(a) Not later than
the date specified in the order approving an application to serve as an
electric reliability organization, an electric reliability organization's
tariff addressing interconnection must include (1) a definition of the entities
eligible to interconnect with the interconnected bulk-electric system served by
the electric reliability organization;
(2) a
requirement that generators and loads capable of interconnecting with the
interconnected bulk-electric system served by the electric reliability
organization are eligible to apply for interconnection with interconnected
load-serving entities in accordance with the standards for interconnection
stated in the electric reliability organization's interconnection
tariff;
(3) standard procedures for
interconnection by facilities generating no more than 15,000 kilowatts of
power; the electric reliability organization may submit standards
(A) based wholly on the Small
Generator Procedures (for Generating Facilities no larger than 20 MW)
adopted by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Orders 2006 and 2006-A in
Docket RM 13-2-000;
(B) based in
part on the procedures in (A) of this paragraph, and adjusted to reflect the
size, stability, and economic resources of the local region; or
(C) based on an alternative interconnection
standard more appropriate for local conditions; and
(4) standard procedures for interconnection
by facilities generating more than 15,000 kilowatts of power; the electric
reliability organization may submit standards
(A) based wholly on the Standard
Large Generator Interconnection Procedures (Applicable to Generating Facilities
that exceed 20 MW) adopted by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Orders 2003 and 2003-A in Docket RM02-1-001;
(B) based in part on the procedures in (A) of
this paragraph, and adjusted to reflect the size, stability, and economic
resources of the local region; or
(C) based on an alternative interconnection
standard more appropriate for local conditions.
(b) Not later than the date specified in the
order approving an application to serve as an electric reliability
organization, an electric reliability organization's tariff addressing open
access transmission must include
(1) a
definition of entities eligible to obtain transmission service;
(2) a requirement that generators
interconnected to the interconnected bulkelectric system served by the electric
reliability organization are eligible to apply to acquire transmission capacity
on the interconnected bulk-electric system; and
(3) standards for open access transmission
tariffs; the electric reliability organization may submit standards
(A) based wholly on the Proforma Open Access
Transmission Tariff attached as Appendix C to Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Order 1000 in Docket RMlO-23-000;
(B) based in part on the proforma tariff
described in (A) of this paragraph, and adjusted to reflect the size,
stability, and economic resources of the local region; or
(C) based on a standard tariff more
appropriate for local conditions.
(c) A filing for a standard for
interconnection or open access transmission must
(1) demonstrate that the standard is not
discriminatory or preferential; a standard for
(A) interconnection is not discriminatory if
all generators and loads requesting access to interconnect to the transmission
system are provided non-discriminatory access to the transmission system
through interconnection requests that are evaluated and studied in an
equivalent manner and subject to the same criteria, fees, timelines, and
processes;
(B) open access
transmission is not discriminatory if
(i)
transmission service is provided to any eligible transmission customer;
and
(ii) the rates, terms, and
conditions of providing that transmission service are offered on an equivalent
and non-preferential basis;
(2) include a definition of "transmission"
for interconnection and open access transmission purposes;
(3) for an interconnection standard adjusted
as described in (a)(3) or (4) of this section, explain how and why the filed
interconnection standard deviates from the applicable federal standard
specified in (a)(3) or (4) of this section; if a standard other than the
applicable federal standard specified in (a)(3) or (4) of this section is
filed, the filing must explain why the applicable federal standard or a
modification of that standard is not appropriate for the local region, and how
the proposed standard remedies those defects; and
(4) for a standard open access transmission
tariff adjusted as described in (b)(3) of this section, explain how and why the
filed standard transmission tariff deviates from the federal standard specified
in (b)(3) of this section; if a standard other than the federal standard
specified in (b)(3) of this section is filed, the filing must explain why the
federal standard or a modification of that standard is not appropriate for the
local region, and how the proposed standard remedies those defects.