Subject: alliance info alert
= = special announcements = =
on january 2 , ferc filed a response in opposition to the emergency petition
southern california edison filed december 26 for a writ of mandamus against
ferc in the u . s . court of appeals for the district of columbia . edison has
asked the court to direct ferc to fix by order just and reasonable cost - based
rates for the ca iso and cal px markets .
on december 22 , ferc issued an order regarding remedies for the california
wholesale market that included the requirement of a technical conference on
the development of market monitoring procedures . this conference has been
scheduled for january 23 , 2001 at ferc . elo 0 - 95 - 000 et . al .
= = recent ferc filings = =
( 1 ) rto developments
* central illinois light co . , cinergy corp . , hoosier energy r . e . c . , southern
illinois power coop . , southern indiana gas and ( 2 ) a request that
the commission authorize a designated transmission owner having commission
jurisdictional rates and charges to recover , through its commission
jurisdictional transmission service rates and charges , the costs incurred by
the designated transmission owner as a result of its withdrawal from the
midwest iso . erol - 731 - 000 . comments due by january 11 , 2001 .
* nyiso filed a status report on governance issues in compliance with docket
nos . er 97 - 1523 - 005 , er 97 - 1523 - 006 , oa 97 - 470 - 006 , er 97 - 4234 - 004 and
ec 99 - 31 - 001 . comments due by january 10 , 2001 .
* after a request filed by numerous entities , an extension of time to file
comments and protests to grid florida ' s december 15 , 2000 supplemental order
no . 2000 compliance filing has been granted . comments will be due by january
30 , 2001 . rtol - 67 - 000 .
* cal px filed its tariff amendment no . 21 regarding the tracking of changes
in the method proposed by the ca iso for allocating its grid management
charge . erol - 719 - 000 . comments due by january 9 , 2001 .
* nyiso filed for a waiver for certain oasis requirements . elol - 24 - 000 .
filed december 22 , 2000 .
* oklahoma municipal power authority filed an answer to american electric
power co . ' s request to defer its application to transfer operational control
of its transmission facilities located in the spp . ec 98 - 40 - 000 . filed
december 26 , 2000 .
* nepool participants committee filed an answer and iso ne filed a
supplement to its motion to intervene regarding protests to nepool ' s revised
market rules regarding support implementation of electronic dispatch ( rule
3 ) , uplift payments at low operating limits ( rule 5 ) , and installed capacity
responsibility ( rule 11 ) as well as a revised implementation date for
electronic dispatch . erol - 493 - 000 . filed december 27 , 2000 .
* keyspan - ravenswood filed comments in support of nyiso ' s request to moot
its compliance filing . ero 0 - 3591 - 000 , 001 and 004 and ero 0 - 1969 - 005 . filed
december 22 , 2000 .
* maine public utilities commission , the maine public advocate and the
industrial energy consumers group filed a request for rehearing or an
emergency stay of the commission ' s december 15 , 2000 order directing iso ne
to implement an icap deficiency charge of $ 8 . 75 / kw / m retroactive to august 1 ,
2000 . elo 0 - 62 - 015 . filed december 22 , 2000 .
* miso filed an answer to several protests regarding its oatt in dockets
erol - 479 - 000 and er 97 - 1438 - 007 . filed december 27 , 2000 .
* pjm filed changes to its oatt to limit the amount of transmission
congestion credits an entity that acquires a fixed transmission right ( ftr )
through the ftr auction may receive if it enters increment bids or decrement
bids in the day - ahead market that result in an increase of transmission
congestion charges at or near the receipt or delivery point of the ftr .
erol - 773 - 000 . filed december 22 , 2000 .
( 2 ) oatt / transmission
* commonwealth edison filed a revised attachment k to its oatt in compliance
with the commission ' s december 8 , 2000 order . erol - 99 - 001 . comments due by
january 10 , 2001 .
* american transmission company filed their standards of conduct to be
effective january 1 , 2001 . erol - 702 - 000 . comments due by january 9 , 2001 .
* indianapolis power & light filed its first amendment to the
interconnection , operation and maintenance agreement between itself and dte
georgetown . erol - 718 - 000 . comments due by january 9 , 2001 .
* pjm filed an executed interconnection agreement between itself and
bethlehem steel corp . erol - 756 - 000 . comments due by january 12 , 2001 .
* arizona electric power coop . filed a request for rehearing regarding the
commission ' s order determining that standard offer scheduling coordinators
should be subject to the same energy imbalance charges as competitive offer
scheduling coordinators . ero 0 - 3583 - 001 , erol - 173 - 001 and erol - 208 - 001 .
filed december 26 , 2000 .
* american electric power service filed an executed interconnection and
operation agreement between indiana michigan power company and duke energy
desoto . erol - 720 - 000 . comments due january 11 , 2001 .
* illinois power co . filed an interconnection agreement between itself and
dynegy midwest generation . erol - 712 - 000 . comments due january 11 , 2001 .
* american electric power service corp . filed an executed interconnection
and operation agreement between indiana michigan power co . and pseg
lawrenceburg energy co . erol - 721 - 000 . comments due by january 11 , 2001 .
* utilicorp filed amendments to the oatts for its missouri public service ,
westplains energy - kansas , westplains energy - colorado and st . joseph power &
light operating divisions in order to avoid customers from having to pay
multiple transmission charges . erol - 723 - 000 . comments due by january 12 ,
2001 .
* the american electric power service corp . filed an interconnection and
operation agreement between kentucky power co . and riverside generating co .
erol - 741 - 000 . comments due january 12 , 2001 .
* the cleveland electric illuminating co . , ohio edison co . , pennsylvania
power co . and the toledo edison co . ( first energy ) filed a modified proposal
to offer ancillary services and interconnected operations services on a
non - discriminatory basis . ero 0 - 3771 - 002 . filed december 21 , 2000 .
( 3 ) market complaints
* dynegy power marketing , el segundo power , long beach generation and
cabrillo i and ii filed a complaint against the ca iso requesting that the
commission direct the iso to cease making out - of - market ( oom ) dispatch orders
on its units in non - emergency situations , require the iso to negotiate
compensatory rates for oom dispatch orders , file for third payment options
that generators subject to a participating generator agreement could elect as
compensation for oom dispatch orders and other relief . elol - 23 - 000 .
comments due january 11 , 2001 .
* southern california water co . d / b / a bear valley electric service filed a
complaint against southern california edison ( edison ) alleging that edison as
seeking to unlawfully terminate the added facilities agreement between the
two . elol - 25 - 000 . comments due january 18 , 2001 .
* cheyenne light , fuel & power co . filed a complaint against pacificorp
regarding a notice of termination filed on december 26 , 2000 of a power sales
agreement under which pacificorp provides cheyenne full capacity and energy
requirements . elol - 21 - 000 . filed on december 27 , 2000 .
( 4 ) mergers / corporate restructuring
* the montana power co . and northwestern corp . filed an application for
authorization of the disposition of certain jurisdictional assets whereby
northwestern will purchase montana ' s utility business . ecol - 47 - 000 .
comments due january 11 , 2001 .
* the montana power co . filed a notice of change of status and a revised
statement of policy and standards of conduct to reflect a planned transaction
pursuant to which northwestern corp . will purchase the utility business of
montana power . er 97 - 449 - 001 . comments due january 11 , 2001 .
* mississippi valley gas co . submitted a request for rehearing regarding the
commission ' s november 24 , 2000 order authorizing the disposition of
jurisdictional facilities involved in the joint application filed by entergy
power marketing and koch energy trading . eco 0 - 106 - 001 . filed december 26 ,
2000 .
( 5 ) miscellaneous
* midwest iso submitted an application seeking authorization to issue
long - term senior notes in an amount not to exceed $ 100 million .
esol - 13 - 000 . comments due january 12 , 2001 .
= = other news = =
* atc hits the ground running on jan . 1
* utilicorp completes $ 190 million merger with st . joseph light & power
- fercfilingsol 0102 . pdf