Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.; Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference, 27216-27217 [2020-09751]

Download as PDF khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES 27216 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 89 / Thursday, May 7, 2020 / Notices Applicants: Ewington Energy Systems, LLC. Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: Ewington Energy MBR Tariff Filing to be effective 5/1/2020. Filed Date: 5/1/20. Accession Number: 20200501–5306. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/22/20. Docket Numbers: ER20–1749–000. Applicants: Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Description: Tariff Cancellation: Notice of Termination Vistra Energy E&P Agreement (SA 2100 EP–24) to be effective 7/1/2020. Filed Date: 5/1/20. Accession Number: 20200501–5307. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/22/20. Docket Numbers: ER20–1750–000. Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc. Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Roughrider Electric Cooperative, Inc. Formula Rate to be effective 7/1/2020. Filed Date: 5/1/20. Accession Number: 20200501–5312. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/22/20. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric securities filings: Docket Numbers: ES20–34–000; ES20–35–000; ES20–36–000. ES20–37– 000; ES20–38–000; ES20–39–000. Applicants: Entergy Arkansas, LLC, Entergy Louisiana, LLC, Entergy Mississippi, LLC, Entergy New Orleans, LLC, Entergy Texas, Inc., System Energy Resources, Inc. Description: Joint Application Under Section 204 of the Federal Power Act for Authorization to Issue Securities of Entergy Arkansas, LLC, et al. Filed Date: 4/30/20. Accession Number: 20200430–5491. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/21/20. Take notice that the Commission received the following public utility holding company filings: Docket Numbers: PH20–10–000. Applicants: Riverstone Management Group, L.L.C., Riverstone Holdings LLC. Description: Riverstone Management Group, L.L.C. et al. submits FERC 65–B Updated Waiver Notification. Filed Date: 4/30/20. Accession Number: 20200430–5488. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/21/20. The filings are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system by clicking on the links or querying the docket number. Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:45 May 06, 2020 Jkt 250001 time on the specified comment date. Protests may be considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the proceeding. eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying facilities filings can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/ docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Dated: May 1, 2020. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2020–09759 Filed 5–6–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. ER20–588–000] Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.; Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference By order dated March 10, 2020,1 the Commission directed staff to convene a technical conference regarding Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.’s (MISO) filing of proposed revisions to its Open Access Transmission, Energy and Operating Reserve Markets Tariff to allow for the selection of a storage facility as a transmission-only asset (SATOA) in the MISO Transmission Expansion Plan (MTEP). The technical conference will explore issues including, but not limited to, MISO’s proposed evaluation and selection criteria for SATOAs, the SATOA’s market activities and any potential wholesale market impacts of those activities, how MISO’s current formula rate structure accommodates cost recovery for SATOAs, a SATOA’s potential effects on the generator interconnection queue, and operating guides that will apply to a SATOA.2 As announced in the Notice of Technical Conference issued on April 10, 2020, the Commission will hold this staff-led technical conference on Monday, May 4, 2020, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). As explained in the April 10, 2020 notice, the conference will be held remotely. Questions that will be discussed at the technical conference were also included in the April 10, 2020 notice. The conference will include discussions between Commission staff 1 Midcontinent Indep. Sys. Operator, Inc., 170 FERC 61,186 (2020). 2 Id. P 56. PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 and MISO. Commissioners may also participate in the technical conference. If time permits, there may be an opportunity for parties that are participating in the conference to ask questions or provide comments. The technical conference will not be transcribed. The agenda (attached to this Notice) and information on joining the technical conference is posted on the Events Calendar available at https:// www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList. aspx?View=listview. 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. Following the technical conference, the Commission will consider posttechnical conference comments submitted on or before May 25, 2020. The written comments will be included in the formal record of the proceeding, which, together with the record developed to date, will form the basis for further Commission action. For more information about this technical conference, please contact Mark Byrd, 202–502–8071, mark.byrd@ ferc.gov. For information related to logistics, please contact Sarah McKinley, 202–502–8368, sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov. Dated: May 1, 2020. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. Storage as a Transmission-Only Asset (SATOA) in MISO Technical Conference—Webex Teleconference Monday, May 4, 2020 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Evaluation and Selection Criteria for SATOA • Identified Transmission System performance requirement • Unique Characteristics or Circumstances • Functioning as SATOA Compared to Market Participant 10:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. Break 10:45 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Evaluation and Selection Criteria for SATOA (continued) • Traditional Transmission Project compared to SATOA • SATOA Evaluation Criteria • Communication of Decision Approving a SATOA 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. SATOA Market Activities and Market Impacts E:\FR\FM\07MYN1.SGM 07MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 89 / Thursday, May 7, 2020 / Notices • Meaning of ‘‘Functional Control’’ • Impact of SATOA Activity on Wholesale Market • Information Regarding Market Participant 12:45 p.m.–1:30 p.m. Lunch 1:30 p.m.–2:15 p.m. Cost Recovery for SATOAs • Formula Rate Structure 2:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Impact on the Generator Interconnection Queue • Assessing the Impact of a SATOA on Newly Interconnecting Generating Resources • Assessment of Delays and Mitigation 3:30 p.m.–3:45 p.m. Break 3:45 p.m.–4:15 p.m. Operating Guides • Information in Operating Guides 4:15 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Miscellaneous • Emergency Conditions • Reliability Impacts [FR Doc. 2020–09751 Filed 5–6–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 13–039] khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Green Island Power Authority and Albany Engineering Corporation; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing, Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection: a. Application Type: Amendment of license. b. Project No: 13–039. c. Date Filed: April 8, 2020. d. Applicant: Green Island Power Authority and Albany Engineering Corp. e. Name of Project: Green Island Project. f. Location: The project is located on the Hudson River in Albany County, New York. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. h. Applicant Contact: Wendy Jo Carey, P.E., 5 Washington Square, Albany, NY 12205, (518) 456–7712 email: wendy@albanyengineering.com. i. FERC Contact: Joseph Enrico, (212) 273–5917, joseph.enrico@ferc.gov. j. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, and protests: June 15, 2020. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file comments, motions to intervene, and protests using VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:45 May 06, 2020 Jkt 250001 the Commission’s eFiling system at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at https:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include docket number P–13–039. Comments emailed to Commission staff are not considered part of the Commission record. The Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure require all intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person whose name appears on the official service list for the project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document on that resource agency. k. Description of Request: The licensee proposes to amend the project license to remove the expansion of the forebay and existing powerhouse expansion on its east and west sides to accommodate four new 6.0 megawatt (MW) generating units; remove from the project license four new replacement 6.0 MW generating units in the existing powerhouse; remove from the project license construction of new hydraulically operated crest gates along the top of the main spillway and maintain the existing fixed crest of the main spillway at the existing 14.33 feet MSL; remove from the project license construction of a new bulkhead structure and reconfiguration of the auxiliary spillway; construct the new downstream fish exclusion screen, new downstream fish passage facility, and new plunge pool in and adjacent to the existing forebay; relocate construction of a new trash boom extending across and upstream of the forebay; install new pneumatic flashboards, four feet in height, on the main spillway and relocate the existing pneumatic flashboards, two feet in height, to the auxiliary spillway to maintain the authorized operating level of 18.33 feet MSL; remove from the project license construction of two new Denil fishways and replace with two fish lifts for PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 27217 upstream fish passage. The licensee does not propose any changes to the project’s existing operating regime. In addition, recreation improvements in Article 412 were to be constructed in conjunction with the full expansion of the project; these improvements are not applicable for the proposed amendment. The request proposes amending Article 412 to require improvements to the shoreline from the tailrace to River Park for fishing and other river access activities, construction of an informational kiosk in River Park, and specific improvements to Paine Street Park. These enhancements were requested by the Town and Village of Green Island and the licensee included them as part of its proposal. l. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready for environmental analysis. Based on a review of the application and resource agency consultation letters including comments filed to date, Commission staff intends to prepare a single environmental assessment (EA). Commission staff determined that the issues that need to be addressed in its EA have been adequately identified during the pre-filing period, and no new issues are likely to be identified through additional scoping. The EA will consider assessing the potential effects of project operation on aquatic, terrestrial, threatened and endangered species, water quality and quantity, recreation, and cultural and historic resources. m. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the internet through the Commission’s Home Page (https:// ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission’s Public Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 502–8659. n. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the eFiling link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically may mail similar pleadings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street E:\FR\FM\07MYN1.SGM 07MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 89 (Thursday, May 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27216-27217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09751]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER20-588-000]


Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.; Supplemental 
Notice of Technical Conference

    By order dated March 10, 2020,\1\ the Commission directed staff to 
convene a technical conference regarding Midcontinent Independent 
System Operator, Inc.'s (MISO) filing of proposed revisions to its Open 
Access Transmission, Energy and Operating Reserve Markets Tariff to 
allow for the selection of a storage facility as a transmission-only 
asset (SATOA) in the MISO Transmission Expansion Plan (MTEP). The 
technical conference will explore issues including, but not limited to, 
MISO's proposed evaluation and selection criteria for SATOAs, the 
SATOA's market activities and any potential wholesale market impacts of 
those activities, how MISO's current formula rate structure 
accommodates cost recovery for SATOAs, a SATOA's potential effects on 
the generator interconnection queue, and operating guides that will 
apply to a SATOA.\2\
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    \1\ Midcontinent Indep. Sys. Operator, Inc., 170 FERC 61,186 
(2020).
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    As announced in the Notice of Technical Conference issued on April 
10, 2020, the Commission will hold this staff-led technical conference 
on Monday, May 4, 2020, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). 
As explained in the April 10, 2020 notice, the conference will be held 
remotely. Questions that will be discussed at the technical conference 
were also included in the April 10, 2020 notice.
    The conference will include discussions between Commission staff 
and MISO. Commissioners may also participate in the technical 
conference. If time permits, there may be an opportunity for parties 
that are participating in the conference to ask questions or provide 
comments. The technical conference will not be transcribed.
    The agenda (attached to this Notice) and information on joining the 
technical conference is posted on the Events Calendar available at 
https://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx?View=listview.
    Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations, please 
send an email to [email protected] 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.
    Following the technical conference, the Commission will consider 
post-technical conference comments submitted on or before May 25, 2020. 
The written comments will be included in the formal record of the 
proceeding, which, together with the record developed to date, will 
form the basis for further Commission action.
    For more information about this technical conference, please 
contact Mark Byrd, 202-502-8071, [email protected]. For information 
related to logistics, please contact Sarah McKinley, 202-502-8368, 
[email protected].

    Dated: May 1, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.

Storage as a Transmission-Only Asset (SATOA) in MISO

Technical Conference--Webex Teleconference

Monday, May 4, 2020

9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Evaluation and Selection Criteria for SATOA
     Identified Transmission System performance requirement
     Unique Characteristics or Circumstances
     Functioning as SATOA Compared to Market Participant
10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Evaluation and Selection Criteria for SATOA 
(continued)
     Traditional Transmission Project compared to SATOA
     SATOA Evaluation Criteria
     Communication of Decision Approving a SATOA
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. SATOA Market Activities and Market Impacts

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     Meaning of ``Functional Control''
     Impact of SATOA Activity on Wholesale Market
     Information Regarding Market Participant
12:45 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m.-2:15 p.m. Cost Recovery for SATOAs
     Formula Rate Structure
2:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Impact on the Generator Interconnection Queue
     Assessing the Impact of a SATOA on Newly Interconnecting 
Generating Resources
     Assessment of Delays and Mitigation
3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m. Operating Guides  Information in Operating 
Guides
4:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Miscellaneous  Emergency Conditions 
 Reliability Impacts

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