Alaska Administrative Code
Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska
Chapter 46 - Electric Reliability Organizations and Integrated Resource Planning
Article 3 - Electric Reliability Organization Tariffs and Rules
3 AAC 46.440 - Open access transmission and interconnection

Universal Citation: 3 AK Admin Code 46.440

Current through February 27, 2024

(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.

Authority:AS 42.05.141

AS 42.05.151

AS 42.05.770

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