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system with high DER penetration
where those resources do not participate
in the RTO/ISO markets? Would these
measures also help manage the safety
and reliability of a distribution system
where these resources do participate in
the RTO/ISO markets? Would additional
safety and reliability measures be
necessary if DERs participate in the
RTO/ISO markets, or would the current
safeguards against backflows, islanding,
or other concerns adequately ensure
safety and reliability? If additional
measures are necessary, what are they?
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Ongoing Operational Coordination
(Panel 7)
In the NOPR, the Commission
acknowledged that ongoing
coordination between the RTO/ISO, a
DER aggregator, and the relevant
distribution utility or utilities may be
necessary to ensure that the DER
aggregator is dispatching individual
resources in a DER aggregation
consistent with the limitations of the
distribution system.9 The Commission
proposed that each RTO/ISO revise its
tariff to establish a process for ongoing
coordination, including operational
coordination, among itself, the DER
aggregator, and the distribution utility to
maximize the availability of the DER
aggregation consistent with the safe and
reliable operation of the distribution
system. To help effectuate this proposal,
the Commission also proposed to
require each RTO/ISO to revise its tariff
to require the DER aggregator to report
to the RTO/ISO any changes to its
offered quantity and related distribution
factors that result from distribution line
faults or outages. The Commission also
sought comment on the level of detail
necessary in the RTO/ISO tariffs to
establish a framework for ongoing
coordination between the RTO/ISO, a
DER aggregator, and the relevant
distribution utility or utilities.
Comments are requested on the
following topics and questions that were
included in previous supplemental
notices:
1. What real-time data acquisition and
communication technologies are
currently in use to provide bulk power
system operators with visibility into the
distribution system? Are they adequate
to convey the information necessary for
transmission and distribution operators
to assess distribution system conditions
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in real time? Are new systems or
approaches needed? Does DER
aggregation require separate or
additional capabilities and
infrastructure for communication and
control?
2. What processes/protocols do
distribution utilities, transmission
operators, and DERs or DER aggregators
use to coordinate with each other? Are
these processes/protocols capable of
providing needed real-time
communications and coordination?
What new processes, resources, and
efforts will be required to achieve
effective real-time coordination?
3. What are the minimum set of
specific RTO/ISO operational protocols,
performance standards, and market
rules that should be adopted now to
ensure operational coordination for DER
aggregation participating in the RTO/
ISO markets? What additional protocols
may be important for the future? Should
the Commission adopt more
prescriptive requirements with respect
to coordination than those proposed in
the NOPR? If so, what should the
Commission require?
4. Should distribution utilities be able
to override RTO/ISO decisions
regarding day-ahead and real-time
dispatch of DER aggregations to resolve
local distribution reliability issues? If
so, should DER aggregations nonetheless
be subject to non-deliverability
penalties under such circumstances?
5. Is it possible for DERs or DER
aggregations participating in the RTO/
ISO markets to also be used to improve
distribution system operations and
reliability? If so, please provide
examples of how this could be
accomplished.
6. Can real-time dispatch of
aggregated DERs address distribution
constraints? If not, can tools be
developed to accomplish this?
7. Should individual DERs be
required to have communications
capabilities to comply with control
center obligations? What level of
communications security should be
employed for these communications?
8. How might recent and expected
technical advancements be used to
enhance the coordination of DER
aggregations, for example, integrating
Energy Management Systems (EMS) and
Distribution Management Systems
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. EL18–138–000]
Midcontinent Independent System
Operator, Inc., ALLETE, Inc., MontanaDakota Utilities Co., Northern Indiana
Public Service Company, Otter Tail
Power Company, Southern Indiana
Gas & Electric Company; Notice of
Institution of Section 206 Proceeding
and Refund Effective Date
On April 27, 2018, the Commission
issued an order in Docket No. EL18–
138–000 pursuant to section 206 of the
Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C.
824e (2012), instituting an investigation
into whether the transmission formula
rate templates of ALLETE, Inc.,
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., Northern
Indiana Public Service Company, Otter
Tail Power Company, and Southern
Indiana Gas & Electric Company under
Attachment O of the Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.
Open Access Transmission, Energy and
Operating Reserve Markets Tariff may
be unjust, unreasonable, or unduly
discriminatory or preferential.
Midcontinent Independent System
Operator, Inc., et al., 163 FERC 61, 061
(2018).
The refund effective date in Docket
Nos. EL18–138–000, established
pursuant to section 206(b) of the FPA,
will be the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register.
Any interested person desiring to be
heard in Docket Nos. EL18–138–000
must file a notice of intervention or
motion to intervene, as appropriate,
with the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE,
Washington, DC 20426, in accordance
with Rule 214 of the Commission’s
Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR
385.214 (2017), within 21 days of the
date of issuance of the order.
Dated: April 27, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. EL18-138-000]
Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., ALLETE, Inc.,
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., Northern Indiana Public Service Company,
Otter Tail Power Company, Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company;
Notice of Institution of Section 206 Proceeding and Refund Effective
Date
On April 27, 2018, the Commission issued an order in Docket No.
EL18-138-000 pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16
U.S.C. 824e (2012), instituting an investigation into whether the
transmission formula rate templates of ALLETE, Inc., Montana-Dakota
Utilities Co., Northern Indiana Public Service Company, Otter Tail
Power Company, and Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company under
Attachment O of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. Open
Access Transmission, Energy and Operating Reserve Markets Tariff may be
unjust, unreasonable, or unduly discriminatory or preferential.
Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., et al., 163 FERC 61,
061 (2018).
The refund effective date in Docket Nos. EL18-138-000, established
pursuant to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the date of publication
of this notice in the Federal Register.
Any interested person desiring to be heard in Docket Nos. EL18-138-
000 must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate, with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Rule 214 of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.214 (2017),
within 21 days of the date of issuance of the order.
Dated: April 27, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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