alternative procurement mechanism for
New York (e.g., California model)?
b. Are changes to NYISO’s capacity
market necessary to better ensure
resource performance during peak
demand conditions (summer or winter)?
c. Why are Reliability Support
Services (RSS) needed? What is the
effect of RSS agreements on the ability
of the NYISO capacity market to
efficiently meet the intended goal of
incentivizing investment in resources
and infrastructure? Are there other
market and infrastructure impacts of the
use of RSS agreements?
d. How does NYISO coordinate its
planning processes and its capacity
market? Are there possible
improvements in the coordination
efforts?
e. How is the planning of
transmission, generation and other
resources coordinated between retail
and wholesale markets?
Panelists:
Gavin Donohue—Independent Power
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Producers of New York
Glenn Haake—New York Power
Authority
Marji Philips—Direct Energy
Mike Mager—Multiple Intervenors
Raymond Kinney—New York State
Electric & Gas
Robert O. Gurman—Pocono Manor
Investors
12:15 p.m.–1:00 p.m.—Lunch Break
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.—Panel Two: Role
of NYISO’s capacity market in
attracting investment in resources
and infrastructure needed to meet
public policy objectives
This session will focus on whether,
and to what extent, NYISO’s capacity
market should play a role in attracting
investment in resources and
infrastructure to meet public policy
objectives. There may be a range of
public policy objectives, including
increasing renewable resources;
maintaining or increasing clean energy
resources to meet emission reduction
goals; increasing distributed resources;
increasing energy efficiency and
demand response resources;
maintaining fuel diversity; maintaining
price stability for customers (wholesale,
retail, commercial and industrial);
economic development; and spurring
investment in resources and
infrastructure (both power lines and gas
pipelines). Panelists should address
whether these objectives are
appropriately addressed through the
NYISO capacity market. If so, this
session will also include a discussion of
whether certain aspects of the current
NYISO capacity market design—in
particular the capacity market product
definition—need to change to achieve
the requisite public policy objectives.
The discussion may also explore
whether some of these objectives are
complementary or in conflict with other
objectives.
Panelists should be prepared to
discuss the following questions:
a. Are changes to the capacity market
needed to account for fuel availability/
firmness of fuel, or to differentiate the
value of capacity resources based on the
‘‘firmness’’ of fuel arrangements?
b. Should the capacity market
specifically account for or otherwise
value resources that are intended to
meet current or future public policy
goals (e.g., fuel diversity or emission
reduction goals)? How should there be
modifications to the buyer-side
mitigation rules to help achieve those
goals?
c. What price signals and tariff
changes may be needed to achieve the
objectives under discussion in the PSC’s
Reforming the Energy Vision (REV)
proceeding?
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d. Are there market, environmental, or
other barriers to entry in certain
locations or for certain kinds of
resources (e.g., repowering assets in
New York City)?
e. Are there broader market design
features outside of the capacity market
(e.g., scarcity and shortage pricing) that
could be adjusted to account for public
policy objectives (e.g., increasing
renewables)?
Panelists:
Kevin Lang—City of New York
Jackson Morris—Natural Resources
Defense Council
John Reese—USPowerGen
James Holodak Jr.—National Grid
Patricia Stanton—Conservation
Services Group
Scott Harvey—FTI Consulting
3:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m.—Break
3:15 p.m.–4:00 p.m.—Roundtable
discussion among Commissioners/
Wrap up
Discussion of possible paths forward
for identified issues and solutions.
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Commission staff will hold a technical
conference on November 20, 2014. The
technical conference will focus on
discussing the information and studies
needed to evaluate downstream passage
of juvenile American shad and adult
American eel at the Vernon Project,
including the methods proposed in
TransCanada’s Vernon Hydroacoustic
Study Plan. Discussion topics for the
technical conference are included in
Appendix A.
In addition to the technical
conference, Commission staff will hold
an environmental site review of the
Vernon Project on November 19, 2014.
All local, state, and federal agencies,
Indian tribes, and other interested
parties are invited to attend the site
review and technical conference. The
technical conference will be transcribed
by a court reporter. If the number of
participants wishing to speak at the
technical conference creates time
constraints, Commission staff may, at its
discretion, limit the speaking time of
participants. The dates, times, and
meeting locations for the site review and
technical conference are listed below.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Site Review
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2014.
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Place: 152 Governor Hunt Road,
Vernon, VT 05354.
[Project No. 1904–073]
Technical Conference
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TransCanada Hydro Northeast Inc.;
Notice of Technical Conference and
Environmental Site Review
TransCanada Hydro Northeast Inc.
(TransCanada) is currently using the
Integrated Licensing Process to prepare
an application for a new license (due to
be filed on April 30, 2016) for the
Vernon Hydroelectric Project No. 1904–
73 (Vernon Project). The 32.4-megawatt
Vernon Project is located on the
Connecticut River in Cheshire County,
New Hampshire and Windsor and
Windham Counties, Vermont. On
February 21, 2014, the Director of the
Office of Energy Projects issued a Study
Plan Determination requiring
TransCanada to conduct 21 studies,
including the development of a plan to
conduct hydroacoustic studies of
downstream passage of juvenile
American shad and adult American eel.
On March 24, 2014, TransCanada filed
a request for rehearing of the
requirement to conduct hydroacoustic
studies, which is currently pending
before the Commission.
On September 15, 2014, TransCanada
filed its proposed Vernon Hydroacoustic
Study Plan. To gather additional
information and assist the Commission
in its review of the proposed study,
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Date: Thursday, November 20, 2014.
Time: 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Place: The Emerson Room, Courtyard
Keene Downtown, 75 Railroad Street,
Keene, NH 03431.
If you plan to attend the site review,
you must call or email John Ragonese
(phone: (603) 225–5528; email: john_
ragonese@transcanada.com) by
November 17, 2014, and identify the
number of individuals in your group.
During the site review, participants will
be required to wear steel-toed shoes. A
limited number of toe protection
devices will be available, but
participants are strongly encouraged to
bring their own.
If you have any questions, please
contact Bill Connelly at 202–502–8587.
Dated: October 31, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
APPENDIX A
Technical Conference Discussion Topics
Information Needs
1. Timing of juvenile American shad and
adult American eel runs.
2. Relative abundance and/or magnitude of
juvenile American shad and adult American
eel runs.
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3. Delay of juvenile American shad and
adult American eel downstream passage.
4. Downstream passage route selection by
juvenile American shad and adult American
eel.
Study Methods
1. Radio telemetry or other individual
tracking technologies: What information can
be obtained with these methods? What are
the benefits of using these methods? What are
the drawbacks?
2. Hydroacoustics and other fixed
recording technologies: What information
can be obtained with these methods? What
are the benefits of using these methods? What
are the drawbacks?
3. Other study methods: Are there other
study methods that could be used to obtain
information about downstream passage of
juvenile American shad and adult American
eel? What are the benefits of using these
methods? What are the drawbacks?
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. EL14–37–000]
PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.; Notice of
Technical Conference
By order issued in this proceeding on
August 29, 2014,1 the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission)
directed its staff to convene a technical
conference concerning the justness and
reasonableness of PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.’s (PJM) existing tariff provisions
related to the Financial Transmission
Rights (FTR) forfeiture rule and uplift
allocations as applied to Up-to
Congestion (UTC) transactions and
virtual (INC/DEC) transactions.2 The
technical conference will explore
whether: (1) PJM’s FTR forfeiture rules
as they apply to UTC transactions and
INCs/DECs are just and reasonable; and
(2) PJM’s current uplift allocation rules
associated with UTC transactions and
INCs/DECs are just and reasonable. Take
notice that the technical conference will
be held on Wednesday, January 7, 2015
from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST in the
Commission Meeting Room at the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426. Commission members may
participate in the technical conference.
The technical conference will be open
for the public to attend. Advance
1 PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 148 FERC ¶ 61,144
(2014).
2 An INC is a virtual offer to sell energy at a
specified source bus in the PJM day-ahead market.
A DEC is a virtual bid to purchase energy at a
specified sink bus in the PJM day-ahead market. See
id. P 1, n.3.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No., AD14-18-000]
Joint Technical Conference on New York Markets & Infrastructure;
Second Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference
As announced in notices issued on September 17, 2014 \1\ and
October 10, 2014,\2\ the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) and the New York Public Service Commission will hold a
joint technical conference on November 5, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00
p.m., to discuss issues of mutual interest and concern regarding the
installed capacity market and energy infrastructure in New York and
review the role of New York's centralized capacity market in attracting
investment and ensuring resource adequacy and reliability. The
conference will be held in the New York Institute of Technology
Auditorium located at 1871 Broadway, between 61st and 62nd Streets, New
York, NY 10023. An agenda identifying panelists for this conference is
attached. This conference is free of charge and open to the public.
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\1\ Joint Technical Conference on New York Markets &
Infrastructure, Docket No. AD14-00018-000 (September 17, 2014).
\2\ Supplemental Notice of Joint Technical Conference on New
York Markets & Infrastructure, Docket No. AD14-00018-000 (October
10, 2014).
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The technical conference will be transcribed. There will also be a
free webcast of the conference. The webcast will allow persons to
listen to the technical conference but not participate. There is
limited seating available at the conference venue, so those registrants
that have a confirmed space will be contacted by email. We encourage
all others to take advantage of the free webcast. The webcast is
available at the following Web site: https://bcove.me/n8ovpqg7. The link
will also be made available by navigating to the Calendar of Events at
www.ferc.gov and locating the technical conference in the Calendar. A
recording of the webcast will be made available after the conference in
the same location on the Calendar of Events.
While this conference is not for the purpose of discussing specific
cases, we note that the discussions at the conference may address
matters at issue in the following Commission proceedings that are
either pending or within their rehearing period:
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New York Independent Docket No. ER12-2414
System Operator, Inc.
New York Independent Docket No. ER10-2371
System Operator, Inc.
Independent Power Docket No. EL13-62
Producers of New York, Inc.
v. New York Independent
System Operator, Inc.
Hudson Transmission Docket No. EL12-98
Partners, LLC v. New York
Independent System Operator,
Inc.
Astoria Generating Docket No. EL11-50
Company, L.P., et al. v. New
York Independent System
Operator, Inc.
Astoria Generating Docket No. EL11-42
Company, L.P., et al. v. New
York Independent System
Operator, Inc.
New York Independent Docket No. EL07-39
System Operator, Inc.
Dunkirk Power, LLC.. Docket No. ER12-2237
Cayuga Operating Docket No. ER13-405
Company, LLC.
Niagara Mohawk Power Docket No. ER14-543
Corp.
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Information on the technical conference will be posted on the Web
site https://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?ID=7531&CalType=%20amp;CalendarID=116&Date=11/05/
2014&View=Listview, as well as the Calendar of Events on the
Commission's Web site, https://www.ferc.gov, prior to the conference.
Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations, please
send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 1-866-208-
3372 (voice) or 202-502-8659 (TTY), or send a FAX to 202-208-2106 with
the required accommodations.
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For more information about the technical conference, please
contact:
Kathleen Schnorf (Technical Information), Office of Energy Market
Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8547, Kathleen.Schnorf@ferc.gov.
Betty Watson (Technical Information), Office of Energy Policy and
Innovation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8552, Betty.Watson@ferc.gov.
Kate Hoke (Legal Information), Office of General Counsel, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426, (202) 502-8404, Katheryn.Hoke@ferc.gov.
Sarah McKinley (Logistical Information), Office of External Affairs,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington,
DC 20426, (202) 502-8004, Sarah.McKinley@ferc.gov.
October 31, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
Joint FERC-NYPSC Technical Conference on New York Markets &
Infrastructure
Docket No. AD14-18-000, November 5, 2014
Agenda
8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.--Registration
9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m.--Opening remarks by Commissioners
9:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m.--NYISO and Independent Market Monitor presentation
NYISO and the Independent Market Monitor will report on the recent
performance of NYISO's capacity market. NYISO will also describe
current initiatives it is undertaking, and hurdles it is facing, as it
seeks to improve performance of its capacity market to attract adequate
investment in resources and infrastructure to efficiently meet New York
State's reliability/resource adequacy needs. NYISO will provide
information on recent investments made in resources and infrastructure
through NYISO's markets and transmission planning efforts, and discuss
the implementation of the new capacity zone in the Lower Hudson Valley.
NYISO will provide a brief update on preparedness for the upcoming
winter. Finally, the Independent Market Monitor will provide its
recommendations for improved performance of NYISO's capacity market.
10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.--Panel One: Assessing the performance of NYISO's
capacity market design in attracting investment in resources and
infrastructure to meet reliability/resource adequacy needs
This session will discuss the role of NYISO's capacity market in
attracting investment in both resources and infrastructure in order to
meet New York State's reliability and/or resource adequacy needs. In
particular, panelists should discuss the particular capacity market
design features that encourage merchant investment in resources and
infrastructure. Panelists will be asked to discuss how the capacity
market is addressing local and state-wide resource adequacy and
reliability issues at just and reasonable rates. Finally, panelists
should discuss what changes, if any, should be considered going forward
to improve the performance of NYISO's capacity market.
Panelists should be prepared to discuss the following questions:
a. How do particular market design features impact infrastructure
investment decisions by merchant entities? How can these market design
aspects best address the interests of both buyers and sellers? How do
buyer-side mitigation measures affect investment? Should the NYISO
capacity market provide a longer revenue certainty period (e.g., 3, 5,
or 10 years)? Does the existing NYISO capacity market appropriately
incent investment as compared with three-year forward market designs in
other capacity markets (e.g., PJM, ISO-NE)? Are long-term bilateral
contracts a feasible alternative procurement mechanism for New York
(e.g., California model)?
b. Are changes to NYISO's capacity market necessary to better
ensure resource performance during peak demand conditions (summer or
winter)?
c. Why are Reliability Support Services (RSS) needed? What is the
effect of RSS agreements on the ability of the NYISO capacity market to
efficiently meet the intended goal of incentivizing investment in
resources and infrastructure? Are there other market and infrastructure
impacts of the use of RSS agreements?
d. How does NYISO coordinate its planning processes and its
capacity market? Are there possible improvements in the coordination
efforts?
e. How is the planning of transmission, generation and other
resources coordinated between retail and wholesale markets?
Panelists:
Gavin Donohue--Independent Power Producers of New York
Glenn Haake--New York Power Authority
Marji Philips--Direct Energy
Mike Mager--Multiple Intervenors
Raymond Kinney--New York State Electric & Gas
Robert O. Gurman--Pocono Manor Investors
12:15 p.m.-1:00 p.m.--Lunch Break
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.--Panel Two: Role of NYISO's capacity market in
attracting investment in resources and infrastructure needed to meet
public policy objectives
This session will focus on whether, and to what extent, NYISO's
capacity market should play a role in attracting investment in
resources and infrastructure to meet public policy objectives. There
may be a range of public policy objectives, including increasing
renewable resources; maintaining or increasing clean energy resources
to meet emission reduction goals; increasing distributed resources;
increasing energy efficiency and demand response resources; maintaining
fuel diversity; maintaining price stability for customers (wholesale,
retail, commercial and industrial); economic development; and spurring
investment in resources and infrastructure (both power lines and gas
pipelines). Panelists should address whether these objectives are
appropriately addressed through the NYISO capacity market. If so, this
session will also include a discussion of whether certain aspects of
the current NYISO capacity market design--in particular the capacity
market product definition--need to change to achieve the requisite
public policy objectives. The discussion may also explore whether some
of these objectives are complementary or in conflict with other
objectives.
Panelists should be prepared to discuss the following questions:
a. Are changes to the capacity market needed to account for fuel
availability/firmness of fuel, or to differentiate the value of
capacity resources based on the ``firmness'' of fuel arrangements?
b. Should the capacity market specifically account for or otherwise
value resources that are intended to meet current or future public
policy goals (e.g., fuel diversity or emission reduction goals)? How
should there be modifications to the buyer-side mitigation rules to
help achieve those goals?
c. What price signals and tariff changes may be needed to achieve
the objectives under discussion in the PSC's Reforming the Energy
Vision (REV) proceeding?
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d. Are there market, environmental, or other barriers to entry in
certain locations or for certain kinds of resources (e.g., repowering
assets in New York City)?
e. Are there broader market design features outside of the capacity
market (e.g., scarcity and shortage pricing) that could be adjusted to
account for public policy objectives (e.g., increasing renewables)?
Panelists:
Kevin Lang--City of New York
Jackson Morris--Natural Resources Defense Council
John Reese--USPowerGen
James Holodak Jr.--National Grid
Patricia Stanton--Conservation Services Group
Scott Harvey--FTI Consulting
3:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m.--Break
3:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m.--Roundtable discussion among Commissioners/Wrap up
Discussion of possible paths forward for identified issues and
solutions.
[FR Doc. 2014-26565 Filed 11-7-14; 8:45 am]
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