Before Commissioners: Cheryl A. LaFleur, Neil Chatterjee, Robert F. Powelson, and Richard Glick, 21285-21287 [2018-09854]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Before Commissioners: Cheryl A.
LaFleur, Neil Chatterjee, Robert F.
Powelson, and Richard Glick
CinCap V, LLC ......................................................................................................................................................
Duke Energy Beckjord, LLC .................................................................................................................................
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC ................................................................................................................................
Duke Energy Commercial Enterprises, Inc ..........................................................................................................
Duke Energy Florida, LLC ....................................................................................................................................
Duke Energy Progress, LLC ..................................................................................................................................
Duke Energy Renewable Services, LLC ...............................................................................................................
Duke Energy SAM, LLC .......................................................................................................................................
Louisville Gas and Electric Company .................................................................................................................
Kentucky Utilities Company ................................................................................................................................
LG&E Energy Marketing Inc .................................................................................................................................
Florida Power & Light Company .........................................................................................................................
Live Oak Solar, LLC .............................................................................................................................................
NextEra Energy Marketing, LLC ..........................................................................................................................
NEPM II, LLC ........................................................................................................................................................
River Bend Solar, LLC ..........................................................................................................................................
White Oak Solar, LLC ...........................................................................................................................................
White Pine Solar, LLC ..........................................................................................................................................
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Alabama Power Company ....................................................................................................................................
Southern Power Company ...................................................................................................................................
Mississippi Power Company ................................................................................................................................
Georgia Power Company ......................................................................................................................................
Gulf Power Company ...........................................................................................................................................
Oleander Power Project, Limited Partnership ....................................................................................................
Southern Company-Florida, LLC .........................................................................................................................
Mankato Energy Center, LLC ...............................................................................................................................
Tampa Electric Company .....................................................................................................................................
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Order Accepting Simultaneous
Transmission Import Limit Values for
the Southeast Region and Providing
Clarification on Simultaneous
Transmission Import Limit Studies
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1. In June 2017,1 CinCap V, LLC, Duke
Energy Beckjord, LLC, Duke Energy
Carolinas, LLC, Duke Energy
Commercial Enterprises, Inc., Duke
Energy Florida, LLC, Duke Energy
Progress, LLC, Duke Energy Renewable
Services, LLC, Duke Energy SAM, LLC;
Louisville Gas and Electric Company,
Kentucky Utilities Company, LG&E
Energy Marketing Inc.; Florida Power &
Light Company, Live Oak Solar, LLC,
NextEra Energy Marketing, LLC, NEPM
II, LLC, River Bend Solar, LLC, White
Oak Solar, LLC, White Pine Solar, LLC;
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company;
Southern Company Services, Inc.
(Southern Company), acting as agent for
Alabama Power Company, Southern
Power Company, Mississippi Power
Company, Georgia Power Company,
Gulf Power Company, and their
affiliates, Oleander Power Project,
Limited Partnership, Southern
Company—Florida LLC, Mankato
Energy Center, LLC; and Tampa Electric
Company (collectively, the Southeast
Transmission Owners) submitted
updated market power analyses for the
Southeast region in accordance with the
regional reporting schedule.2 The
Southeast Transmission Owners
included Simultaneous Transmission
Import Limit (SIL) values for the
December 2014–November 2015 study
period for balancing authority areas in
the Southeast region.
2. In this order, the Commission
accepts the SIL values identified in
Appendix A (Commission-accepted SIL
values). These Commission-accepted
SIL values will be used by the
Commission to analyze updated market
power analyses submitted by
transmission owners for the Southeast
1 We note that some of the Southeast
Transmission Owners submitted amendments to
their filings.
2 See Market-Based Rates for Wholesale Sales of
Electric Energy, Capacity and Ancillary Services by
Public Utilities, Order No. 697, FERC Stats. & Regs.
¶ 31,252, at P 882, clarified, 121 FERC ¶ 61,260
(2007), order on reh’g, Order No. 697–A, FERC
Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,268, clarified, 124 FERC ¶
61,055, order on reh’g, Order No. 697–B, FERC
Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,285 (2008), order on reh’g, Order
No. 697–C, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,291 (2009),
order on reh’g, Order No. 697–D, FERC Stats. &
Regs. ¶ 31,305 (2010), aff’d sub nom. Montana
Consumer Counsel v. FERC, 659 F.3d 910 (9th Cir.
2011), cert. denied, 133 S. Ct. 26 (2012). See also
Refinements to Policies and Procedures for MarketBased Rates for Wholesale Sales of Electric Energy,
Capacity and Ancillary Services by Public Utilities,
Order No. 816, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,374, at P
353 (2015), order on reh’g, Order No. 816–A, FERC
Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,382 (2016).
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region as well as any updated market
power analyses filed by nontransmission owning sellers in the
Southeast region for this study period.
SIL studies are used as a basis for
calculating import capability to serve
load in the relevant geographic market
when performing market power
analyses. SIL values quantify a study
area’s simultaneous import capability
from its aggregated first-tier area. The
values accepted herein are based on SIL
studies submitted by the Southeast
Transmission Owners with their
updated market power analyses. The
Southeast Transmission Owners’
updated market power analyses
themselves, including any responsive
pleadings, are being addressed in
separate orders in the relevant dockets.
3. We note that other transmission
owners in the Southeast region also
submitted updated market power
analyses. The updated market power
analyses for those transmission owners
have been or will be addressed in
separate orders in the relevant dockets.3
4. Additionally in this order, we
provide clarification on the calculation
of SIL values.
I. Background
5. In Order No. 697, the Commission
adopted a regional filing schedule for
filing updated market power analyses.4
The Commission explained that the
transmission-owning utilities have the
information necessary to perform SIL
studies and therefore determined that
such utilities would be required to file
their updated market power analyses in
advance of other entities in each
region.5
6. In addition to providing SIL studies
for their respective balancing authority
areas, the Southeast Transmission
Owners provided SIL studies for their
respective first-tier balancing authority
areas. Specifically, SIL studies were
submitted for the following balancing
authority areas that, collectively, are
first-tier to the Southeast Transmission
Owners: City of Tallahassee,
Jacksonville Electric Authority,
Midcontinent Independent System
Operator, Inc. (MISO),6 PowerSouth
Energy Cooperative, South Carolina
Public Service Authority (Santee
3 See, e.g., Alcoa Power Generating Inc., Docket
No. ER10–3069–007 (Dec. 1, 2017) (delegated
order).
4 Order No. 697, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,252 at
P 882.
5 Id. P 889.
6 This order does not address SIL values for the
MISO market. The SIL values for the MISO market
are addressed in a separate order. Entergy Arkansas,
Inc., Docket No. ER10–1763–003 (Apr. 11, 2018)
(delegated order).
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Cooper), Seminole Electric Cooperative,
and the Tennessee Valley Authority.
II. Discussion
7. We begin by commending the
Southeast Transmission Owners for
coordinating the preparation of their SIL
studies. Such coordination leads to
more accurate and consistent SIL study
results. The SIL values we accept herein
are based on calculations by the
Southeast Transmission Owners.
8. These calculations resulted in a few
cases where there were conflicting SIL
values for certain Florida balancing
authority areas.7 In those cases, we have
selected the values submitted by the
Tampa Electric Company.8
9. The Southeast Transmission
Owners generally performed their SIL
studies correctly. However, the review
of these filings, as well as the review of
filings for other regions, leads the
Commission to conclude that it is
appropriate to remind sellers of its
expectations, and provide clarification,
with respect to the calculation of SIL
values. As the Commission has
previously stated, each transmission
owner should utilize the methodologies
outlined in its Commission-approved
Open Access Transmission Tariff
(OATT) to calculate its simultaneous
import capability that would have been
available to suppliers in surrounding
first-tier markets during each seasonal
peak.9 The Commission has stated that
transfer capability should also include
any other limits (such as stability,
voltage, capacity benefit margin (CBM),
transmission reserve margin (TRM)) as
defined in the OATT and that existed
during each seasonal peak.10 In
addition, the Commission has stated
that the transmission owner must utilize
the Open Access Same-Time
Information System (OASIS) practices
consistent with the administration of its
tariff.11 The Commission has clarified
that the term ‘‘OASIS practices’’ refers
to the operating practices historically
used by the first-tier and study area
transmission providers to calculate and
post available transfer capability (ATC)
and to evaluate requests for firm
transmission service.12 The Commission
has specified that the SIL study should
7 Conflicting SIL values were submitted for the
Florida Power & Light Company, Duke Energy
Florida, and the Jacksonville Electric Authority
balancing authority areas.
8 Tampa Electric Company’s SIL study utilized
case studies based on models provided by the
Florida Reliability Coordinating Council.
9 AEP Power Marketing, Inc., 107 FERC ¶ 61,018,
at P 84, order on reh’g, 108 FERC ¶ 61,026 (2004).
10 Id.
11 Order No. 816, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,374 at
154.
12 Id.
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not deviate from and must reasonably
reflect the seller’s OASIS operating
practices.13 The Commission
emphasizes here that each transmission
owner’s SIL values must reflect TRM
and CBM in the same manner as utilized
to calculate and post ATC and to
evaluate requests for firm transmission
service.14
10. The Commission will use the
Commission-accepted SIL values
identified in Appendix A when
reviewing the pending updated market
power analyses submitted by
transmission owners in the Southeast
region as well as any updated market
power analyses filed by nontransmission owning sellers in the
Southeast region for this study period.
Future filers submitting screens for the
balancing authority areas and study
period identified in Appendix A are
encouraged to use these Commissionaccepted SIL values. In the alternative,
a filer may propose different SIL values
provided that the filer’s accompanying
SIL studies comply with Commission
directives and that the filer fully
supports the values used and explains
why the Commission should consider a
different SIL value for a particular study
area other than the Commissionaccepted SIL values provided in
Appendix A. In the event that the
results 15 for one or more of a particular
seller’s screens differ if the sellersupplied SIL value is used instead of the
Commission-accepted SIL value, the
order on that particular filing will
examine the seller-supplied SIL study
and address whether the seller-supplied
SIL value is acceptable. However, when
the overall results of the screens would
be unchanged, i.e., the seller would pass
using either set of SIL values or fail
using either set of SIL values, the
Commission-accepted SIL values found
in Appendix A will be used and the
order would not address the sellersupplied SIL values.
The Commission orders:
(A) The specific Commissionaccepted SIL values identified in
Appendix A to this order are hereby
accepted for purposes of analyzing
13 Order No. 697, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,252 at
P 354.
14 The SIL values that Southern Company derived
in its January 16, 2018 sensitivity analysis for the
Southern Company balancing authority area are
consistent with the clarification provided in this
order and therefore are the SIL values accepted by
the Commission.
15 Results refer to the results of the market share
and/or pivotal supplier screens. For example, if a
seller fails the market share screen for a particular
season in a particular market using either SIL value,
we would consider the result unchanged. Similarly,
if the seller passes the screen using either value, the
result is also unchanged.
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updated market power analyses for the
Southeast region, as discussed in the
body of this order.
(B) The Secretary is hereby directed to
publish a copy of this order in the
Federal Register.
By the Commission. Chairman McIntyre is
not participating.
Issued: May 1, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–09854 Filed 5–8–18; 8:45 am]
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Combined Notice of Filings
Take notice that the Commission has
received the following Natural Gas
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:
Filings Instituting Proceedings
Docket Numbers: RP18–783–000.
Applicants: Northern Natural Gas
Company.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing:
20180501 Winter PRA Fuel Rates to be
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Filed Date: 5/1/18.
Accession Number: 20180501–5380.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/14/18.
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Filed Date: 5/1/18.
Accession Number: 20180501–5382.
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Filed Date: 5/1/18.
Accession Number: 20180501–5383.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/14/18.
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Filed Date: 5/1/18.
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Applicants: Tennessee Gas Pipeline
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Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing:
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Filed Date: 5/1/18.
Accession Number: 20180501–5400.
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Accession Number: 20180501–5402.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Before Commissioners: Cheryl A. LaFleur, Neil Chatterjee, Robert
F. Powelson, and Richard Glick
CinCap V, LLC................ Docket No. ER10-1325-008
Duke Energy Beckjord, LLC.... Docket No. ER17-1968-000
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC... Docket No. ER17-1967-000
Duke Energy Commercial Docket No. ER17-1970-000
Enterprises, Inc.
Duke Energy Florida, LLC..... Docket No. ER17-1971-000
Duke Energy Progress, LLC.... Docket No. ER17-1964-000
Duke Energy Renewable Docket No. ER17-1972-000
Services, LLC.
Duke Energy SAM, LLC......... Docket No. ER17-1973-000
Louisville Gas and Electric Docket No. ER10-1511-007
Company.
Kentucky Utilities Company... Docket No. ER10-2231-006
LG&E Energy Marketing Inc.... Docket No. ER10-1714-009
Florida Power & Light Company Docket No. ER10-1852-017
Live Oak Solar, LLC.......... Docket No. ER16-1354-003
NextEra Energy Marketing, LLC Docket No. ER17-838-001
NEPM II, LLC................. Docket No. ER11-4462-026
River Bend Solar, LLC........ Docket No. ER16-1913-002
White Oak Solar, LLC......... Docket No. ER16-1293-003
White Pine Solar, LLC........ Docket No. ER16-1277-003
South Carolina Electric & Gas Docket No. ER10-2498-004
Company.
Alabama Power Company........ Docket No. ER10-2881-031
Southern Power Company....... Docket No. ER10-2882-033
Mississippi Power Company.... Docket No. ER10-2883-031
Georgia Power Company........ Docket No. ER10-2884-031
Gulf Power Company........... Docket No. ER10-2885-031
Oleander Power Project, Docket No. ER10-2641-030
Limited Partnership.
Southern Company-Florida, LLC Docket No. ER10-2663-031
Mankato Energy Center, LLC... Docket No. ER10-1874-005
Tampa Electric Company....... Docket No. ER10-1437-006
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Order Accepting Simultaneous Transmission Import Limit Values for the
Southeast Region and Providing Clarification on Simultaneous
Transmission Import Limit Studies
1. In June 2017,\1\ CinCap V, LLC, Duke Energy Beckjord, LLC, Duke
Energy Carolinas, LLC, Duke Energy Commercial Enterprises, Inc., Duke
Energy Florida, LLC, Duke Energy Progress, LLC, Duke Energy Renewable
Services, LLC, Duke Energy SAM, LLC; Louisville Gas and Electric
Company, Kentucky Utilities Company, LG&E Energy Marketing Inc.;
Florida Power & Light Company, Live Oak Solar, LLC, NextEra Energy
Marketing, LLC, NEPM II, LLC, River Bend Solar, LLC, White Oak Solar,
LLC, White Pine Solar, LLC; South Carolina Electric & Gas Company;
Southern Company Services, Inc. (Southern Company), acting as agent for
Alabama Power Company, Southern Power Company, Mississippi Power
Company, Georgia Power Company, Gulf Power Company, and their
affiliates, Oleander Power Project, Limited Partnership, Southern
Company--Florida LLC, Mankato Energy Center, LLC; and Tampa Electric
Company (collectively, the Southeast Transmission Owners) submitted
updated market power analyses for the Southeast region in accordance
with the regional reporting schedule.\2\ The Southeast Transmission
Owners included Simultaneous Transmission Import Limit (SIL) values for
the December 2014-November 2015 study period for balancing authority
areas in the Southeast region.
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\1\ We note that some of the Southeast Transmission Owners
submitted amendments to their filings.
\2\ See Market-Based Rates for Wholesale Sales of Electric
Energy, Capacity and Ancillary Services by Public Utilities, Order
No. 697, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,252, at P 882, clarified, 121 FERC
] 61,260 (2007), order on reh'g, Order No. 697-A, FERC Stats. &
Regs. ] 31,268, clarified, 124 FERC ] 61,055, order on reh'g, Order
No. 697-B, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,285 (2008), order on reh'g,
Order No. 697-C, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,291 (2009), order on
reh'g, Order No. 697-D, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,305 (2010), aff'd
sub nom. Montana Consumer Counsel v. FERC, 659 F.3d 910 (9th Cir.
2011), cert. denied, 133 S. Ct. 26 (2012). See also Refinements to
Policies and Procedures for Market-Based Rates for Wholesale Sales
of Electric Energy, Capacity and Ancillary Services by Public
Utilities, Order No. 816, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,374, at P 353
(2015), order on reh'g, Order No. 816-A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ]
31,382 (2016).
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2. In this order, the Commission accepts the SIL values identified
in Appendix A (Commission-accepted SIL values). These Commission-
accepted SIL values will be used by the Commission to analyze updated
market power analyses submitted by transmission owners for the
Southeast region as well as any updated market power analyses filed by
non-transmission owning sellers in the Southeast region for this study
period. SIL studies are used as a basis for calculating import
capability to serve load in the relevant geographic market when
performing market power analyses. SIL values quantify a study area's
simultaneous import capability from its aggregated first-tier area. The
values accepted herein are based on SIL studies submitted by the
Southeast Transmission Owners with their updated market power analyses.
The Southeast Transmission Owners' updated market power analyses
themselves, including any responsive pleadings, are being addressed in
separate orders in the relevant dockets.
3. We note that other transmission owners in the Southeast region
also submitted updated market power analyses. The updated market power
analyses for those transmission owners have been or will be addressed
in separate orders in the relevant dockets.\3\
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\3\ See, e.g., Alcoa Power Generating Inc., Docket No. ER10-
3069-007 (Dec. 1, 2017) (delegated order).
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4. Additionally in this order, we provide clarification on the
calculation of SIL values.
I. Background
5. In Order No. 697, the Commission adopted a regional filing
schedule for filing updated market power analyses.\4\ The Commission
explained that the transmission-owning utilities have the information
necessary to perform SIL studies and therefore determined that such
utilities would be required to file their updated market power analyses
in advance of other entities in each region.\5\
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\4\ Order No. 697, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,252 at P 882.
\5\ Id. P 889.
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6. In addition to providing SIL studies for their respective
balancing authority areas, the Southeast Transmission Owners provided
SIL studies for their respective first-tier balancing authority areas.
Specifically, SIL studies were submitted for the following balancing
authority areas that, collectively, are first-tier to the Southeast
Transmission Owners: City of Tallahassee, Jacksonville Electric
Authority, Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO),\6\
PowerSouth Energy Cooperative, South Carolina Public Service Authority
(Santee Cooper), Seminole Electric Cooperative, and the Tennessee
Valley Authority.
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\6\ This order does not address SIL values for the MISO market.
The SIL values for the MISO market are addressed in a separate
order. Entergy Arkansas, Inc., Docket No. ER10-1763-003 (Apr. 11,
2018) (delegated order).
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II. Discussion
7. We begin by commending the Southeast Transmission Owners for
coordinating the preparation of their SIL studies. Such coordination
leads to more accurate and consistent SIL study results. The SIL values
we accept herein are based on calculations by the Southeast
Transmission Owners.
8. These calculations resulted in a few cases where there were
conflicting SIL values for certain Florida balancing authority
areas.\7\ In those cases, we have selected the values submitted by the
Tampa Electric Company.\8\
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\7\ Conflicting SIL values were submitted for the Florida Power
& Light Company, Duke Energy Florida, and the Jacksonville Electric
Authority balancing authority areas.
\8\ Tampa Electric Company's SIL study utilized case studies
based on models provided by the Florida Reliability Coordinating
Council.
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9. The Southeast Transmission Owners generally performed their SIL
studies correctly. However, the review of these filings, as well as the
review of filings for other regions, leads the Commission to conclude
that it is appropriate to remind sellers of its expectations, and
provide clarification, with respect to the calculation of SIL values.
As the Commission has previously stated, each transmission owner should
utilize the methodologies outlined in its Commission-approved Open
Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) to calculate its simultaneous import
capability that would have been available to suppliers in surrounding
first-tier markets during each seasonal peak.\9\ The Commission has
stated that transfer capability should also include any other limits
(such as stability, voltage, capacity benefit margin (CBM),
transmission reserve margin (TRM)) as defined in the OATT and that
existed during each seasonal peak.\10\ In addition, the Commission has
stated that the transmission owner must utilize the Open Access Same-
Time Information System (OASIS) practices consistent with the
administration of its tariff.\11\ The Commission has clarified that the
term ``OASIS practices'' refers to the operating practices historically
used by the first-tier and study area transmission providers to
calculate and post available transfer capability (ATC) and to evaluate
requests for firm transmission service.\12\ The Commission has
specified that the SIL study should
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not deviate from and must reasonably reflect the seller's OASIS
operating practices.\13\ The Commission emphasizes here that each
transmission owner's SIL values must reflect TRM and CBM in the same
manner as utilized to calculate and post ATC and to evaluate requests
for firm transmission service.\14\
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\9\ AEP Power Marketing, Inc., 107 FERC ] 61,018, at P 84, order
on reh'g, 108 FERC ] 61,026 (2004).
\10\ Id.
\11\ Order No. 816, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,374 at 154.
\12\ Id.
\13\ Order No. 697, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,252 at P 354.
\14\ The SIL values that Southern Company derived in its January
16, 2018 sensitivity analysis for the Southern Company balancing
authority area are consistent with the clarification provided in
this order and therefore are the SIL values accepted by the
Commission.
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10. The Commission will use the Commission-accepted SIL values
identified in Appendix A when reviewing the pending updated market
power analyses submitted by transmission owners in the Southeast region
as well as any updated market power analyses filed by non-transmission
owning sellers in the Southeast region for this study period. Future
filers submitting screens for the balancing authority areas and study
period identified in Appendix A are encouraged to use these Commission-
accepted SIL values. In the alternative, a filer may propose different
SIL values provided that the filer's accompanying SIL studies comply
with Commission directives and that the filer fully supports the values
used and explains why the Commission should consider a different SIL
value for a particular study area other than the Commission-accepted
SIL values provided in Appendix A. In the event that the results \15\
for one or more of a particular seller's screens differ if the seller-
supplied SIL value is used instead of the Commission-accepted SIL
value, the order on that particular filing will examine the seller-
supplied SIL study and address whether the seller-supplied SIL value is
acceptable. However, when the overall results of the screens would be
unchanged, i.e., the seller would pass using either set of SIL values
or fail using either set of SIL values, the Commission-accepted SIL
values found in Appendix A will be used and the order would not address
the seller-supplied SIL values.
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\15\ Results refer to the results of the market share and/or
pivotal supplier screens. For example, if a seller fails the market
share screen for a particular season in a particular market using
either SIL value, we would consider the result unchanged. Similarly,
if the seller passes the screen using either value, the result is
also unchanged.
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The Commission orders:
(A) The specific Commission-accepted SIL values identified in
Appendix A to this order are hereby accepted for purposes of analyzing
updated market power analyses for the Southeast region, as discussed in
the body of this order.
(B) The Secretary is hereby directed to publish a copy of this
order in the Federal Register.
By the Commission. Chairman McIntyre is not participating.
Issued: May 1, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-09854 Filed 5-8-18; 8:45 am]
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