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FERC Electric Tariff
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Facility: An electric generating unit or an electric generating station composed of one or more
contiguous electric generating units aggregated at a single geographical site.
Facilities Study: An engineering study conducted by the Transmission Provider or ITC in
collaboration with the affected Transmission Owner(s) and ITC Participant(s) to
determine the required modifications to the Transmission System, including the cost and
scheduled completion date for such modifications, that will be required to provide the
requested Transmission Service. The Transmission Provider shall have the final
determination and ultimate responsibility for any such studies. Facilities Studies for any
transmission facilities not under the operational control of the Transmission Provider
shall be performed by the Transmission Owner, or ITC, or any entity it designates to
perform the studies.
Fast Ramping Resource: A Generation Resource that: (1) meets the qualification criteria of
having a: (i) ramp rate greater than eighty (80) MW per minute; (ii) Fast Ramping
Resource Performance Score that meets or exceeds the Fast Ramping Resource
Performance Threshold when responding to regulation signals in Fast Ramping Resource
Performance Tests; and (iii) duration greater than 20 minutes or more for Use Limited
Resources; and (2) as such, will receive a fast changing regulation signal for a market
interval for which it has been offered.
Fast Ramping Resource Historical Performance Score: A performance score calculated on a
Regulation Qualified Resource as the ratio of its Fast Ramping Resource Passed Intervals
to its Fast Ramping Resource Valid Intervals in the Dispatch Intervals in all previous
Hours when it was offered as a Fast Ramping Resource.
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Fast Ramping Resource Passed Interval: An AGC signal interval, within a Fast Ramping
Resource Performance Test, that is considered passed by a Resource offered as a Fast
Ramping Resource for a particular Hour, during Regulating Reserve Deployment for the
AGC signal interval if the MW response of the Resource for the Setpoint Instruction,
adjusted for the communication delay, is within the tolerance range (i.e., +/- 0.25 MW if
the delta change is 0.8 MW or less, and +/- 30 percent if the delta change is greater than
0.8 MW).
Fast Ramping Resource Performance Score: A score calculated during a Fast Ramping
Resource Performance Test.
Fast Ramping Resource Performance Test: A test performed in real time to evaluate the
capability of a Regulation Qualified Resource that is offered as a Fast Ramping Resource
to perform reliably as a Fast Ramping Resource while deploying Regulating Reserve.
The test will be performed on such a Regulation Qualified Resource that is receiving
either fast or regular regulation signals. At the start of each hourly interval, the Resource
will be assigned an initial score that is the higher of the Fast Ramping Resource
Historical Performance Score or the Fast Ramping Resource Performance Threshold.
Within each hourly interval, at the end of each Dispatch Interval, a new adjustment to the
initial score will be calculated as the ratio of Fast Ramping Resource Passed Intervals to
Fast Ramping Resource Valid Intervals in the current and all previous Dispatch Intervals
in the particular hourly interval.
Fast Ramping Resource Performance Threshold: A minimum Fast Ramping Resource
Performance Score of seventy percent (70%) that a Resource is required to meet to be
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qualified as a Fast Ramping Resource.
Fast Ramping Resource Valid Interval: An AGC signal interval is considered valid for a
Resource undergoing a Fast Ramping Resource Performance Test, during its Regulating
Reserve Deployment for an AGC signal interval, during which a new Setpoint Instruction
is calculated that changes by a threshold MW of at least 0.1 MW from the previous
Setpoint Instruction.
Fast Start Resource: An online Generation Resource that is started, synchronized and injects
Energy, or a Demand Response Resource that reduces its Energy consumption, within
sixty (60) minutes of being notified and that has a minimum run time of one hour or less
and that will participate in setting price as described in the process in Schedule 29A of
this Tariff. A Fast Start Resource does not include fuel-limited resources such as pumped
storage, Electric Storage Resources, run-of-river hydro, and wind resources. Offline
Generation Resources will not participate in setting price as described in the process in
Schedule 29A of this Tariff.
Fast Start Resource All-In Energy Offer: The sum of an online Fast Start Resource’s Energy
Offer, its amortized No Load Offer and, during its Minimum Run Time, its amortized
Start up Offer; provided, that, in the case of a Demand Response Resource – Type I, it
shall be the sum of the Energy Offer, its amortized Hourly Curtailment Offer and its
amortized Shut-Down Offer over its minimum interruption duration.
Fast Start Resource All-In Reference Level: The sum of an online Fast Start Resource’s
Energy Reference Level, its amortized No Load Reference Level and, during its
Minimum Run Time, its amortized Start up Reference Level; provided, that, in the case
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of a Demand Response Resource – Type I, it shall be the sum of the Energy Reference
Level, its amortized Hourly Curtailment Offer Reference Level and its amortized Shut-
Down Offer Reference Level over its minimum interruption duration.
Feasibility Upgrade Process: The procedure that enables additional ARRs to be allocated based
upon Network Upgrades as part of the MTEP process.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Uniform System of Accounts: The
Commission’s Uniform System of Accounts in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 18,
Conservation of Power and Water Resources, Parts 1-399, pursuant to which electric
public utilities, licensees and other companies within FERC jurisdiction are required to
maintain their books and records.
Federal Power Marketing Agency: Any agency or instrumentality of the United States (other
than the Tennessee Valley Authority), which sells electric Energy.
FERC Market Rules: The market behavior rules and the prohibition against electricity Energy
market manipulation codified by the Commission in its Rules and Regulations at 18 CFR
§ 1c.2 and 35.37, respectively; and any related proscriptions or any successor rules that
the Commission from time to time may issue, approve or otherwise establish.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP): The standardized File Transfer Protocol for data transfer.
Final Planning Reserve Margin Requirement (Final PRMR): For LSEs not selecting the
Reliability Based Demand Curve Opt Out, the PRMR established as a result of the PRA
clearing using RBDCs. For LSEs selecting the RBDC Opt Out, Final PRMR is based on
the sum of the applicable PRM plus the applicable RBDC Opt Out Adder. LSEs under
state jurisdiction where the state has overridden the PRM established by the Transmission
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Provider will have a Final PRMR based on the planning reserve margin established by
the state.
Financial Schedule: A financial arrangement between two Market Participants designating a
Source Point, Sink Point and Delivery Point establishing the obligations of the buyer and
seller for the payment of Cost of Congestion and Cost of Losses. The Transmission
Provider is not the Energy Market Counterparty to the sale of Energy under a Financial
Schedule transaction and collects and disburses the Transmission Usage Charge as agent
for the parties to the Financial Schedule.
Financial Security: A Cash Deposit or Irrevocable Letter of Credit in an amount and form
determined by and acceptable to Transmission Provider, provided by an Applicant and/or
Tariff Customer to Transmission Provider as security.
Financial Transmission Right (FTR): A financial instrument that entitles the holder to receive
compensation for or requires the holder to pay certain congestion related transmission
charges that arise when the Transmission System is congested and differences in
Marginal Congestion Components of Day-Ahead Ex Post LMPs result.
Firm Flow: The estimated impacts of firm transactions under network and point-to-point
Transmission Service on a particular Coordinated Flowgate.
Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service: Transmission Service under this Tariff that is
reserved and/or scheduled between specified Points of Receipt and Points of Delivery
pursuant to Module B of this Tariff.
Firm Service Level: The MW portion of the total demand of a Demand Resource that is not
subject to curtailment as a Demand Resource.
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First Planning Area: The Transmission System of the Transmission Provider Region as it
existed immediately before the effective date of the Second Planning Area. The First
Planning Area may be modified from time to time by: (1) the addition of any
transmission facilities in the Midwest portion of the United States (i.e., Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, South
Dakota, and Wisconsin) where transmission facilities not under the functional control of
the Transmission Provider are subsequently conveyed to the functional control of the
Transmission Provider to be used to provide Transmission Service under Module B of the
Tariff; or (2) the withdrawal from the Transmission Provider Region of a Member
located in the First Planning Area.
Fixed Carrying Charge: An annual charge calculated by taking the cost of service carrying
charge elements expressed as a percent multiplied by the Transmission Owner or ITC’s
rate base. The carrying charge elements include: operations and maintenance,
depreciation expense, other taxes, return, and income taxes.
Fixed Demand Bid: A request to purchase a specified MWh quantity of Energy, at specified
locations in the Transmission Provider Region, during specific Hours of the next
Operating Day submitted to the Day-Ahead Energy and Operating Reserve Market.
Demand Bids may only be submitted by a Market Participant that is itself a Load Serving
Entity (LSE) or is purchasing Energy to serve an LSE.
Fixed Interchange Schedule: An Interchange Schedule consisting of a fixed, non-Dispatchable
amount, used in the Energy and Operating Reserve Markets.
Fixed Resource Adequacy Plan (FRAP): A plan submitted by an LSE through the MECT to
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the Transmission Provider that is approved by the Transmission Provider which
demonstrates that the LSE has sufficient ZRCs to meet all or part of its Initial PRMR for
one or more LRZs in a Season.
Flowgate: A representative modeling of a facility or group of facilities that may act as a
constraint to power transfer on the Bulk Electric System.
Flowgate Rating: The Total Transfer Capability of a Flowgate.
Forced Outage or Generator Forced Outage: An immediate reduction in output, Capacity or
removal from service, in whole or in part, of a Generation Resource by reason of an
Emergency or threatened Emergency, unanticipated failure, inability to return on
schedule from a Planned Transmission Outage, or other cause beyond the control of the
owner or operator of the facility, as specified in the relevant portions of the BPM for
Outage Operations. A reduction in output or removal from service of a Generation
Resource in response to changes in Energy Market conditions does not constitute a
Generator Forced Outage.
Forecast LSE Requirement: The forecasted Demand including the effect of all losses for an
LSE at a CPNode for a Month less the Full Responsibility Purchases plus the Full
Responsibility Sales and minus the Demand Resources that were registered to net for a
given Month all at the same CPNode.
Forecast Maximum Limit: For a Dispatchable Intermittent Resource, the maximum MW level
at which the Resource is forecasted to operate. In addition, for a ZG Resource
participating as a DIR, the maximum MW level at which a Resource may operate shall be
less than the Demand of the Resource’s ZG Associated Loads.
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Foreign Guarantor: A Guarantor that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of
the United States or Canada.
Foreign Guaranty: A Corporate Guaranty accepted from a Guarantor that is organized under
the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States or Canada.
Forward Reliability Assessment Commitment (FRAC): A RAC process conducted up to seven
(7) days prior to, and before the closing of, the Day-Ahead Energy and Operating
Reserve Market.
FTR and ARR Transactions Cleared But Not Yet Settled: This service category is a component
of the FTR Potential Exposure. The FTR and ARR Transactions Cleared But Not Yet
Settled are calculated on a monthly basis. If the net monthly value is positive, it is
included in the FTR Potential Exposure calculation. If the net monthly value is negative,
the value is not included in the FTR Potential Exposure calculation.
FTR Auction: An auction conducted periodically through which the Transmission Provider,
subject to the Simultaneous Feasibility Test: (i) awards FTRs of various durations and
(ii) facilitates the selling of existing FTRs between Market Participants.
FTR Auction Credit Allocation:
The amount of the Applicant’s and/or Tariff Customer’s
Total Credit Limit allocated to FTR Auctions.
FTR Auction Credit Exposure: Exposure to non-payment associated with the amount of the
Applicant’s and/or Tariff Customer’s FTR Bids and Offers submitted in the auction.
FTR Auction Participant: A Market Participant that participates in an FTR Auction
administered by the Transmission Provider.
FTR Auction Settled Transactions Exposure: The potential exposure to non-payment
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associated with FTR Auction transactions that have been cleared and settled.
FTR Bid: A bid to purchase an FTR through an FTR Auction.
FTR Bidder: A Market Participant submitting an FTR Bid.
FTR Delivery Point: The transaction Delivery Point specified in a receipt point to delivery point
FTR.
FTR Holder: A Market Participant that owns one (1) or more FTRs.
FTR MCP: The price at which a set of Comparable FTRs are sold through an FTR Auction.
FTR Obligation: A receipt point to delivery point FTR that imposes a financial obligation on
the FTR Holder if congestion exists in the direction from the FTR Delivery Point to the
FTR Receipt Point.
FTR Offer: An offer to sell an FTR through an FTR Auction.
FTR Offeror: A Market Participant submitting an FTR Offer.
FTR Option: A receipt point to delivery point FTR that imposes no financial obligations on the
FTR Holder under any conditions.
FTR Period: The period(s) of time on a given Day during which an FTR is in effect (On Peak,
Off Peak, or full Day time period(s)).
FTR Potential Exposure: The sum of exposure values as defined in Section V.B of Attachment
L to this Tariff. Included are all FTR related charge types.
FTR Potential Exposure Violation: A condition that exists whenever a Tariff Customer’s FTR
Potential Exposure plus the larger of the FTR Auction Credit Allocation or FTR Auction
Credit Exposure exceeds its Financial Security less its alternative capitalization
requirement as further defined in Section V.C of Attachment L to this Tariff.
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FTR Quantity: The quantity in MW specified in an FTR.
FTR Receipt Point: The transaction receipt point specified in an FTR.
FTR Transactions Cleared But Not Yet Settled: The value of the FTRs based on the clearing
price(s) established as a result of an FTR Auction which has been cleared, but has not yet
been settled.
Fuel Cost Uncertainty Adder: An amount determined by the Independent Market Monitor, not
to exceed $100 per MWh, that is included in the Reference Level determination to
account for fuel cost uncertainty when the resulting Reference Level exceeds $1,000 per
MWh.
Full Responsibility Purchases: The total of all purchases coincident with the expected Demand
of the LSE under which the seller is contractually obligated to deliver Energy plus
reserves to the purchaser, expressed in MWs for the hour. Reserve provision by the seller
as a percent must meet or exceed the PRM obligation for the purchasing LSE. Up Ramp
Capability and Down Ramp Capability by the seller as a percent must meet or exceed the
PRM obligation for the purchasing LSE. Short-Term Reserve provision by the seller as a
percent must meet or exceed the PRM obligation for the purchasing LSE. Each
purchaser and seller must agree on which of their transactions are to be reported under
this heading.
Full Responsibility Sales: The total of all sales coincident with the expected Demand of the
LSE under which the seller is contractually obligated to deliver Energy plus reserves to
the purchaser, expressed in MWs for the hour. Reserve provision by the seller as a
percent must meet or exceed the PRM obligation for the purchasing LSE. Up Ramp
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Capability and Down Ramp Capability by the seller as a percent must meet or exceed the
PRM obligation for the purchasing LSE. Short-Term Reserve provision by the seller as a
percent must meet or exceed the PRM obligation for the purchasing LSE. Each
purchaser and seller must agree on which of their transactions are to be reported.
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Headroom: For all Resources committed by the Transmission Provider in any real-time RAC
processes or the LAC process conducted for the Operating Day, the difference between
(i) the real-time Economic Maximum Dispatch and (ii) the sum of the Real-Time (a)
Dispatch Target for Energy, (b) Dispatch Target for Regulating Reserve, (c) Dispatch
Target for Spinning Reserve, (d) Dispatch Target for Supplemental Reserve, and (e)
Dispatch Target for Short-Term Reserve.
High Utilization Factor Unit (HUFU) Reserved Source Point (RSP): An RSP that does not
qualify for inclusion in the BRSS per section 43.2.4.a.i.(b) but has a RSP Utilization
Factor of seventy percent (70%) or greater.
Historic Unit Consideration: A right to receive excess Planning Resource Auction revenue
based on qualification described in Section 69A.7.7(a).
Hour: A sixty (60) minute clock hour interval commencing the first second of each clock hour.
Hot-to-Cold Time: The number of hours that must elapse between the time a Generation
Resource, Demand Response Resource – Type II, or Electric Storage Resource is
desynchronized and the time at which a cold Start-Up Offer would apply.
Hot-to-Intermediate Time: The number of hours that must elapse between the time a
Generation Resource, Demand Response Resource – Type II, or Electric Storage
Resource is desynchronized and the time at which an intermediate Start-Up Offer would
apply.
Hourly Bi-Directional Ramp Rate: The MW/minute rate at which a Generation Resource, an
External Asynchronous Resource, or Demand Response Resource - Type II can respond
to either increasing or decreasing Setpoint Instructions that may be submitted to override
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the default value submitted during the asset registration process.
Hourly Charge Ramp Rate: The MW/minute response rate for an Electric Storage Resource
moving from zero output to its Hourly Economic Minimum Charge Limit and/or from the
Hourly Economic Minimum Charge Limit to zero output that is utilized in the clearing of
the Day-Ahead Energy and Operating Reserve Market and all Reliability Assessment
Commitment processes, and in responding to either increasing or decreasing Setpoint
Instructions between zero and the Hourly Economic Minimum Charge Limit that may be
submitted to override the default value submitted during the asset registration process.
Hourly Curtailment Offer: The compensation request, in dollars per Hour, in a Demand
Response Resource-Type I Offer by a Market Participant representing the fees required
for operating a Demand Response Resource Type I in an interrupted state.
Hourly Discharge Ramp Rate: The MW/minute response rate for an Electric Storage Resource
moving from zero output to its Hourly Economic Maximum Discharge Limit and/or from
the Hourly Economic Maximum Discharge Limit to zero output that is utilized in the
clearing of the Day-Ahead Energy and Operating Reserve Market and all Reliability
Assessment Commitment processes, and in responding to either increasing or decreasing
Setpoint Instructions between zero and the Hourly Economic Maximum Discharge Limit
that may be submitted to override the default value submitted during the asset registration
process.
Hourly Economic Maximum Limit: The maximum MW level at which a Generation Resource,
Demand Response Resource Type II, or External Asynchronous Resource may operate
under normal system conditions that may be submitted to override the default value
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submitted during the asset registration process. In addition, for a ZG Resource
participating as a Generation Resource, the maximum MW level at which the Resource
may operate under normal system conditions shall be less than the Demand of the
Resource’s ZG Associated Loads.
Hourly Economic Maximum Charge Limit: The maximum withdrawal MW level at which an
Electric Storage Resource may operate under normal system conditions that may be
submitted to override the default value submitted during the asset registration process.
Hourly Economic Maximum Discharge Limit: The maximum injection MW level at which an
Electric Storage Resource may operate under normal system conditions that may be
submitted to override the default value submitted during the asset registration process. In
addition, for a ZG Resource participating as an Electric Storage Resource, the maximum
MW level at which the Resource may operate under normal system conditions shall be
less than the Demand of the Resource’s ZG Associated Loads.
Hourly Economic Minimum Limit: The minimum MW level at which a Generation Resource,
Demand Response Resource Type II, or External Asynchronous Resource may operate
under normal system conditions that may be submitted to override the default value
submitted during the asset registration process.
Hourly Economic Minimum Charge Limit: The minimum withdrawal MW level at which an
Electric Storage Resource may operate under normal system conditions that may be
submitted to override the default value submitted during the asset registration process.
Hourly Economic Minimum Discharge Limit: The minimum injection MW level at which an
Electric Storage Resource may operate under normal system conditions that may be
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submitted to override the default value submitted during the asset registration process.
Hourly Electric Storage Resource Efficiency Factor: An operating characteristic of an Electric
Storage Resource that is the amount of increase in Energy Storage Level for each 1 MWh
of Charge Energy withdrawn by that Resource and may be submitted to override the
default value submitted during the asset registration process.
Hourly Emergency Maximum Limit: The maximum MW level at which a Generation
Resource, an External Asynchronous Resource, or Demand Response Resource Type II
may operate under Emergency conditions that may be submitted to override the default
value submitted during the asset registration process. In addition, for a ZG Resource
participating as a Generation Resource, the maximum MW level at which a Resource
may operate under Emergency conditions shall be less than the Demand of the
Resource’s ZG Associated Loads.
Hourly Emergency Maximum Charge Limit: The maximum withdrawal MW level at which an
Electric Storage Resource may operate under Emergency system conditions that may be
submitted to override the default value submitted during the asset registration process.
Hourly Emergency Maximum Discharge Limit: The maximum injection MW level at which an
Electric Storage Resource may operate under Emergency system conditions that may be
submitted to override the default value submitted during the asset registration process. In
addition, for a ZG Resource participating as an Electric Storage Resource, the maximum
MW level at which the Resource may operate under Emergency system conditions shall
be less than the Demand of the Resource’s ZG Associated Loads.
Hourly Emergency Minimum Limit: The minimum MW level at which a Generation Resource,
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an External Asynchronous Resource, or Demand Response Resource Type II may operate
under Emergency conditions that may be submitted to override the default value
submitted during the asset registration process.
Hourly Emergency Minimum Charge Limit: The minimum withdrawal MW level at which an
Electric Storage Resource may operate under Emergency system conditions that may be
submitted to override the default value submitted during the asset registration process.
Hourly Emergency Minimum Discharge Limit: The minimum injection MW level at which an
Electric Storage Resource may operate under Emergency system conditions that may be
submitted to override the default value submitted during the asset registration process.
Hourly Ex Post MCP: The average Regulating Reserve MCP, Regulating Mileage MCP,
Spinning Reserve MCP, Supplemental Reserve MCP, Up Ramp Capability MCP, Down
Ramp Capability MCP, and Short-Term Reserve MCP applicable to a specific Resource
derived through time and quantity weighting of the applicable Ex Post MCPs over the
Hour, and used for purposes of Settlement of Operating Reserves, Regulating Mileage,
Up Ramp Capability, Down Ramp Capability, and Short-Term Reserve in the Real-Time
Energy and Operating Reserve Market.
Hourly Fast Ramping Resource: An hourly Offer parameter flag (“Yes/No”) representing
whether a Resource is offered into the Real-Time Energy and Operating Reserve Market
as a Fast Ramping Resource.
Hourly Integrated Forecast Maximum Limit: The hourly integration of the Forecast Maximum
Limits of a Dispatchable Intermittent Resource as used by the SCED algorithm in the
Real-Time Energy and Operating Reserve Market for a given Hour.
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Hourly Maximum Energy Storage Level: The maximum amount of Energy that may be stored
by an Electric Storage Resource on a sustained basis, expressed in MWh, that may be
submitted to override the default value submitted during the asset registration process.
This is equivalent to the hourly maximum State of Charge.
Hourly Minimum Energy Storage Level: The minimum amount of Energy that may be stored
by an Electric Storage Resource on a sustained basis, expressed in MWh, that may be
submitted to override the default value submitted during the asset registration process.
This is equivalent to the hourly minimum State of Charge.
Hourly Neutral Zone Lower Limit: A MWh lower limit representing a percentage of the
Capacity of a Fast Ramping Resource up to which it is being offered, which will be used
in the Automatic Generation Control fast ramping regulation signal logic.
Hourly Neutral Zone Upper Limit: A MWh upper limit representing a percentage of the
Capacity of a Fast Ramping Resource up to which it is being offered, which will be used
in the Automatic Generation Control fast ramping regulation signal logic.
Hourly Ramp Rate: The MW/minute response rate for a Generation Resource, External
Asynchronous Resource, or Demand Response Resource Type-II that is utilized in the
clearing of the Day-Ahead Energy and Operating Reserve Market and all Reliability
Assessment Commitment processes that may be submitted to override the default value
submitted during the asset registration process.
Hourly Real-Time Ex Post LMP: The LMP derived through mathematical integration of the
Dispatch Interval Real-Time Ex Post LMPs over the Hour, and used for purposes of
Settlement of Energy transactions in the Real-Time Energy and Operating Reserve
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Market.
Hourly Real-Time Ex Post MCP: The average MCPs for Regulating Reserve, Spinning
Reserve, Supplemental Reserve, Up Ramp Capability, Down Ramp Capability, and
Short-Term Reserve applicable to a specific Resource derived through time and quantity
weighting of the applicable Real-Time Ex Post MCPs over the Hour, and used for
purposes of Settlement of Operating Reserves, Up Ramp Capability, Down Ramp
Capability, and Short-Term Reserve in the Real-Time Energy and Operating Reserve
Market.
Hourly Regulation Maximum Charge Limit: The maximum withdrawal MW level at which an
Electric Storage Resource can respond to automatic control signals, that may be
submitted to override the default value submitted during the asset registration process.
Hourly Regulation Maximum Discharge Limit: The maximum injection MW level at which an
Electric Storage Resource can respond to automatic control signals, that may be
submitted to override the default value submitted during the asset registration process. In
addition, for a ZG Resource participating as an Electric Storage Resource, the maximum
MW level at which the Resource can respond to automatic control signals shall be less
than the Demand of the Resource’s ZG Associated Loads.
Hourly Regulation Maximum Limit: The maximum MW output at which a Generation
Resource, Demand Response Resource – Type II, or External Asynchronous Resource
can respond to automatic control signals that may be submitted to override the default
value submitted during the asset registration process. In addition, for a ZG Resource
participating as a Generation Resource, the maximum MW level at which a Resource can
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respond to automatic control signals shall be less than the Demand of the Resource’s ZG
Associated Loads.
Hourly Regulation Minimum Charge Limit: The minimum withdrawal MW level at which an
Electric Storage Resource can respond to automatic control signals, that may be
submitted to override the default value submitted during the asset registration process.
Hourly Regulation Minimum Discharge Limit: The minimum injection MW level at which an
Electric Storage Resource can respond to automatic control signals, that may be
submitted to override the default value submitted during the asset registration process.
Hourly Regulation Minimum Limit: The minimum MW output at which a Generation
Resource, Demand Response Resource–Type II, or External Asynchronous Resource can
respond to automatic control signals that may be submitted to override the default value
submitted during the asset registration process.
Hourly Single-Directional-Down Ramp Rate: The MW/minute rate at which a Generation
Resource, an External Asynchronous Resource, or Demand Response Resource-Type II
can respond to the Setpoint Instructions in the downward direction only that may be
submitted to override the default value submitted during the asset registration process.
Hourly Single-Directional-Up Ramp Rate: The MW/minute rate at which a Generation
Resource, an External Asynchronous Resource, or Demand Response Resource-Type II
can respond to the Setpoint Instructions in the upward direction only that may be
submitted to override the default value submitted during the asset registration process.
Hourly Transmission Congestion Charges Collection: The aggregate amount of Transmission
Usage Charge collected in a given Hour.
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Hub: A Commercial Pricing Node developed for financial and trading purposes.
HUFU ARR: An ARR allocated during the LTTR Restoration and Termination Stage of an
Annual ARR Allocation from a HUFU ARR Entitlement.
HUFU ARR Entitlement: An ARR Entitlement defined from a HUFU RSP to the applicable
ARR Zone. The MW amount of a HUFU ARR Entitlement is calculated, and
corresponds to, the RSP MW at a fifty percent (50%) implied capacity factor. A HUFU
ARR Entitlement is calculated as follows:
HUFU MW Level = (total net generation MWh in the test period) / (50% x Total Hours
in the test period).
Hub LMP: The weighted-averaged LMP for an invariant set of Elemental Pricing Nodes that
comprise the Hub. The weights are static over time, except for those of Elemental
Pricing Nodes constituting ARR Zones administered as Hub Commercial Pricing Nodes.
The weights, or weighting factors, for determining ARR Zone LMPs are updated daily
based on State Estimator information.
High-Voltage Direct Current Facilities: The high voltage direct current transmission facilities,
including associated alternating current facilities, if any, that are subject to Section 27A
of this Tariff and that are specifically identified in: (i) any Agency Agreement pertaining
to such facilities between the Transmission Provider and the Transmission Owner that
owns or operates such facilities, or (ii) in any other contractual arrangement that permits
the Transmission Provider to provide HVDC Service over such facilities, as set forth in
Section 27A of this Tariff.
High-Voltage Direct Current Facility Upgrades: All or portion of the modifications or
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MISO
1.H
FERC Electric Tariff
Definitions - H
MODULES
63.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
additions to any HVDC Facilities for the general benefit of all Users of such HVDC
Facilities.
High-Voltage Direct Current Service: Firm and Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service
provided by the Transmission Provider on HVDC Facilities pursuant to Section 27A of
this Tariff.
High-Voltage Direct Current Service Agreement: Any executed or unexecuted agreement for
HVDC Service, as reflected in Attachment A-3, A-4, and B-1 of this Tariff.
High-Voltage Direct Current Service Charge(s): The charge(s) for HVDC Service, as stated in
the relevant HVDC Service Agreement.
Hybrid Resource: A Generator that combines more than one type of Electric Facility for the
production and/or storage for later injection of electricity that participates as a single
Generation Resource in the Energy and Operating Reserve Market.
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MISO
1.P
FERC Electric Tariff
Definitions - P
MODULES
70.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Partial-Year FTR Allocation: The procedure used by the Transmission Provider to allocate
FTRs to Market Participants in the new ARR Zones added as a result of Transmission
Provider Region expansion that becomes effective after the start of the Annual ARR
Allocation period. The Partial-Year FTR Allocation will cover the partial year period
when the new ARR Zone(s) become effective to the start of the next Annual ARR
Allocation. For the partial year period, the Market Participants in the new ARR Zone(s)
may request an allocation of FTRs, which will be in lieu of an allocation of ARRs.
Party(ies): The Transmission Provider, ITC where appropriate, Market Participants,
Transmission Customers, or any combination of the above.
Past Due Amount: Any amount invoiced by the Transmission Provider that is not paid when
due.
Peak Reserved Source Set: Set of Resources including those constituting the Baseload Reserved
Source Point that have met the Resource Qualification Requirements for inclusion as a
Reserved Source Point for a given ARR Zone.
Peak Usage: A Market Participant’s Total Forecasted Peak Load in a given ARR Zone for the
upcoming Annual ARR Allocation period calculated using the immediate prior three year
actual peak Loads. The Total Forecast Peak Load is the sum of the forecast Network
Integration Transmission Service peak Load for the upcoming allocation period plus peak
Load served by Option A – Grandfathered Agreements plus peak Load served by Option
B – Grandfathered Agreements.
Penalty Level: A component of a mitigation measure described in Module D that represents the
amount of Energy purchased by a Market Participant that is an LSE or represents an LSE
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MISO
1.P
FERC Electric Tariff
Definitions - P
MODULES
70.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
in the Real Time Energy Market in excess of the Allowance Level the entity is subject to.
Physical Withholding Threshold Quantity: Threshold employed by the IMM to identify
physical withholding by a supplier of Planning Resources for the Planning Resource
Auction, expressed in MW.
Plan: The Transmission Provider’s Market Monitoring Plan set forth in Module D of this Tariff.
Planned Transmission Outage: Any transmission outage scheduled for the performance of
maintenance or repairs or the implementation of a system enhancement which is planned
in advance for pre-determined duration and which meets the notification requirements for
such outages as specified by the Transmission Provider.
Planning Advisory Committee: A committee of stakeholders established under the ISO
Agreement for the purpose of providing input to the planning staff on the development of
the MTEP.
Planning Area(s): A collective or alternative reference to the First Planning Area and/or the
Second Planning Area.
Planning Coordinator: The entity responsible for the longer term reliability of its planning
coordinator area.
Planning Reserve Margin (PRM): The percentage above forecasted Coincident Peak Demand
of Planning Resources for the Transmission Provider Region in order to meet the LOLE.
This percentage will include a quantity sufficient to cover transmission losses.
Planning Reserve Margin Requirement (PRMR): The amount of ZRCs required of each LSE
with Coincident Peak Demand in an LRZ to meet the LSE’s Resource Adequacy
Requirements in each Season.
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MISO
1.P
FERC Electric Tariff
Definitions - P
MODULES
70.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Planning Resource: A Capacity Resource or Load Modifying Resource that can be used to
satisfy PRMR.
Planning Resource Auction (PRA): Auctions conducted by the Transmission Provider to
determine the ACP and the cleared ZRC Offers for each LRZ and ERZ for each Season
in the applicable Planning Year.
Planning Year: The period of time from June 1st of one year to May 31st of the following year
that is used for developing Resource Plans. The first Planning Year shall commence on
June 1, 2009.
PMAX: The maximum Generator real power output reported in MWs on a seasonal basis.
PMIN: The minimum Generator real power output reported in MWs on a seasonal basis.
Point(s) of Delivery: Point(s) on the Transmission System where Capacity and Energy
transmitted by the Transmission Provider will be made available to the Receiving Party
under Module B and Module C of this Tariff. The Point(s) of Delivery shall be specified
in the Service Agreement for Long Term Firm Point To Point Transmission Service or
the HVDC Service Agreement.
Point(s) of Receipt: Point(s) of interconnection on the Transmission System where Capacity and
Energy will be made available to the Transmission Provider by the Delivering Party
under Module B and Module C of this Tariff. The Point(s) of Receipt shall be specified
in the Service Agreement for Long Term Firm Point To Point Transmission Service or
the HVDC Service Agreement.
Point(s) of Withdrawal: The point(s) where a non-transmission facility that is used to withdraw
Energy from the Transmission System to serve Load connects to the Transmission
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MISO
1.P
FERC Electric Tariff
Definitions - P
MODULES
70.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
System.
Point-To-Point Transmission Service: The reservation of Capacity and of Energy on either a
firm or non firm basis from the Point(s) of Receipt to the Point(s) of Delivery under
Module B of this Tariff.
Portfolio: For Multi-Value Project purposes, means two or more Multi-Value Projects proposed
to be located in one or more Transmission Pricing Zones that, when evaluated together,
are expected to result in system-wide benefits across the MISO footprint or benefits
across the subregion. For purposes of the Portfolio, subregion refers to either the MISO
Midwest MVP Cost Allocation Subregion or MISO South MVP Cost Allocation
Subregion.
Post Reserve Deployment Constraints: The post zonal Operating Reserve and Short-Term
Reserve deployment flows on the transmission constraints and Sub-Regional Power
Balance Constraints, used to determine the Co-optimized Zonal Regulating Reserve
Requirement, Co-optimized Zonal Contingency Reserve Requirement, Co-optimized
Zonal Spinning Reserve Requirement, and Co-optimized Zonal Short-Term Reserve
Requirement, for each Reserve Zone.
Post Reserve Deployment Constraints Demand Curve: Demand curves used to price Post
Reserve Deployment Constraints.
Power Purchaser: The entity that is purchasing the Capacity and reserved Energy to be
transmitted under this Tariff.
PPA Schedule: Schedule associated with a PPA that is executed after April 3, 2014.
Pre-Confirmed Application: An Application that commits the Eligible Customer to execute a
Service Agreement upon receipt of notification that the Transmission Provider can
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MISO
1.P
FERC Electric Tariff
Definitions - P
MODULES
70.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
provide the requested Transmission Service.
Price Sensitive Demand Bids: Demand Bids in which the Market Participant specifies a
maximum price (dollars per MWh) at which the Market Participant desires to purchase
the designated MWh of Energy.
Price Taker: A Market Participant with an Energy and/or Operating Reserve Offer not capable
of setting LMPs or MCPs.
Production Costs: The Energy output cost of a Generation Resource or a Demand Response
Resource-Type II based upon Start Up, No Load and Energy Offer cost components set
forth in an Offer or the Energy reduction cost of a Demand Response Resource-Type I
based upon Shut Down Offer, Hourly Curtailment Offer and Energy Offer cost
components set forth in an Offer.
Project Cost: All costs for Network Upgrades, as determined by the Transmission Provider to be
a single transmission expansion project, including those costs associated with seeking and
obtaining all necessary approvals for the design, engineering, construction, and testing of
the Network Upgrades. These Network Upgrades will include costs classified by the
Transmission Owners and Independent Transmission Companies as transmission plant
using the Uniform System of Accounts 350 through 359 or equivalent set of accounts for
any Coordinating Owner.
Project Financial Security: The Cash Deposit or Irrevocable Letter of Credit described in
Appendix 1 to Attachment FF of the Tariff that a Selected Developer is required to
provide.
Proposal: A proposal to construct, implement, own, operate, maintain, repair, and restore all
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MISO
1.P
FERC Electric Tariff
Definitions - P
MODULES
70.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Competitive Transmission Facilities associated with a Competitive Transmission Project,
in response to a Request for Proposal. Proposals may be submitted in one of two different
forms: (i) a Single-Developer Proposal; or (ii) a Joint-Developer Proposal. The term
“Proposal” shall include “Single-Developer Proposal” and “Joint-Developer Proposal”.
Proposal Cure Period: A period of time, as set forth within Attachment FF, Section VIII.D.10,
allowed for an RFP Respondent to correct deficiencies identified by the Transmission
Provider in its previously submitted Proposal. The Proposal Cure Period commences
upon notification by the Transmission Provider to an RFP Respondent of deficiencies in
its Proposal.
Proposal Participant(s): Any entity or entities involved in a Proposal, excluding the RFP
Respondent(s), that will co-own the Competitive Transmission Project and rely on the
RFP Respondent(s) to be the Selected Developer(s) responsible for constructing and
implementing the Competitive Transmission Facilities associated with the Competitive
Transmission Project. Proposal Participants may be identified in a Proposal as
responsible for one or more aspects of operations, maintenance, repair, or restoration, on
terms comparable to those that would apply if the RFP Respondent(s) intended to rely on
a third-party contractor.
Proposal Submission Deadline: The date and time Proposals must be submitted to the
Transmission Provider by in order to be considered and evaluated by the Transmission
Provider. The Submission Deadline shall be no later than 5:00 PM EPT on the date specified
in the RFP, which shall not exceed one hundred and sixty-five (165) Calendar Days from the
date the RFP was issued by the Transmission Provider, unless such date falls on a Saturday,
Sunday, or MISO observed holiday in which case the Proposal Submission Deadline shall be
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MISO
1.P
FERC Electric Tariff
Definitions - P
MODULES
70.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
the next Business Day that is not a MISO observed holiday.
Proposed Generator Planned Outage: The planned removal from service, in whole or in part,
of a Generation Resource for inspection, maintenance or repair for which the Generation
Owner has sought or will seek approval from the Transmission Provider for such planned
removal in accordance with the Business Practices Manuals.
Protected Information: Privileged and non public information to be maintained by the
Transmission Provider.
Proxy Offers: The Offers created for resources that are deployed during Emergency operating
procedures by the Transmission Provider as specified in Schedule 29A.
Pseudo-tie: A telemetered reading or value that is updated in real time and used as a tie line
flow in the Area Control Error equation but for which no physical tie or energy metering
actually exists. The integrated value is used as a metered MWh value for interchange
accounting purposes. Pseudo tied status of Resources and Loads may only be changed
during Network Model updates and the timing of such updates shall be as defined in the
Business Practices Manuals.
Pseudo-tie Agreement: The Agreement between MISO and a Market Participant included as
Attachment FFF-1 or Attachment FFF-2 to this Tariff, as applicable, outlining the terms
and conditions of the real-time transfer of control of a generating unit or load to (or from)
the MISO Balancing Authority Area from (or to) a specified external Balancing
Authority Area.
Public Power: For credit scoring purposes, an Applicant or Market Participant that is a not for
profit municipality, cooperative, Joint Action Agency, or agent representing one or more
Public Power entities and whose credit quality is directly derived from the credit quality
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MISO
1.P
FERC Electric Tariff
Definitions - P
MODULES
70.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
of the Public Power entities represented through the agency relationship.
Public Power Composite Score: For credit scoring purposes, the weighted average value of the
Public Power Qualitative Score and the Public Power Quantitative Score. The relative
weights are sixty percent (60%) and forty percent (40%).
Public Power Qualitative Score: A component of a Public Power Composite Score which has,
for credit scoring purposes, a value ranging from 1 to 6.99, with 1 being the best and 6.99
being the worst. The value is based on a review by the Transmission Provider of
qualitative factors relative to an Applicant’s business, including but not limited to: i)
regulatory; ii) legal; iii) demographic; and iv) energy supply/price factors as provided in
Attachment L to this Tariff.
Public Power Quantitative Score: A component of a Public Power Composite Score which has,
for credit scoring purposes, a value ranging from 1 to 6.99, with 1 being the best and 6.99
being the worst. The value is based on a review by the Transmission Provider of various
financial metrics as detailed in the Transmission Provider’s credit scoring model in
Attachment L.
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MISO
1.Z
FERC Electric Tariff
Definitions - Z
MODULES
43.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Zero Injection Generation (ZG) Associated Load: A source of electrical load that has a Point of
Withdrawal that is at the same substation as the Point of Interconnection to the
Transmission System (i.e. same voltage level at the interconnecting substation) as the
Generating Facility with ZG Interconnection Service that will serve it.
Zero Injection Generation (ZG) Interconnection Service: A limited form of Interconnection
Service that allows an Interconnection Customer to connect its Generating Facility to the
Transmission System or Distribution System, as applicable, for the limited purpose of
delivering energy to ZG Associated Load. ZG Interconnection Service does not grant
any right to inject energy onto the Transmission System except as may be authorized by
Section 3.11 of the Generator Interconnection Procedures. ZG Interconnection Service
does not convey Transmission Service. ZG Interconnection Service also does not
provide a right to serve, or a right to Transmission Service to serve, a ZG Associated
Load or retail customer except as allowed by applicable state law.
Zero Injection Generation (ZG) Resource: A generating resource with an Attachment X
defined ZG Interconnection Agreement. A ZG Resource may participate as a Generation
Resource, Dispatchable Intermittent Resource, Electric Storage Resource, or Behind the
Meter Generation resource.
Zonal Deliverability Charge (ZDC): A positive charge per ZRC associated with ZRCs in a
FRAP that may be assessed to an LSE based upon the congestion contribution to the
constraints between LRZs or ERZs of any ZRCs that are located outside of the LRZ
where the LSE has Load.
ZDC Hedge: The mechanism that permits an LSE to avoid Zonal Deliverability Charge
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MISO
1.Z
FERC Electric Tariff
Definitions - Z
MODULES
43.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
assessments through the investment in new or upgraded Transmission System facilities
which are a result of approved firm transmission service requests where the LSE’s
Planning Resource and the LSE’s Demand are in separate LRZs or the Planning Resource
is located in an ERZ.
Zonal Export Ability: The ability of an LRZ to export capacity to areas outside of that LRZ.
Equal to an LRZ’s base interchange plus the LRZ’s incremental ability to export
generation.
Zonal Import Ability: The ability of an LRZ to import capacity from areas outside of that LRZ.
Equal to an LRZ’s base interchange plus the LRZ’s incremental ability to import
generation.
Zonal Operating Reserve: Operating Reserve that is available on a Reserve Zone basis.
Zonal Regulating Reserve: Regulating Reserve that is available on a Reserve Zone basis.
Zonal Resource Credit (ZRC): A MW unit of a Planning Resource that has been converted
from a MW of Seasonal Accredited Capacity to a credit in the MECT, which is eligible to
be offered by a Market Participant into the PRA, to be sold bilaterally, eligible to be used
for replacement capacity, and/or to be submitted through a Fixed Resource Adequacy
Plan.
Zonal Uplift Report: A monthly report of Day-Ahead Revenue Sufficiency Guarantee Credits,
Real-Time Revenue Sufficiency Guarantee Credits, Day-Ahead Margin Assurance
Payments, and Real-Time Offer Revenue Sufficiency Guarantee Payments, paid in
dollars, and categorized by Local Resource Zone, Interface, day, and uplift category.
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MISO
1.Z
FERC Electric Tariff
Definitions - Z
MODULES
43.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
ZRC Near-Shortage Conditions: Any Season in a Planning Resource Auction in which there is
sufficient volume of ZRC Offers in the LRZ to meet LCR, but the Season’s ACP is
greater than the daily CONE value (i.e. 1/365 times CONE).
ZRC Offer: An offer into the PRA of ZRCs by a Market Participant.
ZRC Offer Revenue Sufficiency Charge: A charge that is assessed to an LSE that has cleared
under ZRC Shortage Conditions and/or ZRC Near-Shortage Conditions for one or more
Season’s in the Planning Resource Auction.
ZRC Offer Revenue Sufficiency Credit: A Resource credit guaranteed by the Transmission
Provider ensuring the minimum recovery of a Planning Resource’s Allowable ZRC Costs
that have been cleared for one or more Seasons in the Planning Resource Auction.
ZRC Shortage Conditions: Any Season in a Planning Resource Auction in which there is an
insufficient volume of ZRC Offers in the LRZ to cover LCR.
Zone: A set of Buses in a geographic area as determined by the Transmission Provider.
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MISO
38.2.2
FERC Electric Tariff
Market Participant Application and Qualifications
MODULES
43.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
To qualify as a Market Participant, a Market Participant Applicant shall fulfill the following
requirements.
a.
Submit a duly executed Market Participant Application to the Transmission Provider, in
such form as shall be established by the Transmission Provider.
i.
A Market Participant Applicant shall not qualify as a Market Participant until the
Transmission Provider has duly executed a Market Participant Agreement that has
previously been duly executed by the Market Participant Applicant.
ii.
Notwithstanding any information provided to the Transmission Provider prior to
the submission of the Market Participant Application, the Market Participant
Applicant must provide all information required in the Market Participant
Application.
b.
Demonstrate to the Transmission Provider that it or its Designated Agent complies with
all applicable metering, telemetry, data storage and transmission, and other reliability,
operation, planning and accounting standards and requirements for operating in the
Transmission Provider Region as set forth in this Tariff.
i.
A Market Participant Applicant that intends to assign to a Scheduling Agent, an
MDMA, or other Market Participant certain Markets Activities shall demonstrate
to the Transmission Provider’s satisfaction that it has assigned these
responsibilities to a qualified Designated Agent by forwarding to the
Transmission Provider a certificate that represents the underlying relationship
between the Market Participant and the Designated Agent. In the event an entity
other than the Local Balancing Authority is designated as an MDMA, the Local
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MISO
38.2.2
FERC Electric Tariff
Market Participant Application and Qualifications
MODULES
43.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Balancing Authority must still receive the metered data. If a Market Participant
designates another entity as a Scheduling Agent or MDMA, the Market
Participant remains financially responsible for all Market Activities represented
by the Scheduling Agent or MDMA.
ii.
A Market Participant Applicant that, as a Market Participant, intends to make
purchases and sales of Energy, Operating Reserves, Up Ramp Capability, Down
Ramp Capability, and/or Short-Term Reserve or Other Ancillary Services, or
FTRs on behalf of other entities shall so inform the Transmission Provider. The
Market Participant shall remain financially responsible and liable for all Market
Activities in the Energy and Operating Reserve Markets in which it engages
regardless of on whose behalf it has arranged to make purchases and sales. The
Market Participant’s purchases and sales for other entities may, however, impact
its own creditworthiness assessment.
c.
Inform the Transmission Provider of its intent to submit Self-Schedules, Bilateral
Transactions, Bids, Offers, including Virtual Bids and Offers, or hold FTRs.
i.
Market Participant Applicants that are party to Grandfathered Agreement(s) and
intend to terminate such agreements and provide or receive Transmission Service
under this Tariff shall so inform the Transmission Provider pursuant to procedures
established by the Transmission Provider. Such Market Participants that intend to
maintain service under such agreements should inform the Transmission Provider
in accordance with the process set forth by the Transmission Provider of its
selection of the optional treatment of transactions pursuant to such agreements
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MISO
38.2.2
FERC Electric Tariff
Market Participant Application and Qualifications
MODULES
43.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
under the Energy and Operating Reserve Markets as described in Section 38.8.3.
In addition, the Market Participant Applicant shall provide the information listed
in Section 38.2.3.a.
d.
A Market Participant Applicant seeking to submit Demand Bids into the Day-Ahead
Energy and Operating Reserve Market shall demonstrate to the Transmission Provider
that the end-users to be served by Energy purchased in the Energy and Operating Reserve
Markets are located within the Transmission Provider Region or will be brought within
the Transmission Provider Region prior to any purchases from the Energy and Operating
Reserve Markets.
e.
A Market Participant Applicant seeking to submit Generation Offers or Electric Storage
Resource Offers, including Self-Schedules, to sell in the Energy and Operating Reserve
Markets shall demonstrate to the Transmission Provider that such Market Participant
Applicant: (i) has exclusive rights through ownership, operational control, or other
contractual arrangements to the output of Resources capable of responding to the
Dispatch Target and, if applicable, Setpoint Instructions; (ii) meets any applicable
requirements pursuant to RAR; and (iii) complies with all metering, telemetry, data
storage and communication protocols, and other reliability, operation, planning and
accounting standards and requirements for operating in the Transmission Provider Region
necessary to allow the Transmission Provider to validate the ability of the Generation
Resource or Electric Storage Resource to respond to the Dispatch Targets, and, if
applicable, Setpoint Instructions.
Criteria for generating facility, including a storage facility, with ZG Interconnection
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MISO
38.2.2
FERC Electric Tariff
Market Participant Application and Qualifications
MODULES
43.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Service. A ZG Resource that is greater than 5 MW in size must register, prior to its
Commercial Operation Date, as a Generation Resource, Energy Storage Resource, or
Dispatchable Intermittent Resource based on its applicable operating characteristics.
A Market Participant Applicant seeking to submit ZRC Offers, including Self Schedules
or FRAPs, for LMRs to sell capacity in the PRA shall demonstrate to the Transmission
Provider that such Market Participant Applicant: (i) has exclusive rights through
ownership, operational control, or other contractual arrangements to the output of LMRs
capable of responding to Scheduling Instructions; (ii) meets any applicable requirements
pursuant to RAR; and (iii) complies with all metering, data storage, accounting and
communication protocol requirements applicable to LMRs under the Tariff, Business
Practices Manuals, or necessary to allow the Transmission Provider to validate the ability
of the LMR to respond to the Scheduling Instructions.
f.
A Market Participant Applicant seeking to engage in Market Activities shall demonstrate
to the Transmission Provider that it meets all of the requirements established by the
Transmission Provider and included in this Tariff for each activity as to which Market
Participant seeks to participate, including, without limitation, executing a credit
agreement in a form acceptable to the Transmission Provider, providing any Financial
Security required by the Transmission Provider and otherwise complying with the Credit
Policy.
g.
A Market Participant Applicant seeking to submit Demand Response Resource–Type I
Offers or Demand Response Resource–Type II Offers in the Energy and Operating
Reserve Markets shall: (i) demonstrate to the Transmission Provider that it has exclusive
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MISO
38.2.2
FERC Electric Tariff
Market Participant Application and Qualifications
MODULES
43.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
rights through ownership, operational control, or other contractual rights to the output of
such Resources, (ii) that such Resources are capable of responding to the Dispatch Target
for Energy and Operating Reserve and Setpoint Instructions if a Demand Response
Resource–Type II or that such Resources are capable of responding to commitment
instructions to supply Energy or responding to deployment instructions associated with
Dispatch Targets for Contingency Reserve in the case of a Demand Response Resource–
Type I; (iii) designate those Resources as either a Demand Response Resource–Type I or
Demand Response Resource–Type II with the Transmission Provider; (iv) demonstrate to
the Transmission Provider that it complies with all metering, telemetry, data storage, and
communication protocols, and other reliability, operation, planning, and accounting
standards and requirements for operating in the Transmission Provider Region necessary
to allow the Transmission Provider to validate the ability of the Resource to respond as
described under (ii) above; and (v) verify to the Transmission Provider during the asset
registration process that it has received any required approvals from all applicable state
regulatory agencies to enable such Resources to participate in the Energy and Operating
Reserve Markets.
h.
Transmission Provider Evaluation of Application. Upon submission of a complete
Market Participant Application, and such other information as shall be requested by the
Transmission Provider, and a signed written representation that the Market Participant
Applicant will be able to execute the Market Participant Agreement as provided in
Attachment W of this Tariff upon approval of the Application, the Transmission Provider
shall investigate and evaluate whether the Market Participant Applicant meets the criteria
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MISO
38.2.2
FERC Electric Tariff
Market Participant Application and Qualifications
MODULES
43.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
specified in Section 38.2.2. As soon as practicable, but in any event not later than sixty
(60) Days after submission of the requested information, the Transmission Provider shall
notify the Market Participant Applicant of its determination, along with a written
summary of the basis for the determination. The Transmission Provider shall grant the
sought for status upon a reasonable showing by the Market Participant Applicant that it
meets the criteria specified in Section 38.2.2, subject to its execution of the applicable
Market Participant Agreement and upon approval of the Application.
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MISO
68A.8
FERC Electric Tariff
Calculation of Transmission Losses
MODULES
38.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Calculation of Transmission Losses
a.
The Transmission Provider shall calculate the LBA transmission loss percentages for
each Season using the process described as follows:
1.
The Transmission Provider's State Estimator calculates transmission losses (MW)
as part of the solution output process every five (5) minutes.
2.
The transmission losses (MW) are computed on all transmission lines and
transformers by summing up real power at both ends for each transmission
element (retaining the convention for flow direction) or as the difference in real
power (without the sign convention for flow direction) for each State Estimator
solution.
3.
The individual transmission losses (MW) for each element are summed to a total
transmission values for each Local Balancing Authorities (LBA) level.
4.
These LBA transmission loss values are then integrated across each hour to
calculate an hourly transmission loss value (MW) for each LBA.
5.
The total transmission loss value (MW) for each LBA will be the hourly
integrated transmission losses value (MW) for the hour of the Coincident Peak
Demand from the calendar year two years prior to the upcoming Planning Year.
6.
For the purposes of the Transmission Provider Region, the LBA transmission loss
percentages are calculated as the total LBA transmission losses divided by the
total LBA peak data at that MISO peak hour for each Season. For purposes of a
Local Resource Zone, the LBA transmission loss percentages are calculated as the
total LBA transmission losses divided by the total LBA peak data at the LRZ peak
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MISO
68A.8
FERC Electric Tariff
Calculation of Transmission Losses
MODULES
38.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
hour for each Season.
b.
The Local Balancing Authority (LBA) transmission loss percentage shall apply to the
LSE's applicable LBA Coincident Peak Demand and Local Resource Zone Peak Demand
forecast to determine the LSE transmission losses. Behind-the-Meter-Generation Resources that
are interconnected to the Transmission System and are not a ZG Resource shall be treated like
other Resources with respect to transmission losses. Behind-the-Meter-Generation Resources
that are not interconnected to the Transmission System, ZG Resources and Demand Resources
shall be adjusted to account for serving load without incurring transmission losses by grossing up
the MW quantity of such resources by (1.0 + the appropriate LBA transmission loss percentage).
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MISO
69A.1.1
FERC Electric Tariff
Forecasted Demand Identification
MODULES
40.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Forecasted Demand Identification
a.
The Demand forecasts required in Section 69A.1 shall include: (1) the Coincident Peak
Demand within each LBA Area in the Transmission Provider Region for the upcoming Planning
Year; (2) the monthly non-coincident peak Demand and net Energy for Load within each LBA
Area, for the upcoming Planning Year and the following Planning Year; (3) the non-coincident
peak Demand and net Energy for Load within each LBA Area, for each Season, for the eight
Planning Years subsequent to the two for which monthly values are provided in (2); and (4) the
available Local Resource Zone Peak Demand within each LBA Area in the Local Resource Zone
for the upcoming Planning Year. All of these forecasts shall be submitted by November 1st prior
to each Planning Year and shall be consistent with Good Utility Practice. Forecast providers
shall use the MECT or other means described in the BPM for Resource Adequacy to submit the
requisite information. Details regarding the items required in the Demand forecasts submittal are
in the BPM for Resource Adequacy.
b.
The supplied Coincident Peak Demand and Local Resource Zone Peak Demand forecasts
shall include the Demand expected for the forecast time period (e.g. the Coincident Peak
Demand hour) augmented to include the normal Demand from forecasted demand resources,
whether registered or not registered with the Transmission Provider, including Demand from any
retail demand side management programs. The Coincident Peak Demand forecast shall identify,
in MW, the expected contribution of each ZG Associated Load and identify its associated ZG
Resource. A ZG Resource is ineligible for Seasonal Accredited Capacity unless its ZG
Associated Load is explicitly identified in the Coincident Peak Demand forecast. Such forecasts
may include Demand reductions achieved by energy efficiency programs that will be fully
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implemented prior to the start of the Planning Year. Energy efficiency programs are installed
measures on retail customer facilities that achieve a permanent reduction in electric Energy
usage while maintaining a comparable quality of service and must comply with the guidelines set
forth in the BPM for Resource Adequacy. Energy efficiency program effects included in the
load forecast must follow state and RERRA regulations and measurement and verification
requirements, as applicable. All submissions for such forecast values shall include distribution
losses, but not transmission losses. The Transmission Provider will be responsible for the
calculation of the applicable transmission losses for the forecasts provided and for annually
publishing such values for each LBA on its website by October 1, as specified in Section 68A.8
and the BPM for Resource Adequacy.
c.
In order to assist with the development of the Coincident Peak Demand and Local
Resource Zone Peak Demand forecasts, the Transmission Provider will make available the
historical monthly peak hours for each of the four months June through September, since 2005,
or as available, for the Transmission Provider Region and for each Local Resource Zone. On or
before March 1st of each year, the Transmission Provider will review a sampling of submitted
Demand forecast methodologies and inputs to ensure accuracy and consistency, in accordance
with the BPM for Resource Adequacy. If the Transmission Provider determines that the
Demand forecast methodologies are inaccurate or inconsistent, the Transmission Provider shall
work with the applicable LSEs to reconcile such issues. If reconciliation is not achieved, or if
Local Resource Zone Peak Demand forecasts are not available, then the Transmission Provider
will provide the required forecast values.
d.
All Coincident Peak Demand and Local Resource Zone Peak Demand forecasts shall
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reflect a 50% probability that the Demand will not exceed the forecasted Demand for the
relevant period.
e.
Consistent with Section 69A.1.2.1, the EDC must provide both the Transmission
Provider and the respective LSEs with each retail customer’s peak load contribution (“PLC”) in
each Season, including transmission losses and PRM as determined by the Transmission
Provider, in the EDC’s service territory by December 15th. At least five (5) Business Days
before January 15, LSEs must notify the EDC and the Transmission Provider if they disagree
with the EDC calculated PLC value.
f.
If an LSE knows it will gain a wholesale customer by the beginning of any Season in the
next Planning Year, then that LSE may provide the Transmission Provider with the Coincident
Peak Demand and the Local Resource Zone Peak Demand forecast for such acquired load by
November 1. In all other cases, the existing Market Participant serving such wholesale customer
shall provide the Transmission Provider by November 1st with the Market Participant’s forecast
of the wholesale customer’s Coincident Peak Demand and Local Resource Zone Peak Demand.
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A.
Determination of Deliverability of Generation Resources, Electric Storage
Resources, and External Resources:
The Transmission Provider shall be responsible for determining whether Generation Resources,
Electric Storage Resources, and External Resources eligible to be Capacity Resources are
deliverable to Load. The deliverable amount of such Generation Resources, Electric Storage
Resources, and External Resources will be any combination of the following:
i.
The amount of Network Resource Interconnection Service under Attachment X;
ii.
The amount of Energy Resource Interconnection Service under Attachment X that
is coupled with firm Transmission Service;
iii.
The amount of firm Transmission Service associated with a Grandfathered
Agreement that can only be used to satisfy PRMR within the LRZ of the Load
under the Grandfathered Agreement;
iv.
The amount of aggregate deliverability that a Generation Resource or External
Resource was granted through the market transition deliverability test by the
Transmission Provider and could qualify for Network Resource Interconnection
Service;
v.
The amount of non-aggregate deliverability that a Generation Resource or
External Resource was granted by the transmission provider and confirmed by a
Network Customer as a designated Network Resource under the OASIS
reservation process in place prior to either the initial effective date of the Energy
Market in 2005 or that corresponding Transmission Owner’s integration date, will
be accepted by the Transmission Provider as deliverable to the Network Loads of
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the Network Customer for that term of the confirmed designation, as such term
may be extended; or,
vi.
The amount of ZG Interconnection Service under Attachment X only for a ZG
Resource.
B.
Determination of Deliverability of Intermittent Generation, Dispatchable
Intermittent Resources, and Electric Storage Resources:
The Transmission Provider shall be responsible for determining whether Intermittent Generation,
Dispatchable Intermittent Resources, and Electric Storage Resources eligible to be Capacity
Resources are deliverable to Load. The deliverable amount of such Intermittent Generation,
Dispatchable Intermittent Resources, and Electric Storage Resources will be any combination of
the following:
i.
The amount of Network Resource Interconnection Service under Attachment X;
ii.
The amount of Energy Resource Interconnection Service under Attachment X that
is coupled with firm Transmission Service;
iii.
The amount of firm Transmission Service associated with a Grandfathered
Agreement that can only be used to satisfy PRMR within the LRZ of the Load
under the Grandfathered Agreement;
iv.
The amount of aggregate deliverability that the Intermittent Generation or
Dispatchable Intermittent Resource was granted through the market transition
deliverability test by the Transmission Provider and could qualify for Network
Resource Interconnection Service;
v.
The amount of non-aggregate deliverability that a Intermittent Generation or
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Dispatchable Intermittent Resource was granted by the transmission provider and
confirmed by a Network Customer as a designated Network Resource under the
OASIS reservation process in place prior to either the initial effective date of the
Energy Market in 2005 or that corresponding Transmission Owner’s integration
date, will be accepted by the Transmission Provider as deliverable to the Network
Loads of the Network Customer for that term of the confirmed designation, as
such term may be extended; or,
vi.
The amount of ZG Interconnection Service under Attachment X only for a ZG
Resource.
C.
Determination of Deliverability of Resources with Provisional Generator
Interconnection Agreements:
The Transmission Provider shall be responsible for determining whether Resources with
Provisional Generator Interconnection Agreements are deliverable to Load. The deliverable
amount of such Resources will be the amount of interconnection service established through the
annual ERIS evaluation in accordance with the BPM for Generator Interconnection that is
coupled with firm Transmission Service.
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Replacement of Planning Resources
MODULES
44.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Replacement of Planning Resources
A.
Replacement of Planning Resources
A Planning Resource may replace Cleared ZRCs with Uncleared ZRCs pursuant to the
following circumstances:
i.
Retirement and Suspension
1.
A Planning Resource for which a Market Participant requests a change in
status in accordance with the System Support Resource (SSR) provisions
described in Section 38.2.7 will no longer qualify as a Planning Resource
effective as of the actual date that the status of the Planning Resource changes
to Retire pursuant to Section 38.2.7.
2.
A Generation Resource that has the status of Suspend pursuant to Section
38.2.7 will continue to qualify as a Planning Resource in accordance with the
BPM for Resource Adequacy.
3.
If a Planning Resource for which a Market Participant converts Seasonal
Accredited Capacity into ZRCs is Retired or Suspended prior to the end of the
Season during the Planning Year in which the ZRCs cleared, such Market
Participant must replace the Cleared ZRCs with Uncleared ZRCs. If a Market
Participant does not replace such ZRCs associated with a Retired or
Suspended Planning Resource, a Capacity Replacement Non-Compliance
Charge will be assessed as determined below in this Section.
ii.
ICAP Deferral
1.
A Planning Resource for which a Market Participant submits an ICAP
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Effective On: October 18, 2026
Deferral Notice will be subject to ICAP Deferral Requirements and Charges
pursuant to Section 69A.7.9.
2.
If a Market Participant’s Planning Resource fails to satisfy the ICAP deferral
requirements set forth in Section 69A.7.9 and the Market Participant does not
replace Cleared ZRCs with Uncleared ZRCs, an ICAP Deferral Non-
Compliance Charge will be assessed pursuant to Section 69A.7.9.
iii.
Outage
1.
If a Planning Resource, including a ZG Resource of any type, for which a
Market Participant converts Seasonal Accredited Capacity into ZRCs is
unable to meet the applicable performance requirements for the Cleared ZRCs
as described in Section 69A.5 for greater than thirty-one (31) Days in total due
to full or partial Generator Planned Outage during the Season of the Planning
Year in which the ZRCs cleared, or for Planning Resources that are subject to
Diversity Contracts for greater than one (1) Month during any Season of the
Planning Year in which the ZRCs cleared, such Market Participant must
replace the Cleared ZRCs with Uncleared ZRCs to transfer the performance
requirements applicable to the Planning Resource. If a Market Participant
does not replace such ZRCs associated with a Planning Resource, a Capacity
Replacement Non-Compliance Charge will be assessed as determined below
in this Section.
2.
Any combination of Cleared ZRCs that are on full or partial Generator
Planned Outage for greater than thirty-one (31) Days in total during a Season,
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or for any other reason including full or partial Generation Outages that were
not planned but were known or could have been reasonably anticipated at the
time of the PRA, as set forth in the Market Monitoring and Mitigation
Business Practices Manual, or unavailable because subject to a Diversity
Contract that is not available for greater than one (1) Month during a Season,
will be assessed a Capacity Replacement Non-Compliance Charge.
3.
If a Planning Resource for which a Market Participant converts Seasonal
Accredited Capacity into ZRCs is unable to meet the applicable performance
requirements for the Cleared ZRCs as described in Sections 69A.3.3.1 and
69A.5 due to a Catastrophic Generator Outage any time during the Season(s)
of the Planning Year in which the ZRCs cleared such Market Participant may
replace the Cleared ZRCs with Uncleared ZRCs to transfer the performance
requirements applicable to the Planning Resource.
iv.
Load Modifying Resources
1.
A Behind the Meter Generator for which a Market Participant converts
Seasonal Accredited Capacity into ZRCs that is unable to meet the applicable
performance requirements for the Cleared ZRCs as described in Section
69A.3.3.1 due to either an outage submitted in accordance with the BPM for
Resource Adequacy or due to regulatory restrictions resulting in the
unavailability of the BTMG may replace the Cleared ZRCs with Uncleared
ZRCs.
2.
A Demand Resource for which a Market Participant converts Seasonal
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Accredited Capacity into ZRCs is unable to meet applicable performance
requirements for the Cleared ZRCs as described in Section 69A.3.3.1 due to a
change in ownership of the end use facility or through state or RERRA action
which results in the termination of contracts with the Demand Resource may
replace the Cleared ZRCs with Uncleared ZRCs.
3.
A Market Participant representing an LMR may through consultation with the
IMM as set forth in Section 64.3.e of Module D replace the Cleared ZRCs
with Uncleared ZRCs. The performance obligation of the Uncleared ZRCs
take the place of the applicable performance obligation of the Cleared ZRCs
that were replaced.
v.
General Provisions
1.
A Planning Resource may not transfer its performance requirements by
replacing the Cleared ZRCs with Uncleared ZRCs for any reason other than
those reasons discussed immediately above.
2.
A Planning Resource for which a Market Participant converts Seasonal
Accredited Capacity into ZRCs that are used to replace Cleared ZRCs must
meet the applicable performance requirements as described in sections
69A.3.3.1 and 69A.5 for the balance of the Season of the Planning Year,
subject to the same replacement requirements set forth above.
3.
Cleared ZRCs can be replaced with Uncleared ZRCs that are not from the
same LRZ or ERZ by examining post-replacement clearing as if it were the
PRA clearing results, so that such replacement: (1) does not violate any CIL
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used in the PRA; (2) does not violate any CEL used in the PRA; (3) does not
reduce the remaining total ZRCs for any LRZ of Cleared ZRCs below the
LCR for that LRZ; and (4) does not exceed any flow ranges established under
applicable seams agreements, coordination agreements, or transmission
service agreements.
4.
ZRC replacements from LRZs or ERZs other than that of the Cleared ZRCs
will be processed in accordance with the following parameters:
i.
ZRC replacement shall be processed on a first come, first served basis.
ii.
The amount of Cleared ZRCs in each LRZ or ERZs at the time of a ZRC
replacement shall be based upon the current amounts of Cleared ZRCs,
including any previous replacement transactions.
5.
ZRC replacement shall have no impact on settlements from the PRA, FRAPs,
and RBDC Opt Out, including any assessed Capacity Replacement Non-
Compliance Charges.
B.
Capacity Replacement Non-Compliance Charge and Distribution
i.
Capacity Replacement Non-Compliance Charges will be calculated as follows:
the number of days for which the Market Participant had a replacement
requirement but failed to replace per section 69A.3.1.h.a above multiplied by the
amount of ZRCs that failed to be replaced multiplied by the sum of the ACP for
the applicable Season and the daily CONE value (1/365 times CONE). The ACP
and the CONE values will be based on the LRZ where the Planning Resource
cleared those ZRCs. If the Planning Resource is represented in an ERZ connected
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to a single SRRZ, the applicable CONE value will be the greatest CONE value of
all LRZs in the respective SRRZ. For External Resources represented in ERZs
that are connected to multiple SRRZs or that are not connected to any SRRZs, the
applicable CONE value will be the greatest CONE value of all LRZs in those
connected SRRZs.
ii.
Distribution of Capacity Replacement Non-Compliance Charges: Capacity
Replacement Non-Compliance Charge revenues received by the Transmission
Provider will be distributed to Market Participants representing LSEs that have
met their Final PRMR during the applicable Season of the Planning Year on a pro
rata basis, based upon their respective LSEs’ share of Final PRMR for the
Transmission Provider Region.
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Load Modifying Resources
MODULES
37.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Load Modifying Resources
Load Modifying Resources can be offered as ZRCs in the PRA or can be used in FRAPs
pursuant to Section 69A.9 or used in an RBDC Opt Out pursuant to Section 69A.9.1. As
described below, a Demand Resource or a BTMG is eligible to qualify as a Load Modifying
Resource if it meets the following requirements. A ZG Resource may qualify as a BTMG if not
registered as a Generation Resource or DIR. All LMRs that are cleared in the PRA or were
submitted in a FRAP for a Season or submitted in an RBDC Opt Out must be available for use in
the event of an Emergency as declared by the Transmission Provider, pursuant to the Emergency
operating procedures of the Transmission Provider, unless replaced with other ZRCs pursuant to
Section 69A.3.1.h. ZRCs from Demand Resources will be grossed-up by the amount of avoided
transmission losses in accordance with Section 68A.8.b and also by the applicable PRM in
accordance with Section 68A.2. ZRCs from BTMGs will be grossed-up by the amount of
avoided transmission losses in accordance with Section 68A.8.b. In accordance with the BPM
for Resource Adequacy, the Transmission Provider will qualify an LMR for the applicable
Season in the upcoming Planning Year. The amount of ZRCs from Demand Resources and
BTMG has to be consistent with the expected reduction in demand at the time of the
Transmission Provider’s expected Coincident Peak Demand.
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Behind the Meter Generation Eligibility
MODULES
49.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Behind the Meter Generation Eligibility
1.
In accordance with the BPM for Resource Adequacy, the Transmission Provider will
qualify a BTMG for the applicable Season in the upcoming Planning Year. A Market
Participant that possesses ownership or equivalent contractual rights in a BTMG can
request accreditation for such BTMG. The Market Participant registering the BTMG
must include the contracts with each end-use customer indicating rights behind the
BTMG to generate behind-the-meter generation. Notwithstanding, a copy of a contract
with an end-use customer will not be required if the Market Participant is, or has non-
contractual legal rights to control, the end use customer. In addition, a Market Participant
registering a BTMG or ZG Resource participating as a BTMG must meet the following
requirements:
a.
registering such resource(s) with the Transmission Provider as documented in the
BPM for Resource Adequacy.
b.
demonstrating GVTC capability for applicable Season in each Planning Year on
an annual basis as established in the BPM for Resource Adequacy, and by
submitting the GVTC results to the Transmission Provider no later than
September 30 prior to such Planning Year for existing accredited BTMG unless
the Transmission Provider has granted an extension pursuant to Section
69A.3.6.1.k. All new BTMGs or an existing accredited BTMG that has an
increased installed capacity shall submit their GVTC to the Transmission Provider
prior to qualification, but no later than March 1 prior to the PRA as established in
the BPM for Resource Adequacy.
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MODULES
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c.
submitting generator availability data (including, but not limited to, NERC GADS
information) into a database provided by the Transmission Provider and as
established in the BPM for Resource Adequacy. A Market Participant is not
required to report generator availability data based on GVTC for a BTMG less
than 10 MW if the Market Participant has never provided such data for such
BTMG. A Market Participant that begins reporting generator availability data
based upon GVTC for a BTMG that is less than 10 MW must continue to report
such data.
d.
having a notification time requirement less than or equal to 6 hours to receive
credit as a Planning Resource.
e.
demonstrating that the BTMG is able to sustain energy production at the
accredited MW level for at least four (4) continuous Hours;
f.
demonstrating that the BTMG is capable of being deployed at the accredited MW
level for: (i) at least the first five (5) times requested in the Summer Season; and
(ii) at least the first five (5) times requested in the Winter Season; (iii) at least the
first three (3) times requested in the Spring Season; and (iv) at least the first three
(3) times requested in the Fall Season, based on their physical capability when
called upon by the Transmission Provider during an Emergency during any
applicable Season in a Planning Year for which the BTMG receives credit as a
Planning Resource. Limitations due to applicable regulatory restrictions that are
more restrictive than the physical limitations of the BTMG will supersede the
physical availability of the BTMG.
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MODULES
49.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
g.
There shall be no penalties assessed to a Market Participant representing the entity
that has offered ZRCs from the LMR if the BTMG Resource is unavailable for
interruption as a result of maintenance requirements in accordance with Good
Utility Practice, or for reasons of Force Majeure, or in the event the specified
BTMG reduction had already been accomplished for other reasons (e.g.,
economic considerations, operating the BTMG Resource at or above the credited
level of BTMG Resource, or local reliability concerns in accordance with
instructions from the Local Balancing Authority).
h.
A BTMG Resource for which operation is not an obligation during Emergency
events declared by the Transmission Provider pursuant to the Transmission
Provider emergency operating procedures, will not qualify as an LMR.
i.
A Market Participant shall be prohibited from registering a BTMG Resource for
which credit is already being taken by a Market Participant.
j.
Market Participants providing physical, regulatory, or contractual limitations of
the notice time and availability of BTMG must provide appropriate
documentation to the Transmission Provider in accordance with the BPM for
Resource Adequacy.
k.
A Market Participant for a BTMG required to submit GVTC results must use
Reasonable Efforts to submit GVTC by September 30 prior to the upcoming
Planning Year. If circumstances prevent the Market Participant from submitting
the GVTC results for the BTMG by September 30, the Market Participant must
notify the Transmission Provider no later than five (5) Business Days after
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September 30 and request an extension. The extension request must include a
reasonable explanation and justification for missing the deadline and an expected
completion date prior to the upcoming Planning Year. The Transmission Provider
will review each extension request on a case by case basis to determine whether
or not to approve or deny the request to extent the GVTC deadline. Denial of an
extension will not preclude the Market Participant for the BTMG from utilizing
the ICAP Deferral process as described in Section 69A.7.9.
2.
Installed Capacity (ICAP) Deferral
If a Market Participant for a BTMG has not completed GVTC testing by the deadlines
provided in 69A.3.6.1.b, is not expected to demonstrate deliverability, or is otherwise not
expected to demonstrate commercial operation prior to March 1, ZRCs from such
capacity may be used the PRA, in a FRAP (including through bilateral ZRC transactions)
or in an RBDC Opt Out, subject to the notification, credit, and non-compliance
provisions of Section 69A.7.9.
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FERC Electric Tariff
Penalty Provisions for LMRs
MODULES
42.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Penalty Provisions for LMRs
Unless an LMR is unavailable as a result of maintenance requirements, for reasons of Force
Majeure, or because the number of required deployments based on the registered number has
been reached, the Market Participant representing the entity that had ZRCs from LMRs,
including ZG Resources participating as BTMG, that cleared in the PRA, were used in a FRAP,
or were used in an RBDC Opt Out will be subject to the following penalties in the event the
LMR is called upon during an Emergency as declared by the Transmission Provider and the
LMR fails to perform in accordance with its Market Participant’s response to such Market
Participant’s Scheduling Instructions. The penalties defined below will only apply to the portion
of the Market Participant’s response to such Market Participant’s Scheduling Instruction that is
not followed during the Emergency declaration and will only be assessed by the Transmission
Provider after giving the operator of the LMR an opportunity to provide documentation of the
specific circumstances that would justify exemption from such penalties. There will not be an
LMR penalty assessed for any portion of the Scheduling Instruction which had already been
accomplished by an LMR for other reasons (e.g., for economic considerations, self-scheduling at
or above the credited amount of BTMG or local reliability concerns in accordance with
instructions from the Local Balancing Authority) at the time the request for interruption is made
by the Transmission Provider. Likewise, for certain Demand Resources that are temperature
dependent (e.g., a Demand Resource program involving air conditioning load), the specified
Demand reduction may be adjusted in a manner defined in the measurement and verification
procedures developed by the Transmission Provider to reflect the circumstances at the time a
Demand Resource is called upon to reduce Demand.
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FERC Electric Tariff
Penalty Provisions for LMRs
MODULES
42.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
a.
The Transmission Provider shall assess the responsible Market Participant the
costs that were otherwise incurred to replace the deficient Planning Resource at
the time the Market Participant’s LMR is called upon by the Transmission
Provider and does not respond in full or in part consistent with the Market
Participant’s response to MISO’s Scheduling Instructions. These costs will be the
product of the amount of specified Demand reduction not achieved and the
Hourly Real-Time Ex Post LMP at the Load CPNode, plus any applicable
Revenue Sufficiency Guarantee charges. The Transmission Provider shall
allocate any such penalty revenues only to the Market Participants representing
the LSEs in the Local Balancing Authority Area(s) that experienced the
Emergency that required the use of an LMR. Such revenues shall be distributed
on a Load Ratio Share basis. For any situation where either an LMR does not
respond to an interruption request, including those circumstances where the LMR
is claimed to be unavailable as a result of maintenance requirements or for
reasons of Force Majeure, the Transmission Provider shall initiate an
investigation with the Market Participant which has registered the Demand
Resource or BTMG and was qualified as an LMR into the cause of the LMR not
being available when called upon to reduce Demand. If deemed appropriate by
the Transmission Provider, the Transmission Provider will disqualify the Demand
Resource or BTMG from further use as an LMR for the remainder of the current
Planning Year, and will discontinue payment of the applicable ACP for the
remainder of the current Planning Year when the LMR was unavailable. If such
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FERC Electric Tariff
Penalty Provisions for LMRs
MODULES
42.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
LMR was used in a FRAP or cleared in the PRA or used in an RBDC Opt Out,
then the Market Participant will be charged the applicable ACP for the remainder
of the current Planning Year for the Unforced Capacity of the LMR. The
revenues collected will be distributed on a pro rata basis in such LRZ based upon
an LSE’s Final PRMR.
b.
In the event the same LMR is unavailable on a second occasion (with at least a
separation period of 24 hours) when called upon to respond to Scheduling
Instructions, except for a validated circumstance of maintenance requirements or
for reasons of Force Majeure, the Market Participant taking credit for that LMR
shall make the same penalty payment as indicated in Section 69A.3.9.a above, and
the Demand Resource or BTMG will no longer qualify as an LMR and will not
receive the applicable ACP for the remainder of the current Planning Year and
will not be eligible for LMR status for the next Planning Year. If such LMR was
used in a FRAP or cleared in the PRA or used in an RBDC Opt Out, then the
Market Participant will be charged the applicable ACP for the remainder of the
current planning year for the Unforced Capacity of the LMR. The revenues
collected will be distributed on a pro rata basis in such LRZ based upon an LSE’s
Final PRMR.
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69A.4.1
FERC Electric Tariff
Seasonal Accredited Capacity of Capacity Resources
MODULES
43.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Seasonal Accredited Capacity of Capacity Resources
The Transmission Provider will determine the Seasonal Accredited Capacity for each Capacity
Resource.
a.
The Seasonal Accredited Capacity for a Capacity Resource that is a Generation
Resource, but not a Dispatchable Intermittent Resource, Intermittent Generation,
Electric Storage Resource, External Resource, Use Limited Resource, or a ZG
Resource, is based on an evaluation of the type and volume of interconnection
service, GVTC value, and Real-Time offered availability of such Generation
Resource or Electric Storage Resource for each Season as set forth in Schedule
53.
b.
The Seasonal Accredited Capacity for a Capacity Resource that is an External
Resource, but not a Dispatchable Intermittent Resource, Intermittent Generation
or Use Limited Resource, is based on the GVTC value and XEFORd values of
such External Resource for each Season. External Resources that are not required
to report generator availability data will have a forced outage rate based on the
class average forced outage rate of the resource type.
c.
The Transmission Provider will determine the Seasonal Accredited Capacity for a
DRR that qualifies as a Capacity Resource and that interrupts or controls Load,
based upon historical performance and availability, for each Season, as set forth in
Schedule 53.
d.
The Transmission Provider will determine the Seasonal Accredited Capacity for
each DRR that qualifies as a Capacity Resource and that is a behind the meter
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69A.4.1
FERC Electric Tariff
Seasonal Accredited Capacity of Capacity Resources
MODULES
43.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
generation facility based on an evaluation of the GVTC value and Real-Time
offered availability for such behind the meter generation facility for each Season
as set forth in Schedule 53. If such behind the meter generation facility is
interconnected to the Transmission System, the Transmission Provider will
consider the type and volume of interconnection service when determining the
Seasonal Accredited Capacity.
e.
The Seasonal Accredited Capacity for a Capacity Resource that is a Dispatchable
Intermittent Resource or Intermittent Generation will be determined by the
Transmission Provider based on historical performance, availability, and type and
volume of interconnection service, for each Season in accordance with the BPM
for Resource Adequacy.
f.
The Seasonal Accredited Capacity value for a Capacity Resource that is a Hybrid
Resource will be established by the Transmission Provider based on the sum of
the Seasonal Accredited Capacity values of its respective Electric Facilities for
the production and/or storage for later injection of electricity, up to the level of
firm interconnection service, prior to a minimum amount of operating data
becoming available. Once sufficient operation data is available, as defined in the
BPM, the Seasonal Accredited Capacity value for a Hybrid Resource will be
determined by the Transmission Provider based on historical performance,
availability, and type and volume of interconnection service, for each Season in
accordance with the BPM.
g.
The Seasonal Accredited Capacity of a Capacity Resource that is an Electric
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Seasonal Accredited Capacity of Capacity Resources
MODULES
43.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Storage Resource will be established by the Transmission Provider based on an
evaluation of the type and volume of interconnection service, a GVTC value
based upon a power and energy test, and an XEFORd. Electric Storage Resources
that are not required to report generator availability data will have an XEFORd
rate based on their class average forced outage rate.
h.
The Seasonal Accredited Capacity for a Capacity Resource that is a Use Limited
Resource will be determined by the Transmission Provider based on the type and
volume of interconnection service, the GVTC and XEFORd values of such Use
Limited Resource in accordance with the BPM for Resource Adequacy.
i.
The Seasonal Accredited Capacity for a ZG Resource shall be determined based
on its participation type as set forth above, subject to the following additional
requirements:
1.
The Seasonal Accredited Capacity of a ZG Resource is capped at the
specified portion of the Coincident Peak Demand forecast attributable to
the ZG Associated Load less any SAC assigned to the ZG Associated
Load.
2.
The Seasonal Accredited Capacity of a ZG Resource shall be grossed-up
by the amount of avoided Transmission Losses, as set forth in Section
68A.8.b.
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69A.4.5
FERC Electric Tariff
Attributes of ZRCs
MODULES
42.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Attributes of ZRCs
A Market Participant that owns or possesses equivalent contractual rights to a qualified Planning
Resource can convert the convertible Seasonal Accredited Capacity of the Resource (Seasonal
Accredited Capacity MW) as determined in section 69.A.3.1.g into ZRCs through the MECT in
order to offer such ZRCs into a PRA. Market Participants also can unconvert and/or transfer
ZRCs through the MECT to another Market Participant, as described in the BPM for Resource
Adequacy. All ZRCs associated with a ZG Resource must be used as part of an LSE’s Fixed
Resource Adequacy Plan (FRAP) or RBDC Opt Out.
A.
Eligibility for Zonal Resource Credits for a Capacity Resource that is a Planning
Resource that is not Intermittent Generation or Dispatchable Intermittent Resource.
For a Capacity Resource that is not Intermittent Generation or Dispatchable Intermittent
Resource the amount of Capacity that is eligible to be converted to Zonal Resource Credits shall
be the convertible Seasonal Accredited Capacity value of the Capacity Resource. The
convertible Seasonal Accredited Capacity shall be determined by:
i.
Determining the Installed Capacity;
ii.
Determining the Seasonal Accredited Capacity of the Capacity Resource;
iii.
Allocating the Capacity Resource’s Seasonal Accredited Capacity value where:
a.
If the Capacity Resource has only Energy Resource Interconnection Service,
the Seasonal Accredited Capacity will be allocated to the Capacity Resource’s
Energy Resource Interconnection Service Seasonal Accredited Capacity
value, which will be calculated by multiplying the lesser of the Capacity
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FERC Electric Tariff
Attributes of ZRCs
MODULES
42.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Resource’s ICAP or Energy Resource Interconnection Service by SAC
divided by ICAP;
b. If the Capacity Resource has both Network Resource Interconnection Service
and Energy Resource Interconnection Service, the Seasonal Accredited
Capacity will be allocated first to the Capacity Resource’s Network Resource
Interconnection Service Seasonal Accredited Capacity value, which will be
calculated by multiplying the lesser of the Capacity Resource’s ICAP or
Network Resource Interconnection Service by SAC divided by ICAP, as
provided below:
NRIS SAC = MIN (NRIS, ICAP) × (SAC/ICAP)
c.
Any remaining total Seasonal Accredited Capacity value will then be
allocated to Energy Resource Interconnection Service Seasonal Accredited
Capacity as provided below:
ERIS SAC = MAX (0, (ICAP-NRIS)) × (SAC/ICAP)
d. The resulting Network Resource Interconnection Service Seasonal Accredited
Capacity value shall be eligible to be converted into Zonal Resource Credits;
and
e.
The resulting Energy Resource Interconnection Service Seasonal Accredited
Capacity value that is coupled with firm Transmission Service shall be
eligible to be converted into Zonal Resource Credits up to the Energy
Resource Interconnection Service Unforced Capacity value of the Capacity
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FERC Electric Tariff
Attributes of ZRCs
MODULES
42.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Resource, by multiplying the firm Transmission Service amount by SAC
divided by ICAP.
f.
If the Capacity Resource has ZG Interconnection Service, the Seasonal
Accredited Capacity will be allocated as one-hundred percent (100%) of SAC.
B.
Eligibility for Zonal Resource Credits for a Capacity Resource that is an
Intermittent Generation or Dispatchable Intermittent Resource
For Intermittent Generation and Dispatchable Intermittent Resources that are Capacity
Resources, the amount of Capacity eligible to be converted to Zonal Resource Credits shall be
the convertible Seasonal Accredited Capacity value of the Intermittent Generation or
Dispatchable Intermittent Resource, which is equal to the total Seasonal Accredited Capacity
value multiplied by the quotient of the deliverability adjusted Capacity factor divided by the peak
performance Capacity factor of the Capacity Resource where:
a.
the deliverability-adjusted capacity factor is the average of the actual Energy
output capped at the demonstrated deliverability of the Intermittent Generation or
Dispatchable Intermittent Resource determined in Section 69A.3.1.g during the
highest system peak load observances for each Season that the Capacity Resource
was in service divided by the Installed Capacity of the Capacity Resource; and,
b.
the existing peak performance Capacity factor is the average of the actual Energy
output during the highest system peak load observances for each Season that the
Capacity Resource was in service divided by the Installed Capacity of the
Capacity Resource.
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69A.7.3
FERC Electric Tariff
Uncleared ZRCs
MODULES
34.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Uncleared ZRCs
Once the PRA has concluded, a Market Participant may convert back to Seasonal Accredited
Capacity any ZRCs that do not clear in the PRA. ZRCs associated with a ZG Resource that are
not used in a FRAP may not be used as Uncleared ZRCs.
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69A.7.8
FERC Electric Tariff
Self-Scheduling Option:
MODULES
35.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Self-Scheduling Option:
LSEs with sufficient ZRCs within an LRZ where the LSE has forecasted Demand will be able to
avoid the financial impact of that LRZ’s ACP for the Final PRMR by Self-Scheduling such
ZRCs into the PRA (i.e., by Offering ZRCs into the PRA at a zero price so that the ZRCs will
clear). For Planning Resources associated with ZRCs represented outside the LRZ where the
LSE has PRMR, an LSE would also need to use the financial hedges described in Section
69A.7.7 to avoid the financial effects of potential price differences between LRZs or between an
LRZ and an ERZ. ZRCs obtained from a ZG Resource may not be used in a Self-Schedule.
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69A.9
FERC Electric Tariff
Use of FRAP in the Planning Resource Auction
MODULES
39.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Use of FRAP in the Planning Resource Auction
An LSE electing to use a Fixed Resource Adequacy Plan (FRAP) in the PRA for any Season can
continue to use its existing resource planning processes to meet all or any portion of its Initial
PRMR by providing the Transmission Provider with a FRAP, as described below:
a.
An LSE electing to use a FRAP for any Season must submit a FRAP for each LRZ to the
Transmission Provider by the 7th Business Day of March prior to a Planning Year in
order for the LSE to demonstrate that the LSE has designated ZRCs in order to meet all
or any portion of the LSE’s Initial PRMR for such LRZ. Market Participants submitting
registrations for new and existing Load Modifying Resources can be included in the
Module E Capacity Tracking Tool beginning as early as December prior to the Planning
Year. Load Modifying Resources registrations submitted to the Transmission Provider
will be evaluated to determine if Load Modifying Resources meet the qualification
requirements. Market Participants that submit registrations by February 1 prior to the
Planning Year will be evaluated by the Transmission Provider and will be notified of the
outcome on or before February 21 that precedes the Planning Year.
Market Participants that submit registrations between February 2 and February 15 prior to
the Planning Year will be evaluated by the Transmission Provider and will be notified of
the outcome at least two Business Days prior to the FRAP deadline. The Transmission
Provider will make a good faith effort to notify Market Participants that submit
registrations after February 15 but not later than March 1 of the outcomes of such
registrations no later than the FRAP deadline. All ZRCs associated with a ZG Resource
must be used as part of an LSE’s Fixed Resource Adequacy Plan (FRAP) or RBDC Opt
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69A.9
FERC Electric Tariff
Use of FRAP in the Planning Resource Auction
MODULES
39.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Out. All ZRCs associated with a ZG Resource that are not used in a FRAP shall have no
capacity value as set forth in Section 69A.7.3. The FRAP must include the LSE’s
forecasted Coincident Peak Demand for each LRZ for each Season and also identify the
ZRCs that the LSE owns, or has contractual rights to, in order to provide Planning
Resources to meet the FRAP designated portion of its Initial PRMR and also its load ratio
share of the LCR for each LRZ for each Season. The Transmission Provider will
evaluate each LSE’s FRAP to determine if it meets the designated portion of the LSE’s
Initial PRMR and the LSE’s share of LCR and the Transmission Provider will notify the
LSE via the MECT prior to March 15th before a Planning Year of the extent that the
portion of an LSE’s Initial PRMR or share of LCR for each LRZ is not covered by a
submitted FRAP. The LSE will have until the PRA offer window opens to remedy any
deficiencies in their FRAP for each Season.
b.
To the extent that the LSE’s ZRCs satisfy the portion of the LSE’s Initial PRMR for the
applicable Season(s) submitted through a FRAP, (1) the LSE will not have an obligation
to make ZRC Offers for the ZRCs included in the FRAP into the PRA, or otherwise
participate in the PRA for such Season; and (2) the LSE will not have an obligation to
pay the applicable ACP for the LSE’s Initial PRMR within such LRZ that is covered by
the FRAP. The Transmission Provider will consider all PRMR and ZRCs, including
PRMR and ZRCs in FRAPs, as part of the Transmission Provider’s reliability assessment
when conducting the PRA.
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69A.9
FERC Electric Tariff
Use of FRAP in the Planning Resource Auction
MODULES
39.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
c.
Any portion of an LSE’s Initial PRMR not covered by the FRAP may be purchased
through the PRA. An LSE will be charged the applicable ACP for any PRMR that is
procured through the PRA.
d.
If an LSE owns or controls ZRCs that are not included in the LSE’s FRAP, then such
LSE may submit ZRC Offers into the PRA for all such excess ZRCs, subject to Module
D.
e.
To the extent that an LSE designates ZRCs in a FRAP that are represented in the same
LRZ as the LSE’s Demand to meet the LSE’s Initial PRMR for such LRZ, then the LSE
will not be subject to a Zonal Deliverability Charge for such ZRCs.
f.
An LSE that contains ZRCs from Planning Resources that are not represented in the same
LRZ where the LSE has Demand may be subject to a Zonal Deliverability Charge, which
will be calculated as described in Section 69A.7.6(b).
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MISO
69A.9.1
FERC Electric Tariff
Use of RBDC Opt Out in the Planning Resource Auction
MODULES
35.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Use of RBDC Opt Out in the Planning Resource Auction
An LSE electing to use the RBDC Opt Out can continue to use its existing resource planning
processes to meet its Final PRMR by providing the Transmission Provider with an RBDC Opt
Out, as described below:
a.
The RBDC Opt Out Lock-In Period will be three consecutive Planning Years for
all Seasons. If an LSE fails to submit an RBDC Opt Out then the LSE will be
required to participate in the PRA through any combination of the other Tariff-
defined options, or pay the Capacity Deficiency Charge, for each Planning Year
in which the LSE does not submit an RBDC Opt Out.
b.
An LSE under state jurisdiction where the State Regulatory Authority has
overridden the PRM established by the Transmission Provider is not eligible to
select the RBDC Opt Out.
c.
An LSE selecting the RBDC Opt Out will be required to meet its Final PRMR for
the entirety of its load and losses, and its entire share of LCR for each LRZ, for
each Season. All ZRCs associated with a ZG Resource must be used as part of an
LSE’s Fixed Resource Adequacy Plan (FRAP) or RBDC Opt Out.
d.
An LSE must provide an initial notification of its intent to elect the RBDC Opt
Out no later than January 15th prior to the upcoming Planning Year. An LSE
electing the RBDC Opt Out must submit its final plan for each LRZ to the
Transmission Provider by the 7th Business Day of March prior to each Planning
Year during the RBDC Opt Out Lock-In Period in order for the LSE to
demonstrate that the LSE has designated ZRCs in order to meet the LSE’s Final
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69A.9.1
FERC Electric Tariff
Use of RBDC Opt Out in the Planning Resource Auction
MODULES
35.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
PRMR, and share of LCR for each LRZ, for each Season. Market Participants
using the RBDC Opt Out must submit all registrations for new and existing
resources to be used in the RBDC Opt Out through the MECT consistent with the
timelines established in the Business Practices Manual for Resource Adequacy.
The RBDC Opt Out must include the LSE’s seasonal forecasted Coincident Peak
Demand for each LRZ and also identify the ZRCs that the LSE owns, or has
contractual rights to, in order to provide Planning Resources to meet its Final
PRMR, and also its share of the LCR for each LRZ for each Season. The
Transmission Provider will evaluate each LSE’s RBDC Opt Out on an annual
basis to determine if it meets the LSE’s Final PRMR and the LSE’s share of LCR
requirements for all Seasons. The Transmission Provider will notify the LSE
prior to March 15th before the applicable Planning Year whether the submitted
RBDC Opt Out meets the LSE’s Final PRMR, and share of LCR for each LRZ,
requirement for each Season during the applicable Planning Year. The LSE must
remedy any deficiencies in its RBDC Opt Out for each Season before the PRA
offer window opens.
e.
The Transmission Provider will notify the RERRA(s) following the submission of
an initial intent to elect the RBDC Opt Out by an LSE. RERRA(s) may elect to
notify the Transmission Provider within twenty (20) Business Days whether the
LSE’s load subject to the RERRA’s respective jurisdiction is authorized to select
the RBDC Opt Out. Upon receipt of such a notification from the RERRA(s) that
the LSE is not authorized to elect the RBDC Opt Out for the LSE’s load subject to
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FERC Electric Tariff
Use of RBDC Opt Out in the Planning Resource Auction
MODULES
35.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
the RERRA’s respective jurisdiction, the Transmission Provider will reject the
LSE’s RBDC Opt Out for such load. If the Transmission Provider receives no
notification from the RERRA(s) within the twenty (20) Business Day period, and
an LSE has demonstrated that it has designated ZRCs in order to meet its Final
PRMR, and share of LCR for each LRZ, for each Season, then the proposed
RBDC Opt Out by the LSE will be deemed accepted by the Transmission
Provider.
f.
To the extent that the LSE’s ZRCs satisfy the LSE’s Final PRMR for the
applicable Season(s) submitted through an RBDC Opt Out, (1) the LSE will not
have an obligation to make ZRC Offers for the ZRCs included in the RBDC Opt
Out into the PRA, or otherwise participate in the PRA for such Season; and (2)
the LSE will not have an obligation to pay the applicable ACP for the LSE’s Final
PRMR within such LRZ. The Transmission Provider will consider all PRMR and
ZRCs, including PRMR and ZRCs in RBDC Opt Outs, as part of the
Transmission Provider’s reliability assessment when conducting the PRA.
g.
If an LSE owns or controls ZRCs that are not included in the LSE’s RBDC Opt
Out, then such LSE may submit ZRC Offers into the PRA for all such excess
ZRCs, subject to Module D. Such ZRC Offers may not include ZRCs associated
with a ZG Resource.
h.
To the extent that an LSE designates ZRCs in an RBDC Opt Out that are
represented in the same LRZ as the LSE’s Demand to meet the LSE’s Final
PRMR for such LRZ, then the LSE will not be subject to a Zonal Deliverability
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69A.9.1
FERC Electric Tariff
Use of RBDC Opt Out in the Planning Resource Auction
MODULES
35.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Charge for such ZRCs.
i.
An LSE that designates ZRCs from Planning Resources that are not represented in
the same LRZ where the LSE has Demand may be subject to a Zonal
Deliverability Charge, which will be calculated as described in Section
69A.7.6(b).
j.
LSEs that submit an RBDC Opt Out may not use any of the other options to
satisfy their Final PRMR including: (i) submitting a Fixed Resource Adequacy
Plan; (ii) Self-Scheduling ZRCs; (iii) purchasing ZRCs through the Planning
Resource Auction process, and/or (iv) paying the Capacity Deficiency Charge to
meet all or a portion of their Initial PRMR.
k.
LSEs that elect the RBDC Opt Out that do not meet their Final PRMR shall pay
the RBDC Opt Out Deficiency Charge, which is 2.748 times applicable LRZ’s
CONE multiplied by the difference in ZRCs between the LSEs Final PRMR and
the amount of ZRCs submitted as the LSEs RBDC Opt Out for each Season in
which the LSE fails to meet its Final PRMR.
l.
RBDC Opt Out Deficiency Charge revenues will be distributed to Market
Participants representing LSEs on a pro rata basis, based upon their respective
LSE's share of Final PRMR for the Transmission Provider Region minus the Final
PRMR associated with the RBDC Opt Out Deficiency Charge. If the LRZ where
LSEs incurred RBDC Opt Out Deficiency Charges failed to meet its Local
Clearing Requirement ("LCR"), then RBDC Opt Out Deficiency Charge revenues
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FERC Electric Tariff
Use of RBDC Opt Out in the Planning Resource Auction
MODULES
35.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
based upon their respective LSE's share of Final PRMR minus the Final PRMR
associated with the RBDC Opt Out Deficiency Charge in such LRZ.
m.
The Transmission Provider will determine the RBDC Opt Out Adder that will be
applicable for the upcoming Planning Year every year on or before December 15.
The RBDC Adder applicable during the first Planning Year in which an LSE
elects to use the RBDC Opt Out will apply for such LSE’s entire RBDC Opt Out
Lock-In Period.
n.
The Transmission Provider will determine the RBDC Opt Out Adder based on a
Seasonal average of the RBDC based PRA clearing for the prior three Planning
Years. If the prior year RBDC based PRA clearing is not available, simulated
RBDC based PRA clearing will be used to determine the RBDC Opt Out Adder.
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SCHEDULE 53
FERC Electric Tariff
Seasonal Accredited Capacity Calculation
SCHEDULES
42.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Schedule 53
Seasonal Accredited Capacity Calculation
I.
General
Seasonal Accredited Capacity (SAC) for a Capacity Resource that is a DRR or
Generation Resource but not a Dispatchable Intermittent Resource, Intermittent Generation,
Electric Storage Resource, External Resource, or Use Limited Resource will be determined
pursuant to this Schedule 53. The resources accredited pursuant to this Schedule 53, as
described above, are here and after referred to as “Schedule 53 Resources”. A two-tiered
weighting structure is used to calculate Seasonal Accredited Capacity for Schedule 53
Resources. Outage exemptions for planned outages and exemptions for any operating
limitations, such as thermal, voltage, or stability limits referenced in the BPM for Outage
Operations, provided by the Transmission Provider or Transmission Operator to preserve the
reliability of the Transmission System, that modify the must offer obligation set forth in Section
69A.5.a will be factored into calculating the tiers of a Schedule 53 Resource’s Seasonal
Accredited Capacity.
II.
Tier 1 and Tier 2 Planned Outage Exemption Requirements
Generator Planned Outages scheduled to begin before September 1, 2022, will be granted
a Tier 1 and Tier 2 exemption based on Section 38.2.5.g.ix., and as set forth in the Business
Practices Manual for Resource Adequacy. Generator Planned Outages scheduled to begin on or
after September 1, 2022, will be evaluated for Tier 1 and Tier 2 exemptions based on the
following requirements. Only full Generator Planned Outages or full Proposed Generator
Planned Outages shall be eligible for the Tier 1 and Tier 2 planned outage exemptions set forth
below.
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SCHEDULE 53
FERC Electric Tariff
Seasonal Accredited Capacity Calculation
SCHEDULES
42.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
Generator Outage
Submission Criteria
Maintenance Margin >=0
for duration of outage
Maintenance Margin <0 for
any day in the duration of
outage
>120 days prior to outage start
date, and >120 days from end
of previous outage for unit
Exempt Tier 1 & 2
Exempt Tier 1 Only
>120 days Prior to Outage
Start date and <120 days from
end of Previous outage for
unit or Outage submitted
between 31-119 days Prior to
outage start date
Exempt Tier 1 Only
No Exemption
14-30 days prior to outage
start date and passes No Harm
Test
Exempt Tier 1 Only
No Exemption
Outage moved per MISO
request
Exempt Tier 1 & 2
(Weather, forced outages, other
conditions in BPM-008)
Exempt Tier 1 & 2
(Weather, forced outages, other
conditions in BPM-008)
at Transmission Provider’s
discretion or Tier 1 only at
Transmission Provider’s
discretion
A.
Tier 2 Planned Outage exemptions
i.
The Generator Owner or Generator Operator: (a) schedules its first
Generator Planned Outage 120 days or more in advance of the outage start
date and 120 days or more beyond the end date of any previously
scheduled outages for the generator unit; and (b) the Proposed Generator
Planned Outage is to occur entirely during a period in which there is
adequate Maintenance Margin at the time advance notice of the outage is
provided to the Transmission Provider. There is adequate margin when the
Maintenance Margin is greater than or equal to zero megawatts after
subtracting the megawatts of the requested Proposed Generator Planned
Outage. The request shall be determined based on highest queued request.
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Seasonal Accredited Capacity Calculation
SCHEDULES
42.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
ii.
The Generator Owner or Generator Operator reschedules its Generator
Planned Outage at the Transmission Provider’s request: (a) the Proposed
Generator Planned Outage is to occur 120 days or more in advance of the
outage start date and 120 days or more beyond the end date of any
previously scheduled outages for the generator unit; and (b) Generator
Planned Outage has inadequate Maintenance Margin at time of submittal
and moves to a time of adequate Maintenance Margin.
iii.
The Transmission Provider may, at its discretion, grant a Tier 2 Planned
Outage exemption if the Generator Owner or Generator Operator
reschedules its Generator Planned Outage at the Transmission Provider’s
request due to weather, forced outages, or other conditions listed in the
Business Practices Manual for Outage Operations without regard to how
many days in advance the outage was submitted or whether there was
projected to be adequate Maintenance Margin for the duration of the
outages.
B.
Tier 1 Planned Outage exemptions
i.
The Generator Owner or Generator Operator receives a Tier 2 Planned Outage
exemption under section A.i above.
ii. The Generator Owner or Generator Operator: (a) schedules its first Generator
Planned Outage 120 days or more in advance of the outage start date and 120
days or more beyond the end date of any previously scheduled outages for the
generator unit; and (b) the Proposed Generator Planned Outage is to occur
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Seasonal Accredited Capacity Calculation
SCHEDULES
42.0.0
Effective On: October 18, 2026
during a period when there is inadequate Maintenance Margin at the time the
outage is provided to the Transmission Provider. There is inadequate margin
when the Maintenance Margin is less than or equal to zero megawatts, for any
day of outage, after subtracting the megawatts of the requested Proposed
Generator Planned Outage. The request shall be determined based on highest
queued request.
iii. Subsequent generator unit outage requests 120 days or more in advance and/or
Generator Owners or Generator Operators Generator Planned Outage less than
120 days in advance and at least 31 days in advance of outage start date.
Proposed Generator Planned Outage to occur entirely during a period in which
the generator unit has an adequate projected margin, at the time the outage is
provided to the Transmission Provider. There is adequate margin when the
Maintenance Margin is greater than or equal to zero megawatts after
subtracting the megawatts of the requested Proposed Generator Planned
Outage. The request shall be determined based on highest queued request.
iv. Generator Owners or Generator Operators Generator Planned Outage less than
31 days in advance and at least 14 days in advance of outage start date. A
Proposed Generator Planned Outage to occur entirely during a period the
generator unit has an adequate Maintenance Margin at the time the outage is
provided to the Transmission Provider and the outage passes the No Harm
Test. There is adequate margin when the Maintenance Margin is greater than
or equal to zero megawatts after subtracting the megawatts of the requested
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MISO
SCHEDULE 53
FERC Electric Tariff
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Proposed Generator Planned Outage. The request shall be determined based
on highest queued request.
v. Generator Owner or Generator Operator reschedules its Generator Planned
Outage at the Transmission Provider’s request due to inadequate Maintenance
Margin for the duration of outage, at the time the outage is provided to the
Transmission Provider. Maintenance Margin is less than zero megawatts after
subtracting the megawatts of the requested Proposed Generator Planned
Outage. This requirement does not include outages submitted less than 14
days in advance of the start date.
vi. The Transmission Provider may, at its discretion, grant a Tier 1 Planned
Outage exemption if the Generator Owner or Generator Operator reschedules
its Generator Planned Outage at the Transmission Provider’s request due to
weather, forced outages, or other conditions listed in Business Practices
Manual for Outage Operations without regard to how many days in advance
the outage was submitted or whether there was projected to be adequate
Maintenance Margin for the duration of the outages.
C.
No Harm Tests
Outages submitted between 14 to 30 days of start date will be evaluated for final
approval and exemption status together. The No Harm Tests include, but are not
limited to, outage approval, compliance with all applicable operation guides,
review of possible conflicting outages or system conditions, and system capacity
(Maintenance Margin, Multiday Operational Margin, 30-day margin). It also
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includes the criteria outlined in the Business Practices Manual for Generator
Outage.
D.
Limitation Provided by Transmission Provider or Transmission Operator
The Transmission Provider will grant the equivalent of a Tier 2 Planned Outage
exemption if a Schedule 53 Resource is provided an operating limitation, such as
thermal, voltage, or stability limits referenced in the BPM for Outage Operations,
provided by the Transmission Provider or the Transmission Operator to preserve
the reliability of the Transmission System, that is lower than the must offer
obligation described in Section 69A.5.a.
III.
Resource Adequacy Hours
Resource Adequacy (RA) Hours represent the periods of highest risk and greatest need
during a Season and throughout the year. They include hours during Maximum Generation
Emergency declarations and the hours when the operating margin, a measure of available supply
capacity above demand and reserve requirements, is at its lowest.
Resource Adequacy Hours will be identified based on an evaluation of the three (3) most
recent completed years using the period beginning September 1st and ending August 31st, which
will be used to determine Resource Adequacy Hours for each Season (Seasonal RA Hours) and
for each annual period (Annual RA Hours). Both Seasonal RA Hours and Annual RA Hours will
be determined for the First Planning Area and Second Planning Area separately. The RA Hours
determined in subpart III.A & III.B below are the only RA Hours that will be used to calculate
Tier 2 ISAC in subpart V.C below. Where certain Seasonal RA Hours do not apply for a
Resource due to a Tier 2 Planned Outage exemption or for periods where the Resource was not
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designated for RAR under Module E-1 of the Tariff and the Resource does not otherwise have 65
RA Hours identified for the Season then a Seasonal RA Hour Deficiency exists per subpart
III.A.iii and the Resource’s Annual Average Offered Capacity is multiplied by the Seasonal RA
Hour Deficiency per subpart V.C of this Schedule 53.
A.
Seasonal RA Hours. Seasonal RA Hours will include a target of 65 hours for
each Season consisting of:
i.
All operating hours during any declared Maximum Generation Emergency
in a Season, excluding any operating hour where a Resource has a Tier 2
Planned Outage exemption or has periods where the Resource was not
designated for RAR under Module E-1 of the Tariff. If more than 65 of
such hours exists for any Season, all will be considered Seasonal RA
Hours, and;
ii.
If there are fewer than 65 hours identified for the Season in Section III.A.i
above, additional hours will be identified up to a total of 65 starting with
those hours with the lowest Operating Margin that is below a threshold of
25 percent excluding any operating hour where a Resource has a Tier 2
Planned Outage exemption or has periods where the Resource was not
designated for RAR under Module E-1 of the Tariff, and;
iii.
If 65 hours have still not been identified, then a Seasonal RA Hours
Deficiency exists which is the number of hours less than 65 for any
Season.
B.
Annual RA Hours will include of a target of 260 hours for each of the three (3)
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most recent periods beginning September 1st and ending August 31st consisting of:
i.
All hours during Maximum Generation Emergency declarations excluding
any operating hour where a Resource has a Tier 2 Planned Outage
exemption or has periods where the Resource was not designated for RAR
under Module E-1 of the Tariff. If more than 260 of such hours exists for
any period, all will be considered Annual RA Hours, and;
ii.
If there are fewer than 260 hours identified for the period in Section III.B.i
above, additional hours will be identified up to a total of 260 starting with
those hours with the lowest Operating Margin that is below a threshold of
25 percent excluding any operating hour where a Resource has a Tier 2
Planned Outage exemption or has periods where the Resource was not
designated for RAR under Module E-1 of the Tariff.
C.
Seasonal Non-RA Hours. Seasonal Non-RA Hours will consist of all hours not
included in Section III.A.i-iii. If a Resource has a Tier 1 and/or Tier 2 Planned
Outage exemption for any of the operating hours identified as Seasonal Non-RA
Hours or has periods where the Resource was not designated for RAR under
Module E-1 of the Tariff, such hours will not be included in the applicable
Seasonal Accredited Capacity calculation.
D.
Tier 1 Planned Outage exemptions apply only to Non-RA Hours. Tier 2 Planned
Outage exemptions apply for both RA Hours and Non-RA Hours referenced in
this Schedule 53.
IV.
Operating Margin Calculation
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The Operating Margin is determined using historical information to identify Seasonal RA
Hours and Annual RA Hours within the three (3) most recent periods beginning September 1st
and ending August 31st.
Operating Margin Equation
Where:
For all Resources online and under normal dispatch control.
For Resources where all of the following is true: (i) Resource is Offline; (ii) it’s cold-start
lead-time is less than or equal to 12 hours; and (iii) is not on outage.
V.
Seasonal Accredited Capacity Calculation
A.
Annual Average Offered Capacity (AAOC) will be determined for each Resource
subject to this Schedule 53 and utilized in the Seasonal Accredited Capacity
calculation as applicable. The AAOC for a Resource is calculated by averaging
Hourly Emergency Maximum Limit, or Targeted Demand Reduction Level for
DRR-1, during the Annual RA Hours identified in Section III.B above for each
12-month period within the three (3) most recent periods beginning September 1st
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and ending August 31st. For any Annual RA Hour where a Resource is offline
and the sum of the Resource’s Start-Up Time and Start-Up Notification Time
Offers exceeds 24 hours, the Resource’s Hourly Emergency Maximum Limit, or
Targeted Demand Reduction Level for DRR-1, will be set to zero (0).
B.
Tier 1 Intermediate SAC (ISAC) is calculated as the sum of Hourly Emergency
Maximum Limit, or Targeted Demand Reduction Level for DRR-1, during each
of the Resource’s Seasonal Non-RA Hours, divided by the total number of
Seasonal Non-RA Hours for each Season within the three (3) most recent periods
beginning September 1st and ending August 31st.
C.
Tier 2 ISAC is calculated as the sum of Hourly Emergency Maximum Limit, or
Targeted Demand Reduction Level for DDR-1, for the Resource’s Seasonal RA
Hours, plus the product of: Annual Average Offered Capacity multiplied by the
Seasonal RA Hour Deficiency; divided by the total number of Seasonal RA Hours
plus the Seasonal RA Hour Deficiency for each Season within the three (3) most
recent periods beginning September 1st and ending August 31st. For any
Seasonal RA Hour where a Resource is offline and the sum of the Resource’s
Start-Up Time and Start-Up Notification Time Offers exceeds 24 hours, the
Resource’s Hourly Emergency Maximum Limit, or Targeted Demand Reduction
Level for DRR-1, will be set to zero (0).
D.
For purposes of paragraphs A through C above, the Hourly Emergency Maximum
Limit, or Targeted Demand Reduction Level for DRR-1, will be capped at the
currently effective GVTC value of the Resource. If a Resource is committed for a
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portion of its ICAP due to partial clearing, the partial clearing will not reduce the
values in the Offers considered in the accreditation calculations, which will be
capped at the currently effective GVTC value of the Resource.
E.
In the case of an increase in generating Capacity of a Generation Resource, for
purposes of paragraphs A through C above, the historical values for Hourly
Emergency Maximum Limit will be adjusted up for those hours prior to such
increase going into effect as set forth in the Business Practices Manual for
Resource Adequacy.
F.
RA Hours will receive a greater weight than non-RA hours.
G.
ISAC will be calculated using the following equation:
ISAC = ISACTier1_value × ISACTier1_weighting + ISACTier2_value × ISACTier2_weighting
Where:
Weighting by Planning Year
Tier
2023- 2024
Planning Year
2024-2025
Planning Year
2025-2026 Planning
Year and beyond
ISAC𝑇𝑖𝑒𝑟1_𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔
40%
30%
20%
ISAC𝑇𝑖𝑒𝑟2_𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔
60%
70%
80%
H.
A system-wide conversion ratio will be determined using the following equation:
The system-wide conversion ratio will be determined on an annual basis
consistent with the schedule established in the BPM.
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I.
Seasonal Accredited Capacity will be calculated for each Resource by multiplying
its ISAC by the system-wide conversion ratio determined above using the
following equation:
VI.
New Resources or Resources with Insufficient Performance Data
New Resources or existing Resources that do not have at least 60 days of Real-Time
offered availability when designated for RAR over the last three (3) years for each Season
(Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring) will have a SAC based on the Class Average SAC to ICAP Ratio
for its Resource type, not to exceed the identified Coincident Peak Demand forecast of the ZG
Associated Load, if any. For Planning Year 2022/23 Schedule 53 Resources that were not
committed under the annual construct during the period considered in the SAC calculations can
direct MISO to accredit them in accord with their offers as described in Section IV above instead
of using a class average. Resources on a Catastrophic Generator Outage during a Season they
are designated for RAR may elect to use a SAC based on the Class Average SAC to ICAP Ratio
for its Resource type, not to exceed the identified Coincident Peak Demand forecast of the ZG
Associated Load, if any, the next time it is accredited for that Season provided all of its
committed ZRCs were replaced with Uncleared ZRCs and that it has successfully returned from
the Catastrophic Generator Outage.
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GENERATOR INTERCONNECTION PROCEDURES (GIP)
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
10 kW Inverter Process shall mean the procedure for evaluating an Interconnection
Request for a certified inverter-based Small Generating Facility no larger than 10 kW that uses
the screen set forth in Section 14.
Adverse System Impact shall mean the negative effects due to technical or operational
limits on conductors or equipment being exceeded that may compromise the safety and
reliability of the electric system.
Affected System(s) shall mean an electric transmission system or the electric system
associated with an Existing Generating Facility or of a higher queued Generating Facility, which
is an electric system other than the Transmission Provider’s Transmission System that is affected
by the Interconnection Request. An Affected System may or may not be subject to FERC
jurisdiction.
Affected System Interconnection Customer shall mean any entity that submits an
interconnection request for a Generating Facility to a transmission system other than
Transmission Provider’s Transmission System that may cause the need for Affected System
Network Upgrades on the Transmission Provider’s Transmission System.
Affected System Network Upgrades shall mean the additions, modifications, and
upgrades to Transmission Provider’s Transmission System required to accommodate Affected
System Interconnection Customer’s proposed interconnection to a transmission system other
than Transmission Provider’s Transmission System.
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Affected System Operator shall mean the entity that operates an Affected System.
Affected System Queue Position shall mean the queue position of an Affected System
Interconnection Customer in Transmission Provider’s interconnection queue relative to
Transmission Provider’s Interconnection Customers’ Queue Position.
Affected System Study shall mean the evaluation of Affected System Interconnection
Customers’ proposed interconnection(s) to a transmission system other than the Transmission
Provider’s Transmission System that have an impact on Transmission Provider’s Transmission
System, as described in Section 8 of this GIP.
Affected System Study Agreement shall mean the agreement contained in Appendix 16
to this GIP that is made between Transmission Provider and host transmission provider, in
absence of JOA, JPA, or other agreement filed with the Commission, as noted in Section 8 of
this GIP.
Affected System Study Report shall mean the report issued following completion of an
Affected System Study.
Affiliate shall mean, with respect to a corporation, partnership or other entity, each such
other corporation, partnership or other entity that directly or indirectly, through one or more
intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such corporation,
partnership or other entity.
Ancillary Services shall mean those services that are necessary to support the
transmission of capacity and energy from resources to loads while maintaining reliable operation
of the Transmission System in accordance with Good Utility Practice.
Applicable Laws and Regulations shall mean all duly promulgated applicable federal,
state and local laws, regulations, rules, ordinances, codes, decrees, judgments, directives, or
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judicial or administrative orders, permits and other duly authorized actions of any Governmental
Authority having jurisdiction over the Parties, their respective facilities and/or the respective
services they provide.
Applicable Reliability Standards shall mean the requirements and guidelines of the
Electric Reliability Organization and the Balancing Authority Area of the Transmission System
to which the Generating Facility is directly interconnected.
Automatic Withdrawal Penalty shall mean the penalty assessed by Transmission
Provider to an Interconnection Customer that chooses to withdraw or is deemed to have
withdrawn its Interconnection Request from Transmission Provider’s interconnection queue in
certain specified circumstances. The calculation of the Withdrawal Penalty is set forth in Section
7.6.2.1.1 of this GIP.
Balancing Authority shall mean an entity that integrates resource plans ahead of time,
maintains demand and resource balance within a Balancing Authority Area, and supports
interconnection frequency in real time.
Balancing Authority Area shall mean the collection of generation, transmission, and
loads within the metered boundaries of the Balancing Authority. The Balancing Authority
maintains load-resource balance within this area.
Base Case shall mean the base case power flow, short circuit, and stability databases
used for the Interconnection Studies by Transmission Provider or Interconnection Customer.
Base Case Data shall mean base case power flow, short circuit and stability databases,
including all underlying assumptions, and contingency lists. Such databases and lists, hereinafter
referred to as Base Cases, shall include all (1) generation projects and (2) transmission projects,
including merchant transmission projects that are proposed for the Transmission System for
which a transmission expansion plan has been submitted and approved by the MISO Board.
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Breach shall mean the failure of a Party to perform or observe any material term or
condition of the Generator Interconnection Agreement.
Breaching Party shall mean a Party that is in Breach of the Generator Interconnection
Agreement.
Business Day shall mean Monday through Friday, excluding Federal Holidays.
Calendar Day shall mean any day including Saturday, Sunday or a Federal Holiday. In
the event that a period specified in this GIP is calculated in Calendar Days ends on a non-
business day, such period shall be deemed to conclude on the following business day.
Cluster shall mean a group of one or more Interconnection Requests that are studied
together for the purpose of conducting a Group Study.
Commercial Operation shall mean the status of a Generating Facility that has
commenced generating electricity for sale, excluding electricity generated during Trial
Operation.
Commercial Operation Date (COD) of a unit shall mean the date on which the
Generating Facility commences Commercial Operation as agreed by the Parties pursuant to
Appendix E to the Generator Interconnection Agreement.
Commitment Projection shall mean a projection of the number of MW expected to
commit to the JTIQ Portfolio from ERAS and all DPP study clusters that already have passed
DP1 as described in Section 9.4.2.e.ii of Rate Schedule 6 (MISO SPP-JOA).
Common Use Upgrade shall mean an Interconnection Facility, Network Upgrade,
System Protection Facility, or any other classified addition, alteration, or improvement on the
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Transmission System or the transmission system of an Affected System, not classified under
Attachment FF as a Baseline Reliability Project, Market Efficiency Project, or Multi-Value
Project, that is needed for the interconnection of multiple Interconnection Customers’ Generating
Facilities and which is the shared responsibility of such Interconnection Customers.
Confidential Information shall mean any proprietary or commercially or competitively
sensitive information, trade secret or information regarding a plan, specification, pattern,
procedure, design, device, list, concept, policy or compilation relating to the present or planned
business of a Party, or any other information as specified in Article 22 of the GIA, which is
designated as confidential by the Party supplying the information, whether conveyed orally,
electronically, in writing, through inspection, or otherwise, that is received by another Party.
Connection Facilities shall mean the Transmission Owner’s Connection Facilities and
the MHVDC Connection Customer’s Connection Facilities, as defined in the MHCP.
Contingent Facilities shall mean those unbuilt Interconnection Facilities and Network
Upgrades upon which the Interconnection Request’s costs, timing and study findings are
dependent, and if delayed or not built, could cause a need for restudies of the Interconnection
Request or a reassessment of the Interconnection Facilities and/or Network Upgrades and/or
costs and timing. Contingent Facilities may include facilities identified in MTEP that if delayed
or not built could impact the timing of the Interconnection Request.
Customer Engagement Window shall mean the time period prior to the start of
Definitive Planning Phase I set forth in Section 3.3.4 of this GIP.
Default shall mean the failure of a Breaching Party to cure its Breach in accordance with
Article 17 of the Generator Interconnection Agreement.
Definitive Planning Phase shall mean the Generator Interconnection Procedures process
which leads to a Generator Interconnection Agreement. An Interconnection Customer enters the
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Definitive Planning Phase pursuant to GIP Section 7.2. The Definitive Planning Phase includes
three distinct phases (Definitive Planning Phases I, II, and III) pursuant to Section 7 of the
Generator Interconnection Procedures.
Definitive Planning Phase Queue Position shall mean the order of a valid
Interconnection Request, relative to all other pending valid Interconnection Requests, in the
Definitive Planning Phase. The Definitive Planning Phase Queue Position is established based
upon the date of initial submission of the Interconnection Request provided that the
Interconnection Request subsequently satisfies all of the requirements of GIP Section 7.2 of the
Generator Interconnection Procedures to enter the Definitive Planning Phase and is accepted as
valid by the Transmission Provider. All Interconnection Requests within the same Definitive
Planning Phase cycle shall have equal priority (i.e. similarly queued).
Demonstrated Capability shall mean the continuous net real power output that the
Generating Facility is required to demonstrate in compliance with Applicable Reliability
Standards.
Dispute Resolution shall mean the procedure for resolution of a dispute between or
among the Parties in which they will first attempt to resolve the dispute on an informal basis.
Distribution System shall mean the Transmission Owner’s facilities and equipment, or
the Distribution System of another party that is interconnected with Transmission Owner’s
Transmission System, if any, connected to the Transmission System, over which facilities
Transmission Service or Wholesale Distribution Service under the Tariff is available at the time
Interconnection Customer has requested interconnection of a Generating Facility for the purpose
of either transmitting electric energy in interstate commerce or selling electric energy at
wholesale in interstate commerce and which are used to transmit electricity to ultimate usage
points such as homes and industries directly from nearby generators or from interchanges with
higher voltage transmission networks which transport bulk power over longer distances. The
voltage levels at which distribution systems operate differ among Local Balancing Authorities
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and other entities owning distribution facilities interconnected to the Transmission System.
Distribution Upgrades shall mean the additions, modifications, and upgrades to the
Distribution System at or beyond the Point of Interconnection to facilitate interconnection of the
Generating Facility and render the delivery service necessary to affect Interconnection
Customer’s wholesale sale of electricity in interstate commerce. Distribution Upgrades do not
include Interconnection Facilities.
Effective Date shall mean the date on which the Generator Interconnection Agreement
becomes effective upon execution by the Parties subject to acceptance by the Commission, or if
filed unexecuted, upon the date specified by the Commission.
Electric Reliability Organization shall mean the North American Electric Reliability
Corporation or its successor organization.
Emergency Condition shall mean a condition or situation: (1) that in the reasonable
judgment of the Party making the claim is imminently likely to endanger, or is contributing to
the endangerment of, life, property, or public health and safety; or (2) that, in the case of either
Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner, is imminently likely (as determined in a non-
discriminatory manner) to cause a material adverse effect on the security of, or damage to the
Transmission System, Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities or the electric systems of
others to which the Transmission System is directly connected; or (3) that, in the case of
Interconnection Customer, is imminently likely (as determined in a non-discriminatory manner)
to cause a material adverse effect on the security of, or damage to, the Generating Facility or
Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities. System restoration and blackstart shall be
considered Emergency Conditions; provided that Interconnection Customer is not obligated by
the Generator Interconnection Agreement to possess blackstart capability. Any condition or
situation that results from lack of sufficient generating capacity to meet load requirements or that
results solely from economic conditions shall not constitute an Emergency Condition, unless one
of the enumerated conditions or situations identified in this definition also exists.
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Energy Displacement Agreement shall mean an agreement between an Interconnection
Customer with an Existing Generating Facility on the Transmission Provider’s Transmission
System and an Interconnection Customer with a proposed Generating Facility seeking to
interconnect with Surplus Interconnection Service. The Energy Displacement Agreement
specifies the term of operation, the Generating Facility Interconnection Service limit, and the
mode of operation for energy production (common or singular operation).
Energy Resource Interconnection Service (ER Interconnection Service) shall mean
an Interconnection Service that allows Interconnection Customer to connect its Generating
Facility to the Transmission System or Distribution System, as applicable, to be eligible to
deliver the Generating Facility’s electric output using the existing firm or non-firm capacity of
the Transmission System on an as available basis. Energy Resource Interconnection Service
does not convey transmission service.
Engineering & Procurement (E&P) Agreement shall mean an agreement that
authorizes Transmission Owner to begin engineering and procurement of long lead-time items
necessary for the establishment of the interconnection in order to advance the implementation of
the Interconnection Request.
Environmental Law shall mean Applicable Laws or Regulations relating to pollution or
protection of the environment or natural resources.
Existing Generating Facility shall mean a Generating Facility that is either under
construction or is in service, and has an unsuspended interconnection agreement with its host
transmission provider.
Expanded Scope Analysis shall mean the analysis described in Section 9.4.2.d.iv.a of
Rate Schedule 6 (MISO-SPP JOA).
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Expedited Resource Addition Study (ERAS) shall mean the temporary procedure for
expediting interconnection projects identified for claimed resource adequacy and/or reliability
needs.
Expedited Resource Addition Study (ERAS) Quarterly Study Period shall mean the
period of time in which ERAS Interconnection Requests are submitted to the Transmission
Provider and compiled for study. There are four study periods in a year with the following start
and end dates:
Quarter 1: The first Business Day of March through the last Business Day of May;
Quarter 2: The first Business Day of June through the last Business Day of August;
Quarter 3: The first Business Day of September through the last Business Day of
November;
Quarter 4: The first Business Day of December through the last Business Day of
February.
Expedited Generator Interconnection Agreement (EGIA) shall mean the
interconnection agreement for the Expedited Resource Addition Study established between the
Transmission Provider and/or the Transmission Owner and the Interconnection Customer as set
forth in Section 3.9 of this Attachment X. This agreement shall take the form of the
Transmission Provider’s pro forma Generator Interconnection Agreement modified for the
Expedited Resource Addition Study. Unless otherwise provided in the GIP, all requirements
applicable to the pro forma Generator Interconnection Agreement shall apply to the Expedited
Generator Interconnection Agreement.
Facilities Construction Agreement (FCA) shall mean the form of facilities construction
agreement, set forth in Appendix 8 to these Generator Interconnection Procedures. The FCA
shall be used when an Interconnection Customer or an Affected System Interconnection
Customer causes the need for the construction of Network Upgrades, Affected System Network
Upgrades, or System Protection Facilities on the transmission system of the Transmission
Provider.
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Fast Track Process shall mean the procedure for evaluating an Interconnection Request
for a certified Small Generating Facility no larger than five MW that includes the screen set forth
in Section 14, customer options meeting, and optional supplemental review.
Federal Holiday shall mean a Federal Reserve Bank holiday for a Party that has its
principal place of business in the United States and a Canadian Federal or Provincial banking
holiday for a Party that has its principal place of business located in Canada.
Federal Power Act shall mean the Federal Power Act, as amended, 16 U.S.C. §§ 791a
et seq.
FERC shall mean the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, also known as
Commission, or its successor.
Final System Impact Study shall mean the Interconnection System Impact Study
performed during Definitive Planning Phase III.
Force Majeure shall mean any act of God, labor disturbance, act of the public enemy,
war, insurrection, riot, fire, storm or flood, explosion, breakage or accident to machinery or
equipment, any order, regulation or restriction imposed by governmental, military or lawfully
established civilian authorities, or any other cause beyond a Party’s control. A Force Majeure
event does not include an act of negligence or intentional wrongdoing by the Party claiming
Force Majeure.
Generating Facility shall mean Interconnection Customer’s device(s) for the production
and/or storage for later injection of electricity identified in the Interconnection Request, but shall
not include the Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities and shall not include a
SATOA as defined in Module A. A Generating Facility consists of one or more generating
unit(s) and/or storage device(s) which usually can operate independently and be brought online
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or taken offline individually.
Generating Facility Capacity shall mean the net capacity of the Generating Facility and
the aggregate net capacity of the Generating Facility where it includes more than one device for
the production and/or storage for later injection of electricity.
Generating Facility Modification shall mean modification to an Existing Generating
Facility, including comparable replacement of only a portion of the equipment at the Existing
Generating Facility.
Generating Facility Replacement shall mean replacement of one or more generating
units and/or storage devices at an Existing Generating Facility with one or more generating units
or storage devices at the same electrical Point of Interconnection as those being decommissioned
and electrically disconnected.
Generator Interconnection Agreement (GIA) shall mean the form of interconnection
agreement, set forth in Appendix 6 to these Generator Interconnection Procedures.
Generator Interconnection Procedures (GIP) shall mean the interconnection
procedures set forth herein.
Generator Upgrades shall mean the additions, modifications, and upgrades to the
electric system of an Existing Generating Facility or of a higher queued Generating Facility at or
beyond the Point of Interconnection to facilitate interconnection of the Generating Facility and
render the Transmission Service necessary to affect Interconnection Customer’s wholesale sale
of electricity in interstate commerce.
Good Utility Practice shall mean any of the practices, methods and acts engaged in or
approved by a significant portion of the electric industry during the relevant time period, or any
of the practices, methods and acts which, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in light of the
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facts known at the time the decision was made, could have been expected to accomplish the
desired result at a reasonable cost consistent with good business practices, reliability, safety and
expedition. Good Utility Practice is not intended to be limited to the optimum practice, method,
or act to the exclusion of all others, but rather to be acceptable practices, methods, or acts
generally accepted in the region.
Governmental Authority shall mean any federal, state, local or other governmental
regulatory or administrative agency, court, commission, department, board, or other
governmental subdivision, legislature, rulemaking board, tribunal, or other governmental
authority having jurisdiction over the Parties, their respective facilities, or the respective services
they provide, and exercising or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, police, or
taxing authority or power; provided, however, that such term does not include Interconnection
Customer, Transmission Provider, Transmission Owner, or any Affiliate thereof.
Group Restudy shall mean a restudy of a Group Study conducted pursuant to Section
7.5 of this GIP.
Group Study(ies) shall mean the evaluation of one or more Interconnection Requests
within a Cluster as described in Section 7 of this GIP. Group Studies are divided into phases as
described in section 7.3 of this GIP.
Hazardous Substances shall mean any chemicals, materials or substances defined as or
included in the definition of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous wastes,” “hazardous materials,”
“hazardous constituents,” “restricted hazardous materials,” “extremely hazardous substances,”
“toxic substances,” “radioactive substances,” “contaminants,” “pollutants,” “toxic pollutants” or
words of similar meaning and regulatory effect under any applicable Environmental Law, or any
other chemical, material or substance, exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated by
any applicable Environmental Law.
HVDC Facilities shall mean the high voltage direct current transmission facilities,
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including associated alternating current facilities, if any, that are subject to Section 27A of the
Tariff and that are specifically identified in (i) any Agency Agreement pertaining to such
facilities between Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner that owns or operates such
facilities, or (ii) in any other arrangement that permits or will permit Transmission Provider to
provide HVDC Service over such facilities as set forth in Section 27A of the Tariff.
HVDC Service shall mean Firm and Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service
provided by Transmission Provider on HVDC Facilities pursuant to Section 27A of the Tariff.
Initial Synchronization Date shall mean the date upon which the Generating Facility is
initially synchronized and upon which Trial Operation begins.
Injection Rights shall mean the Transmission Provider’s pre-certification of the
Transmission System’s capability to receive capacity and energy from the MHVDC
Transmission Line at the requested Point of Connection, and in the specified MW quantity,
without degrading the reliability of the Transmission System, as described in Section 16 of the
GIP and Section 3.2.3 of the MHCP.
In-Service Date (ISD) shall mean the date upon which Interconnection Customer
reasonably expects it will be ready to begin use of the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection
Facilities to obtain back feed power.
Interconnection Customer shall mean any entity, including Transmission Provider,
Transmission Owner or any of the Affiliates or subsidiaries of either, that proposes to
interconnect its Generating Facility with the Transmission System.
Interconnection Customer Decision Point I shall mean the time period beginning when
the Interconnection Customer is provided the Preliminary System Impact Study results including
cost estimates for upgrades and concludes after fifteen (15) Business Days.
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Interconnection Customer Decision Point II shall mean the time period beginning
when the Interconnection Customer is provided the Revised System Impact Study results
including cost estimates for upgrades and concludes after fifteen (15) Business Days.
Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities (ICIF) shall mean all facilities
and equipment, as identified in Appendix A of the Generator Interconnection Agreement, that
are located between the Generating Facility and the Point of Change of Ownership, including
any modification, addition, or upgrades to such facilities and equipment necessary to physically
and electrically interconnect the Generating Facility to the Transmission System or Distribution
System, as applicable. Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities are sole use
facilities.
Interconnection Facilities shall mean the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection
Facilities and the Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities. Collectively,
Interconnection Facilities include all facilities and equipment between the Generating Facility
and the Point of Interconnection, including any modification, additions or upgrades that are
necessary to physically and electrically interconnect the Generating Facility to the Transmission
System. Interconnection Facilities shall not include Distribution Upgrades, Generator Upgrades,
Stand Alone Network Upgrades or Network Upgrades.
Interconnection Facilities Study(ies) shall mean a study conducted by Transmission
Owner, or its agent, for Interconnection Customer(s) to determine a list of facilities (including
Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities or Affected System Interconnection
Customer’s interconnection facilities, Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities, System
Protection Facilities, and if such upgrades have been determined, Network Upgrades,
Distribution Upgrades, Generator Upgrades, Common Use Upgrades, and Affected System
Network Upgrades, as identified in the Interconnection System Impact Study, Affected System
Study, or Affected System Operator’s applicable study), the cost of those facilities, and the time
required to interconnect with the Transmission System or the Affected System Operator’s
transmission system.
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Interconnection Request shall mean (1) an Interconnection Customer’s request, in the
form of Appendix 1 to the Generator Interconnection Procedures, to interconnect a new
Generating Facility or a request for the Expedited Resource Addition Study for a new generation
capacity, or to increase the capacity of, or make a Material Modification to the operating
characteristics of, an Existing Generating Facility that is interconnected with the Transmission
System, or to interconnect an Existing Generating Facility that is external to the Transmission
System, or to change Energy Resource Interconnection Service to Network Resource
Interconnection Service for an Existing Generating Facility; or (2) an MHVDC Connection
Customer’s request, in the form of Appendix 1 to the Generator Interconnection Procedures, to
obtain Injection Rights.
Interconnection Service shall mean the service provided by Transmission Provider
associated with interconnecting the Generating Facility to the Transmission System, or external
host transmission provider if applicable, and enabling it to receive electric energy and capacity
from the Generating Facility at the Point of Interconnection pursuant to the terms of the
Generator Interconnection Agreement or Point of Delivery as set forth in Service Agreement for
Network Resource Interconnection Service for an External Generating Facility and, if applicable,
the Tariff.
Interconnection Study (or Study) shall mean any of the following studies: the
Replacement Impact Study, the Reliability Assessment Study, the Optional Interconnection
Study, the Interconnection System Impact Study including evaluations for Surplus
Interconnection Service, and the Interconnection Facilities Study, or the Restudy of any of the
above, described in the Generator Interconnection Procedures.
Interconnection System Impact Study shall mean an engineering study that evaluates
the impact of the proposed interconnection on the safety and reliability of Transmission System
and, if applicable, an Affected System. The study shall identify and detail the system impacts
that would result if the Generating Facility were interconnected without project modifications or
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system modifications, or to study potential impacts, including but not limited to those identified
in the Scoping Meeting as described in the Generator Interconnection Procedures.
Interconnection Study Agreement shall mean the forms of agreement contained in
Attachment B to Appendix 1 of the Generator Interconnection Procedures for conducting all
studies required by the Generator Interconnection Procedures.
IRS shall mean the Internal Revenue Service.
Joint Operating Agreement (“JOA”) shall mean an agreement between adjacent
balancing authorities or transmission providers for the coordination of operations.
Joint Planning Agreement (“JPA”) shall mean an agreement between adjacent
balancing authorities or transmission providers for the coordination of planning.
Joint Operating Agreement between the Midcontinent Independent System
Operator, Inc. and Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (MISO-SPP JOA) shall mean Rate Schedule
6 to the MISO Tariff.
Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue (JTIQ) shall refer to the study and processes
described in Section 9.4.2 of Rate Schedule 6 (MISO-SPP JOA).
Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue Study (“JTIQ Study”) shall mean a
transmission planning study conducted jointly by SPP and MISO to facilitate the interconnection
of new generator capacity in both Parties’ regions.
JTIQ Commitment Group Member shall mean any JTIQ Commitment Group Member
included in a Commitment Group consistent with Section 9.4 of Rate Schedule 6 (MISO-SPP
JOA).
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JTIQ Commitment Group or Commitment Group shall mean a group of JTIQ
Commitment Group Members that have executed a JTIQ Generator Interconnection Agreement
within the twelve (12) month period ending April 30th of each year. The Commitment Group
shall also include JTIQ Commitment Group Members for which a JTIQ Generator
Interconnection Agreement has been filed unexecuted by SPP or the Transmission Provider and
the Commission has accepted the agreement within the twelve (12) month period ending April
30th of each year.
JTIQ Generator Charge shall mean the charge to JTIQ Commitment Group Members
to recover the JTIQ Commitment Group Member’s share of the JTIQ Monthly Revenue
Requirement for each of the JTIQ Upgrades in the JTIQ Portfolio in the Transmission Provider’s
Region.
JTIQ Participation Group shall mean the group of Interconnection Requests that shall
consist of all interconnection customers included in the JTIQ Screening Groups whose
interconnection request meets the distribution factor and impact criteria specified in Section
9.4.2(d)((ii) of Rate Schedule 6 (MISO-SPP JOA).
JTIQ Portfolio shall mean a group of JTIQ Upgrades identified pursuant to Section 9.4
of Rate Schedule 6 (MISO-SPP JOA).
JTIQ Screening Group shall mean a group of MISO Interconnection Customers and
SPP interconnection customers whose Interconnection Requests will be screened for inclusion in
a JTIQ Participation Group. The JTIQ Screening Group shall consist of all interconnection
customers who have submitted interconnection requests into a MISO ERAS, SPP ERAS, DPP
study cluster, or SPP DISIS study cluster that: (1) has a study commencement or kick off date
that is after the date that the Parties’ respective Boards of Directors have approved a JTIQ
Portfolio; and (2) has not commenced DPP Phase I, a MISO ERAS, the SPP ERAS, or DISIS
Phase One studies pursuant to each party’s OATT as of the date that the Parties have declared
the JTIQ Portfolio fully subscribed.
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JTIQ Service Agreements shall mean the JTIQ Commitment Agreement attached to the
MISO GIA as Appendix 17 and the SPP’s pro forma agreement(s) that obligate interconnection
customers to provide security for and pay the JTIQ Generator Charge for JTIQ Network
Upgrades included in the applicable JTIQ Portfolio.
JTIQ Upgrade shall mean a Network Upgrade included in a JTIQ portfolio pursuant to
Section 9.4 of Rate Schedule 6 (MISO-SPP JOA).
Local Balancing Authority shall mean an operational entity or a Joint Registration
Organization which is (i) responsible for compliance with the subset of the Electric Reliability
Organization Balancing Authority Reliability Standards defined in the Balancing Authority
Agreement for their local area within the MISO Balancing Authority Area, (ii) a Party to
Balancing Authority Agreement, excluding MISO, and (iii) provided in the Balancing Authority
Agreement.
Local Resource Zone (LRZ) shall mean a geographic area within the Transmission
Provider Region that is prescribed by the Transmission Provider, based upon the criteria in
Section 68A.3, to address congestion that limits Planning Resource deliverability.
Loss shall mean any and all damages, losses, claims, including claims and actions
relating to injury to or death of any person or damage to property, demand, suits, recoveries,
costs and expenses, court costs, attorney fees, and all other obligations by or to third parties,
arising out of or resulting from the other Party’s performance, or non-performance of its
obligations under the Generator Interconnection Agreement on behalf of the indemnifying Party,
except in cases of gross negligence or intentional wrongdoing, by the indemnified party.
Material Modification shall mean: (1) modification to an Interconnection Request in the
queue that has a material adverse impact on the cost or timing of any other Interconnection
Request with an equal or later queue priority date; or a Qualified Change.
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Merchant HVDC Connection Customer (MHVDC Connection Customer) shall mean
any entity that proposes to interconnect an MHVDC Transmission Line with the Transmission
System, as set forth in the MHCP.
Merchant HVDC Connection Procedures (MHCP) shall mean the connection
procedures set forth in Attachment GGG to the Tariff.
Merchant HVDC Transmission Connection Request (MHVDC Transmission
Connection Request) shall mean an MHVDC Connection Customer’s request, in the form of
Appendix 1 to the MHCP to interconnect a new MHVDC Transmission Line, increase the
capacity of an existing MHVDC Transmission Line, or make a substantial modification to the
operating characteristics of an existing MHVDC Transmission Line.
Merchant HVDC Transmission Connection Agreement (Transmission Connection
Agreement or TCA) shall mean the form of the transmission connection agreement for
merchant HVDC transmission facilities set forth in Appendix 2 to the MHCP.
Merchant HVDC Transmission Line (MHVDC Transmission Line) shall mean the
merchant high voltage direct current transmission line external to the Transmission System that
is proposed for connection to the Transmission System, as defined in the MHCP.
Metering Equipment shall mean all metering equipment installed or to be installed at
the Generating Facility, Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities, and/or
Transmission Owner's Interconnection Facilities pursuant to the Generator Interconnection
Agreement at the metering points, including but not limited to instrument transformers, MWh-
meters, data acquisition equipment, transducers, remote terminal unit, communications
equipment, phone lines, and fiber optics.
Monitoring and Consent Agreement shall mean an agreement that defines the terms
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and conditions applicable to a Generating Facility acquiring Surplus Interconnection Service.
The Monitoring and Consent Agreement will list the roles and responsibilities of an
Interconnection Customer seeking to interconnect with Surplus Interconnection Service and
Transmission Owner to maintain the total output of the Generating Facility inside the parameters
delineated in the GIA.
Multi-Party Facilities Construction Agreement (MPFCA) shall mean the form of
facilities construction agreement, set forth in Appendix 9 to these Generator Interconnection
Procedures. The MPFCA shall be used when multiple Interconnection Requests or
interconnection requests from Affected System Interconnection Customers cause the need for the
construction of Common Use Upgrades on the Transmission System and share cost
responsibility for such Common Use Upgrades.
Network Customer shall have that meaning as provided in the Tariff.
Network Resource shall mean any designated generating resource owned, purchased, or
leased by a Network Customer under the Tariff. Network Resources do not include any
resource, or any portion thereof, that is committed for sale to third parties or otherwise cannot be
called upon to meet the Network Customer’s Network Load on a non-interruptible basis.
Network Resource Interconnection Service (NR Interconnection Service) shall mean
an Interconnection Service that allows Interconnection Customer to integrate its Generating
Facility with the Transmission System in the same manner as for any Generating Facility being
designated as a Network Resource. Network Resource Interconnection Service does not convey
transmission service. Network Resource Interconnection Service shall include any network
resource interconnection service established under an agreement with, or the tariff of, a
Transmission Owner prior to integration into MISO, that is determined to be deliverable through
the integration deliverability study process.
Network Upgrades shall mean the additions, modifications, and upgrades to the
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Transmission System required at or beyond the point at which the Interconnection Facilities
connect to the Transmission System or Distribution System, as applicable, to accommodate the
interconnection of the Generating Facility(ies) to the Transmission System. Network Upgrades
shall not include any HVDC Facility Upgrades.
Notice of Dispute shall mean a written notice of a dispute or claim that arises out of or in
connection with the Generator Interconnection Agreement or its performance.
Optional Interconnection Study shall mean a sensitivity analysis based on assumptions
specified by Interconnection Customer in the Optional Interconnection Study Agreement.
Optional Interconnection Study Agreement shall mean the form of agreement
contained in Appendix 5 of the Generator Interconnection Procedures for conducting the
Optional Interconnection Study.
Outage Transfer Distribution Factor (OTDF) Outage Transfer Distribution Factor, as
defined by the Electric Reliability Organization.
Party or Parties shall mean Transmission Provider, Transmission Owner,
Interconnection Customer, or any combination of the above.
Permissible Technological Advancement shall mean advancements to turbines,
inverters, plant supervisory controls, excitation systems, or other technological advancements
submitted to the Transmission Provider prior to the issuance of a draft Generator Interconnection
Agreement for such project provided that such advancements does not: (1) degrade the electrical
characteristics of the generating equipment; (2) does not cause any material adverse impact on the
Transmission System with regard to short circuit capability limits, steady-state thermal and
voltage limits, or dynamic system stability and response; (3) does not increase the installed
capacity of the Generating Facility; or (4) change the fuel source of the proposed Generating
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Facility.
Point of Change of Ownership (PCO) shall mean the point, as set forth in Appendix A
to the Generator Interconnection Agreement, where the Interconnection Customer’s
Interconnection Facilities connect to the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities.
Point of Connection shall mean the point, as set forth in an MHVDC Transmission
Connection Request, where the MHVDC Transmission Line connects to the Transmission
System.
Point of Interconnection (POI) shall mean the point, as set forth in Appendix A of the
GIA, where the Interconnection Facilities connect to the Transmission System.
Point(s) of Withdrawal (POW) shall mean the point(s) where a non-transmission
facility that is used to withdraw Energy from the Transmission System to serve Load connects to
the Transmission System.
Potential MW Total shall mean a projection of the number of MW that may commit to
the JTIQ Portfolio from all ERAS and study clusters to date, including the current study
cluster(s).
Power Transfer Distribution Factor (PTDF) Power Transfer Distribution Factor, as
defined by the Electric Reliability Organization.
Preliminary System Impact Study shall mean the Interconnection System Impact Study
performed during Definitive Planning Phase I
Pre-Queue Phase shall mean Interconnection Customer outreach and education effort
undertaken prior to the submission of the Interconnection Request.
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Proportional Impact Method shall mean a technical analysis conducted by
Transmission Provider to determine the degree to which each Generating Facility in the Group
Study contributes to the need for a specific Network Upgrade.
Provisional Generator Interconnection Agreement shall mean the interconnection
agreement for Provisional Interconnection Service established between the Transmission
Provider and/or the Transmission Owner and the Interconnection Customer as set forth in
Section 7.9 of this Attachment X. This agreement shall take the form of the Generator
Interconnection Agreement modified for provisional purposes. Unless otherwise provided in the
GIP, all requirements applicable to the Generator Interconnection Agreement shall apply to the
Provisional Generator Interconnection Agreement.
Provisional Interconnection Service shall mean Interconnection Service provided by
the Transmission Provider associated with interconnecting the Interconnection Customer’s
Generating Facility to the Transmission Provider’s Transmission System and enabling that
Transmission System to receive electric energy and capacity from the Generating Facility at the
Point of Interconnection, pursuant to the terms of the Provisional Generator Interconnection
Agreement and the Tariff.
Provisional Interconnection Study shall mean an engineering study, performed at
Interconnection Customer’s request, as a condition to entering into a Provisional Generator
Interconnection Agreement, that evaluates the impact of the proposed interconnection on the
safety and reliability of the Transmission System and, if applicable, any Affected System. The
study shall identify and detail the impacts on the Transmission System and, if applicable, an
Affected System, from stability, short circuit, and voltage issues that would result if the
Generating Facility were interconnected without project modifications or system modifications.
Qualified Change shall mean a planned modification to an Existing Generating Facility
that is undergoing evaluation for a Generating Facility Modification or Generating Facility
Replacement, and has a material adverse impact on the Transmission System with respect to: i)
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steady-state thermal or voltage limits, ii) dynamic system stability and response, or iii) short-
circuit capability limit; compared to the impacts of the Existing Generating Facility prior to the
modification or replacement.
Queue Position shall mean the order of a valid Interconnection Request, relative to all
other pending valid Interconnection Requests. The Queue Position is established based upon the
date and time of initial receipt of the Interconnection Request by Transmission Provider pursuant
to section 4.1 of this GIP.
Reasonable Efforts shall mean, with respect to an action required to be attempted or
taken by a Party under the Generator Interconnection Agreement, efforts that are timely and
consistent with Good Utility Practice and are otherwise substantially equivalent to those a Party
would use to protect its own interests.
Relevant Electric Retail Regulatory Authority (RERRA) shall mean an entity that has
jurisdiction over and establishes prices and/or policies for providers of retail electric service to
end-customers, such as the city council for a municipal utility, the governing board of a
cooperative utility, the state public utility commission or any such entity.
Reliability Assessment Study shall mean an engineering study that evaluates the impact
of a proposed Generating Facility Replacement on the reliability of Transmission System during
the time period between the date that the Existing Generating Facility ceases commercial
operations and the Commercial Operation Date of the Replacement Generating Facility.
Replacement Generating Facility shall mean a Generating Facility that replaces an
Existing Generating Facility, or a portion thereof, at the same electrical Point of Interconnection
pursuant to Section 3.7 of this Attachment X.
Replacement Impact Study shall mean an engineering study that evaluates the impact of
a proposed Generating Facility Replacement on the reliability of the Transmission System.
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Revised System Impact Study shall mean the Interconnection System Impact Study
performed during Definitive Planning Phase II
Scoping Meeting shall mean the meeting between representatives of Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer, Transmission Owner, Affected System and
Transmission Provider conducted for the purpose of discussing the proposed Interconnection
Request and any alternative interconnection options, exchanging information including any
transmission data and earlier study evaluations that would be reasonably expected to impact such
interconnection options, refining information and models provided by Interconnection
Customer(s), discussing the Group Study materials posted to OASIS pursuant to Section 3.4 of
this GIP, and analyzing such information.
Shared Interconnection Request shall mean (1) multiple Interconnection Customer’s
request, in the form of Appendix 1 to the Generator Interconnection Procedures, to interconnect
new Generating Facilities, or to increase the capacity of, or make a Material Modification to the
operating characteristics of, Existing Generating Facilities that are interconnected with the
Transmission System, or to interconnect Existing Generating Facilities that are external to the
Transmission System, or to change Energy Resource Interconnection Service to Network
Resource Interconnection Service for Existing Generating Facilities; or (2) multiple MHVDC
Connection Customer’s request, in the form of Appendix 1 to the Generator Interconnection
Procedures, to obtain Injection Rights.
Shared Network Upgrade shall mean a Network Upgrade or Common Use Upgrade that
is funded by an Interconnection Customer(s), including when the Transmission Owner elects to
fund the capital cost of such a Network Upgrade or Common Use Upgrade under Section 11.3 of
the GIA, and also benefits other Interconnection Customer(s) or MHVDC Connection
Customer(s) that are later identified as beneficiaries.
Site Control shall mean a documented right for one or more parcels of land for the
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purpose of constructing a Generating Facility, Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection
Facilities, and, if applicable (i.e., when the Interconnection Customer is providing the site
for such facilities), the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities and Network
Upgrades at the POI that the Interconnection Customer will develop. Such documented
right shall be one of the following: (1) ownership of a site; (2) a leasehold interest in a site;
(3) an option to purchase or acquire a leasehold interest in a site; or (4) any other
contractual or legal right to possess or occupy a site. Transmission Provider will maintain
acreage requirements for each Generating Facility type on its OASIS or public website.
Small Generating Facility shall mean a Generating Facility that has an aggregate net
Generating Facility Capacity of no more than five MW and meets the requirements of Section 14
and Appendix 3.
Southwest Power Pool (SPP) shall refer to the Southwest Power Pool, Inc. the Regional
Transmission Organization that is the counterparty to Rate Schedule 6 (MISO-SPP JOA).
Special Protection System (SPS) shall mean an automatic protection system or remedial
action scheme designed to detect abnormal or predetermined system conditions, and take
corrective actions other than and/or in addition to the isolation of faulted components, to
maintain system reliability. Such action may include changes in demand (MW and MVar),
energy (MWh and Mvarh), or system configuration to maintain system stability, acceptable
voltage, or power flows. An SPS does not include: (a) underfrequency or undervoltage load
shedding; (b) fault conditions that must be isolated; (c) out-of-step relaying not designed as an
integral part of an SPS; or (d) Transmission Control Devices.
Stand-Alone Network Upgrades shall mean Network Upgrades, that are not part of an
Affected System or a JTIQ Upgrade, that Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection
Customer may construct without affecting day-to-day operations of the Transmission System
during their construction. Transmission Provider, Transmission Owner and Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer must agree as to what constitutes Stand Alone
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Network Upgrades and identify them in Appendix A to the Generator Interconnection
Agreement or Appendix B of the Transmission Connection Agreement. If the Transmission
Provider or Transmission Owner and Interconnection Customer disagree about whether a
particular Network Upgrade is a Stand Alone Network Upgrade, the Transmission Provider or
Transmission Owner that disagrees with the Interconnection Customer must provide the
Interconnection Customer a written technical explanation outlining why the Transmission
Provider or Transmission Owner does not consider the Network Upgrade to be a Stand Alone
Network Upgrade within fifteen (15) Business Days of its determination.
Substation Network Upgrades shall mean Network Upgrades that are required at or
near the Point of Interconnection and are identified in the first portion of the Interconnection
Facilities Study as described in GIP Section 7.3.2.5.
Supplemental Affected System Analysis shall mean the affected systems analysis
described in Section 7.3.2.3.1 of this GIP and Section 9.4.2.e.iii.a.i of the Rate Schedule 6
(MISO-SPP JOA) to determine if Supplemental Affected System Upgrades are required for one
or more JTIQ Participation Group member(s).
Supplemental Affected System Upgrade shall mean a Network Upgrade in addition to
those required to address the impact of interconnection requests in the current study cluster as
described in Section 9.4.2.e.iii.a.i of Rate Schedule 6 (MISO-SPP-JOA).
Surplus Host Unit shall mean the Generating Facility from which Surplus
Interconnection Service will be obtained.
Surplus Interconnection Service shall mean any Interconnection Service that is derived
from the unneeded portion of Interconnection Service established in a GIA or in agreement with,
or under the tariff of, a Transmission Owner prior to integration into MISO, such that if Surplus
Interconnection Service is utilized the total amount of Interconnection Service at the Point of
Interconnection would remain the same.
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System Planning and Analysis Phase shall mean the phase of the Generator
Interconnection Procedure process, prior to January 4, 2017, which consisted of an
Interconnection System Impact Study for those Interconnection Requests that were studied in
this phase.
System Protection Facilities shall mean the equipment, including necessary protection
signal communications equipment, required to protect (1) the Transmission System or other
delivery systems or other generating systems from faults or other electrical disturbances
occurring at the Generating Facility and (2) the Generating Facility from faults or other electrical
system disturbances occurring on the Transmission System or on other delivery systems or other
generating systems to which the Transmission System is directly connected.
Target MW Value shall mean the projected new generation interconnection MW
enabled by the JTIQ Portfolio. The Target MW Value for each JTIQ Portfolio shall be identified
in Section 9.4 and related subsections of Rate Schedule 6.
Tariff shall mean the Transmission Provider’s Tariff through which open access
transmission service and Interconnection Service are offered, as filed with the Commission, and
as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor tariff.
Threshold Charge shall mean the charge calculated using an estimate of plant in service
value for the JTIQ Portfolio, excluding amounts funded under the GRIP Program, as described in
Section 9.4.2 of Rate Schedule 6 (MISO-SPP JOA).
Transient Tolerance Window shall mean the period of time after a reduction or loss of
load by the ZG Associated Load by the end of which window the Generating Facility with ZG
Interconnection Service must have reduced its injections to an amount not greater than the Load
of the ZG Associated Load. The Transient Tolerance Window shall be no greater than 20
seconds, and is further described by the Business Practices Manual for Large Load. The
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Transient Tolerance Window will be subject to Transmission Owner local planning criteria.
Transmission Control Devices shall mean a generally accepted transmission device that
is planned and designed to provide dynamic control of electric system quantities, and are usually
employed as solutions to specific system performance issues. Examples of such devices include
fast valving, high response exciters, high voltage DC links, active or real power flow control and
reactive compensation devices using power electronics (e.g., unified power flow controllers),
static var compensators, thyristor controlled series capacitors, braking resistors, and in some
cases mechanically switched capacitors and reactors. In general, such systems are not
considered to be Special Protection Systems.
Transmission Owner shall mean that Transmission Owner as defined in the Tariff,
which includes an entity that owns, leases or otherwise possesses an interest in the portion of the
Transmission System at which Interconnection Customer proposes to interconnect or otherwise
integrate the operation of the Generating Facility. Transmission Owner should be read to include
any Independent Transmission Company that manages the transmission facilities of
Transmission Owner and shall include, as applicable, the owner and/or operator of distribution
facilities interconnected to the Transmission System, over which facilities transmission service
or Wholesale Distribution Service under the Tariff is available at the time Interconnection
Customer requests Interconnection Service and to which Interconnection Customer has requested
interconnection of a Generating Facility for the purpose of either transmitting electric energy in
interstate commerce or selling electric energy at wholesale in interstate commerce.
Transmission Provider shall mean the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
(“MISO”), the Regional Transmission Organization that controls or operates the transmission
facilities of its transmission-owning members used for the transmission of electricity in interstate
commerce and provides transmission service under the Tariff.
Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities (TOIF) shall mean all facilities and
equipment owned by Transmission Owner from the Point of Change of Ownership to the Point
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of Interconnection as identified in Appendix A to the Generator Interconnection Agreement,
including any modifications, additions or upgrades to such facilities and equipment.
Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities are sole use facilities and shall not include
Distribution Upgrades, Generator Upgrades, Stand Alone Network Upgrades or Network
Upgrades.
Transmission System shall mean the facilities owned by Transmission Owner and
controlled or operated by Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner that are used to provide
transmission service (including HVDC Service) or Wholesale Distribution Service under the
Tariff.
Trial Operation shall mean the period during which Interconnection Customer is
engaged in on-site test operations and commissioning of the Generating Facility prior to
Commercial Operation.
User-Defined Model shall mean any set of programming code created by equipment
manufacturers or developers that captures the latest features of controllers that are mainly
software-based and represent the entities’ control strategy but does not necessarily correspond to
any particular generic library model, as contained in Attachment A to Appendix 1 of the GIP.
Variable Energy Resource shall mean a device for the production of electricity that is
characterized by an energy source that: (1) is renewable; (2) cannot be stored by the facility
owner or operator; and (3) has variability that is beyond the control of the facility owner or
operator.
Wholesale Distribution Service shall have that meaning as provided in the Tariff.
Wherever the term “transmission delivery service” is used, Wholesale Distribution Service shall
also be implied.
Zero Injection Generation (ZG) Associated Load shall mean a source of electrical load
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that has a Point of Withdrawal that is at the same substation as the Point of Interconnection to the
Transmission System (i.e. same voltage level at the interconnecting substation) as the Generating
Facility with ZG Interconnection Service that will serve it.
Zero Injection Generation (ZG) Interconnection Service shall mean a limited form of
Interconnection Service that allows an Interconnection Customer to connect its Generating
Facility to the Transmission System or Distribution System, as applicable, for the limited
purpose of delivering energy to ZG Associated Load. ZG Interconnection Service does not grant
any right to inject energy onto the Transmission System except as may be authorized by Section
3.11 of the Generator Interconnection Procedures. ZG Interconnection Service does not convey
Transmission Service. ZG Interconnection Service also does not provide a right to serve, or a
right to Transmission Service to serve, a ZG Associated Load or retail customer except as
allowed by applicable state law.
Zero Injection Generation (ZG) Resource shall mean a generating resource with an
Attachment X defined ZG Interconnection Agreement. A ZG Resource may participate as a
Generation Resource, Dispatchable Intermittent Resource, Electric Storage Resource, or Behind
the Meter Generation resource.
ZG Facilities Study shall mean the study described in Section 3.2.5.2.2 of these GIP that
is used to identify any Network Upgrades or Interconnection Facilities that may be needed to for
an Interconnection Request seeking ZG Interconnection Service.
ZG Impact Assessment shall mean the study described in Section 3.2.5.2.1 of these GIP
that is used to evaluate the impact of an Interconnection Request seeking ZG Interconnection
Services.
ZG Interconnection Agreement (ZGIA) shall mean the form of interconnection
agreement governing the terms and conditions of ZG Interconnection Service, set forth in
Appendix 19 to the GIP. This agreement shall follow the form of the Transmission Provider’s
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pro forma Generator Interconnection Agreement with modifications to reflect ZG
Interconnection Service and the ZG Interconnection Service study process. Unless otherwise
provided in the GIP, all requirements applicable to the pro forma Generator Interconnection
Agreement shall apply to the ZGIA. A ZGIA is a form of GIA and, where used in the Tariff,
references to Generator Interconnection Agreements or GIAs encompasses ZGIAs.
ZG Interconnection Process Quarterly Study Period shall mean the period of time in
which Interconnection Requests seeking ZG Interconnection Service are submitted to the
Transmission Provider and compiled for study. There are four study periods in a year with the
following start and end dates:
Quarter 1: The first Business Day of March through the last Business Day of May;
Quarter 2: The first Business Day of June through the last Business Day of August;
Quarter 3: The first Business Day of September through the last Business Day of
November;
Quarter 4: The first Business Day of December through the last Business Day of
February.
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SECTION 2. SCOPE AND APPLICATION.
2.1
Application of Generator Interconnection Procedures.
a.
Sections 2 through 13 of the GIP apply to processing an Interconnection Request
pertaining to a Generating Facility. The GIP specifically applies when one of the
following is proposed by an Interconnection Customer: (i) a new Generating
Facility at a new Point of Interconnection that does not meet the criteria set forth
in Sections 2.1 (b) or (c), (ii) additional generation at an existing Point of
Interconnection, (iii) an increase in the capacity of an Existing Generating
Facility, (iv) a Generating Facility Modification that may constitute a Material
Modification to the operating characteristics of an Existing Generating Facility, or
(v) a Replacement Generating Facility. The evaluation in subpart (iv) will be
performed expeditiously depending on the specific information regarding any
proposed Generating Facility Modification and the existence of an Emergency
Condition.
b.
Section 14 of the GIP applies to a request to interconnect a certified Small
Generating Facility meeting the certification criteria set forth in Appendix 3.
c.
A request to interconnect a certified inverter-based Small Generating Facility no
larger than 10 kW shall be evaluated under the Appendix 4 – 10 kW Inverter
Process.
d.
A request to interconnect to HVDC Facilities subject to Section 27A of the Tariff
will be incorporated into the queue as described in Sections 2 through 13 of the
GIP. Modifications to the process necessitated by the physics of a connection to
HVDC Facilities are found in Section 15 of the GIP, and will apply to those
requests to interconnect to HVDC Facilities.
e.
Network Resource Interconnection Service is available to Existing Generating
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Facilities connected to facilities external to the Transmission System, including
any Existing Generating Facilities connected to any MHVDC Transmission Line.
Such a request for Network Resource Interconnection Service shall be
memorialized with a Service Agreement as found in Appendix 13 of the GIP.
f.
Sections 1 through 7, Section 10, Section 13 and Section 16 of the GIP apply to
processing an Interconnection Request pertaining to Injection Rights for an
MHVDC Transmission Line. Any such request for Injection Rights will be
incorporated into the queue as described in Sections 2 through 7 of the GIP.
Procedures for obtaining Injection Rights and the conversion of those rights to
external Network Resource Interconnection Service are set forth in Section 16 of
the GIP. All references to MHVDC Connection Customer(s) in these GIP shall be
understood to refer to MHVDC Connection Customer(s) seeking Injection Rights.
g.
A request for Replacement Generating Facility shall be evaluated pursuant to
Section 3.7 of the GIP.
h.
A request for Generating Facility Modification for an Existing Generating Facility
must be submitted to and coordinated with the Transmission Provider pursuant to
the provisions set forth in the Generator Interconnection Business Practices
Manual to allow the Transmission Provider to determine whether the proposed
modification would result in a substantive modification to the operating
characteristics of such Existing Generating Facility.
i.
An Interconnection Request for a new Generating Facility to be studied through
the Expedited Resource Addition Study process shall be evaluated pursuant to
Section 3.9.2.
j.
A request for ZG Interconnection Service shall be evaluated pursuant to Section
3.11 of the GIP.
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2.2
Comparability.
Transmission Provider shall receive, process and analyze all Interconnection Requests in
a timely manner as set forth in the GIP. Transmission Provider shall process and analyze
Interconnection Requests from all Interconnection Customers comparably, regardless of
Generating Facility ownership, and from all MHVDC Connection Customers
comparably, regardless of MHVDC Transmission Line ownership.
2.3
Base Case Data.
Transmission Provider shall maintain base power flow, short circuit and stability
databases, including all underlying assumptions, and contingency list on a password-
protected website, subject to confidentiality provisions in GIP Section 13.1. In addition,
Transmission Provider shall maintain network models and underlying assumptions on
such password-protected website. Such network models and underlying assumptions
should reasonably represent those used during the most recent Interconnection Study and
be representative of current system conditions. A link to the information is provided on
Transmission Provider’s OASIS site. Interconnection Customers and password-protected
website users must sign a confidentiality agreement before the release of commercially
sensitive information or Critical Energy Infrastructure Information in the Base Case data.
Such databases and lists shall include all (i) generation projects and (ii) transmission
projects, including merchant transmission projects that are proposed for the Transmission
System for which a transmission expansion plan has been submitted and approved by the
MISO Board.
2.4
No Applicability to Transmission Service.
Nothing in the GIP shall constitute a request for transmission service or confer upon an
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer any right to receive
transmission service or Wholesale Distribution Service under the Tariff.
SECTION 3. INTERCONNECTION REQUESTS.
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3.1
General.
An Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer shall submit to
Transmission Provider an Interconnection Request in the form of Appendix 1 to the GIP
and the deposit along with the other items listed in Section 3.3.1 of these GIP in the
manner specified by the Generator Interconnection Business Practices Manual (BPM-
015). Transmission Provider shall apply the deposit towards the cost of any
Interconnection Study. Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer
shall submit a separate Interconnection Request for each site. Where multiple Generating
Facilities share a site, Interconnection Customer(s) may submit separate Interconnection
Requests or a single Interconnection Request in accordance with Section 3.3.1 of these
GIP. An Interconnection Request to evaluate one site at two different voltage levels shall
be treated as two Points of Interconnection; provided, however, that an Interconnection
Request for Injection Rights shall only evaluate one voltage level at each Point of
Connection.
Transmission Provider shall have a process in place to consider requests for
Interconnection Service below the Generating Facility Capacity. These requests for
Interconnection Service shall be studied at the level of Interconnection Service requested
for purposes of Interconnection Facilities and Network Upgrades, and associated costs,
but may be subject to other studies at the full Generating Facility Capacity to ensure
safety and reliability of the system, with the study costs borne by the Interconnection
Customer. If after the additional studies are complete, Transmission Provider determines
that additional Network Upgrades are necessary, then Transmission Provider must: (1)
specify which additional Network Upgrade costs are based on which studies; and (2)
provide a detailed explanation of why the additional Network Upgrades are necessary.
Any Interconnection Facility and/or Network Upgrade costs required for safety and
reliability also will be borne by the Interconnection Customer. Interconnection
Customers may be subject to additional control technologies as well as testing and
validation of those technologies consistent with Article 6 of the GIA. The necessary
control technologies and protection systems shall be established in Appendix C of the
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executed, or requested to be filed unexecuted, GIA.
Interconnection Requests that include at least one electric storage resource shall
document their operating assumptions (i.e., whether the interconnecting Generating
Facility will or will not charge from the Transmission System and at what level) pursuant
to Attachment X, Appendix 1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Transmission Provider
shall apply the charging operating assumptions contained in the fuel dispatch
methodology as specified by the Generator Interconnection Business Practices Manual
(BPM-015). The operating assumptions for charging as modified by the fuel dispatch
methodology cannot be higher than those documented in the Interconnection Request.
Transmission Provider may determine that Good Utility Practice, including Applicable
Reliability Standards, otherwise requires the use of different operating assumptions. If
Transmission Provider finds Interconnection Customer’s requested operating
assumptions conflict with Good Utility Practice, Transmission Provider must provide
Interconnection Customer an explanation in writing of why the submitted operating
assumptions are insufficient or inappropriate by no later than thirty (30) Calendar Days
before the end of the Customer Engagement Window and allow Interconnection
Customer to revise and resubmit requested operating assumptions one time at least ten
(10) Calendar Days prior to the end of the Customer Engagement Window.
Transmission Provider shall study these requests for Interconnection Service, with the
study costs borne by Interconnection Customer, using the submitted operating
assumptions for purposes of Interconnection Facilities, Network Upgrades, and
associated costs. These requests for Interconnection Service also may be subject to other
studies at the full Generating Facility Capacity to ensure safety and reliability of the
system, with the study costs borne by Interconnection Customer. Interconnection
Customer’s Generating Facility may be subject to additional control technologies as well
as testing and validation of such additional control technologies consistent with Article 6
of the GIA. The necessary control technologies and protection systems shall be set forth
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in Appendix C of the executed, or requested to be filed unexecuted, GIA.
3.2
Identification of Types of Services.
At the time the Interconnection Request is submitted, Interconnection Customer must
request NR Interconnection Service, ER Interconnection Service, ZG Interconnection
Service, or Surplus Interconnection Service, as described; provided, however, any
Interconnection Customer requesting NR Interconnection Service may also request that it
be concurrently studied as an ER Interconnection Service, up to the expiration of
Interconnection Customer Decision Point II. Interconnection Customer may then elect to
proceed with NR Interconnection Service or to proceed under a lower level of NR
Interconnection Service to the extent that only certain upgrades will be completed. A
description of the modeling details used when studying a project as ER Interconnection
Service or NR Interconnection Service can be found in Section 6 of the Generator
Interconnection Business Practices Manual (BPM-015). MHVDC Connection Customer
may only request Injection Rights pursuant to Section 16 of the GIP and shall not be
eligible to receive any Interconnection Services specified in the GIP.
3.2.1
Energy Resource Interconnection Service (ER Interconnection Service).
3.2.1.1 The Product. ER Interconnection Service allows Interconnection
Customer to connect the Generating Facility to the Transmission System
or Distribution System, as applicable, and be eligible to deliver the
Generating Facility’s output using the existing firm or non-firm capacity
of the Transmission System on an “as available” basis and may be granted
on a conditional basis. ER Interconnection Service does not in and of
itself convey any right to deliver electricity to any specific customer or
Point of Delivery.
3.2.1.2 The Study. The study consists of short circuit/fault duty, steady state
(thermal and voltage) and stability analyses. The short circuit/fault duty
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analysis would identify the Interconnection Facilities required and the
Network Upgrades necessary to address short circuit issues associated
with the Interconnection Facilities. The stability and steady state studies
would identify necessary upgrades to allow full output of the proposed
Generating Facility and would also identify the maximum allowed output,
at the time the study is performed, of the interconnecting Generating
Facility without requiring additional Network Upgrades. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the output of the Generating Facility and the charging of
electric storage resources will be modified by Transmission Provider’s
fuel dispatch methodology in the manner specified by the Generator
Interconnection Business Practices Manual (BPM-015).
3.2.2
Network Resource Interconnection Service (NR Interconnection Service).
3.2.2.1 The Product. Transmission Provider must conduct the necessary studies
and Transmission Owner shall cause the construction of the Network
Upgrades, System Protection Facilities, Distribution Upgrades or
Generator Upgrades, subject to the approval of Governmental Authorities,
needed to integrate the Generating Facility in the same manner as for any
Generating Facility being designated as a Network Resource. NR
Interconnection Service allows the Generating Facility to be designated as
a Network Resource, up to the Generating Facility’s full output on the
same basis as existing Network Resources that are interconnected to the
Transmission or Distribution System as applicable, and to be studied as a
Network Resource on the assumption that such a designation will occur.
NR Interconnection Service may be granted on a conditional basis
pursuant to the terms of Article 4.1.2.3 of the GIA. A Generating Facility
requesting NR Interconnection Service shall be deemed to request ER
Interconnection Service of an equivalent amount to the extent that the
Generating Facility does not already have ER Interconnection Service in
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order to allow Interconnection Customer to connect the Generating
Facility to the Transmission System or Distribution System, as applicable,
and be eligible to deliver the Generating Facility’s output. The total NR
Interconnection Service shall not exceed the total ER Interconnection for a
Generating Facility. Interconnection Customer with an in-service
Generating Facility or with an executed GIA, having ER Interconnection
Service or equivalent interconnection service can request NR
Interconnection Service by making an Interconnection Request for
obtaining only NR Interconnection Service.
3.2.2.2 The Study. The Interconnection Study for NR Interconnection Service
shall assure that the Generating Facility meets the requirements for NR
Interconnection Service and will qualify the Generating Facility as a
Network Resource under Module B and the RAR of the Transmission
Provider’s Tariff. As a general matter, the Generating Facility’s
interconnection is studied with the Transmission System at both off-peak
and peak loads, under a variety of severely stressed conditions, to
determine whether, with the Generating Facility at full output, the
aggregate of generation in the local area can be delivered to the aggregate
of load on the Transmission System or Distribution System, as applicable,
consistent with Applicable Reliability Standards. This approach assumes
that some portion of existing Network Resources is displaced by the
output of the Generating Facility. NR Interconnection Service does not
convey any right to deliver electricity to any specific customer or Point of
Delivery.
3.2.3
Surplus Interconnection Service.
3.2.3.1 The Product. Surplus Interconnection Service is restricted
Interconnection Service that allows an Interconnection Customer to
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increase the gross generating capability at the same Point of
Interconnection of an Existing Generating Facility without increasing the
total amount of Interconnection Service at the Point of Interconnection.
The total combined generating output at the Point of Interconnection for
Both the original and surplus Interconnection Customer is limited to and
shall not exceed the total amount of Interconnection Service of an Existing
Generating Facility. Surplus Interconnection Service does not convey any
right to deliver electricity to any specific customer or Point of Delivery. If
the Existing Generating Facility has only ERIS, any Surplus
Interconnection Service associated with that Existing Generating Facility
at the same Point of Interconnection shall be ERIS. If the Existing
Generating Facility has NRIS, any Surplus Interconnection Service
associated with that Existing Generating Facility at the same Point of
Interconnection could be either ERIS or NRIS.
3.2.3.2 The Study. The Interconnection Study for Surplus Interconnection
Service consists of reactive power, short circuit/fault duty, stability
analyses, and steady-state (thermal/voltage) analyses may be performed as
necessary to ensure that all required reliability conditions are studied. If
the Existing Generating Facility’s Interconnection Service was not studied
under off-peak conditions, and if warranted, in the Transmission
Provider's sole discretion, by the fuel-based dispatch assumptions
specified in the Generator Interconnection Business Practices Manual, off-
peak steady state analyses shall be performed to the required level
necessary to demonstrate reliable operation of the Surplus Interconnection
Service. If the Transmission Provider is unable to verify that the Existing
Generating Facility was previously studied for the granted level of
Interconnection Service as provided in Section 3.3.1.1(3) of this GIP, the
Transmission Provider may perform steady state analyses to demonstrate
reliable operation of the Surplus Interconnection Service in accordance
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with the GIP and Generator Interconnection Business Practice Manual.
The Transmission Provider will perform the applicable studies for the
surplus Interconnection Request, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the
Generator Interconnection Business Practices Manual, to determine
whether the Surplus Interconnection Service proposed in the surplus
Interconnection Request would result in material adverse impact on the
Transmission System and/or Affected Systems, as compared to the
impacts that are created by the Existing Generating Facility, respecting its
dispatch levels from the original steady state interconnection study,
without the inclusion of the proposed Surplus Interconnection Service. If
no original study is available, the Transmission Provider shall apply the
current fuel dispatch assumptions used for new Generating Facilities to the
Existing Generating Facility in the steady state study. If Transmission
Provider determines that the proposed Surplus Interconnection Service
would result in a material adverse impact on the Transmission System
and/or Affected Systems, then the proposed surplus Interconnection
Request is deemed to be a Qualified Change and the Interconnection
Customer shall proceed through Definitive Planning Phase cycle similar to
a request for interconnection of a new Generating Facility or withdraw the
surplus Interconnection Request. The Interconnection Study for the
surplus Interconnection Request will identify the Interconnection Facilities
required and the Network Upgrades necessary to address reliability issues
associated with the Interconnection Facilities.
Transmission Provider shall study Surplus Interconnection Service
requests for a Generating Facility that includes at least one electric storage
resource and for which Transmission Provider approves operating
assumptions pursuant to Section 3.1 according to the Transmission
Provider’s fuel dispatch methodology in the manner specified by the
Generator Interconnection Business Practices Manual (BPM-015).
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3.2.4 Injection Rights
3.2.4.1 The Product. Injection Rights serve as a pre-certification of the
Transmission System’s capability to receive capacity and energy from the
MHVDC Transmission Line at the requested Point of Connection, and in the
specified MW quantity, without degrading the reliability of the Transmission
System. Injection Rights do not grant Interconnection Service or Transmission
Service to the MHVDC Connection Customer. Injection Rights must be
converted to external Network Resource Interconnection Service as set forth in
Section 16.2 of the GIP before those rights may be used to offer energy or
capacity into the MISO markets.
3.2.4.2 The Study. Requests for Injection Rights shall include both ERIS-level
and NRIS-level evaluations. For ERIS-level evaluation, the study will include
short circuit/fault duty, steady state (thermal and voltage) and stability analyses.
The stability and steady state studies would identify necessary upgrades to allow
full output of the proposed MHVDC Transmission Line and would also identify
the maximum allowed output, at the time the study is performed, of the
interconnecting MHVDC Transmission Line without requiring any additional
upgrades.
For NRIS-level evaluation, the study will assure that the output of the MHVDC
Transmission Line meets the requirements for NR Interconnection Service and
will qualify any Existing Generating Facility connected to the MHVDC
Transmission Line as a Network Resource under Module B and the RAR of the
Transmission Provider Tariff. As a general matter, such Generating Facility’s
interconnection with the Transmission System is studied at both off-peak and
peak loads, under a variety of severely stressed conditions, to determine whether,
with such Generating Facility at full output, the aggregate of generation in the
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local area can be delivered to the aggregate of load on the Transmission System or
Distribution System, as applicable, consistent with Applicable Reliability
Standards. This approach assumes that some portion of an existing Network
Resource is displaced by the output of such Generating Facility.
3.2.5
ZG Interconnection Service
3.2.5.1 The Product. ZG Interconnection Service is restricted Interconnection
Service that allows an Interconnection Customer to connect its Generating
Facility to the Transmission System or Distribution System, as applicable,
for the limited purpose of delivering energy to a source of electrical load
that is at the same substation as the Point of Interconnection to the
Transmission System (i.e. same voltage level at the interconnecting
substation) as the Generating Facility with ZG Interconnection Service
that will serve it.
This service is available only if the study required by Section 3.2.3.2 of
these GIP determines that the proposed interconnection:
(1) will not result in any injections of Energy onto the Transmission
System beyond the substation identified in the Interconnection Request
as the Point of Interconnection. The restriction on Energy injection in
this paragraph shall not apply to transient, limited injections associated
with a reduction or loss of Load by the ZG Associated Load provided
these remain within any Transient Tolerance Window established in
the Business Practices Manual for Large Load.
(2) Will not require the construction or modification of any Network
Upgrades to address impacts to the Transmission System with the
exception of Network Upgrades located at the same substation as the
POI, except for System Protection Facilities at adjacent substations.
ZG Interconnection Service is specific to the ZG Associated Load(s) that the
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Generating Facility identifies in its Interconnection Request, and which shall be
memorialized in the ZGIA. ZG Interconnection Service does not grant any right
to inject energy onto the Transmission System beyond the Point of
Interconnection except as may be authorized by Section 3.11 of these Generator
Interconnection Procedures. ZG Interconnection Service does not provide
interconnection service for the purpose of serving Load other than the ZG
Associated Load(s) identified in the Interconnection Request and memorialized in
the ZGIA. ZG Interconnection Service does not convey transmission service,
which is obtained through a separate process, and does not provide a right to
serve, or a right to transmission service to serve, a retail customer except as
specifically allowed by state laws and regulations.
The ZG Interconnection Service product does not supersede any state or local
laws or regulations nor does it authorize operations that would violate state or
local laws and regulations, including those establishing which entities have the
right or obligation to serve load. Interconnection Customers are separately
responsible for adhering to all Applicable Laws and Regulations.
3.2.5.2 The Study. The Study shall include a ZG System Impact Assessment
and, if needed, a ZG Facilities Study as described below.
The Generating Facility’s requesting ZG Interconnection Service will be
studied at a level not to exceed the Demand of the ZG Associated Load
other than as necessary to study outages of the ZG Associated Load. The
Generating Facility’s requesting ZG Interconnection Service will be
dispatched, and granted service at a level not to exceed the total Demand
of the ZG Associated Load.
3.2.5.2.1 ZG Impact Assessment. The ZG Impact Assessment shall
consist of a review of the proposed configuration of the
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Generating Facility, its electrical connection both to the
designated ZG Associated Load(s) and to the Transmission
System, and the proposed control equipment and/or operating
procedures to determine whether these are sufficient to prevent
injections onto the Transmission System beyond the substation
where the Point of Interconnection is located. The
Transmission Provider shall perform short circuit/fault duty,
stability analyses, and steady state (thermal and voltage) if
necessary based on the proposed configuration. The stability
and steady state studies shall study the ability of the Generating
Facility to interconnect to the Transmission System without
requiring additional Network Upgrades to maintain reliability,
including analysis for the ZG Associated Load tripping offline
consistent with the Transient Tolerance Window established in
the Business Practices Manual for Large Load. For ZG
Interconnection Service to be granted, these analyses must
determine that no Network Upgrades are needed to maintain
system reliability other than Network Upgrades at the same
substation as the Point of Interconnection or System Protection
Facilities.
3.2.5.2.2 ZG Facilities Study. The ZG Facilities Study shall identify
any Network Upgrades at the same substation as the POI,
and/or operating procedures that are required to prevent
injections of Energy, other than transient injections during
Load reduction or loss events, and to maintain reliability during
these permitted transient injections. The ZG Facilities Study
shall identify any required system protection facilities and
equipment. Further, the study shall identify any
Interconnection Facilities required to interconnect the proposed
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Generating Facility to the Transmission System.
The portion of the ZG Facilities Study for Interconnection
Facilities will start at the same time as the ZG Impact
Assessment. The ZG Facilities Study will identify estimates
for cost and the time required to construct the Interconnection
Facilities. The portion of the ZG Facilities Study for Network
Upgrades shall begin upon the identification of a need for such
Network Upgrades in the ZG Impact Assessment but not later
than one Business Day after the ZG Impact Study results are
provided to the Interconnection Customer.
3.3
Valid Interconnection Request.
3.3.1
Initiating an Interconnection Request.
The Transmission Provider shall post on the MISO public website a notice of an
application deadline for a cluster entering DPP studies at least 45 calendar days prior to
the application deadline. An Interconnection Customer or an MHVDC Connection
Customer wishing to join the next Definitive Planning Phase shall submit their
Interconnection Request to the Transmission Provider in the manner required by the
Generator Interconnection Business Practices Manual (BPM-015) no later than the
application deadline, which will be at least ninety (90) Calendar Days prior to the
scheduled kick-off of the Definitive Planning Phase I of that cycle, published on the
MISO public website. Beginning with the third Group Study after the Commission-
approved effective date of Transmission Provider’s filing made in compliance with the
Final Rule in Docket No. RM22-14-000, the Transmission Provider shall set an
application deadline for the next Definitive Planning Phase Group Study, which deadline
shall be 45 Calendar Days (or next Business Day if the 45th Calendar Day falls on a
weekend or holiday) after the close of Decision Point 2 of the previous Definitive
Planning Phase Group Study. Any Interconnection Request received after the application
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deadline published on the MISO public website shall, subject to section 4.1.1, be applied
towards a subsequent Definitive Planning Phase cycle. A Provisional Generator
Interconnection Agreement may be requested as set forth in Section 7.9 of the GIP. The
Generating Facility described in a valid Interconnection Request may not connect to, or
propose to connect to, the transmission facilities of any transmission provider other than
the Transmission Provider except that: 1) an Interconnection Customer may propose to
include a Generating Facility already connected to a different transmission system in an
Interconnection Request to the Transmission Provider if the Interconnection Request
contains a commitment by the Interconnection Customer to disconnect the Generating
Facility from such other transmission system prior to achieving Commercial Operation
under a Generator Interconnection Agreement with the Transmission Provider and, 2) an
Interconnection Customer may proposed to connect an Existing Generating Facility to the
transmission facilities of another transmission provider provided such Interconnection
Customer retires the Existing Generating Facility in accordance with Attachment Y to the
Tariff prior to the date such generating facilities achieve commercial operation with such
other transmission provider. Submission of Generating Facilities included in an
Interconnection Request to another transmission provider for connection to their systems
shall result in such Interconnection Request being deemed withdrawn pursuant to Section
3.6 of these Generator Interconnection Procedures.
An Interconnection Customer requesting to join the next Expedited Resource Addition
Study (ERAS) shall submit their Interconnection Request to the Transmission Provider
no later than the ERAS application deadline as published on the MISO public website, at
least fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the scheduled kick-off of the ERAS cycle
published on the MISO public website. The valid ERAS request shall be included in an
ERAS Quarterly Study Period that commences after it was submitted.
Study deposits for the Definitive Planning Phase (DPP) and the Expedited Resource
Addition Study are required based on the Megawatt amount of the new Interconnection
Service requested per the following schedule:
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Amount of new
Interconnection Service
and/or Injection Rights
requested (MW)
Non-Refundable
Deposit 1 (D1)
Study Deposit 2 (D2)
< 6 MW
$50,000
20 ≥ MW ≥ 6
$120,000
50 ≥ MW > 20
$180,000
100 ≥ MW > 50
$270,000
200 ≥ MW > 100
$320,000
500 ≥ MW > 200
$420,000
1000 > MW > 500
$530,000
MW ≥ 1000
Calculated according to
the procedure in 3.3.1
and posted by
Transmission Provider
prior to the application
deadline.
$640,000
The Transmission Provider shall calculate the amount of the Non-Refundable Deposit 1
(D1) by determining the inflation adjustment in accordance with the inflation calculator
located at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics website. The inflation adjustment shall be
calculated from the effective date of the original D1 amount of $5,000, August 2008, to
the most up-to-date data available at the time the notification takes place, where such
amount will be rounded to the nearest $100 and posted on the Transmission Provider’s
website. The Transmission Provider shall post a Non-Refundable Deposit 1 (D1) once
every three years. The Non-Refundable Deposit 1 (D1) amount calculated pursuant to
this paragraph shall be applicable to all study groups with an application deadline that is
sixty (60) or more Calendar Days after the date that the Transmission Provider posts such
amount and to all Interconnection Requests seeking ZG Interconnection Service that are
received by the Transmission Provider after the date of such posting. The posting will
remain effective until Transmission Provider posts a revised calculation pursuant to this
paragraph.
An Interconnection Request for the Expedited Resource Addition Study shall be
accompanied by a Non-Refundable Deposit 1 (D1) of $100,000.
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An Interconnection Request for a Replacement Generating Facility and/or an
Interconnection Request seeking ZG Interconnection Service or Surplus Interconnection
Service shall be accompanied by a Non-Refundable Deposit 1 (D1) and a study deposit in
the amount of $150,000.
Thirty (30) Calendar Days after the execution of a non-Provisional Generator
Interconnection Agreement or a Transmission Connection Agreement in which the
Injection Rights option has been selected, Interconnection Customer or MHVDC
Connection Customer may replace any non-encumbered balance of the study deposits
with an irrevocable letter of credit or surety reasonably acceptable to Transmission
Provider. The surety bond must be issued by an insurer reasonably acceptable to
Transmission Provider and must specify a reasonable expiration date. The Transmission
Provider may establish additional requirements for what constitutes a surety bond,
including but not limited to, duration satisfaction, demand timeframe and issuer
requirements through the Generator Interconnection Business Practices manual (BPM-
015).
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer shall be required to provide
to Transmission Provider the following data as further described in the Generator
Interconnection Business Practices Manual (BPM-015) along with its Interconnection
Request:
(i)
a detailed stability model for the proposed Generating Facility or MHVDC
Transmission Line;
(ii)
a detailed power flow model for the proposed Generating Facility or
MHVDC Transmission Line;
(iii)
Technical data as outlined in Attachment A of Appendix 1 of this GIP;
(iv)
an Interconnection Study Agreement executed by Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer in the form of Appendix 1,
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Attachment B;
(v)
a definitive Point of Interconnection or Point of Connection;
(vi)
for Interconnection Requests proposing to share Interconnection Customer
Interconnection Facilities with another pending Interconnection Request
or existing project, a consent agreement in accordance with Section 3.3.1.4
of these Generator Interconnection Procedures;
(vii)
a one line diagram showing the Generating Facility or MHVDC
Transmission Line and associated electrical equipment with appropriate
rating and impedance information;
(viii)
Megawatt amount of new Interconnection Service or Injection Rights
requested; and
(ix)
If applicable, (1) the requested operating assumptions to be used by
Transmission Provider that reflect the proposed charging behavior of the
Generating Facility that includes at least one electric storage resource, and
(2) a description of any control technologies (software and/or hardware)
that will limit the operation of the Generating Facility to the operating
assumptions submitted by Interconnection Customer.
In addition, Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer proposing to
enter the Definitive Planning Phase shall provide the Definitive Planning Phase entry
milestone in the form of either cash, irrevocable letter of credit or surety bond reasonably
acceptable to Transmission Provider. The surety bond must be issued by an insurer
reasonably acceptable to Transmission Provider and must specify a reasonable expiration
date. The Transmission Provider may establish additional requirements for what
constitutes a surety bond, including but not limited to, duration satisfaction, demand
timeframe and issuer requirements through the Generator Interconnection Business
Practices manual (BPM-015).
The Definitive Planning Phase entry milestone (M2) will be calculated as $8,000 per
Megawatt amount of new Interconnection Service or Injection Rights requested.
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The Expedited Resource Addition Study entry milestone (M2) will be calculated as
$24,000 per Megawatt for the amount of new Interconnection Service requested.
Except as otherwise provided for Site Control in Section 7.2 of this GIP, all applicable
deposits, milestone payments, and data required to enter the Definitive Planning Phase,
including the exemptions noted in Section 4.1.2, must be received at the time of the
submission of the interconnection request on the Transmission Provider website.
All applicable deposits, milestone payments and data required to enter the Expedited
Resource Addition Study must be received at the time the application is submitted.
Interconnection Customer shall provide proof of Site Control or a cash deposit in lieu of
Site Control in accordance with the requirements and timing established in Section 7.2 of
this GIP. In the event that an Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection
Customer has a state regulatory requirement to process two Points of Interconnection or
Points of Connection through the entire process, that Interconnection Customer or
MHVDC Connection Customer is not required to comply with the Site Control
requirements in Section 7.2 for the second Interconnection Request, provided it is
properly identified as the required alternative.
The Non-Refundable Deposit 1 (D1) and Study Deposit 2 (D2) shall be applied toward
the costs related to processing the Interconnection Request, including costs of
Interconnection Studies and GIA negotiation.
The expected In-Service Date of the Generating Facility or MHVDC Transmission Line
shall be no later than the process window for the Transmission Provider’s regional
expansion planning period not to exceed seven years from the date the Interconnection
Request is received by Transmission Provider, unless Interconnection Customer or
MHVDC Connection Customer demonstrates that engineering, permitting and
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construction of the Generating Facility or MHVDC Transmission Line will take longer
than the regional expansion planning period, nor shall it be any sooner than the process
time described in the Generator Interconnection Procedures and confirmed in the Pre-
Queue Phase. The In-Service Date may succeed the date the Interconnection Request is
received by Transmission Provider by a period up to ten years, or longer where
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer and Transmission Provider
agree, such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld.
The expected Commercial Operation Date of a Replacement Generating Facility shall be
no more than three (3) years from the date of cessation of operation of the Existing
Generating Facility. For Existing Generating Facilities that have not yet reached
Commercial Operation, the specified Commercial Operation Date in the GIA of a
Replacement Generating Facility shall be no later than the specified Commercial
Operation Date in the GIA of the Existing Generating Facility. For Existing Generating
Facility that is in suspension pursuant to Section 38.2.7 of the Tariff or in Forced Outage,
the start date of suspension or outage shall be considered the date of cessation of
operation of the Existing Generating Facility for purposes of calculating the three (3) year
limit. If the requested period of time between the cessation of operation of the Existing
Generating Facility and expected Commercial Operation Date of the Replacement
Generating Facility is more than three (3) years, the request shall be treated as an
Interconnection Request for a new Generating Facility. An Existing Generating Facility
that was in suspension pursuant to Section 38.2.7 of the Tariff is subject to the time
limitations in Section 38.2.7(n) of the Tariff.
Where multiple Generating Facilities owned by a single Interconnection Customer share
a site, such Interconnection Customer may submit separate Interconnection Requests or
single Interconnection Request. Where multiple Generating Facilities are owned by
different Interconnection Customers and share a site, Interconnection Customers may
submit a single Interconnection Request (Shared Interconnection Request), but the
Interconnection Request must include an agreement between the Interconnection
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Customers which designates a primary point of contact for communications and
designates a single authorized contact for payments and refunds, and the agreement must
clearly identify ownership of each proposed Generating Facility. An existing
Interconnection Request may not be combined with another to form a Shared
Interconnection Request.
An Interconnection Request for a Generating Facility requesting processing through the
Expedited Resource Addition Study shall identify the claimed resource adequacy and/or
reliability need(s) for which it is being submitted. This should include the location (i.e.
the county and state, the electrical bus location(s), and the Local Resource Zone) of any
load to be served via the off take agreement as well as the peak demand for electricity
expected over any one hour period in MWs—the amount of Interconnection Service
requested must not exceed 150 percent of the identified MW need. The Generating
Facility and the associated resource adequacy and/or reliability need(s) must be within
the same Local Resource Zone, unless the resource adequacy and/or reliability need is
included in a resource filing made to the RERRA that is providing the verification
required in Section 3.9.1.
The expected Commercial Operation Date included in the Interconnection Request for a
Generating Facility requesting processing through the Expedited Resource Addition
Study shall be no later than three calendar years from the submission date of the
Interconnection Request.
3.3.1.1 Additional Requirements for a Surplus Interconnection Request
application
A request for Surplus Interconnection Service made by an Interconnection
Customer must meet the requirements listed in section 3.3.1 above, plus the
following requirements:
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1.
The Interconnection Customer of the Existing Generating Facility, or one
of its affiliates, shall have priority to utilize Surplus Interconnection
Service. If the Interconnection Customer of the Existing Generating
Facility or one of its affiliates does not exercise its priority, then the
Interconnection Customer may make Surplus Interconnection Service
available to other potential Interconnection Customers.
2.
The surplus Interconnection Request shall be accompanied by written
confirmation from an officer of the Interconnection Customer of the
Surplus Host Unit , indicating: (i) the amount of Surplus Interconnection
Service made available by the Interconnection Customer of the Surplus
Host Unit; (ii) the type of Interconnection Service (i.e., ERIS or NRIS)
made available by the Interconnection Customer of the Surplus Host Unit
in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.2.3.1 of this GIP; (iii) the
circumstances under which the proposed Surplus Interconnection Service
would be available, including an indication of whether the proposed
Interconnection Service would be available on a continuous basis (i.e., a
certain number of MW of Surplus Interconnection Service would always
be available for use by a co-located generating facility) or on a scheduled,
periodic basis (i.e., a specified number of MW of Surplus Interconnection
Service that would be available intermittently.
3.
Except as provided in Section 3.3.1.1(3)(a) of this Attachment X, the
Interconnection Customer must include the MISO Interconnection System
Impact Study performed for the Existing Generating Facility when the
Generating Facility was originally proposed for interconnection to the
MISO Transmission System or, for Generating Facilities studied under a
predecessor transmission provider’s interconnection process, the original
system impact study performed at the time such Generating Facility was
originally studied for interconnection to the transmission system.
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Transmission Provider will use that study to appropriately scope the study
for evaluation of the surplus Interconnection Request. If the
Interconnection Customer cannot provide such system impact study with
its application, it shall indicate that such study is not available.
a.
A Request for Surplus Interconnection Service may be submitted
by an Interconnection Customer prior to the date that the Surplus
Host Unit has obtained an effective Generator Interconnection
Agreement provided the following requirements are met:
1.
The Surplus Host Unit has a valid Interconnection Request
and has completed Interconnection Customer Decision
Point II of the GIP prior to the date that the surplus
Interconnection Request is submitted;
2.
The surplus Interconnection Request satisfies each of the
requirements of Section 3.3.1.1 of this GIP except that
instead of providing the MISO Interconnection System
Impact Study for an Existing Generating Facility specified
by Section 3.3.1.1(3), the Surplus Interconnection
Customer shall provide the most recently completed
Interconnection System Impact Study in the form of the
Revised System Impact Study for Definitive Planning
Phase II or the Final System Impact Study for Definitive
Planning Phase III for the Surplus Host Unit with the
surplus Interconnection Request;
3.
The Surplus Interconnection Customer identifies the study
cycle and project number of the Surplus Host Unit in the
surplus Interconnection Request; and
4.
If sharing Interconnection Customer Interconnection
Facilities with the Existing Generating Facility, evidence
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that the Interconnection Customer has entered into a
consent agreement that meets the requirements of Section
3.3.1.4.
5.
If the Surplus Interconnection Customer Generating
Facility partially or completely consists of energy storage
devices, the Surplus Interconnection Customer
Interconnection Request shall contain a description of any
control technologies (software and/or hardware) that will
limit the concurrent operation of the Existing Generating
Facilities and Surplus Facilities to the original
Interconnection Service limit.
4.
The surplus Interconnection Request must be submitted to the
Transmission Provider by the Interconnection Customer at least one (1)
year prior to the Commercial Operation Date of the Generating Facility
requesting Surplus Interconnection Service.
5.
If a Material Modification study for the Surplus Host Unit is pending at
the time the surplus Interconnection Request is submitted, then the surplus
Interconnection Study for Surplus Interconnection Service shall not
kickoff until the Material Modification study has completed and any
approved modifications have been added to Generation Interconnection
Agreement.
The Transmission Provider shall commence processing and studying a surplus
Interconnection Request that conforms to the requirements of this Section
3.3.1.1(3)(a) of the GIP in accordance with the provision of Section 3.3.1.2 of this
GIP provided that no GIA may be tendered for such surplus Interconnection
Request prior to the date that the Surplus Host Unit has become subject to an
effective Generator Interconnection Agreement.
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3.3.1.2 Evaluation Process for Surplus Interconnection Request and the
Requirements for the Request to Remain Valid
The following conditions will apply for evaluation of surplus Interconnection
Request:
1.
Within thirty (30) Calendar Days of the Transmission Provider’s receipt of
the completed surplus Interconnection Request, Transmission Provider
will commence a study of the proposed Surplus Interconnection Service
pursuant to Section 3.2.3.2 of this GIP to determine whether such service
would result in any material adverse impact to the Transmission System
and/or Affected Systems and amounts to a Material Modification. After
the commencement of the surplus Interconnection Study for Surplus
Interconnection Service, if a Material Modification request on the Surplus
Host Unit is submitted, the surplus Interconnection Request will be
paused. Once the Material Modification request has been approved, the
surplus Interconnection Request will be reevaluated and may require the
Interconnection Customer to update the surplus Interconnection Request.
The updated surplus Interconnection Request is subject to the surplus
Interconnection Request timing requirements. Transmission Provider
shall use Reasonable Efforts to complete the study of the surplus
Interconnection Request within ninety (90) Calendar Days. If
Transmission Provider determines that the surplus Interconnection
Request would result in a material adverse impact to the Transmission
System and/or Affected Systems, then the surplus Interconnection Request
shall proceed through the Definitive Planning Phase as a new
Interconnection Request.
2.
Within thirty (30) Calendar Days after having received results of the
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Transmission Provider’s evaluation, Interconnection Customer requesting
Surplus Interconnection Service shall inform Transmission Provider of its
election to proceed with its surplus Interconnection Request. After
receiving the Interconnection Customer’s election notice, Transmission
Provider will initiate an Interconnection Facilities Study or tender a draft
GIA, as appropriate. If the Interconnection Customer fails to provide a
notice of its election to proceed within thirty (30) Calendar Days after
having received results of the Transmission Provider’s evaluation, the
Transmission Provider will deem the Interconnection Request withdrawn
pursuant to Section 3.6 of this GIP.
The Interconnection Facilities Study will be performed, if needed, and will
be completed within ninety (90) Calendar Days. If an Interconnection
Facilities Study is necessary, the Transmission Provider shall tender a
draft pro forma GIA within the later of thirty (30) Calendar Days after
final Interconnection Facilities Study reports are issued or the date that the
GIA for the Surplus Host Unit becomes effective. If an Interconnection
Facilities Study is not necessary, the Transmission Provider shall tender a
draft pro forma GIA or an amended GIA that conforms to the currently
effective pro forma GIA, as applicable by the later of thirty (30) Calendar
Days after the Interconnection Customer communicates its election to
proceed with Surplus Interconnection Service request, or the date that the
GIA for the Surplus Host Unit becomes effective.
Interconnection Customer shall submit an executed Energy Displacement
Agreement and Monitoring and Consent Assignment to the Transmission
Provider prior to the conclusion of negotiations for the associated GIA,
pursuant to Section 11 of this GIP. The executed Monitoring and Consent
Agreement shall be in the form of Appendix 11 of the GIP to be effective
upon execution of a GIA and must remain in effect during the term of the
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GIA.
The executed Energy Displacement Agreement shall be in the form of
Appendix 12 of the GIP to be effective upon execution of a GIA and must
remain in effect during the term of the GIA. If the Interconnection
Customer fails to provide an executed Energy Displacement Agreement
and a Monitoring and Consent Agreement to the Transmission Provider
prior to the conclusion of negotiations for the associated GIA, the
Transmission Provider will deem the Interconnection Request withdrawn
pursuant to Section 3.6 of this GIP.
If at any time prior to execution of the GIA the Energy Displacement
Agreement or Monitoring and Consent Agreement required above is no
longer in effect, the Interconnection Request for Surplus Interconnection
Service shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
3.3.1.3 Requirements for continuation of Surplus Interconnection Service
after retirement or cessation of commercial operation of an Existing
Generating Facility
1.
In the event that the Interconnection Customer seeks to continue Surplus
Interconnection Service following the retirement and permanent cessation
of commercial operation of the Existing Generating Facility associated
with that Surplus Interconnection Service, Transmission Provider shall
permit the Surplus Interconnection Service to continue for a limited period
not to exceed one (1) year if the Existing Generating Facility retired and if
the following conditions are met:
(i)
Transmission Provider studied the Surplus Interconnection Service
Generating Facility for sole operation at that Point of
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Interconnection as a part of Interconnection Study for the Surplus
Interconnection Service Generating Facility, and such studies
confirm that the Surplus Interconnection Service Generating
Facility can be solely and reliably operated after the retirement of
the Existing Generating Facility; and
(ii)
The Existing Generating Facility Interconnection Customer must
provide written consent to the continued operation of the Surplus
Interconnection Service Generating Facility at either: (a) the
limited level of Surplus Interconnection Service that is reflected in
the Surplus Interconnection Service Generating Facility’s
Generator Interconnection Agreement; or (b) at any level below
such limit.
3.3.1.4 Additional Requirements for Interconnection Requests Proposing to
Share Interconnection Customer Interconnection Facilities
Interconnection Customer may submit an Interconnection Request that proposes
to share Interconnection Customer Interconnection Facilities with one or more
existing projects or pending Interconnection Requests. Interconnection Requests
proposing such an arrangement shall so indicate in their Interconnection Request
and attach a consent agreement executed by all Interconnection Customers with
projects that propose to connect, or are connected, to the shared Interconnection
Customer Interconnection Facilities. After an Interconnection Request has been
submitted, an Interconnection Customer may only propose to share
Interconnection Customer Interconnection Facilities as part of a Point of
Interconnection modification. Such consent agreement shall, in accordance with
the Business Practices Manuals, describe the proposed configuration of the
projects, the proposed ownership of the Interconnection Customer Interconnection
Facilities, the division of rights and responsibilities among the parties with respect
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to operations, maintenance, and repair of the Interconnection Customer
Interconnection Facilities, and such other information regarding the operation of
the Generating Facilities under this arrangement as may be specified in the
Generator Interconnection Business Practice Manual. The consent agreement
shall indicate the parties’ consent to sharing the Interconnection Customer
Interconnection Facilities in the manner described in the Interconnection
Request(s). Interconnection Requests from multiple Interconnection Customers
for multiple Generating Facilities that share a site must include a contract or other
agreement that allows for shared land use as specified in section 7.2.1.1.ii.b.3.
3.3.1.5 Evaluation Process for Interconnection Requests Proposing to Share
Interconnection Customer Interconnection Facilities
Interconnection Requests proposing shared Interconnection Customer
Interconnection Facilities shall require the consent of the Transmission Provider
to proceed, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or
delayed. The Transmission Provider shall review Interconnection Requests
proposing to share Interconnection Customer Interconnection Facilities amongst
multiple projects to confirm compliance with the requirements of Section 3.3.1.4
of these Generator Interconnection Procedures, that all Interconnection Customer
responsibilities have been appropriately accounted for, and that all parties have
consented to the described arrangement. The Transmission Provider shall
complete this review and notify the parties whether the Transmission Provider
consents to the proposed arrangement no later than five (5) days prior to the start
of the Scoping Meeting in which their requests are discussed, or within ten (10)
Business Days after receipt if the consent agreement is submitted as part of a
Point of Interconnection modification. In the event that the Transmission
Provider does not consent, the Transmission Provider shall provide a written
statement of the reasons for such decision to each of the parties. Interconnection
Requests that do not receive the Transmission Provider’s consent for the sharing
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of Interconnection Customer Interconnection Facilities may be revised and
resubmitted for inclusion in the applicable cycle prior to the start of DPP Phase I.
In the event that the consent agreement is submitted as part of a Point of
Interconnection modification, the consent for the sharing of Interconnection
Customer Interconnection Facilities may be revised and resubmitted within five
(5) Business Days of receiving the Transmission Provider’s written statement of
reasons.
Any Interconnection Customer that has an Interconnection Request pending in the
DPP as of August 14, 2019 and that intends to share Interconnection Customer
Interconnection Facilities for that Interconnection Request with one or more
existing projects or other Interconnection Requests shall satisfy each of the terms
of Sections 3.3.1.4 and 3.3.1.5 of these Generator Interconnection Procedures,
prior to the start of GIA negotiations for any Interconnection Request that remains
pending in the DPP and that will participate in the sharing arrangement.
3.3.2
Acknowledgment of Interconnection Request.
Transmission Provider shall acknowledge receipt of the Interconnection Request within
five (5) Business Days of receipt of the Interconnection Request. Transmission Provider
shall tender to Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer a copy of the
countersigned Interconnection Study Agreement within ten (10) Business Days after the
Transmission Provider notifies Interconnection Customer that it has accepted the
Interconnection Request as valid pursuant to Section 3.3.3 of this GIP. In addition,
within ten (10) Business Days after notifying Interconnection Customer that an
Interconnection Request is accepted as valid, Transmission Provider shall submit a
summary of the Interconnection Request to Interconnection Customer or MHVDC
Connection Customer and likely affected Transmission Owners. All acknowledgments
and other communications may be made via e-mail and/or other electronic means.
3.3.3
Review of Interconnection Request and Cure of Deficiencies.
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An Interconnection Request will not be considered to be a valid request until all items in
Section 3.3.1 have been received by Transmission Provider. If an Interconnection
Request fails to meet the requirements set forth in Section 3.3.1, Transmission Provider
shall notify Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer within fifteen
(15) Business Days of receipt of the initial Interconnection Request either that the
Transmission Provider has accepted the Interconnection Request as valid or has
determined that the Interconnection Request does not constitute a valid request due to one
or more deficiencies. In the event Transmission Provider determines that the
Interconnection Request does not constitute a valid request, Transmission Provider shall
also provide an explanation of the reasons for such determination. Interconnection
Customer shall have ten (10) Business Days from the date that the Transmission Provider
identifies the Interconnection Request as deficient to provide the additional requested
information needed to constitute a valid request. In the event Transmission Provider
discovers or verifies a deficiency later in the GIP process, Transmission Provider will
notify Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer as soon as
practicable. At any time, if Transmission Provider finds that the technical data provided
by Interconnection Customer is incomplete or contains errors, Transmission Provider will
issue a deficiency notice to Interconnection Customer and Interconnection Customer and
Transmission Provider shall work expeditiously and in good faith to remedy such issues.
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer shall provide Transmission
Provider the additional requested information needed to constitute a valid request no later
than ten (10) Business Days after the request is made. Failure by Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer to comply with this Section 3.3.3 will result
in the Interconnection Request not being processed until such deficiency is cured. In the
event that the deficiency is not cured within the required ten (10) business day period, the
Interconnection Request shall immediately be deemed withdrawn as of the date of such
deadline without any further cure period and the Non-Refundable Deposit 1 (D1) shall be
forfeited. The Transmission Provider shall provide written notice to Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer of the deemed withdrawal and an
explanation of the reasons for such deemed withdrawal upon the expiration of the ten
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(10) business day period. Any refunds of deposits other than the D1 will be processed in
accordance with Section 3.6 of this GIP.
3.3.4 Customer Engagement Window
Immediately after the application deadline for a Group Study, Transmission Provider
shall open a eighty-five (85) Calendar Day period (Customer Engagement Window).
During the Customer Engagement Window, Transmission Provider, applicable
Transmission Owner and Interconnection Customer shall conduct the activities set forth
in sections 3.3.5 (Scoping Meeting), 7.1.1 (Screening Analysis Prior to Definitive
Planning Phase I), and section 7.2.1.3 (Transmission Provider Review of Site Control
Sufficiency). Notwithstanding the preceding requirements and upon written consent of
all Interconnection Customers within the Group, Transmission Provider may shorten the
Customer Engagement Window and begin the Group Study. Within thirty (30) Business
Days of the opening of the Customer Engagement Window, Transmission Provider shall
post on its OASIS a list of Interconnection Requests for that Group. The list shall
identify, for each anonymized Interconnection Request: (1) the requested amount of
Interconnection Service; (2) the location by county and state; (3) the station or
transmission line or lines where the interconnection will be made; (4) the projected In-
Service Date; (5) the type of Interconnection Service requested; and (6) the type of
Generating Facility or Facilities to be constructed, including fuel types, such as coal,
natural gas, solar, or wind. The Transmission Provider must ensure that project
information is anonymized and does not reveal the identity or commercial information of
interconnection customers with submitted requests. During the Customer Engagement
Window, Transmission Provider shall provide to Interconnection Customer a non-binding
updated good faith estimate of the cost and timeframe for completing the Group Study
and a Interconnection Study Agreement to be executed prior to the close of the Customer
Engagement Window.
Transmission Provider shall initiate the Group Study described in Section 7 of this GIP 5
Business Days following the close of the Customer Engagement Window.
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3.3.5
Scoping Meeting.
During the Customer Engagement Window, the Transmission Provider shall establish a
date agreeable to Interconnection Customer and Transmission Owner for a Scoping
Meeting, and such date shall be at least five (5) Business Days prior to and no more than
forty-five (45) Calendar days prior to the kick-off of the Definitive Planning Phase,
unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by Transmission Provider, Transmission Owner
and Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer. The Transmission
Provider, Interconnection Customer, or MHVDC Connection Customer, and
Transmission Owner must attend the Scoping Meeting. Transmission Provider shall use
Reasonable Efforts to include any other Affected System Operators in the Scoping
Meeting.
The purpose of the Scoping Meeting shall be to discuss alternative interconnection
options, to exchange information including any transmission data that would reasonably
be expected to impact such interconnection options, to analyze such information and to
determine the potential feasible Points of Interconnection. For purposes of clustering
Interconnection Requests, Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner may propose
changes to the requested Point of Interconnection to facilitate efficient interconnection of
Interconnection Customers at common Point(s) of Interconnection. The requesting
Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner shall notify Interconnection Customers in
writing of any intended changes to the requested Point of Interconnection within two (2)
Business Days after the conclusion of the Scoping Meeting, and the Point of
Interconnection shall only change upon mutual agreement. Transmission Provider,
Transmission Owner and Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer
will bring to the meeting such technical data including, but not limited to, known: (i)
general facility loadings, (ii) general instability issues, (iii) general short circuit issues,
(iv) general voltage issues including voltage and frequency ride-through capabilities for
the Generating Facility, (v) general power quality issues including voltage flicker,
harmonics, (vi) general reliability issues; and (vii) diagrams and/or layout of applicable
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substations as may be reasonably required to accomplish the purpose of the meeting.
Transmission Provider and Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer
will also bring to the meeting personnel and other resources as may be reasonably
required to accomplish the purpose of the meeting in the time allocated for the meeting.
On the basis of the meeting, Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer
may modify its Point of Interconnection/Connection. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
modifications to the Point of Interconnection are prohibited if the modification causes the
project to move from one study region to another once the Transmission Provider has
notified Interconnection Customers that its Interconnection Request will be included in a
study group pursuant to Section 4.1.1.3 of this GIP. Interconnection Customer or
MHVDC Connection Customer will have until the beginning of DPP Phase I submit to
Transmission Provider its modified Point of Interconnection/Connection as a result of the
Scoping Meeting; if the modified Point of Interconnection includes shared
Interconnection Customer Interconnection Facilities, the Interconnection Customer shall
submit a consent agreement that meets requirements of Section 3.3.1.4 by the beginning
of DPP Phase I. The duration of the meeting shall be sufficient to accomplish its
purpose.
3.4
OASIS Posting.
3.4.1
Transmission Provider will maintain on its OASIS or its website a list of all
Interconnection Requests. If Transmission Provider posts this information on its website,
a link to the information must be provided on Transmission Provider’s OASIS site. The
list will identify, for each Interconnection Request: (i) the maximum summer and winter
megawatt electrical output; (ii) the location by county and state; (iii) the substation or
transmission line or lines where the interconnection will be made; (iv) the projected In-
Service Date; (v) the status of the Interconnection Request, and when applicable,
Definitive Planning Phase Queue Position; (vi) the type of Interconnection Service being
requested or whether the Interconnection Request is for Injection Rights; (vii) the
availability of any studies related to the Interconnection Request; (viii) the date of the
Interconnection Request; (ix) the type of Generating Facility to be constructed including
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technology and fuel type); (x) for Interconnection Requests that have not resulted in a
completed interconnection, an explanation as to why it was not completed; (xi) associated
Interconnection System Impact Study phase costs by Definitive Planning Phase; and (xii)
for a Generating Facility Replacement, the planned date of cessation of operation for the
Existing Generating Facility or actual date if the Existing Generating Facility already has
ceased commercial operations, the expected Commercial Operation Date of the
replacement facility and requested Interconnection Service. Except for projects
submitted through the ERAS process as noted in Section 3.9, the list will not disclose the
identity of Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer until
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer executes a GIA or a TCA or
requests that Transmission Provider file an unexecuted GIA or TCA with FERC.
Transmission Provider shall post to its OASIS site or its website any deviations from the
study timelines set forth herein. Interconnection Study reports shall be posted to the
Transmission Provider’s OASIS site or its website prior to the meeting between
Interconnection Customer and Transmission Provider to discuss the applicable study
results. Transmission Provider shall also post any known deviations in the Generating
Facility’s In-Service Date.
Transmission Provider will also maintain on its OASIS or its website a Transmission
Owner’s general non-binding indication as to whether the Transmission Owner intends to
elect to fund the capital costs (self-fund) for Network Upgrades and System Protection
Facilities. If Transmission Provider posts this information on its website, a link to the
information must be provided on Transmission Provider’s OASIS site.
3.4.2
Transmission Provider will maintain on its OASIS or its website summary
statistics related to processing Interconnection Studies pursuant to Interconnection
Requests, updated quarterly. If Transmission Provider posts this information on its
website, a link to the information must be provided on Transmission Provider’s OASIS
site. For each calendar quarter, Transmission Providers must calculate and post the
information detailed in sections 3.4.2.1 through 3.4.2.6. For the Study Metrics provided
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in Sections 3.4.2.2 and 3.4.2.3, if the relevant 10 Business Days includes one or more
holidays, then the number of Business Days will be correspondingly extended and the
study will not be considered untimely if completed within the extended period.
3.4.2.1 Preliminary System Impact Studies in Definitive Planning Phase I
Processing Time.
(A)
Number of Interconnection Requests that had Preliminary System Impact
Studies in Definitive Planning Phase I completed within Transmission
Provider’s coordinated region during the reporting quarter,
(B)
Number of Interconnection Requests that had Preliminary System Impact
Studies in Definitive Planning Phase I completed within Transmission
Provider’s coordinated region during the reporting quarter that were
completed more than the sum of 10 Business Days for Model Review and
65 Calendar Days for the Preliminary System Impact Study, as per the
timelines listed in 7.3.1 of the Generator Interconnection Procedures
(“GIP”) after the periodic, scheduled start of the Definitive Planning Phase
I, which shall commence in conformity with Section 3.3.1 of the GIP,
(C)
At the end of the reporting quarter, the number of active valid
Interconnection Requests with ongoing incomplete Preliminary System
Impact Studies in Definitive Planning Phase I exceeding the sum of 10
Business Days for Model Review and 65 Calendar Days for the
Preliminary System Impact Study report as per the timelines listed in 7.3.1
of the GIP, after the periodic, scheduled start of the Definitive Planning
Phase I,
(D)
Mean time (in Calendar Days), for Preliminary System Impact Studies in
Definitive Planning Phase I completed within Transmission Provider’s
coordinated region during the reporting quarter, from the periodic,
scheduled start of the Definitive Planning Phase I, to the date when
Transmission Provider provided the completed Preliminary System Impact
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Study report to the Interconnection Customer,
(E)
Percentage of Interconnection Requests with Preliminary System Impact
Studies in Definitive Planning Phase I exceeding the sum of 10 Business
Days for Model Review and 65 Calendar Days for the Preliminary System
Impact Study report to complete this reporting quarter, calculated as the
sum of 3.4.2.1(B) plus 3.4.2.1(C) divided by the sum of 3.4.2.1(A) plus
3.4.2.1(C)).
3.4.2.2 Revised System Impact Studies in Definitive Planning Phase II
Processing Time.
(A)
Number of Interconnection Requests that had Revised System Impact
Study reports in Definitive Planning Phase II completed within
Transmission Provider’s coordinated region during the reporting quarter,
(B)
Number of Interconnection Requests that had Revised System Impact
Studies in Definitive Planning Phase II completed within Transmission
Provider’s coordinated region during the reporting quarter that were
completed more than the sum of 6 Business Days for Model Review and
75 Calendar Days for the Revised System Impact Study report after the
date the Interconnection Customer Decision Point I window expired, as
per the timelines listed in Section 7.3.2 of the GIP,
(C)
At the end of the reporting quarter, the number of active valid
Interconnection Requests with ongoing incomplete Revised System
Impact Studies in Definitive Planning Phase II exceeding the sum of 6
Business Days for Model Review and75 Calendar Days for the Revised
System Impact Study report, as per the timelines listed in 7.3.2 of the GIP,
after the Interconnection Customer Decision Point I window expired,
(D)
Mean time (in Calendar Days), for Revised System Impact Studies in
Definitive Planning Phase II completed within Transmission Provider’s
coordinated region during the reporting quarter, from the day after the
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Interconnection Customer Decision Point I window expired to the date
when Transmission Provider provided the completed Revised System
Impact Study report to the Interconnection Customer,
(E)
Percentage of Interconnection Requests with Revised System Impact
Study reports in Definitive Planning Phase II exceeding the sum of 6
Business Days for Model Review and 75 Calendar Days for the Revised
System Impact Study, to complete this reporting quarter, calculated as the
sum of 3.4.2.2(B) plus 3.4.2.2(C) divided by the sum of 3.4.2.2(A) plus
3.4.2.2(C)).
3.4.2.3 Final System Impact Studies in Definitive Planning Phase III
Processing Time.
(A)
Number of Interconnection Requests that had Final System Impact Study
reports in Definitive Planning Phase III completed within Transmission
Provider’s coordinated region during the reporting quarter,
(B)
Number of Interconnection Requests that had Final System Impact Study
reports in Definitive Planning Phase III completed within Transmission
Provider’s coordinated region during the reporting quarter that were
completed more than the sum of 6 Business Days for Model Review and
50 Calendar Days as per the timelines listed in 7.3.3 of the GIP, after the
Interconnection Customer Decision Point II window expired,
(C)
At the end of the reporting quarter, the number of active valid
Interconnection Requests with ongoing incomplete Final System Impact
Study reports in Definitive Planning Phase III exceeding the sum of 6
Business Days for Model Review and 50 Calendar Days, as per the
timelines listed in 7.3.3 of the GIP, after the Interconnection Customer
Decision Point II window expired,
(D)
Mean time (in Calendar Days), for Final System Impact Studies in
Definitive Planning Phase III completed within Transmission Provider’s
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coordinated region during the reporting quarter, from the day after the
Interconnection Customer Decision Point II window expired to the date
when Transmission Provider provided the completed Final System Impact
Study to the Interconnection Customer,
(E)
Percentage of Interconnection Requests with Final System Impact Study
reports in Definitive Planning Phase III exceeding the sum of 6 Business
Days for Model Review and 50 Calendar Days to complete this reporting
quarter, calculated as the sum of 3.4.2.3(B) plus 3.4.2.3(C) divided by the
sum of 3.4.2.3(A) plus 3.4.2.3(C)).
3.4.2.4 Interconnection Facilities Studies Processing Time.
(A)
Number of Interconnection Requests that had Interconnection Facilities
Studies for Interconnection Facilities or Connection Facilities that are
completed within Transmission Provider’s coordinated region during the
reporting quarter,
(B)
Number of Interconnection Requests that had Interconnection Facilities
Studies for Interconnection Facilities or Connection Facilities that are
completed within Transmission Provider’s coordinated region during the
reporting quarter that were completed more than 90 Calendar Days after
the Interconnection Customer Decision Point I window expired,
(C)
At the end of the reporting quarter, the number of active valid
Interconnection Requests with ongoing incomplete Interconnection
Facilities Studies for Interconnection Facilities or Connection Facilities
where such Interconnection Requests had exceeded more than 90 Calendar
Days,
(D)
Mean time (in Calendar Days), for Interconnection Facilities Studies for
Interconnection Facilities or Connection Facilities completed within
Transmission Provider’s coordinated region during the reporting quarter,
calculated from the day after the Interconnection Customer Decision Point
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I window expired to the date when Transmission Provider provided the
completed Interconnection Facilities Study report for Interconnection
Facilities or Connection Facilities to the Interconnection Customer,
(E)
Percentage of Interconnection Requests with delayed Interconnection
Facilities Study report for Interconnection Facilities or Connection
Facilities this reporting quarter, calculated as the sum of 3.4.2.4(B) plus
3.4.2.4(C) divided by the sum of 3.4.2.4(A) plus 3.4.2.4(C)).
3.4.2.5 Interconnection Facilities Studies for Network Upgrades Processing
Time.
(A)
Number of Interconnection Requests that had Interconnection Facilities
Study reports for Network Upgrades that are completed within
Transmission Provider’s coordinated region during the reporting quarter,
(B)
Number of Interconnection Requests that had Interconnection Facilities
Study reports for Network Upgrades that are completed within
Transmission Provider’s coordinated region during the reporting quarter
that were completed more than 90 Calendar Days after completion of the
Definitive Planning Phase III Final System Impact Study,
(C)
At the end of the reporting quarter, the number of active valid
Interconnection Requests with ongoing incomplete Interconnection
Facilities Study reports for Network Upgrades where such Interconnection
Requests had exceeded more than 90 Calendar Days,
(D)
Mean time (in Calendar Days), for Interconnection Facilities Studies for
Network Upgrades completed within Transmission Provider’s coordinated
region during the reporting quarter, calculated from the day after
completion of the Definitive Planning Phase III Final System Impact
Study to the date when Transmission Provider provided the completed
Interconnection Facilities Study report for Network Upgrades to the
Interconnection Customer,
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(E)
Percentage of Interconnection Requests with delayed Interconnection
Facilities Studies for Network Upgrades this reporting quarter, calculated
as the sum of 3.4.2.5(B) plus 3.4.2.5(C) divided by the sum of 3.4.2.5(A)
plus 3.4.2.5(C).
3.4.2.6 Interconnection Requests Withdrawn from Interconnection
Queue.
(A)
Number of Interconnection Requests withdrawn from Transmission
Provider’s interconnection queue during the reporting quarter,
(B)
Number of Interconnection Requests withdrawn from Transmission
Provider’s interconnection queue during the reporting quarter before the
start of the Definitive Planning Phase I, pursuant to Section 3.3.1 of the
GIP,
(C)
Number of Interconnection Requests withdrawn from Transmission
Provider’s interconnection queue during the reporting quarter from start of
the Definitive Planning Phase I, pursuant to Section 3.3.1 of the GIP, to at
or before the Interconnection Customer Decision Point I window expired,
(D)
Number of Interconnection Requests withdrawn from Transmission
Provider’s interconnection queue during the reporting quarter after the
Interconnection Customer Decision Point I window expired to at or before
the Interconnection Customer Decision Point II window expired,
(E)
Number of Interconnection Requests withdrawn from Transmission
Provider’s interconnection queue during the reporting quarter after the
Interconnection Customer Decision Point II window expired to before
execution of a Generator Interconnection Agreement or Interconnection
Customer requests the filing of an unexecuted, new interconnection
agreement
(F)
Number of Interconnection Requests withdrawn from Transmission
Provider’s interconnection queue after execution of a Generator
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Interconnection Agreement or Interconnection Customer requests the
filing of an unexecuted, new interconnection agreement,
(G)
Mean time (in Calendar Days), for all withdrawn Interconnection
Requests, from the date when the request was determined to be valid to
when Transmission Provider received the request to withdraw from the
queue.
3.4.3 Transmission Provider is required to post on OASIS or its website the measures in
paragraph 3.4.2.1(A) through paragraph 3.4.2.6(G) for each calendar quarter within 30
Calendar Days of the end of the calendar quarter. Transmission Provider will keep the
quarterly measures posted on OASIS or its website for three calendar years with the first
required report to be in the first quarter of 2020. If Transmission Provider retains this
information on its website, a link to the information must be provided on Transmission
Provider’s OASIS site.
3.4.4 In the event that any of the values calculated in paragraphs 3.4.2.1(E), 3.4.2.2(E),
3.4.2.3(E), 3.4.2.4(E), or 3.4.2.5(E) exceeds 25 percent for two consecutive calendar
quarters, Transmission Provider will have to comply with the measures below for the
next four consecutive calendar quarters and must continue reporting this information until
Transmission Provider reports four consecutive calendar quarters without the values
calculated in 3.4.2.1(E), 3.4.2.2(E), 3.4.2.3(E), 3.4.2.4(E), or 3.4.2.5(E)) exceeding 25
percent for two consecutive calendar quarters:
(i)
Transmission Provider must submit a report to the Commission describing the
reason for each Group Study, individual Interconnection Facilities Study, or
Restudy pursuant to one or more Interconnection Request(s) that exceeded its
deadline completion of each phase as specified in Sections 7.3.1, 7.3.2 and 7.3.3
of this GIP, and Section 7.5 of this GIP for restudies. Transmission Provider must
describe the reasons for each study delay and any steps taken to remedy these
specific issues and, if applicable, prevent such delays in the future. The report
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must be filed at the Commission within 45 Calendar Days of the end of the
calendar quarter.
(ii)
Transmission Provider shall aggregate the total number of employee-hours and
third party consultant hours expended towards interconnection studies within its
coordinated region that quarter and post on OASIS or its website. If Transmission
Provider posts this information on its website, a link to the information must be
provided on Transmission Provider’s OASIS site. This information is to be
posted within 30 Calendar Days of the end of the calendar quarter.
3.5
Coordination with Affected Systems.
Except as modified by Sections 3.5.1 through 3.5.3 of these GIP, Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer, Transmission Provider, Transmission
Owner and Affected System Operator shall each coordinate and cooperate on studies
required to determine the impact of the Interconnection Request on Affected Systems.
Transmission Provider will include such Affected System Operators, whose
representatives either abide by FERC’s Standards of Conduct pursuant to 18 C.F.R
Parts 37 and 358 or have executed a non-disclosure agreement with Transmission
Provider, in all meetings held with Interconnection Customer as required by the GIP. If
the Affected System is not under the functional control of Transmission Provider, the
Affected System Operator’s procedures shall be applicable. Interconnection Customer or
MHVDC Connection Customer will be separately responsible to adhere to the Affected
Systems Operator’s procedures and costs related to studies and modifications to the
Affected System.
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer will cooperate with
Transmission Provider in all matters related to the conduct of studies and the
determination of modifications to Affected Systems. Transmission Provider may limit
Interconnection Service or Injection Rights for an Interconnection Request until needed
reliability upgrades on an Affected System(s) are complete under separate agreements.
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Each Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer shall provide notice to
Transmission Owner and Transmission Provider that the facilities built under such
agreements are in service.
3.5.1
Additional Requirements for Interconnection Requests Subject to JTIQ.
Transmission Provider shall use the rules and procedures contained in Section
9.4.2 of Rate Schedule 6 (MISO-SPP JOA) to apply to Interconnection Customers
and Interconnection Requests that have been designated for inclusion in a JTIQ
Participation Group or a JTIQ Commitment Group. Interconnection Customers
included in a JTIQ Screening Group, JTIQ Participation Group or a JTIQ
Commitment Group shall be responsible for adhering to all applicable
requirements set forth Section 9.4.2 of the Rate Schedule 6 (MISO-SPP JOA),
these Generator Interconnection Procedures, the GIA, and applicable JTIQ
Service Agreements.
3.5.1.1: Inclusion in a JTIQ Screening Group, JTIQ Participation Group,
and JTIQ Commitment Group.
(1) Interconnection Requests shall be included in the JTIQ Screening Group if
they are submitted into a DPP study group or an ERAS that: (1) has a study
commencement or kick off date that is after the date that the Parties’ respective
Boards of Directors have approved a JTIQ Portfolio; and (2) has not commenced
DPP Phase I studies or an ERAS as of the date that the Transmission Provider and
SPP have declared the JTIQ Portfolio fully subscribed.
(2) Interconnection Requests shall be included in a JTIQ Participation Group if
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they meet the following criteria:
(a)
the Interconnection Request is determined to have an impact
greater than five percent (5%) distribution factor (OTDF or
PTDF1) on one or more facilities of SPP’s transmission system modelled
with all transmission facilities rated 100 kV and above; and
(b) the Interconnection Request is determined to have greater than
1.00 MW (positive) impact on at least one JTIQ Upgrade
included in the JTIQ Portfolio.
Any new Interconnection Request for an Existing Generating Facility that is
seeking to convert to or increase the level of NRIS service will only be included
in the JTIQ Participation Group to the extent of any additional ERIS service
requested.
(3) Interconnection Customers shall enter a JTIQ Commitment Group upon
obtaining an effective GIA and JTIQ Commitment Agreement that obligate such
Interconnection Customer to pay, and provide security for, JTIQ Generator
Charges. Placement into the applicable JTIQ Commitment Group shall be
governed by the terms of the Commitment Agreement and Section 2 of
Attachment JJJ to the Tariff.
3.5.2. Application of Affected Systems Coordination Procedures to
Interconnection Requests Included in an Expedited Resource
1
Power Transfer Distribution Factor (PTDF) - The percentage of power transfer flowing through a facility or
a set of facilities for a particular transfer when there are no contingencies. Outage Transfer Distribution
Factor (OTDF) - The percentage of a power transfer that flows through the monitored facility for a
particular transfer when the contingency facility is switched out of service.
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Addition Study
The Transmission Provider shall apply to ERAS Interconnection Requests,
and the ERAS Interconnection Customer shall adhere to, the same
coordination procedures and same screening criteria applicable to
Interconnection Requests included in a DPP Study Group with the
following exceptions: (1) The Transmission Provider will submit all
information necessary to enable an Affected System to study the impacts
of an ERAS Interconnection Request not later than ten (10) Calendar Days
prior to the kickoff of the applicable ERAS study for such project; (2) The
Transmission Provider will provide any affected systems analysis received
from the affected system to the ERAS Interconnection Customer promptly
upon receipt; (3) In the event that affected systems studies and cost
information are not available at the time the EGIA is tendered, such EGIA
shall include an obligation to execute any agreements for the study,
construction, or funding of Network Upgrades identified by the affected
system within fifteen (15) Calendar Days after such agreement is tendered
for execution to the Interconnection Customer; (4) The Transmission
Provider shall submit ERAS Interconnection Requests to the applicable
affected system individually and request that such affected system study
the impacts of ERAS Interconnection Requests on a serial basis; and (5)
For those affected systems where MISO and the affected system utilize a
specified point in MISO’s multi-phase process such as a Decision Point or
phase kickoff date to establish the queue priority date of MISO
Interconnection Requests, MISO shall assert a queue priority date for
ERAS projects as of the date MISO commences the ERAS System Impact
Study unless the controlling agreement between MISO and the affected
system expressly provide an alternate queue priority date for ERAS
projects. Interconnection requests with an earlier queue priority date as
determined in accordance with this Section 9.4.3(a) will have a higher
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relative queue priority than those with a later queue priority date.
3.5.3. Application of Affected Systems Coordination Procedures to
Interconnection Requests Seeking ZG Interconnection Service
The Transmission Provider shall apply to ZG Interconnection Requests,
and the ZG Interconnection Customer shall adhere to, the same
coordination procedures and same screening criteria applicable to
Interconnection Requests included in a DPP Study Group with the
following exceptions: (1) The Transmission Provider will submit all
information necessary to enable an Affected System to study the impacts
of a ZG Interconnection Request not later than ten (10) Calendar Days
prior to the kickoff of the applicable ZG Impact Assessment for such
project; (2) The Transmission Provider will provide any affected systems
analysis received from the affected system to the ZG Interconnection
Customer promptly upon receipt; (3) In the event that affected systems
studies and cost information are not available at the time the ZGIA is
tendered, such ZGIA shall include an obligation to execute any
agreements for the study, construction, or funding of Network Upgrades
identified by the affected system within fifteen (15) Calendar Days after
such agreement is tendered for execution to the Interconnection Customer;
(4) The Transmission Provider shall submit ZG Interconnection Requests
to the applicable affected system individually and request that such
affected system study the impacts of ZG Interconnection Requests on a
serial basis; and (5) For those affected systems where MISO and the
affected system utilize a specified point in MISO’s multi-phase process
such as a Decision Point or phase kickoff date to establish the queue
priority date of MISO Interconnection Requests, MISO shall assert a
queue
priority
date
for
Interconnection
Requests
seeking
ZG
Interconnection Service as of the date MISO commences the ZG Study
unless the controlling agreement between MISO and the affected system
expressly provide an alternate queue priority date for ZG projects.
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Interconnection requests with an earlier queue priority date as determined
in accordance with this Section 3.5.3 will have a higher relative queue
priority than those with a later queue priority date.
3.6
Withdrawal.
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer may withdraw its
Interconnection Request at any time by written notice of such withdrawal to
Transmission Provider. In addition, if Interconnection Customer fails to adhere to all
requirements of the GIP, except as provided in Section 13.5 (Disputes), Transmission
Provider shall deem the Interconnection Request to be withdrawn and shall provide
written notice to Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer of the
deemed withdrawal and an explanation of the reasons for such deemed withdrawal.
Unless otherwise provided in this GIP, upon receipt of such written notice,
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer shall have fifteen (15)
Business Days in which to either respond with information or actions that cure the
deficiency or to notify Transmission Provider of its intent to pursue Dispute Resolution.
In the event that an MHVDC Transmission Connection Request is withdrawn or deemed
withdrawn in accordance with the terms of Attachment GGG to the Tariff, then all
Interconnection Requests associated with that MHVDC Transmission Connection
Request will also be deemed withdrawn.
Withdrawal prior to or during Interconnection Customer Decision Point I shall result in
the loss of the Interconnection Customer’s or MHVDC Connection Customer’s
Definitive Planning Phase Queue Position. Withdrawal after Interconnection Customer
Decision Point I, but prior to or during Interconnection Customer Decision Point II shall
result in the loss of the Interconnection Customer’s or MHVDC Connection Customer’s
Definitive Planning Phase Queue Position and forfeiture of the Definitive Planning Phase
entry milestone (M2) payment. Withdrawal after Interconnection Customer Decision
Point II shall result in the loss of Interconnection Customer’s or MHVDC Connection
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Customer’s Definitive Planning Phase Queue Position and forfeiture of the M2, M3 and
M4 milestone payments, except as otherwise provided in Section 7.6.2 and 7.8.
If an Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer disputes the
withdrawal and loss of its applicable queue position, then during Dispute Resolution, the
Interconnection Customer’s or MHVDC Connection Customer’s Interconnection Request
is eliminated from the queue until such time that the outcome of Dispute Resolution
would restore its applicable queue position.
An Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer that withdraws or is
deemed to have withdrawn its Interconnection Request shall pay to Transmission
Provider all costs that Transmission Provider prudently (i) incurs prior to the
Transmission Provider’s receipt of notice described above and (ii) will incur as a result of
the withdrawal. Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer must pay
all monies due to Transmission Provider before it is allowed to obtain any
Interconnection Study data or results.
Transmission Provider shall (i) update the OASIS list of Interconnection Requests and
(ii) refund to Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer any portion of
the Interconnection Customer’s or MHVDC Connection Customer’s study deposit that
exceeds the costs that Transmission Provider has incurred or will incur as a result of the
withdrawal as described in Section 13.3, including interest earned on the Interconnection
Customer’s or MHVDC Connection Customer’s study deposit and Definitive Planning
Phase entry milestone payment while held in Transmission Provider’s interest-bearing,
money market account, or if such account does not exist, then the interest calculated in
accordance with 18 C.F.R. Section 35.19a(a)(2)(iii). In the event of such withdrawal,
Transmission Provider, subject to the confidentiality provisions of Section 13.1, shall
provide, at Interconnection Customer’s or MHVDC Connection Customer’s request, all
information that Transmission Provider developed for any completed study conducted up
to the date of withdrawal of the Interconnection Request.
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3.7
Additional requirements for Generating Facility Replacement Requests.
3.7.1
Requirements for Replacement Generating Facility Requests.
i)
Except as provided in Section 3.7.1(i)(a) of this Attachment X, any Replacement
Generating Facility must connect to the Transmission System at the same
electrical Point of Interconnection (i.e. same voltage level at the interconnecting
substation) as the Existing Generating Facility.
a.
An Interconnection Customer shall perform, and Transmission Provider
shall validate an evaluation study utilizing the latest available DPP phase
model to ensure the Replacement Generating Facility connecting to a
different Point of Interconnection will: (1) connect to the same voltage
level unless the same voltage level is not available by the COD; (2) not
cause new constraints, as demonstrated by a contingency analysis
performed in accordance with BPM-015; (3) and change the Power
Transfer Distribution Factor less than 5% on any branch unless it is a zero
impedance element or a line on the shortest path without queued
Interconnection Requests from the existing Point of Interconnection to the
new Point of Interconnection.
ii)
The request for Generating Facility Replacement must be submitted to the
Transmission Provider by the Interconnection Customer for its Existing
Generating Facility at least one (1) year prior to the date that the Existing
Generating Facility will cease operation unless the Existing Generating Facility is
in suspension or approved for suspension pursuant to Section 38.2.7 of the Tariff
or in Forced Outage, and at least one (1) year prior to the Commercial Operation
Date for the Replacement Generating Facility. An Interconnection Customer
utilizing an extension to the Commercial Operation Date or In-Service Date as set
forth in Section 4.4.4 of the GIP must submit the request for Generating Facility
Replacement at least one (1) year prior to the extended Commercial Operation
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Date. A unit with a surplus GIA may propose to replace its host Existing
Generating Facility should the Surplus Host Unit retire and does not submit a
timely replacement request. The unit with a surplus GIA shall submit its
replacement request one (1) year prior to the proposed Commercial Operation
Date of the Replacement Generating Facility. For the Existing Generating
Facility approved for suspension or in forced outage, the request for Generating
Facility Replacement must be submitted prior to 25th cumulative month of
suspension or forced outage within 5 years period. The request shall include the
planned or actual date of cessation of operation for the Existing Generating
Facility and the expected Commercial Operation Date for the Replacement
Generating Facility. The expected Commercial Operation Date of the
Replacement Generating Facility must be at least one (1) Calendar Day after the
date the Existing Generating Facility ceases operations.
iii)
The Interconnection Customer shall request only ER Interconnection Service for
the Replacement Generating Facility if the Existing Generating Facility has only
ER Interconnection Service. The request for NR Interconnection Service for the
Replacement Generating Facility, when the Existing Generating Facility has only
ER Interconnection Service, shall be submitted as a separate Interconnection
Request and shall proceed through the Definitive Planning Phase cycle in the
same manner as an Interconnection Request for a new Generating Facility. The
Interconnection Customer may request either ER Interconnection Service or NR
Interconnection Service for the Replacement Generating Facility if the Existing
Generating Facility has NR Interconnection Service. Requests for ER or NR
Interconnection Service that exceed the amount of Interconnection Service for the
Existing Generating Facility shall be processed as a new Interconnection Request
for the amount of such excess pursuant to Section 3.7.1.iv of this Attachment X to
the Tariff.
iv)
If the Replacement Generating Facility requires Interconnection Service (MW) in
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excess of that of the Existing Generating Facility that is being replaced,
Interconnection Customer shall initiate a separate request for Interconnection
Service in an amount (MW) equal to the excess. Such Interconnection Request
shall be assigned a new Queue Position, and proceed through the Definitive
Planning Phase cycle in the same manner as an Interconnection Request for a new
Generating Facility.
v)
If the request for Generating Facility Replacement requests less Interconnection
Service (MW) than that of the Existing Generating Facility that is being replaced,
the owner shall be required to submit an Attachment Y Notice for the amount
(MW) of such decrease in generating capacity to the Transmission Provider prior
to the execution of the GIA of the Replacement Generating Facility or the election
by the Interconnection Customer to proceed unexecuted. If the Interconnection
Customer indicates in its Interconnection Request that the Reliability Assessment
Study shall include analysis of a retirement scenario, the timing of the associated
Attachment Y will supersede the requirements of Section 38.2.7 of the Tariff, as
the Reliability Assessment Study completed as part of generator replacement
process will determine the system impacts for the loss of the generation.
vi)
Except as provided in Section 3.7.1(vi)(a) of this Attachment X, no request for
Generating Facility Replacement may be made until twelve (12) months have
elapsed from: (1) the date of any assignment of the Generator Interconnection
Agreement applicable to the Existing Generating Facility, or (2) the date of sale or
other transfer of such Existing Generating Facility. When an Existing Generating
Facility is owned by more than one party and such coownership has existed for at
least twelve (12) months prior to the date that the request for Generating Facility
Replacement has been made, the restrictions described in this paragraph on
transfers shall not preclude such co-owners from determining their respective
ownership percentages in the Replacement Generating Facility, provided that the
ownership interests in the Replacement Generating Facility is disclosed in the
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request of the Interconnection Customer that owns or controls the Existing
Generating Facility pursuant to an existing Generator Interconnection Agreement
for Generating Facility Replacement. Upon submission of a request for
Generating Facility Replacement, the Interconnection Customer shall not sell or
otherwise transfer the Existing Generating Facility, the Replacement Generating
Facility, nor assign the applicable Generator Interconnection Agreement except as
provided in Section 3.7.1(vi)(a) of this Attachment X until such time as the
Transmission Provider completes evaluation of the request for Generating Facility
replacement unless the Interconnection Customer first withdraws such request for
Generating Facility Replacement in writing. In the event that the Transmission
Provider notifies Interconnection Customer that the request for Generating
Facility Replacement has been granted, the prohibition on sales, transfers, or
assignments not authorized by this Attachment X shall be extended in accordance
with Section 3.7.5 of this Attachment X. For purposes of this Section 3.7.1 (vi),
prohibited assignments include assignments to affiliates pursuant to Article 19.1
of the pro forma Generator Interconnection Agreement or any analogous
provision in the applicable GIA.
a.
An Interconnection Customer may: (1) sell or otherwise transfer its
Existing Generating Facility, (2) assign its Generator Interconnection
Agreement; or (3) sell or otherwise transfer a Replacement Generating
Facility to an entity or entities meeting the requirements of Section
3.7.1(vi)(a)(1) below without violating this Section 3.7.1(vi) if all of
the following conditions are satisfied prior to such sale, assignment or
transfer becoming effective:
1. The Interconnection Customer that owns or controls the
Existing Generating Facility pursuant to an existing Generator
Interconnection Agreement demonstrates to the Transmission
Provider that it both:
i.
Holds, directly or indirectly, not less than a 25%
ownership interest in each entity receiving the
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applicable assignment or transfer as demonstrated
through documentation of: (1) shares or a partnership
interests in the transferee/assignee; (2) a right to receive
at least 25% of net proceeds from the sale of the
transferred or assigned generating facility; or (3)
another form of interest in the transferee/assignee that is
recognized by the Commission as equivalent to an
ownership interest;
ii.
Has the documented right to direct the performance of
such entity with respect to any obligation under MISO’s
Tariff and Generator Interconnection Agreement
applicable to the transferred Generating Facility; and
2. The Interconnection Customer that owns or controls the
Existing Generating Facility pursuant to an existing Generator
Interconnection Agreement and the entity that received the
assignment or transfer commit in documentation to be supplied
to the Transmission Provider prior to the effective date of any
sale, assignment or transfer: (i) that the Interconnection
Customer shall retain the ownership and control required by
Section 3.7.1(vi)(a)(1) of this Attachment X until the
Replacement Generating Facility achieves commercial
operation in accordance with Section 3.7.5 of this Attachment
X, unless the request for Generating Facility Replacement is
denied or withdrawn; (ii) that the entity receiving the
assignment or transfer under this section 3.7.1(vi) of this
Attachment X agrees not to further sell, transfer or assign its
interests in the Existing Generating Facility, Replacement
Generating Facility, or Generator Interconnection Agreement
except in accordance with this Attachment X; and (iii) to
provide the Transmission Provider upon request with
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documentation demonstrating continued compliance with the
requirements of Section 3.7.1(vi) of this Attachment X at any
time prior to the date that the applicable Replacement
Generating Facility achieves commercial operation; and
3. The Interconnection Customer receives the consent of the
Transmission Provider, which consent shall be granted upon
the Transmission Provider determining that the proposed
transfer(s) or assignment(s) comply with the requirements of
Section 3.7.1(vi)(a) of these Generator Interconnection
Procedures.
A transfer, sale, or assignment of the Existing Generating Facility, Replacement
Generating Facility, or applicable GIA that violates this Section 3.7.1 (vi) or Section
3.7.1(vi)(a) of Attachment X shall void the request for Generating Facility Replacement.
3.7.1.1 Requirements for modification of Replacement Generating Facility Requests.
The request to modify the Replacement Generating Facility shall be submitted any time
prior to the commencement of the evaluation process for Generating Facility
Replacement requests.
1)
If the revised planned date of cessation of operation for the Existing Generating
Facility is prior to the planned date of cessation of operation specified in original
request, a new request for Replacement Generating Facility must be submitted at
least one (1) year prior to the date that the Existing Generating Facility is planned
to cease operation.
2)
If the revised planned date of cessation of operation for the Existing Generating
Facility is after the planned date of cessation of operation specified in original
request, a notification for Replacement Generating Facility must be submitted to
the MISO Resource Utilization team (resourceretirement@misoenergy.org) at least
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thirty (30) Calendar Days prior to the original date that the Existing Generating
Facility is planned to cease operation. The revised planned date of cessation must
be at least one (1) Calendar Day before the Commercial Operation Date of the
Replacement Generating Facility, including any extension provided and utilized
under Section 4.4.4 of the GIP.
3)
If the revised expected Commercial Operation Date for the Replacement
Generating Facility is after the expected Commercial Operation Date for the
Replacement Generating Facility in the original request, a new request for
Replacement Generating Facility must be submitted at least one (1) year prior to
the date that the Existing Generating Facility is planned to cease operation, unless
the Existing Generating Facility is in suspension pursuant to Section 38.2.7 of the
Tariff or in Forced Outage.
3.7.2
Evaluation Process for Generating Facility Replacement Requests.
The Transmission Provider will evaluate Generating Facility Replacement requests in the
order in which they are submitted. The evaluation will consist of two studies: i) a
Replacement Impact Study as set forth in Section 3.7.2.1 of the GIP, and ii) a Reliability
Assessment Study as set forth in Section 3.7.2.2 of the GIP.
Transmission Provider shall use Reasonable Efforts to complete the Replacement Impact
Study and Reliability Assessment Study and share results with the Interconnection
Customer within one hundred eighty (180) Calendar Days of the request.
3.7.2.1 Generating Facility Replacement—Replacement Impact Study.
The Replacement Impact Study will include analyses to determine if the Replacement
Generating Facility has a material adverse impact on the Transmission System when
compared to Existing Generating Facility. The Replacement Impact Study may include
steady-state (thermal/voltage), reactive power, short circuit/fault duty, and stability
analyses, as necessary, to ensure that required reliability conditions are studied. If the
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Replacement Impact Study identifies any materially adverse impact from operating the
Replacement Generating Facility when compared to the Existing Generating Facility,
such impacts shall be deemed a Qualified Change, and in order to move forward, the
Interconnection Customer must submit all information and milestone payments necessary
for a valid Interconnection Request for a new Generating Facility pursuant to Section 3.3
of this GIP, be assigned queue priority as of the date such information and milestones are
provided, and proceed through the Definitive Planning Phase cycle as an Interconnection
Request for a new Generating Facility. In such event, the Interconnection Customer shall
be subject to the timing and requirements of Section 38.2.7 of the Tariff for any
retirement of the Existing Generating Facility.
3.7.2.2 Generating Facility Replacement—Reliability Assessment Study
The Reliability Assessment Study for the time period between the date that the Existing
Generating Facility ceases commercial operations and the Commercial Operation Date
including any extension provided under Section 4.4.4 of the GIP of the Replacement
Generating Facility shall evaluate the performance of the Transmission System to
determine if thermal and/or voltage violations of applicable the Electric Reliability
Organization Standards and Transmission Owner planning criteria are caused by
removing the Existing Generating Facility from service prior to the Commercial
Operation Date of the Replacement Generating Facility. This study shall compare the
conditions on the Transmission System that would exist if the Existing Generating
Facility is taken offline to the conditions on the Transmission System as they exist when
the Existing Generating Facility is online. The scope of Reliability Assessment Study
may include stability analysis as necessary. The Existing Generating Facility shall be
responsible for mitigating any reliability violation identified in the Reliability Assessment
Study and may not cease operations until all mitigations are implemented or are in
service. Mitigation for this interim period may, as applicable, include: (i)
redispatch/reconfiguration through operator instruction; and (ii) remedial action scheme
or any other operating steps depending upon the type of reliability violation identified.
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The Interconnection Customer may request in its Interconnection Request that the
Reliability Assessment Study include an analysis equivalent to an Attachment Y study, as
defined in Section 38.2.7 of the Tariff. The Transmission Provider shall include such
analysis in the Reliability Assessment Study when requested. After completion of the
Reliability Assessment Study with all reliability violations mitigated for the Existing
Generating Facility, the Interconnection Customer may choose to submit an Attachment
Y request to obtain suspension approval based on Reliability Assessment Study results
before the GIA for the Replacement Generating Facility is executed or the
Interconnection Customer elects to proceed unexecuted or sixty (60) days after the
request for Generating Facility Replacement request is withdrawn.
3.7.3
Generating Facility Replacement - Notice to Proceed
Interconnection Customer requesting Generating Facility Replacement shall inform
Transmission Provider within thirty (30) Calendar Days after having received results of
the Replacement Impact Study and Reliability Assessment Study of its election to
proceed and Transmission Provider will initiate an Interconnection Facilities Study or
tender a draft GIA. Interconnection Customer that fails to provide an election to proceed
within thirty (30) Calendar Days will result in withdrawal of the Interconnection Request
pursuant to Section 3.6 of this GIP.
3.7.4
Scope of Interconnection Facilities Study
Interconnection Facilities Study focusing on the Interconnection Facilities for the
Replacement Generating Facility will start, if the Transmission Provider determines such
a study is necessary, upon Interconnection Customer’s notice to proceed to the
Transmission Provider after completion of the Replacement Impact Study and the
Reliability Assessment Study. This Interconnection Facilities Study will identify
estimates for cost and the time required to construct the Interconnection Facilities.
Transmission Provider shall use Reasonable Efforts to complete this portion of the
Interconnection Facilities Study within ninety (90) Calendar Days.
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3.7.5 GIA for Generating Facility Replacement.
Transmission Provider shall tender a draft pro forma GIA or GIAs or, if deemed
appropriate, an amended GIA or GIAs that conforms to the pro forma GIA in effect at the
time, within thirty (30) Calendar Days after the Interconnection Customer communicates
its election to proceed with Generator Replacement if an Interconnection Facilities Study
is not required or within thirty (30) Calendar Days after final Facility Study reports are
provided to the Interconnection Customer. An Interconnection Customer that transferred
or assigned a Replacement Generating Facility to one or more entities consistent with the
requirements of 3.7.1(vi)(a) may elect for each such entity to receive a separate GIA for
its Replacement Generating Facility. The draft pro forma GIA shall include updated
appendices describing the timing of Generating Facility Replacement and a condition that
the GIA or GIAs cannot be assigned and the Replacement Generating Facility cannot be
transferred to any other Party, including an affiliate of the Interconnection Customer
other than as allowed by Section 3.7.1(vi)(a) of this Attachment X, until such date as the
applicable Replacement Generating Facility achieves commercial operation. A transfer,
sale, or assignment of the Existing Generating Facility, Replacement Generating Facility,
or applicable GIA that violates this Section 3.7.5 shall be void and constitute a material
breach of the GIA.
If the MW of a Generating Facility Replacement request is less than the MW of the
Existing Generating Facility that is being replaced, the Interconnection Customer cannot
make any additional Generating Facility Replacement requests after the first GIA for the
Generating Facility Replacement is executed or the Interconnection Customer elects to
proceed unexecuted.
3.8
Identification of Contingent Facilities.
MISO identifies Contingent Facilities using the following three methods:
i.
Review all transmission facilities included in Interconnection System Impact
Studies performed for an Interconnection Request that are: (1) listed in Appendix
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A of the Transmission Provider’s Transmission Expansion Plan (MTEP) that are
not yet in service, unless the Transmission Provider determines through the
exercise of engineering judgment and after consultation with the applicable
Transmission Owner(s), that such project does not address an existing overload
and will not impact the injection of the Interconnection Request, such as age
related line renewal projects that are not Baseline Reliability Project; or (2)
identified as Network Upgrades through the System Impact Studies for higher
queued Interconnection Requests that are not yet in service. Contingent Facilities
shall be identified from this list as those facilities that meet the following criteria:
a.
Power Transfer Distribution Factor or Outage Transfer Distribution Factor
≥ 5% and;
b.
MW impact (Power Transfer Distribution Factor or Outage Transfer
Distribution Factor multiplied by generator output of the Interconnection
Request) ≥ 5 MW, and;
c.
MW impact (Power Transfer Distribution Factor or Outage Transfer
Distribution Factor multiplied by generator output of the Interconnection
Request) ≥ 1% of the Facility Rating.
ii.
All Network Upgrades identified in the Final System Impact Study for a given
Interconnection Request pursuant to Section 7.3.3.3 of this GIP.
iii.
Coordination with applicable Affected System parties to determine what
Contingent Facilities have been identified through Affected System studies based
on their respective criteria.
The Contingent Facilities identified for a given Interconnection Request are the total of
all facilities identified through each of the foregoing three methods as well as all JTIQ
Upgrades included in a JTIQ Portfolio that meet one of these foregoing methods, for
which the Interconnection Customer has been designated for inclusion in the JTIQ
Participation Group. Transmission Provider shall provide an initial list of Contingent
Facilities at the start of the Interconnection Customer Decision Point II, which list shall
include facilities identified in the Revised System Impact Study performed pursuant to
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Section 7.3.2.3, and the final list of Contingent Facilities shall be documented in
Appendix A of the Generator Interconnection Agreement for such Interconnection
Request. The estimated Interconnection Facility and/or Network Upgrade costs and
estimated in-service completion time of each identified Contingent Facility shall be
provided in Appendix A of the Generator Interconnection Agreement for such
Interconnection Request when this information is readily available and not commercially
sensitive.
3.9
Expedited Resource Addition Study.
3.9.1 Requirements for Expedited Resource Addition Study.
A request for processing through the Expedited Resource Addition Study made by
an Interconnection Customer must meet the requirements listed in Section 3.3.1
above, plus the following requirements:
1.
The Interconnection Request shall be accompanied by a written
verification from the RERRA (or its documented representative) where the
load to be served by the Generating Facility is located, subject to the
procedures or methods the RERRA requires, that either:
i.
the new, incremental load addition claimed by the Interconnection
Customer is valid and not otherwise included in a resource plan or
other process under the RERRA’s purview.
a.
The RERRA (or its documented representative) may
provide such written verification in conjunction with
another state or municipal agency or official (e.g.
economic development authority or governor’s office) to
verify the new, incremental load addition above.
or
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ii. the Generating Facility proposed by the Interconnection Customer will
address a resource adequacy deficiency as determined by the RERRA,
State, Load Serving Entity, or Interconnection Customer. The
determination can be supported by:
a.
A state energy forecast, or other forward-looking forecast;
b. Commencement of a state proceeding;
c.
Review of a RERRA, LSE, or other state resource plan or
document, which may include, but is not limited to: integrated
resource plans, procurement plans, or other plan or study types;
d. Response to a Request for Proposals (RFP); or
e.
Other process, or delegation of authority, as determined by the
RERRA or RERRA regulations (including in retail choice
states).
or
iii. If an Interconnection Customer’s new Generating Facility will address
a resource adequacy deficiency and will either:
(1) serve retail choice load located in a state that limits the amount of
load that can select retail choice to a percentage of the electric utility’s
average weather-adjusted retail sales;
or
(2) serve load in a retail choice state and will be located in a retail
choice state other than one that limits the amount of load that can
select retail choice to a percentage of the electric utility’s average
weather adjusted retail sales,
then the Interconnection Customer will indicate the specific load on the
Interconnection Request in Section 4.s of Appendix 1 and provide the
evidence of determination in (ii) above, but will not be required to include
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a written verification from a RERRA as described in section 3.9.1(i) or
(ii). The Transmission Provider shall notify the respective RERRA that an
Interconnection Request for a new Generating Facility has been submitted
requesting processing through the Expedited Resource Addition Study
process and transmit a copy of the Interconnection Request to the
respective RERRA. The RERRA shall have 10 Business Days from the
date of the Transmission Provider’s notification and the simultaneous
transmittal of the copy of the Interconnection Request to notify the
Transmission Provider that the Interconnection Request should not be
considered in the ERAS process. If no such notice is received at the end of
10 Business Days or if the RERRA notifies the Transmission Provider of
its non-opposition prior to the end of the 10 Business Days, the
Interconnection Request shall be studied through the Expedited Resource
Addition Study process provided it meets the requirements listed in
Section 3.3.1 and Section 3.9.2.
A RERRA’s written verification is not intended to constitute or provide evidence of any
final determination of need or suitability of the project for any purpose by the issuing
entity beyond requesting that the Transmission Provider apply the ERAS process for such
project.
and
2.
An executed agreement evidencing that the projects submitted for ERAS
processing is intended to be used by the entity with the claimed resource
adequacy and/or reliability need. Such agreement shall take one of the
following forms:
a.
A Load Serving Entity acknowledgement to self-supply;
b. A Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) or similar off-take agreement
between the Interconnection Customer submitting the project for
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ERAS consideration and the entity with the load to be served
(including, but not limited to, an Alternative Retail Electric Supplier or
its Load Serving Entity);
c.
An agreement that calls for the Interconnection Customer to develop
the Generating Facility described in the Interconnection Request and
subsequently transfer ownership or control of such Generating Facility
(Build-Own-Transfer Agreement) to the entity with the load to be
served (including, but not limited to, an Alternative Retail Electric
Supplier or its Load Serving Entity); or
d. Other agreement between the entity submitting the Interconnection
Request, including the RERRA verification letter as appropriate, and
the entity with the load to be served (including, but not limited to, an
Alternative Retail Electric Supplier or its Load Serving Entity), stating
that the ERAS project will be used to meet an identified resource
adequacy deficiency.
No changes shall be made to the ERAS Interconnection Request after submission.
3.9.2
Evaluation Process for Expedited Resource Addition Study.
The Transmission Provider will evaluate Expedited Resource Addition Study
requests in the order in which they are submitted using the time stamp from
submission. The Transmission Provider will limit the maximum number of the
ERAS Interconnection Requests studied in the ERAS process to no more than 68
projects total until the sunset date noted in Section 3.9.9. The Transmission
Provider has carved out a maximum of 8 Interconnection Requests of the total 68
Interconnection Requests that may be submitted in accordance with 3.9.1.1(iii) to
serve retail choice load and 10 Interconnection Requests of the total 68
Interconnection Requests that may be submitted by Independent Power Producers
(IPPs) with agreements with entities other than Load Serving Entities to ERAS
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until the sunset date noted in Section 3.9.9. The remaining 50 Interconnection
Requests of the total 68 Interconnection Requests may be submitted by IPPs or
Load Serving Entities (LSEs) to serve non-retail choice load.
Interconnection Requests submitted by IPPs with agreements with entities other
than LSEs to ERAS will be counted first towards the 10 Interconnection Requests
cap of the total 68 Interconnection Requests before the 50 Interconnection
Requests to serve non-retail choice load. After the 10 Interconnection Requests
submitted by IPPs with agreements with entities other than LSEs are accepted by
the Transmission Provider, any subsequent Interconnection Request submitted by
IPPs will count toward the remaining 50 Interconnection Requests to serve non-
retail choice load.
The Transmission Provider will limit the maximum size of each ERAS Quarterly
Study Period to no more than 15 Interconnection Requests. If more than 15
Interconnection Requests are submitted for one ERAS Quarterly Study Period,
those surpassing the limit will be studied in a subsequent ERAS study cycle in the
order in which they were submitted. If an ERAS Interconnection Request is
within a similar geographical area or impacts the same constraint as another
ERAS Interconnection Request within the same ERAS Quarterly Study Period, as
defined in the Generator Interconnection Business Process Manuals, then the later
submitted request(s) will be studied in a subsequent ERAS study cycle.
An Interconnection Request that does not meet the requirements of ERAS per
Section 3.9.1 will be notified by the Transmission Provider and automatically
moved to the standard Definitive Planning Phase queue unless the customer
chooses to opt out by notifying Transmission Provider. If deemed ineligible for
the ERAS process, the project will forfeit its Non-Refundable Deposit D1.
An Interconnection Customer submitting an Interconnection Request to a standard
Definitive Planning Phase queue may also submit a request for ERAS for
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evaluation. If the request meets the requirements for ERAS processing set forth in
Section 3.9.1, the Interconnection Request seeking processing through the
standard Definitive Planning Phase queue must be withdrawn from the Definitive
Planning Phase queue prior to ERAS kickoff. Upon withdrawing from the
Definitive Planning Phase queue, the project will forfeit its Non-Refundable
Deposit D1 and will be subject to penalties per Sections 7.6.2.1.1 and 7.8.
An Interconnection Request included in an active Definitive Planning Phase that
has not reached Decision Point II may withdraw from the Definitive Planning
Phase and move their Interconnection Request to the ERAS if they meet the
requirements for ERAS processing. The project will be subject to penalties per
Sections 7.6.2.1.1. and 7.8 and must meet the ERAS requirements in Section
3.9.1. Verification of Site Control will be specified in the Generator
Interconnection Business Practice Manual to authenticate applicability. An
Interconnection request that has been withdrawn from the Definitive Planning
Phase after completion of Decision Point II may be moved to ERAS after a period
of one year from the withdrawal date.
3.9.3
The Study.
The Interconnection Study for ERAS will follow the same manner of NR
Interconnection Study as noted in Sections 3.2.1.2 and 3.2.2.2 needed to integrate
the Generating Facility in the same manner as for any Generating Facility being
designated as a Network Resource. Transmission Provider will use Reasonable
Efforts to study ERAS Interconnection Requests from all Interconnection
Customers regardless of Generating Facility within sixty (60) Calendar Days after
the kickoff date for such study. The study will be performed for each
Interconnection Request individually in a serial fashion based on their submission
date per ERAS Quarterly Study Period. The study will result in a Final System
Impact Study and any associated Interconnection Facilities Studies.
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Transmission Provider shall include in the final study any Affected System Study
results and information regarding Network Upgrades from Affected Systems
provided the Affected System Study Reports are available. If Affected Systems
analysis is not available for inclusion in the final study, the Transmission Provider
shall provide such analysis separately when received from the applicable Affected
System.
3.9.4
Notice to Proceed to EGIA.
Interconnection Customer requesting to be included in ERAS shall inform
Transmission Provider of its election to proceed within five (5) Calendar Days
after receiving the draft results of the Expedited Resource Additions Study.
Interconnection Customer that fails to provide an election to proceed within five
(5) Calendar Days will result in withdrawal of the Interconnection Request
pursuant to Section 3.6 of this GIP. EGIA execution shall occur no later than 30
Calendar days after receiving Interconnection Customer’s election to proceed.
3.9.5
GIA for Expedited Resource Addition Study Projects (EGIA).
Transmission Provider shall tender a draft pro forma EGIA, that conforms to the
pro forma GIA in effect at the time, as modified for ERAS, within five (5)
Business Days after the Customer provides notice to proceed to EGIA
negotiations. In the event that SPP’s JTIQ Service Agreement has not been
provided to Interconnection Customer prior to tender of a draft EGIA, the draft
EGIA shall include a milestone in Appendix B obligating Interconnection
Customer to execute or request the unexecuted filing of SPP’s JTIQ Service
Agreement not later than 15 Calendar Days after such agreement has been
tendered to the Interconnection Customer. Upon tender of the EGIA, the ERAS
Interconnection Request shall be subject to the timing and procedures set forth in
Sections 11.1 through 11. 4 of these GIP.
Transmission Provider shall include in the final EGIA any Affected System Study
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results and information regarding Network Upgrades from Affected Systems
provided the Affected System Study Reports are available. If Affected System
analysis is not available for inclusion in the final EGIA, the Transmission
Provider shall provide such analysis separately when received from the
applicable Affected System. An Interconnection Request included in a JTIQ
Participation Group shall adhere to all JTIQ procedures, and execute JTIQ
Service Agreements as applicable.
3.9.6
Expedited Resource Addition Study Refunds.
3.9.6.1 Refunds of Expedited Resource Addition Study Deposits D2.
Transmission Provider shall charge and Interconnection Customer shall
pay the actual costs of the Expedited Resource Addition Study. Any
difference between the study deposit and the actual cost of the applicable
Interconnection Study shall be paid by or refunded to the Interconnection
Customer as applicable.
3.9.6.2 Refunds of Expedited Resource Addition Study Entrance Milestone
(M2).
Interconnection Customers are eligible to receive one hundred percent
(100%) refund of the Expedited Resource Addition Study entry milestone
(M2) upon withdrawal prior to execution of the EGIA. Interconnection
Customers that terminate the EGIA after execution are eligible to receive a
refund of the remaining M2 milestone payment.
3.9.6.3 Applicability of Expedited Resource Addition Milestone Payment
(M2) to Expedited Generator Interconnection Agreement Initial
Payment.
In the event the Interconnection Customer has elected to make its
milestones in the form of cash, Transmission Provider will transfer the
Expedited Resource Addition Study milestone to the appropriate
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Transmission Owner to satisfy the initial payment requirement of the
Expedited Generator Interconnection Agreement, TCA or other applicable
service agreement within forty-five (45) Calendar Days of the effective
date of the Expedited Generator Interconnection Agreement, TCA or other
applicable service agreement. The Transmission Provider shall refund
milestone cash payments exceeding the initial payment requirement to the
Interconnection Customer upon Interconnection Customer’s request with
Transmission Owner’s consent, within forty-five (45) Calendar Days of
the effective date of the Generator Interconnection Agreement. In the
event the milestone payments are less than the initial payment
requirement, the Interconnection Customer shall be responsible for the
remaining payment to the Transmission Owner.
In the event that the Interconnection Customer withdraws and terminates
its EGIA after execution of the EGIA by all parties or after EGIA is filed
unexecuted the Interconnection Customer will be liable for the Network
Upgrades documented in the EGIA and corresponding FCAs or MPFCAs,
including those Network Upgrades arising from the Affected System
Study process.
3.9.7
Transfer of Ownership of Expedited Resource Addition Study request.
An Interconnection Customer participating in the Expedited Resource Addition
Study may transfer its Interconnection Request to another entity only after
execution of the EGIA or filing the EGIA unexecuted. The new entity must
maintain the eligibility requirements per Sections 3.3.1 and 3.9.1.
3.9.8
Modifications of Expedited Resource Addition Study request.
After entering the Expedited Resource Addition Study as defined in Section 3.9.3,
no changes to the In-Service Date or Commercial Operation Date of the
Generating Facility is permitted via section 4.4.4. An ERAS Interconnection
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Request that is deferred to the next available ERAS Quarterly Study Period will
be allowed to extend its In-Service Date or Commercial Operation Date to be no
more than three calendar years from the kickoff of the ERAS Quarterly Study
Period in which its application is studied. At the completion of the Expedited
Resource Addition Study, the Commercial Operation Date and In-Service Date
shall be set forth in the EGIA.
3.9.9
Sunset of Expedited Resource Addition Study process.
Following the effective date of the Tariff revisions accepted in Commission
Docket No. ER25-____, the Transmission Provider will terminate the ERAS
process at the earlier of the completion of sixty-eight ERAS Interconnection
Request studies or August 31, 2027. In the event the Transmission Provider
determines the sunset date should be extended, the Transmission Provider shall
submit an additional filing to the Commission pursuant to Section 205 of the
Federal Power Act seeking such later sunset date. Upon termination of ERAS, the
Transmission Provider will no longer accept new ERAS Interconnection
Requests. Any ERAS Interconnection Requests accepted but cannot be studied
due to the sunset of the ERAS process will automatically move to the standard
Definitive Planning Phase queue unless the customer chooses to withdraw. If
deemed ineligible for the ERAS process, the project will forfeit its Non-
Refundable Deposit D1.
3.10
Penalties for Failure to Meet Study Deadlines.
(1) Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner(s), as applicable, shall be subject to a
penalty if it fails to complete a Group Study, Interconnection Facilities Study, Affected
System Study, or Affected System Network Upgrade facilities study or a restudy of any
of the foregoing by the applicable deadline as set forth in the GIP, applicable Joint
Operating Agreement, Joint Planning Agreement, or any other agreements filed with the
Commission.
(2) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section and the calculation of
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penalties, the applicable study period is the time to complete the studies identified in
Section 3.9(1), not including model review, Interconnection Customer review of draft
study reports, and Decision Point as provided in Sections 7.1 through 7.3 of this GIP.
Excluding the Interconnection Facilities Study, the study period for all applicable studies
shall begin the day after the applicable study’s model review period ends, as set forth in
Section 7 of this GIP. The study period shall conclude when the draft study report for the
applicable study is posted or otherwise transmitted to Interconnection Customers. For
Interconnection Facilities Study, the applicable study period shall be ninety (90) Calendar
Days, starting when Transmission Provider submits to the applicable Transmission
Owner(s) a statement of work and purchase order and ending when the draft study report
is transmitted to Interconnection Customers pursuant to Sections 7.3.2.5 and 7.3.3.4.
(3) Transmission Provider or applicable Transmission Owner(s) shall pay the penalty for
each late Group Study, Group Restudy, or Interconnection Facilities Study on a pro rata
basis per Interconnection Request to all Interconnection Customer(s) included in the
relevant study that did not withdraw, or were not deemed withdrawn, from Transmission
Provider’s interconnection queue before the conclusion of the applicable study in
proportion to each Interconnection Customer’s final study costs.
(4) Transmission Provider or applicable Transmission Owner(s) shall pay the penalty for
a late Affected System Study or Affected System Network Upgrade facilities study on a
pro rata basis per interconnection request to all Affected System Interconnection
Customer(s) included in the relevant Affected System Study, or Affected System
Network Upgrade facilities study that did not withdraw, or were not deemed withdrawn,
from the host transmission provider’s interconnection queue before the missed study
deadline in proportion to each Interconnection Customer’s final study costs.
(5) For delayed studies performed by a Transmission Owner, or its subcontractor or
delegee, the Transmission Provider shall invoice the applicable Transmission Owner(s)
who performed the delayed study for the amount of the penalty calculated in accordance
with Section 3.9(6) and (7). within fifteen (15) Business Days after the date that the final
study report for the delayed study is posted to OASIS or MISO’s public website.
The invoiced Transmission Owner(s) shall remit the invoiced amount to the Transmission
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Provider not later than forty-five (45) Calendar Days after the date of such invoice.
Payment of such funds to the Transmission Provider shall not constitute an admission of
liability for the delay or prejudice the ability of the applicable Transmission Owner(s) or
Transmission Provider to seek relief from such penalties from the Commission or recover
penalty amounts from others as provided in Section 3.9(8) of these GIP. The
Transmission Provider shall hold all penalty amounts collected pursuant to this
subsection during the pendency of any appeal to the Commission or reassignment
proceeding for such penalties authorized by Section 3.9(8) of these GIP or until the
deadline for initiating such a proceeding has expired in the event such a proceeding has
not been initiated. Thereafter, the Transmission Provider shall distribute to the applicable
Interconnection Customer(s) or refund to the paying Transmission Owner(s) all collected
funds as required by this Section 3.9 or otherwise ordered by the Commission.
(6) Any study delay penalty shall be distributed by forty-five (45) Calendar Days after
the later of: (a) the date that the final Interconnection Facilities Studies report has been
posted at the end of Phase III for the applicable study group that experienced a study
delay, (b) the conclusion of a proceeding regarding such study delay as provided in
Section 3.9(9) of these GIP, or (c) the date MISO receives the full penalty payment(s)
from the party(ies) responsible for the delay.
(7) For penalties assessed in accordance with this Section, the penalty amount will be
equal to: $1,000 per Business Day for delays of Group Studies beyond the applicable
deadline set forth in this GIP; $2,000 per Business Day for delays of Group Re-Studies
beyond the applicable deadline set forth in this GIP; $2,000 per Business Day for delays
late Affected System Study or Affected System Network Upgrade facilities study beyond
the applicable deadline as set forth in the GIP, applicable Joint Operating Agreement,
Joint Planning Agreement, or other agreement filed with the Commission as provided in
Section 8 of this GIP; and $2,500 per Business Day for delays of the Interconnection
Facilities Studies beyond the applicable deadline set forth in this GIP.
(8) The total amount of a penalty assessed under this Section shall not exceed: (a) one
hundred percent (100%) of Study Deposit 2 (D2) received for all of the Interconnection
Requests in the Cluster for Group Studies and Group Restudies; (b) one hundred percent
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(100%) of the Study Deposit 2 (D2) received for the single Interconnection Request in
the study for Facilities Studies; and (c) one hundred percent (100%) of the study cost(s)
that Transmission Provider collects for conducting the Affected System Study.
(9) Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner(s), as applicable, may appeal to the
Commission any penalties imposed under this Section. Any such appeal must be filed no
later than forty-five (45) Calendar Days after the posting of the final DPP Phase III Final
System Impact Study results to OASIS or MISO’s public website for the study group that
experienced a delayed study. While an appeal to the Commission is pending,
Transmission Provider or applicable Transmission Owner(s) shall remain liable for the
penalty, but need not distribute the penalty until forty-five (45) Calendar Days after (1)
the deadline for filing a rehearing request has ended, if no requests for rehearing of the
appeal have been filed, or (2) the Commission’s final determination. The Commission
may excuse Transmission Provider or applicable Transmission Owner(s) from penalties
under this Section for good cause. Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner(s)
assessed a penalty under this Section may submit a filing to the Commission under
Section 205 of the Federal Power Act to recover costs of any study delay penalty
imposed from a party or parties that contributed to the delay.
(10) No penalty will be assessed under this Section where a study is delayed by ten (10)
Business Days or less. If the study is delayed by more than ten (10) Business Days, the
penalty amount will be calculated from the first Business Day the Transmission Provider
or applicable Transmission Owner(s) missed the applicable study deadline.
(11) The deadline for a relevant study may be extended thirty (30) Business Days from
the original, applicable study deadline if: (a) Transmission Provider or Transmission
Owner(s), as applicable, needs to extend the deadline for a particular study subject to
penalties under this Section and (b) all Interconnection Customers or Affected System
Interconnection Customers included in the relevant study mutually agree to such an
extension. No penalty shall be assessed to Transmission Provider or applicable
Transmission Owner(s) missing the original study deadline if the study deadline is
extended pursuant to this subsection.
(12) No penalties shall be assessed until the third Group Study cycle after the
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Commission-approved effective date of Transmission Provider’s filing made in
compliance with the Final Rule in Docket No. RM22-14-000.
(13) Transmission Provider must maintain on its OASIS or its public website summary
statistics related to penalties assessed under this Section, updated quarterly. For each
calendar quarter, Transmission Provider must calculate and post (1) the total amount of
penalties assessed under this Section during the previous reporting quarter and (2) the
highest penalty assessed under this Section paid to a single Interconnection Customer or
Affected System Interconnection Customer during the previous reporting quarter.
Transmission Provider must post on its OASIS or its website these penalty amounts for
each calendar quarter within thirty (30) Calendar Days of the end of the calendar quarter.
Transmission Provider must maintain the quarterly measures posted on its OASIS or its
website for three (3) calendar years with the first required posting to be the third Group
Study cycle with an application deadline after July 28, 2025.
3.11
Additional Requirements for Interconnection Requests Seeking ZG Interconnection
Service
A request for ZG Interconnection Service made by an Interconnection Customer must
meet the requirements listed in section 3.3.1 above, plus the following requirements:
i.
An Interconnection Request for seeking ZG Interconnection Service shall include a
one line diagram showing the Generating Facility and associated electrical equipment
with appropriate rating and impedance information and all the ZG Associated Load
including all Point(s) of Withdrawal and the Point of Interconnection of the
Generating Facility to the Transmission System for the Interconnection Request.
ii.
An Interconnection Request seeking ZG Interconnection Service shall include a
detailed power flow model for the proposed Generating Facility that includes all ZG
Associated Load, Point(s) of Withdrawal and the Point of Interconnections for the
Interconnection Request, as well as any proposed system protection facilities.
Any proposed Generating Facility requesting ZG Interconnection Service must have a
Point of Interconnection that is located at the same voltage level of the same
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interconnection substation as the Point(s) of Withdrawal for the ZG Associated Load
it will serve.
iii.
The proposed Generating Facility requesting ZG Interconnection Service must not
require the construction of Network Upgrades beyond the substation where the Point
of Interconnection is located other than System Protection Facilities.
iv.
The Interconnection Request for ZG Interconnection Service must be submitted to the
Transmission Provider by the Interconnection Customer at least 180 days prior to the
earlier of: (a) the Commercial Operation Date for the Generating Facility seeking ZG
Interconnection Service or (b) for a ZG Associated Load not already in service as of
the date the Interconnection Service is submitted, the need-by date for such ZG
Associated Load. The Interconnection Request for ZG Interconnection Service shall
include the expected Commercial Operation Date for the Generating Facility and the
need-by date for the ZG Associated Load.
v.
The amount of ZG Interconnection Service is limited to and shall not exceed the total
Demand of the ZG Associated Load for that Generating Facility.
vi.
The Interconnection Request for ZG Interconnection Service must include the
modeling and other technical data described in the Generator Interconnection
Business Practices Manual for the ZG Associated Load to enable the Transmission
Provider to model such Load in ZG Interconnection Service studies.
vii.
The Interconnection Request for ZG Interconnection Service shall be accompanied by
an executed agreement evidencing that the full output of the Generating Facility for
which ZG Interconnection Service is sought is intended to be used by the entity(s)
with the ZG Associated Load. Such agreement shall take one of the following forms
and state an expected term of at least five years to align with MISO’s transmission
planning horizon as described in Section I.D.1.b of Attachment FF to the Tariff:
a.
A Load Serving Entity acknowledgement to self-supply its ZG Associated Load;
b. A Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) or similar off-take agreement between the
Interconnection Customer submitting the Interconnection Request for ZG
Interconnection Service and the entity with the ZG Associated Load to be served
(including, but not limited to, an Alternative Retail Electric Supplier or its Load
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Serving Entity);
c.
An agreement that calls for the Interconnection Customer to develop the
Generating Facility described in the Interconnection Request and subsequently
transfer ownership or control of such Generating Facility (Build-Own-Transfer
Agreement) to the entity with the ZG Associated Load to be served (including,
but not limited to, an Alternative Retail Electric Supplier or its Load Serving
Entity);
d. Other agreement between the entity submitting the Interconnection Request, and
the entity with the ZG Associated Load to be served (including, but not limited to,
an Alternative Retail Electric Supplier or its Load Serving Entity), stating that the
Generating Facility will be used to provide its full output to the ZG Associated
Load; or
e.
An acknowledgement by the Interconnection Customer that it is the entity that
owns the ZG Associated Load that such entity is both permitted by applicable law
and intends to self-supply its ZG Associated Load through using onsite
generation.
ix. An Interconnection Request for ZG Interconnection Service shall not include a
request for any other type of Interconnection Service (e.g., ERIS or NRIS). This
paragraph shall not be construed to prevent an Interconnection Customer from
submitting a separate Interconnection Request for another type of Interconnection
Service for the same Generating Facility using the process specified by these
Generator Interconnection Procedures for such request type. In the event that an
Interconnection Customer obtains another form of Interconnection Service for the
same Generating Facility, such service shall be deemed to supersede any previously-
granted ZG Interconnection Service upon its effective date.
3.11.1 Requirements for modification of Interconnection Service Requests seeking
ZG Interconnection Service
No changes shall be made to an Interconnection Request seeking ZG
Interconnection Service after submission except that in the event that the ZG
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Associated Load designates or changes its proposed Point(s) of Withdrawal
subsequent to the Interconnection Customer submitting its Interconnection
Request for ZG Interconnection Service such that the ZG Associated Load would
not have a Point of Withdrawal at the same substation and voltage level as the
Point of Interconnection, the Interconnection Customer shall be required to move
its proposed Point of Interconnection to match the substation and voltage level of
the Point(s) of Withdrawal as described in Section 4.4 of these GIP. In the event
that the POW changes after the Interconnection Customer receives an effective
ZGIA, the parties shall amend such ZGIA to align the POI with the new location
of the POW and change the Commercial Operation Date to a date no earlier than
180 days after the date the Transmission Provider was notified of such POW
change. No delivery of Energy to the ZG Associated Load shall be allowed to
occur prior to such revised date without the prior written consent of the
Transmission Provider. An Interconnection Customer seeking to make changes
other than those authorized by this Section 3.11.1 may withdraw its ZG
Interconnection Request and resubmit as a new application with new deposits.
3.11.2 Evaluation Process for ZG Interconnection Service Interconnection Requests
The Transmission Provider will evaluate Interconnection Service requests seeking
ZG Interconnection Service in the order in which they are submitted. The
evaluation will consist of a ZG Impact Assessment as set forth in Section
3.2.5.2.1 and a ZG Facilities Study as set forth in Section 3.2.5.2.2.
The Transmission Provider will limit the maximum size of each ZG Quarterly
Study Period to no more than 10 Interconnection Requests. If more than 10
Interconnection Requests are submitted for one ZG Quarterly Study Period, those
surpassing the limit will be studied in a subsequent ZG Quarterly Study Period in
the order in which they were submitted.
The Transmission Provider shall use Reasonable Efforts to complete the ZG
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Impact Analysis and for all Interconnection Requests included in a ZG Quarterly
Study Period and share results with the applicable Interconnection Customer
within ninety (90) Calendar Days of the date that the Transmission Provider
commences the applicable ZG Quarterly Study Period. Transmission Provider
shall use Reasonable Efforts to complete each portion of the ZG Facilities Study
within ninety (90) Calendar Days of the date such portion commences.
Transmission Provider shall include in the final study report for the ZG Impact
Analysis any Affected System Study results and information regarding Network
Upgrades from Affected Systems provided the Affected System Study Reports are
available. If Affected Systems analysis is not available for inclusion in the final
study, the Transmission Provider shall provide such analysis separately when
received from the applicable Affected System.
An Interconnection Request included in an active Definitive Planning Phase that
has not reached Decision Point II may withdraw from the Definitive Planning
Phase and move their Interconnection Request to the ZG interconnection Service
process if they meet the requirements for ZG Interconnection Service. The
project will be subject to penalties per Sections 7.6.2.1.1. and 7.8 and must meet
the requirements for an Interconnection Request for ZG Interconnection Service
set forth in Section 3.11. Verification of Site Control will be specified in the
Generator Interconnection Business Practice Manual to authenticate applicability.
An Interconnection Request that has been withdrawn from the Definitive Planning
Phase after completion of Decision Point II may be moved to the ZG
Interconnection Service study process after a period of one year from the
withdrawal date.
3.11.3 ZG Interconnection Service - Notice to Proceed
Interconnection Customer requesting ZG Interconnection Service shall inform
Transmission Provider within five (5) Business Days after having received results
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of the ZG Impact Analysis of its election to proceed and Transmission Provider
will complete the ZG Facilities Study and then tender a draft ZG Interconnection
Agreement. If the Interconnection Customer fails to provide a notice of its
election to proceed within five (5) Business Days after having received the results
of the Transmission Provider’s evaluation, the Transmission Provider will deem
the Interconnection Request withdrawn pursuant to Section 3.6 of this GIP.
3.11.4 ZGIA for ZG Generating Facility
Transmission Provider shall tender a draft pro forma ZGIA or ZGIAs or, if
deemed appropriate, an amended ZGIA or ZGIAs that conforms to the pro forma
ZGIA in effect at the time, within five (5) Business Days after the Interconnection
Customer communicates its election to proceed with ZG Interconnection Service,
and complete any unfinished portion of the Facilities Study and tender the results
to Interconnection Customer within the timeframe specified in Section 3.11.2 of
these GIP.
SECTION 4. QUEUE POSITION.
4.1
General.
Transmission Provider shall assign a Queue Position as follows: the Queue Position
within the queue shall be assigned based upon the date and time of receipt of all items
required pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.3 of this GIP. All Interconnection
Requests submitted and validated in a single Group Study shall be considered equally
queued. Transmission Provider shall assign a Queue Position based upon the initial date
and time of receipt of the valid Interconnection Request; provided that, if the sole reason
an Interconnection Request is not valid is the lack of required information or materials
included with the application form, and Interconnection Customer or MHVDC
Connection Customer provides such information in accordance with Section 3.3.1, then
Transmission Provider shall assign Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection
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Customer a Queue Position based on the initial date and time of receipt of the
Interconnection Request. Moving a Point of Interconnection or Point of Connection shall
result in a reassignment of the Queue Position except as otherwise noted in Section 4.4.
The Definitive Planning Phase Queue Position will be established based upon the date
and time Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer initially submits
its Interconnection Request provided that Interconnection Customer subsequently
satisfies all of the requirements of Section 7.2 to enter the Definitive Planning Phase and
the Interconnection Request is accepted as valid by the Transmission Provider. The
Definitive Planning Phase Queue Position will also be used for the determination of cost
responsibility for the facilities necessary to accommodate the Interconnection Request,
except for Group Studies. The determination of cost responsibility for common facilities
necessary to accommodate two or more Interconnection Requests participating in a
Group Study may depend on factors other than the Definitive Planning Phase Queue
Position. A higher queued Interconnection Request is one that has been placed “earlier”
in the queue in relation to another Interconnection Request that is lower queued. All
Interconnection Requests within the same Definitive Planning Phase cycle shall have
equal priority (i.e. similarly queued).
Transmission Provider may perform an Interconnection Study out of queue order at any
time to the extent warranted by Good Utility Practice based upon: 1) the electrical
remoteness of the Generating Facility or MHVDC Transmission Line or 2) the request of
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer, if Transmission Provider
concurs with the request and has the resources to do the study provided Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer accepts the financial risk that study
resources may be reassigned, that its Interconnection Request is subject to review and
restudy in queue order, and that its GIA or TCA may be amended to reflect a
reassignment of upgrades as Interconnection Studies of higher queued Interconnection
Requests are completed. Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer
may request the Transmission Provider’s concurrence 1) in connection with a resource
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solicitation process, 2) when Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection
Customer proposes to replace equipment due to catastrophic failure and such replacement
is determined to be Qualified Change, and 3) for other reasons specific to Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer.
4.1.1 Limitation on queue study cycle size
4.1.1.1 The Transmission Provider will determine the maximum size of each
Definitive Planning Phase study cycle (in MW) on a study region basis.
The limit will be based on fifty-percent (50%) of the subregional non-
coincident peak load in the summer peak study model. Projects with
approved exemptions as noted in Sections 4.1.2.1 through 4.1.2.3 shall
have priority in each Definitive Planning Phase study cycle limit.
The Transmission Provider shall post the MW value determined for a
study group in accordance with this Section on the Transmission
Provider’s website at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the application
deadline of that Definitive Planning study cycle.
4.1.1.2 The Interconnection Request shall be included in the Definitive Planning
Phase study cycle based on the earliest date and time of submission of
Interconnection Requests until the maximum MW cap for the applicable
study region is met. Five (5) Business Days after the applicable maximum
MW limit has been met, the Transmission Provider shall post the initial
list of Interconnection Requests included in the study group for the
upcoming study cycle on Transmission Provider’s website.
4.1.1.3 No later than thirty (30) Calendar Days prior to the scheduled DPP Phase
1 kickoff date for a Definitive Planning Phase study cycle, the
Transmission Provider shall replace any Interconnection Requests that
have been withdrawn from such Definitive Planning Phase study cycle
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after any applicable cure period with Interconnection Requests previously
submitted but determined to exceed the maximum Definitive Planning
Phase study cycle limit for that study region determined pursuant to
section 4.1.1.1 of this GIP. The Transmission Provider shall select
Interconnection Requests to replace withdrawn Interconnection Requests
in the same study region based on the earliest date and time stamp of such
Interconnection Requests until the maximum MW cap is met. The
Transmission Provider shall notify such Interconnection Customers that
their Interconnection Requests will be included in the study group no later
than thirty (30) Calendar Days prior to the scheduled DPP Phase 1 kickoff
date for a Definitive Planning Phase study cycle.
4.1.1.4 Projects that have submitted a complete application and required deposits
and milestone payments that were not included in a given DPP study cycle
will maintain their position, as long as the application remains valid, to
enter the next available study cycle.
4.1.1.5 Upon conclusion of the third DPP study cycle following the effective date
of the Tariff revisions accepted in Commission Docket No. ER25-____,
the Transmission Provider will conduct a review of the effectiveness of
the limitation on queue study cycle size with stakeholders and determine
whether to terminate or modify the queue size limitation. In the event the
Transmission Provider determines not to file modifications or a
termination of the queue size limitation, the Transmission Provider shall
submit an informational report to the Commission describing the results of
this review upon completion of the stakeholder process.
4.1.2 A valid Interconnection Request submitted for a DPP study cycle to which the
provisions of Section 4.1.1 of this GIP apply, shall be included in such study
cycle up to, but not to exceed, the limit, if the Transmission Provider receives
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documentation included with Interconnection Request demonstrating that one of
the following exemptions applies to such Interconnection Request:
4.1.2.1 The Interconnection Request seeks to convert ERIS service previously
granted to an Existing Generating Facility to NRIS for the same Existing
Generating Facility without requesting any additional increase in the
service levels.
4.1.2.2 The Interconnection Request seeks to add incremental new service to a
Replacement Generating Facility that has an effective GIA.
4.1.2.3 The Interconnection Request is for a Generating Facility that has
completed the requirements of this GIP, including the requirements of
Section 7.9.1, to request a Provisional Generator Interconnection
Agreement (PGIA). In the event that an Interconnection Customer or
MHVDC Connection Customer withdraws its requested PGIA after the
thirty (30) Calendar Day timeline as noted in Section 4.1.1.3, then the
Interconnection Request associated with that requested PGIA shall be
withdrawn. The Interconnection Request shall also forfeit milestones in
accordance with Section 7.9.3.
Transmission Provider may include the types of documentation required to
demonstrate that one of the foregoing exemptions applies in the Generator
Interconnection Business Practices Manual.
4.2
Group Study Organization of Interconnection Studies.
Interconnection System Impact Studies shall, and Interconnection Facilities Studies may,
be performed in a Group Study format, whenever applicable, in the Definitive Planning
Phase, except when a particular Interconnection Request is sufficiently electrically
remote from others that it cannot reasonably be grouped with other Interconnection
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Requests or where the Interconnection Request is not for a new Generating Facility or
additional Interconnection Service. Interconnection Requests for both ER
Interconnection Service and NR Interconnection Service may be part of a Group Study at
the option of Transmission Provider. An Interconnection Request’s inclusion in a Group
Study will not relieve Transmission Provider from meeting the timelines provided in the
GIP.
Grouping shall be implemented on the basis of electrical proximity. Transmission
Provider may elect to perform Group Studies: (i) in connection with a resource
solicitation process with the concurrence of Transmission Provider; (ii) when a
coordinated study with an Affected System Operator will be performed that involve
Interconnection Requests in the generator interconnection queue of Transmission
Provider and of the Affected System Operator; (iii) to identify Common Use Upgrades;
or (iv) at the request of a group of affected Interconnection Customers or MHVDC
Connection Customers. In all instances in which Transmission Provider elects to use
subgroups in the Group Study process, Transmission Provider must publish the criteria
used to define and determine subgroups on its OASIS or public website.
If item (i) above applies and Transmission Owner concurs, the solicitor must (a) be
authorized by Interconnection Customers participating in the solicitation to act as the
agent for all the Interconnection Requests submitted by Interconnection
Customers, (b) maintain valid Interconnection Requests, (c) submit all Interconnection
Requests at the same time, (d) submit a reasonable number of study portfolios (i.e., a
mixture of projects meeting the requirements of the solicitation that are studied in
parallel), and (e) select one portfolio prior to the start of the Interconnection Facilities
Study.
Interconnection Requests included in a Group Study related to a resource solicitation
process are subject to study according to their Definitive Planning Phase Queue Position
in the process. Interconnection Requests for projects that are not included in a Group
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Study related to a resource solicitation process are subject to study according to their
Definitive Planning Phase Queue Position outside the process in accordance with the
provision of the GIP, and such studies may not be delayed as a result of the resource
solicitation process. An Interconnection Customer may request that its Interconnection
Request be included in a Group Study related to a resource solicitation process without
having to abandon the existing Definitive Planning Phase Queue Position for such
Interconnection Request. Once the solicitor rejects a project in the resource solicitation
process, the Interconnection Request associated with the rejected project loses the
Definitive Planning Phase Queue Position it held as part of the resource solicitation
process. An Interconnection Customer that participates in a Group Study related to a
resource solicitation process may at any time for the same project submit a separate
Interconnection Request that is not included in the Group Study, provided, however, that
Interconnection Customer shall be responsible for all Interconnection Study costs
associated with its non-solicitation-related Interconnection Request in addition to any
costs associated with Interconnection Customer’s bid into the resource solicitation.
When the solicitor selects a project in the resource solicitation process, Interconnection
Customer may no longer maintain more than one Definitive Planning Phase Queue
Position for the selected project. Interconnection System Impact Studies performed as
Group Studies shall be conducted in such a manner to ensure the efficient implementation
of the applicable regional transmission expansion plan in light of the Transmission
System’s capabilities at the time of each study.
4.2.1
Cost Allocation for Interconnection Facilities and Network Upgrades.
(1) For Network Upgrades identified in Group Studies, Transmission Provider
shall calculate each Interconnection Customer’s share of the costs as follows:
(a) Substation Network Upgrades, including all switching stations, shall be
allocated first per capita to Interconnection Facilities interconnecting to
the substation at the same voltage level, and then per capita to each
Generating Facility sharing the Interconnection Facility interconnecting at
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the same substation.
(b) Network Upgrades other than Substation Network Upgrades, as
described in section 4.2.1.(1).(a) shall be allocated based on the
proportional impact of each individual Generating Facility in the Group
Study on the need for a specific Network Upgrade. This proportional
allocation methodology will apply, but is not limited to, the following
categories: (i) thermal - Will be cost allocated per the pro rata share of
MW impact of DPP projects on the constraints being alleviated by the
upgrade, as further described in the Generator Interconnection Business
Practices Manual, BPM 015; or (2) non-thermal - Will be cost allocated
per the pro rata share of MW impact of DPP projects on the constraints
being alleviated by the upgrade, as further described in the Generator
Interconnection Business Practices Manual, BPM 015.
(c) An Interconnection Customer that funds Network Upgrades shall be
entitled to transmission credits to the extent provided in Article 11.4 of the
GIA.
(2) The costs of any needed Interconnection Facilities identified in the Group
Study will be directly assigned to the Interconnection Customer(s) using such
facilities. Where Interconnection Customers in the Group agree to share
Interconnection Facilities, the cost of such Interconnection Facilities shall be
allocated based on the number of Generating Facilities sharing use of such
Interconnection Facilities on an equal basis (i.e., on a per Generating Facility
basis), unless Parties mutually agree to a different cost sharing arrangement.
(3) The shared costs of Group Studies shall be allocated among the
Interconnection Customers in the applicable Study Group: 50% of the costs shall
be allocated to all Interconnection Customers in the Study Group on a per capita
basis, and 50% of the costs shall be allocated to all Interconnection Customers in
the Study Group on a pro rata basis by MW.
4.3
Transferability of Queue Position.
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An Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer may transfer either of
its queue positions to another entity only if such entity acquires the specific Generating
Facility or MHVDC Transmission Line identified in the Interconnection Request and the
Point of Interconnection or Point of Connection does not change.
4.4
Modifications.
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer shall submit to
Transmission Provider modifications to any information provided in the Interconnection
Request in the manner specified by the Generator Interconnection Business Practices
Manual (BPM-015). Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer shall
retain its Queue Position if the modifications proposed by Interconnection Customer or
MHVDC Connection Customer are in accordance with Sections 4.4.1 or 4.4.4.
Notwithstanding any modifications to information provided in the Interconnection
Request, the applicable timing requirements of Section 7.2 to return study agreements
and obligation to provide study deposits will not change.
Notwithstanding the above, during the course and prior to the completion of the
Interconnection Studies, Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer,
Transmission Owner or Transmission Provider may identify changes to the planned
interconnection that may improve the costs and benefits (including reliability) of the
interconnection, and the ability of the proposed change to accommodate the
Interconnection Request. If the Interconnection Customer is requesting to share
Interconnection Customer Interconnection Facilities as part of the proposed change, the
Interconnection Customer shall submit a consent agreement that meets the requirements
of Section 3.3.1.4 along with the identification of changes to the planned interconnection.
To the extent the identified changes are acceptable to Transmission Provider,
Transmission Owner and Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer,
such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld; Transmission Provider shall modify the
Point of Interconnection or Point of Connection and/or configuration in accordance with
such changes and proceed with any required Interconnection Studies. Changes to the
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Point of Interconnection or Point of Connection requested by Interconnection Customer
or MHVDC Connection Customer after the kick off of Definitive Planning Phase I,
except as described in this paragraph, will result in the Interconnection Request having to
be revalidated according to the procedures in Section 3.3.1, and a new Definitive
Planning Phase Queue Position assigned based on the date and time of submission of
such modification in accordance with the procedures in Section 4.1. For Interconnection
Requests seeking ZG Interconnection Service, in the event that the ZG Associated Load
specifies a location for its Point(s) of Withdrawal that is different from the Point(s) of
Withdrawal identified in the Interconnection Request such that the Load would no longer
have a Point of Withdrawal located at the same voltage level at the same substation as
the Point of Interconnection, Interconnection Customer shall notify the Transmission
Provider of such change prior to it taking effect and revise the Point of Interconnection of
the Generating Facility to be identical to one of the Points of Withdrawal. The request
shall describe the planned change and include all data and analysis that Interconnection
Customer wants the Transmission Provider to consider in determining whether the
change results in material adverse impacts. Such a requested change will result in the
Interconnection Request having to be revalidated according to the procedures in Section
3.3.1 and restudied to determine whether such change has a material adverse impact on
the Transmission System, Affected Systems, or on the cost or timing of any other
Interconnection Request. If such restudy indicates one or more material adverse impacts,
Interconnection Customer will be assigned a new Queue position based on the date and
time of submission of such modification in accordance with the procedures in Section
4.1. If such change occurs after the applicable ZGIA has become effective, the parties to
such ZGIA shall be required to amend the ZGIA to reflect the results of such restudy and
associated costs within sixty (60) Calendar Days after the date that the Transmission
Provider completes such restudy, or elect to terminate such ZGIA.
4.4.1
During the Definitive Planning Phase and prior to the issuance of draft GIA, the
modifications permitted shall include: (a) a change in the technical parameters
associated with the Generating Facility or MHVDC Connection Customer
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technology other than a Permissible Technological Advancement; (b) a change to
the Point of Interconnection or Point of Connection permitted under Section 4.4;
and (c) a Permissible Technological Advancement for the Generating Facility or
MHVDC Connection Customer. For such permitted modification proposed by
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer pursuant to 4.4.1(a)
or 4.4.1(b), Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer shall
submit a detailed analysis demonstrating why they believe the change is not a
Material Modification. Transmission Provider must review such analysis and will
determine, in its discretion, if the proposed modification is a Material
Modification. In the absence of such analysis, the modification shall be deemed a
Material Modification. Section 4.4.1.1 specifies a separate technological change
procedure including the requisite information and process that will be followed to
assess whether the Interconnection Customer’s proposed technological
advancement under Section 4.4.1(c) is a Material Modification. Section 1
contains a definition of Permissible Technological Advancement.
4.4.1.1 Technological Change Procedure.
For permitted modification proposed by Interconnection Customer or MHVDC
Connection Customer, Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection
Customer shall submit a technological advancement request demonstrating that the
proposed change is a Permissible Technological Advancement or submitting a
detailed analysis to demonstrate that the proposed change is not a Material
Modification. Such request shall include a description of the proposed change
together with updated modeling data (power flow and stability), updated technical
data as outlined in Attachment A of Appendix 1 of this GIP and a study deposit of
$10,000.00. The detailed analysis to demonstrate that the proposed change is not a
Material Modification shall include steady-state (thermal/voltage), reactive power,
short circuit/fault duty, and stability analyses unless the Transmission Provider
deems one or more of these not necessary based on the nature of the change
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requested. For a Generating Facility that includes at least one electric storage
resource, and for which Transmission Provider approves operating assumptions
pursuant to Section 3.1, Transmission Provider shall perform the detailed analysis
using operating assumptions pursuant to Section 3.1. The following criteria will
be used to determine whether the proposed change is a Material Modification:
a.
Any change in expected output of the Generating Facility that
is higher than what was studied in the interconnection process
unless a control equipment is employed to limit the injection
at the POI to the level of Interconnection Service originally
requested;
b.
An increase in short circuit current that degrades transmission
system reliability;
c
Angular stability performance and dynamic response that
degrades transmission system reliability;
d.
Violation of steady-state thermal or voltage limits caused by
the planned change utilizing the same criteria consistent with
the Interconnection System Impact Study.
Within 30 calendar days of receipt of a technological advancement request
containing the information and security deposit required by Section 4.4.1.1, the
Transmission Provider shall review such request and supporting documentation to
determine if the proposed change is a Permissible Technological Advancement or
otherwise not a Material Modification and communicate the results together with
a written explanation to the Interconnection Customer of the Transmission
Provider’s determination. In the event that the Transmission Provider determines
that the proposed change is a Material Modification, the Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer shall have the option of: (i)
withdrawing such technological advancement request and retaining its current
queue position; or (ii) resubmitting its proposed Generating Facility as a new
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Interconnection Request.
4.4.2
After entering the Definitive Planning Phase as defined in Section 7.2, any
modifications to the type of Interconnection Service selected by Interconnection
Customer in the Interconnection Request, other than a change from NR
Interconnection Service to ER Interconnection Service pursuant to Section 3.2 of
this GIP, shall be deemed a Material Modification.
4.4.3
After entering the Definitive Planning Phase as defined in Section 7.2, any
modification to the size of the Interconnection Request, other than as allowed in
Section 4.4.5, Section 7.3.1.4, or Section 7.3.2.4 of this GIP, shall be deemed a
Material Modification.
4.4.4
After entering the Definitive Planning Phase as defined in Section 7.2, any
extension by Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer to the
original In-Service Date or Commercial Operation Date of the Generating Facility
or MHVDC Transmission Line in the original Interconnection Request shall be
deemed a Material Modification except that the Transmission Provider will not
unreasonably withhold approval of an Interconnection Customer’s or MHVDC
Connection Customer’s proposed change in the original In-Service Date or
Commercial Operation Date of the Generating Facility or MHVDC Transmission
Line if that change is the result of either (a) a change in milestones by another
party to the GIA or TCA, (b) a change in a higher queued Interconnection
Request, (c) delays in the completion of the Definitive Planning Phase Studies, or
(d) Interconnection Customer demonstrates that engineering, permitting and
construction of the Generating Facility will take longer than the process window
for the Transmission Provider’s Definitive Planning Phase period. Where such
exceptions apply, extensions to the Commercial Operation Date or In-Service
Date shall not exceed three years beyond the original Commercial Operation Date
or In-Service Date in the Interconnection Request. A change to either of these
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dates that exceeds three years from the date in the original Interconnection
Request is a Material Modification. At the completion of the Definitive Planning
Phase, the specified Commercial Operation Date and In-Service Date shall be set
forth in Appendix B of a GIA. Consistent with Article 2.3.1 of the GIA, once that
GIA is executed or filed unexecuted, if the Generating Facility fails to reach
Commercial Operation by the specified Commercial Operation Date set forth in
the GIA, such specified Commercial Operation Date as set forth in the GIA may
be extended by Interconnection Customer for a period up to three (3) consecutive
years, after which Transmission Provider shall terminate the GIA if the
Generating Facility has still failed to reach Commercial Operation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the limited circumstance that Transmission
Owner Interconnection Facilities, Network Upgrades, or System Protection
Facilities necessary to enable Trial Operation of a Generating Facility has an in-
service date that is farther out than the Commercial Operation Date permitted
under this Section 4.4.4 or, has an in-service date that does not allow for a one-
hundred eighty (180) Calendar Day Trial Operation period, Transmission
Provider shall only terminate the GIA for failure to achieve Commercial
Operation by a Commercial Operation Date one-hundred eighty (180) Calendar
Days after the in-service date of the Transmission Owner Interconnection
Facilities, Network Upgrades, or System Protection Facilities necessary for Trial
Operation.
4.4.4.1 Transmission Owner In-Service Date extension.
Prior to end of GIA negotiation and in the limited circumstance that a
Transmission Owner determines it cannot complete Transmission Owner
Interconnection Facilities, Network Upgrades, or System Protection
Facilities specified in the GIA using Reasonable Efforts by the In-Service
Date permitted under this Section 4.4.4, the specified In-Service Date may
be extended at the Transmission Owner’s request for a period up to two
(2) consecutive years and specified in the GIA. This provision does not
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alter Interconnection Customer’s Commercial Operation Date
requirements of this Section 4.4.4 or other provisions set forth in
Appendix 6 of these GIP regarding Commercial Operation Date or In-
Service Date. The Interconnection Customer is expected to construct
facilities in parallel with the Transmission Owner’s construction activities.
4.4.5
After entering the Definitive Planning Phase, any modification to the fuel source
designated in the Interconnection Request, other than a modification to reduce the
number of fuel source(s) of an Interconnection Request with two or more fuel
sources before the kick-off of the Definitive Planning Phase I, shall be deemed a
Material Modification.
SECTION 5. PROCEDURES FOR INTERCONNECTION REQUESTS SUBMITTED
PRIOR TO EFFECTIVE DATE OF GENERATOR INTERCONNECTION
PROCEDURES.
5.1
Queue Position for Pending Requests.
5.1.1
All Interconnection Requests that have entered a Definitive Planning Phase and
the Definitive Planning Phase System Impact Study has been completed prior to
January 4, 2017 will complete the Definitive Planning Phase pursuant to the
approved GIP in effect on January 3, 2017. The August 2015 Definitive Planning
Phase cycle shall be completed pursuant to the approved GIP in effect on January
3, 2017.
5.1.2
All Interconnection Requests that have entered a Definitive Planning Phase and
the System Impact Study has not been started, or started and not completed, as of
January 4, 2017 will be required to conform to Section 7 of this GIP excluding
Section 7.2 “Eligibility for the Definitive Planning Phase” and the Site Control
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provisions found in Section 7.3.2.4 so long as the Interconnection Customer has
previously complied with the then existing Section 8.2 “Eligibility for the
Definitive Planning Phase.” All study deposits will be applied to studies
performed under this transition plan and M2 milestone amounts previously paid
will satisfy the M2 milestone requirement of Section 7.2. These projects will then
follow all other sections of these Generator Interconnection Procedures in effect
as of January 4, 2017.
5.1.3
All Interconnection Requests that have been received but have not had an M2
milestone calculated as of January 4, 2017, and have not met the requirements of
Section 5.1.4, will be required to conform to Section 7 of these GIPs and will then
follow all other sections of these Generator Interconnection Procedures in effect
as of January 4, 2017.
5.1.4
All Interconnection Requests that are in the System Planning and Analysis Phase
of the GIPs in effect prior to January 4, 2017 may pay their M2 milestone
payment prior to January 4, 2017 and shall be treated pursuant to section 5.1.2.
Interconnection Requests that are in the System Planning and Analysis Phase
prior to the effective date of these GIPs that have not paid an M2 milestone
payment prior to January 4, 2017 shall be treated pursuant to section 5.1.3.
Interconnection Requests that are in the System Planning and Analysis Phase may
remain in the System Planning and Analysis Phase until 45 Calendar Days prior
to the start of the first cycle under these GIPs which begins August 1, 2017.
MISO shall deem withdrawn any Interconnection Requests that are in the System
Planning and Analysis Phase that have not made their M2 milestone payment at
least 45 Calendar Days prior to the start of the first cycle under these GIPs.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any request for HVDC facilities listed as being in
the System Planning and Analysis Phase as of June 16, 2017 shall be deemed
transferred into the Pre-Queue Phase. Furthermore, any MHVDC projects in the
Pre-Queue Phase as of the effective date of the MHCP shall be deemed
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transferred to the MHCP, as set forth in Section 4 of the MHCP.
5.2
Transition Period.
An Interconnection Customer of a new transmission owning member of Transmission
Provider shall transition to the revised GIP within a reasonable period of time not to
exceed ninety (90) Calendar Days from the date when this GIP becomes applicable to
that transmission owning member.
5.3
New Transmission Provider.
If Transmission Provider transfers control of its Transmission System to a successor
Transmission Provider during the period when an Interconnection Request is pending, the
original Transmission Provider shall transfer to the successor Transmission Provider any
amount of the deposit or payment with interest thereon that exceeds the cost that it
incurred to evaluate the request for interconnection. Any difference between such net
amount and the deposit or payment required by the GIP shall be paid by or refunded to
Interconnection Customer, as appropriate. The original Transmission Provider shall
coordinate with the successor Transmission Provider to complete any Interconnection
Study, as appropriate, that the original Transmission Provider has begun but has not
completed. If Transmission Provider has tendered a draft GIA to Interconnection
Customer but Interconnection Customer has not either executed the GIA or requested the
filing of an unexecuted GIA with FERC, unless otherwise provided, Interconnection
Customer must complete negotiations with the successor Transmission Provider.
5.4
Transition to Revised Scope of DPP Phase I Studies.
With the exception of this provision, the Tariff revisions accepted in Docket Nos. ER18-
2049-000 and -001 shall not apply to any queue cycle(s) for which the Definitive
Planning Phase Preliminary System Impact Study has started prior to September 19,
2018.
5.5
Transitional Notice Requirements for Generating Facility Replacement.
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All requests for Replacement Generating Facility that are submitted to the Transmission
Provider within 365 Calendar Days after May 16, 2019 shall have a date of cessation of
operation for the Existing Generating Facility that is not earlier than May 16, 2021.
5.6
Transition to Revised Milestone Requirements Accepted in Docket No. ER20-41.
All Interconnection Requests for which the application deadline to enter the Definitive
Planning Phase was prior to April 29, 2019 shall be required to adhere to milestone
requirements in GIP in effect prior to December 4, 2019.
All Interconnection Requests for which the application deadline to enter the Definitive
Planning Phase was on April 29, 2019 shall be required to adhere to the revised milestone
requirements accepted in Docket No. ER20-41, but shall not be subject to the M2 refund
provisions in Section 7.6.2.1 of this GIP. All Interconnection Requests for which the
application deadline to enter the Definitive Planning Phase was on April 29, 2019 shall
be subject to M2 refund provisions in effect prior to December 4, 2019.
All Interconnection Requests for which the application deadline to enter the Definitive
Planning Phase is after April 29, 2019 shall be required to adhere to the revised milestone
requirements accepted in Docket No. ER20-41.
5.7
Transition to Revised Site Control Requirements Accepted in Docket No. ER20-41.
All Interconnection Requests for which the application deadline to enter the Definitive
Planning Phase was prior to April 29, 2019 shall be required to adhere to Site Control
requirements in GIP in effect prior to December 4, 2019.
All Interconnection Requests for which the application deadline to enter the Definitive
Planning Phase was on April 29, 2019 shall be required to provide proof of Site Control
for the Generation Facility by the end of Interconnection Customer Decision Point II in
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accordance with the timing requirements established in Section 7.2.2.1. Such
Interconnection Requests shall not be required to provide proof of Site Control for the
Generating Facility ninety (90) Calendar Days prior to the start of DPP Phase I in
accordance with the timing requirements established in Section 7.2.1. For such requests,
the proof of Site Control for all applicable Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection
Facilities, and, if applicable (i.e., when the Interconnection Customer is providing the site
for such facilities), the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities and Network
Upgrades at the POI shall be due in accordance with the terms of Sections 7.2.2.1 and
7.2.2.2.
All Interconnection Requests for which the application deadline to enter the Definitive
Planning Phase is after April 29, 2019 will be subject to the Site Control requirements as
set forth in Section 7.2.
5.8
Transition to Self-Fund Deadline Accepted in Docket No. ER20-2632.
For all Network Upgrades and System Protection Facilities that were identified in a
Revised System Impact Study that completed prior to November 5, 2020 and for which
the Final System Impact Study was not completed as of November 5, 2020, the
Transmission Owner shall make an election as to whether the Transmission Owner
intends to self-fund each specific Network Upgrade and System Protection Facility
identified in the Revised System Impact Study. Transmission Owner shall make its
election prior to the completion of the Final System Impact Study.
For all Network Upgrades and System Protection Facilities that were identified in a Final
System Impact Study that completed prior to November 5, 2020 and for which the
negotiation period for the GIA was not completed as of November 5, 2020, the
Transmission Owner may make an election as to whether the Transmission Owner
intends to self-fund each specific Network Upgrade and System Protection Facility prior
to the completion of the GIA negotiation period.
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5.9
Transition to revised DPP schedule in Docket No. ER22-661.
Interconnection Requests for which Transmission Provider started the DPP Phase III
Final System Impact Study before March 15, 2022 will be subject to the Tariff
requirements in effect prior to March 15, 2022. Interconnection Requests for which the
DPP Phase III Final System Impact Study has not started as of March 15, 2022 will be
subject to the revised Tariff accepted in Docket No. ER22-661.
5.10
Transition to DPP revisions in Docket No. ER24-___.
All Interconnection Requests for which the application deadline to enter the Definitive
Planning Phase is on or after January 22, 2024 will be subject to the revised Tariff
requirements accepted in Docket Nos. ER24-____ and ER24-____. All Interconnection
Requests for which the application deadline to enter the Definitive Planning Phase is
prior to January 22, 2024 will not be subject to the revised Tariff requirements accepted
in Docket Nos. ER24-____ and ER24-____.
5.11
Transition to DPP revisions in Docket No. ER24-2046.
All Interconnection Requests for which the application deadline to enter the Definitive
Planning Phase is on or after June 1, 2025 will be subject to the revised Tariff
requirements accepted in Docket No. ER24-2046 . Except for the requirements in
Section 7.3.2.3 and Section 11.2.1, all Interconnection Requests for which the application
deadline to enter the Definitive Planning Phase is prior to June 1, 2025 will not be subject
to the revised Tariff requirements accepted in Docket No. ER24-2046.
5.12
Transition to JTIQ Process.
Interconnection Requests for which the application deadline to enter the Definitive
Planning Phase is after the date that the Transmission Provider and SPP’s Boards have
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approved a JTIQ Portfolio shall be subject to the JTIQ process set forth in Section 9.4.2
of Rate Schedule 6 (MISO-SPP JOA) and the JTIQ provisions of these GIP.
5.13
Transition to DPP revisions in Docket No. ER25-___.
All Interconnection Requests for which the application deadline to enter the Definitive
Planning Phase is on or after January 31, 2025, will be subject to the revised Tariff
requirements accepted in Docket No. ER25-____. All Interconnection Requests for
which the application deadline to enter the Definitive Planning Phase is prior to January
31, 2025, will not be subject to the revised Tariff requirements accepted in Docket No.
ER25-____.
5.14
Transition to ERAS Process.
All requests for the Expedited Resource Addition Study that are submitted to the
Transmission Provider after August 6, 2025 will be subject to the revised Tariff
requirements accepted in Docket No. ER25-___.
SECTION 6. PRE-QUEUE PHASE.
6.1
Pre-Queue Customer Education
Transmission Provider will be available for consultation with Interconnection
Customer to discuss potential Interconnection Requests for Generating Facilities
or study and processing of HVDC facilities. Such discussions may include, but
are not limited to: (i) general facility loadings; (ii) general instability issues; (iii)
general short circuit issues; (iv) general voltage issues including voltage and
frequency ride-through capabilities for the Generating Facility; (v) general power
quality issues including voltage flicker, harmonics; (vi) general reliability issues
as may be reasonably required to accomplish the purpose of the meeting; (vii)
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estimated timing of Interconnection Request proceeding to the Definitive
Planning Phase; (viii) estimated in-service date for the request; and (ix) any
process related questions.
6.1.1
Publicly Posted Interconnection Information.
Transmission Provider shall maintain and make publicly available:
(1) an interactive visual representation of the estimated incremental
injection capacity (in megawatts) available at each point of
interconnection in Transmission Provider’s footprint under N-1
conditions, and
(2) a table of metrics concerning the estimated impact of a potential
Generating Facility on Transmission Provider’s Transmission System
based on a user-specified addition of a particular number of megawatts at
a particular voltage level at a particular point of interconnection.
At a minimum, for each transmission facility impacted by the user-
specified megawatt addition, the following information will be provided in
the table:
(1) the distribution factor;
(2) the megawatt impact (based on the megawatt values of the
proposed Generating Facility and the distribution factor);
(3) the percentage impact on each impacted transmission facility (based on
the megawatt values of the proposed Generating Facility and the facility
rating);
(4) the percentage of power flow on each impacted transmission facility
before the injection of the proposed project;
(5) the percentage power flow on each impacted transmission facility after
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the injection of the proposed Generating Facility.
These metrics must be calculated based on the power flow model of the
Transmission System with the transfer simulated from each point of
interconnection to the whole Transmission Provider’s footprint (to approximate
Network Resource Interconnection Service), and with the incremental capacity at
each point of interconnection decremented by the existing and queued Generating
Facilities (based on the existing or requested interconnection service limit of the
generation).
These metrics must be updated within thirty (30) Calendar Days after the
completion of each Preliminary or Final System Impact Study, only for the most
recent Definitive Planning Phase cycle and excluding earlier cycles.
This information must be publicly posted, without a password or a fee.
The website will define all underlying assumptions, including the name of the
most recent System Impact Study or Interconnection Study restudy used in the
Base Case.
6.2
Interim Treatment of HVDC Facilities in Pre-Queue Phase: All requests for
HVDC facilities deemed transferred into the Pre-Queue Phase pursuant to Section
5.1.4 of this GIP or which otherwise are permitted to enter the Pre-Queue Phase
shall not be eligible to proceed to the Definitive Planning Phase until such time as
additional procedures for processing such facilities are implemented.
6.3
Small Generating Facility Pre-Application Report.
6.3.1
In addition to the information described in section 6.1, which may be
provided in response to an informal request, an Interconnection Customer
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proposing to interconnect its Small Generating Facility may submit a
formal written request form along with a non-refundable fee of $300 for a
pre-application report on a proposed project at a specific site. The
Transmission Provider shall provide the pre-application data described in
section 6.3.2 to the Interconnection Customer within twenty (20) Business
Days of receipt of the completed request form and payment of the $300
fee. Should the Transmission Provider notify the Interconnection
Customer that more than twenty (20) Business Days are necessary to
provide the pre-application data described in section 6.3.2 below because
the information is not readily available to the Transmission Provider, the
Interconnection Customer shall notify the Transmission Provider that it
desires more complete information and waives the twenty (20) Business
Day timeline. The pre-application report produced by the Transmission
Provider is non-binding, does not confer any rights, and the
Interconnection Customer must still successfully apply to interconnect to
the Transmission Provider’s system. The written pre-application report
request form shall include the information in sections 6.3.1.1 through
6.3.1.8 below to clearly and sufficiently identify the location of the
proposed Point of Interconnection.
6.3.1.1
Project contact information, including name, address, phone
number, and email address.
6.3.1.2
Project location (street address with nearby cross streets and
town)
6.3.1.3
Meter number, pole number, or other equivalent information
identifying proposed Point of Interconnection, if available.
6.3.1.4
Generator Type (e.g., solar, wind, combined heat and power, etc.)
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Size (alternating current kW)
6.3.1.6
Single or three phase generator configuration
6.3.1.7
Stand-alone generator (no onsite load, not including station
service – Yes or No?)
6.3.1.8
Is new service requested? Yes or No? If there is existing service,
include the customer account number, site minimum and
maximum current or proposed electric loads in kW (if available)
and specify if the load is expected to change.
6.3.2
Using the information provided in the pre-application report request form
in section 6.3.1, the Transmission Provider will identify the
substation/area bus, bank or circuit likely to serve the proposed Point of
Interconnection. This selection by the Transmission Provider does not
necessarily indicate, after application of the screens and/or study, that this
would be the circuit the project ultimately connects to. The
Interconnection Customer must request additional pre-application reports
if information about multiple Points of Interconnection is requested.
Subject to section 6.3.3, the pre-application report will include the
following information:
6.3.2.1
Total capacity (in MW) of substation/area bus, bank or circuit
based on normal or operating ratings likely to serve the proposed
Point of Interconnection.
6.3.2.2
Existing aggregate generation capacity (in MW) interconnected
to a substation/area bus, bank or circuit (i.e., amount of
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generation online) likely to serve the proposed Point of
Interconnection.
6.3.2.3
Aggregate queued generation capacity (in MW) for a
substation/area bus, bank or circuit (i.e., amount of generation in
the queue) likely to serve the proposed Point of Interconnection.
6.3.2.4
Available capacity (in MW) of substation/area bus or bank and
circuit likely to serve the proposed Point of Interconnection (i.e.,
total capacity less the sum of existing aggregate generation
capacity and aggregate queued generation capacity).
6.3.2.5
Substation nominal distribution voltage and/or transmission
nominal voltage if applicable.
6.3.2.6
Nominal distribution circuit voltage at the proposed Point of
Interconnection.
6.3.2.7
Approximate circuit distance between the proposed Point of
Interconnection and the substation.
6.3.2.8
Relevant line section(s) actual or estimated peak load and
minimum load data, including daytime minimum load as
described in section 14.4.4.1.1 below and absolute minimum
load, when available.
6.3.2.9
Number and rating of protective devices and number and type
(standard, bi-directional) of voltage regulating devices between
the proposed Point of Interconnection and the substation/area.
Identify whether the substation has a load tap changer.
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6.3.2.10 Number of phases available at the proposed Point of
Interconnection. If a single phase, distance from the three-phase
circuit.
6.3.2.11 Limiting conductor ratings from the proposed Point of
Interconnection to the distribution substation.
6.3.2.12 Whether the Point of Interconnection is located on a spot
network, grid network, or radial supply.
6.3.2.13 Based on the proposed Point of Interconnection, existing or
known constraints such as, but not limited to, electrical
dependencies at that location, short circuit interrupting capacity
issues, power quality or stability issues on the circuit, capacity
constraints, or secondary networks.
6.3.3
The pre-application report need only include existing data. A pre-
application report request does not obligate the Transmission Provider to
conduct a study or other analysis of the proposed generator in the event
that data is not readily available. If the Transmission Provider cannot
complete all or some of a pre-application report due to lack of available
data, the Transmission Provider shall provide the Interconnection
Customer with a pre-application report that includes the data that is
available. The provision of information on “available capacity” pursuant
to section 6.3.2.4 does not imply that an interconnection up to this level
may be completed without impacts since there are many variables studied
as part of the interconnection review process, and data provided in the pre-
application report may become outdated at the time of the submission of
the complete Interconnection Request. Notwithstanding any of the
provisions of this section, the Transmission Provider shall, in good faith,
include data in the pre-application report that represents the best available
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SECTION 7. DEFINITIVE PLANNING PHASE.
7.1
Purpose of the Definitive Planning Phase.
The Definitive Planning Phase is designed to identify Network Upgrades that will
reliably and efficiently integrate the proposed generation, including through
Injection Rights requested by MHVDC Connection Customer, into the
Transmission Provider’s Transmission System. The Definitive Planning Phase
will be composed of three distinct phases in which Interconnection System Impact
Studies and Interconnection Facilities Studies will be performed.
7.1.1
Screening Analysis Prior to Definitive Planning Phase I.
Transmission Provider will perform an indicative non-binding screening
analysis to identify potential thermal and voltage constraints and publish
the results of that analysis for Interconnection Customers, MHVDC
Connection Customers entering the Definitive Planning Phase and
Affected System Operator(s) at least fifteen (15) Calendar Days prior to
the kick-off of the Definitive Planning Phase I. The Transmission
Provider shall indicate with this screening analysis whether
Interconnection Requests in the applicable DPP study group are expected
to be included in a JTIQ Participation Group based on available
information. If the Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection
Customer decides to withdraw its Interconnection Request before the start
of the Definitive Planning Phase I, then the Transmission Provider will
refund to Interconnection Customer or the MHVDC Connection Customer
100% of Definitive Planning Phase entry milestone (M2) and any
remaining study deposits pursuant to Section 7.6.
7.2
Eligibility for the Definitive Planning Phase.
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The Interconnection Request shall enter the Definitive Planning Phase upon the
Transmission Provider accepting the Interconnection Request as valid pursuant to
Section 3.3.3 of this GIP after the Interconnection Customer or MHVDC
Connection Customer has met the requirements of Section 3.3.1. The Definitive
Planning Phase will start on a periodic basis, where an Interconnection Customer
or MHVDC Connection Customer may elect to enter the next scheduled
Definitive Planning Phase.
7.2.1
Requirements for Demonstrating Site Control for Generating Facility
and Interconnection Facilities.
Except as otherwise noted in Section 5.7, at the time of the submission of
an Interconnection Request, the Interconnection Customer shall submit the
following to the Transmission Provider:
(i)
Proof of Site Control for the Generating Facility demonstrating
that the Interconnection Customer has obtained a right to develop
the site, and that such Site Control:
(a)
is exclusive to the specific project referenced in the
Interconnection Request and the site meets the total resource-
specific acreage requirements established in the Generator
Interconnection Business Practices Manual; or
(b)
either is shared by multiple projects by mutual agreement
or includes less acreage than the standard resource-specific acreage
requirements established in the Generator Interconnection Business
Practice but is nonetheless sufficient to accommodate the final
design of the Generating Facility, and account for any other
projects that will utilize all or part of the same site Interconnection
Requests from multiple Interconnection Customers for multiple
Generating Facilities that share a site must include a contract or
other agreement that allows for shared Site Control; or
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A financial security in lieu of Site Control and supporting
documentation demonstrating regulatory restrictions in accordance
with Section 7.2.1.2 of this GIP.
(ii)
Reasonable evidence of Site Control, as described in the Generator
Interconnection Business Practices Manual, for at least fifty
percent (50%) of the mileage of the Generating Facility’s or
Facilities’ Interconnection Facilities, or in lieu of Site Control for
the Generating Facility’s or Facilities’ Interconnection Facilities,
additional financial security in the amount of $80,000 per line mile
of right-of-way, on a straight line basis. Interconnection
Customer’s financial security provided in lieu of Site Control shall
only be refunded once the Interconnection Customer satisfies the
Site Control requirements or is withdrawn from the queue. The
security can be provided in the form of cash, irrevocable letter of
credit or surety bond reasonably acceptable to Transmission
Provider. The surety bond must be issued by an insurer reasonably
acceptable to Transmission Provider and must specify a reasonable
expiration date. The Transmission Provider may establish
additional requirements for what constitutes a surety bond,
including but not limited to, duration satisfaction, demand
timeframe and issuer requirements through the Generator
Interconnection Business Practices manual (BPM). Reasonable
evidence of Site Control for one hundred percent (100%) of the
mileage of the Generating Facility’s Interconnection Facilities for
the Expedited Resource Addition Study request must be received
at the time the application is submitted. The financial security in
lieu of Site Control for the Generating Facility’s Interconnection
Facilities will not be accepted for an Expedited Resource Addition
Study request.
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Any advancement or postponement to the DPP Phase I kickoff date made
after the application deadline for such cycle shall not alter the deadline for
submitting proof of Site Control.
Site Control for a Generating Facility and Interconnection Facility shall be
demonstrated in accordance with Section 7.2.1.1 and Section 7.2.1.2 of
this GIP.
All documentation establishing proof of Site Control under Sections 7.2.1
of this GIP shall be accompanied by a signed affidavit from an officer or
from an agent of the Interconnection Customer stating either that the
Interconnection Customer: (1) possesses Site Control in accordance with
Section 7.2.1.1 of this GIP; or (2) is subject to regulatory restrictions that
preclude Interconnection Customer from obtaining Site Control pursuant
to Section 7.2.1.2 of this GIP. Such affidavit shall adhere to the form
specified in Attachment E of Appendix 1 of Attachment X.
Before the kickoff of DPP Phase I, Interconnection Customer may modify
up to 100% of the Site Control for the Generating Facility and up to 100%
of its Interconnection Customer Interconnection Facilities as provided for
in its Interconnection Request if (1) the Interconnection Customer does not
move the POI; (2) the Transmission Owner determines a POI move is
necessary to accommodate the Interconnection Request; or (3) the
Interconnection Customer can demonstrate, based on sound engineering
judgment, that Site Control modification is necessary to optimize the
siting of the project.
7.2.1.1 Site Control Demonstration.
In order to demonstrate Site Control for a Generating Facility and
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Interconnection Facilities, an Interconnection Customer must submit the
following:
(i)
To demonstrate that an Interconnection Customer has Site Control
in accordance with Section 7.2.1(i)(a) and 7.2.1(ii) of this GIP, a
Geographic Information System (GIS) site plan map, data files,
and documentation that shows the following information: (a)
sufficient land to meet the acreage requirements set forth in the
Generator Interconnection Business Practices Manual; (b)
boundary for the proposed project indicating the boundaries of the
Interconnection Customer’s leasehold/ownership interests for the
site; and (c) the proposed location of each of the following: the
Collector Substation, the Point of Interconnection, and the
Interconnection Facilities based on the Point of Interconnection.
(ii)
To demonstrate that an Interconnection Customer has obtained Site
Control in accordance in accordance with Section 7.2.1(i)(b) of
this GIP, Interconnection Customer must submit a Geographic
Information System (GIS) site plan map, data files, and
documentation that meets the requirements specified in Section
7.2.1.1(i)(b) and (c) and show the following additional
information:
(a) Sufficient land to accommodate the proposed Generating
Facility based on the location and approximate land utilization
requirements of proposed electrical devices (i.e., turbine, solar
panel, battery storage, inverter), local spacing and setback
requirements, and the proposed location of the feeder routes to the
Collector Substation; and
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(b) In the event that Interconnection Customer elects to share a site
with other projects in accordance with Section 7.2.1(i)(b) of this
GIP,
Interconnection
Customer
shall
include
with
its
Interconnection Request documentation demonstrating that the
project referenced in the Interconnection Request is concurrently
feasible with the development of any other projects that will share
Site Control over all or a portion of the same site. Such proof of
concurrent feasibility shall include:
(1) an identification of any other Interconnection Requests
or projects that will share all or a portion of the same site;
and
(2) identification of the proposed location and space
utilization of all projects that will share the site together
with any related technical information specified in the
Generator Interconnection Business Practices Manual to
enable the Transmission Provider to determine that
development of the project referenced in the submitted
Interconnection
Request
is
not
inconsistent
with
development of any of the other projects that will share all
or a portion of the same site.
(3) Interconnection Requests from multiple Interconnection
Customers for multiple Generating Facilities that share a
site must include a contract or other agreement that allows
for shared land use.
Any GIS site plan map, and data files submitted in accordance with this
Section 7.2.1.1 must be consistent with the modeling data submitted with
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the Interconnection Request.
7.2.1.2 Financial Security in lieu of Site Control.
If the Interconnection Customer is unable to obtain Site Control for its
proposed Generating Facility as a result of regulatory restrictions, the
Interconnection Customer shall provide a cash deposit in lieu of Site
Control. In order to demonstrate regulatory restrictions, Interconnection
Customer must submit: (i) a signed affidavit from an officer of the
company in accordance with the terms of Section 7.2.1 of this GIP
indicating that Site Control is unobtainable due to regulatory requirements
as such term is defined by the Transmission Provider; (ii) documentation
sufficiently describing and explaining the source of and effects of such
regulatory restrictions, including a description of any conditions that must
be met in order to satisfy the regulatory restrictions and the anticipated
time by which the Interconnection Customer expects to satisfy the
regulatory restrictions. The financial security provided in lieu of Site
Control, as cash deposit, irrevocable letter of credit or surety bond
reasonably acceptable to Transmission Provider, shall be $10,000 per MW
of new Interconnection Service requested, and at least $500,000 but no
more than $2,000,000. The surety bond must be issued by an insurer
reasonably acceptable to Transmission Provider and must specify a
reasonable expiration date. The Transmission Provider may establish
additional requirements for what constitutes a surety bond, including but
not limited to, duration satisfaction, demand timeframe and issuer
requirements through the Generator Interconnection Business Practices
manual (BPM). In the event that Interconnection Customer needs to
submit a financial security in lieu of Site Control as a result of regulatory
restrictions, Interconnection Customer must provide proof of Site Control
as soon as the Interconnection Customer satisfies the regulatory
requirements described in the Interconnection Customer’s affidavit and
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supporting documents. Interconnection Customer’s financial security
made in lieu of Site Control shall only be refunded once the
Interconnection Customer satisfies the Site Control requirements in
accordance with the terms of Sections 7.2.1(i), 7.2.1.1, and 7.2.2 of the
GIP or is withdrawn from the queue.
7.2.1.3 Transmission Provider Review of Site Control Sufficiency.
The Transmission Provider shall review the Site Control documentation
submitted by Interconnection Customer and determine whether the
Interconnection Customer has satisfied the applicable Site Control
requirements specified in Section 7.2.1, and 7.2.1.1 or 7.2.1.2 of this GIP,
as applicable. Transmission Provider shall evaluate the Site Control
documentation using sound engineering judgement and in a non-
discriminatory manner. In addition, Transmission Provider shall adhere to
any guidelines for such analysis as may be included in the Generator
Interconnection Business Practices Manual.
In the event that the Transmission Provider determines that the
Interconnection Customer does not demonstrate sufficient Site Control,
Transmission Provider shall, consistent with Section 7.2.3(ii) of this GIP,
provide a written explanation, including the technical reasons for such
determination, to Interconnection Customer no later than sixty (60)
Calendar Days from the Site Control submission deadline. Any such
deficiencies shall be processed as set forth in Section 7.2.3(ii) of this GIP.
7.2.2 Continued Site Control for Generating Facilities; Site Control for
Interconnection Facilities and Network Upgrades.
7.2.2.1 Timing Requirements.
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(i)
After the start and prior to the end of Interconnection Customer
Decision Point II, Interconnection Customer shall submit proof
that Interconnection Customer continues to maintain Site Control
for the Generating Facility in accordance with terms in Section
7.2.1.1 of this GIP. Regarding Interconnection Customer’s
Interconnection Facilities, in addition to the requirements specified
in Section 7.2.1.ii of this GIP, the Interconnection Customer will
be required to demonstrate fifty (50%) site control for the site on
which a switchyard will be located, if requested by the
Transmission Provider.
(ii)
Prior to conclusion of the Interconnection Customer’s GIA
execution period, as defined in Section 11 of this GIP, or within
180 days of GIA Effective Date with an approved exception by the
Transmission Provider, Interconnection Customer shall submit
proof of the following: (a) continued Site Control for the
Generating Facility in accordance with terms in Section 7.2.1.1 of
this GIP; and (b) 100% Site Control for all Interconnection
Customer’s Interconnection Facilities (including demonstration of
switchyard site control if requested by the Transmission Provider),
and, if applicable (i.e., when the Interconnection Customer is
providing the site for such facilities), the Transmission Owner’s
Interconnection Facilities and Network Upgrades at the POI that
the Interconnection Customer will develop.
(iii)
To the extent there is any change in the POI as a result of the
Interconnection Facilities Study started in DPP Phase II and
completed in DPP Phase III, the Transmission Provider shall
provide the Interconnection Customer additional time to procure
land rights for the new Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection
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Facilities and, if applicable (i.e., when the Interconnection
Customer is providing the site for such facilities), the Transmission
Owner’s Interconnection Facilities and Network Upgrades at the
POI that the Interconnection Customer will develop. The amount
of additional time awarded for this purpose shall be determined on
a case-by-case basis and in accordance with Section 4.4 of this
GIP.
(iv)
After the Interconnection Customer timely satisfies each of the
requirements of this Section 7.2.2.1 and execution of the GIA, any
changes made to the site layouts and interconnection facility routes
shall not be construed as a failure to satisfy the requirements of this
Section 7.2.2.1. In the event that the Interconnection Customer
makes any modifications to the design of the site layouts or
Interconnection Facility routes after execution of this GIA,
Interconnection Customer shall: (1) immediately notify the Parties
of such changes; and (2) provide to Transmission Provider
evidence of continued Site Control for land sufficient to
accommodate the changes in site layouts and/or Interconnection
Facility routes in accordance with the terms of its GIA.
7.2.2.2 Content Requirements -- Demonstrating Site Control for
Applicable Interconnection Facilities and Network Upgrades.
In order to demonstrate Site Control for the Interconnection Customer’s
Interconnection Facilities and, if applicable (i.e., when the Interconnection
Customer is providing the site for such facilities), the Transmission
Owner’s Interconnection Facilities and Network Upgrades at the POI,
Interconnection Customer shall submit a site plan map by the deadline
specified in Section 7.2.2.1 of this GIP. Such site plan map shall
demonstrate land that is sufficient to accommodate 50% of the total land
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acreage required for the Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection
Facilities for the proposed Generating Facility (including the total linear
miles for the associated lead line required to electrically interconnect the
Generating Facility to the Transmission System) and, if applicable (i.e.,
when the Interconnection Customer is providing the site for such
facilities), 50% of the total land acreage required for the Transmission
Owner’s Interconnection Facilities and the Network Upgrades at the POI
for the proposed Generating Facility.
The Site Plan submitted in accordance with Section 7.2.2 of this GIP shall
identify the specific locations within the site for which Site Control is
achieved, and those locations for which Site Control is not yet achieved.
To the extent that the Interconnection Customer intends to locate its
Interconnection Facilities in a public right of way, Interconnection
Customer shall also submit proof of submission of all requisite state and
local permits.
Demonstration of Site Control pursuant to this Section 7.2.2.2 shall
conform to any technical and documentation requirements as may be
specified in the Generator Interconnection Business Practice Manual.
7.2.3. Effect of Deficiencies in Demonstration of Site Control
In the event that the Interconnection Customer fails to timely satisfy any
of the requirements of Sections 7.2.1 and 7.2.2 including subsections, as
applicable, Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Request shall be
deemed withdrawn as set forth below:
(i)
If Interconnection Customer fails to submit all of the
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documentation and information required by the applicable
deadline, Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Request
shall immediately be deemed withdrawn as of the date of such
deadline without any cure period. Transmission Provider shall
provide Interconnection Customer with notice of such withdrawal.
(ii)
If Interconnection Customer has timely submitted all information
required by an applicable deadline but the Transmission Provider
determines after review that such submission does not meet the
requirements
of
this
GIP,
Interconnection
Customer’s
Interconnection Request shall be deemed withdrawn in accordance
with Section 3.6 of this GIP.
7.3
Duration of the Definitive Planning Phase
The Definitive Planning Phase will include the following three phases:
(i)
Definitive Planning Phase I
(ii)
Definitive Planning Phase II
(iii)
Definitive Planning Phase III.
7.3.1
Definitive Planning Phase I
The Definitive Planning Phase I will start on a defined, periodic basis.
The Definitive Planning Phase I will include the following steps:
(i)
Attachment X, Appendix 10 Model Review (10 Business Days)
(ii)
Preliminary System Impact Study (65 Calendar Days)
(iii)
Interconnection Customer Decision Point I (15 Business Days)
In addition, Interconnection Customer may request that the Transmission
Provider or applicable Transmission Owner initiate the Interconnection
Facilities Study during Definitive Planning Phase I. If Interconnection
Customer, Transmission Owner and Transmission Provider agree that
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such Interconnection Facilities Study should be performed during
Definitive Planning Phase I, the Transmission Provider or Transmission
Owner conducting the study shall begin the Interconnection Facilities
Study during Definitive Planning Phase I.
The Transmission Provider shall establish a date agreeable to
Interconnection Customer and Transmission Owner for a Kick-Off
Meeting, and such date shall be one (1) Business Day prior to the kick-off
of the Definitive Planning Phase I of that cycle published on the MISO
public website, unless mutually agreed upon by MISO, the Transmission
Owner(s) and the Interconnection Customer(s). MISO, the Interconnection
Customer(s), and the Transmission Owner(s) must attend the Kick-Off
Meeting. MISO shall use Reasonable Efforts to include any other Affected
Systems in the Kick-off Meeting.
The Transmission Provider must ensure that project information during
the Kick-Off meeting is anonymized and does not reveal the identity or
commercial information of interconnection customers with submitted
requests.
All withdrawal and modification requests must be submitted within 24
hours of the conclusion of the kick-off meeting prior to the start of the
DPP process.
During the Customer Engagement Window, Transmission Provider shall
provide to Interconnection Customer a non-binding updated good faith
estimate of the cost and timeframe for completing the Group Study.
7.3.1.1 Purpose
The Definitive Planning Phase I is designed to provide Interconnection
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Customers or MHVDC Connection Customers with a preliminary detailed
analysis of their Interconnection Request’s impact on the reliability of the
Transmission System. Prior to the completion of the Preliminary System
Impact Study, each impacted Transmission Owner shall make a non-
binding indication as to whether the Transmission Owner intends to self-
fund each specific Network Upgrade and System Protection Facility
identified in the Preliminary System Impact Study. A Transmission
Owner’s non-binding self-fund election will be included in the
Preliminary System Impact Study. Upon completion of the Preliminary
System Impact Study, Transmission Provider will provide a detailed
reliability analysis, pursuant to Section 7.3.1.5, to each Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer that has an Interconnection
Request in the Definitive Planning Phase I. Upon receipt of the
Preliminary System Impact Study, the Interconnection Customer can
either proceed to Definitive Planning Phase II or withdraw its
Interconnection Request pursuant to Section 7.3.1.4 of this Attachment X.
7.3.1.2 Model Building and Point of Interconnection Review
Before starting the preliminary Interconnection System Impact Study,
Transmission Provider will distribute the study models to Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer and Transmission Owner.
Interconnection Customer and Transmission Owner may recommend
changes to the study model by providing a completed Interconnection
Study Model Review Form, Appendix 10 to the GIP within ten (10)
Business Days after receipt of the study models. Proposed changes will be
incorporated in the study models after mutual agreement between
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer,
Transmission Owner and Transmission Provider, such agreement not to be
unreasonably withheld. Transmission Provider shall thereafter begin the
Preliminary System Impact Study. Failure of Interconnection Customer or
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MHVDC Connection Customer to provide the completed Interconnection
Study Model Review Form within ten (10) Business Days will result in
withdrawal of the Interconnection Request pursuant to Section 3.6 of this
GIP.
7.3.1.3 Scope of the Preliminary System Impact Study
The Preliminary System Impact Study shall evaluate the impact of the
proposed Interconnection Request(s) in the Definitive Planning Phase I on
the reliability and safety of the Transmission System. The Preliminary
System Impact Study will consider the Base Case as well as all generating
and MHVDC facilities (and with respect to subpart iv below, any
identified Network Upgrades, System Protection Facilities, Distribution
Upgrades, Generator Upgrades, Common Use Upgrades, Shared Network
Upgrades, or, if such upgrades have been determined, upgrades on
Affected Systems, associated with such higher queued Interconnection
Requests) that, on the date the Preliminary System Impact Study is
commenced: (i) are interconnected to the Transmission System or
Distribution System; (ii) are interconnected or queued to interconnect to
Affected Systems and may have an impact on the Interconnection
Request; (iii) have Interconnection Request is part of the same group; and
(iv) have executed a GIA or a pending unexecuted GIA on file at FERC or
a TCA pursuant to which Transmission Provider has granted Injection
Rights.
The Preliminary System Impact Study will consist of a power flow
analysis. If Transmission Provider determines in accordance with Good
Utility Practice that any voltage stability analysis is needed, the
Preliminary System Impact Study may include voltage stability analysis.
The Preliminary System Impact Study will also include analysis needed to
determine the Generating Facility’s reactive power capability required to
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maintain the Transmission Owner’s voltage schedule and power factor
criteria at the Point of Interconnection.
Determination of the full scope of the Preliminary System Impact Study in
the Definitive Planning Phase I will be on a non-discriminatory basis per
the methodologies listed in the Generator Interconnection Business
Practices Manual. The Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner
performing the Preliminary System Impact Study shall complete such
study within sixty-five (65) Calendar Days.
The Preliminary System Impact Study will state the assumptions upon
which it is based, state the results of the analyses, and provide the
requirements or potential impediments to providing the requested
Interconnection Service, including a preliminary indication of the cost and
length of time that would be necessary to correct any problems identified
in those analyses and implement the interconnection. The Preliminary
System Impact Study will provide a preliminary list of facilities (including
Interconnection Facilities, Connection Facilities, Network Upgrades,
Generator Upgrades, Common Use Upgrades, and Shared Network
Upgrades) that are required as a result of the Interconnection Request and
a preliminary non-binding good faith estimate of cost and a non-binding
good faith estimated time to construct. For purposes of determining
necessary interconnection facilities and network upgrades, the Preliminary
System Impact Study shall consider the level of Interconnection Service
requested by the Interconnection Customer, unless otherwise required to
study the full Generating Facility Capacity due to safety or reliability
concerns.
At the request of Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection
Customer, or at any time Transmission Provider determines that it will not
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meet the required time frame for completing the Preliminary System
Impact Study, Transmission Provider shall notify Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer regarding the following:
(i)
Schedule status of the Preliminary System Impact Study
(ii)
Estimated completion date and an explanation of the reasons why
additional time is required.
(iii)
Revised cost estimate of study deposits with an explanation of the
reasons why cost estimates were revised. Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer shall then provide
within thirty (30) Calendar Days of Transmission Provider’s
notice, an additional deposit equal to the difference between the
initial and revised cost estimate. Failure of Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer to provide this
additional deposit will result in withdrawal of the Interconnection
Request pursuant to Section 3.6 of this GIP.
A draft Preliminary System Impact Study will be posted for
Interconnection Customers for a comment window. Transmission
Provider will address questions and comments that are submitted during
the comment window regarding the report before finalizing the report and
results. The comment window will last for at least five (5) Business Days,
but no more than ten (10) Business Days.
7.3.1.4 Interconnection Customer Decision Point I
All Interconnection Customers or MHVDC Connection Customers with
Interconnection Requests in the Definitive Planning Phase I will pass
through Interconnection Customer Decision Point I. The Interconnection
Customer Decision Point I will last for fifteen (15) Business Days
beginning with the receipt of the Preliminary System Impact Study
analysis including estimated upgrades and costs, as applicable.
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Transmission Provider shall notify all Interconnection Customers or
MHVDC Connection Customers at the beginning of Interconnection
Customer Decision Point I that the Interconnection Customer or MHVDC
Connection Customer shall have fifteen (15) Business Days to decide
whether it wants to proceed to the Definitive Planning Phase II or
withdraw its Interconnection Request. The Transmission Provider shall
provide written notice to each Interconnection Customer in a Definitive
Planning Phase Group Study or ERAS confirming whether they are
included in a JTIQ Screening Group and whether its Interconnection
Request has qualified for inclusion in a JTIQ Participation Group prior to
the beginning of Interconnection Customer Decision Point I. If the
Transmission Provider determines that such Interconnection Request will
be included in a JTIQ Participation Group, the notification shall include an
estimate of the per-MW Generator Charge for such Interconnection
Requests based on the latest available data on JTIQ Upgrade cost, the
Potential MW Total projected for such JTIQ Portfolio. During
Interconnection Customer Decision Point I, an Interconnection Customer
or MHVDC Connection Customer may waive its right to elect the option
to build or may defer the decision to the deadlines specified in Sections
7.3.2.5 & 7.3.3.5; failure to provide a written response will be deemed to
be a deferral. During Interconnection Customer Decision Point I, an
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer may reduce
the size of its Interconnection Request by as much as 100 percent through
either (1) a decrease in plant size or (2) a decrease in Interconnection
Service level (consistent with the process described in Section 3.1)
accomplished by applying Transmission Provider-approved injection-
limiting equipment. However, because NR Interconnection Service
includes an equivalent amount of ER Interconnection Service, a reduction
in NRIS level will not reduce the ERIS level unless a corresponding
reduction in ERIS level is requested. The total amount of NRIS requested
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shall not exceed the amount of ERIS requested. The required Definitive
Planning Phase II Milestone calculation shall be based on the DPP Phase I
results. If the Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer
decides to withdraw its Interconnection Request during, or any time
before, the end of Interconnection Customer Decision Point I, then the
Transmission Provider will refund Interconnection Customer 40% of
Definitive Planning Phase I milestone (M2) and any remaining study
deposits pursuant to Section 7.6. Any withdrawal during the Definitive
Planning Phase I, but prior to Interconnection Customer Decision Point I,
will neither be processed nor deemed withdrawn until Interconnection
Customer Decision Point I. If an Interconnection Customer included in
the JTIQ Participation Group reduces the size of Interconnection Request,
the Transmission Provider shall determine whether such Interconnection
Request continues to meet the criteria for inclusion in the JTIQ
Participation Group and inform such Interconnection Customer of this
determination not later than the start of Decision Point II.
If the Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer
decides to proceed to the Definitive Planning Phase II, then it will be
required to pay Definitive Planning Phase II milestone (M3), pursuant to
Section 7.3.1.4.1, prior to the end of Interconnection Customer Decision
Point I.
If the Transmission Provider does not receive written confirmation from
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer on whether it
wants to proceed to the Definitive Planning Phase II or withdraw its
Interconnection Request, during the Interconnection Customer Decision
Point I, the Transmission Provider will deem the Interconnection Request
as withdrawn without any cure period, provide written notice to
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer of the
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deemed withdrawal and an explanation of the reasons for such deemed
withdrawal, and refund Interconnection Customer’s Definitive Planning
Phase I milestone (M2) less the amount of Automatic Withdrawal Penalty
and any remaining study deposits pursuant to Section 3.6. If the
Transmission Provider does not receive Definitive Planning Phase II (M3)
milestone payment during the Interconnection Customer Decision Point I,
the Transmission Provider shall provide written notice to Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer of such failure. Upon receipt
of such notice, the Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection
Customer shall have three (3) Business Days to provide the Definitive
Planning Phase II (M3) milestone payment after which period the
Transmission Provider will deem the Interconnection Customer or
MHVDC Connection Customers as withdrawn without any further cure
period if the Definitive Planning Phase II (M3) milestone payment has not
been received. After Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection
Customer enters the Definitive Planning Phase II, the Definitive Planning
Phase I (M2) milestone payment becomes 100% non-refundable, pursuant
to Section 7.8 and Section 7.6.2.1.
Transmission Provider shall notify any Affected System Operator(s) of a
potential Affected System impact caused by an Interconnection Request
within ten (10) Business Days of the completion of Decision Point I.
7.3.1.4.1 Definitive Planning Phase II Milestone (M3)
Calculation.
The Definitive Planning Phase II milestone (M3) will be in the
form of either cash, irrevocable letter of credit or surety bond
reasonably acceptable to Transmission Provider. The surety bond
must be issued by an insurer reasonably acceptable to
Transmission Provider and must specify a reasonable expiration
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date. The Transmission Provider may establish additional
requirements for what constitutes a surety bond, including but not
limited to, duration satisfaction, demand timeframe and issuer
requirements through the Generator Interconnection Business
Practices manual (BPM-015). Interconnection Customers and
MHVDC Connection Customers may replace cash milestone
payments with a letter of credit or surety bond reasonably
acceptable to Transmission Provider and may replace letters of
credit or surety bonds with cash. The Definitive Planning Phase II
milestone (M3) will be the greater of twenty percent (20%) of the
amount of Network Upgrades, excluding JTIQ Upgrades,
identified in the Preliminary System Impact Study less the amount
previously provided at M2 or $1,000/MW.
7.3.2
Definitive Planning Phase II
The Definitive Planning Phase II start the next day after the fifteen (15)
Business Days Interconnection Customer Decision Point I window
expires.
The Definitive Planning Phase II will include the following steps:
(i)
Model Review Period (6 Business Days)
(ii)
Revised System Impact Study (75 Calendar Days)
(iii)
Interconnection Customer Decision Point II (15 Business Days)
Transmission Owner shall complete the Interconnection Facilities Study
within ninety (90) Calendar Days. The Interconnection Facilities Study
may be initiated during Definitive Planning Phase I, in accordance with
Section 7.3.1 of this GIP. To the extent the Interconnection Facilities
Study is performed during Definitive Planning Phase II, such study shall
be performed concurrently with tasks (i) – (iii).
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7.3.2.1 Purpose
The Definitive Planning Phase II is designed to provide Interconnection
Customers and MHVDC Connection Customers a revised and a detailed
analysis of their Interconnection Request’s impact on the reliability of the
Transmission System after incorporating updated generation and MHVDC
assumptions due to potential withdrawal of Interconnection Requests
during Definitive Planning Phase I. Except as otherwise provided in
Section 5.8, prior to the completion of the Revised System Impact Study,
each impacted Transmission Owner shall indicate whether the
Transmission Owner intends to self-fund each specific Network Upgrade
and System Protection Facility identified in the Revised System Impact
Study. A Transmission Owner’s self-fund election will be included in the
Revised System Impact Study. Except as otherwise provided in Section
5.8, the Transmission Owner’s failure to provide its indication prior to the
completion of the Revised System Impact Study shall constitute a waiver
of the Transmission Owner’s option to elect to self-fund each Network
Upgrade and System Protection Facility identified in the Revised System
Impact Study. Upon completion of the Revised System Impact Study,
Transmission Provider will provide a detailed reliability analysis, pursuant
to Section 7.3.2.5, to each Interconnection Customer or MHVDC
Connection Customer that has an Interconnection Request in the
Definitive Planning Phase II. Upon receipt of the Revised System Impact
Study, the Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer
can either proceed to Definitive Planning Phase III or withdraw its
Interconnection Request pursuant to Section 7.3.2.4 of this Attachment X.
7.3.2.2 Model Building
Before starting the Revised System Impact Study, Transmission Provider
will distribute the study models to Interconnection Customer or MHVDC
Connection Customer and Transmission Owner. The Transmission
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Provider will update the study models built during Definitive Planning
Phase I, pursuant to Section 7.3.1.2, by removing all Interconnection
Requests that did not proceed to the Definitive Planning Phase II. The
Transmission Provider will distribute the revised study models to the
Transmission Owner and Interconnection Customer or MHVDC
Connection Customer for final review. Any comments or corrections
from the Transmission Owner or Interconnection Customer or MHVDC
Connection Customer to the revised study models must be submitted to
the Transmission Provider within six (6) Business Days after receipt of the
revised study models. Should the Transmission Owner or Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer fail to provide feedback on
the revised study models within six (6) Business Days, Transmission
Provider will deem the models acceptable. Transmission Provider shall
thereafter begin the Revised System Impact Study.
7.3.2.3 Scope of the Interconnection System Impact Study
The Revised System Impact Study shall provide an updated, detailed
analysis of their Interconnection Request’s impact on the reliability of the
Transmission System after incorporating updated generation and MHVDC
assumptions due to potential withdrawal of Interconnection Requests
during Definitive Planning Phase I. The Revised System Impact Study
shall follow the procedures as the Preliminary System Impact Study
described in Definitive Planning Phase I Section 7.3.1.3, as well as include
a short circuit analysis and stability analysis. Transmission Provider shall
include in the Revised System Impact Study an analysis of the upgrades
on Distribution System, if applicable, and Affected Systems if available.
If Affected Systems analysis is not available for inclusion in the Revised
System Impact Study, the Transmission Provider shall provide such
analysis separately when received from the applicable Affected System. If
Transmission Provider determines in accordance with Good Utility
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Practice that any such analyses are needed, any stability analysis
performed in a Revised System Impact Study may include transient
stability, large and small signal, sub-synchronous stability, dynamic
voltage stability, mid- and long-term stability, voltage flicker analyses and
excessive neutral current. Transmission Provider shall utilize existing
studies to the extent practicable in performing the Revised System Impact
Study. For purposes of determining necessary Interconnection Facilities
Network Upgrades, and responsibility for JTIQ Upgrades, the Revised
System Impact Study shall consider the level of Interconnection Service
requested by the Interconnection Customer, unless otherwise required to
study the full Generating Facility Capacity due to safety or reliability
concerns. The Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner performing
the Revised System Impact Study shall complete such study within
seventy-five (75) Calendar Days.
At the request of Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection
Customer, or at any time Transmission Provider, or Transmission Owner
where a Transmission Owner is performing the study, determines that it
will not meet the required time frame for completing the Revised System
Impact Study, Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner where a
Transmission Owner is performing the study, shall notify Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer regarding the following:
(i)
Schedule status of the Revised System Impact Study.
(ii)
Estimated completion date and an explanation of the reasons why
additional time is required.
(iii)
Revised cost estimate of study deposits with an explanation of the
reasons why cost estimates were revised. Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer shall then provide
within thirty (30) Calendar Days of Transmission Provider or
Transmission Owner’s notice, an additional deposit equal to the
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difference between the initial and revised cost estimate. Failure of
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer to
provide this additional deposit will result in withdrawal of the
Interconnection Request pursuant to Section 3.6 of this GIP.
A draft Revised System Impact Study will be posted for Interconnection
Customers for a comment window. Transmission Provider will address
questions and comments that are submitted during the comment window
regarding the report before finalizing the report and results. The comment
window will last for at least five (5) Business Days, but no more than ten
(10) Business Days.
7.3.2.3.1 Additional Analysis Applicable to Interconnection
Requests in a JTIQ Screening Group.
In addition to the analyses specified in Section 7.3.2.3 of this GIP,
Interconnection Requests that: (1) are included in a JTIQ
Screening Group (including ERAS projects not otherwise subject
to Transmission Provider’s three-phase DPP) and not located in the
MISO South Region as such region is defined by as the Generator
Interconnection Business Practices Manual (BPM-015), and (2) are
part of the JTIQ Participation Group and located in the MISO
South Region: shall be subject to the following additional analysis.
a. Expanded Scope Analysis: The Transmission Provider
shall analyze the potential impacts of Interconnection
Request on SPP’s transmission system that are i) located
within five (5) substations for facilities with a nominal
operating voltage under 200kV, two (2) substations for
facilities with a nominal operating voltage between 200 and
300 kV, and one (1) substation for facilities with a nominal
operating voltage greater than 300 kV, from any substation
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that is part of the Transmission System; and ii) have greater
than or equal to ten percent (10%) distribution factor on
one or more facilities that are part of SPP’s transmission
system. An Interconnection Request that qualifies for and is
subject to this Expanded Scope Analysis shall not be
required to undergo analysis by SPP of impacts to its
transmission system beyond those identified in the
Expanded Scope Analysis or the Supplemental Affected
System Analysis as described in Section 7.3.2.3.1(b) of this
GIP.
If the Transmission Provider’s Expanded Scope Analysis
identifies an Interconnection Request as having impacts to
SPP’s transmission system that meets or exceed the
foregoing distribution factor thresholds, the applicable
Interconnection Customer(s) shall enter into an appropriate
agreement with SPP or the applicable transmission owner
to address such impacts in accordance with SPP’s rules and
procedures.
b. Supplemental Affected System Analysis: If the
Transmission Provider determines that the Potential MW
Total, including the current Group Study, exceeds the Target
MW value for the applicable JTIQ Portfolio, SPP shall
perform a study to determine if any Supplemental Upgrades
are required to address impacts to its transmission system
from one or more Interconnection Customers and provide the
results of this analysis to the Transmission Provider prior to
the beginning of Decision Point II. Calculation of the
Potential MW Total and the Supplemental Affected System
Analysis shall be performed in accordance with Section
9.4.2(e)(iii) of Rate Schedule 6 (MISO-SPP JOA).
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If the Supplemental Affected System Analysis indicates
that Supplemental Affected System Upgrades are required
for an Interconnection Request, then:
(1) the applicable Interconnection Customer(s) shall
enter into an appropriate agreement with SPP, or the
applicable SPP transmission owner, to address such
impacts in accordance with SPP’s rules and procedures;
and
(2) Transmission Provider shall compare the costs of
such Supplemental Affected System Upgrades to the
Threshold Charge in the manner described in Section
9.4.2.(e)(iii)(a)(ii)(a)-(c) of Rate Schedule 6 (MISO-
SPP JOA).
(3) The Transmission Provider, in coordination with
SPP, shall establish a cost criterion in dollars per
megawatt ($/MW) pursuant to Section
9.4.2.(e)(iii)(a)(ii)(a)-(c) of Rate Schedule 6 (MISO-
SPP JOA). Where the costs assigned to an
Interconnection Request for upgrades identified through
the Supplemental Affected System Analysis, excluding
costs identified through the Expanded Scope Analysis,
exceed the cost criterion, the Interconnection Request
shall be exempt from charges for the JTIQ Upgrades.
Otherwise, the Interconnection Request shall be
obligated to pay a portion of the JTIQ Upgrade.
7.3.2.4 Interconnection Customer Decision Point II
All Interconnection Customers and MHVDC Connection Customers with
Interconnection Requests in the Definitive Planning Phase II will pass
through Interconnection Customer Decision Point II. The Interconnection
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Customer Decision Point II will last for fifteen (15) Business Days
beginning with the receipt of the Revised System Impact Study analysis,
including Expanded Scope Analysis where applicable. Transmission
Provider shall provide to Interconnection Customers any Affected System
analysis, including estimated upgrades and costs as applicable received
from the applicable Affected System as of the date that the Transmission
Provider is required to complete its Revised System Impact Study
analysis. In the event that Affected Systems analysis has not been
received by the Transmission Provider by this time, the Transmission
Provider shall provide such analysis to Interconnection Customers
promptly upon receipt but shall not delay the Interconnection Customer
Decision Point or Phase III studies. Transmission Provider shall notify all
Interconnection Customers and MHVDC Connection Customers at the
beginning of Interconnection Customer Decision Point II that the
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer shall have
fifteen (15) Business Days to decide whether it wants to proceed to the
Definitive Planning Phase III or withdraw its Interconnection Request.
During Interconnection Customer Decision Point II, an Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer may reduce the size of its
Interconnection Request for ERIS by as much as an additional ten percent
(10%) compared to what was studied in DPP Phase II, through either (1) a
decrease in plant size or (2) a decrease in Interconnection Service level
(consistent with the process described in Section 3.1) accomplished by
applying Transmission Provider-approved injection-limiting equipment.
Additionally, an Interconnection Customer may request to reduce the
amount of NRIS by as much as 100% independent of any requested
reduction in ERIS. However, because NR Interconnection Service
includes an equivalent amount of ER Interconnection Service, a reduction
in NRIS level will not reduce the ERIS level unless a corresponding
reduction in ERIS level is requested. The total amount of NRIS requested
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shall not exceed the amount of ERIS requested. The required M4
milestone calculation shall be based on the DPP Phase II results. If an
Interconnection Customer included in the JTIQ Participation Group
reduces the size of Interconnection Request, the Transmission Provider
shall determine whether such Interconnection Request continues to meet
the criteria for inclusion in the JTIQ Participation Group and inform such
Interconnection Customer of this determination through the Revised
System Impact Study report.
If the Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer
decides to withdraw its Interconnection Request during, or any time
before, the end of Interconnection Customer Decision Point II, then the
Transmission Provider will refund Interconnection Customer’s Definitive
Planning Phase II milestone (M3) and any remaining study deposits
pursuant to Section 7.8. Any withdrawal during the Definitive Planning
Phase II, but prior to Interconnection Customer Decision Point II, will
neither be processed nor deemed withdrawn until Interconnection
Customer Decision Point II.
If the Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer
decides to proceed to the Definitive Planning Phase III, then it will be
required to pay Definitive Planning Phase III milestone (M4), pursuant to
Section 7.3.2.4.1, as well as provide evidence of continued Site Control
for the proposed Generating Facility prior to the end of Interconnection
Customer Decision Point II pursuant to Section 7.2.2.
If the Transmission Provider does not receive written confirmation from
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer on whether it
wants to proceed to the Definitive Planning Phase III or withdraw its
Interconnection Request, during the Interconnection Customer Decision
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Point II, the Transmission Provider will deem the Interconnection Request
as withdrawn without any cure period, provide written notice to
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer of the
deemed withdrawal and an explanation of the reasons for such deemed
withdrawal, and refund Interconnection Customer’s Definitive Planning
Phase II milestone (M3) and any remaining study deposits pursuant to
Section 7.6. If the Transmission Provider does not receive Definitive
Planning Phase III (M4) milestone payment during the Interconnection
Customer Decision Point II, the Transmission Provider shall provide
written notice to Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection
Customer of such failure. Upon receipt of such notice, the Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer shall have three (3) Business
Days to provide the Definitive Planning Phase III (M4) milestone payment
after which period the Transmission Provider will deem the
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customers as
withdrawn without any further cure period if the Definitive Planning
Phase III milestone (M4) payment has not been received. After
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer enters the
Definitive Planning Phase III, the Definitive Planning Phase III (M4)
milestone payment becomes 100% non-refundable, pursuant to Section
7.8.
Transmission Provider shall notify Affected System Operator(s) of a
potential Affected System impact caused by an Interconnection Request
within ten (10) Business Days of the completion of Decision Point II.
7.3.2.4.1 Definitive Planning Phase III Milestone (M4)
Calculation.
The Definitive Planning Phase III milestone (M4) will be in the
form of either cash, irrevocable letter of credit or surety bond
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reasonably acceptable to Transmission Provider. The surety bond
must be issued by an insurer reasonably acceptable to
Transmission Provider and must specify a reasonable expiration
date. The Transmission Provider may establish additional
requirements for what constitutes a surety bond, including but not
limited to, duration satisfaction, demand timeframe and issuer
requirements through the Generator Interconnection Business
Practices manual (BPM-015). Interconnection Customers and
MHVDC Connection Customers may replace cash milestone
payments with a letter of credit or surety bonds and may replace
letters of credit or surety bond with cash. The Definitive Planning
Phase III milestone (M4) will be thirty percent (30%) of the
amount of Network Upgrades identified in the Revised System
Impact Study, not including costs associated with JTIQ Upgrades,
less any payments made as M2 and M3, but in no event shall the
M4 be less than zero dollars.
7.3.2.4.2 True-down of Milestone Payments.
Within ten (10) Business Days from the start of Definitive
Planning Phase III, Transmission Provider shall notify the
Interconnection Customer if the total posted M3 and M4 milestone
payments (i.e., the sum of the M3 and M4 payments) for the
Interconnection Request exceed thirty percent (30%) of the total
Network Upgrade cost assigned to such Interconnection Request in
the Revised System Impact Study, excluding the JTIQ Generator
Charge. Transmission Provider shall refund such excess amounts
to the Interconnection Customer as soon as practicable.
7.3.2.5 Scope of Interconnection Facilities Study.
The first portion of the Interconnection Facilities Study focusing on the
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Interconnection Facilities or the Connection Facilities for the project will
start no later than the first day of Definitive Planning Phase II in
accordance with Section 7.3.2 of this GIP. This portion of the
Interconnection Facilities Study will identify estimates for cost and the
time required to construct the Interconnection Facilities or the Connection
Facilities, including cost estimates that the Transmission Owner will
impose if the Interconnection Customer elects to build (e.g. oversight or
management costs). Within 10 Business Days of the Interconnection
Customer’s receipt of the draft Interconnection Facilities Study, unless the
Interconnection Customer has waived its option to build under Section
7.3.1.4, the Interconnection Customer shall either elect the option to build
or waive the option to build. If the Interconnection Customer elects the
option to build, at the same time it makes that election, it must also supply
completed cost estimates for Exhibits A7 and A8 as described in Business
Practices Manual 15 for the Interconnection Facilities and Stand-Alone
Network Upgrades that it has elected to build. Failure to provide a written
response or a failure to provide the required cost estimates will be deemed
to be a waiver of the Interconnection Customer’s option to build. Nothing
in this Section shall be interpreted to prohibit an Interconnection Customer
from, with Transmission Owner’s consent, from waiving its option to
build at a later time prior to GIA execution, but an Interconnection
Customer is not entitled to reverse its waiver. The Transmission Owner to
whose facilities Interconnection Requests propose to connect or whose
facilities are impacted by an Interconnection Request shall complete this
portion of the Interconnection Facilities Study within ninety (90) Calendar
Days. The Transmission Provider or applicable Transmission Owner shall
perform the detailed analysis. The Interconnection Facilities Study will
also identify any potential control equipment for (1) requests for
Interconnection Service that are lower than the Generating Facility
Capacity, and/or (2) requests to study a Generating Facility that includes at
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least one electric storage resource using operating assumptions according
to the Transmission Provider’s fuel dispatch methodology in the manner
specified by the Generator Interconnection Business Practices Manual
(BPM-015).
7.3.3
Definitive Planning Phase III
The Definitive Planning Phase III will start the day after the expiration of the
fifteen (15) Business Day Interconnection Customer Decision Point II.
The Definitive Planning Phase III will include the following steps:
(i)
Model Review (6 Business Days)
(ii)
Final System Impact Study (50 Calendar Days)
(iii)
Interconnection Facilities Study for Network Upgrades (90 Calendar
Days)
7.3.3.1 Purpose
The Definitive Planning Phase III is designed to provide Interconnection
Customers and MHVDC Connection Customers a final, detailed analysis
of their Interconnection Request’s impact on the reliability of the
Transmission System after incorporating updated generation and MHVDC
assumptions due to potential withdrawal of Interconnection Requests
during Definitive Planning Phase II. For each specific Network Upgrade
and System Protection Facility that the Transmission Owner did not elect
to self-fund as a part of the Revised System Impact Study, the
Transmission Owner shall not be permitted to further revise its election
after the completion of the Revised System Impact Study. For each
specific Network Upgrade and System Protection Facility that the
Transmission Owner elected to self-fund as a part of the Revised System
Impact Study, each impacted Transmission Owner shall confirm or revise
its self-fund election prior to the completion of the Final System Impact
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Study. In the event that a new Network Upgrade or System Protection
Facility is identified in the Final System Impact Study that had not
previously been identified in the Revised System Impact Study, each
impacted Transmission Owner shall make a binding indication as to
whether the Transmission Owner intends to self-fund the new Network
Upgrade and System Protection Facility prior to the completion of the
Final System Impact Study. A Transmission Owner’s self-fund election
will be included in the Final System Impact Study. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 5.8, a Transmission Owner’s failure to provide its
self-fund election prior to the completion of the Final System Impact
Study shall constitute a waiver of the Transmission Owner’s option to
self-fund each Network Upgrade and System Protection Facility identified
in the Final System Impact Study. Upon completion of the Final System
Impact Study, the Transmission Owner(s) to whose facilities the
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer proposes to
interconnect will perform Facilities Study pursuant to Section 7.3.3.5.
Upon completion of the Interconnection Facilities Study, Transmission
Provider will tender a draft pro forma Generator Interconnection
Agreement to the Interconnection Customer and Transmission Owner.
7.3.3.2 Model Building
Before starting the Final System Impact Study, Transmission Provider will
distribute the study models to Interconnection Customer or MHVDC
Connection Customer and Transmission Owner. The Transmission
Provider will update the study models built during Definitive Planning
Phase II, pursuant to Section 7.3.2.2, by removing all Interconnection
Requests that did not proceed to the Definitive Planning Phase III. The
Transmission Provider will distribute the revised study models to the
Transmission Owner and Interconnection Customer or MHVDC
Connection Customer for final review. Any comments or corrections
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from the Transmission Owner or Interconnection Customer or MHVDC
Connection Customer to the revised study models must be submitted to
the Transmission Provider within six (6) Business Days after receipt of the
revised study models. Should the Transmission Owner or Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer fail to provide feedback on
the revised study models within six (6) Business Days, Transmission
Provider will deem the models acceptable. Transmission Provider shall
thereafter begin the Final System Impact Study.
7.3.3.3 Scope of the Final System Impact Study
The Final System Impact Study shall provide a final, detailed analysis of
their Interconnection Request’s impact on the reliability of the
Transmission System after incorporating updated generation assumptions
due to potential withdrawal of Interconnection Requests during Definitive
Planning Phase II. The Final System Impact Study shall follow the
procedures as the Revised System Impact Study described in Definitive
Planning Phase II Section 7.3.2.3 and additional JTIQ analysis described
in Section 7.3.2.3.1, where applicable. Transmission Provider, or
Transmission Owner if a Transmission Owner is conducting the study,
shall include in the Final System Impact Study any Affected System
results and information regarding network upgrades provided in the
Affected System’s study report, if available from the applicable Affected
System. If the Affected System’s study report is not available for inclusion
in the Final System Impact Study, the Transmission Provider shall provide
such analysis separately when received from the applicable Affected
System. For purposes of determining necessary Interconnection Facilities
and Network Upgrades, the Final System Impact Study shall consider the
level of Interconnection Service requested by the Interconnection
Customer, unless otherwise required to study the full Generating Facility
Capacity due to safety or reliability concerns. Transmission Provider shall
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utilize existing studies to the extent practicable in performing the Final
System Impact Study.
If requested by the Interconnection Customer, the Transmission Provider
or Transmission Owner performing the Preliminary, Revised, and Final
System Impact Study shall evaluate, as part of the applicable System
Impact Study, the use of static synchronous compensators, static VAR
compensators, advanced power flow control devices, transmission
switching, synchronous condensers, voltage source converters, advanced
conductors, and tower lifting. The requesting Interconnection Customer
shall timely provide Transmission Provider with the requisite model
information to allow Transmission Provider to evaluate the requested
technology. The Transmission Provider or applicable Transmission
Owner shall evaluate each requested alternative transmission technology
and determine whether the above technologies should be used, consistent
with Good Utility Practice, Applicable Reliability Standards, and
Applicable Laws and Regulations, as an alternative to traditional network
upgrades. Transmission Provider shall include an explanation of the
results of the Transmission Provider’s evaluation for each technology in
the applicable System Impact Study report. The Transmission Provider or
Transmission Owner’s evaluation will be completed pursuant to the
provisions set forth in the Generator Interconnection Business Practices
Manual.
The Final System Impact Study will start the day after the completion of
the Model Review in the Definitive Planning Phase III. Transmission
Provider, or Transmission Owner if a Transmission Owner is performing
the study, shall complete the Final System Impact Study within fifty (50)
Calendar Days.
At the request of Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection
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Customer, or at any time Transmission Provider determines that it will not
meet the required time frame for completing the Final System Impact
Study, Transmission Provider shall notify Interconnection Customer or
MHVDC Connection Customer regarding the following:
(i)
Schedule status of the Final System Impact Study.
(ii)
Estimated completion date and an explanation of the reasons why
additional time is required.
(iii)
Revised cost estimate of study deposits with an explanation of the
reasons why cost estimates were revised. Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer shall then provide
within thirty (30) Calendar Days of Transmission Provider’s
notice, an additional deposit equal to the difference between the
initial and revised cost estimate. Failure of Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer to provide this
additional deposit will result in withdrawal of the Interconnection
Request pursuant to Section 3.6 of this GIP.
A draft Final System Impact Study will be posted for Interconnection
Customers for a comment window. Transmission Provider will address
questions and comments that are submitted during the comment window
regarding the report before finalizing the report and results. The comment
window will last for at least five (5) Business Days, but no more than ten
(10) Business Days.
7.3.3.4 Scope of Interconnection Facilities Study.
The Transmission Owner to whose facilities Interconnection Requests
propose to connect or whose facilities are impacted by an Interconnection
Request may begin the second portion of the Interconnection Facilities
Study for that Network Upgrade prior to the completion of the Final
System Impact Study. The Interconnection Customer(s) responsible for a
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Network Upgrade may request that the second portion of the
Interconnection Facilities Study begin after the completion of
Interconnection Customer Decision Point II and prior to the completion of
the Final System Impact Study. The Transmission Owner to whose
facilities Interconnection Requests propose to connect or whose facilities
are impacted by an Interconnection Request Transmission Owner shall
start the second portion of the Interconnection Facilities Study no later
than the day following the posting of the Final System Impact Study report
and, if applicable, the Affected System’s final study report, provided that
Transmission Provider has submitted to the applicable Transmission
Owner(s) an executed statement of work and purchase order. This phase
will identify estimates for the cost and time required to build necessary
Network Upgrades that are identified in the Final System Impact Study.
The Transmission Owner conducting the study shall complete this portion
of the Interconnection Facilities Study within ninety (90) Calendar Days
from the start date of the Interconnection Facilities Study.
The Interconnection Facilities Study, in its entirety, shall specify and
estimate the cost of the required equipment, engineering, procurement and
construction work needed to implement the Network Upgrades and
Interconnection Facilities or Connection Facilities identified in the Final
System Impact Study in accordance with Good Utility Practice to
physically and electrically connect the Interconnection Facilities or the
Connection Facilities to the Transmission or Distribution System, as
applicable, as well as that equipment, to the extent known and available in
accordance with Section 3.5 of these GIP, required by Affected Systems to
accommodate the interconnection of the Generating Facility or the
MHVDC Transmission Line.
The Interconnection Facilities Study shall also identify the electrical
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switching configuration of the connection equipment, including, without
limitation: the transformer, switchgear, meters, and other station
equipment; the nature and estimated cost of any Transmission Owner’s
Interconnection Facilities or Connection Facilities and Network Upgrades,
Distribution Upgrades, Generator Upgrades, Common Use Upgrades, and
to the extent known and available in accordance with Section 3.5 of the
GIP, upgrades on Affected Systems necessary to accomplish the
interconnection; and an estimate of the time required to complete the
construction and installation of such facilities. The Interconnection
Facilities Study will also identify any potential control equipment for
requests for Interconnection Service that are lower than the Generating
Facility Capacity.
The Interconnection Customer shall enter into a facilities construction
agreement with any neighboring transmission provider for network
upgrades identified in the Affected System analysis.
7.3.3.5 Interconnection Facilities Study Procedures.
Transmission Provider shall coordinate the Interconnection Facilities
Study with any Affected System pursuant to Section 3.5 of this GIP.
Transmission Provider and applicable Transmission Owner shall utilize
existing studies to the extent practicable in performing the Interconnection
Facilities Study. The Interconnection Facilities Study for an
Interconnection Request shall be typically performed as a Group Study
with respect to Common Use Upgrades and/or Interconnection Facilities
or Connection Facilities common to more than one Interconnection
Request.
At the request of Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection
Customer or at any time that the Transmission Provider or applicable
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Transmission Owner determines that it will not meet the required time
frame for completing the Interconnection Facilities Study, Transmission
Provider shall notify Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection
Customer as to the schedule status of the Interconnection Facilities Study.
If the applicable Transmission Owner is unable to complete the
Interconnection Facilities Study within the time required, such
Transmission Owner shall notify Interconnection Customer and provide an
estimated completion date and an explanation of the reasons why
additional time is required. If the applicable Transmission Owner is
unable to complete the Interconnection Facilities Study with the study
deposit provided by Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection
Customer, Transmission Provider shall notify Interconnection Customer or
MHVDC Connection Customer and provide a revised cost estimate with
an explanation of the reasons why. Interconnection Customer or MHVDC
Connection Customer shall then provide within fifteen (15) Calendar Days
of Transmission Provider’s notice, an additional deposit equal to the
difference between the initial and revised cost estimate. Failure of
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer to provide
this additional deposit will result in withdrawal of the Interconnection
Request pursuant to Section 3.6 of this GIP.
Transmission Owner shall provide to Transmission Provider a draft
Interconnection Facilities report at the conclusion of the Interconnection
Facilities Study. A draft Interconnection Facilities Study will be posted by
Transmission Provider for Interconnection Customers for a comment
window. Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner will address
questions and comments that are submitted during the comment window
regarding the report before finalizing the report and results. The comment
window will last for at least five (5) Business Days, but no more than ten
(10) Business Days.
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Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer and
Transmission Owner may, within fifteen (15) Calendar Days after receipt
of the draft Interconnection Facilities report and supporting
documentation, provide written comments to Transmission Provider,
which Transmission Provider shall include in the final Interconnection
Facilities report. If the draft Interconnection Facilities report contains a
Stand-Alone Network Upgrade, unless the Interconnection Customer has
waived its option to build under Section 7.3.1.4, the cost estimate shall
include the cost that the Transmission Owner will impose if the
Interconnection Customer elects to build (e.g. oversight or management
costs). Unless the Interconnection Customer has waived its option to build
under Section 7.3.1.4, the Interconnection Customer shall either elect the
option to build or waive the option to build Stand-Alone Network
Upgrades identified in the second portion of the Interconnection Facilities
Study within 15 calendar days of receiving the draft Interconnection
Facilities report. If the Interconnection Customer elects the option to
build, at the same time it makes that election, it must also supply
completed cost estimates for Exhibits A7 and A8 as described in the
Business Practices Manual 15 for the Stand-Alone Network Upgrades that
it has elected to build. Failure to provide a written response or a failure to
provide the required cost estimates will be deemed to be a waiver of the
Interconnection Customer’s option to build. Nothing in this Section shall
be interpreted to prohibit an Interconnection Customer, with Transmission
Owner’s consent, from waiving its option to build at a later time prior to
GIA execution, but an Interconnection Customer is not entitled to reverse
its waiver. If Interconnection Customer elects to build, Transmission
Provider shall include that election in the final Interconnection Facilities
report. Transmission Provider shall issue the final Interconnection
Facilities report and supporting documentation within ten (10) Calendar
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Days of receiving the Interconnection Customer’s or the MHVDC
Connection Customer’s comments or promptly upon receiving
Interconnection Customer’s or the MHVDC Connection Customer’s
statement that it will not provide comments. Transmission Provider may
reasonably extend such fifteen-day period upon notice to Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer if the Interconnection
Customer’s or the MHVDC Connection Customer’s comments require
Transmission Provider or the applicable Transmission Owner to perform
additional analyses or make other significant revisions prior to the
issuance of the final Interconnection Facilities Report. Upon request,
Transmission Provider or the applicable Transmission Owner shall
provide Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer
supporting documentation, work papers, and databases or data developed
in the preparation of the Interconnection Facilities Study, subject to
confidentiality arrangements consistent with Section 13.1.
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer shall
maintain as confidential any information that is provided by Transmission
Provider or the applicable Transmission Owner and identified as Critical
Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII), as that term is defined in
18 C.F.R. Section 388.113(c). Such confidentiality will be maintained in
accordance with Section 13.1.
7.4
Meeting with Transmission Provider.
Within ten (10) Business Days of providing draft GIA or TCA appendices and, as
applicable, associated draft appendices for the related FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s)
and supporting documentation to Interconnection Customer, Transmission Owner
and Interconnection Customer may meet to discuss the results of the
Interconnection Facilities Study.
7.5
Interconnection Study Restudy.
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If a restudy of any Interconnection Study is required because an Interconnection
Request withdraws or is deemed to have withdrawn prior to all GIAs, TCAs,
FCAs, and/or MPFCAs, as applicable, for each respective Definitive Planning
Phase cycle have been executed or filed unexecuted with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Transmission Provider shall provide notice of restudy as
necessary. The Transmission Provider’s notice shall include a summary of a
preliminary analysis supporting the need for an Interconnection Study restudy, an
explanation of why an Interconnection Study restudy is required and a good faith
estimate of the cost to perform the Interconnection Study restudy. The
Interconnection Study restudy shall be performed subject to the GIP and Business
Practices Manuals in effect at the time notice is provided by Transmission
Provider. Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer shall
notify Transmission Provider within five (5) Business Days whether
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer wishes to proceed
with the Interconnection Study restudy or withdraw its Interconnection Request.
Transmission Provider shall deem Interconnection Customer’s or MHVDC
Connection Customer’s failure to notify Transmission Provider to proceed to
perform the Interconnection Study restudy as Interconnection Customer’s or
MHVDC Connection Customer’s withdrawal of its Interconnection Request in
accordance with Section 3.6 of this GIP. Transmission Provider or the applicable
Transmission Owner shall complete such Interconnection Study restudy no later
than sixty (60) Calendar Days from the date of notice. Transmission Provider
may elect to perform any Interconnection Study restudy of Network Upgrades
common to more than one Interconnection Request as a Group Study.
7.6
Refunds
7.6.1
Refunds of Study Deposits
Transmission Provider shall charge and Interconnection Customer or
MHVDC Connection Customer shall pay the actual costs of the
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Interconnection Studies. Any difference between the study deposit and
the actual cost of the applicable Interconnection Study shall be paid by or
refunded to, except as otherwise provided herein, the Interconnection
Customer. Any invoices for Interconnection Studies shall include a
detailed and itemized accounting of the cost of each Interconnection
Study. Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer shall
pay any such undisputed costs within thirty (30) Calendar Days of receipt
of an invoice. Transmission Provider shall not be obligated to perform or
continue to perform any studies unless Interconnection Customer or
MHVDC Connection Customer has paid all undisputed amounts in
compliance herewith.
All charges associated with performing Interconnection Studies, during all
three phases of the Definitive Planning Phase, are the responsibility of
Interconnection Customers or MHVDC Connection Customers with active
Interconnection Requests during each respective Definitive Planning
Phase.
If the Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer
withdraws its Interconnection Request any time before the end of
Interconnection Customer Decision Point I, the Transmission Provider
will refund to the Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection
Customer any unused portion of the study deposits. Any Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer that withdraws its
Interconnection Request, or is deemed to be withdrawn, during Definitive
Planning Phase I but before Interconnection Customer Decision Point I is
responsible for its pro rata portion of the group Interconnection Study
costs for Definitive Planning Phase I. Any Interconnection Customer or
MHVDC Connection Customer that withdraws its Interconnection
Request, or is deemed to be withdrawn, prior to the expiration of
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Interconnection Customer Decision Point I will not be responsible to fund
any Interconnection Studies that take place during or after the start of the
Definitive Planning Phase II of the GIP.
If the Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer
withdraws its Interconnection Request any time after Interconnection
Customer Decision Point I, but before the expiration of the
Interconnection Customer Decision Point II, then the Transmission
Provider will refund to the Interconnection Customer or MHVDC
Connection Customer any unused portion of the study deposits. Any
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer that
withdraws its Interconnection Request, or is deemed to be withdrawn,
during Definitive Planning Phase II but before Interconnection Customer
Decision Point II is responsible for its pro rata portion of the group
Interconnection Study costs for Definitive Planning Phase II. Any
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer that
withdraws its Interconnection Request prior to the expiration of
Interconnection Customer Decision Point II will not be responsible to fund
any Interconnection Studies that take place during or after the start of
Definitive Planning Phase III of the GIP.
If the Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer
withdraws its Interconnection Request any time during Definitive
Planning Phase III of the GIP, and if the Transmission Provider
determines that an Interconnection Study restudy is required, then the
withdrawing Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer
will be responsible to fund all such restudies in Definitive Planning Phase
III of the GIP, up to the amount of that Interconnection Customer’s total
study deposit. However, if the Transmission Provider determines that no
Interconnection Study restudy is required due to the withdrawal of
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Interconnection Customer’s or MHVDC Connection Customer’s
Interconnection Request, then the withdrawing Interconnection Customer
or MHVDC Connection Customer will not be responsible to fund any
further Interconnection Studies during Definitive Planning Phase III of the
GIP and the Transmission Provider shall refund to the Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer any unused portion of the
study deposit paid to enter the Definitive Planning Phase.
7.6.2
Refunds of Definitive Planning Phase Milestones (M2, M3, M4)
7.6.2.1 Refunds of Definitive Planning Phase entry milestone (M2)
Interconnection Customers and MHVDC Connection Customers are
eligible to receive one hundred percent (100%) refund of the Definitive
Planning Phase entry milestone (M2) only when the Interconnection
Request is withdrawn or deemed withdrawn prior to the start of Definitive
Planning Phase I or when Transmission Provider has completed review of
Site Control sufficiency pursuant to Section 7.2.1.3 of the GIP and the
Interconnection Request is deemed withdrawn due to Site Control
deficiencies. Interconnection Customers and MHVDC Connection
Customers are eligible to receive refund of forty percent (40%) of the
Definitive Planning Phase entry milestone (M2) only when the
Interconnection Request is withdrawn or deemed withdrawn during
Definitive Planning Phase I or at any time before or at the end of
Interconnection Customer Decision Point I. The remaining 60% of the
Definitive Planning Phase entry milestone (M2) becomes non-refundable
pursuant to Section 7.6.2.1.1 and 7.8 of the GIP. If the Interconnection
Request is withdrawn any time after the Interconnection Customer
Decision Point I, then the entire Definitive Planning Phase entry milestone
(M2) becomes non-refundable pursuant to Section 7.6.2.1.1 and 7.8 of the
GIP.
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7.6.2.1.1 Calculation of the Automatic Withdrawal Penalty
Interconnection Customer shall be subject to an Automatic
Withdrawal Penalty if it withdraws its Interconnection Request, or
the Interconnection request is deemed withdrawn pursuant to
section 7.2.1.3 or section 3.6 of the GIP. Interconnection
Customer shall not be subject to an Automatic Withdrawal Penalty
if it withdraws its Interconnection Request, or the Interconnection
Request is deemed withdrawn prior to commencement of
Definitive Planning Phase I.
(a) If Interconnection Request is withdrawn or deemed withdrawn
during Definitive Planning Phase I or at any time before or at
the end of Interconnection Customer Decision Point I, the
Interconnection Customer shall be charged ten percent (10%)
of the Definitive Planning Phase entry milestone (M2).
(b) If the Interconnection Request is withdrawn or deemed
withdrawn after Interconnection Customer Decision Point I and
before or at the end of Interconnection Customer Decision
Point II, the Interconnection Customer shall be charged thirty-
five percent (35%) of the Definitive Planning Phase entry
milestone (M2).
(c) If the Interconnection Request is withdrawn or deemed
withdrawn after Interconnection Customer Decision Point II
and before the end of the Definitive Planning Phase III, the
Interconnection Customer shall be charged seventy five percent
(75%) of the Definitive Planning Phase entry milestone (M2).
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(d) If the Interconnection Request is withdrawn or deemed
withdrawn after start of the Generator Interconnection
Agreement (GIA) negotiations (within 5 days of posting of the
Final System Impact Study report) the Interconnection
Customer shall be charged one hundred percent (100%) of the
Definitive Planning Phase entry milestone (M2).
7.6.2.2 Refund of Definitive Planning Phase II milestone (M3)
Interconnection Customers and MHVDC Connection Customers are
eligible to receive one hundred percent (100%) refund of the Definitive
Planning Phase II milestone (M3) only when the Interconnection Request
is withdrawn or deemed withdrawn after Interconnection Customer
Decision Point I and before or at the end of Interconnection Customer
Decision Point II. If the Interconnection Request is withdrawn any time
after the end of Interconnection Customer Decision Point II, then the
Definitive Planning Phase II milestone (M3) becomes non-refundable
pursuant to Section 7.8 of the GIP.
7.6.2.3 Refund of Definitive Planning Phase II milestone (M4)
If the Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer
decides to withdraw its Interconnection Request any time after entering
the Definitive Planning Phase III, then the Definitive Planning Phase III
milestone (M4) becomes non-refundable pursuant to Section 7.8 of the
GIP.
7.6.2.4 Withdrawal and refund due to increase in Network Upgrade
costs
Milestone payments will be refunded in the event the Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer withdraws because the total
Network Upgrade cost estimates in the Revised System Impact Study
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increased by more than fifty percent (50%) and more than $10,000 per
MW over the Preliminary System Impact Study as a result of
Transmission Provider, or Transmission Owner error that is identified
prior to the finalization of the revised System Impact Study report. To
obtain a refund, Interconnection Customer must withdraw at the end of
Interconnection Customer Decision Point II.
Milestone payments will be refunded in the event the Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer withdraws because the total
Network Upgrade cost estimates in the Final System Impact Study
increased by more than thirty-five percent (35%) and more than $10,000
per MW over the Revised System Impact Study as a result of
Transmission Provider, Affected System (to the extent available) or
Transmission Owner error that is identified prior to the finalization of the
Final System Impact Study report. To obtain a refund, Interconnection
Customer must withdraw within five Business Days of posting the results
of the Final System Impact Study.
Milestone payments less Automatic Withdrawal Penalty amount will also
be refunded in the event the Interconnection Customer or MHVDC
Connection Customer withdraws and the total Network Upgrade cost
estimates in the Interconnection Facilities Study increased by more than
thirty-five percent (35%) and more than $10,000 per MW over the
Network Upgrade cost estimates in the Final System Impact Study. To
obtain a refund, Interconnection Customer must withdraw within five
Business Days of posting the results of the Interconnection Facilities
Study.
Milestone payments less Automatic Withdrawal Penalty amount will also
be refunded in the event the Interconnection Customer or MHVDC
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Connection Customer withdraws within the later of five (5) Business Days
of the results of the study or at the end of an Interconnection Customer
Decision Point, if applicable, of results indicating designated increases in
estimated upgrade costs across the following intervals:
1. DPP Phase I to DPP Phase II
a.
An increase in MISO Network Upgrade costs from Phase I to
Phase II of at least 50%, and more than $10,000 per MW from
the Preliminary SIS to the Revised SIS.
2. DPP Phase II to DPP Phase III
a.
An increase in the combined Network Upgrade and Affected
System costs from Phase II to the start of GIA negotiation of
thirty-five percent (35%) and more than $15,000 per MW from
the Revised SIS (including and Affected Systems results
received during DPP Phase II) to any Final SIS and Affected
Systems results received prior to the start of GIA negotiations.
7.7
Applicability of Definitive Planning Phase Milestone Payments (M2, M3, and
M4) to Generator Interconnection Agreement Initial Payment, Transmission
Connection Agreement Initial Payment, or construction agreement security
In the event the Interconnection Customer has elected to make its milestones in
the form of cash, Transmission Provider will transfer the Definitive Planning
Phase milestones to the appropriate Transmission Owner to satisfy the initial
payment requirement of the Generator Interconnection Agreement, TCA or other
applicable service agreement within forty-five (45) Calendar Days of the effective
date of the Generator Interconnection Agreement, TCA or other applicable
service agreement.
Provided that the Interconnection Customer has not requested withdrawal, is
deemed withdrawn, or is pending termination of its applicable service agreement,
the Transmission Provider shall refund Milestone cash payments exceeding the
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initial payment requirement to the Interconnection Customer, MHVDC
Connection Customer or the applicable Transmission Owner upon
Interconnection Customer’s or MHVDC Connection Customer’s request with
Transmission Owner’s consent, within forty-five (45) Calendar Days of the later
effective date of the Generator Interconnection Agreement, TCA, other applicable
service agreements or construction agreements. In the event the milestone
payments are less than the initial payment requirement, the Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer shall be responsible for the
remaining payment to the Transmission Owner.
In the event milestone payments were provided pursuant to an irrevocable letter of
credit or surety bond such letter of credit or surety bond shall be released upon
satisfaction of the later initial payment requirement in the Generator
Interconnection Agreement, TCA, other applicable service agreements or
construction agreements, and with Transmission Owner’s consent, provided that
the Interconnection Customer has not requested withdrawal, is deemed
withdrawn, or is pending termination of its applicable service agreement.
7.8
Use of Definitive Planning Phase Entry At Risk Milestone Payments (M2, M3
and M4) or Payments of Withdrawn Projects
Upon completion of the Definitive Planning Phase III and after any subsequent
restudy performed after Definitive Planning Phase III, Transmission Provider will
determine the financial impact of withdrawn projects on each remaining
Interconnection Request in the same cycle. This financial impact will be
determined using the following two-step method.
Step 1: Transmission Provider first determines the cost of upgrades that are
shifted from withdrawn projects to remaining projects that were co-participants in
Common Use Upgrades or Shared Network Upgrades.
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For projects that withdrew before the completion of Interconnection Customer
Decision Point I with at-risk milestones, the Transmission provider will
determine the costs that were shifted from withdrawn projects to remaining
projects that were co-participants in Common Use Upgrades or Shared
Network Upgrades. In order to determine whether a withdrawal caused overall
financial impact to those remaining Interconnection Requests, the
Transmission Provider shall compare the planning level cost allocation
between the Preliminary System Impact Study and the Final System Impact
Study.
For projects that withdrew after the completion of Interconnection Customer
Decision Point I but before the completion of Interconnection Customer
Decision Point II with at-risk milestones, the Transmission Provider will
determine the costs that were shifted from withdrawn projects to remaining
projects that were co-participants in Common Use Upgrades or Shared
Network Upgrades. In order to determine whether a withdrawal caused overall
financial impact to those remaining Interconnection Requests, the
Transmission Provider shall compare the planning level cost allocation
between the Revised System Impact Study and the Final System Impact
Study.
For projects that withdrew after the completion of Interconnection Customer
Decision Point II with at-risk milestones or payments, the Transmission
Provider will determine the costs that were shifted from withdrawn projects to
remaining projects that were co-participants in Common Use Upgrades or
Shared Network Upgrades. In order to determine whether a withdrawal caused
overall financial impact to those remaining Interconnection Requests, the
Transmission Provider shall compare the planning level cost allocation
between the last study the withdrawing project was included in and the
subsequent study.
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For each of the step 1 comparisons, if the comparative planning level cost analysis
indicates that a project withdrawal causes an increase in financial impact to any
remaining co-participants, a financial impact analysis will be performed to
determine if the overall costs to the remaining co-participants subsequently
increased, those remaining co-participants will be credited using the milestones,
and/or payment(s) made under a GIA, FCA, or MPFCA that were forfeited by the
withdrawn Interconnection Customers or MHVDC Connection Customers in the
same cycle.
Step 2: Transmission Provider will calculate the financial impact to each
remaining Interconnection Request that is obligated to fund Network Upgrades
other than Common Use Upgrades or Shared Network Upgrades.
For projects that withdrew before the completion of Interconnection Customer
Decision Point I with at-risk milestones, the Transmission provider will
determine the costs that were shifted from withdrawn projects to remaining
projects that fund Network Upgrades other than Common Use Upgrades or
Shared Network Upgrades. In order to determine whether a withdrawal caused
overall financial impact to those remaining Interconnection Requests, the
Transmission Provider shall compare the planning level cost allocation
between the Preliminary System Impact Study and the Final System Impact
Study.
For projects that withdrew after the completion of Interconnection Customer
Decision Point I but before the completion of Interconnection Customer
Decision Point II with at-risk milestones, the Transmission Provider will
determine the costs that were shifted from withdrawn projects to remaining
projects that fund Network Upgrades other than Common Use Upgrades or
Shared Network Upgrades. In order to determine whether a withdrawal caused
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overall financial impact to those remaining Interconnection Requests, the
Transmission Provider shall compare the planning level cost allocation
between the Revised System Impact Study and the Final System Impact
Study.
For projects that withdrew after the completion of Interconnection Customer
Decision Point II with at-risk milestones or payments, the Transmission Provider
will determine the costs that were shifted from withdrawn projects to remaining
projects that fund Network Upgrades other than Common Use Upgrades or
Shared Network Upgrades. In order to determine whether a withdrawal caused
overall financial impact to those remaining Interconnection Requests, the
Transmission Provider shall compare the planning level cost allocation between
the Final System Impact Study and the subsequent restudy. For each of the Step 2
comparisons, if any portion of the comparative analyses indicates that the
withdrawal of a project causes an increase in the total cost of Network Upgrades,
other than Common Use Upgrades or Shared Network Upgrades, for any of the
remaining Interconnection Requests, the Transmission Provider will use the
Definitive Planning Phase at-risk milestones (M2, M3 and M4), collected from
the withdrawn Interconnection Requests in the current Definitive Planning Phase
cycle and/or payment(s) made under a GIA, FCA, or MPFCA, to offset the cost
difference for those remaining Interconnection Requests in the same cycle. If any
portion of the comparative analyses indicated that the withdrawal of a project
causes a decrease in the total cost of Network Upgrades, other than Common Use
Upgrades or Shared Network Upgrades, for any of the remaining Interconnection
Requests, those remaining Interconnection Customers and MHVDC Connection
Customers shall not receive any reimbursement from the collected Definitive
Planning Phase milestones and/or payment(s) made under a GIA, FCA, or
MPFCA. If any portion of the comparative analyses indicates that the withdrawal
of a project causes the total cost of Network Upgrades, other than Common Use
Upgrades or Shared Network Upgrades, for any of the remaining Interconnection
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Requests to remain the same, those remaining Interconnection Customers and
MHVDC Connection Customers shall not receive any reimbursement from the
collected Definitive Planning Phase milestones and/or payment(s) made under a
GIA, FCA, or MPFCA.
The total allocation to any remaining Interconnection Requests will not exceed
the total Definitive Planning Phase milestones collected from the Interconnection
Customers and MHVDC Connection Customers that withdrew their
Interconnection Requests from the same Definitive Planning Phase cycle and/or
the allowable amount from the payment(s) made under a GIA, FCA, or MPFCA.
In instances where the total cost of Network Upgrades has increased for multiple
Interconnection Requests, but the collected Definitive Planning Phase milestones
and/or the allowable amount from the payment(s) made under a GIA, FCA, or
MPFCA are insufficient to cover the increase in total cost of Network Upgrades
for all affected Interconnection Requests, the Transmission Provider will allocate
the collected Definitive Planning Phase milestones equally as a percentage of
increased Network Upgrade costs.
If any collected Definitive Planning Phase milestones and/or payment(s) made
under a GIA, FCA, or MPFCA remain after allocating to remaining affected
Interconnection Requests, the Transmission Provider will refund the remaining
collected Definitive Planning Phase at-risk milestones to each Interconnection
Customer and MHVDC Connection Customer in proportion to that customer’s
forfeited milestone payments as a pro rata share of the total collected Definitive
Planning Phase milestones and/or payments made under a GIA, FCA, or MPFCA.
The amount of the payment(s) made under a GIA, FCA, or MPFCA that can be
used to compensate for financial impact under this Section cannot exceed the
amount of the Interconnection Customer’s or MHVDC Connection Customer’s
Definitive Planning Phase milestones.
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7.8.1 Use of the Automatic Withdrawal Penalty Payments
For each DPP study group, Transmission Provider shall hold all Automatic
Withdrawal Penalty funds until all Interconnection Customers in that study
group have either: (1) withdrawn or been deemed withdrawn; (2) executed a
GIA; or (3) requested a GIA to be filed unexecuted. Any Automatic
Withdrawal Penalty funds collected from each DPP study group shall be
allocated towards studies cost and Network Upgrade costs for Interconnection
Customers in the same study group that have executed the GIA or requested
the GIA to be filed unexecuted.
Automatic Withdrawal Penalty funds shall be distributed to the
Interconnection Customers in the same DPP study group that executed their
GIA or requested to have their GIA filed unexecuted following the last
Effective Date of any GIA for an Interconnection Request in the study group.
The amount of Automatic Withdrawal Penalty funds distributed to an
Interconnection Customer shall not exceed the total study costs and Network
Upgrade costs.
Transmission Provider shall post the balance of Automatic Withdrawal
Penalty funds held by Transmission Provider but not yet dispersed on its
OASIS site and update this posting on a quarterly basis.
7.9
Provisional Generator Interconnection Agreement
The Transmission Provider may provide a provisional Generator Interconnection
Agreement for limited operation at the discretion of Transmission Provider based
upon the results of available studies that indicate that there is a level of
interconnection that can occur without any additional Network Upgrades. An
Interconnection Customer may request such Provisional Generator
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Interconnection Agreement by providing written notice to the Transmission
Provider beginning upon Interconnection Request submission and up to and
through Interconnection Customer Decision Point II (Section 7.3.2.4 of this GIP).
An Interconnection Customer that qualifies for inclusion in a JTIQ Participation
Group shall execute or request the unexecuted filing of the JTIQ Commitment
Agreement concurrently with their provisional GIA and, if tendered, the SPP
JTIQ Service Agreement. If the SPP JTIQ Service Agreement has not been
tendered to Interconnection Customer by the time such Interconnection Customer
executes or rests the unexecuted filing of the provisional Generator
Interconnection Agreement, the provisional Generator Interconnection Agreement
shall include a milestone in Appendix B requiring the Interconnection Customer
to execute or request the unexecuted filing of such agreement within fifteen (15
days after it is tendered).
If scheduled Interconnection Customer Decision Point I, Interconnection
Customer Decision Point II, or the Interconnection Facilities Study for Network
Upgrades becomes delayed by more than sixty (60) Calendar Days,
Interconnection Customers may also request a Provisional Generator
Interconnection Agreement from Transmission Provider. A request for a
Provisional Generator Interconnection Agreement at any other time shall be
deemed invalid by the Transmission Provider.
All provisions of the Definitive Planning Phase (Section 7 of this GIP) apply,
except as provided in Section 7.9.1. After receiving a request for a Provisional
Generator Interconnection Agreement, the Transmission Provider will begin the
first portion of the Interconnection Facilities Study as discussed in Section 7.3.3.4
and will perform a Provisional Interconnection Study. After completing required
studies, the Transmission Provider will issue a draft Provisional Generator
Interconnection Agreement pursuant to Section 11.2.
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7.9.1
Additional Definitive Planning Phase Requirements for Provisional
Generator Interconnection Agreements
Interconnection Customers seeking a Provisional Generator
Interconnection Agreement must submit Definitive Planning Phase II and
Definitive Planning Phase III Milestones (M3 and M4). If M3 and M4
have not been calculated at the time of Interconnection Customer’s request
for a Provisional Generator Interconnection Agreement, M3 and M4 shall
each be initially $8,000 per MW. The Transmission Provider shall then
calculate the M3 and M4 as provided in Sections 7.3.1.4.1 and 7.3.2.4.1.
If the actually calculated M3 and M4 values are higher than the M3 and
M4 previously paid, Interconnection Customer shall pay any difference
between the M3 and M4 previously paid and the actually calculated values
within thirty (30) Calendar Days of those amounts being calculated by the
Transmission Provider. Failure to pay any difference between the
calculated M3 and M4 and the initially paid M3 and M4 within thirty (30)
Calendar Days shall result in automatic withdrawal of the Interconnection
Request. If the actually calculated M3 and M4 values are lower than the
M3 and M4 previously paid, Transmission Provider shall refund any
difference between the M3 and M4 previously paid and the actually
calculated values.
7.9.2
Consent to Proceed Through Definitive Planning Phase Decision
Points
Interconnection Customers seeking a Provisional Generator
Interconnection Agreement automatically consent to the Transmission
Provider moving the Interconnection Request through Definitive Planning
Phases II and III without regard to Interconnection Customer Decision
Point II unless notification of withdrawal is provided to the Transmission
Provider.
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7.9.3
Withdrawal
Interconnection Customers seeking a Provisional Generator
Interconnection Agreement are eligible to receive one hundred percent
(100%) refund of all Definitive Planning Phase milestones (M2, M3, and
M4) only when the Interconnection Request is withdrawn prior to the start
of Definitive Planning Phase I and unencumbered study deposits
remaining, except as noted in Section 4.1.2.3. Interconnection Customers
seeking a Provisional Generator Interconnection Agreement at the time of
Interconnection Request submission may withdraw before the end of
Interconnection Customer Decision Point I and Transmission Provider will
refund forty percent (40%) of the Definitive Planning Phase entry
milestone (M2), all of the Definitive Planning Phase Milestone payments
M3 and M4, and unencumbered study deposits remaining. Sixty percent
(60%) of the Definitive Planning Phase entry Milestone (M2) becomes
non – refundable pursuant to section 7.6.2.1.1 and Section 7.8 of the GIP.
After Interconnection Customer Decision Point I, Interconnection
Customers seeking a Provisional Generator Interconnection Agreement
may withdraw from the Transmission Provider’s interconnection queue at
any time, but all Definitive Planning Phase milestones (M2, M3, and M4)
become non-refundable pursuant to section 7.6.2.1.1 and Section 7.8, and
will be used in accordance to Section 7.8 and Section 7.8.1.
Interconnection Customers seeking a Provisional Generator
Interconnection Agreement shall not be eligible for any milestone
payment refunds provided under Section 7.6.2.4.
7.9.4
Reversion to Standard Definitive Planning Phase Process
Interconnection Customers seeking a Provisional Generator
Interconnection Agreement may notify Transmission Provider before and
during Interconnection Customer Decision Point I that the Interconnection
Customer wishes to revert to the standard Definitive Planning Phase
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process. Transmission Provider will subsequently refund the Definitive
Planning Phase III (M4) milestone payment. Interconnection Customer
must then continue to abide by all Definitive Planning Phase requirements.
SECTION 8. TRANSMISSION PROVIDER AS AN AFFECTED SYSTEM
8.1
Applicability.
This Section 8 outlines the duties of Transmission Provider when it receives
notification that an Affected System Interconnection Customer’s proposed
interconnection to its host transmission provider may impact Transmission
Provider’s Transmission System. If applicable, any Joint Operating Agreements
(“JOA”), Joint Planning Agreements (“JPA”) or any other agreements filed with
the Commission will govern Transmission Provider’s Affected System procedures
when Transmission Provider performs an Affected System Study. The sections
below outline general procedures in absence of any such Agreement or
documentation.
8.2
Response to Notification.
Unless otherwise agreed with an existing JOA/JPA, and other agreements filed
with the Commission, as noted in Section 8.1, when Transmission Provider
receives notification that an Affected System Interconnection Customer’s
proposed interconnection to its host transmission provider may impact
Transmission Provider’s Transmission System, Transmission Provider will
perform a screen to determine if a study is needed.
Transmission Provider shall respond in writing within twenty (20) Business Days
whether it intends to conduct an Affected System Study. No later than fifteen
(15) Business Days after Transmission Provider responds with its affirmative
intent to conduct an Affected System Study, Transmission Provider shall share
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with the host transmission provider a non-binding, good faith estimate of the cost
and schedule to complete the Affected System Study. If a study is determined
necessary, Transmission Provider and host transmission provider will enter into
an Affected System Study Agreement in the form of Appendix 16 to this GIP.
Terms of this agreement will include cost, schedule and interconnection request
list scope to complete the Affected System Study.
Within fifteen (15) Business Days of receipt of notification of restudy,
Transmission Provider shall send written notification to host transmission
provider involved in the restudy that Transmission Provider intends to delay a
planned or in-progress Affected System Study until after completion of the
restudy. If Transmission Provider decides to delay the Affected System Study, it
is not required to meet its obligations under Section 8 of this GIP until the time
that it receives notification from the host transmission provider that the restudy is
complete. If Transmission Provider decides to move forward with its Affected
System Study despite the restudy, then it must meet all requirements under
Section 8 of this GIP.
8.3
Affected System Queue Position.
Transmission Provider must assign an Affected System Queue Position to
Affected System Interconnection Customer(s) that require(s) an Affected System
Study. Such Affected System Queue Position shall be determined based upon the
queue priority date outlined in Joint Operating Agreements, or other affected
system agreement accepted by the Commission.
In the event there is no such document between the Transmission Provider and the
host transmission provider, the queue priority date will be determined by the date
when all milestones for the Affected System Study Agreement are met.
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The queue priority date of Interconnection Requests submitted to the
Transmission Provider shall be the date of Decision Point I completion of the
cluster.
The Affected System Queue Position of the Affected System Interconnection
Customer(s) with an earlier queue priority date shall be higher-queued than any
interconnection requests that has a later queue priority date.
Consistent with Section 8.6 of this GIP, Transmission Provider shall study the
Affected System Interconnection Customer(s) via cluster study methodology, and
all Affected System Interconnection Customer(s) studied in the same cluster
under Section 8.6 shall be equally queued. For Affected System Interconnection
Customer(s) that are equally queued, the Affected System Queue Position shall
have no bearing on the assignment of Affected System Network Upgrades
identified in the applicable Affected System Study.
The costs of the Affected System Network Upgrades shall be allocated among the
Affected System Interconnection Customers in accordance with Section 8.7 of
this GIP.
8.4
Affected System Study Agreement.
Unless otherwise agreed with an existing JOA/JPA, and other agreements filed
with the Commission as noted in Section 8.1, Transmission Provider will enter
into an Affected System Study Agreement, in the form of Appendix 16 to this
GIP, with the host transmission provider and the host transmission provider will
provide payment for study in the form of a deposit. This agreement will include
cost, schedule, and interconnection request list scope to complete the Affected
System Study as well as payment terms such as deposit, invoicing and any further
applicable terms.
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Host transmission provider shall execute the Affected System Study Agreement,
deliver the executed Affected System Study Agreement to Transmission Provider,
and provide the Affected System Study deposit within ten (10) Business Days of
receipt.
If Transmission Provider notifies the host transmission provider that it will delay
the Affected System Study pursuant to Section 8.2 of this GIP, host transmission
provider is neither required to execute and return the previously tendered Affected
System Study Agreement nor provide the Affected System Study deposit for the
previously tendered Affected System Study Agreement.
If host transmission provider does not provide all required technical data when it
delivers the Affected System Study Agreement, Transmission Provider shall
notify the deficient host transmission provider of the technical data deficiency
within five (5) Business Days of the receipt of the executed Affected System
Study Agreement and the deficient host transmission provider shall cure the
technical deficiency within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of the notice:
provided, however, that such deficiency does not include failure to deliver the
executed Affected System Study Agreement or deposit for the Affected System
Study Agreement.
If the host transmission provider fails to cure any technical data deficiency,
execute its Affected System Study Agreement, or provide the deposit, the host
transmission provider shall notify Transmission Provider of the specific Affected
System Interconnection Customer(s) that caused the deficiency. The deficient
Affected System Interconnection Customer(s) shall lose its Affected System
Queue Position, and the deficient Affected System Interconnection Customer(s)
shall be removed from the Affected System Study Agreement.
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If a host transmission provider fails to pay its undisputed costs related to the
Affected System Study within thirty (30) Calendar Days of the invoice, host
transmission provider shall notify Transmission Provider of the specific Affected
System Interconnection Customer(s) that have failed to pay its undisputed costs
related to the Affected System Study. The identified Affected System
Interconnection Customer(s) shall lose its Affected System Queue Position, and
Transmission Provider shall confirm with the host transmission provider of such
failure to pay.
8.5
Scope of the Affected System Study.
The Affected System Study Agreement will include interconnection request list as
scope, further scope information, study methodology, and study deliverable
details for the Affected System Study as well as payment terms such as deposit,
invoicing and any further applicable terms. The Affected System Study shall
evaluate the impact that any Affected System Interconnection Customer(s)
proposed interconnection to another transmission provider’s transmission system
will have on the reliability of Transmission Provider’s Transmission System. The
Affected System Study shall consider the Base Case as well as all Generating
Facilities (and with respect to (iii) below, any identified network upgrades
associated with such higher-queued Interconnection Request) that, on the date the
Affected System Study is commenced: (i) are directly interconnected to
Transmission Provider’s Transmission System; (ii) are directly interconnected to
another transmission provider’s transmission system and may have an impact on
Affected System Interconnection Customer’s interconnection request; (iii) have a
pending higher-queued Interconnection Request to interconnect to Transmission
Provider’s Transmission System; and (iv) have no queue position but have
executed a GIA or requested that an unexecuted GIA be filed with the
Commission. Transmission Provider has no obligation to study impacts of
Affected System Interconnection Customers of which it is not notified.
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The Affected System Study shall consist of a power flow and stability analysis, as
well as a short circuit screen. The Affected System Study will: state the
assumptions upon which it is based; state the results of the analyses; and provide
the potential impediments to Affected System Interconnection Customer’s receipt
if the interconnection service on its host transmission provider’s transmission
system, including a preliminary indication of the cost for Affected System
Network Upgrades. For purposes of determining necessary Affected System
Network Upgrades, the Affected System Study shall consider the level of
interconnection service requested in megawatts by Affected System
Interconnection Customer, unless otherwise required to study the full generating
facility capacity due to safety or reliability concerns. The Affected System Study
results shall include a list of facilities that are required as a result of Affected
System Interconnection Customer’s proposed interconnection to another
transmission provider’s transmission system, as well as a nonbinding good faith
estimate of cost responsibility, i.e. the Affected System Network Upgrades. The
Affected System Study results will be provided to the host transmission provider
in the Affected System Study Report.
8.6
Affected System Study Procedures.
Transmission Provider shall use cluster study methodology in conducting the
Affected System Study and shall use existing studies to the extent practicable,
when multiple Affected System Interconnection Customers that are part of a
single cluster may cause the need for Affected System Network Upgrades.
Transmission Provider shall complete the Affected System Study and provide the
Affected System Study Report to the host transmission provider with whom
interconnection has been requested within one hundred fifty (150) Calendar Days
after the receipt of a valid Affected System Study Agreement and deposit.
Transmission Provider shall post regular status updates regarding all ongoing
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Affected System Study. If Transmission Provider is unable to complete the
Affected System Study within the requisite time period, it shall notify the host
transmission provider and shall provide an estimated completion date with an
explanation of the reasons why additional time is required. If Transmission
Provider does not meet the deadlines in this section, Transmission Provider shall
be subject to the financial penalties as described in Section 3.9 of this GIP. Upon
request, Transmission Provider shall provide supporting documentation including
power flow, short circuit and stability models for the Affected System Study,
subject to confidentiality arrangements consistent with Section 13.1 of this GIP.
Transmission Provider must use Energy Resource Interconnection Service
modeling standard used for Interconnection Requests on its own Transmission
System for Affected System Study(ies), regardless of the level of interconnection
service that Affected System Interconnection Customer is seeking from the host
transmission provider with whom it seeks to interconnect.
Transmission Provider shall transmit a draft Affected System Study Report to the
host transmission provider for Affected System Interconnection Customers for a
comment window. Transmission Provider will address questions and comments
submitted during the comment window regarding the report before finalizing the
report and results. The comment window will last for at least five (5) Business
Days, but no more than ten (10) Business Days.
8.7
Cost Allocation for Affected System Network Upgrades.
Transmission Provider shall allocate costs for Affected System Network
Upgrades identified during the Affected System Study by interconnection request,
using a pro rata impact method, consistent with Section 4.2.1 of this GIP.
Affected System Interconnection Customers will be responsible to pay their
portion of the Affected System Network Upgrades identified during the Affected
System Study.
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8.8
Restudy.
Transmission Provider shall determine the need for restudy of the Affected
System Study as the result of withdrawals of interconnection request from host
transmission provider, loss of Affected System Queue Position, or withdrawal of
Transmission Provider’s higher or equally queued clusters. If restudy of the
Affected System Study is required, Transmission Provider shall notify the host
transmission provider in writing within thirty (30) Calendar Days of discovery of
the need for restudy. Such restudy shall take no longer than ninety (90) Calendar
Days from the date of notice. Any cost of restudy shall be borne by the Affected
System Interconnection Customer(s) being restudied through the host
transmission provider. Transmission Provider will issue a new version of the
Affected System Study Report.
Transmission Provider shall transmit a draft Affected System Study Report to the
host transmission provider for Affected System Interconnection Customers for a
comment window. Transmission Provider will address questions and comments
submitted during the comment window regarding the report before finalizing the
report and results. The comment window will last for at least five (5) Business
Days, but no more than ten (10) Business Days.
8.9
Interconnection Facilities Study.
In accordance with Section 7.3.3.4 of this GIP, an Interconnection Facilities Study
will be performed by Transmission Owner on any Affected System Network
Upgrades identified through the Affected System Study. The host transmission
provider will fund the Affected System Network Upgrades facilities study and the
study scope, timing and funding will be determined by the Affected System
Network Upgrade facilities study agreement. The Interconnection Facilities
Study for such Affected System Network Upgrades shall start the day after
Transmission Provider submits to the applicable Transmission Owner(s) an
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executed statement of work and purchase order.
Unless otherwise agreed and in a timely manner, Transmission Provider,
Transmission Owner, and host transmission provider will enter into an Affected
System Network Upgrade facilities study agreement, in the form of Appendix 17
to this GIP, and the host transmission provider will provide payment for study in
the form of a deposit. This agreement will include cost, schedule, and Affected
System Network Upgrade(s) list scope to complete the Affected System Network
Upgrade facilities study as well as payment terms such as deposit, invoicing and
any further applicable terms.
Upon receipt from the Transmission Owner, Transmission Provider shall transmit
to the host transmission provider a draft Affected System Network Upgrade
facilities study report for Affected System Interconnection Customers for a
comment window. A draft Affected System Network Upgrade facilities study
report may be posted by the host transmission provider for Affected System
Interconnection Customers for a comment window. Transmission Provider and
Transmission Owner will address questions and comments submitted during the
comment window regarding the report before finalizing the report and results.
The comment window will last for at least five (5) Business Days, but no more
than ten (10) Business Days.
8.10
Tender of Facilities Construction Agreement to Affected System
Interconnection Customer/Multi-Party Facilities Construction Agreement to
Affected System Interconnection Customer.
Transmission Provider shall tender to Affected System Interconnection
Customer(s) a Facilities Construction Agreement/Multi-Party Facilities
Construction Agreement, as applicable, in the form of Appendix 8 or 9 to this GIP
within thirty (30) Calendar Days of providing the final Interconnection Facilities
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Study report. Affected System Interconnection Customer’s failure to execute the
Facilities Construction Agreement or Multi-Party Facilities Construction
Agreement, as applicable, or failure to request the agreement to be filed
unexecuted with FERC, shall result in the loss of its Affected System Queue
Position. Transmission Provider will drive the negotiation process with
Transmission Owner(s) and Affected System Interconnection Customer(s) in
accordance with the processes and timelines set forth in Section 11 of this GIP.
SECTION 9. ENGINEERING & PROCUREMENT (“E&P”) AGREEMENT.
Prior to executing an GIA, an Interconnection Customer may, in order to advance
the implementation of its interconnection, request and Transmission Provider
shall offer Interconnection Customer, an E&P Agreement that authorizes
Transmission Owner to begin engineering and procurement of long lead-time
items necessary for the establishment of the interconnection. However,
Transmission Provider shall not be obligated to offer an E&P Agreement if
Interconnection Customer is in Dispute Resolution as a result of an allegation that
Interconnection Customer has failed to meet any milestones or comply with any
prerequisites specified in other parts of the GIP. The E&P Agreement is an
optional procedure and it will not alter the Interconnection Customer’s Definitive
Planning Phase Queue Position or In-Service Date. The E&P Agreement shall
provide for Interconnection Customer to pay the cost of all activities authorized
by Interconnection Customer and to make advance payments or provide other
satisfactory security for such costs.
Interconnection Customer shall pay the cost of such authorized activities and any
cancellation costs for equipment that is already ordered for its Interconnection
Request, which cannot be mitigated as hereafter described, whether or not such
items or equipment later become unnecessary. If Interconnection Customer
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withdraws its application for interconnection or a Party to the E&P Agreement
terminates the E&P Agreement, to the extent the equipment ordered can be
canceled under reasonable terms, Interconnection Customer shall be obligated to
pay the associated cancellation costs. To the extent that the equipment cannot be
reasonably canceled, Transmission Owner may elect: (i) to take title to the
equipment, in which event Transmission Owner shall refund Interconnection
Customer any amounts paid by Interconnection Customer for such equipment and
shall pay the cost of delivery of such equipment, or (ii) to transfer title to and
deliver such equipment to Interconnection Customer, in which event
Interconnection Customer shall pay any unpaid balance and cost of delivery of
such equipment.
SECTION 10.
OTHER INTERCONNECTION STUDIES.
10.1
Optional Interconnection Study
10.1.1 Optional Interconnection Study Agreement.
Optional Interconnection Studies are for informational purposes only and
are to be completed within an agreed upon time period using Reasonable
Efforts. The request for an Optional Interconnection Study can be made
on a stand-alone basis or in parallel with the processing of valid
Interconnection Request. The request shall describe the assumptions that
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer wishes
Transmission Provider to study within the scope described in Section
10.1.2. Within five (5) Business Days after receipt of a request for an
Optional Interconnection Study, Transmission Provider shall provide to
Interconnection Customer an Optional Interconnection Study Agreement
in the form of Appendix 5.
The Optional Interconnection Study Agreement shall: (i) specify the
technical data that Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection
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Customer must provide for each phase of the Optional Interconnection
Study, and (ii) specify Interconnection Customer’s or MHVDC
Connection Customer’s assumptions as to which Interconnection Requests
with earlier queue priority dates will be excluded from the Optional
Interconnection Study case and assumptions as to the type of
Interconnection Service for Interconnection Requests remaining in the
Optional Interconnection Study case. Notwithstanding the above,
Transmission Provider shall not be required as a result of an Optional
Interconnection Study request to conduct any additional Interconnection
Studies with respect to any other Interconnection Request and shall
continue processing the Interconnection Request in accordance with these
GIP.
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer shall execute
the Optional Interconnection Study Agreement within ten (10) Business
Days of receipt and deliver the Optional Interconnection Study
Agreement, the technical data and a deposit equal to sixty thousand dollars
($60,000.00) to Transmission Provider.
10.1.2 Scope of Optional Interconnection Study.
The Optional Interconnection Study will consist of a sensitivity analysis
based on the assumptions specified by Interconnection Customer or
MHVDC Connection Customer in the Optional Interconnection Study
Agreement. The Optional Interconnection Study will also identify the
Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities, System Protection
Facilities, Distribution Upgrades, Generator Upgrades, Common Use
Upgrades, and the Network Upgrades, and the estimated cost thereof, that
may be required to provide transmission service or Interconnection
Service based upon the results of the Optional Interconnection Study. The
Optional Interconnection Study shall be performed solely for
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informational purposes. Transmission Provider shall use Reasonable
Efforts to coordinate the study with any Affected Systems that may be
affected by the types of Interconnection Services that are being studied.
Transmission Provider shall utilize existing studies to the extent
practicable in conducting the Optional Interconnection Study.
10.1.3 Optional Interconnection Study Procedures.
The executed Optional Interconnection Study Agreement, the prepayment,
and technical and other data called for therein must be provided to
Transmission Provider within ten (10) Business Days of Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer receipt of the Optional
Interconnection Study Agreement. Transmission Provider shall use
Reasonable Efforts to complete the Optional Interconnection Study within
a mutually agreed upon time period specified within the Optional
Interconnection Study Agreement. If Transmission Provider is unable to
complete the Optional Interconnection Study within such time period, it
shall notify Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer
and provide an estimated completion date and an explanation of the
reasons why additional time is required. Any difference between the study
payment and the actual cost of the study shall be paid to Transmission
Provider or refunded to Interconnection Customer, as appropriate. Upon
request, Transmission Provider shall provide Interconnection Customer or
MHVDC Connection Customer supporting documentation and
workpapers and databases or data developed in the preparation of the
Optional Interconnection Study, subject to confidentiality arrangements
consistent with Section 13.1.
10.2
Provisional Interconnection Study
10.2.1 Scope of Provisional Interconnection Study
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The Provisional Interconnection Study will consist of stability, short
circuit, and voltage analysis to identify issues that would result if the
Generating Facility were interconnected without project modifications or
system modifications. The Provisional Interconnection Study will also
identify the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities, System
Protection Facilities, Distribution Upgrades, Generator Upgrades,
Common Use Upgrades, and the Network Upgrades, and the estimated
cost thereof, that may be required to provide Energy Resource
Interconnection Service on a provisional basis based upon the results of
the Provisional Interconnection Study. Transmission Provider shall use
Reasonable Efforts to coordinate the study with any affected systems that
may be affected by the type of Interconnection Service that is being
studied. Transmission Provider shall utilize existing studies to the extent
practicable in conducting the Provisional Interconnection Study.
10.2.2 Provisional Interconnection Study Procedures
Transmission Provider must receive the information and milestones as
described in Sections 7.9 and 7.9.1 prior to beginning the Provisional
Interconnection Study. Transmission Provider shall use Reasonable
Efforts to complete the Provisional Interconnection Study within a
mutually agreed upon time. If Transmission Provider is unable to
complete the Provisional Interconnection Study within such time period, it
shall notify Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer
and provide an estimated completion date and an explanation of the
reasons why additional time is required. Actual cost of the Provisional
Interconnection Study shall be paid by Interconnection Customer or
MHVDC Connection Customer pursuant to Section 7.6.1. Upon request,
Transmission Provider shall provide Interconnection Customer or
MHVDC Connection Customer supporting documentation and
workpapers and databases or data developed in the preparation of the
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Provisional Interconnection Study, subject to confidentiality arrangements
consistent with Section 13.1.
SECTION 11. GENERATOR INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT (GIA),
FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT (FCA), AND MULTI-
PARTY FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT (MPFCA).
11.1
Tender.
Except as provided in Section 11.1.1, Transmission Provider shall tender to the
Interconnection Customer a draft GIA and, as applicable, draft JTIQ Service
Agreement(s), FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s), together with draft appendices
completed to the extent practicable, within five (5) Business Days after issuance
of the applicable first portion of the Interconnection Facilities Study report and
Final System Impact Study report.
Throughout this Section 11, the applicable Interconnection Facilities Study for a
GIA shall be the Interconnection Facilities Study that was initiated for that project
in DPP Phase II. For EGIAs, this shall be the applicable Interconnection
Facilities Study initiated through ERAS. Throughout this Section 11, the
applicable Interconnection Facilities Study for a Network Upgrade that is
addressed in a FCA or MPFCA shall be the Interconnection Facilities Study
performed for that Network Upgrade.
At the request of any Party, and except for Interconnection Requests for an ERAS
or ZG Interconnection Request, Transmission Provider shall tender to the
Interconnection Customer a draft GIA and, as applicable, JTIQ Service
Agreement(s), draft FCA(s), together with draft appendices completed to the
extent practicable, within ten (10) Calendar Days of receiving such request,
provided such request is received after the completion of Interconnection
Customer Decision Point II and issuance of the draft Phase II Interconnection
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Facilities Study. The draft GIA and, as applicable, draft FCA and the
Transmission Provider’s JTIQ Service Agreement(s), shall be in the form of the
Transmission Provider’s current pro forma. In the event that SPP’s JTIQ Service
Agreement has not been provided to Interconnection Customer prior to tender of a
draft GIA, the draft GIA shall include a milestone in Appendix B obligating
Interconnection Customer to execute or request the unexecuted filing of SPP’s
JTIQ Service Agreement not later than 15 Calendar Days after such agreement
has been tendered to the Interconnection Customer.
11.1.1 Common Use Upgrades and Multi-Party Facilities Construction
Agreements.
In the event that the Final System Impact Study report indicates that more than
one Interconnection Request causes the need for Network Upgrades or System
Protection Facilities, Transmission Provider shall determine whether such
Network Upgrades or System Protection Facilities are Common Use Upgrades
requiring the use of a MPFCA. No later than ten (10) Calendar Days after
issuance of the Final System Impact Study report and the applicable final
Interconnection Facilities Study reports for each of the projects that are a part of
the MPFCA, Transmission Provider shall tender the draft MPFCA to all
Interconnection Customers that create the need and share the responsibility for the
Common Use Upgrade. If Transmission Provider determines that an
Interconnection Customer should be added to an MPFCA as a party, Transmission
Provider shall tender a draft MPFCA to the prospective Interconnection Customer
and include the prospective Interconnection Customer in Group Studies as
applicable.
Upon the written request of all Interconnection Customers that are Party to the
MPFCA, Transmission Provider shall tender the MPFCA within ten (10)
Calendar Days of receiving such written request, provided such request is
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received after issuance of: (i) the Final System Impact Study report; and (ii) the
applicable draft Interconnection Facilities Study reports for each of the projects
that are a part of the MPFCA.
11.2
Negotiation.
Interconnection Customer and Transmission Owner shall return comments on the
draft GIA, and as applicable, JTIQ Service Agreement(s), draft FCA(s) and/or
MPFCA(s) within twenty (20) Business Days, or for Interconnection Requests in
an ERAS five (5) Business Days, of receipt of the draft GIA, and as applicable,
draft FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s), along with the completion of the parts of the
appendices for which Interconnection Customer is responsible. Within ten (10)
Business Days after the comments are submitted, or for Interconnection Requests
in an ERAS or seeking ZG Interconnection Service five (5) Business Days,
Transmission Provider shall tender a revised draft GIA, and as applicable, draft
FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s) to the Parties, together with draft appendices.
The Parties shall begin negotiations concerning the appendices to the GIA, and, as
applicable, FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s) upon tender of the draft GIA, and as
applicable, draft FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s) to the Parties in accordance with the
terms of Section 11.1 of this GIP. Except as provided in Section 11.2.1 of this
GIP, Transmission Provider, Transmission Owner, and Interconnection Customer
shall negotiate the GIA for no more than forty (40) Business Days after issuance
of the Final System Impact Study report. For Interconnection Requests in an
ERAS or those seeking ZG Interconnection Service twenty (20) Business Days
from notice to proceed in Section 3.9.4 or 3.11.3 of these GIP. Transmission
Provider, Transmission Owner, and Interconnection Customer shall negotiate
draft FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s) for no more than forty (40) Business Days after
issuance of the applicable final Interconnection Facilities Study reports applicable
to the FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s) that are subject to negotiation and the Final
System Impact Study report.
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If Interconnection Customer, Transmission Owner or Transmission Provider
determines that negotiations are at an impasse, it may request termination of the
negotiations by providing written notice to the other parties at any time after
tender of the draft GIA, and, as applicable, JTIQ Service Agreement(s), draft
FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s) pursuant to Section 11.1 and request submission of the
unexecuted GIA, and, as applicable, JTIQ Service Agreement(s), FCA(s) and/or
MPFCA(s) with FERC or initiate Dispute Resolution procedures pursuant to
Section 13.5. The Interconnection Customer, Transmission Owner or
Transmission Provider may request such termination and request for an
unexecuted filing during the negotiation period established in this Section 11.2
and under the negotiation period established in Section 11.2.1 of this GIP, as
applicable. If an Interconnection Customer requests termination of its
negotiations, but within thirty (30) Calendar Days thereafter fails to request the
filing of the unexecuted GIA, and, as applicable, tendered JTIQ Service
Agreement(s), FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s), it shall be deemed to have withdrawn
its Interconnection Request.
11.2.1 Optional negotiation period adjustment for Interconnection Facilities
Study or Affected Systems Study results.
Except for Interconnection Requests in an ERAS, the Interconnection Customer
may postpone the start of the negotiation period for the GIA, and as applicable,
draft FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s), until the later of the issuance of the applicable
final Interconnection Facilities Study report or the issuance of the Affected
Systems Study Report. Interconnection Customer shall make such election by
providing written notice to the Transmission Provider prior to the posting of the
Final System Impact Study report. If Interconnection Customer makes such
election, Transmission Provider, Transmission Owner, and Interconnection
Customer shall negotiate the GIA and as applicable, JTIQ Commitment
Agreements, draft FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s), for no more than forty (40)
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Business Days after the later of the issuance of the final applicable
Interconnection Facilities Study or issuance of the Affected System Study Report.
11.3
Execution and Filing.
Transmission Provider shall provide to Interconnection Customer and
Transmission Owner a final GIA, and, as applicable, final JTIQ Service
Agreement(s), final FCA(s) and/or final MPFCA(s) prepared for execution by the
parties within fifteen (15) Business Days after the completion of the forty (40)
Business Day negotiation period in accordance with Section 11.2 of this GIP. For
Interconnection Requests for an ERAS or ZG Interconnection Service, the
Transmission Provider shall provide to Interconnection Customer and
Transmission Owner a final EGIA or ZGIA within ten (10) Business Days after
the completion of the negotiation period in accordance with Section 11.2 of this
GIP. Within forty-five (45) Calendar Days of tender of the final GIA or ZGIA,
and, as applicable, final JTIQ Service Agreement(s), final FCA(s) and final
MPFCA(s), Interconnection Customer and Transmission Owner shall either: (i)
execute the tendered GIA or ZGIA, and, as applicable, final JTIQ Service
Agreement(s), FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s); or (ii) request in writing that
Transmission Provider file with FERC the GIA or ZGIA, and, as applicable, JTIQ
Service Agreement(s), FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s) in unexecuted form.
If Interconnection Customer has neither executed the GIA or ZGIA, and, as
applicable, tendered JTIQ Service Agreement(s), FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s), nor
requested filing of the GIA, and, as applicable, JTIQ Service Agreement(s),
FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s) in unexecuted form within forty-five (45) Calendar
Days, or for Interconnection Requests in an ERAS ten (10) Business Days of
tender of the final GIA, and, as applicable, JTIQ Service Agreement(s), final
FCA(s) and final MPFCA(s), Interconnection Customer shall be deemed to have
withdrawn its Interconnection Request. The Interconnection Customer’s forty-
five (45) Calendar Day deadline for execution will not reset in the event that an
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additional change is made to the GIA or ZGIA, JTIQ Service Agreement(s), FCA,
or MPFCA after circulation for execution.
Within ten (10) Business Days after receiving from the Interconnection
Customer(s) and the Transmission Owner either the executed tendered GIA or
ZGIA, and, as applicable, tendered JTIQ Service Agreement(s), FCA(s) and/or
MPFCA(s) or the request to file an unexecuted GIA or ZGIA, and, as applicable,
tendered JTIQ Service Agreement(s), FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s), Transmission
Provider shall file the GIA or ZGIA, and, as applicable, tendered JTIQ Service
Agreement(s), FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s) with FERC, together with its
explanation of any matters as to which Interconnection Customer, Transmission
Owner and Transmission Provider disagree and support for the costs that
Transmission Owner proposes to charge to Interconnection Customer under the
GIA or ZGIA, and, as applicable, tendered JTIQ Service Agreement(s), FCA(s)
and/or MPFCA(s). An unexecuted GIA or ZGIA, and, as applicable, JTIQ
Service Agreement(s), FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s), shall contain terms and
conditions deemed appropriate by Transmission Provider for the Interconnection
Request.
Within one-hundred and eighty (180) Calendar Days after receipt of the final GIA
Interconnection Customer shall provide Transmission Provider with reasonable
evidence that one or more of the following milestones in the development of the
Generating Facility has been achieved: (i) the execution of a contract for the
supply or transportation of fuel to the Generating Facility; (ii) the execution of a
contract for the supply of cooling water to the Generating Facility; (iii) execution
of a contract for the engineering for, procurement of major equipment for, or
construction of, the Generating Facility; (iv) execution of a contract for the sale of
electric energy or capacity from the Generating Facility, or a statement signed by
an authorized officer from or agent of Interconnection Customer attesting that
Interconnection Customer owns the Generating Facility and it is required to serve
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load; or (v) documentation of application for all necessary state and local air,
water, land, federal nuclear, and/or Environmental Law permits and that the
application is proceeding per regulations.
11.4
Commencement of Interconnection Activities.
If Interconnection Customer executes the final GIA or ZGIA, and, as applicable,
tendered JTIQ Service Agreement(s), FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s) Transmission
Provider, Transmission Owner and Interconnection Customer shall perform their
respective obligations in accordance with the terms of the GIA or ZGIA, and, as
applicable, tendered JTIQ Service Agreement(s), FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s),
subject to modification by FERC. Unless otherwise agreed by all Parties, upon
submission of an unexecuted GIA or ZGIA, and, as applicable, unexecuted
tendered JTIQ Service Agreement(s), unexecuted FCA(s) and/or unexecuted
MPFCA(s), the Parties shall promptly comply with the unexecuted GIA or ZGIA,
and, as applicable, unexecuted JTIQ Service Agreement(s), unexecuted FCA(s)
and/or unexecuted MPFCA(s), subject to modification by FERC. As applicable,
compliance with the terms of such unexecuted JTIQ Service Agreement(s),
FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s) or execution and performance under a JTIQ Service
Agreement(s), FCA and/or MPFCA will be a requirement under the GIA.
11.5
Special Considerations.
The maximum permissible output of the Generating Facility in the Provisional
Generator Interconnection Agreement will be updated on a quarterly basis, and
determined by finding the transfer limit of energy commensurate with the analysis
for Energy Resource Interconnection Service. This study shall be performed
assuming the system topology represented by the base cases used to calculate
Available Flowgate Capability as described in Attachment C of this Tariff with
dispatch and optimization algorithms posted on the MISO internet site. Limits
will be posted on the Transmission Provider’s OASIS site, and operation above
those limits will be deemed as unauthorized use of the transmission system and
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subject to provisions in this Tariff surrounding that use. Interconnection
Customer assumes all risks and liabilities with respect to changes, which may
impact the Generator Interconnection Agreement including, but not limited to,
change in output limits and future Network Upgrade cost responsibilities.
11.6
Quarterly Operating Limit Studies.
Interconnection Customers subject to Quarterly Operating Limits shall be
responsible for the cost of performing the required quarterly studies.
Interconnection Customers shall submit a Quarterly Operating Limit study deposit
in the amount of $10,000 sixty (60) Calendar Days prior to the start of the first
applicable binding quarter. Any difference between the study deposit and the
actual cost of the applicable Quarterly Operating Limit studies shall be paid by, or
refunded to, the Interconnection Customer. MISO will refund any difference the
quarter following the Interconnection Customer no longer being subject to
Quarterly Operating Limits.
SECTION 12. CONSTRUCTION OF TRANSMISSION OWNER’S OR AFFECTED
SYSTEM TRANSMISSION OWNER’S INTERCONNECTION
FACILITIES, SYSTEM PROTECTION FACILITIES, DISTRIBUTION
UPGRADES AND NETWORK UPGRADES.
12.1
Schedule.
Transmission Owner, Interconnection Customer, and, as applicable,
Interconnection Customers in an MPFCA and a Transmission Owner that is an
Affected System and, at its election, Transmission Provider shall negotiate in
good faith concerning a schedule for the construction of the Transmission
Owner’s Interconnection Facilities, System Protection Facilities, Distribution
Upgrades, Network Upgrades, Common Use Upgrades, and the Stand-Alone
Network Upgrades, excluding JTIQ Upgrades. Interconnection Customer and
Transmission Owner shall each provide the other Parties its detailed construction
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schedule.
12.2
Construction Sequencing.
12.2.1
General
In general, the In-Service Date of an Interconnection Customer seeking
interconnection to the Transmission System will determine the sequence
of construction of Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities,
System Protection Facilities, Distribution Upgrades, if any, and Network
Upgrades, including any Common Use Upgrades. If the time required to
build the facilities described in the GIA, and, as applicable, FCA(s)
and/or MPFCA(s), excluding JTIQ Upgrades, is greater than the time
between execution of the GIA, and, as applicable, FCA(s) and/or
MPFCA(s) and the requested In-Service Date, the In-Service Date will
be adjusted through the milestones delineated in the GIA, and as
applicable, FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s) appendices prior to the execution
of the Generator Interconnection Agreement.
12.2.2
Advance Construction of Network Upgrades, System Protection
Facilities, Distribution Upgrades or Generator Upgrades that are an
Obligation of an Entity other than Interconnection Customer
An Interconnection Customer with a GIA, and, as applicable, FCA(s)
and/or MPFCA(s), in order to maintain its In-Service Date, may request
that Transmission Owner advance to the extent necessary the completion
of Network Upgrades, System Protection Facilities or Distribution
Upgrades that: (i) were assumed in the Interconnection Studies for such
Interconnection Customer, (ii) are necessary to support such In-Service
Date, and (iii) would otherwise not be completed, pursuant to a
contractual obligation of an entity other than Interconnection Customer
that is seeking interconnection to the Transmission System, in time to
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support such In-Service Date. Upon such request, Transmission Owner
will use Reasonable Efforts to advance the construction of such Network
Upgrades, System Protection Facilities or Distribution Upgrades, to the
extent it is obligated for any such construction, to accommodate such
request; provided that Interconnection Customer commits to pay
Transmission Owner: (i) any associated expediting costs and (ii) the
cost of such Network Upgrades, System Protection Facilities or
Distribution Upgrades. Transmission Owner will refund to
Interconnection Customer both the expediting costs and the cost of
Network Upgrades, in accordance with Article 11.4 of the GIA, and, as
applicable, FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s). Consequently, the entity with a
contractual obligation to construct such Network Upgrades shall be
obligated to pay only that portion of the costs of the Network Upgrades
that Transmission Owner has not refunded to Interconnection Customer.
Payment by that entity shall be due on the date that it would have been
due had there been no request for advance construction. Transmission
Owner shall forward to Interconnection Customer (with copy to
Transmission Provider) the amount paid by the entity with a contractual
obligation to construct the Network Upgrades as payment in full for the
outstanding balance owed to Interconnection Customer. Transmission
Owner then shall refund to that entity the amount that it paid for the
Network Upgrades, in accordance with Article 11.4 of the GIA, and, as
applicable, FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s).
12.2.3
Advancing Construction of Network Upgrades that are Part of an
Expansion Plan of Transmission Provider
An Interconnection Customer with a GIA, and, as applicable, FCA(s)
and/or MPFCA(s), in order to maintain its In-Service Date, may request
that Transmission Owner advance to the extent necessary the completion
of Network Upgrades, System Protection Facilities or Distribution
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Upgrades that: (i) are necessary to support such In-Service Date,
including those listed as a contingent element in the Interconnection
Customer’s GIA, and, as applicable, FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s); and (ii)
would otherwise not be completed, pursuant to an expansion plan of
Transmission Provider, in time to support such In-Service Date. Upon
such request, Transmission Owner will use Reasonable Efforts to
advance the construction of such Network Upgrades, System Protection
Facilities or Distribution Upgrades to accommodate such request;
provided that Interconnection Customer commits to pay Transmission
Owner any associated expediting costs. Interconnection Customer shall
be entitled to transmission credits, if any per Attachment FF, for any
expediting costs paid associated with the Network Upgrades.
12.2.4
Amended Interconnection System Impact and/or Interconnection
Facilities Study
The Interconnection System Impact Study resulting from the Definitive
Planning Phase and/or Interconnection Facilities Study(ies) will be
amended to determine the facilities necessary to support the requested
In-Service Date. Any amended study will follow the procedures
provided in the GIP, as applicable, regarding such study and study cost,
and include those transmission and Generating Facilities that are
expected to be in service on or before the requested In-Service Date.
SECTION 13. MISCELLANEOUS.
13.1
Confidentiality.
Confidential Information shall include, without limitation, all information relating
to a Party’s technology, research and development, business affairs, and pricing,
and any information supplied by any Party to another Party prior to the execution
of a GIA or ZGIA, and, as applicable, FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s).
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Information is Confidential Information only if it is clearly designated or marked
in writing as confidential on the face of the document, or, if the information is
conveyed orally or by inspection, if the Party providing the information orally
informs the Party receiving the information that the information is confidential.
If requested by the receiving Party, the disclosing Party shall provide in writing,
the basis for asserting that the information referred to in this Section warrants
confidential treatment, and the requesting Party may disclose such writing to the
appropriate Governmental Authority. Each Party shall be responsible for the
costs associated with affording confidential treatment to its information.
13.1.1 Scope
Confidential Information shall not include information that the receiving
Party can demonstrate: (1) is generally available to the public other than as
a result of a disclosure by the receiving Party; (2) was in the lawful
possession of the receiving Party on a non-confidential basis before
receiving it from the disclosing Party; (3) was supplied to the receiving
Party without restriction by a non-Party, who, to the knowledge of the
receiving Party after due inquiry, was under no obligation to the disclosing
Party to keep such information confidential; (4) was independently
developed by the receiving Party without reference to Confidential
Information of the disclosing Party; (5) is, or becomes, publicly known,
through no wrongful act or omission of the receiving Party or Breach of
the GIA or ZGIA, and, as applicable, FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s); or (6) is
required, in accordance with Section 13.1.6, Order of Disclosure, to be
disclosed by any Governmental Authority or is otherwise required to be
disclosed by law or subpoena, or is necessary in any legal proceeding
establishing rights and obligations under the GIA or ZGIA, and, as
applicable, FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s). Information designated as
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Confidential Information will no longer be deemed confidential if the
Party that designated the information as confidential notifies the receiving
Party that it no longer is confidential.
13.1.2 Release of Confidential Information
No Party shall release or disclose Confidential Information to any other
person, except to its Affiliates (limited by the Standards of Conduct
requirements) employees, agents, consultants, or to non-parties who may
be or considering providing financing to or equity participation with
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer, or to
potential purchasers or assignees of Interconnection Customer or MHVDC
Connection Customer, on a need-to-know basis in connection with these
procedures, unless such person has first been advised of the confidentiality
provisions of this Section 13.1 and has agreed to comply with such
provisions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Party providing Confidential
Information to any person shall remain primarily responsible for any
release of Confidential Information in contravention of this Section 13.1.
13.1.3 Rights
Each Party retains all rights, title, and interest in the Confidential
Information that it discloses to the receiving Party. The disclosure by a
Party to the receiving Party of Confidential Information shall not be
deemed a waiver by the disclosing Party or any other person or entity of
the right to protect the Confidential Information from public disclosure.
13.1.4 No Warranties
By providing Confidential Information, no Party makes any warranties or
representations as to its accuracy or completeness. In addition, by
supplying Confidential Information, no Party obligates itself to provide
any particular information or Confidential Information to another Party
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nor to enter into any further agreements or proceed with any other
relationship or joint venture.
13.1.5 Standard of Care
Each Party shall use at least the same standard of care to protect
Confidential Information it receives as it uses to protect its own
Confidential Information from unauthorized disclosure, publication or
dissemination. Each Party may use Confidential Information solely to
fulfill its obligations to another Party under these procedures or its
regulatory requirements.
13.1.6 Order of Disclosure
If a court or a Government Authority or entity with the right, power, and
apparent authority to do so requests or requires any Party, by subpoena,
oral deposition, interrogatories, requests for production of documents,
administrative order, or otherwise, to disclose Confidential Information,
that Party shall provide the disclosing Party with prompt notice of such
request(s) or requirement(s) so that the disclosing Party may seek an
appropriate protective order or waive compliance with the terms of the
GIA. Notwithstanding the absence of a protective order or waiver, the
Party may disclose such Confidential Information which, in the opinion of
its counsel, the Party is legally compelled to disclose. Each Party will use
Reasonable Efforts to obtain reliable assurance that confidential treatment
will be accorded any Confidential Information so furnished.
13.1.7 Remedies
The Parties agree that monetary damages would be inadequate to
compensate a Party for another Party’s breach of its obligations under this
Section 13.1. Each Party accordingly agrees that the disclosing Party shall
be entitled to equitable relief, by way of injunction or otherwise, if the
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receiving Party breaches or threatens to breach its obligations under this
Section 13.1, which equitable relief shall be granted without bond or proof
of damages, and the breaching Party shall not plead in defense that there
would be an adequate remedy at law. Such remedy shall not be deemed
an exclusive remedy for the breach of this Section 13.1, but shall be in
addition to all other remedies available at law or in equity. The Parties
further acknowledge and agree that the covenants contained herein are
necessary for the protection of legitimate business interests and are
reasonable in scope. No Party, however, shall be liable for indirect,
incidental, or consequential or punitive damages of any nature or kind
resulting from or arising in connection with this Section 13.1.
13.1.8 Disclosure to FERC, Its Staff, or a State.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 13.1 to the contrary, and
pursuant to 18 C.F.R Section 1b.20, if FERC or its staff, during the course
of an investigation or otherwise, requests information from a Party that is
otherwise required to be maintained in confidence pursuant to these GIP,
the Party shall provide the requested information to FERC or its staff,
within the time provided for in the request for information. In providing
the information to FERC or its staff, the Party must, consistent with 18
C.F.R. Section 388.112, request that the information be treated as
confidential and non-public by FERC and its staff and that the information
be withheld from public disclosure. The Party is prohibited from notifying
the other Parties prior to the release of the Confidential Information to the
Commission or its staff. The Party shall notify the other Parties to the
GIA when it is notified by FERC or its staff that a request to release
Confidential Information has been received by FERC, at which time any
of the Parties may respond before such information would be made public,
pursuant to 18 C.F.R. Section 388.112.
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Requests from a state regulatory body conducting a confidential
investigation shall be treated in a similar manner, consistent with
applicable state rules and regulations.
13.1.9 Subject to the exception in Section 13.1.8, any information that a
disclosing Party claims is competitively sensitive, commercial or financial
information (“Confidential Information”) shall not be disclosed by the
receiving Party to any person not employed or retained by the receiving
Party, except to the extent disclosure is (i) required by law; (ii) reasonably
deemed by the disclosing Party to be required to be disclosed in
connection with a dispute between or among the Parties, or the defense of
litigation or dispute; (iii) otherwise permitted by consent of the disclosing
Party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; or (iv) necessary to
fulfill its obligations under the GIP or as the Regional Transmission
Organization or a Local Balancing Authority operator including disclosing
the Confidential Information to a subregional, regional or national
reliability organization or planning group. The Party asserting
confidentiality shall notify the receiving Party in writing of the
information that Party claims is confidential. Prior to any disclosures of
that Party’s Confidential Information under this subparagraph, or if any
non-Party or Governmental Authority makes any request or demand for
any of the information described in this subparagraph, the receiving Party
agrees to promptly notify the disclosing Party in writing and agrees to
assert confidentiality and cooperate with the disclosing Party in seeking to
protect the Confidential Information from public disclosure by
confidentiality agreement, protective order or other reasonable measures.
13.1.10 This provision shall not apply to any information that was or is hereafter
in the public domain (except as a result of a breach of this provision).
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13.1.11 At the Interconnection Customer’s or MHVDC Connection Customer’s
election, Transmission Provider shall cause the party in lawful possession
of Confidential Information to, destroy, in a confidential manner, or return
the Confidential Information provided at the time of Confidential
Information is no longer needed.
13.2
Delegation of Responsibility.
Transmission Provider may use the services of subcontractors as it deems
appropriate to perform its obligations under the GIP. Transmission Provider shall
remain primarily liable to Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection
Customer for the performance of such subcontractors and compliance with its
obligations of the GIP. The subcontractor shall keep all information provided
confidential and shall use such information solely for the performance of such
obligation for which it was provided and for no other purpose.
13.3
Obligation for Study Costs.
Transmission Provider shall charge and Interconnection Customer or MHVDC
Connection Customer shall pay the actual costs of the Interconnection Studies.
Any difference between the study deposit and the actual cost of the applicable
Interconnection Study shall be paid by or refunded, except as otherwise provided
herein, to Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer or offset
against the cost of any future Interconnection Studies associated with the
applicable Interconnection Request prior to beginning of any such future
Interconnection Studies. Any invoices for Interconnection Studies shall include a
detailed and itemized accounting of the cost of each Interconnection Study.
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer shall pay any such
undisputed costs within thirty (30) Calendar Days of receipt of an invoice.
Transmission Provider shall not be obligated to perform or continue to perform
any studies unless Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer
has paid all undisputed amounts in compliance herewith.
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In the event Interconnection Customer’s or MHVDC Connection Customer’s
project is withdrawn, terminated or suspended, Transmission Provider shall not be
required to refund any unused portion of the study deposit paid to enter the
Definitive Planning Phase that is necessary to account for study costs associated
with the project or restudy costs associated with any affected lower-queued
projects, any other project with which Interconnection Customer’s or MHVDC
Connection Customer’s project shares responsibility for funding a Common Use
Upgrade, or, in the event the project is included in a Group Study, any other
affected projects in the Group Study. Unused study deposits from the Definitive
Planning Phase that are not otherwise required due to the withdrawals,
termination or suspension of the project will be refunded upon Commercial
Operation.
13.4
Non-Parties Conducting Studies.
If (i) at the time of the signing of an Interconnection Study Agreement there is
disagreement as to the estimated time to complete an Interconnection Study, (ii)
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer receives notice
pursuant to the GIP that Transmission Provider will not complete an
Interconnection Study within the applicable timeframe for such Interconnection
Study, or (iii) Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer
receives neither the Interconnection Study nor a notice under the GIP within the
applicable timeframe for such Interconnection Study, then Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer may require Transmission Provider
or its agent to utilize a consultant reasonably acceptable to Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer and Transmission Provider to
perform such Interconnection Study under the direction of Transmission Provider.
At other times, Transmission Provider may also utilize a consultant to perform
such Interconnection Study, either in response to a general request of
Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer, or on its own
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volition.
In all cases, use of a consultant shall be in accord with Article 26 of the GIA or
ZGIA (subcontractors), and, as applicable, FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s) and limited
to situations where Transmission Provider determines that doing so will help
maintain or accelerate the study process for the Interconnection Customer’s or
MHVDC Connection Customer’s pending Interconnection Request and not
interfere with the Transmission Provider’s progress on Interconnection Studies for
other pending Interconnection Requests. In cases where Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer requests use of a consultant to
perform such Interconnection Study, Interconnection Customer or MHVDC
Connection Customer and Transmission Provider shall negotiate all of the
pertinent terms and conditions, including reimbursement arrangements and the
estimated study completion date and study review deadline. Transmission
Provider shall convey all workpapers, data bases, study results and all other
supporting documentation prepared to date with respect to the Interconnection
Request as soon as soon as practicable upon Interconnection Customer’s or
MHVDC Connection Customer’s request subject to the confidentiality provision
in Section 13.1. In any case, such consultant contract may be entered into with
either Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer or
Transmission Provider at the Transmission Provider’s discretion. In the case of
(iii), Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer maintains its
right to submit a claim to Dispute Resolution to recover the costs of such
consultant study. Such consultant shall be required to comply with the GIP,
Article 26 of the GIA (subcontractors), and, as applicable, FCA(s) and/or
MPFCA(s), and the relevant Tariff procedures and protocols as would apply if
Transmission Provider were to conduct the Interconnection Study and shall use
the information provided to it solely for purposes of performing such services and
for no other purposes. Transmission Provider shall cooperate with such
consultant and Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer to
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complete and issue the Interconnection Study in the shortest reasonable time.
13.5
Disputes.
13.5.1 Submission.
In the event any Party has a dispute, or asserts a claim, that arises out of or
in connection with the GIA or ZGIA, or, as applicable, FCA(s) and/or
MPFCA(s), the GIP, or their performance, such Party (the “disputing
Party”) shall provide the other Parties with written notice of the dispute or
claim (“Notice of Dispute”). Such dispute or claim shall be referred to a
designated senior representative of each Party for resolution on an
informal basis as promptly as practicable after receipt of the Notice of
Dispute by the other Parties. In the event the designated representatives
are unable to resolve the claim or dispute through unassisted or assisted
negotiations within thirty (30) Calendar Days of the other non-disputing
Parties’ receipt of the Notice of Dispute, such claim or dispute shall be
submitted in accordance with the dispute resolution procedures of the
Tariff. In the event the designated representatives are able to resolve the
claim or dispute within the above-described thirty (30) Calendar Day
period, the disputing Party shall submit a written explanation of the
resolution to the non-disputing Parties and shall obtain the written
acknowledgement and acceptance from each non-disputing Party.
Disputes received after the GIA or ZGIA, or, as applicable, FCA(s) and/or
MPFCA(s) has been tendered for execution pursuant to section 11.1 of this
GIP will not affect any applicable deadline pursuant to Section 11.2 of this
GIP.
13.5.2 Non-binding Dispute Resolution
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If a Party has submitted a Notice of Dispute pursuant to section 13.5.1,
and the Parties are unable to resolve the claim or dispute through
unassisted or assisted negotiations within the thirty (30) Calendar Days
provided in that section, and the Parties cannot reach mutual agreement to
pursue binding dispute resolution, a Party may request that Transmission
Provider engage in non-binding dispute resolution pursuant to this section
by providing written notice to the Transmission Provider and other Party
(“Request for Non-binding Dispute Resolution”). Such request shall not
require the agreement of any other Party to proceed. The process set forth
in this section shall serve as an alternative to, and not a replacement of,
any other dispute resolution procedures contained within Attachment HH
or otherwise authorized by the Tariff. Within 30 days of receipt of a
Request for Non-binding Dispute Resolution pursuant to this Section, the
Transmission Provider shall appoint a neutral decision-maker that is an
independent subcontractor that shall not have any current or past
substantial business or financial relationships with either Party. Unless
otherwise agreed by the Parties, the decision-maker shall render a decision
within sixty (60) Calendar Days of appointment and shall notify the
Parties in writing of such decision and reasons therefore. Such decision-
maker shall be authorized only to interpret and apply the provisions of the
GIP, GIA or ZGIA, and as applicable, FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s), and
shall have no power to modify or change any provision of the GIP, GIA,
ZGIA FCA(s) or MPFCA(s) in any manner. The result reached in this
process is not binding, but, unless otherwise agreed, the Parties may cite
the record and decision in this Nonbinding Dispute Resolution Process in
future dispute resolution processes under the Tariff, including in
arbitration, or in a Federal Power Act section 206 complaint. Each Party
shall be responsible for its own costs incurred during the process and the
cost of the decision-maker shall be divided equally among each Party to
the dispute. Non-binding dispute resolutions conducted pursuant to this
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section shall adhere to any procedural and timing requirements set forth in
the Generator Interconnection Business Practices Manual unless all parties
to such dispute agree to modify such rules.
13.6
Local Furnishing Bonds.
13.6.1
Transmission Owners That Own Facilities Financed by Local
Furnishing Bonds.
This provision is applicable only to a Transmission Owner that has
financed facilities for the local furnishing of electric energy with tax-
exempt bonds, as described in Section 142(f) of the Internal Revenue
Code (“local furnishing bonds”). Notwithstanding any other provision of
the GIP or GIA, and, as applicable, ZGIA(s), FCA(s) and/or MPFCA(s),
Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner shall not be required to
provide Interconnection Service to Interconnection Customer or MHVDC
Connection Customer pursuant to this GIA or ZGIA and GIP if the
provision of such Transmission Service would jeopardize the tax-exempt
status of any local furnishing bond(s) used to finance Transmission
Owner’s facilities that would be used in providing such Interconnection
Service.
13.6.2 Alternative Procedures for Requesting Interconnection Service.
If Transmission Provider determines that the provision of Interconnection
Service requested by Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection
Customer could jeopardize the tax-exempt status of any local furnishing
bond(s) used to finance Transmission Owner’s facilities that would be
used in providing such Interconnection Service. Transmission Provider
shall notify Transmission Owner who then shall confirm the tax-exempt
status of any local furnishing bond(s) used by Transmission Owner and
shall advise Interconnection Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer
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and Transmission Provider within thirty (30) Calendar Days of
Transmission Provider’s notice to Transmission Owner. Interconnection
Customer or MHVDC Connection Customer thereafter may renew its
request for interconnection using the process specified in Article 5.2(ii) of
the Transmission Provider’s Tariff.
SECTION 14.
FAST TRACK PROCESS.
14.1
Applicability.
The Fast Track Process is available to an Interconnection Customer proposing to
interconnect its Small Generating Facility with the Transmission System if the
Small Generating Facility is no larger than 5 MW and if the Interconnection
Customer’s proposed Small Generating Facility meets the codes, standards, and
certification requirements of Appendix 3 of this GIP, or Transmission Provider has
reviewed the design or tested the proposed Small Generating Facility and is
satisfied that it is safe to operate.
14.1.1
Capacity of the Small Generating Facility
The Interconnection Request shall be evaluated using the maximum capacity that
the Small Generating Facility is capable of injecting into the Transmission
Provider’s electric system. However, if the maximum capacity that the Small
Generating Facility is capable of injecting into the Transmission Provider’s
electric system is limited (e.g., through use of a control system, power relay(s), or
other similar device settings or adjustments), then the Interconnection Customer
must obtain the Transmission Provider’s agreement, with such agreement not to be
unreasonably withheld, that the manner in which the Interconnection Customer
proposes to implement such a limit will not adversely affect the safety and
reliability of the Transmission Provider’s system. If the Transmission Provider
does not so agree, then the Interconnection Request must be withdrawn or revised
to specify the maximum capacity that the Small Generating Facility is capable of
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injecting into the Transmission Provider’s electric system without such limitations.
Furthermore, nothing in this section shall prevent a Transmission Provider from
considering an output higher than the limited output, if appropriate, when
evaluating system protection impacts.
14.2
Initial Review.
Within fifteen (15) Business Days after Transmission Provider notifies
Interconnection Customer it has received a complete Interconnection Request,
Transmission Provider shall perform an initial review using the screens set forth
below, shall notify Interconnection Customer of the results, and include with the
notification copies of the analysis and data underlying the Transmission Provider’s
determinations under the screens.
14.2.1 Screens.
14.2.1.1 The proposed Small Generating Facility’s Point of Interconnection
must be on a portion of the Transmission System or Distribution
System that is subject to the Transmission Provider’s control under
the Tariff.
14.2.1.2 For interconnection of a proposed Small Generating Facility to a
radial distribution circuit, the aggregated generation, including the
proposed Small Generating Facility, on the circuit shall not exceed
fifteen percent (15%) of the line section annual peak load as most
recently measured at the relevant substation. A line section is that
portion of a Transmission Provider controlled electric system
connected to a customer bounded by automatic sectionalizing
devices or the end of the distribution line.
14.2.1.3 For interconnection of a proposed Small Generating Facility to the
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load side of spot network protectors, the proposed Small
Generating Facility must use an inverter-based equipment package
and, together with the aggregated other inverter-based generation,
shall not exceed the smaller of five percent (5%) of a spot
network’s maximum load or 50 kW.
14.2.1.4 The proposed Small Generating Facility, in aggregation with other
generation on the distribution circuit, shall not contribute more
than ten percent (10%) to the distribution circuit’s maximum fault
current at the point on the high voltage (primary) level nearest the
proposed point of change of ownership.
14.2.1.5 The proposed Small Generating Facility, in aggregate with other
generation on the distribution circuit, shall not cause any
distribution protective devices and equipment (including, but not
limited to, substation breakers, fuse cutouts, and line reclosers), or
Interconnection Customer equipment on the system to exceed
eighty-seven and one half percent (87.5%) of the short circuit
interrupting capability; nor shall the interconnection proposed for a
circuit that already exceeds eighty-seven and one half (87.5%) of
the short circuit interrupting capability.
14.2.1.6 Using the table below, determine the type of interconnection to a
primary distribution line. This screen includes a review of the type
of electrical service provided to the Interconnecting Customer,
including line configuration and the transformer connection to
limit the potential for creating over-voltages on the Transmission
Provider’s electric power system due to a loss of ground during the
operating time of any anti-islanding function.
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Primary Distribution Line
Type
Type of Interconnection to Primary
Distribution Line
Result/Criteria
Three-phase, three wire
3-phase or single phase, phase-to-
phase
Pass screen
Three-phase, four wire
Effectively-grounded 3 phase or
Single-phase, line-to-neutral
Pass screen
14.2.1.7 If the proposed Small Generating Facility is to be interconnected
on single-phase shared secondary, the aggregate generation
capacity on the shared secondary, including the proposed Small
Generating Facility, shall not exceed 20 kW.
14.2.1.8 If the proposed Small Generating Facility is single-phase and is to
be interconnected on a center tap neutral of a 240 volt service, its
addition shall not create an imbalance between the two sides of the
240 volt service of more than twenty percent (20%) of the
nameplate rating of the service transformer.
14.2.1.9 The Small Generating Facility, in aggregate with other generation
interconnected to the transmission side of a substation transformer
feeding the circuit where the Small Generating Facility proposes to
interconnect shall not exceed 10 MW in an area where there are
known, or posted, transient stability limitations to generating units
located in the general electrical vicinity (e.g., three or four
transmission busses from the Point of Interconnection).
14.2.1.10 No construction of facilities by Transmission Provider on its own
system shall be required to accommodate the Small Generating
Facility.
14.2.2 If the proposed interconnection passes the screens, the Interconnection
Request shall be approved and Transmission Provider will provide
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Interconnection Customer an executable interconnection agreement within
five (5) Business Days after the determination.
14.2.3 If the proposed interconnection fails the screens, but Transmission Provider
determines that the Small Generating Facility may nevertheless be
interconnected consistent with safety, reliability, and power quality
standards, Transmission Provider shall provide Interconnection Customer
an executable interconnection agreement within five (5) Business Days
after the determination.
14.2.4 If the proposed interconnection fails the screens, but Transmission Provider
does not or cannot determine from the initial review that the Small
Generating Facility may nevertheless be interconnected consistent with
safety, reliability, and power quality standards unless Interconnection
Customer is willing to consider minor modifications or further study,
Transmission Provider shall provide Interconnection Customer with the
opportunity to attend a customer options meeting.
14.3
Customer Options Meeting.
If Transmission Provider determines the Interconnection Request cannot be
approved without (1) minor modifications at minimal cost, (2) a supplemental
study or other additional studies or actions, or (3) incurring significant cost to
address safety, reliability, or power quality problems, the Transmission Provider
shall notify Interconnection Customer of that determination within five (5)
Business Days after that determination and provide copies of all data and analyses
underlying its conclusion. Within ten (10) Business Days of the Transmission
Provider’s determination, Transmission Provider shall offer to convene a customer
options meeting with Transmission Provider to review possible Interconnection
Customer facility modifications or the screen analysis and related results, to
determine what further steps are needed to permit the Small Generating Facility to
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be connected safely and reliably. At the time of notification of the Transmission
Provider’s determination, or at the customer options meeting, Transmission
Provider shall:
14.3.1 Offer to perform facility modifications or minor modifications to the
Transmission System (e.g., changing meters, fuses, relay settings) and
provide a non-binding good faith estimate of the limited cost to make such
modifications to the Transmission System. If the Interconnection
Customer agrees to pay for the modifications to the Transmission System,
the Transmission Provider will provide the Interconnection Customer with
an executable interconnection agreement within ten (10) Business Days of
the customer options meeting; or
14.3.2 Offer to perform a supplemental review in accordance with Section 14.4
and provide a non-binding good faith estimate of the costs of such review;
or
14.3.3 Obtain the Interconnection Customer’s agreement to continue evaluating
the Interconnection Request under the Attachment X Generator
Interconnection Procedures.
14.4
Supplemental Review.
14.4.1 To accept the offer of a supplemental review, Interconnection Customer
shall agree in writing and submit a deposit for the estimated costs of the
supplemental review in the amount of the Transmission Provider’s good
faith estimate of the costs of such review, both within 15 Business Days of
the offer. If the written agreement and deposit have not been received by
the Transmission Provider within that timeframe, the Interconnection
Request shall continue to be evaluated under the Attachment X Generator
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Customer.
14.4.2 The Interconnection Customer may specify the order in which the
Transmission Provider will complete the screens in section 14.4.4.
14.4.3 The Interconnection Customer shall be responsible for the Transmission
Provider’s actual costs for conducting the supplemental review. The
Interconnection Customer must pay any review costs that exceed the
deposit within 20 Business Days of receipt of the invoice or resolution of
any dispute. If the deposit exceeds the invoiced costs, the Transmission
Provider will return such excess within 20 Business Days of the invoice
without interest.
14.4.4 Within thirty (30) Business Days following receipt of the deposit for a
supplemental review, the Transmission Provider shall (1) perform a
supplemental review using the screens set forth below; (2) notify in
writing the Interconnection Customer of the results; and (3) include with
the notification copies of the analysis and data underlying the
Transmission Provider’s determinations under the screens. Unless the
Interconnection Customer provided instructions for how to respond to the
failure of any of the supplemental review screens below at the time the
Interconnection Customer accepted the offer of supplemental review, the
Transmission Provider shall notify the Interconnection Customer
following the failure of any of the screens, or if it is unable to perform the
screen in section 14.4.4.1, within two Business Days of making such
determination to obtain the Interconnection Customer’s permission to: (1)
continue evaluating the proposed interconnection under this section
14.4.4; (2) terminate the supplemental review and continue evaluating the
Small Generating Facility (the Attachment X Generator Interconnection
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Procedures); or (3) terminate the supplemental review upon withdrawal of
the Interconnection Request by the Interconnection Customer.
14.4.4.1 Minimum Load Screen: Where 12 months of line section
minimum load data (including onsite load but not station service
load served by the proposed Small Generating Facility) are
available, can be calculated, can be estimated from existing data,
or determined from a power flow model, the aggregate
Generating Facility capacity on the line section is less than 100%
of the minimum load for all line sections bounded by automatic
sectionalizing devices upstream of the proposed Small
Generating Facility. If minimum load data is not available, or
cannot be calculated, estimated or determined, the Transmission
Provider shall include the reason(s) that it is unable to calculate,
estimate or determine minimum load in its supplemental review
results notification under section 14.4.4.
14.4.4.1.1 The type of generation used by the proposed Small
Generating Facility will be taken into account when
calculating, estimating, or determining circuit or line
section minimum load relevant for the application of
screen 14.4.1.1. Solar photovoltaic (PV) generation
systems with no battery storage use daytime minimum
load (i.e. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for fixed panel systems and 8
a.m. to 6 p.m. for PV systems utilizing tracking
systems), while all other generation uses absolute
minimum load.
14.4.4.1.2 When this screen is being applied to a Small Generating
Facility that serves some station service load, only the
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net injection into the Transmission Provider’s electric
system will be considered as part of the aggregate
generation.
14.4.4.1.3 Transmission Provider will not consider as part of the
aggregate generation for purposes of this screen
generating facility capacity known to be already
reflected in the minimum load data.
14.4.4.2 Voltage and Power Quality Screen: In aggregate with existing
generation on the line section: (1) the voltage regulation on the
line section can be maintained in compliance with relevant
requirements under all system conditions; (2) the voltage
fluctuation is within acceptable limits as defined by Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standard 1453, or
utility practice similar to IEEE Standard 1453; and (3) the
harmonic levels meet IEEE Standard 519 limits.
14.4.4.3 Safety and Reliability Screen: The location of the proposed
Small Generating Facility and the aggregate generation capacity
on the line section do not create impacts to safety or reliability
that cannot be adequately addressed without application of the
Study Process. The Transmission Provider shall give due
consideration to the following and other factors in determining
potential impacts to safety and reliability in applying this screen.
14.4.4.3.1 Whether the line section has significant minimum
loading levels dominated by a small number of
customers (e.g., several large commercial customers).
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14.4.4.3.2 Whether the loading along the line section is uniform or
even.
14.4.4.3.3 Whether the proposed Small Generating Facility is
located in close proximity to the substation (i.e., less
than 2.5 electrical circuit miles), and whether the line
section from the substation to the Point of
Interconnection is a Mainline rated for normal and
emergency ampacity.
14.4.4.3.4 Whether the proposed Small Generating Facility
incorporates a time delay function to prevent
reconnection of the generator to the system until system
voltage and frequency are within normal limits for a
prescribed time.
14.4.4.3.5 Whether operational flexibility is reduced by the
proposed Small Generating Facility, such that transfer of
the line section(s) of the Small Generating Facility to a
neighboring distribution circuit/substation may trigger
overloads or voltage issues.
14.4.4.3.6 Whether the proposed Small Generating Facility
employs equipment or systems certified by a recognized
standards organization to address technical issues such
as, but not limited to, islanding, reverse power flow, or
voltage quality.
14.4.5 If the proposed interconnection passes the supplemental screens in
sections 14.4.4.1, 14.4.4.2, and 14.4.4.3 above, the Interconnection
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Request shall be approved and the Transmission Provider will provide the
Interconnection Customer with an executable interconnection agreement
within the timeframes established in sections 14.4.5.1 and 14.4.5.2 below.
If the proposed interconnection fails any of the supplemental review
screens and the Interconnection Customer does not withdraw its
Interconnection Request, it shall continue to be evaluated under the
Attachment X Generator Interconnection Procedures consistent with
section 14.4.5.3 below.
14.4.5.1 If the proposed interconnection passes the supplemental screens
in sections 14.4.1.1, 14.4.1.2, and 14.4.1.3 above and does not
require construction of facilities by the Transmission Provider on
its own system, the interconnection agreement shall be provided
within ten Business Days after the notification of the
supplemental review results.
14.4.5.2 If interconnection facilities or minor modifications to the
Transmission Provider’s system are required for the proposed
interconnection to pass the supplemental screens in sections
14.4.1.1, 14.4.1.2, and 14.4.1.3 above, and the Interconnection
Customer agrees to pay for the modifications to the Transmission
Provider’s electric system, the interconnection agreement, along
with a non-binding good faith estimate for the interconnection
facilities and/or minor modifications, shall be provided to the
Interconnection Customer within 15 Business Days after
receiving written notification of the supplemental review results.
14.4.5.3 If the proposed interconnection would require more than
interconnection facilities or minor modifications to the
Transmission Provider’s system to pass the supplemental screens
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in sections 14.4.1.1, 14.4.1.2, and 14.4.1.3 above, the
Transmission Provider shall notify the Interconnection Customer,
at the same time it notifies the Interconnection Customer with the
supplemental review results, that the Interconnection Request
shall be evaluated under the Attachment X Generator
Interconnection Procedures unless the Interconnection Customer
withdraws its Small Generating Facility.
SECTION 15.
PROVISIONS FOR CONNECTION TO HVDC FACILITIES
SUBJECT TO SECTION 27A OF THE TARIFF.
Interconnection Requests to HVDC Facilities that are subject to Section 27A of the Tariff
shall follow the same process as detailed in Sections 2 through 13 of the GIP, except as specified
in this Section 15.
15.1
Availability of ER Interconnection Service and NR Interconnection Service
for HVDC Facilities subject to Section 27A of this Tariff.
ER Interconnection Service and NR Interconnection Service are both available for
HVDC Facilities subject to Section 27A of this Tariff. In the case where
Interconnection Customer identified a point-to-point transmission service request
under Section 27A of this Tariff, NR Interconnection Service will qualify the
Generating Facility to be designated as a Network Resource so long as (and to the
extent that) HVDC Service is confirmed across the HVDC Facilities. NR
Interconnection Service will be limited to the confirmed megawatts in the
transmission service request. When applicable, the HVDC Service requirement
will be listed in Appendix A of the GIA, and such listing will be added during the
negotiation phase of the document, as set forth in Section 11.2 of the GIP.
SECTION 16.
PROVISIONS FOR OBTAINING INJECTION RIGHTS AND
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THEIR CONVERSION TO EXTERNAL NETWORK RESOURCE
INTERCONNECTION SERVICE
16.1
Request for Injection Rights
MHDVC Connection Customers electing to request Injection Rights on the Transmission
System pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 3.2.3 of Attachment GGG to the Tariff
shall make such requests for Injection Rights by submitting to Transmission Provider a
completed Interconnection Request in the manner specified by the Generator Interconnection
Business Practices Manual (BPM-015). The MHVDC Connection Customer must select
“Injection Rights” in Appendix 1 and shall include all other relevant information required by
Appendix 1 and its attachments. Requests for Injection Rights shall be studied and granted by
Transmission Provider pursuant to the terms and conditions of the GIP, including requisite
milestones and study deposits within the prescribed schedule deadlines.
Injection Rights serve as a pre-certification of the Transmission System’s capability to
receive capacity and energy from the MHVDC Transmission Line at the requested Point of
Connection, in the specified MW quantity, without degrading the reliability of the Transmission
System. Injection Rights do not convey transmission service or Interconnection Service to the
MHVDC Connection Customer or any other entity. Any such Injection Rights granted by
Transmission Provider, and any increases or reductions to those Injection Rights, shall be
documented in Appendix F to the Transmission Connection Agreement. Requests for Injection
Rights will be treated similar to requests for Interconnection Service from a queue priority
perspective.
16.2
Conversion of Injection Rights to External Network Resource
Interconnection Service
Before an Interconnection Customer with an Existing Generating Facility that is external
to the Transmission System may offer energy or capacity across the MHVDC Transmission Line
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into the MISO markets, the Injection Rights granted pursuant to Section 3.2.3 of Attachment
GGG to the Tariff and this Section 16 must be converted to external Network Resource
Interconnection Service and transferred to that Interconnection Customer. Upon the request of
an Interconnection Customer with an Existing Generating Facility for external Network
Resource Interconnection Service via the MHVDC Transmission Line, Transmission Provider
will convert the Injection Rights to external Network Resource Interconnection Service in an
amount up to, but not greater than, the capacity of the MHVDC Transmission Line, and transfer
that amount of external Network Resource Interconnection Service to that Interconnection
Customer, subject to the conditions set forth below.
Prior to effectuating this conversion, Transmission Provider must receive the following
information:
(a) from the Interconnection Customer seeking conversion:
(i)
a request for external Network Resource Interconnection Service pursuant to
Appendix 1 of Attachment X, by including the requested MW quantity to be
converted and transferred;
(ii)
documentation of the agreement between the Interconnection Customer and
the MHVDC Connection Customer authorizing the conversion and transfer of
the requested amount of Injection Rights;
(iii)
documentation that the Interconnection Customer has long-term firm
transmission service from the Existing Generating Facility to the Point of
Connection, including any transmission service agreements over the MHVDC
Transmission Line, that complies with the requirements included in the
Service Agreement for Network Resources Interconnection Service for an
Existing Generating Facility as set forth in Appendix 13 of Attachment X; and
(b) from the MHVDC Connection Customer that holds the Injection Rights being
converted:
(i)
documentation of the MHVDC Connection Customer’s procedures for the
allocation of Injection Rights to Interconnection Customers, which shall be
non-discriminatory and consistent with the Commission’s approval of the
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MHVDC Connection Customer’s right to charge negotiated (market based)
rates for service on the applicable MHVDC Transmission Line.
Upon receipt of the required information, Transmission Provider will convert the
requested amount of the MHVDC Connection Customer’s Injection Rights into external
Network Resource Interconnection Service and grant the external Network Resource
Interconnection Service to the Interconnection Customer, subject to the Interconnection
Customer executing the Service Agreement for external Network Resource Interconnection
Service for an Existing Generating Facility as set forth in Appendix 13 to Attachment X. All
terms and conditions of such Service Agreement for external Network Resource Interconnection
Service for an Existing Generating Facility and all the terms and conditions of Attachment X,
including the rights to termination of Interconnection Service, shall apply to the Interconnection
Customer’s external Network Resource Interconnection Service granted under this Article 16.
After conversion of the Injection Rights, Transmission Provider shall document any remaining
Injection Rights in Appendix F of the MHVDC Connection Customer’s Transmission
Connection Agreement and shall post the Interconnection Customer’s external Network
Resource Interconnection Service pursuant to the posting guidelines contained in Attachment X.
A request by an Interconnection Customer for a conversion of Injection Rights into
external Network Resource Interconnection Service pursuant to this Section 16.2, shall not
require any additional studies in the Definitive Planning Phase to the extent such studies have
been performed as part of the MHVDC Connection Customer’s request for Injection Rights. To
the extent the MHVDC Connection Customer made the Definitive Planning Phase Milestone
Payments (M2, M3, and M4) required in connection with its request for Injection Rights and
evaluation, an Interconnection Customer obtaining a conversion to external Network Resource
Interconnection Service based on the same request for Injection Rights shall not be required to
make any additional Milestone Payments to Transmission Provider.
Any conversion to external Network Resource Interconnection Service under this Section
16.2 shall occur within three (3) years from the Commercial Operation Date for the MHVDC
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Transmission Line, as set forth in Appendix C of the Transmission Connection Agreement.
Failure to convert any amount of the Injection Rights to external Network Resource
Interconnection Service within the time period specified above shall result in termination of
Injection Rights with respect to such unconverted amount. In the event any external Network
Resource Interconnection Service obtained pursuant to this Section 16 terminates more than
three (3) years after the Commercial Operation Date for the MHVDC Transmission Line, as set
forth in Appendix C of the Transmission Connection Agreement, such terminated external
Network Resource Interconnection Service may not revert back to Injection Rights.
SECTION 17.
FACILITIES SERVICE AGREEMENT.
In the event that the Transmission Owner elects to fund the capital for the Network
Upgrades and the Transmission Owner’s System Protection Facilities, the Interconnection
Customer, Transmission Owner, and Transmission Provider shall enter into a Facilities Service
Agreement to memorialize the terms of repayment for those Network Upgrades and
Transmission Owner’s System Protection Facilities that the Transmission Owner elected to self-
fund. The Facilities Service Agreement shall take the form of the pro forma Facilities Service
Agreement that is included as Appendix 14 of Attachment X of the MISO Tariff. The Facilities
Service Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Attachment X, including the
rights to termination of Interconnection Service. The Interconnection Customer and/or the
Transmission Owner may request in writing that Transmission Provider file the Facilities Service
Agreement with FERC in unexecuted form.
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APPENDIX 1
INTERCONNECTION REQUEST FOR A GENERATING FACILITY
APPENDIX 2
RESERVED
APPENDIX 3
CERTIFICATION CODES AND STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION
OF SMALL GENERATOR EQUIPMENT PACKAGES
APPENDIX 4
APPLICATION, PROCEDURES, AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS
FOR INTERCONNECTING A CERTIFIED INVERTER-BASED
SMALL GENERATING FACILITY NO LARGER THAN 10 KW (“10
KW INVERTER PROCESS”)
APPENDIX 5
OPTIONAL INTERCONNECTION STUDY AGREEMENT
APPENDIX 6
STANDARD GENERATOR INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT
APPENDIX 7
INTERCONNECTION PROCEDURES FOR A WIND GENERATING
PLANT
APPENDIX 8
FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT
APPENDIX 9
MULTI-PARTY FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT
APPENDIX 10
INTERCONNECTION STUDY MODEL REVIEW FORM
APPENDIX 11
MONITORING AND CONSENT AGREEMENT
APPENDIX 12
ENERGY DISPLACEMENT AGREEMENT
APPENDIX 13
EXTERNAL NETWORK RESOURCE INTERCONNECTION
SERVICE AGREEMENT
APPENDIX 14
FACILITIES SERVICE AGREEMENT
APPENDIX 15
RESERVED
APPENDIX 16
AFFECTED SYSTEM STUDY AGREEMENT
APPENDIX 17
AFFECTED SYSTEM NETWORK UPGRADE FACILITIES STUDY
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AGREEMENT
APPENDIX 18
JTIQ COMMITMENT AGREEMENT
APPENDIX 19
ZG INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT
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INTERCONNECTION REQUEST
1.
[The undersigned Interconnection Customer submits this request to interconnect its
Generating Facility, located in ______________ County, [ State], with the Transmission
System pursuant to the Tariff.] or;
[The undersigned MHVDC Connection Customer submits this request for Injection Rights for its
MHVDC Transmission Line, located in ______________ County, [ State], with the
Transmission System pursuant to a Tariff.];
2.
This Interconnection Request is for (check one):
_____
Proposed new Generating Facility
_____
Increase in the generating capacity or a Material Modification of an Existing
Generating Facility
_____
Replacement of Existing Generating Facility with no increase in capacity
_____
Interconnection Request made in connection with a Generating Facility
proposed for inclusion in a resource solicitation process
_____
Network Resource Interconnection Service for a Generating Facility in
Commercial Operation or with an executed GIA
_____
Generating Facility requesting Surplus Interconnection Service
_____
Fast Track Process for Small Generating Facility
_____
Injection Rights associated with a new MHVDC Transmission Line
_____
Expedited Resource Addition Study
_____
Generating Facility requesting ZG Interconnection Service;
3.
The type of interconnection service requested is (check one as appropriate):
_____
Energy Resource Interconnection Service only
_____
Network Resource Interconnection Service (includes Energy Resource
Interconnection Service)
_____
Network Resource Interconnection Service only for an Existing Generating
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Facility
_____
Network Resource Interconnection Service in connection with a resource
solicitation process
_____
Surplus Interconnection Service
_____
External Network Resource Interconnection Service (E-NRIS) for projects
connecting to a Distribution System or non-MISO transmission system
_____
ZG Interconnection Service for a Generating Facility with ZG Associated
Load;
4.
Interconnection Customer provides the following definitive information:
a.
Specific address or location (use closest street or intersection if no address is
available) for the proposed new Generating Facility site or, in the case of an
Existing Generating Facility, the name and specific location of the Existing
Generating Facility (provide a site map and GPS coordinates);
Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
GPS Coordinates:
N
W
b.
The following specific information related to the Interconnection Service
Requested:
Required Information Related to Interconnection
Request
Additional
Information/Documentation
Installed Generating
Facility Capacity
(Maximum Gross
Output)
Summer
(MW/MVAR):
____/____
Winter
(MW/MVAR):
____/____
Existing
Interconnection
ERIS:
(MW/MVAR):
NRIS:
(MW/MVAR):
Provide GIA, and SIS report for
Existing Generating Facility
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Service, if any
____/____
____/____
New Interconnection
Service or Increase in
Existing
Interconnection
Service Requested
(Maximum Injection
at POI)
ERIS (New)
(MW/MVAR):
____/____
or
ERIS (Increase)
(MW/MVAR):
____/____
NRIS (New)
(MW/MVAR):
____/____
or
NRIS (Increase)
(MW/MVAR):
____/____
Requested total ERIS must be less
than or equal to Installed
Generating Facility Capacity.
Requested total NRIS must be less
than or equal to total requested
ERIS.
Station Service Load,
if any
Summer
(MW/MVAR):
____/____
Winter
(MW/MVAR):
____/____
Surplus
Interconnection
Service Requested
(No increase in
Existing
Interconnection
Service)
Surplus
Interconnection
Service
(MW/MVAR):
____/____
SIS report for existing unit and
written statement pursuant to
Section 6 of this Interconnection
Request
“NRIS only”/
External NRIS
NRIS Only
(MW/MVAR):
____/____
External-NRIS
(MW/MVAR):
____/____
CP Node:
____________
Point of Interconnection:
____________
Bus Number in Power Flow
Models: ____________
ZG Interconnection
Service Requested
ZG
Interconnection
Service
(MW/MVAR):
____/____
The amount of ZG Interconnection
Service is limited to and shall not
exceed the total Demand of the
ZG Associated Load for that
Generating Facility.
c.
A description of the equipment configuration (i.e. Number of generators/inverters
and number of Intermediate Step-up transformers, is this phase 2 of an existing
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project, etc.) for the entire Generating Facility:
d.
Generating Facility Commercial Operation Date______________,
Synchronization Date______________, and required Interconnection Facilities
In-Service Date_______________ by day, month, and year;
e.
Name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the Interconnection
Customer. If the Interconnection Customer has designated an agent, include its
agent’s contact person:
Interconnection Customer
Company Name:_________________________________________________
Address:_______________________________________________________
City:_________________________ State:_____________ Zip:___________
Phone:________________________Email:____________________________
Interconnection Customer’s Agent (if applicable)
Company Name:________________________________________________
Address:_______________________________________________________
City:_________________________ State:_____________ Zip:___________
Phone:________________________Email:___________________________
Agent’s contact person:
;
f.
An Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or comparable state-issued document for
the Interconnection Customer submitting this Interconnection Request;
g.
As applicable, documentation proving the existence of a legally-binding
relationship between the Interconnection Customer and any entity with a vested
interest in this Interconnection Request (e.g., a parent company, a subsidiary, or
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Interconnection Customer reasonably anticipates may claim rights or authority
under this Interconnection Request. Such documentation may include but is not
limited to the Interconnection Customer’s Articles of Organization and Operating
Agreement describing the nature of the legally-binding relationship;
h.
Interconnection Customer’s banking information, or the banking information of
any entity with a legally-binding relationship to the Interconnection Customer, in
accordance with Section 4(f) of this Appendix 1, that wishes to make payments
and receive refunds on behalf of the Interconnection Customer and in association
with this Interconnection Request;
Bank Name:
Account Holder Name:
ABA number:
Account Number:
Company:
Tax Reporting Name:
Tax ID:
Address:
City:
State:
Zip:
Phone:
Email:
i.
Location of the proposed Point of Interconnection including the substation name
or the name of the line to be tapped (including the voltage), the estimated distance
from the substation endpoints of a line tap, address, and GPS coordinates (Not
applicable to External NRIS Applications)
POI substation name:
or
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POI line name:
(endpoint 1) to
(endpoint 2)
POI Distance from endpoint 1:
miles
POI Distance from endpoint 2:
miles
Interconnection voltage:
kV
Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
GPS Coordinates:
N
W
j.
Generating Facility Data (set forth in Attachment A);
k.
Fuel Source(s) [Check all that are applicable]:
□ Coal
□ Nuclear
□ Storage, specify type: _________
□ Hydro
□ Oil
□ Wind
□ Natural Gas
□ Solar
□ Other, specify type: _________
Describe the configuration of Generating Facility utilizing more than one fuel
source:
___________________________________________
___________________________________________;
If the proposed Generating Facility includes storage device(s), indicate whether
the storage device(s) will be charged using energy from the Transmission System
at any time: Yes _____ or No _____. If Yes, specify maximum MW that will be
withdrawn from the Transmission System at any time: _____MW. If Yes, specify
the peak load charging case (check one):
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l.
Qualifying Facility status including an indication of state and / or federal
qualifications that have been met (optional);
m.
If this Interconnection Request is made in connection with a resource solicitation
process, attach a copy of a written agreement assigning the Interconnection
Customer’s rights under the GIP to the solicitor of the process and granting the
solicitor the right to act as the Interconnection Customer’s agent for all purposes
in the GIP;
n.
If this Interconnection Request is for Surplus Interconnection Service, attach a
copy of the MISO Interconnection System Impact Study performed for the
Existing Generating Facility when the Generating Facility was originally
proposed for interconnection to the MISO Transmission System or, for
Generating Facilities studied under a predecessor transmission provider’s
interconnection process, the original system impact study performed at the time
such Generating Facility was originally studied for interconnection to the
transmission system. If no such study is available, indicate this by checking the
appropriate box below.
□
Study Attached (if this box is checked, a copy of the study must be
included as an attachment to this Interconnection Request); or
□
No previous study is available;
o.
Energy Displacement Agreement (Appendix 12) and Monitoring and Consent
Agreement (Appendix 11). In order for a surplus Interconnection Request to
remain valid, the Energy Displacement Agreement and Monitoring and Consent
Agreement must be submitted prior to the conclusion of Generator
Interconnection Agreement negotiations, pursuant to Section 11 of this GIP;
p.
Primary frequency response operating range for electric storage resources;
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q.
If this Interconnection Request is for Generating Facility Replacement,
Interconnection Customer must submit:
Planned or Actual date of cessation of operation for the Existing Generating
Facility:______________________
Expected Commercial Operation Date for the Replacement Generating
Facility:______________________
_____ (check if applicable) Interconnection Customer requests MISO to perform
Attachment Y equivalent study in the Reliability Assessment Study;
r.
For Interconnection Requests proposing to share Interconnection Customer
Interconnection Facilities with another Interconnection Request or existing
project, a consent agreement meeting the requirements of Section 3.3.1.4 of the
GIP and the Generator Interconnection Business Practices Manual executed by all
Interconnection Customers affiliated with projects that propose to connect, or are
connected, to the shared Interconnection Customer Interconnection Facilities.
_____ (check if applicable) Interconnection Customer proposes either to (1)
share Interconnection Customer Interconnection Facilities with a separate
Interconnection Request or existing project and has attached a fully
executed consent agreement to this Interconnection Request or; (2) share a
single Interconnection Request with another Interconnection Customer
using a Shared Interconnection Request.
If Interconnection Customer Interconnection Facilities will be shared, the
MISO Project Number(s) of other Existing Generating Facilities or
Interconnection Requests with which Interconnection Customer
Interconnection Facilities will be shared shall be listed below. If no
project number is available for any of the other Generating Facilities with
which Interconnection Customer Interconnection Facilities will be shared,
state the name of the Interconnection Customer and describe the
applicable Generating Facilities below.
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s.
For Interconnection Requests seeking processing through an Expedited Resource
Addition Study, identify the resource adequacy deficiency (i.e. the county and
state, the associated electrical bus location(s), the Local Resource Zone, and the
peak MW demand of the load and/or reliability need) that the Generating Facility
claims to address, the RERRA (if applicable), and include the location of the
Generating Facility (i.e. county and state, the associated electrical bus location(s),
and the Local Resource Zone).
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
5.
Interconnection Customer shall provide the applicable deposit amount as specified in the
GIP;
6.
If this Interconnection Request is submitted to request Surplus Interconnection Service,
the undersigned Interconnection Customer shall supply a written statement from an
officer of the Existing Generating Facility that is associated with this request for Surplus
Interconnection Service that confirms the following:
(i.)
the amount of Surplus Interconnection Service made available by the
Interconnection Customer of the Existing Generating Facility;
(ii.)
the type of Interconnection Service (i.e., ERIS or NRIS) made available by the
Interconnection Customer for the Existing Generating Facility in accordance with
the provisions in Section 3.2.3.1 of GIP (Attachment X); and
(iii.)
the circumstances under which the proposed Surplus Interconnection Service
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would be available, including an indication of whether the proposed
Interconnection Service would be available on a continuous basis (i.e., a certain
number of MW of Surplus Interconnection Service would always be available for
use by a co-located generating facility) or on a scheduled, periodic basis (i.e., a
specified number of MW of Surplus Interconnection Service that would be
available intermittently);
7.
Evidence of Site Control as specified in the GIP (check one)
____
Is attached to this Interconnection Request
____
Will be provided at a later date in accordance with the GIP;
8.
This Interconnection Request shall be submitted electronically to the Transmission
Provider in the manner specified by the Generator Interconnection Business Practices
Manual (BPM-015).;
9.
By submitting the Interconnection Request, the Interconnection Customer represents that
the Generating Facility shall, upon Commercial Operation, connect exclusively to the
Transmission Provider’s Transmission System. Interconnection Customer shall not
connect or seek to connect the Generating Facility to another transmission provider’s
transmission system except as may be expressly allowed by the Transmission Provider’
Tariff.;
10.
For ZG Interconnection Service, a description of the ZG Associated Load and facilities to
connect to, along with any System Protection Facilities and/or proposed operating
procedures to prevent injections onto the Transmission System beyond the substation
where the Point of Interconnection is located. This shall include the need-by date for
such ZG Associated Load.;
11.
Primary Representative of Interconnection Customer to contact:
[To be completed by Interconnection Customer]
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Name:
Address:_______________________________________________
City:___________________ State:___________ Zip:___________
Phone:__________________ Email:_________________________;
12.
This Interconnection Request is submitted by:
[Name of Interconnection Customer Company]
By (signature):
Name (type or print):
Title:
Date:
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GENERATING FACILITY DATA
A. Unit Ratings
1. Total Generator Rated Output (MW)
2. Rated MVA
3. Number of Generating units (repeat items 3-11 for each type of generator)
4. Individual generator rated output (MW)
5. Individual generator rated MVA
6. Manufacturer
7. Year manufactured*
8. Nominal terminal voltage (kV)
9. Minimum Short Circuit Ratio for turbine operation
10. Rated power factor
Refer:
i.
FERC Order No. 827
https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/comm-meet/2016/061616/E-1.pdf
ii.
MISO TO power factor requirements
https://cdn.misoenergy.org/Reactive_Generator_Requirements108137.p
df
11. Generator Voltage Regulation range (+/-)
12. Generator Power Factor Regulation range (+/-)
13. Primary frequency response operating range for electric storage resources:
i.
Minimum state of charge:
ii.
Maximum state of charge:
14. Type (Induction, Synchronous, D.C. with Inverter)
15. Connection (Delta, Grounded WYE, Undergrounded WYE, Impedance
Grounded)
*If available
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A-1. Generator Short Circuit Information*
(Provide following reactances in p.u. on the generator base)
1. X’’1—Positive sequence sub transient reactance (p.u.)
2. X2—Negative sequence reactance (p.u.)
3. X0—Zero sequence reactance (p.u)
4. Generator grounding:
4.a. Solidly grounded (yes/no)
4.b. Grounded through an impedance (yes/no)
If yes: R_____ p.u. X_____p.u.
4.c. Ungrounded
A-2. Main Generator Step-up Up (GSU) Transformer
(Please fill out data in table below for each GSU transformer)
Number of Transformers __________
RATINGS
Self-Cooled
Maximum
Nameplate
Capacity (kVA)
Generator Side
System Side
Tertiary
Voltage Ratio (kV)
Low Voltage
High Voltage
Tertiary Voltage
Winding
Connections (Delta
or Wye)
IMPEDANCE
Primary-Secondary
Primary-Tertiary
Secondary-Tertiary
Positive Z1 (on
self-cooled kVA
rating)
% X/R
% X/R
% X/R
Zero Z0 (on self-
cooled kVA rating)
% X/R
% X/R
% X/R
Fixed Taps
Available
Present Tap
Available
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A-3. Pad Mount Transformer
(Please fill out data in table below for each GSU transformer)
Number of Transformers __________
RATINGS
Self-Cooled
Maximum
Nameplate
Capacity (kVA)
Generator Side
System Side
Tertiary
Voltage Ratio (kV)
Low Voltage
High Voltage
Tertiary Voltage
Winding
Connections (Delta
or Wye)
IMEPDANCE
Primary-Secondary
Primary-Tertiary
Secondary-Tertiary
Positive Z1 (on
self-cooled kVA
rating)
% X/R
% X/R
% X/R
Zero Z0 (on self-
cooled kVA rating)
% X/R
% X/R
% X/R
Fixed Taps
Available
Present Tap
Available
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A-4. Interconnection Facilities Tie Line Information
(Only list data for lines that are to be added by the generation developer)
1. Nominal Voltage (kV)
2.
Line length (miles)
3. Line termination points
1.
2.
4. Conductor Type/Size (kcm)
5. Phase Configuration (Vertical or Horizontal)
6. Summer line ratings in amperes (MVA)
7. Positive sequence resistance (R) for entire length (in p.u.*)
8. Positive sequence reactance (X) for entire length (in p.u.*)
9. Zero sequence resistance (R0) for entire length (in p.u.*)
10. Zero sequence reactance (X0) for entire length (in p.u.*)
11. Positive sequence line charging (B) for the entire length (in
p.u.*)
* On 100-MVA and nominal line voltage (kV) Base
For wind/photovoltaic plants, provide System Equivalence Impedance Data. (Provide
values for each equivalence collector circuit at all voltage levels. Equivalent collector
system impedance does not include pad mount impedance)
1. Nominal Voltage (kV)
2.
Summer line ratings in amperes (MVA)
3. Positive sequence resistance (R) for entire length (in p.u.*)
4. Positive sequence reactance (X) for entire length (in p.u.*)
5. Zero sequence resistance (R0) for entire length (in p.u.*)
6. Zero sequence reactance (X0) for entire length (in p.u.*)
7. Positive sequence line charging (B) for the entire length (in p.u.*)
* On 100-MVA and nominal line voltage (kV) Base
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A-5. Dynamic Modeling Information
For a synchronous Generating Facility, the Interconnection Customer is to provide the
appropriate PSS/E library model in the form of a Siemens PTI PSS/E dyr file. A detailed model
of a generator must include:
•
Generator Model
•
Excitation System Model
o
May be omitted if unit is operated under manual excitation control
•
Turbine-Governor Model
o
May be omitted if unit doesn’t regulate frequency
•
Power System Stabilizer Model
o
May be omitted if device is not installed or not active
•
Reactive Line Drop Compensation Model
o
May be omitted if device is not installed or not active
Models submitted must be allowable under the Acceptable Models Working Group (AMWG)
Dynamic Model List facilitated by the Eastern Interconnection Reliability Assessment Group
(ERAG) posted at:
https://www.rfirst.org/eastern-interconnection-reliability-assessment-group/.
The models must also comply with MISO’s MOD-032 Model Data Requirements and Reporting
Procedures posted at: https://www.misoenergy.org/planning/planning-modeling/.
For a non-synchronous Generating Facility, Interconnection Customer shall provide (1) a
validated user-defined root mean squared (RMS) positive sequence dynamics model; (2) an
appropriately parameterized standard library RMS positive sequence dynamics model, including
model block diagram of the inverter control and plant control systems allowable under the
ERAG AMWG Dynamic Model List, and compliant with MISO’s MOD-032 Model Data
Requirements and Reporting Procedures that corresponds to Interconnection Customer’s
Generating Facility; and (3) if applicable, a validated electromagnetic transient model if
Transmission Provider performs an electromagnetic transient study as part of the interconnection
study process.
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A user-defined model is a set of programming code created by equipment manufacturers or
developers that captures the latest features of controllers that are mainly software based and
represents the entities’ control strategies but does not necessarily correspond to any standard
library model. Interconnection Customer must also demonstrate that the model is validated by
providing evidence that the equipment behavior is consistent with the model behavior (e.g., an
attestation from Interconnection Customer that the model accurately represents the entire
Generating Facility; attestations from each equipment manufacturer that the user defined model
accurately represents the component of the Generating Facility; or test data).
An Interconnection Request seeking ZG Interconnection Service shall include a detailed power
flow model for the proposed Generating Facility that includes all ZG Associated Loads, Point(s)
of Withdrawal and the Point of Interconnections for the Interconnection Request, as well as any
proposed system protection facilities.
A-6. ONE-LINE & MODEL INFORMATION
The Interconnection Customer shall provide a Power Flow model describing the generator in a
format compatible with Siemens PTI PSS/E (.sav, .raw, .idev, .py, .prj, or equivalent format as
specified by MISO).
The Interconnection Customer is to provide the definitive one-line diagram for the POI –
Information shall include:
•
Breaker layout, bus configuration (if available) and number of generators
•
The zero sequence impedance (if applicable)
•
The distance from the collector substation to the POI referenced in miles and the line
impedance
•
If the POI is a line tap, distance from the tap to the endpoints of the existing line
referenced in miles
•
Generator step up (GSU) transformer data and collector substation transformer data,
including impedances for each phase of the transformer (if applicable)
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For inverter based generators, FERC Order 827 requires
o
Location and size of any dynamic and/or static VAR compensation devises
o
Equivalent collector system impedance
Models submitted should comply with MISO’s Model Data Requirements and Reporting
Procedures posted at: https://www.misoenergy.org/planning/planning-modeling/mod-032-01
An Interconnection Request for seeking ZG Interconnection Service shall include a one line
diagram showing the Generating Facility and associated electrical equipment with appropriate
rating and impedance information and all the ZG Associated Loads including all Point(s) of
Withdrawal and the Point of Interconnection of the Generating Facility to the Transmission
System for the Interconnection Request.
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B. Synchronous Generator Information
(e.g. Biomass, Coal, Diesel, Hydro, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Oil)
1.(Repeat the following for each generator model) Rated Generator
speed (rpm)
2.Maximum Turbine MW (ºF)
3. Moment-of-Inertia, WR2 (lb.ft.2 for combined Turbine-Generator-
Exciter-Inertia Data)
4. Inertia Constant, H (kW sec/kVA for combined Turbine-Generator-
Exciter-Inertia Data)
Reactance Data (Per Unit- Rated kVA)
Direct Axis
Quadrature Axis
Synchronous-saturated
Xdv:
Xqv:
Synchronous-unsaturated
Xdi
Xqi
Transient – saturated
Xdv:
Xqv:
Transient – unsaturated
Xdi:
Xqi:
Subtransient – saturated
Xdv:
Xqv:
Subtransient – unsaturated
Xdi:
Xqi:
Negative Sequence - saturated
X2v:
Negative Sequence - usaturated
X2i:
Zero Sequence – saturated
X0v:
Zero Sequence – unsaturated
X0i:
Leakage Reactance
Xlm:
Field Time Constant Data (sec)
Open Circuit
Td0:
Tq0:
Three-Phase Short Circuit Transient
Td3:
Tq:
Line-to-Line Short Circuit Transient
Td2:
Line-to-Neutral Short Circuit Transient
Td1:
Short Circuit Subtransient
Td:
Tq:
Open Circuit Subtransient
Td0:
Tq0:
Armature Time Constant Data (sec)
Three Phase Short Circuit
Ta3
Line-to-Line Short Circuit
Ta2
Line-to-Neutral Short Circuit
Ta1
Armature Winding Resistance Data (Per Unit)
Positive
R1
Negative
R2
Zero
R0
Rotor Short Time Thermal capacity I22t
Field Current Rated kVA, Armature
Voltage and, PF
=______________amps
Field Current Rated kVA, Armature
Voltage and, 0 PF
=______________amps
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Three Phase Armature Winding
Capacitance
=______________microfarad
Field Winding Resistance
=______________ohms ____C
Armature Winding Resistance (per Phase)
=______________ohms ____C
5.Attach generator reactive capability curves
6.Attach a plot of generator terminal voltage versus field current showing the air gap
line, open-circuit saturation curve, and saturation curve at full load and rated power
factor, and power quality curves specifying percent total harmonic distortion vertically
and percent power output horizontally from 25 – 100% power output for both current
and voltages or specify that the unit is IEEE 519 compliant.
B-1. Excitation System Information
(Repeat the following for each generator model)
1. Manufacturer and Type of excitation system used for the generator.
2. Excitation System Response Ratio (ASA)
3. Full load rated exciter output voltage
4. Maximum exciter output voltage (ceiling voltage)
5. Other comments regarding excitation system
6. Attach IEEE block diagram of the excitation system and power system stabilizer
(PSS) for computer representation in power system stability simulations and the
corresponding excitation system and PSS constants for use in the model.
B-2. Turbine Governor Information
(Repeat the following for each generator model and complete only section that applies to
corresponding turbine type)
a.
Turbine manufacturer
b. Maximum turbine power output (MW)
c.
Minimum turbine power output while on-
line (MW)
d. Droop setting (speed regulation)
e.
Is the governor mechanical-hydraulic or
electro-hydraulic?
For all turbine types
f.
Other comments about turbine governor
system?
a. Unit type (Steam, Gas, Combined Cycle)
Steam, gas or
combined cycle
b. If steam or combined-cycle, does turbine
system have re-heat process (both high and
low pressure turbines)?
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c. If steam with reheat process, or if
combined cycle, indicate low/high pressure
turbine gas/steam (%)
a. Turbine efficiency at rated load (%)
b. Length of penstock (ft)
c. Average cross-sectional area of penstock
(ft2)
d. Typical maximum head (vertical distance
from the bottom of the penstock, at the
gate, to the water level (ft)
e. Water supply (run-of-the-river or reservoir)
f. Water flow rate at typical maximum head
(ft3/sec)
g. Average energy rate (kWh/acre-ft)
Hydro Turbines
h. Estimated yearly energy production (kWh)
B-3. Induction Generator Information
1. Motoring Power (kW)
2. Neutral Grounding Resistor (If Applicable)
3. I22t or K (Heating Time Constant)
4. Rotor Resistance
5. Stator Resistance
6. Stator Reactance:
7. Rotor Reactance:
8. Magnetizing Reactance:
9. Short Circuit Reactance:
10. Exciting Current:
11. Temperature Rise:
12. Frame Size:
13. Design Letter:
14. Reactive Power Required In Vars (No Load):
15. Reactive Power Required In Vars (Full Load):
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16. Total Rotating Inertia, H:
______ in
Per Unit on KVA
Base
C. Non-Synchronous Generator Information
C-1. Wind Generators Information
1. Number of generators to interconnect pursuant to
Interconnection Request
2. Average site elevation
3. Field Volts
4. Field Amperes
5. Heating time constant (I22t)
6. Rotor Resistance
7. Stator Resistance
8. Rotor Reactance
9. Stator Reactance
10. Exciting Current
11. Temperature Rise
12. Total Rotating inertia (H) (Per unit on 100 MVA
Base)
13. List of adjustable set- points for protective
equipment or software*
14. Generator type (e.g. GE doubly fed induction
machine with back-to-back IGBT converters, or
Micon induction generator)
15. Generator voltage ride through capability
Min low-voltage threshold in
percent to enable tripping ____
Max low-voltage duration in
seconds to enable tripping ____
16. Provide voltage flicker data, if available, for the wind generator model to be installed
specified in percent of total voltage output. The data may be provided at 25, 50, 75,
and 100% of output or in the form of a curve with the Y-axis showing percent of
flicker versus total output and the X-axis showing percent load output from at least
25% to 100% of total output.
17. Provide voltage dropout limits expressed in voltage level versus time
18. Provide frequency dropout limits expressed in frequency versus time
19. Provide reactive power capability curve
20. Provide a validated user-defined RMS positive sequence dynamic model
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*If available
C-2. Inverter-Based Parameters (e.g. Solar, Storage, Type 4 Wind Turbines)
1. Number of inverters to be interconnected
2. Inverter Manufacturer
3. Inverter Model Name
4. Inverter Model Number
5. Inverter Version Number
6. List of adjustable set points for the protective equipment or software
7. Maximum design fault contribution current
8. Harmonics Characteristics
9. Start – up requirements
*PSCAD models may be required/requested for inverter based resources as needed during
the Generator Interconnection Process. If available please provide with application
materials.
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ATTACHMENT B TO APPENDIX 1 TO GIP
INTERCONNECTION STUDY AGREEMENT (GENERATING FACILITY)
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this day of , 20 by and
between , a organized and existing under the laws of the State of
____________________, (“Interconnection Customer,”) and the Midcontinent Independent
System Operator, Inc., a non-profit, non-stock corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware, sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “Transmission Provider.”
Interconnection Customer and Transmission Provider each may be referred to as a “Party,” or
collectively as the “Parties.” Any capitalized term used herein but not defined herein shall have
the meaning assigned to such term in the GIP and the GIA.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Interconnection Customer is proposing to develop a Generating Facility or
generating capacity addition to an Existing Generating Facility consistent with the
Interconnection Request submitted by Interconnection Customer dated ; and
WHEREAS, Interconnection Customer desires to interconnect the Generating Facility
with the Transmission System; and
WHEREAS, Interconnection Customer has requested Transmission Provider to perform
Interconnection Studies and/or Provisional Interconnection Studies to assess interconnecting the
proposed Generating Facility to the Transmission System, and of any Affected Systems;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of and subject to the mutual covenants contained
herein the Parties agreed as follows:
1.0
When used in this Agreement, with initial capitalization, the terms specified shall
have the meanings indicated in the Transmission Provider’s Commission-
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approved GIP.
2.0
Interconnection Customer elects and Transmission Provider shall cause to be
performed an Interconnection Study and/or an Provisional Interconnection Study
consistent with the GIP in accordance with the Tariff, an Interconnection System
Impact Study consistent with the GIP and an Interconnection Facilities Study
consistent with the GIP, collectively referred to as the “Studies.”
3.0
The Studies shall be based on the technical information provided by
Interconnection Customer in the Interconnection Request, as may be modified as
the result of the Scoping Meeting, study results, or any other reason identified in
the GIP. Transmission Provider reserves the right to request additional technical
information from Interconnection Customer as such information may reasonably
become necessary consistent with Good Utility Practice during the course of the
Studies and as designated in accordance with Section 3.3.3 of the GIP. If, after the
designation of the Point of Interconnection pursuant to Section 3.3 of the GIP,
Interconnection Customer modifies its Interconnection Request pursuant to
Section 4.4, Transmission Provider may extend the time to complete The Studies.
4.0
{Reserved}
5.0
The Interconnection System Impact Study report shall provide the following
information:
-
identification of any equipment short circuit capability limits exceeded as
a result of the interconnection;
-
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identification of any instability or inadequately damped response to
system disturbances resulting from the interconnection (including as
necessary, transient stability, both large and small signal, sub synchronous
stability, dynamic voltage stability, mid and long-term stability, voltage
flicker analyses, and excessive neutral current studies in accordance with
Good Utility Practice), and
-
preliminary description and non-binding, good faith, planning level
estimated cost of facilities required to interconnect the Generating Facility
to the Transmission System and to address the identified short circuit,
instability, and power flow issues.
6.0
The Interconnection Facilities Study shall provide draft GIA appendices and
supporting documentation, which will: (i) provide a description, estimated cost
of (consistent with Attachment A), and schedule for required facilities to
interconnect the Generating Facility to the Transmission System and (ii) address
the short circuit, instability, and power flow issues identified in the
Interconnection System Impact Study.
7.0
Interconnection Customer shall provide deposits in the amount and timing
outlined in Sections 3.3 of the GIP for the performance of the Studies.
Any difference between the deposit and the actual cost of The Studies shall be
paid by or refunded to Interconnection Customer, as appropriate under Section
13.3 of the GIP.
8.0
Interconnection Customer may request all Base Cases and work papers associated
with this Interconnection Request, subject to Transmission Provider provisions
around acquiring Critical Energy Infrastructure Information.
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9.0
Indemnity. To the extent permitted by law, each Party shall at all times
indemnify, defend and hold the other Parties harmless from any and all damages,
losses, claims, including claims and actions relating to injury to or death of any
person or damage to property, demand, suits, recoveries, costs and expenses, court
costs, attorney fees, and all other obligations by or to third parties, arising out of
or resulting from the other Party’s performance, or non-performance of its
obligations under this Agreement on behalf of the indemnifying Party, except in
cases of gross negligence or intentional wrongdoing by the indemnified Party.
10.0
Limitation of Liability. Except with respect to the duties of defense and
indemnity expressly provided in this Agreement, a Party shall not be liable to
another Party or to any third party or other person for any damages arising out of
actions under this Agreement, including, but not limited to, any act or omission
that results in an interruption, deficiency or imperfection of Interconnection
Service, except as provided in the Tariff. The provisions set forth in the Tariff
shall be additionally applicable to any Party acting in good faith to implement or
comply with its obligations under this Agreement, regardless of whether the
obligation is preceded by a specific directive.
11.0
Miscellaneous. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall
include standard miscellaneous terms including, but not limited to,
representations, disclaimers, warranties, governing law, amendment, execution,
waiver, enforceability and assignment, that reflect best practices in the electric
industry, that are consistent with regional practices, Applicable Laws and
Regulations and the organizational nature of each Party. All of these provisions,
to the extent practicable, shall be consistent with the provisions of the GIP and the
GIA.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed
by their duly authorized officers or agents on the day and year first above written.
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Midcontinent Independent
System Operator, Inc.
By:
Name:
Title:
[Insert name of Interconnection Customer]
By:
Name:
Title:
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INTERCONNECTION STUDY AGREEMENT (INJECTION RIGHTS)
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this day of , 20 by and
between , a organized and existing under the laws of the State of
____________________, (“MHVDC Connection Customer,”) and the Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc., a non-profit, non-stock corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “Transmission
Provider.” MHVDC Connection and Transmission Provider each may be referred to as a
“Party,” or collectively as the “Parties.” Any capitalized term used herein but not defined herein
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the GIP and the GIA.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, MHVDC Connection Customer is proposing to develop an MHVDC
Transmission Line or capacity addition to an existing MHVDC Transmission Line consistent
with the Interconnection Request submitted by MHVDC Connection Customer dated ;
and
WHEREAS, MHVDC Connection Customer desires to interconnect the MHVDC
Transmission Line with the Transmission System; and
WHEREAS, MHVDC Connection Customer has requested Transmission Provider to
perform Interconnection Studies and/or Provisional Interconnection Studies to assess
interconnecting the proposed MHVDC Transmission Line to the Transmission System, and of
any Affected Systems;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of and subject to the mutual covenants contained
herein the Parties agreed as follows:
1.0
When used in this Agreement, with initial capitalization, the terms specified shall
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have the meanings indicated in the Transmission Provider’s Commission-
approved GIP.
2.0
MHVDC Connection Customer elects and Transmission Provider shall cause to
be performed an Interconnection Study and/or an Provisional Interconnection
Study consistent with the GIP in accordance with the Tariff, an Interconnection
System Impact Study consistent with the GIP and an Interconnection Facilities
Study consistent with the GIP, collectively referred to as the “Studies.”
3.0
The Studies shall be based on the technical information provided by MHVDC
Connection Customer in the Interconnection Request, as may be modified as the
result of the Scoping Meeting, study results, or any other reason identified in the
GIP. Transmission Provider reserves the right to request additional technical
information from MHVDC Connection Customer as such information may
reasonably become necessary consistent with Good Utility Practice during the
course of the Studies and as designated in accordance with Section 3.3.3 of the
GIP. If, after the designation of the Point of Interconnection pursuant to Section
3.3 of the GIP, MHVDC Connection Customer modifies its Interconnection
Request pursuant to Section 4.4, Transmission Provider may extend the time to
complete The Studies.
4.0
{Reserved}
5.0
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information:
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from the interconnection;
-
identification of any instability or inadequately damped response to
system disturbances resulting from the interconnection (including as
necessary, transient stability, both large and small signal, sub synchronous
stability, dynamic voltage stability, mid and long-term stability, voltage
flicker analyses, and excessive neutral current studies in accordance with
Good Utility Practice), and
-
preliminary description and non-binding, good faith, planning level
estimated cost of facilities required to interconnect the MHVDC
Transmission Line to the Transmission System and to address the
identified short circuit, instability, and power flow issues.
6.0
The Interconnection Facilities Study shall provide draft TCA appendices and
supporting documentation, which will: (i) provide a description, estimated cost
of (consistent with Attachment A), and schedule for required facilities to
interconnect the MHVDC Transmission Line to the Transmission System and (ii)
address the short circuit, instability, and power flow issues identified in the
Interconnection System Impact Study.
7.0
MHVDC Connection Customer shall provide deposits in the amount and timing
outlined in Sections 3.3 of the GIP for the performance of the Studies.
Any difference between the deposit and the actual cost of The Studies shall be
paid by or refunded to MHVDC Connection Customer, as appropriate under
Section 13.3 of the GIP.
8.0
MHVDC Connection Customer may request all Base Cases and work papers
associated with this Interconnection Request, subject to Transmission Provider
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provisions around acquiring Critical Energy Infrastructure Information.
9.0
Indemnity. To the extent permitted by law, each Party shall at all times
indemnify, defend and hold the other Parties harmless from any and all damages,
losses, claims, including claims and actions relating to injury to or death of any
person or damage to property, demand, suits, recoveries, costs and expenses, court
costs, attorney fees, and all other obligations by or to third parties, arising out of
or resulting from the other Party’s performance, or non-performance of its
obligations under this Agreement on behalf of the indemnifying Party, except in
cases of gross negligence or intentional wrongdoing by the indemnified Party.
10.0
Limitation of Liability. Except with respect to the duties of defense and
indemnity expressly provided in this Agreement, a Party shall not be liable to
another Party or to any third party or other person for any damages arising out of
actions under this Agreement, including, but not limited to, any act or omission
that results in an interruption, deficiency or imperfection of Interconnection
Service, except as provided in the Tariff. The provisions set forth in the Tariff
shall be additionally applicable to any Party acting in good faith to implement or
comply with its obligations under this Agreement, regardless of whether the
obligation is preceded by a specific directive.
11.0
Miscellaneous. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall
include standard miscellaneous terms including, but not limited to,
representations, disclaimers, warranties, governing law, amendment, execution,
waiver, enforceability and assignment, that reflect best practices in the electric
industry, that are consistent with regional practices, Applicable Laws and
Regulations and the organizational nature of each Party. All of these provisions,
to the extent practicable, shall be consistent with the provisions of the GIP and the
GIA.
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IN WITNESS THEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed
by their duly authorized officers or agents on the day and year first above written.
Midcontinent Independent
System Operator, Inc.
By:
Name:
Title:
[Insert name of MHVDC Connection Customer]
By:
Name:
Title:
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ATTACHMENT C TO APPENDIX 1: UNIVERSAL NON-DISCLOSURE AND
CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT
PROJECT NO. _____
This Universal Non-Disclosure and Confidentiality Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into
on this _______ day of ___________________, 20____ and effective as of the ______ day of
_____________________, 20____ (the “Effective Date”), by and between Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc. (“MISO”) and ______________________________,
(“Company”) whose principal offices are located at ___________________________________.
MISO and Company each may be referred to individually as a “Party” or collectively as the
“Parties.”
WHEREAS, MISO is prepared to disclose confidential information under this Agreement
to Company in connection with MISO’s business with, or possible engagement of, Company (the
“Purpose”);
WHEREAS, Company represents that it desires to receive confidential information
pursuant to this Agreement; and,
WHEREAS, MISO and Company desire to set forth in writing the terms and conditions of
their agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants, representations
and agreements contained in this Agreement and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:
1.0
Confidential Information. “Confidential Information” as used in this Agreement means
all information disclosed to Company by MISO or its employees, agents, contractors,
representatives, consultants and advisors (collectively “Disclosing Party”) in connection
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with the Purpose. Confidential Information includes, without limitation, (i) any and all
business, technical, marketing, financial or other information, whether in electronic, oral
or written form; (ii) trade secrets, business plans, techniques, methods, or systems, data,
know-how, formulae, compositions, designs, sketches, mock-ups, prototypes,
photographs, charts, graphs, forms, documents, drawings, samples, inventions, ideas,
research and development, customer and vendor lists (including, without limitation, the
identity, characteristics, contact persons, product and service needs thereof), rates, price
lists, computer software programs and systems, financial statements, and budgets; (iii) all
memoranda, summaries, notes, analyses, compilations, studies or those portions of other
documents prepared by Company to the extent they contain or reflect such information
of, or the contents of discussions with the Disclosing Party (“Company’s Material”),
including the contents or existence of discussions or negotiations related to the Purpose;
(iv) information not generally known or readily ascertainable; (v) information that
provides a competitive advantage for Disclosing Party; and (vi) information that is
marked “Confidential” or nonpublic information which under the circumstances
surrounding disclosure a reasonable person would conclude should be treated as
confidential. Confidential Information shall not include information that (a) is or
becomes part of the public domain other than as a result of disclosure by Company, (b)
becomes available to Company on a non-confidential basis from a source other than
Disclosing Party, provided that, to the best of Company’s knowledge, such source is not
prohibited from transmitting such information by a contractual, legal, or other obligation,
or (c) was in Company’s possession prior to disclosure of the same by Disclosing Party.
2.0
Non-Use; Protection and Dissemination of Confidential Information. Company
agrees not to disclose, discuss, use, reproduce, duplicate, distribute, copy, reconstruct or
in any way communicate, directly or indirectly, the Confidential Information for purposes
other than in connection with the Purpose. Company shall not disclose, discuss, use,
reproduce, duplicate, distribute or in any way communicate, directly or indirectly, the
Confidential Information to any other party and will use all reasonable efforts to protect
the confidentiality of such information. Company will require that Company’s
employees, officers, directors, agents, contractors, representatives, consultants and
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advisors who need to have access to such Confidential Information in order to assist
Company in connection with the Purpose (1) are aware of the Company’s confidentiality
obligation hereunder, and (2) agree to be bound by such confidentiality obligations.
Company shall notify Disclosing Party immediately of any loss, misuse, or
misappropriation of any Confidential Information of which Company becomes aware.
3.0
Ownership and Return. All Confidential Information, including Company’s Material,
shall be and remain the property of Disclosing Party, and no right or license is granted to
Company with respect to any Confidential Information. No transfer or creation of
ownership rights in any intellectual property comprising Confidential Information is
intended or shall be inferred by the disclosure of Confidential Information by Disclosing
Party, and any and all intellectual property comprising Confidential Information
disclosed and any derivations thereof, shall continue to be the exclusive intellectual
property of Disclosing Party. Upon the termination by any Party of the Purpose, or
sooner if so requested, Company agrees to immediately return all Confidential
Information, including Company’s Material, to Disclosing Party or to destroy all
Confidential Information, including all copies of the same, however, Company shall not
be required to destroy Confidential Information that has become embedded in Company’s
planning models. Upon request, the fact of any such destruction shall be certified in
writing to Disclosing Party by Company. Nothing in this Agreement obligates
Disclosing Party to disclose any information to Company or creates any agency or
partnership relation between them.
4.0
Compliance and Protection of Confidential Information. Company represents and
warrants that it has practices and procedures adequate to protect against the unauthorized
release of Confidential Information received. Company must educate its employees,
agents, and assigns in the provisions of this Agreement and provide to Disclosing Party
upon request any information necessary to determine compliance with the terms of this
Agreement.
5.0
Indemnification. To the extent permitted by law, Company agrees to indemnify, hold
harmless and defend MISO, its employees, principals (owners, partners, shareholders or
holders of an ownership interest, as the case may be), agents, contractors, representatives,
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consultants and/or advisors against any and all liability, loss, costs, damages, expenses,
claims or actions, joint or several, arising out of or by reason of any breach of this
Agreement by Company and/or Company’s employees, agents, contractors,
representatives or consultants, or arising out of or by reason of any act or omission of
Company and/or Company’s employees, agents, contractors, representatives or
consultants in the execution, performance, or failure to adequately perform their
obligations under this Agreement. For purposes of this Section, to “indemnify” means to
defend and pay all expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) and satisfy all
judgments (including costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees) which may be incurred or
rendered against MISO, its employees, principals (owners, partners, shareholders or
holders of an ownership interest, as the case may be), agents, contractors, representatives,
consultants and/or advisors.
6.0
Compelled Disclosure. If Company is requested or required by legal or administrative
process to disclose any Confidential Information, Company shall promptly notify
Disclosing Party of such request or requirement so that Disclosing Party may seek an
appropriate protective order or other relief. In any case, Company will (a) disclose only
that portion of the Confidential Information that its legal counsel advises is required to
be disclosed, (b) use its reasonable efforts to ensure that such Confidential Information is
treated confidentially, including seeking an appropriate protective order, and (c) notify
Disclosing Party as soon as reasonably practicable of the items of Confidential
Information so disclosed.
7.0
Remedies. The Parties acknowledge that remedies at law may be inadequate to protect
Disclosing Party against any actual or threatened breach of this Agreement by Company,
and, without prejudice to any other rights and remedies otherwise available to Disclosing
Party, agree to the immediate granting of preliminary and final injunctive relief (without
prior notice and without posting any bond) in favor of Disclosing Party to enjoin and
restrain any breach or violation, either actual or anticipatory, of this Agreement.
8.0
Purpose. None of the Parties will be under any legal obligation of any kind whatsoever
with respect to the Purpose by virtue of this Agreement, except for the matters
specifically agreed to herein. No representation or warranty is made by the Disclosing
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Party as to the accuracy or completeness of any information provided to the Company.
9.0
Term and Termination. Company’s obligations under this Agreement shall be effective
on the date set forth above and shall be perpetual, notwithstanding any expiration,
cancellation or termination of this Agreement. Upon termination of the Agreement,
Company shall either promptly (1) deliver or cause to be delivered to Disclosing Party or
(2) certify to the Disclosing Party the destruction of, all Confidential Information,
including all copies of the Confidential Information in Company’s possession or control
including, without limitation, originals and copies of documents, customer lists, prospect
lists, price lists, operations manuals, and all other documents reflecting or referencing the
Confidential Information, as well as all other materials furnished to or acquired by
Company to facilitate the Purpose of the Agreement.
10.0
Agency. This Agreement is binding on Company, its employees, agents, contractors,
representatives, consultants, advisors, successors and assigns. In the event of a dispute
regarding liability for breach of this Agreement, common law agency principles apply.
11.0
Waiver. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement will be deemed or will
constitute a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor will any waiver
constitute a continuing waiver. No waiver will be binding unless executed in writing by
an authorized representative of the Party making the waiver. The failure of either Party
in any one or more instances to insist upon strict performance of any of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement will not be construed as a waiver or relinquishment, to any
extent, of the right to assert or rely upon any such terms or conditions on any future
occasion.
12.0
Modification. This Agreement may not be amended except in a writing signed by
authorized representatives of both Parties.
13.0
Governing Law. Indiana law shall govern the interpretation and implementation of the
Agreement and the resolution of any dispute between the parties regarding the effect of
the Agreement without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law, and shall
supplement, but not replace, the Uniform Trade Secrets Act as enacted by the State of
Indiana. Each Party hereby submits itself for the sole purpose of this Agreement and any
controversy arising hereunder to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal or state courts
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located in the State of Indiana serving the counties of Hamilton and Marion, and any
courts of appeal therefrom, and waives any objection (on the grounds of lack of
jurisdiction, or forum not convenient or otherwise) to the exercise of such jurisdiction
over it by any such courts.
14.0
Severability and Survival. Should any clause, portion or paragraph of this Agreement
be unenforceable or invalid for any reason, such unenforceability or invalidity will not
affect the enforceability or validity of the remainder of this Agreement, and any court
having jurisdiction is specifically authorized and encouraged by the Parties to hold
inviolate all portions of this Agreement that are valid and enforceable without
consideration of any invalid or unenforceable portions hereof.
15.0
The headings of the sections in this Agreement are for the purposes of convenient
reference only and are not intended to be part of this Agreement, or to limit or affect the
meaning or interpretation of any of the terms hereof.
16.0
Assignment and Succession. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Parties hereto. Any successor
to or assignee of MISO shall assume its rights and obligations under this Agreement with
or without notice to Company. Company may not assign its rights hereunder without the
written permission of MISO.
17.0
Attorney’s Fees. If Company breaches or defaults in the performance of any of the
covenants, agreements, representations, or warranties described in this Agreement, then
in addition to any and all of the rights and remedies which MISO may have against
Company, Company will also be liable to and pay MISO its court costs and reasonable
attorney’s fees incurred in enforcing MISO’s covenants, agreements, representations and
warranties herein.
18.0
Employees Bound by Agreement. The representative executing this Agreement hereby
acknowledges and agrees that he/she is duly authorized to execute this Agreement on
behalf of Company and that this Agreement shall bind and be enforceable by and against
the employees, agents, or consultants of Company. The authorized representative of
Company further acknowledges and agrees that only those employees who are listed on
the attached Appendix A incorporated herein shall be authorized to receive Confidential
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Information directly from MISO and that he/she will notify MISO in writing of any
modification to Appendix A prior to releasing Confidential Information to those
employees listed on Appendix A.
19.0
Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed given if delivered personally or by commercial delivery service, or mailed by
registered or certified mail (return receipt requested) or sent via facsimile (with
acknowledgment of complete transmission) to the parties at the following addresses (or at
such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice):
if to MISO, to:
720 West City Center Drive
Carmel, Indiana 46032
Attn: General Counsel
Facsimile No.: (317) 249-5912
if to ___________, to: ________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
Facsimile No.: _____________________
20.0
Entire Agreement. The Parties agree that this Agreement, including Appendix A
incorporated herein and as modified, constitute their entire agreement with respect to the
subject matter hereof and that it supersedes any prior agreements or understandings
between them, whether written or oral.
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Company acknowledges that it has read the Agreement, had the opportunity to discuss it with
counsel, and is executing it with an understanding of its provisions. This Agreement may be
executed in two or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original and all of which
together will constitute one and the same document.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed,
effective as of the day, month and year written above.
Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
Midcontinent Independent System
Operator, Inc.
Company:
____________________________________
By: ______________________________
By: ________________________________
Print name: _______________________
Print Name: _________________________
Title: ____________________________
Title: _______________________________
Date:
_______________________
Date:
_______________________
Phone: _______________________
Phone: _______________________
Fax:
_______________________
Fax:
_______________________
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APPENDIX A TO ATTACHMENT C
TO MISO UNIVERSAL NON-DISCLOSURE AND
CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT
Company, ___________________________________________ Employees, Agents, or Consultants
subject to Confidentiality Agreement as of this _______ day of _________________, 20____:
Transmission/Reliability or
Print Name
Title
E-mail Address
Merchant/Market, or N/A*)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
(Attach Additional Pages If Necessary)
* An individual who is an employee of a Transmission Provider (as defined in 18 C.F.R. §
358.3(k) may not be subject to the FERC functional separation requirements (i.e., “N/A”
designation) under certain circumstances in accordance with FERC Order No. 717 and the
FERC regulations therein adopted. If such an individual would receive information subject to
this Amendment, the copy of this Appendix A executed for that individual must be
accompanied by written confirmation from Company stating the following: (1) the designated
individual is not engaged in transmission or marketing functions (i.e., day-to-day duties and
responsibilities for planning, directing, organizing or carrying out operations); (2) the
individual has received training on the Standards of Conduct; and (3) the individual undertakes
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to comply with such Standards, including in particular the “no conduit rule” set forth in 18
C.F.R. § 358.6.
NOTE: Any changes to the information on this Appendix A must be submitted electronically to the
Transmission Provider in the manner specified by the Generator Interconnection Business Practices
Manual (BPM-015).
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ATTACHMENT D TO APPENDIX 1: CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
INFORMATION GENERAL NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (“MISO”) is prepared to
disclose Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (“CEII”) under this Critical Energy
Infrastructure Information General Non-Disclosure Agreement (“NDA”) to
__________________ (“Recipient”), an individual (employee, manager or officer) employed
with _______________________, in connection with a legitimate need for the CEII (the
“Purpose”) (MISO and Recipient may be collectively referred to as “Parties” or singly as
“Party”);
WHEREAS, Recipient represents that he/she has a legitimate purpose for requesting the
CEII pursuant to this Agreement; and,
WHEREAS, MISO and Recipient desire to set forth in writing the terms and conditions
of their agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants, representations
and agreements contained in this Agreement and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:
1.
Definitions - For purposes of these provisions:
a.
The term “CEII” shall include specific engineering, vulnerability, or detailed
design information about proposed or existing critical infrastructure that: (1) relates
details about the production, generation, transportation, transmission, or distribution of
energy; (2) could be useful to a person in planning an attack on critical infrastructure; (3)
is exempt from mandatory disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C.
552 (2000); and (4) does not simply give the general location of the critical infrastructure.
Narratives such as the descriptions of facilities and processes are generally not CEII
unless they describe specific engineering and design details of critical infrastructure.
b.
The term “Recipient” means someone who has executed this NDA and is
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approved to receive CEII.
2.
A Recipient certifies that it is his/her understanding that access to CEII is provided
pursuant to the terms and restrictions of the provisions in this NDA, and that such Recipient has
read the provisions and agrees to be bound by them.
3.
Recipient may only discuss CEII with another Recipient of the identical CEII. A
Recipient may check with MISO to determine whether another individual is a Recipient of the
identical CEII.
4.
A Recipient of CEII may use CEII as foundation for advice provided to others, but may
not disclose CEII to another individual unless that individual is an approved Recipient of the
same CEII.
5.
A Recipient will not knowingly use CEII for an illegal or non-legitimate purpose.
6.
All CEII shall be maintained by Recipient in a secure place. Access to those materials
shall be limited to other Recipients of the identical material. Recipients may make copies of
CEII, but such copies become CEII and subject to these same procedures. Recipients may make
notes of CEII, which shall be treated as CEII notes if they contain CEII.
7.
Recipients must return CEII to MISO or destroy CEII within fifteen days of a written
request by MISO to do so, except that CEII notes may be retained in accordance with Paragraph
6, above. Within such time period, each Recipient, if requested to do so, shall also submit to
MISO an affidavit stating that, to the best of his or her knowledge, all CEII has been returned or
destroyed and that CEII notes have either been returned, destroyed or are being maintained by
Recipient in accordance with Paragraph 6.
8.
The Recipient remains bound by these provisions unless MISO rescinds the provisions or
a court of competent jurisdiction finds that the information does not qualify as CEII.
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9.
MISO may reasonably audit the Recipient’s compliance with this NDA.
10.
Violation of this NDA will be reported to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(the “Commission”) which in turn may result in criminal or civil sanctions against the Recipient.
11.
I hereby certify my understanding that access to CEII is provided to me pursuant to the
terms and restrictions of the above CEII provisions, that I have been given a copy of and have
read the provisions, and that I agree to be bound by them. I understand that the contents of the
CEII, any notes or other memoranda, or any other form of information that copies or discloses
CEII shall not be disclosed to anyone other than another person who has been granted access to
these same materials. I acknowledge that a violation of this NDA may result in criminal or civil
sanctions, including the suspension of my ability to appear before the Commission pursuant to
18 C.F.R. § 385.2102. I agree that my compliance with this NDA is subject to reasonable audit
by MISO.
By: _____________________________________
Signature
Print Name: ______________________________
Title: ___________________________________
Representing: _____________________________
Date: ____________________________________
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ATTACHMENT E TO APPENDIX 1: SITE CONTROL DEMONSTRATION
Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
Attn: Manager, Queue Administration
720 City Center Drive
Carmel, IN 46032
[Date]
Subject: Proof of Site Control Affidavit
1.
The undersigned (“Affiant”) is an officer or an agent of the Interconnection Customer for
the Interconnection Request associated with [Project Name].
2.
Affiant affirms that all of the Site Control documents for [Project Name] required
pursuant to Section 7.2 of Attachment X of the MISO Tariff are submitted to MISO in
their entirety.
3.
Affiant has reviewed all such Site Control documents submitted for [Project Name] and
has personal knowledge of its contents.
4.
Affiant hereby affirms that the Interconnection Customer [PLEASE SELECT FROM
THE FOLLOWING:
____
(1) possesses Site Control for (Project Name) in accordance with Sections 7.2.1.1 of
this GIP; OR
____ (2) is presently subject to regulatory restrictions that preclude Interconnection
Customer from obtaining Site Control for (Project Name) pursuant to Section 7.2.1.2 of
this GIP].
5.
[TO THE EXTENT THAT REGULATORY RESTRICTIONS PRECLUDE SITE
CONTROL PURSUANT TO GIP SECTION 7.2.1.2] In accordance with Section
7.2.1.2 of the GIP, attached hereto the affiant provides a description of conditions that
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must be met in order to satisfy the regulatory restrictions and the anticipated time by
which the Interconnection Customer expects to satisfy the regulatory restrictions.
Sincerely,
[Affiant signature]
[Affiant printed name]
[Affiant title]
[Affiant company name]
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ZG INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT (ZGIA)
THIS ZGINTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT (“ZGIA”) is made and entered into
this ____ day of ________ 20__, by and between ________________, a
______________________ organized and existing under the laws of the State/Commonwealth of
_____________________ (“Interconnection Customer” with a Generating Facility), and
__________________________, a [corporation] organized and existing under the laws of the
State/Commonwealth of ____________ (“Transmission Owner”), and the Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc., a non-profit, non-stock corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware (“Transmission Provider”). Interconnection Customer,
Transmission Owner and Transmission Provider each may be referred to as a “Party,” or
collectively as the “Parties.”
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Transmission Provider has functional control of the operations of the
Transmission System, as defined herein and according to NERC’s Rules of Procedure, and is
responsible for providing Transmission Service and Interconnection Service on the transmission
facilities under its control; and
WHEREAS, Interconnection Customer intends to own, lease and/or control and operate
the Generating Facility identified as a Generating Facility in Appendix A to this ZGIA; and
WHEREAS, Interconnection Customer will use the output of its Generating Facility to
serve the ZG Associated Load identified in Appendix A of this Agreement and otherwise will
not inject energy onto the Transmission System; and
WHEREAS, Transmission Owner owns or operates the Transmission System, whose
operations are subject to the functional control of Transmission Provider, to which
Interconnection Customer desires to connect the Generating Facility, and may therefore be
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required to construct certain Interconnection Facilities and Network Upgrades, as set forth in this
ZGIA; and
WHEREAS, Interconnection Customer, Transmission Owner and Transmission Provider
have agreed to enter into this ZGIA for the purpose of interconnecting the Generating Facility
with the Transmission System;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of and subject to the mutual covenants contained
herein, it is agreed:
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ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS
When used in this ZGIA, terms with initial capitalization that are not defined in Article 1
shall have the meanings specified in the Article in which they are used. Those capitalized terms
used in this ZGIA that are not otherwise defined in this ZGIA have the meaning set forth in the
Tariff.
10 kW Inverter Process shall mean the procedure for evaluating an Interconnection
Request for a certified inverter-based Small Generating Facility no larger than 10 kW that uses
the screen set forth in Section 14.
Adverse System Impact shall mean the negative effects due to technical or operational
limits on conductors or equipment being exceeded that may compromise the safety and
reliability of the electric system.
Affected System(s) shall mean an electric transmission system or the electric system
associated with an Existing Generating Facility or of a higher queued Generating Facility, which
is an electric system other than the Transmission Provider’s Transmission System that is affected
by the Interconnection Request. An Affected System may or may not be subject to FERC
jurisdiction.
Affected System Interconnection Customer shall mean any entity that submits an
interconnection request for a Generating Facility to a transmission system other than
Transmission Provider’s Transmission System that may cause the need for Affected System
Network Upgrades on the Transmission Provider’s Transmission System.
Affected System Network Upgrades shall mean the additions, modifications, and
upgrades to Transmission Provider’s Transmission System required to accommodate Affected
System Interconnection Customer’s proposed interconnection to a transmission system other
than Transmission Provider’s Transmission System.
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Affected System Operator shall mean the entity that operates an Affected System.
Affected System Queue Position shall mean the queue position of an Affected System
Interconnection Customer in Transmission Provider’s interconnection queue relative to
Transmission Provider’s Interconnection Customers’ Queue Position.
Affected System Study shall mean the evaluation of Affected System Interconnection
Customers’ proposed interconnection(s) to a transmission system other than the Transmission
Provider’s Transmission System that have an impact on Transmission Provider’s Transmission
System, as described in Section 8 of this GIP.
Affected System Study Agreement shall mean the agreement contained in Appendix 16
to the GIP that is made between Transmission Provider and host transmission provider, in
absence of a JOA, JPA, or other agreement filed with the Commission, as noted in Section 8 of
the GIP.
Affected System Study Report shall mean the report issued following completion of an
Affected System Study.
Affiliate shall mean, with respect to a corporation, partnership or other entity, each such
other corporation, partnership or other entity that directly or indirectly, through one or more
intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such corporation,
partnership or other entity.
Ancillary Services shall mean those services that are necessary to support the
transmission of capacity and energy from resources to loads while maintaining reliable operation
of the Transmission System in accordance with Good Utility Practice.
Applicable Laws and Regulations shall mean all duly promulgated applicable federal,
state and local laws, regulations, rules, ordinances, codes, decrees, judgments, directives, or
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judicial or administrative orders, permits and other duly authorized actions of any Governmental
Authority having jurisdiction over the Parties, their respective facilities and/or the respective
services they provide.
Applicable Reliability Standards shall mean the requirements and guidelines of the
Electric Reliability Organization and the Balancing Authority Area of the Transmission System
to which the Generating Facility is directly interconnected.
Balancing Authority shall mean an entity that integrates resource plans ahead of time,
maintains demand and resource balance within a Balancing Authority Area, and supports
interconnection frequency in real time.
Balancing Authority Area shall mean the collection of generation, transmission, and
loads within the metered boundaries of the Balancing Authority. The Balancing Authority
maintains load-resource balance within this area.
Base Case shall mean the base case power flow, short circuit, and stability databases
used for the Interconnection Studies by Transmission Provider or Interconnection Customer.
Base Case Data shall mean base case power flow, short circuit and stability databases,
including all underlying assumptions, and contingency lists. Such databases and lists, hereinafter
referred to as Base Cases, shall include all (1) generation projects and (2) transmission projects,
including merchant transmission projects that are proposed for the Transmission System for
which a transmission expansion plan has been submitted and approved by the MISO Board.
Breach shall mean the failure of a Party to perform or observe any material term or
condition of this GIA.
Breaching Party shall mean a Party that is in Breach of this GIA.
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Business Day shall mean Monday through Friday, excluding Federal Holidays.
Calendar Day shall mean any day including Saturday, Sunday or a Federal Holiday. In
the event that a period specified in this GIA is calculated in Calendar Days ends on a non-
business day, such period shall be deemed to conclude on the following business day.
Cluster shall mean a group of one or more Interconnection Requests that are studied
together for the purpose of conducting a Group Study.
Commercial Operation shall mean the status of a Generating Facility that has
commenced generating electricity for sale, excluding electricity generated during Trial
Operation.
Commercial Operation Date (COD) of a unit shall mean the date on which the
Generating Facility commences Commercial Operation as agreed to by the Parties pursuant to
Appendix E to this GIA.
Commitment Projection shall mean a projection of the number of MW expected to
commit to the JTIQ Portfolio from ERAS and all DPP study clusters that already have passed
DP1 as described in Section 9.4.2.e.ii of Rate Schedule 6 (MISO SPP-JOA).
Common Use Upgrade (CUU) shall mean an Interconnection Facility, Network
Upgrade, System Protection Facility, or any other classified addition, alteration, or improvement
on the Transmission System or the transmission system of an Affected System, not classified
under Attachment FF as a Baseline Reliability Project, Market Efficiency Project, or Multi-Value
Project, that is needed for the interconnection of multiple Interconnection Customers’ Generating
Facilities and which is the shared responsibility of such Interconnection Customers.
Confidential Information shall mean any proprietary or commercially or competitively
sensitive information, trade secret or information regarding a plan, specification, pattern,
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procedure, design, device, list, concept, policy or compilation relating to the present or planned
business of a Party, or any other information as specified in Article 22, which is designated as
confidential by the Party supplying the information, whether conveyed orally, electronically, in
writing, through inspection, or otherwise, that is received by another Party.
Connection Facilities shall mean the Transmission Owner’s Connection Facilities and
the MHVDC Connection Customer’s Connection Facilities, as defined in the MHCP.
Contingent Facilities shall mean those unbuilt Interconnection Facilities and Network
Upgrades upon which the Interconnection Request’s costs, timing and study findings are
dependent, and if delayed or not built, could cause a need for restudies of the Interconnection
Request or a reassessment of the Interconnection Facilities and/or Network Upgrades and/or
costs and timing. Contingent Facilities may include facilities identified in MTEP that if delayed
or not built could impact the timing of the Interconnection Request.
Customer Engagement Window shall mean the time period prior to the start of
Definitive Planning Phase I set forth in Section 3.3.4 of the GIP.
Default shall mean the failure of a Breaching Party to cure its Breach in accordance with
Article 17 of this GIA.
Definitive Planning Phase shall mean the Generator Interconnection Procedures process
which leads to a Generator Interconnection Agreement. An Interconnection Customer enters the
Definitive Planning Phase pursuant to GIP Section 7.2. The Definitive Planning Phase includes
three distinct phases (Definitive Planning Phases I, II, and III) pursuant to Section 7 of the
Generator Interconnection Procedures.
Definitive Planning Phase Queue Position shall mean the order of a valid
Interconnection Request, relative to all other pending valid Interconnection Requests, in the
Definitive Planning Phase. The Definitive Planning Phase Queue Position is established based
upon the date Interconnection Customer satisfies all of the requirements of GIP Section 7.2 to
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enter the Definitive Planning Phase. All Interconnection Requests within the same Definitive
Planning Phase cycle shall have equal priority (i.e. similarly queued).
Demonstrated Capability shall mean the continuous net real power output that the
Generating Facility is required to demonstrate in compliance with Applicable Reliability
Standards.
Dispute Resolution shall mean the procedure for resolution of a dispute between or
among the Parties in which they will first attempt to resolve the dispute on an informal basis.
Distribution System shall mean the Transmission Owner’s facilities and equipment, or
the Distribution System of another party that is interconnected with the Transmission Owner’s
Transmission System, if any, connected to the Transmission System, over which facilities
Transmission Service or Wholesale Distribution Service under the Tariff is available at the time
Interconnection Customer has requested interconnection of a Generating Facility for the purpose
of either transmitting electric energy in interstate commerce or selling electric energy at
wholesale in interstate commerce and which are used to transmit electricity to ultimate usage
points such as homes and industries directly from nearby generators or from interchanges with
higher voltage transmission networks which transport bulk power over longer distances. The
voltage levels at which distribution systems operate differ among Local Balancing Authorities
and other entities owning distribution facilities interconnected to the Transmission System.
Distribution Upgrades shall mean the additions, modifications, and upgrades to the
Distribution System at or beyond the Point of Interconnection to facilitate interconnection of the
Generating Facility and render the delivery service necessary to affect Interconnection
Customer’s wholesale sale of electricity in interstate commerce. Distribution Upgrades do not
include Interconnection Facilities.
Effective Date shall mean the date on which this GIA becomes effective upon execution
by the Parties subject to acceptance by the Commission, or if filed unexecuted, upon the date
specified by the Commission.
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Electric Reliability Organization shall mean the North American Electric Reliability
Corporation or its successor organization.
Emergency Condition shall mean a condition or situation: (1) that in the reasonable
judgment of the Party making the claim is imminently likely to endanger, or is contributing to
the endangerment of, life, property, or public health and safety; or (2) that, in the case of either
Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner, is imminently likely (as determined in a non-
discriminatory manner) to cause a material adverse effect on the security of, or damage to the
Transmission System, Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities or the electric systems of
others to which the Transmission System is directly connected; or (3) that, in the case of
Interconnection Customer, is imminently likely (as determined in a non-discriminatory manner)
to cause a material adverse effect on the security of, or damage to, the Generating Facility or
Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities. System restoration and blackstart shall be
considered Emergency Conditions; provided that Interconnection Customer is not obligated by
this GIA to possess blackstart capability. Any condition or situation that results from lack of
sufficient generating capacity to meet load requirements or that results solely from economic
conditions shall not constitute an Emergency Condition, unless one of the enumerated conditions
or situations identified in this definition also exists.
Energy Displacement Agreement shall mean an agreement between an Interconnection
Customer with an Existing Generating Facility on the Transmission Provider’s Transmission
System and an Interconnection Customer with a proposed Generating Facility seeking to
interconnect with Surplus Interconnection Service. The Energy Displacement Agreement
specifies the term of operation, the Generating Facility Interconnection Service limit, and the
mode of operation for energy production (common or singular operation).
Energy Resource Interconnection Service (ER Interconnection Service) shall mean
an Interconnection Service that allows Interconnection Customer to connect its Generating
Facility to the Transmission System or Distribution System, as applicable, to be eligible to
deliver the Generating Facility’s electric output using the existing firm or non-firm capacity of
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the Transmission System on an as available basis. Energy Resource Interconnection Service
does not convey transmission service.
Engineering & Procurement (E&P) Agreement shall mean an agreement that
authorizes Transmission Owner to begin engineering and procurement of long lead-time items
necessary for the establishment of the interconnection in order to advance the implementation of
the Interconnection Request.
Environmental Law shall mean Applicable Laws or Regulations relating to pollution or
protection of the environment or natural resources.
Existing Generating Facility shall mean a Generating Facility that is either under
construction or is in service, and has an unsuspended interconnection agreement with its host
transmission provider.
Expanded Scope Analysis shall mean the analysis described in Section 9.4.2.d.iv.a of
Rate Schedule 6 (MISO-SPP JOA).
Expedited Resource Addition Study (ERAS) shall mean the temporary procedure for
expediting interconnection projects identified for claimed resource adequacy and/or reliability
needs.
Expedited Generator Interconnection Agreement (EGIA) shall mean the
interconnection agreement for the Expedited Resource Addition Study established between the
Transmission Provider and/or the Transmission Owner and the Interconnection Customer as set
forth in Section 3.9 of this Attachment X. This agreement shall take the form of the
Transmission Provider’s pro forma Generator Interconnection Agreement modified for the
Expedited Resource Addition Study. Unless otherwise provided in the GIP, all requirements
applicable to the pro forma Generator Interconnection Agreement shall apply to the Expedited
Generator Interconnection Agreement.
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Facilities Construction Agreement (FCA) shall mean the form of facilities construction
agreement, set forth in Appendix 8 to these Generator Interconnection Procedures. The FCA
shall be used when an Interconnection Customer or an Affected System Interconnection
Customer causes the need for the construction of Network Upgrades, Affected System Network
Upgrades, or System Protection Facilities on the transmission system of the Transmission
Provider.
Fast Track Process shall mean the procedure for evaluating an Interconnection Request
for a certified Small Generating Facility no larger than five MW that includes the screen set forth
in Section 14, customer options meeting, and optional supplemental review.
Federal Holiday shall mean a Federal Reserve Bank holiday for a Party that has its
principal place of business in the United States and a Canadian Federal or Provincial banking
holiday for a Party that has its principal place of business located in Canada.
Federal Power Act shall mean the Federal Power Act, as amended, 16 U.S.C. §§ 791a
et seq.
FERC shall mean the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, also known as
Commission, or its successor.
Final System Impact Study shall mean the Interconnection System Impact Study
performed during Definitive Planning Phase III.
Force Majeure shall mean any act of God, labor disturbance, act of the public enemy,
war, insurrection, riot, fire, storm or flood, explosion, breakage or accident to machinery or
equipment, any order, regulation or restriction imposed by governmental, military or lawfully
established civilian authorities, or any other cause beyond a Party’s control. A Force Majeure
event does not include an act of negligence or intentional wrongdoing by the Party claiming
Force Majeure.
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Generating Facility shall mean Interconnection Customer’s device(s) for the production
and/or storage for later injection of electricity identified in the Interconnection Request, but shall
not include the Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities. A Generating Facility
consists of one or more generating unit(s) and/or storage device(s) which usually can operate
independently and be brought online or taken offline individually.
Generating Facility Capacity shall mean the net capacity of the Generating Facility and
the aggregate net capacity of the Generating Facility where it includes more than one device for
the production and/or storage for later injection of electricity.
Generating Facility Modification shall mean modification to an Existing Generating
Facility, including comparable replacement of only a portion of its equipment at the Existing
Generating Facility.
Generating Facility Replacement shall mean replacement of one or more generating
units and/or storage devices at the Existing Generating Facility with one or more new generating
units or storage devices at the same electrical Point of Interconnection as the generating units
and/or storage devices that is/are being decommissioned and electrically disconnected.
Generator Interconnection Agreement (GIA) shall mean the form of interconnection
agreement, set forth as Appendix 6 to Attachment X of the Tariff.
Generator Interconnection Procedures (GIP) shall mean the interconnection
procedures set forth in Attachment X of the Tariff.
Generator Upgrades shall mean the additions, modifications, and upgrades to the
electric system of an Existing Generating Facility or of a higher queued Generating Facility at or
beyond the Point of Interconnection to facilitate interconnection of the Generating Facility and
render the Transmission Service necessary to affect Interconnection Customer’s wholesale sale
of electricity in interstate commerce.
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Good Utility Practice shall mean any of the practices, methods and acts engaged in or
approved by a significant portion of the electric industry during the relevant time period, or any
of the practices, methods and acts which, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in light of the
facts known at the time the decision was made, could have been expected to accomplish the
desired result at a reasonable cost consistent with good business practices, reliability, safety and
expedition. Good Utility Practice is not intended to be limited to the optimum practice, method,
or act to the exclusion of all others, but rather to be acceptable practices, methods, or acts
generally accepted in the region.
Governmental Authority shall mean any federal, state, local or other governmental
regulatory or administrative agency, court, commission, department, board, or other
governmental subdivision, legislature, rulemaking board, tribunal, or other governmental
authority having jurisdiction over the Parties, their respective facilities, or the respective services
they provide, and exercising or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, police, or
taxing authority or power; provided, however, that such term does not include Interconnection
Customer, Transmission Provider, Transmission Owner, or any Affiliate thereof.
Group Restudy shall mean a restudy of a Group Study conducted pursuant to Section
7.5 of the GIP.
Group Study(ies) shall mean the evaluation of one or more Interconnection Requests
within a Cluster as described in Section 7 of the GIP. Group Studies are divided into phases as
described in section 7.3 of the GIP.
Hazardous Substances shall mean any chemicals, materials or substances defined as or
included in the definition of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous wastes,” “hazardous materials,”
“hazardous constituents,” “restricted hazardous materials,” “extremely hazardous substances,”
“toxic substances,” “radioactive substances,” “contaminants,” “pollutants,” “toxic pollutants” or
words of similar meaning and regulatory effect under any applicable Environmental Law, or any
other chemical, material or substance, exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated by
any applicable Environmental Law.
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HVDC Facilities shall mean the high voltage direct current transmission facilities,
including associated alternating current facilities, if any, that are subject to Section 27A of the
Tariff and that are specifically identified in (i) any Agency Agreement pertaining to such
facilities between Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner that owns or operates such
facilities, or (ii) in any other arrangement that permits or will permit Transmission Provider to
provide HVDC Service over such facilities as set forth in Section 27A of the Tariff.
HVDC Service shall mean Firm and Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service
provided by Transmission Provider on HVDC Facilities pursuant to Section 27A of the Tariff.
Initial Synchronization Date shall mean the date upon which the Generating Facility is
initially synchronized and upon which Trial Operation begins.
Injection Rights shall mean the Transmission Provider’s pre-certification of the
Transmission System’s capability to receive capacity and energy from the MHVDC
Transmission Line at the requested Point of Connection, and in the specified MW quantity,
without degrading the reliability of the Transmission System, as described in Section 16 of the
GIP and Section 3.2.3 of the MHCP.
In-Service Date (ISD) shall mean the date upon which Interconnection Customer
reasonably expects it will be ready to begin use of the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection
Facilities to obtain backfeed power.
Interconnection Customer shall mean any entity, including Transmission Provider,
Transmission Owner or any of the Affiliates or subsidiaries of either, that proposes to
interconnect its Generating Facility with the Transmission System.
Interconnection Customer Decision Point I shall mean the time period beginning when
the Interconnection Customer is provided the Preliminary System Impact Study results including
cost estimates for upgrades and concludes after fifteen (15) Business Days.
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Interconnection Customer Decision Point II shall mean the time period beginning
when the Interconnection Customer is provided the Revised System Impact Study results
including cost estimates for upgrades and concludes after fifteen (15) Business Days.
Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities (ICIF) shall mean all facilities
and equipment, as identified in Appendix A of this GIA, that are located between the Generating
Facility and the Point of Change of Ownership, including any modification, addition, or upgrades
to such facilities and equipment necessary to physically and electrically interconnect the
Generating Facility to the Transmission System or Distribution System, as applicable.
Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities are sole use facilities.
Interconnection Facilities shall mean the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection
Facilities and the Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities. Collectively,
Interconnection Facilities include all facilities and equipment between the Generating Facility
and the Point of Interconnection, including any modification, additions or upgrades that are
necessary to physically and electrically interconnect the Generating Facility to the Transmission
System. Interconnection Facilities shall not include Distribution Upgrades, Generator Upgrades,
Stand Alone Network Upgrades or Network Upgrades.
Interconnection Facilities Study(ies) shall mean a study conducted by Transmission
Owner, or its agent, for Interconnection Customer(s) to determine a list of facilities (including
Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities or Affected System Interconnection
Customer’s interconnection facilities, Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities, System
Protection Facilities, and if such upgrades have been determined, Network Upgrades,
Distribution Upgrades, Generator Upgrades, Common Use Upgrades, and Affected System
Network Upgrades, as identified in the Interconnection System Impact Study, Affected System
Study, or Affected System Operator’s applicable study), the cost of those facilities, and the time
required to interconnect with the Transmission System or the Affected System Operator’s
transmission system.
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Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement shall mean the form of agreement
contained in Appendix 4 of the Generator Interconnection Procedures for conducting the
Interconnection Facilities Study.
Interconnection Request shall mean (1) an Interconnection Customer’s request, in the
form of Appendix 1 to the Generator Interconnection Procedures, to interconnect a new
Generating Facility, or a request for the Expedited Resource Addition Study for new generation
capacity, or to increase the capacity of, or make a Material Modification to the operating
characteristics of, an Existing Generating Facility that is interconnected with the Transmission
System, or to interconnect an Existing Generating Facility that is external to the Transmission
System, or to change Energy Resource Interconnection Service to Network Resource
Interconnection Service for an Existing Generating Facility; or (2) an MHVDC Connection
Customer’s request, in the form of Appendix 1 to the Generator Interconnection Procedures, to
obtain Injection Rights..
Interconnection Service shall mean the service provided by Transmission Provider
associated with interconnecting the Generating Facility to the Transmission System, or external
host transmission provider if applicable, and enabling it to receive electric energy and capacity
from the Generating Facility at the Point of Interconnection pursuant to the terms of this
Generator Interconnection Agreement or Point of Delivery as set forth in the Service Agreement
for Network Resource Interconnection Service for an External Generating Facility and, if
applicable, the Tariff.
Interconnection Study (or Study) shall mean any of the studies described in the
Generator Interconnection Procedures.
Interconnection Study Agreement shall mean the form of agreement contained in
Attachment B to Appendix 1 of the Generator Interconnection procedures for conducting all
studies required by the Generator Interconnection Procedures.
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Interconnection System Impact Study shall mean an engineering study that evaluates
the impact of the proposed interconnection on the safety and reliability of Transmission System
and, if applicable, an Affected System. The study shall identify and detail the system impacts
that would result if the Generating Facility were interconnected without project modifications or
system modifications, or to study potential impacts, including but not limited to those identified
in the Scoping Meeting as described in the Generator Interconnection Procedures.
Interconnection Study Agreement shall mean the forms of agreement contained in
Attachment B to Appendix 1 of the Generator Interconnection Procedures for conducting all
studies required by the Generator Interconnection Procedures.
IRS shall mean the Internal Revenue Service.
Joint Planning Agreement (“JPA”) shall mean an agreement between adjacent
balancing authorities or transmission providers for the coordination of planning.
Joint Operating Agreement between the Midcontinent Independent System
Operator, Inc. and Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (MISO-SPP JOA) shall mean Rate Schedule
6 to the MISO Tariff.
Joint Planning Agreement (“JPA”) shall mean an agreement between adjacent
balancing authorities or transmission providers for the coordination of planning.
Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue (JTIQ) shall refer to the study and processes
described in Section 9.4.2 of Rate Schedule 6 (MISO-SPP JOA).
Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue Study (“JTIQ Study”) shall mean a
transmission planning study conducted jointly by SPP and MISO to facilitate the interconnection
of new generator capacity in both Parties’ regions.
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JTIQ Commitment Group Member shall mean any JTIQ Commitment Group Member
included in a Commitment Group consistent with Section 9.4 of Rate Schedule 6 (MISO-SPP
JOA).
JTIQ Commitment Group or Commitment Group shall mean a group of JTIQ
Commitment Group Members that have executed a JTIQ Generator Interconnection Agreement
within the twelve (12) month period ending April 30th of each year. The Commitment Group
shall also include JTIQ Commitment Group Members for which a JTIQ Generator
Interconnection Agreement has been filed unexecuted by SPP or the Transmission Provider and
the Commission has accepted the agreement within the twelve (12) month period ending April
30th of each year.
JTIQ Generator Charge shall mean the charge to JTIQ Commitment Group Members
to recover the JTIQ Commitment Group Member’s share of the JTIQ Monthly Revenue
Requirement for each of the JTIQ Upgrades in the JTIQ Portfolio in the Transmission Provider’s
Region.
JTIQ Participation Group shall mean the group of Interconnection Requests that shall
consist of all interconnection customers included in the JTIQ Screening Groups whose
interconnection request meets the distribution factor and impact criteria specified in Section
9.4.2(d)((ii) of Rate Schedule 6 (MISO-SPP JOA).
JTIQ Portfolio shall mean a group of JTIQ Upgrades identified pursuant to Section 9.4
of Rate Schedule 6 (MISO-SPP JOA).
JTIQ Screening Group shall mean a group of MISO Interconnection Customers and
SPP interconnection customers whose Interconnection Requests will be screened for inclusion in
a JTIQ Participation Group. The JTIQ Screening Group shall consist of all interconnection
customers who have submitted interconnection requests into a MISO ERAS, SPP ERAS, DPP
study cluster, or SPP DISIS study cluster that: (1) has a study commencement or kick off date
that is after the date that the Parties’ respective Boards of Directors have approved a JTIQ
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Portfolio; and (2) has not commenced DPP Phase I, a MISO ERAS, the SPP ERAS or DISIS
Phase One studies pursuant to each party’s OATT as of the date that the Parties have declared
the JTIQ Portfolio fully subscribed.
JTIQ Service Agreements shall mean the JTIQ Commitment Agreement attached to the
MISO GIA as Appendix 17 and the SPP’s pro forma agreement(s) that obligate interconnection
customers to provide security for and pay the JTIQ Generator Charge for JTIQ Network
Upgrades included in the applicable JTIQ Portfolio.
JTIQ Upgrade shall mean a Network Upgrade included in a JTIQ portfolio pursuant to
Section 9.4 of Rate Schedule 6 (MISO-SPP JOA).
Local Balancing Authority shall mean an operational entity or a Joint Registration
Organization which is (i) responsible for compliance with the subset of Electric Reliability
Organization Balancing Authority Reliability Standards defined in the Balancing Authority
Agreement for their local area within the MISO Balancing Authority Area, (ii) a Party to
Balancing Authority Agreement, excluding MISO, and (iii) provided in the Balancing Authority
Agreement.
Local Resource Zone (LRZ) shall mean a geographic area within the Transmission
Provider Region that is prescribed by the Transmission Provider, based upon the criteria in
Section 68A.3, to address congestion that limits Planning Resource deliverability.
Loss shall mean any and all damages, losses, claims, including claims and actions
relating to injury to or death of any person or damage to property, demand, suits, recoveries,
costs and expenses, court costs, attorney fees, and all other obligations by or to third parties,
arising out of or resulting from the other Party’s performance, or non-performance of its
obligations under this GIA on behalf of the indemnifying Party, except in cases of gross
negligence or intentional wrongdoing, by the indemnified party.
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Material Modification shall mean: (1) modification to an Interconnection Request in the
queue, that has a material adverse impact on the cost or timing of any other Interconnection
Request with an equal or later queue priority date; or Qualified Change.
Metering Equipment shall mean all metering equipment installed or to be installed at
the Generating Facility, Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities, and/or
Transmission Owner's Interconnection Facilities pursuant to this GIA at the metering points,
including but not limited to instrument transformers, MWh-meters, data acquisition equipment,
transducers, remote terminal unit, communications equipment, phone lines, and fiber optics.
Monitoring and Consent Agreement shall mean an agreement that defines the terms
and conditions applicable to a Generating Facility acquiring Surplus Interconnection Service.
The Monitoring and Consent Agreement will list the roles and responsibilities of an
Interconnection Customer seeking to interconnect with Surplus Interconnection Service and
Transmission Owner to maintain the total output of the Generating Facility inside the parameters
delineated in the GIA.
Multi-Party Facilities Construction Agreement (MPFCA) shall mean the form of
facilities construction agreement, set forth in Appendix 9 to these Generator Interconnection
Procedures. The MPFCA shall be used when multiple Interconnection Requests or
interconnection requests from Affected System Interconnection Customers cause the need for the
construction of Common Use Upgrades on the Transmission System and share cost
responsibility for such Common Use Upgrades.
Network Customer shall have that meaning as provided in the Tariff.
Network Resource shall mean any designated generating resource owned, purchased, or
leased by a Network Customer under the Tariff. Network Resources do not include any
resource, or any portion thereof, that is committed for sale to third parties or otherwise cannot be
called upon to meet the Network Customer’s Network Load on a non-interruptible basis.
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Network Resource Interconnection Service (NR Interconnection Service) shall mean
an Interconnection Service that allows Interconnection Customer to integrate its Generating
Facility with the Transmission System in the same manner as for any Generating Facility being
designated as a Network Resource. Network Resource Interconnection Service does not convey
transmission service. Network Resource Interconnection Service shall include any network
resource interconnection service established under an agreement with, or the tariff of, a
Transmission Owner prior to integration into MISO, that is determined to be deliverable through
the integration deliverability study process.
Network Upgrades shall mean the additions, modifications, and upgrades to the
Transmission System required at or beyond the point at which the Interconnection Facilities
connect to the Transmission System or Distribution System, as applicable, to accommodate the
interconnection of the Generating Facility(ies) to the Transmission System. Network Upgrades
shall not include any HVDC Facility Upgrades.
Notice of Dispute shall mean a written notice of a dispute or claim that arises out of or in
connection with this GIA or its performance.
Optional Interconnection Study shall mean a sensitivity analysis based on assumptions
specified by Interconnection Customer in the Optional Interconnection Study Agreement.
Optional Interconnection Study Agreement shall mean the form of agreement
contained in Appendix 5 of the Generator Interconnection Procedures for conducting the
Optional Interconnection Study.
Outage Transfer Distribution Factor (OTDF) Outage Transfer Distribution Factor, as
defined by the Electric Reliability Organization.
Party or Parties shall mean Transmission Provider, Transmission Owner,
Interconnection Customer, or any combination of the above.
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Permissible Technological Advancement shall mean advancements to turbines,
inverters, plant supervisory controls, excitation systems, or other technological advancements
submitted to the Transmission Provider prior to the issuance of this draft Generator
Interconnection Agreement for such project provided that such advancements does not: (1)
degrade the electrical characteristics of the generating equipment; (2) does not cause any material
adverse impact on the Transmission System with regard to short circuit capability limits, steady-
state thermal and voltage limits, or dynamic system stability and response; (3) does not increase
the installed capacity of the Generating Facility; or (4) change the fuel source of the proposed
Generating Facility.
Point of Change of Ownership (PCO) shall mean the point, as set forth in Appendix A
to the Generator Interconnection Agreement, where the Interconnection Customer’s
Interconnection Facilities connect to the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities.
Point of Interconnection (POI) shall mean the point, as set forth in Appendix A of the
GIA, where the Interconnection Facilities connect to the Transmission System.
Point(s) of Withdrawal (POW) shall mean the point(s) where a non-transmission
facility used to withdraw Energy from the Transmission System to serve Load connects to the
Transmission System.
Potential MW Total shall mean a projection of the number of MW that may commit to
the JTIQ Portfolio from all ERAS and study clusters to date, including the current study
cluster(s).
Preliminary System Impact Study shall mean the Interconnection System Impact Study
performed during Definitive Planning Phase I.
Pre-Queue Phase shall mean Interconnection Customer outreach and education effort
undertaken prior to the submission of the Interconnection Request.
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Proportional Impact Method shall mean a technical analysis conducted by
Transmission Provider to determine the degree to which each Generating Facility in the Group
Study contributes to the need for a specific Network Upgrade.
Provisional Generator Interconnection Agreement shall mean the interconnection
agreement for Provisional Interconnection Service established between the Transmission
Provider and/or the Transmission Owner and the Interconnection Customer as set forth in
Section 7.9 of this Attachment X. This agreement shall take the form of the Generator
Interconnection Agreement modified for provisional purposes. Unless otherwise provided in the
GIP, all requirements applicable to the Generator Interconnection Agreement shall apply to the
Provisional Generator Interconnection Agreement.
Provisional Interconnection Service shall mean Interconnection Service provided by
the Transmission Provider associated with interconnecting the Interconnection Customer’s
Generating Facility to the Transmission Provider’s Transmission System and enabling that
Transmission System to receive electric energy and capacity from the Generating Facility at the
Point of Interconnection, pursuant to the terms of the Provisional Generator Interconnection
Agreement and the Tariff.
Provisional Interconnection Study shall mean an engineering study, performed at
Interconnection Customer’s request, as a condition to entering into a Provisional Generator
Interconnection Agreement, that evaluates the impact of the proposed interconnection on the
safety and reliability of the Transmission System and, if applicable, any Affected System. The
study shall identify and detail the impacts on the Transmission System and, if applicable, an
Affected System, from stability, short circuit, and voltage issues that would result if the
Generating Facility were interconnected without project modifications or system modifications.
Qualified Change shall mean a planned modification to an Existing Generating Facility
that is undergoing evaluation for a Generating Facility Modification or Generating Facility
Replacement, and has a material adverse impact on the Transmission System with respect to: i)
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steady-state thermal or voltage limits, ii) dynamic system stability and response, or iii) short-
circuit capability limit; compared to the impacts of the Existing Generating Facility prior to the
modification or replacement.
Queue Position shall mean the order of a valid Interconnection Request, relative to all
other pending valid Interconnection Requests pursuant to Section 4.1 of the GIP.
Reasonable Efforts shall mean, with respect to an action required to be attempted or
taken by a Party under this Generator Interconnection Agreement, efforts that are timely and
consistent with Good Utility Practice and are otherwise substantially equivalent to those a Party
would use to protect its own interests.
Relevant Electric Retail Regulatory Authority (RERRA) shall mean an entity that has
jurisdiction over and establishes prices and/or policies for providers of retail electric service to
end-customers, such as the city council for a municipal utility, the governing board of a
cooperative utility, the state public utility commission or any such entity.
Reliability Assessment Study shall mean an engineering study that evaluates the impact
of a proposed Generating Facility Replacement on the reliability of Transmission System during
the time period between the date that the Existing Generating Facility ceases commercial
operations and the Commercial Operation Date of the Replacement Generating Facility.
Replacement Generating Facility shall mean a Generating Facility that replaces an
Existing Generating Facility, or a portion thereof, at the same electrical Point of Interconnection
pursuant to Section 3.7 of this Attachment X.
Replacement Impact Study shall mean an engineering study that evaluates the impact of
a proposed Generating Facility Replacement on the reliability of the Transmission System.
Revised System Impact Study shall mean the Interconnection System Impact Study
performed during Definitive Planning Phase II.
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Scoping Meeting shall mean the meeting between representatives of Interconnection
Customer, Transmission Owner, Affected System and Transmission Provider conducted for the
purpose of discussing the proposed Interconnection Request and any alternative interconnection
options, exchanging information including any transmission data and earlier study evaluations
that would be reasonably expected to impact such interconnection options, refining information
and models provided by Interconnection Customer(s), discussing the Group Study materials
posted to OASIS pursuant to Section 3.4 of the GIP, and analyzing such information.
Shared Interconnection Request shall mean (1) multiple Interconnection Customer’s
request, in the form of Appendix 1 to the Generator Interconnection Procedures, to interconnect
new Generating Facilities, or to increase the capacity of, or make a Material Modification to the
operating characteristics of, Existing Generating Facilities that are interconnected with the
Transmission System, or to interconnect Existing Generating Facilities that are external to the
Transmission System, or to change Energy Resource Interconnection Service to Network
Resource Interconnection Service for Existing Generating Facilities; or (2) multiple MHVDC
Connection Customer’s request, in the form of Appendix 1 to the Generator Interconnection
Procedures, to obtain Injection Rights.
Shared Network Upgrade shall mean a Network Upgrade or Common Use Upgrade that
is funded by an Interconnection Customer(s), including when the Transmission Owner elects to
fund the capital cost of such a Network Upgrade or Common Use Upgrade under Section 11.3 of
the GIA, and also benefits other Interconnection Customer(s) that are later identified as
beneficiaries.
Site Control shall mean a documented right for one or more parcels of land for the
purpose of constructing a Generating Facility, Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection
Facilities, and, if applicable (i.e., when the Interconnection Customer is providing the site for
such facilities), the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities and Network Upgrades at
the POI that the Interconnection Customer will develop. Such documented right shall be one of
the following: (1) ownership of a site; (2) a leasehold interest in a site; or (3) an option to
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purchase or acquire a leasehold interest in a site; or (4) any other contractual or legal right to
possess or occupy a site. Transmission Provider will maintain acreage requirements for each
Generating Facility type on its OASIS or public website.
Small Generating Facility shall mean a Generating Facility that has an aggregate net
Generating Facility Capacity of no more than five MW and meets the requirements of Section 14
and Appendix 3 of the GIP.
Southwest Power Pool (SPP) shall refer to the Southwest Power Pool, Inc. the Regional
Transmission Organization that is the counterparty to Rate Schedule 6 (MISO-SPP JOA).
Special Protection System (SPS) shall mean an automatic protection system or remedial
action scheme designed to detect abnormal or predetermined system conditions, and take
corrective actions other than and/or in addition to the isolation of faulted components, to
maintain system reliability. Such action may include changes in demand (MW and MVar),
energy (MWh and MVarh), or system configuration to maintain system stability, acceptable
voltage, or power flows. An SPS does not include (a) underfrequency or undervoltage load
shedding, (b) fault conditions that must be isolated, (c) out-of-step relaying not designed as an
integral part of an SPS, or (d) Transmission Control Devices.
Stand Alone Network Upgrades shall mean Network Upgrades, that are not part of an
Affected System or a JTIQ Upgrade, that Interconnection Customer may construct without
affecting day-to-day operations of the Transmission System during their construction.
Transmission Provider, Transmission Owner and Interconnection Customer must agree as to
what constitutes Stand Alone Network Upgrades and identify them in Appendix A to this GIA.
If the Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner and Interconnection Customer disagree
about whether a particular Network Upgrade is a Stand Alone Network Upgrade, the
Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner that disagrees with the Interconnection Customer
must provide the Interconnection Customer a written technical explanation outlining why the
Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner does not consider the Network Upgrade to be a
Stand Alone Network Upgrade within fifteen (15) Business Days of its determination.
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Supplemental Affected System Analysis shall mean the affected systems analysis
described in Section 7.3.2.3.1 of this GIP and Section 9.4.2.e.iii.a.i of the Rate Schedule 6
(MISO-SPP JOA) to determine if Supplemental Affected System Upgrades are required for one
or more JTIQ Participation Group member(s).
Substation Network Upgrades shall mean Network Upgrades that are required at or
near the Point of Interconnection and are identified in the first portion of the Interconnection
Facilities Study as described in GIP Section 7.3.2.5.
Supplemental Affected System Upgrade shall mean a Network Upgrade in addition to
those required to address the impact of interconnection requests in the current study cluster as
described in Section 9.4.2.e.iii.a.i of Rate Schedule 6 (MISO-SPP-JOA).
Surplus Interconnection Service shall mean any Interconnection Service that is derived
from the unneeded portion of Interconnection Service established in a GIA or in agreement with,
or under the tariff of, a Transmission Owner prior to integration into MISO, such that if Surplus
Interconnection Service is utilized the total amount of Interconnection Service at the Point of
Interconnection would remain the same.
System Planning and Analysis Phase shall mean the phase of the Generator
Interconnection Procedure process, prior to January 4, 2017, which consisted of an
Interconnection System Impact Study for those Interconnection Requests that were studied in
this phase.
System Protection Facilities shall mean the equipment, including necessary protection
signal communications equipment, required to protect (1) the Transmission System or other
delivery systems or other generating systems from faults or other electrical disturbances
occurring at the Generating Facility and (2) the Generating Facility from faults or other electrical
system disturbances occurring on the Transmission System or on other delivery systems or other
generating systems to which the Transmission System is directly connected.
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Target MW Value shall mean the projected new generation interconnection MW
enabled by the JTIQ Portfolio. The Target MW Value for each JTIQ Portfolio shall be identified
in Section 9.4 and related subsections of Rate Schedule 6.
Tariff shall mean the Transmission Provider’s Tariff through which open access
transmission service and Interconnection Service are offered, as filed with the Commission, and
as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor tariff.
Threshold Charge shall mean the charge calculated using an estimate of plant in service
value for the JTIQ Portfolio, excluding amounts funded under the GRIP Program, as described in
Section 9.4.2 of Rate Schedule 6 (MISO-SPP JOA).
Transient Tolerance Window shall mean the period of time after a reduction or loss of
load by the ZG Associated Load by the end of which window the Generating Facility with ZG
Interconnection Service must have reduced its injections to an amount not greater than the Load
of the ZG Associated Load. The Transient Tolerance Window shall be no greater than 20
seconds, and is further described by the Business Practices Manual for Large Load. The
Transient Tolerance Window will be subject to Transmission Owner local planning criteria.
Transmission Control Devices shall mean a generally accepted transmission device that
is planned and designed to provide dynamic control of electric system quantities, and are usually
employed as solutions to specific system performance issues. Examples of such devices include
fast valving, high response exciters, high voltage DC links, active or real power flow control and
reactive compensation devices using power electronics (e.g., unified power flow controllers),
static var compensators, thyristor controlled series capacitors, braking resistors, and in some
cases mechanically-switched capacitors and reactors. In general, such systems are not
considered to be Special Protection Systems.
Transmission Owner shall mean that Transmission Owner as defined in the Tariff,
which includes an entity that owns, leases or otherwise possesses an interest in the portion of the
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Transmission System at which Interconnection Customer proposes to interconnect or otherwise
integrate the operation of the Generating Facility. Transmission Owner should be read to include
any Independent Transmission Company that manages the transmission facilities of
Transmission Owner and shall include, as applicable, the owner and/or operator of distribution
facilities interconnected to the Transmission System, over which facilities transmission service
or Wholesale Distribution Service under the Tariff is available at the time Interconnection
Customer requests Interconnection Service and to which Interconnection Customer has requested
interconnection of a Generating Facility for the purpose of either transmitting electric energy in
interstate commerce or selling electric energy at wholesale in interstate commerce.
Transmission Provider shall mean the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
(“MISO”), the Regional Transmission Organization that controls or operates the transmission
facilities of its transmission-owning members used for the transmission of electricity in interstate
commerce and provides transmission service under the Tariff.
Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities (TOIF) shall mean all facilities and
equipment owned by Transmission Owner from the Point of Change of Ownership to the Point
of Interconnection as identified in Appendix A to this GIA, including any modifications,
additions or upgrades to such facilities and equipment. Transmission Owner’s Interconnection
Facilities are sole use facilities and shall not include Distribution Upgrades, Generator Upgrades,
Stand Alone Network Upgrades or Network Upgrades.
Transmission System shall mean the facilities owned by Transmission Owner and
controlled or operated by Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner that are used to provide
Transmission Service (including HVDC Service) or Wholesale Distribution Service under the
Tariff.
Trial Operation shall mean the period during which Interconnection Customer is
engaged in on-site test operations and commissioning of the Generating Facility prior to
Commercial Operation.
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User-Defined Model shall mean any set of programming code created by equipment
manufacturers or developers that captures the latest features of controllers that are mainly
software-based and represent the entities’ control strategy but does not necessarily correspond to
any particular generic library model, as contained in Attachment A to Appendix 1 of the GIP.
Variable Energy Resource shall mean a device for the production of electricity that is
characterized by an energy source that: (1) is renewable; (2) cannot be stored by the facility
owner or operator; and (3) has variability that is beyond the control of the facility owner or
operator.
Wholesale Distribution Service shall have that meaning as provided in the Tariff.
Wherever the term “transmission delivery service” is used, Wholesale Distribution Service shall
also be implied.
Zero Injection Generation (ZG) Associated Load shall mean a source of electrical load
that has a Point of Withdrawal that is at the same substation as the Point of Interconnection to the
Transmission System (i.e. same voltage level at the interconnecting substation) as the Generating
Facility with ZG Interconnection Service that will serve it.
Zero Injection Generation (ZG) Interconnection Service shall mean a limited form of
Interconnection Service that allows an Interconnection Customer to connect its Generating
Facility to the Transmission System or Distribution System, as applicable, for the limited
purpose of delivering energy to ZG Associated Load. ZG Interconnection Service does not grant
any right to inject energy onto the Transmission System except as may be authorized by Section
3.11 of the Generator Interconnection Procedures. ZG Interconnection Service does not convey
Transmission Service. ZG Interconnection Service also does not provide a right to serve, or a
right to Transmission Service to serve, a ZG Associated Load or retail customer except as
allowed by applicable state law.
Zero Injection Generation (ZG) Resource shall mean a generating resource with an
Attachment X defined ZG Interconnection Agreement. A ZG Resource may participate as a
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Generation Resource, Dispatchable Intermittent Resource, Electric Storage Resource, or Behind
the Meter Generation resource.
ZG Facilities Study shall mean the study described in Section 3.2.5.2.2 of these GIP that
is used to identify any Network Upgrades or Interconnection Facilities that may be needed to for
an Interconnection Request seeking ZG Interconnection Service.
ZG Impact Assessment shall mean the study described in Section 3.2.5.2.1 of these GIP
that is used to evaluate the impact of an Interconnection Request seeking ZG Interconnection
Services.
ZG Interconnection Agreement (ZGIA) shall mean the form of interconnection
agreement governing the terms and conditions of ZG Interconnection Service, set forth in
Appendix 19 to the GIP. This agreement shall follow the form of the Transmission Provider’s
pro forma Generator Interconnection Agreement with modifications to reflect ZG
Interconnection Service and the ZG Interconnection Service study process. Unless otherwise
provided in the GIP, all requirements applicable to the pro forma Generator Interconnection
Agreement shall apply to the ZGIA. A ZGIA is a form of GIA and, where used in the Tariff,
references to Generator Interconnection Agreements or GIAs encompasses ZGIAs.
ZG Interconnection Process Quarterly Study Period shall mean the period of time in
which Interconnection Requests seeking ZG Interconnection Service are submitted to the
Transmission Provider and compiled for study. There are four study periods in a year with the
following start and end dates:
Quarter 1: The first Business Day of March through the last Business Day of May;
Quarter 2: The first Business Day of June through the last Business Day of August;
Quarter 3: The first Business Day of September through the last Business Day of
November;
Quarter 4: The first Business Day of December through the last Business Day of
February.
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ARTICLE 2. EFFECTIVE DATE, TERM AND TERMINATION
2.1
Effective Date. This ZGIA shall become effective upon execution by the Parties subject
to acceptance by FERC (if applicable), or if filed unexecuted, upon the date specified by
FERC. Transmission Provider shall promptly file this ZGIA with FERC upon execution
in accordance with Article 3.1, if required.
2.2
Term of Agreement. Subject to the provisions of Article 2.3, this ZGIA shall remain in
effect for a period of ______ years from the Effective Date and shall be automatically
renewed for each successive one-year period thereafter on the anniversary of the
Effective Date.
2.3
Termination Procedures. This ZGIA may be terminated as follows:
2.3.1
Written Notice. This ZGIA may be terminated by Interconnection Customer
after giving Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner ninety (90) Calendar
Days advance written notice. This ZGIA shall be terminated by Transmission
Provider if the Generating Facility or a portion of the Generating Facility fails to
achieve Commercial Operation by the Commercial Operation Date established in
accordance with Section 4.4.4 of Attachment X, including any extension provided
thereunder, or has ceased Commercial Operation for three (3) consecutive years,
beginning with the last date of Commercial Operation for the Generating Facility,
after giving Interconnection Customer ninety (90) Calendar Days advance written
notice. Where only a portion of the Generating Facility fails to achieve
Commercial Operation by the Commercial Operation Date established in
accordance with Section 4.4.4 of Attachment X, including any extension provided
thereunder, Transmission Provider shall only terminate that portion of the ZGIA.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the limited circumstance that the
Interconnection Request is served by a contingent Network Upgrade with an in-
service date that is farther out than the Commercial Operation Date permitted
under Section 4.4.4 of Attachment X, Transmission Provider shall only terminate
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this ZGIA for failure to achieve Commercial Operation by that later in-service
date of the contingent Network Upgrade. For the purposes of this ZGIA,
Commercial Operation shall mean the supply of energy from the Generating
Facility to the ZG Associated Load identified in Appendix A and exclude sales of
energy, capacity, or other commercial arrangements regarding the output of the
Generating Facility with any entity or load source other than the ZG Associated
Load identified in Appendix A. The Generating Facility will not be deemed to
have ceased Commercial Operation for purposes of this Article 2.3.1 if
Interconnection Customer can document that it has taken other significant steps to
maintain or restore operational readiness of the Generating Facility for the
purpose of returning the Generating Facility to Commercial Operation as soon as
possible.
2.3.1.1 Surplus Interconnection Service. Where this ZGIA provides for Surplus
Interconnection Service and the Energy Displacement Agreement or the
Monitoring and Consent Agreement required for Surplus Interconnection
Service are no longer in effect, Interconnection Customer shall
immediately cease Commercial Operation of the Generating Facility and
this ZGIA shall be deemed terminated. In the event that the Existing
Generating Facility retires and/or permanently ceases commercial
operation, the Surplus Interconnection Service provided under this ZGIA
shall terminate except as provided in Section 3.3.1.3 of the GIP.
2.3.2
Default. Any Party may terminate this ZGIA in accordance with Article 17.
2.3.3
Notwithstanding Articles 2.3.1 and 2.3.2, no termination shall become effective
until the Parties have complied with all Applicable Laws and Regulations
applicable to such termination, including the filing with FERC of a notice of
termination of this ZGIA, if required, which notice has been accepted for filing by
FERC.
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For EGIAs, no termination shall become effective until Interconnection Customer
has provided all security as required by Section 2.4.
2.4
Termination Costs. If a Party elects to terminate this ZGIA pursuant to Article 2.3
above, each Party shall pay all costs incurred for which that Party is responsible
(including any cancellation costs relating to orders or contracts for Interconnection
Facilities, applicable upgrades, and related equipment) or charges assessed by the other
Parties, as of the date of the other Parties’ receipt of such notice of termination, under this
ZGIA. In the event that this ZGIA is terminated by Interconnection Customer,
Interconnection Customer is responsible for all financial impact that is caused as a result
of this termination or the termination of Interconnection Customer’s FCA(s) or
MPFCA(s), such financial impact being determined through the financial impact analysis
performed in accordance with Section 7.8 of Attachment X. In the event of termination
by a Party, the Parties shall use commercially Reasonable Efforts to mitigate the costs,
damages and charges arising as a consequence of termination. Upon termination of this
ZGIA, unless otherwise ordered or approved by FERC:
In the event that this EGIA is terminated by Interconnection Customer that had an
Interconnection Request studied in ERAS, Interconnection Customer is responsible for
the full cost of all Network Upgrades identified in this EGIA as well as any Network
Upgrades identified during the ERAS process that are to be memorialized in an
agreement other that this EGIA, including any applicable FCA, MPFCA, or JTIQ Service
Agreements. If the Network Upgrade costs for Network Upgrades subject to an FCA,
MPFCA, or JTIQ Service Agreement have not been finalized or the Interconnection
Customer has not made the payment under such agreement as of the date that termination
of this EGIA is sought, Interconnection Customer shall provide the payment or security
for such Network Upgrades in the amount required by the applicable agreement. If such
agreement has not been executed and final costs are not available as of a date that
termination is sought, Interconnection Customer shall provide such payment or security
in an amount corresponding to the most recent estimate provided by the Transmission
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Provider during the ERAS process. Interconnection Customer shall pay or Transmission
Provider shall refund, as applicable, to Interconnection Customer the difference between
the amount of any estimated payment or security made pursuant to this Article and the
final cost of such NU within ninety (90) Calendar Days after such final costs are invoiced
to the Interconnection Customer.
2.4.1
With respect to any portion of the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection
Facilities, Network Upgrades, System Protection Facilities, Distribution
Upgrades, Generator Upgrades, and if so determined and made a part of this
ZGIA, upgrades on Affected Systems, that have not yet been constructed or
installed, Transmission Owner shall to the extent possible and to the extent of
Interconnection Customer’s written notice under Article 2.3.1, cancel any pending
orders of, or return, any materials or equipment for, or contracts for construction
of, such facilities; provided that in the event Interconnection Customer elects not
to authorize such cancellation, Interconnection Customer shall assume all
payment obligations with respect to such materials, equipment, and contracts, and
Transmission Owner shall deliver such material and equipment, and, if necessary,
assign such contracts, to Interconnection Customer as soon as practicable, at
Interconnection Customer’s expense. To the extent that Interconnection
Customer has already paid Transmission Owner for any or all such costs of
materials or equipment not taken by Interconnection Customer or upgrades not
yet constructed, Transmission Owner shall promptly transfer such amounts to
Transmission Provider, less any costs, including penalties incurred by
Transmission Owner to cancel any pending orders of or return such materials,
equipment, or contracts. Except for agreements providing for ZG Interconnection
Service, Transmission Provider will perform a financial impact analysis in
accordance with Section 7.8 of Attachment X to determine the amount that should
be refunded to Interconnection Customer. Except for agreements providing for
ZG Interconnection Service, Transmission Provider shall refund such remaining
amounts to Interconnection Customer, less the amount of Automatic Withdrawal
Penalty funds received by the Interconnection Customer in accordance with
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Section 7.8.1 of the Attachment X and less any financial impact caused by the
termination of this ZGIA or Interconnection Customer’s FCA(s) or MPFCA(s), as
determined through the analysis performed in accordance with Section 7.8 of
Attachment X. If Interconnection Customer made its payment(s) through a letter
of credit, surety bond, or parental guarantee, Transmission Owner will draw
against that letter of credit, surety bond, or parental guarantee in an amount
determined through the analysis performed in accordance with Section 7.8 of
Attachment X plus the amount of any Automatic Withdrawal Penalty funds
received by the Interconnection Customer in accordance with Section 7.8.1 of the
Attachment X, and transfer that amount to Transmission Provider, unless
Interconnection Customer funds the financial impact through another means.
If an Interconnection Customer terminates this ZGIA, it shall be responsible for
all costs incurred in association with that Interconnection Customer’s
interconnection, including any cancellation costs relating to orders or contracts for
Interconnection Facilities and equipment, and other expenses including any
upgrades or related equipment for which Transmission Owner has incurred
expenses and has not been reimbursed by Interconnection Customer.
2.4.2
Transmission Owner may, at its option, retain any portion of such materials,
equipment, or facilities that Interconnection Customer chooses not to accept
delivery of, in which case Transmission Owner shall be responsible for all costs
associated with procuring such materials, equipment, or facilities. If
Transmission Owner does not so elect, then Interconnection Customer shall be
responsible for such costs.
2.4.3
With respect to any portion of the Interconnection Facilities, and any other
facilities already installed or constructed pursuant to the terms of this ZGIA,
Interconnection Customer shall be responsible for all costs associated with the
removal, relocation, reconfiguration or other disposition or retirement of such
materials, equipment, or facilities, and such other expenses actually incurred by
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Transmission Owner necessary to return the Transmission, Distribution or
Generator System, as applicable, to safe and reliable operation.
2.5
Disconnection. Upon termination of this ZGIA, the Parties will take all appropriate steps
to disconnect the Generating Facility from the Transmission or Distribution System, as
applicable. All costs required to effectuate such disconnection shall be borne by the
terminating Party, unless such termination resulted from the non-terminating Party’s
Default of this ZGIA or such non-terminating Party otherwise is responsible for these
costs under this ZGIA.
2.6
Survival. This ZGIA shall continue in effect after termination to the extent necessary to
provide for final billings and payments and for costs incurred hereunder, including
billings and payments pursuant to this ZGIA; to permit the determination and
enforcement of liability and indemnification obligations arising from acts or events that
occurred while this ZGIA was in effect; and to permit each Party to have access to the
lands of the other Party pursuant to this ZGIA or other applicable agreements, to
disconnect, remove or salvage its own facilities and equipment.
ARTICLE 3. REGULATORY FILINGS
3.1
Filing. Transmission Provider shall file this ZGIA (and any amendment hereto) with the
appropriate Governmental Authority, if required. A Party may request that any
information so provided be subject to the confidentiality provisions of Article 22. If that
Party has executed this ZGIA, or any amendment thereto, the Party shall reasonably
cooperate with Transmission Provider with respect to such filing and to provide any
information reasonably requested by Transmission Provider needed to comply with
applicable regulatory requirements.
ARTICLE 4. SCOPE OF SERVICE
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Interconnection Product Options. Interconnection Customer has selected the following
(checked) type of Interconnection Service:
Check: : ____ ZG or ____ SI or ____ ER and/or ____ NR (See Appendix A for
details)
4.1.1
Energy Resource Interconnection Service (ER Interconnection Service).
4.1.1.1
The Product. ER Interconnection Service allows Interconnection
Customer to connect the Generating Facility to the Transmission or
Distribution System, as applicable, and be eligible to deliver the
Generating Facility’s output using the existing firm or non-firm capacity
of the Transmission System on an “as available” basis. To the extent
Interconnection Customer wants to receive ER Interconnection Service,
Transmission Owner shall construct facilities consistent with the studies
identified in Appendix A.
An Interconnection Customer seeking ER Interconnection Service for
new or added capacity at a Generating Facility may be granted
conditional ER Interconnection Service status to the extent there is such
capacity available on the Transmission System to accommodate the
Interconnection Customer’s Generating Facility. At the request of
Interconnection Customer, conditional ER Interconnection Service status
may be granted subject to the system being able to accommodate the
interconnection without upgrades, until such time as a higher queued
project(s) with a later service date affecting the same common elements
is placed into service. The conditional ER Interconnection Service shall
be terminated in the event Interconnection Customer fails to fund the
necessary studies and the Network Upgrades necessary to grant the
Interconnection Customer’s ER Interconnection Service upon the
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completion of higher queued projects involving the same common
elements.
4.1.1.2
Transmission Delivery Service Implications. Under ER
Interconnection Service, Interconnection Customer will be eligible to
inject power from the Generating Facility into and deliver power across
the Transmission System on an “as available” basis up to the amount of
MW identified in the applicable stability and steady state studies to the
extent the upgrades initially required to qualify for ER Interconnection
Service have been constructed. After that date FERC makes effective
MISO’s Energy Market Tariff filed in Docket No. ER04-691-000,
Interconnection Customer may place a bid to sell into the market up to
the maximum identified Generating Facility output, subject to any
conditions specified in the Interconnection Service approval, and the
Generating Facility will be dispatched to the extent the Interconnection
Customer’s bid clears. In all other instances, no transmission or other
delivery service from the Generating Facility is assured, but
Interconnection Customer may obtain Point-To-Point Transmission
Service, Network Integration Transmission Service or be used for
secondary network transmission service, pursuant to the Tariff, up to the
maximum output identified in the stability and steady state studies. In
those instances, in order for Interconnection Customer to obtain the right
to deliver or inject energy beyond the Point of Interconnection or to
improve its ability to do so, transmission delivery service must be
obtained pursuant to the provisions of the Tariff. The Interconnection
Customer’s ability to inject its Generating Facility output beyond the
Point of Interconnection, therefore, will depend on the existing capacity
of the Transmission or Distribution System as applicable, at such time as
a Transmission Service request is made that would accommodate such
delivery. The provision of Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service or
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Network Integration Transmission Service may require the construction
of additional Network or Distribution Upgrades.
4.1.2
Network Resource Interconnection Service (NR Interconnection Service).
4.1.2.1
The Product. Transmission Provider must conduct the necessary
studies and Transmission Owner shall construct the facilities identified
in Appendix A of this GIA, subject to the approval of Governmental
Authorities, needed to integrate the Generating Facility in the same
manner as for any Generating Facility being designated as a Network
Resource.
4.1.2.2 Transmission Delivery Service Implications. NR Interconnection
Service allows the Generating Facility to be designated by any Network
Customer under the Tariff on the Transmission System as a Network
Resource, up to the Generating Facility’s full output, on the same basis
as existing Network Resources that are interconnected to the
Transmission or Distribution System, as applicable, and to be studied as
a Network Resource on the assumption that such a designation will
occur. Although NR Interconnection Service does not convey a
reservation of Transmission Service, any Network Customer can utilize
Network Integration Transmission Service under the Tariff to obtain
delivery of energy from the Generating Facility in the same manner as it
accesses Network Resources. A Generating Facility receiving NR
Interconnection Service may also be used to provide Ancillary Services
after technical studies and/or periodic analyses are performed with
respect to the Generating Facility’s ability to provide any applicable
Ancillary Services, provided that such studies and analyses have been or
would be required in connection with the provision of such Ancillary
Services by any existing Network Resource. However, if the
Generating Facility has not been designated as a Network Resource by
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any Network Customer, it cannot be required to provide Ancillary
Services except to the extent such requirements extend to all generating
facilities that are similarly situated. The provision of Network
Integration Transmission Service or Firm Point-To-Point Transmission
Service may require additional studies and the construction of additional
upgrades. Because such studies and upgrades would be associated with
a request for delivery service under the Tariff, cost responsibility for the
studies and upgrades would be in accordance with FERC’s policy for
pricing transmission delivery services.
NR Interconnection Service does not necessarily provide Interconnection
Customer with the capability to physically deliver the output of its
Generating Facility to any particular load on the Transmission System
without incurring congestion costs. In the event of transmission or
distribution constraints on the Transmission or Distribution System, as
applicable, the Generating Facility shall be subject to the applicable
congestion management procedures in the Transmission System in the
same manner as Network Resources.
There is no requirement either at the time of study or interconnection, or
at any point in the future, that the Generating Facility be designated as a
Network Resource by a Network Customer or that Interconnection
Customer identify a specific buyer (or sink). To the extent a Network
Customer does designate the Generating Facility as a Network Resource,
it must do so pursuant to the Tariff.
Once an Interconnection Customer satisfies the requirements for
obtaining NR Interconnection Service, any future Transmission Service
request for delivery from the Generating Facility within the
Transmission System of any amount of capacity and/or energy, up to the
amount initially studied, will not require that any additional studies be
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performed or that any further upgrades associated with such Generating
Facility be undertaken, regardless of whether such Generating Facility is
ever designated by a Network Customer as a Network Resource and
regardless of changes in ownership of the Generating Facility. To the
extent Interconnection Customer enters into an arrangement for long
term Transmission Service for deliveries from the Generating Facility to
customers other than the studied Network Customers, or for any Point-
To-Point Transmission Service, such request may require additional
studies and upgrades in order for Transmission Provider to grant such
request. However, the reduction or elimination of congestion or
redispatch costs may require additional studies and the construction of
additional upgrades.
To the extent Interconnection Customer enters into an arrangement for
long term Transmission Service for deliveries from the Generating
Facility outside the Transmission System, such request may require
additional studies and upgrades in order for Transmission Provider to
grant such request.
4.1.2.3 Conditional NR Interconnection Service. An Interconnection Customer
seeking NR Interconnection Service for new or added capacity at a
Generating Facility may be granted conditional NR Interconnection
Service status to the extent there is such capacity available on the
Transmission System to accommodate the Interconnection Customer’s
Generating Facility. At the request of Interconnection Customer,
conditional NR Interconnection Service status may be granted subject to
the system being able to accommodate the interconnection without
upgrades, until such time as higher queued project(s) with a later service
date affecting the same common elements is placed into service. The
conditional NR Interconnection Service status may be converted to ER
Interconnection Service if either of the following occurs:
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1)
Interconnection Customer fails to fund necessary studies and
Network Upgrades required to allow the Interconnection
Customer’s Generating Facility to receive NR Interconnection
Service upon the completion of higher queued projects involving
the same common elements; or
2)
The higher queued project(s) or planned and required Network
Upgrades are placed in service and the Network Upgrades required
to provide NR Interconnection Service status to the
Interconnection Customer’s Generating Facility are not in service.
In the event Interconnection Customer fails to fund the necessary studies
and Network Upgrades for NR Interconnection Service, the
Interconnection Customer’s conditional NR Interconnection Service status
shall be converted to ER Interconnection Service status unless
Interconnection Customer makes a new Interconnection Request. Such
new Interconnection Request shall be evaluated in accordance with the
GIP and its new queue position.
Some or all of the conditional NR Interconnection Service status may be
temporarily revoked if the Network Upgrades are not in service when the
higher queued project(s) are placed in service. The availability of
conditional NR Interconnection Service status will be determined by
Transmission Provider’s studies. Upon funding and completion of the
Network Upgrades required to establish the Generating Facility’s NR
Interconnection Service status, the Generating Facility will be granted NR
Interconnection Service status.
The Parties agree that the portion of the Generating Facility classified as
NR Interconnection Service is the first portion of the output of the
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combined output of all the units at the Generating Facility except in
circumstances where Interconnection Customer otherwise elects this GIA,
as amended, to allocate that portion to the output of specific unit(s) at the
Generating Facility, the total of which will not exceed the output eligible
for NR Interconnection Service as shown by the additional studies. To the
extent Interconnection Customer desires to obtain NR Interconnection
Service for any portion of the Generating Facility in addition to that
supported by such additional studies, Interconnection Customer will be
required to request such additional NR Interconnection Service through a
separate Interconnection Request in accordance with the GIP.
4.1.3
Surplus Interconnection Service (SI).
4.1.3.1 The Product. Surplus Interconnection Service is restricted
Interconnection Service that allows an Interconnection Customer to
increase the gross generating capability at the same Point of
Interconnection of an Existing Generating Facility without increasing the
total amount of Interconnection Service at the Point of Interconnection.
4.1.3.2 Transmission Delivery Service Implications. Surplus Interconnection
Service does not convey any right to deliver electricity to any specific
customer or Point of Delivery.
4.1.4
ZG Interconnection Service.
4.1.4.1 The Product. ZG Interconnection Service is restricted Interconnection
Service that allows an Interconnection Customer to connect its Generating
Facility to the Transmission System or Distribution System, as applicable,
for the limited purpose of delivering Energy to a source of electrical load
that is at the same substation as the Point of Interconnection to the
Transmission System (i.e., same voltage level at the interconnecting
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substation) as the Generating Facility with ZG Interconnection Service
that will serve it.
This service is available only if the study required by Section 3.2.3.2 of
the GIP determines that the proposed interconnection:
(1)
will not result in any injections of Energy onto the Transmission
System beyond the substation identified in the Interconnection
Request as the Point of Interconnection. The restriction on Energy
injection in this paragraph shall not apply to transient, limited
injections associated with a reduction or loss of Load by the ZG
Associated Load provided these remain within the Transient
Tolerance Window established in the Business Practices Manual
for Large Load.
(2)
will not require the construction or modification of any Network
Upgrades to address impacts to the Transmission System with the
exception of Network Upgrades located at the same substation as
the POI and system protection facilities at adjacent substations.
ZG Interconnection Service is specific to the ZG Associated Load(s) that the
Generating Facility identifies in its Interconnection Request, and which shall be
memorialized in the ZGIA. The Generating Facility’s requesting ZG
Interconnection Service will be dispatched, and granted service at a level not to
exceed the total Demand of the ZG Associated Load.
4.1.4.2 Transmission Delivery Service Implications.
ZG Interconnection Service does not grant any right to inject energy onto
the Transmission System beyond the Point of Interconnection except as
may be authorized by Section 3.11.1(a) of these Generator Interconnection
Procedures. ZG Interconnection Service does not provide interconnection
service for the purpose of serving Load other than the ZG Associated
Load(s) identified in the Interconnection Request and memorialized in the
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ZGIA. ZG Interconnection Service does not convey transmission service,
which is obtained through a separate process, and does not provide a right
to serve, or a right to transmission service to serve, a ZG Associated Load
or retail customer except as allowed by state laws and regulations.
4.2
Provision of Service. Transmission Provider shall provide Interconnection Service for
the Generating Facility at the Point of Interconnection.
4.3
Performance Standards. Each Party shall perform all of its obligations under this ZGIA
in accordance with Applicable Laws and Regulations, Applicable Reliability Standards,
and Good Utility Practice. To the extent a Party is required or prevented or limited in
taking any action by such regulations and standards, or if the obligations of any Party
may become limited by a change in Applicable Laws and Regulations, Applicable
Reliability Standards, and Good Utility Practice after the execution of this ZGIA, that
Party shall not be deemed to be in Breach of this ZGIA for its compliance therewith. The
Party so limited shall notify the other Parties whereupon Transmission Provider shall
amend this ZGIA in concurrence with the other Parties and submit the amendment to the
Commission for approval. The ZG Interconnection Service product does not supersede
any state or local laws or regulations nor does it authorize operations that would violate
state or local laws and regulations, including those establishing which entities have the
right or obligation to serve load. Interconnection Customers are separately responsible
for adhering to all Applicable Laws and Regulations.
4.4
No Transmission Delivery Service. The execution of this ZGIA does not constitute a
request for, or the provision of, any transmission delivery service under the Tariff, and
does not convey any right to deliver electricity to any specific customer or Point of
Delivery.
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4.5
Interconnection Customer Provided Services. The services provided by
Interconnection Customer under this ZGIA are set forth in Article 9.6 and Article 13.4.1.
Interconnection Customer shall be paid for such services in accordance with Article 11.7.
ARTICLE 5. INTERCONNECTION FACILITIES ENGINEERING, PROCUREMENT,
AND CONSTRUCTION
5.1
Options. Unless otherwise mutually agreed to between the Parties, Interconnection
Customer shall select: 1) the In-Service Date, Initial Synchronization Date, and
Commercial Operation Date based on a reasonable construction schedule that will allow
sufficient time for design, construction, equipment procurement, and permit acquisition
of Transmission System equipment or right-of-way; and 2) either the Standard Option or
Alternate Option set forth below and such dates and selected option shall be set forth in
Appendix B. If the dates designated by Interconnection Customer are not acceptable to
Transmission Owner, Transmission Owner shall so notify Interconnection Customer
within thirty (30) Calendar Days. Upon receipt of the notification that Interconnection
Customer’s designated dates are not acceptable to Transmission Owner, the
Interconnection Customer shall notify Transmission Owner within thirty (30) Calendar
Days whether it elects to exercise the Option to Build if it has not already elected to
exercise the Option to Build.
5.1.1
Standard Option. Transmission Owner shall design, procure, and construct the
Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities, Network Upgrades, System
Protection Facilities, Distribution Upgrades, and Generator Upgrades using
Reasonable Efforts to complete the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection
Facilities, Network Upgrades, System Protection Facilities, Distribution Upgrades
and Generator Upgrades by the dates set forth in Appendix B, Milestones, subject
to the receipt of all approvals required from Governmental Authorities and the
receipt of all land rights necessary to commence construction of such facilities,
and such other permits or authorizations as may be required. Transmission
Provider or Transmission Owner shall not be required to undertake any action
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which is inconsistent with its standard safety practices, its material and equipment
specifications, its design criteria and construction procedures, its labor
agreements, Applicable Laws and Regulations and Good Utility Practice. In the
event Transmission Owner reasonably expects that it will not be able to complete
the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities, Network Upgrades, System
Protection Facilities, Distribution Upgrades and Generator Upgrades by the
specified dates, Transmission Owner shall promptly provide written notice to
Interconnection Customer and Transmission Provider and shall undertake
Reasonable Efforts to meet the earliest dates thereafter.
5.1.2
Alternate Option. If the dates designated by Interconnection Customer are
acceptable to Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner, Transmission
Provider shall so notify Interconnection Customer within thirty (30) Calendar
Days, and Transmission Owner shall assume responsibility for the design,
procurement and construction of the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection
Facilities by the designated dates.
If Transmission Owner subsequently fails to complete the Transmission Owner’s
Interconnection Facilities by the In-Service Date, to the extent necessary to
provide back feed power; or fails to complete Network Upgrades by the Initial
Synchronization Date to the extent necessary to allow for Trial Operation at full
power output, unless other arrangements are made by the Parties for such Trial
Operation; or fails to complete the Network Upgrades by the Commercial
Operation Date, as such dates are reflected in Appendix B, Milestones;
Transmission Owner shall pay Interconnection Customer liquidated damages in
accordance with Article 5.3, Liquidated Damages, provided, however, the dates
designated by Interconnection Customer shall be extended day for day for each
Calendar Day that Transmission Provider refuses to grant clearances to install
equipment.
Transmission Owner and Interconnection Customer may adopt an incentive
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payment schedule that is mutually agreeable to encourage Transmission Owner to
meet specified accelerated dates. Such payment by Interconnection Customer is
not subject to refund.
5.1.3
Option to Build. Pursuant to Section 7.3.2.5 & 7.3.3.5 of the GIP, Individual or
Multiple Interconnection Customers shall have the option to assume responsibility
for the design, procurement and construction of the Transmission Owner’s
Interconnection Facilities and Stand Alone Network Upgrades by the dates
originally designated by Interconnection Customer under Article 5.1.2, , if the
requirements of this Article 5.1.3 are met. When multiple Interconnection
Customers exercise this option, multiple Interconnection Customers may agree to
exercise this option provided (1) all Transmission Owner’s Interconnection
Facilities and Stand Alone Network Upgrades constructed under this option are
only required for Interconnection Customers in a single Cluster and (2) all
impacted Interconnection Customers execute and provide to Transmission
Provider an agreement regarding responsibilities, and payment for, the
construction of Transmission Provider’s Interconnection Facilities and Stand
Alone Network Upgrades planned to be built under this option. The Parties must
agree as to what constitutes Stand Alone Network Upgrades and identify such
Stand Alone Network Upgrades in Appendix A. Except for Stand Alone Network
Upgrades, Interconnection Customer shall have no right to construct Network
Upgrades under this option.
5.1.4
Negotiated Option. If the dates designated by Interconnection Customer
pursuant to Article 5.1 are not acceptable to Transmission Owner, the Parties shall
in good faith attempt to negotiate terms and conditions (including revision of the
specified dates and liquidated damages, the provision of incentives, or the
procurement and construction of all facilities other than Transmission Owner’s
Interconnection Facilities and Stand Alone Network Upgrades if the
Interconnection Customer elects to exercise the Option to Build under Article
5.1.3). If the Parties are unable to reach agreement on such terms and conditions,
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then, pursuant to Article 5.1.1 (Standard Option), Transmission Owner shall
assume responsibility for the design, procurement and construction of all facilities
other than Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities and Stand Alone
Network Upgrades if Interconnection Customer has elected to exercise the Option
to Build.
Transmission Owner and Interconnection Customer may adopt an incentive
payment schedule that is mutually agreeable to encourage Transmission Owner to
meet specified accelerated dates. Such payment by Interconnection Customer is
not subject to refund.
5.2
General Conditions Applicable to Option to Build. If Interconnection Customer
assumes responsibility for the design, procurement and construction of the Transmission
Owner’s Interconnection Facilities and Stand Alone Network Upgrades after receipt of
all required approvals from Governmental Authorities necessary to commence
construction,
(1) Interconnection Customer shall engineer, procure equipment, and construct
the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities and Stand Alone Network
Upgrades (or portions thereof) using Good Utility Practice and using standards
and specifications provided in advance by Transmission Owner, or as required by
any Governmental Authority;
(2) Interconnection Customer’s engineering, procurement and construction of the
Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities and Stand Alone Network
Upgrades shall comply with all requirements of law or Governmental Authority to
which Transmission Owner would be subject in the engineering, procurement or
construction of the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities and Stand
Alone Network Upgrades;
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(3) Transmission Provider, at Transmission Provider’s option, and Transmission
Owner shall be entitled to review and approve the engineering design, equipment
acceptance tests(including witnessing of acceptance tests), and the construction
(including monitoring of construction) of the Transmission Owner’s
Interconnection Facilities and Stand Alone Network Upgrades, and shall have the
right to reject any design, procurement, construction or acceptance test of any
equipment that does not meet the standards and specifications of Transmission
Provider, Transmission Owner and any Governmental Authority;
(4) prior to commencement of construction, Interconnection Customer shall
provide to Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner a schedule for
construction of the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities and Stand
Alone Network Upgrades, and shall promptly respond to requests for information
from Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner;
(5) at any time during construction, Transmission Provider and Transmission
Owner shall have unrestricted access to the construction site for the Transmission
Owner’s Interconnection Facilities and Stand Alone Network Upgrades and to
conduct inspections of the same;
(6) at any time during construction, should any phase of the engineering,
equipment procurement, or construction of the Transmission Owner’s
Interconnection Facilities and Stand Alone Network Upgrades not meet the
standards and specifications provided by Transmission Owner, Interconnection
Customer shall be obligated to remedy deficiencies in that portion of the
Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities and Stand Alone Network
Upgrades to meet the standards and specifications provided by Transmission
Provider and Transmission Owner;
(7) Interconnection Customer shall indemnify Transmission Provider and
Transmission Owner for claims arising from the Interconnection Customer’s
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construction of the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities and Stand
Alone Network Upgrades under the terms and procedures applicable to
Article 18.1, Indemnity;
(8) Interconnection Customer shall transfer control of the Transmission Owner’s
Interconnection Facilities and Stand Alone Network Upgrades to Transmission
Owner;
(9) Unless Parties otherwise agree, Interconnection Customer shall transfer
ownership of the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities and Stand
Alone Network Upgrades to Transmission Owner in accordance with Appendix
B;
(10) Transmission Provider, at Transmission Provider’s option, and Transmission
Owner shall approve and accept for operation and maintenance the Transmission
Owner’s Interconnection Facilities and Stand Alone Network Upgrades to the
extent engineered, procured, and constructed in accordance with this Article 5.2
only if the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities and Stand Alone
Network Upgrades meet the standards and specifications of Transmission
Provider, Transmission Owner and any Governmental Authority.
(11) Interconnection Customer shall deliver to Transmission Owner “as-built”
drawings, information, and any other documents that are reasonably required by
Transmission Owner to assure that the Interconnection Facilities and Stand-Alone
Network Upgrades are built to the standards and specifications required by
Transmission Owner.
(12) If Interconnection Customer exercises the Option to Build pursuant to Article
5.1.3, Interconnection Customer shall pay Transmission Owner the agreed upon
amount of [$ PLACEHOLDER] for Transmission Owner to execute the
responsibilities enumerated to Transmission Owner under Article 5.2.
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Transmission Owner shall invoice Interconnection Customer for this total amount
to be divided on a monthly basis pursuant to Article 12.
(13) If Interconnection Customer exercises the Option to Build pursuant to Article
5.1.3, and the Transmission Owner has elected to fund the costs of Network
Upgrades pursuant to Article 11.3, then prior to Interconnection Customer
incurring any construction costs relating to the Option to Build and by the date
specified in Appendix B, Interconnection Customer shall invoice the
Transmission Owner for the estimated amount to be expended by the
Interconnection Customer to construct any Stand Alone Network Upgrades for
which the Interconnection Customer has exercised its Option to Build in
accordance with Appendix B. The Transmission Owner shall be required to
reimburse Interconnection Customer for the full amount of such invoiced costs by
the date specified in Appendix B, which shall be prior to the date by which
Interconnection Customer must make any construction payment for such Stand
Alone Network Upgrades. After completion of the construction of Stand Alone
Network Upgrades by the Interconnection Customer and by the date specified in
Appendix B for the Interconnection Customer to transfer such Stand Alone
Network Upgrades to the Transmission Owner, Interconnection Customer shall
provide an invoice of the final cost of the construction of Stand Alone Upgrades
and shall set forth such costs in sufficient detail to enable the Transmission Owner
to compare the actual costs with the estimates and to ascertain deviations, if any,
from the cost estimates. In the event that the actual costs exceed the estimated
costs previously invoiced by Interconnection Customer and paid by Transmission
Owner, Transmission Owner shall pay to Interconnection Customer the difference
between the amount previously paid and the actual costs within thirty (30)
Calendar Days after receipt of a final construction invoice from Interconnection
Customer. In the event that the actual costs are less than the estimated costs
previously invoiced by Interconnection Customer and paid by Transmission
Owner, Interconnection Customer shall refund, with interest (calculated in
accordance with 18 C.F.R. Section 35.19a(a)(2)(iii), to Transmission Owner any
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amount by which the actual payment by Transmission Owner for estimated costs
exceeds the actual costs of construction within thirty (30) Calendar Days of the
issuance of such final construction invoice. Following the transfer of the Stand
Alone Network Upgrades from the Interconnection Customer to the Transmission
Owner, the Interconnection Customer shall make payments for such facilities to
the Transmission Owner pursuant to an agreement between and among the
Parties.
5.3
Liquidated Damages. The actual damages to Interconnection Customer, in the event the
Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities or Network Upgrades are not completed
by the dates designated by Interconnection Customer and accepted by Transmission
Provider and Transmission Owner pursuant to subparagraphs 5.1.2 or 5.1.4, above, may
include Interconnection Customer’s fixed operation and maintenance costs and lost
opportunity costs. Such actual damages are uncertain and impossible to determine at this
time. Because of such uncertainty, any liquidated damages paid by Transmission Owner
to Interconnection Customer in the event that Transmission Owner does not complete any
portion of the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities or Network Upgrades by
the applicable dates, shall be an amount equal to ½ of 1 percent per day of the actual cost
of the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities and Network Upgrades, in the
aggregate, for which Transmission Owner has assumed responsibility to design, procure
and construct.
However, in no event shall the total liquidated damages exceed 20 percent of the actual
cost of the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities and Network Upgrades for
which Transmission Owner has assumed responsibility to design, procure, and construct.
The foregoing payments will be made by Transmission Owner to Interconnection
Customer as just compensation for the damages caused to Interconnection Customer,
which actual damages are uncertain and impossible to determine at this time, and as
reasonable liquidated damages, but not as a penalty or a method to secure performance of
this ZGIA. Liquidated damages, when the Parties agree to them, are the exclusive
remedy for the Transmission Owner’s failure to meet its schedule.
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No liquidated damages shall be paid to Interconnection Customer if: (1) Interconnection
Customer is not ready to commence use of the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection
Facilities or Network Upgrades to take the delivery of power for the Generating Facility’s
Trial Operation or to export power from the Generating Facility on the specified dates,
unless Interconnection Customer would have been able to commence use of the
Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities or Network Upgrades to take the
delivery of power for Generating Facility’s Trial Operation or to export power from the
Generating Facility, but for Transmission Owner’s delay; (2) the Transmission Owner’s
failure to meet the specified dates is the result of the action or inaction of Transmission
Provider, Interconnection Customer or any other earlier queued Interconnection
Customer who has entered into an earlier GIA or ZGIA with Transmission Provider
and/or a Transmission Owner or with an Affected System Operator, or any cause beyond
Transmission Owner’s reasonable control or reasonable ability to cure;
(3) Interconnection Customer has assumed responsibility for the design, procurement and
construction of the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities and Stand Alone
Network Upgrades; (4) the delay is due to the inability of Transmission Owner to obtain
all required approvals from Governmental Authorities in a timely manner for the
construction of any element of the Interconnection Facilities, Network Upgrades or Stand
Alone Network Upgrades, or any other permit or authorization required, or any land
rights or other private authorizations that may be required, and Transmission Owner has
exercised Reasonable Efforts in procuring such approvals, permits, rights or
authorizations; or (5) the Parties have otherwise agreed.
5.4
Power System Stabilizers. Interconnection Customer shall procure, install, maintain
and operate power system stabilizers in accordance with the guidelines and procedures
established by the Electric Reliability Organization. Transmission Provider and
Transmission Owner reserve the right to reasonably establish minimum acceptable
settings for any installed power system stabilizers, subject to the design and operating
limitations of the Generating Facility. If the Generating Facility’s power system
stabilizers are removed from service or are not capable of automatic operation,
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Interconnection Customer shall immediately notify the Transmission Provider’s system
operator, or its designated representative. The requirements of this paragraph shall not
apply to induction generators.
5.5
Equipment Procurement. If responsibility for construction of the Transmission
Owner’s Interconnection Facilities, Network Upgrades and/or Distribution Upgrades is to
be borne by Transmission Owner, then Transmission Owner shall commence design of
the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities, Network Upgrades and/or
Distribution Upgrades, and procure necessary equipment as soon as practicable after all
of the following conditions are satisfied, unless the Parties otherwise agree in writing:
5.5.1
Transmission Provider has completed the Interconnection Facilities Study
pursuant to the Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement; and
5.5.2
Where applicable, Interconnection Customer has provided security to
Transmission Owner in accordance with Article 11.6 by the dates specified in
Appendix B, Milestones.
5.6
Construction Commencement. Transmission Owner shall commence construction of
the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities, Network Upgrades, Transmission
Owner’s System Protection Facilities, Distribution Upgrades, and Generator Upgrades
for which it is responsible as soon as practicable after the following additional conditions
are satisfied:
5.6.1
Approval of the appropriate Governmental Authority has been obtained for any
facilities requiring regulatory approval; and
5.6.2
Where applicable, Interconnection Customer has provided security to
Transmission Owner in accordance with Article 11.6 by the dates specified in
Appendix B, Milestones.
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5.7
Work Progress. Transmission Owner and Interconnection Customer will keep each
other and Transmission Provider advised periodically as to the progress of their
respective design, procurement and construction efforts. Either Transmission Owner or
Interconnection Customer may, at any time, request a progress report from the other, with
a copy to be provided to the other Parties. If, at any time, Interconnection Customer
determines that the completion of the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities,
Network Upgrades, or Transmission Owner’s System Protection Facilities will not be
required until after the specified In-Service Date, Interconnection Customer will provide
written notice to Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner of such later date upon
which the completion of the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities, Network
Upgrades or Transmission Owner’s System Protection Facilities will be required.
Transmission Owner may delay the In-Service Date of its facilities accordingly.
5.8
Information Exchange. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Date, the
Parties shall exchange information regarding the design and compatibility of the
Interconnection Facilities and compatibility of the Interconnection Facilities with the
Transmission System or Distribution System, as applicable, and shall work diligently and
in good faith to make any necessary design changes.
5.9
Other Interconnection Options.
5.9.1
Limited Operation. If any of the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection
Facilities, Network Upgrades, or Transmission Owner’s System Protection
Facilities, Distribution Upgrades or Generator Upgrades are not reasonably
expected to be completed prior to the Commercial Operation Date of the
Generating Facility, Transmission Provider shall, upon the request and at the
expense of Interconnection Customer, perform operating studies on a timely basis
to determine the extent to which the Generating Facility and the Interconnection
Customer’s Interconnection Facilities may operate prior to the completion of the
Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities, Network Upgrades,
Transmission Owner’s System Protection Facilities, Distribution Upgrades or
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Generator Upgrades consistent with Applicable Laws and Regulations,
Applicable Reliability Standards, Good Utility Practice, and this ZGIA.
Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner shall permit Interconnection
Customer to operate the Generating Facility and the Interconnection Customer’s
Interconnection Facilities in accordance with the results of such studies; provided,
however, such studies reveal that such operation may occur without detriment to
the Transmission System as then configured and in accordance with the safety
requirements of Transmission Owner and any Governmental Authority.
The maximum permissible output of the Generating Facility will be updated on a
quarterly basis if the Network Upgrades necessary for the interconnection of the
Generating Facility pursuant to this ZGIA are not in service within six (6) months
following the Commercial Operation Date of the Generating Facility as specified
in Appendix B of this ZGIA. These quarterly studies will be performed using the
same methodology set forth in Section 11.5 of the GIP. These quarterly updates
will end when all Network Upgrades necessary for the interconnection of the
Generating Facility pursuant to this ZGIA are in service.
5.9.2
Provisional Interconnection Service.
Upon the request of Interconnection Customer, and prior to completion of
requisite Interconnection Facilities, Network Upgrades, Distribution Upgrades, or
System Protection Facilities Transmission Provider may execute a Provisional
Generator Interconnection Agreement or Interconnection Customer may request
the filing of an unexecuted Provisional Generator Interconnection Agreement
with the Interconnection Customer for limited interconnection service at the
discretion of Transmission Provider based upon an evaluation that will consider
the results of available studies. Transmission Provider shall determine, through
available studies or additional studies as necessary, whether stability, short circuit,
thermal, and/or voltage issues would arise if Interconnection Customer
interconnects without modifications to the Generating Facility or Transmission
Provider’s system. Transmission Provider shall determine whether any
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Interconnection Facilities, Network Upgrades, Distribution Upgrades, or System
Protection Facilities that are necessary to meet the requirements of the Electric
Reliability Organization, or any applicable Regional Entity for the interconnection
of a new, modified and/or expanded Generating Facility are in place prior to the
commencement of interconnection service from the Generating Facility. Where
available studies indicate that such Interconnection Facilities, Network Upgrades,
Distribution Upgrades, and/or System Protection Facilities that are required for
the interconnection of a new, modified and/or expanded Generating Facility are
not currently in place, Transmission Provider will perform a study, at the
Interconnection Customer’s expense, to confirm the facilities that are required for
Provisional Interconnection Service. The maximum permissible output of the
Generating Facility in the Provisional Generator Interconnection Agreement shall
be studied and updated on a quarterly basis. Interconnection Customer assumes all
risk and liabilities with respect to changes between the Provisional Generator
Interconnection Agreement and the Generator Interconnection Agreement,
including changes in output limits and Interconnection Facilities, Network
Upgrades, Distribution Upgrades, and/or System Protection Facilities cost
responsibilities.
5.10
Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities. Interconnection Customer
shall, at its expense, design, procure, construct, own or control, and install the ICIF, as set
forth in Appendix A.
5.10.1
Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facility Specifications.
Interconnection Customer shall submit initial design and specifications for the
ICIF, including Interconnection Customer’s System Protection Facilities, to
Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner at least one hundred eighty
(180) Calendar Days prior to the Initial Synchronization Date; and final design
and specifications for review and comment at least ninety (90) Calendar Days
prior to the Initial Synchronization Date. Transmission Provider at
Transmission Provider’s option, and Transmission Owner shall review such
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specifications to ensure that the ICIF are compatible with their respective
technical specifications, operational control, and safety requirements and
comment on such design and specifications within thirty (30) Calendar Days of
Interconnection Customer’s submission. All specifications provided hereunder
shall be deemed confidential.
5.10.2
Transmission Provider’s and Transmission Owner’s Review. Transmission
Provider’s and Transmission Owner’s review of Interconnection Customer’s
final specifications shall not be construed as confirming, endorsing, or providing
a warranty as to the design, fitness, safety, durability or reliability of the
Generating Facility, or the ICIF. Interconnection Customer shall make such
changes to the ICIF as may reasonably be required by Transmission Provider
and Transmission Owner, in accordance with Good Utility Practice, to ensure
that the ICIF are compatible with the technical specifications, operational
control and safety requirements of Transmission Provider and Transmission
Owner.
5.10.3
ICIF Construction. The ICIF shall be designed and constructed in accordance
with Good Utility Practice. Within one hundred twenty (120) Calendar Days
after the Commercial Operation Date, unless the Parties agree on another
mutually acceptable deadline, Interconnection Customer shall deliver to
Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner “as-built” drawings,
information and documents for the ICIF, such as: a one-line diagram, a site plan
showing the Generating Facility and the ICIF, plan and elevation drawings
showing the layout of the ICIF, a relay functional diagram, relaying AC and DC
schematic wiring diagrams and relay settings for all facilities associated with the
Interconnection Customer’s step-up transformers, the facilities connecting the
Generating Facility to the step-up transformers and the ICIF, and the
impedances (determined by factory tests) for the associated step-up transformers
and the Generating Facility. Interconnection Customer shall provide
Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner with Interconnection
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Customer’s specifications for the excitation system, automatic voltage regulator,
Generating Facility control and protection settings, transformer tap settings, and
communications, if applicable.
5.11
Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities Construction. The Transmission
Owner’s Interconnection Facilities shall be designed and constructed in accordance with
Good Utility Practice. Upon request, within one hundred twenty (120) Calendar Days
after the Commercial Operation Date, unless the Parties agree on another mutually
acceptable deadline, Transmission Owner shall deliver to Transmission Provider (if
requested) and Interconnection Customer the “as-built” drawings, information and
documents for the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities specified in
Appendix C to this ZGIA.
Such drawings, information and documents shall be deemed Confidential Information.
Upon completion, the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities and Stand Alone
Network Upgrades shall be under the control of Transmission Provider or its designated
representative.
5.12
Access Rights. Upon reasonable notice by a Party, and subject to any required or
necessary regulatory approvals, a Party (“Granting Party”) shall furnish at no cost to the
other Party (“Access Party”) any rights of use, licenses, rights of way and easements with
respect to lands owned or controlled by the Granting Party, its agents (if allowed under
the applicable agency agreement), or any Affiliate, that are necessary to enable the
Access Party to obtain ingress and egress to construct, operate, maintain, repair, test (or
witness testing), inspect, replace or remove facilities and equipment to: (i) interconnect
the Generating Facility with the Transmission System; (ii) operate and maintain the
Generating Facility, the Interconnection Facilities and the Transmission System; and
(iii) disconnect or remove the Access Party’s facilities and equipment upon termination
of this ZGIA. In exercising such licenses, rights of way and easements, the Access Party
shall not unreasonably disrupt or interfere with normal operation of the Granting Party’s
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business and shall adhere to the safety rules and procedures established in advance, as
may be changed from time to time, by the Granting Party and provided to the Access
Party.
5.13
Lands of Other Property Owners. If any part of the Transmission Owner’s
Interconnection Facilities, Network Upgrades, and/or Distribution Upgrades is to be
installed on property owned by persons other than Interconnection Customer or
Transmission Owner, Transmission Owner shall at Interconnection Customer’s expense
use efforts, similar in nature and extent to those that it typically undertakes on its own
behalf or on behalf of its Affiliates, including use of its eminent domain authority to the
extent permitted and consistent with Applicable Laws and Regulations and, to the extent
consistent with such Applicable Laws and Regulations, to procure from such persons any
rights of use, licenses, rights of way and easements that are necessary to construct,
operate, maintain, test, inspect, replace or remove the Transmission Owner’s
Interconnection Facilities, Network Upgrades and/or Distribution Upgrades upon such
property.
5.14
Permits. Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner and Interconnection Customer
shall cooperate with each other in good faith in obtaining all permits, licenses and
authorizations that are necessary to accomplish the interconnection in compliance with
Applicable Laws and Regulations. With respect to this paragraph, Transmission Owner
shall provide permitting assistance to Interconnection Customer comparable to that
provided to the Transmission Owner’s own, or an Affiliate’s, generation to the extent that
Transmission Owner or its Affiliate owns generation.
5.15
Early Construction of Base Case Facilities. (Includes facilities required for all queued
projects with interconnection agreements ).Interconnection Customer may request
Transmission Owner to construct, and Transmission Owner shall construct, using
Reasonable Efforts to accommodate Interconnection Customer’s In-Service Date, all or
any portion of any Network Upgrades, Transmission Owner’s System Protection
Facilities or Distribution Upgrades required for Interconnection Customer to be
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interconnected to the Transmission or Distribution System, as applicable, which are
included in the Base Case of the Interconnection Facilities Study for Interconnection
Customer, and which also are required to be constructed for another Interconnection
Customer with a prior ZGIA, but where such construction is not scheduled to be
completed in time to achieve Interconnection Customer’s In-Service Date. Any such
Network Upgrades, System Protection Facilities or Distribution Upgrades are included in
the facilities to be constructed and as set forth in Appendix A to this ZGIA to the extent
they are reasonably known.
5.16
Suspension.
5.16.1 Interconnection Customer’s Right to Suspend for Force Majeure Event;
Obligations. Provided that such suspension is permissible under the
authorizations, permits or approvals granted for the construction of such
Interconnection Facilities, Network Upgrades or Stand Alone Network Upgrades,
Interconnection Customer will not suspend unless a Force Majeure event occurs.
Interconnection Customer must provide written notice of its request for
suspension to Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner, and provide a
description of the Force Majeure event that is acceptable to Transmission
Provider. Suspension will only apply to Interconnection Customer milestones and
Interconnection Facilities described in the Appendices of this ZGIA. Prior to
suspension, Interconnection Customer must also provide security acceptable to
Transmission Owner, equivalent to the higher of $5 million or the total cost of all
Network Upgrades, Transmission Owner’s System Protection Facilities, and
Distribution Upgrades listed in Appendix A of this ZGIA. Network Upgrades and
Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities will be constructed on the
schedule described in the Appendices of this ZGIA unless: (1) construction is
prevented by the order of a Governmental Authority; (2) the Network Upgrades
are not needed by any other project; or (3) Transmission Owner or Transmission
Provider determines that a Force Majeure event prevents construction. In the
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event of (1), (2), or (3) security shall be released upon the determination that the
Network Upgrades will no longer be constructed.
If suspension occurs, the Transmission or Distribution System, as applicable, shall
be left in a safe and reliable condition in accordance with Good Utility Practice
and the Transmission Provider’s and Transmission Owner’s safety and reliability
criteria. In such event, Interconnection Customer shall be responsible for all
reasonable and necessary costs which Transmission Provider and Transmission
Owner (i) have incurred pursuant to this ZGIA prior to the suspension and (ii)
incur in suspending such work, including any costs incurred to perform such work
as may be necessary to ensure the safety of persons and property and the integrity
of the Transmission or Distribution System, as applicable, during such suspension
and, if applicable, any costs incurred in connection with the cancellation or
suspension of material, equipment and labor contracts which Transmission
Provider and Transmission Owner cannot reasonably avoid; provided, however,
that prior to canceling or suspending any such material, equipment or labor
contract, Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner shall obtain
Interconnection Customer’s authorization to do so.
Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner shall each invoice
Interconnection Customer for such costs pursuant to Article 12 and shall use
Reasonable Efforts to minimize its costs. In the event Interconnection Customer
suspends work by Transmission Owner required under this ZGIA pursuant to this
Article 5.16, and has not requested Transmission Owner to recommence the work
required under this ZGIA on or before the expiration of three (3) years following
commencement of such suspension, this ZGIA shall be deemed terminated. The
three-year period shall begin on the date the suspension is requested, or the date
of the written notice to Transmission Provider, if no effective date is specified.
5.16.2 Effect of Missed Interconnection Customer Milestones. If Interconnection
Customer fails to provide notice of suspension pursuant to Article 5.16, and
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Interconnection Customer fails to fulfill or complete any Interconnection
Customer Milestone provided in Appendix B (“Milestone”), this constitutes a
Breach under this ZGIA. Depending upon the consequences of the Breach and
effectiveness of the cure pursuant to Article 17, the Transmission Owner’s
Milestones may be revised, following consultation with Interconnection
Customer, consistent with Reasonable Efforts, and in consideration of all relevant
circumstances. Parties shall employ Reasonable Efforts to maintain their
remaining respective Milestones.
5.16.3 Effect of Suspension; Parties Obligations. In the event that Interconnection
Customer suspends work pursuant to this Article 5.16, no construction duration,
timelines and schedules set forth in Appendix B shall be suspended during the
period of suspension unless ordered by a Governmental Authority, with such
order being the Force Majeure event causing the suspension. Should
Interconnection Customer request that work be recommenced, Transmission
Owner shall be obligated to proceed with Reasonable Efforts and in consideration
of all relevant circumstances including regional outage schedules, construction
availability and material procurement in performing the work as described in
Appendix A and Appendix B. Transmission Owner will provide Interconnection
Customer with a revised schedule for the design, procurement, construction,
installation and testing of the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities
and Network Upgrades. Upon any suspension by Interconnection Customer
pursuant to Article 5.16, Interconnection Customer shall be responsible for only
those costs specified in this Article 5.16.
5.17
Taxes.
5.17.1 Interconnection Customer Payments Not Taxable. The Parties intend that all
payments or property transfers made by Interconnection Customer to
Transmission Owner for the installation of the Transmission Owner’s
Interconnection Facilities, Network Upgrades, Transmission Owner’s System
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Protection Facilities, Distribution Upgrades and Generator Upgrades shall be non-
taxable, either as contributions to capital, or as an advance, in accordance with the
Internal Revenue Code and any applicable state income tax laws and shall not be
taxable as contributions in aid of construction or otherwise under the Internal
Revenue Code and any applicable state income tax laws. To the extent that
Transmission Owner is a limited liability company and not a corporation, and has
elected to be taxed as a partnership, then the following shall apply: Transmission
Owner represents, and the Parties acknowledge, that Transmission Owner is a
limited liability company and is treated as a partnership for federal income tax
purposes. Any payment made by Interconnection Customer to Transmission
Owner for Network Upgrades is to be treated as an upfront payment in
accordance with Rev Proc 2005-35. It is anticipated by the parties that any
amounts paid by Interconnection Customer to Transmission Owner for Network
Upgrades will be reimbursed to Interconnection Customer in accordance with the
terms of this ZGIA, provided Interconnection Customer fulfills its obligations
under this ZGIA.
5.17.2
Representations and Covenants. In accordance with IRS Notice 2016-36,
Interconnection Customer represents and covenants that (i) ownership of the
electricity generated at the Generating Facility will pass to another party prior
to the transmission of the electricity on the Transmission System, (ii) for
income tax purposes, the amount of any payments and the cost of any property
transferred to Transmission Owner for the Transmission Owner’s
Interconnection Facilities will be capitalized by Interconnection Customer as
an intangible asset and recovered using the straight-line method over a useful
life of twenty (20) years, and (iii) any portion of the Transmission Owner’s
Interconnection Facilities that is a “dual-use intertie,” within the meaning of
IRS Notice 2016-36, is reasonably expected to carry only a de minimis amount
of electricity in the direction of the Generating Facility. For this purpose, “de
minimis amount” means no more than 5 percent of the total power flows in
both directions, calculated in accordance with the “5 percent test” set forth in
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IRS Notice 2016-36. This is not intended to be an exclusive list of the relevant
conditions that must be met to conform to IRS requirements for non-taxable
treatment.
At Transmission Owner’s request, Interconnection Customer shall provide
Transmission Owner with a report from an independent engineer confirming its
representation in clause (iii), above, with a copy to Transmission Provider.
Transmission Owner represents and covenants that the cost of the Transmission
Owner’s Interconnection Facilities paid for by Interconnection Customer will
have no net effect on the base upon which rates are determined.
5.17.3
Indemnification for the Cost Consequences of Current Tax Liability Upon
Transmission Owner. Notwithstanding Article 5.17.1 and to the extent
permitted by law, Interconnection Customer shall protect, indemnify and hold
harmless Transmission Owner from the cost consequences of any tax liability
imposed against Transmission Owner as the result of payments or property
transfers made by Interconnection Customer to Transmission Owner under this
ZGIA for Interconnection Facilities, as well as any interest and penalties, other
than interest and penalties attributable to any delay caused by Transmission
Owner.
Transmission Owner shall not include a gross-up for the cost consequences of
any current tax liability in the amounts it charges Interconnection Customer
under this ZGIA unless (i) Transmission Owner has determined, in good faith,
that the payments or property transfers made by Interconnection Customer to
Transmission Owner should be reported as income subject to taxation or (ii) any
Governmental Authority directs Transmission Owner to report payments or
property as income subject to taxation; provided, however, that Transmission
Owner may require Interconnection Customer to provide security for
Interconnection Facilities, in a form reasonably acceptable to Transmission
Owner (such as a parental guarantee or a letter of credit), in an amount equal to
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the cost consequences or any current tax liability under this Article 5.17.
Interconnection Customer shall reimburse Transmission Owner for such costs
on a fully grossed-up basis, in accordance with Article 5.17.4, within thirty (30)
Calendar Days of receiving written notification from Transmission Owner of the
amount due, including detail about how the amount was calculated.
The indemnification obligation shall terminate at the earlier of (1) the expiration
of the ten-year testing period and the applicable statute of limitation, as it may
be extended by Transmission Owner upon request of the IRS, to keep these
years open for audit or adjustment, or (2) the occurrence of a subsequent taxable
event and the payment of any related indemnification obligations as
contemplated by this Article 5.17.
5.17.4
Tax Gross-Up Amount. Interconnection Customer’s liability for the cost
consequences of any current tax liability under this Article 5.17 shall be
calculated on a fully grossed-up basis. Except as may otherwise be agreed to by
the parties, this means that Interconnection Customer will pay Transmission
Owner, in addition to the amount paid for the Interconnection Facilities,
Network Upgrades, Transmission Owner’s System Protection Facilities, and/or
Distribution Upgrades, an amount equal to (1) the current taxes imposed on
Transmission Owner (“Current Taxes”) on the excess of (a) the gross income
realized by Transmission Owner as a result of payments or property transfers
made by Interconnection Customer to Transmission Owner under this ZGIA
(without regard to any payments under this Article 5.17) (the “Gross Income
Amount”) over (b) the present value of future tax deductions for depreciation
that will be available as a result of such payments or property transfers (the
“Present Value Depreciation Amount”), plus (2) an additional amount sufficient
to permit Transmission Owner to receive and retain, after the payment of all
Current Taxes, an amount equal to the net amount described in clause (1).
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For this purpose, (i) Current Taxes shall be computed based on Transmission
Owner’s composite federal and state tax rates at the time the payments or
property transfers are received and Transmission Owner will be treated as being
subject to tax at the highest marginal rates in effect at that time (the “Current
Tax Rate”), and (ii) the Present Value Depreciation Amount shall be computed
by discounting Transmission Owner’s anticipated tax depreciation deductions as
a result of such payments or property transfers by Transmission Owner’s current
weighted average cost of capital. Thus, the formula for calculating
Interconnection Customer’s liability to Transmission Owner pursuant to this
Article 5.17.4 can be expressed as follows: (Current Tax Rate x (Gross Income
Amount – Present Value of Tax Depreciation))/(1-Current Tax Rate).
Interconnection Customer’s estimated tax liability in the event taxes are
imposed shall be stated in Appendix A, Interconnection Facilities, Network
Upgrades and Distribution Upgrades.
5.17.5
Private Letter Ruling or Change or Clarification of Law. At Interconnection
Customer’s request and expense, Transmission Owner shall file with the IRS a
request for a private letter ruling as to whether any property transferred or sums
paid, or to be paid, by Interconnection Customer to Transmission Owner under
this ZGIA are subject to federal income taxation. Interconnection Customer
will prepare the initial draft of the request for a private letter ruling, and will
certify under penalties of perjury that all facts represented in such request are
true and accurate to the best of Interconnection Customer’s knowledge.
Transmission Owner and Interconnection Customer shall cooperate in good
faith with respect to the submission of such request.
Transmission Owner shall keep Interconnection Customer fully informed of the
status of such request for a private letter ruling and shall execute either a privacy
act waiver or a limited power of attorney, in a form acceptable to the IRS, that
authorizes Interconnection Customer to participate in all discussions with the
IRS regarding such request for a private letter ruling. Transmission Owner shall
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allow Interconnection Customer to attend all meetings with IRS officials about
the request and shall permit Interconnection Customer to prepare the initial
drafts of any follow-up letters in connection with the request.
5.17.6
Subsequent Taxable Events. If, within 10 years from the date on which the
relevant Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities are placed in service,
(i) Interconnection Customer breaches the covenant contained in Article 5.17.2,
(ii) a “disqualification event” occurs within the meaning of IRS Notice 88-129,
or (iii) this ZGIA terminates and Transmission Owner retains ownership of the
Interconnection Facilities, Network Upgrades, Transmission Owner’s System
Protection Facilities, and/or Distribution Upgrades, Interconnection Customer
shall pay a tax gross-up for the cost consequences of any current tax liability
imposed on Transmission Owner, calculated using the methodology described
in Article 5.17.4 and in accordance with IRS Notice 90-60.
5.17.7
Contests. In the event any Governmental Authority determines that
Transmission Owner’s receipt of payments or property constitutes income that
is subject to taxation, Transmission Owner shall notify Interconnection
Customer, in writing, within thirty (30) Calendar Days of receiving notification
of such determination by a Governmental Authority. Upon the timely written
request by Interconnection Customer and at Interconnection Customer’s sole
expense, Transmission Owner may appeal, protest, seek abatement of, or
otherwise oppose such determination. Upon Interconnection Customer’s written
request and sole expense, Transmission Owner shall file a claim for refund with
respect to any taxes paid under this Article 5.17, whether or not it has received
such a determination. Transmission Owner reserves the right to make all
decisions with regard to the prosecution of such appeal, protest, abatement or
other contest, including the selection of counsel and compromise or settlement
of the claim, but Transmission Owner shall keep Interconnection Customer
informed, shall consider in good faith suggestions from Interconnection
Customer about the conduct of the contest, and shall reasonably permit
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Interconnection Customer or an Interconnection Customer representative to
attend contest proceedings.
Interconnection Customer shall pay to Transmission Owner on a periodic basis,
as invoiced by Transmission Owner, Transmission Owner’s documented
reasonable costs of prosecuting such appeal, protest, abatement or other contest.
At any time during the contest, Transmission Owner may agree to a settlement
either with Interconnection Customer’s consent or after obtaining written advice
from nationally-recognized tax counsel, selected by Transmission Owner, but
reasonably acceptable to Interconnection Customer, that the proposed settlement
represents a reasonable settlement given the hazards of litigation.
Interconnection Customer’s obligation shall be based on the amount of the
settlement agreed to by Interconnection Customer, or if a higher amount, so
much of the settlement that is supported by the written advice from nationally-
recognized tax counsel selected under the terms of the preceding sentence. The
settlement amount shall be calculated on a fully grossed-up basis to cover any
related cost consequences of the current tax liability. Any settlement without
Interconnection Customer’s consent or such written advice will relieve
Interconnection Customer from any obligation to indemnify Transmission
Owner for the tax at issue in the contest.
5.17.8
Refund. In the event that (a) a private letter ruling is issued to Transmission
Owner which holds that any amount paid or the value of any property
transferred by Interconnection Customer to Transmission Owner under the
terms of this ZGIA is not subject to federal income taxation, (b) any legislative
change or administrative announcement, notice, ruling or other determination
makes it reasonably clear to Transmission Owner in good faith that any amount
paid or the value of any property transferred by Interconnection Customer to
Transmission Owner under the terms of this ZGIA is not taxable to
Transmission Owner, (c) any abatement, appeal, protest, or other contest results
in a determination that any payments or transfers made by Interconnection
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Customer to Transmission Owner are not subject to federal income tax, or (d) if
Transmission Owner receives a refund from any taxing authority for any
overpayment of tax attributable to any payment or property transfer made by
Interconnection Customer to Transmission Owner pursuant to this ZGIA,
Transmission Owner shall promptly refund to Interconnection Customer the
following:
any payment made by Interconnection Customer under this Article 5.17
for taxes that is attributable to the amount determined to be non-taxable,
together with interest thereon,
(ii) interest on any amounts paid by Interconnection Customer to
Transmission Owner for such taxes which Transmission Owner did not
submit to the taxing authority, calculated in accordance with the
methodology set forth in 18 C.F.R. Section 35.19a(a)(2)(iii) from the date
payment was made by Interconnection Customer to the date Transmission
Owner refunds such payment to Interconnection Customer, and
(iii) with respect to any such taxes paid by Transmission Owner, any
refund or credit Transmission Owner receives or to which it may be
entitled from any Governmental Authority, interest (or that portion thereof
attributable to the payment described in clause (i), above) owed to
Transmission Owner for such overpayment of taxes (including any
reduction in interest otherwise payable by Transmission Owner to any
Governmental Authority resulting from an offset or credit); provided,
however, that Transmission Owner will remit such amount promptly to
Interconnection Customer only after and to the extent that Transmission
Owner has received a tax refund, credit or offset from any Governmental
Authority for any applicable overpayment of income tax related to the
Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities.
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The intent of this provision is to leave both parties, to the extent
practicable, in the event that no taxes are due with respect to any payment
for Interconnection Facilities and Network Upgrades hereunder, in the
same position they would have been in had no such tax payments been
made.
5.17.9
Taxes Other Than Income Taxes. Upon the timely request by Interconnection
Customer, and at Interconnection Customer’s sole expense, Transmission
Owner shall appeal, protest, seek abatement of, or otherwise contest any tax
(other than federal or state income tax) asserted or assessed against
Transmission Owner for which Interconnection Customer may be required to
reimburse Transmission Owner under the terms of this ZGIA. Interconnection
Customer shall pay to Transmission Owner on a periodic basis, as invoiced by
Transmission Owner, Transmission Owner’s documented reasonable costs of
prosecuting such appeal, protest, abatement, or other contest. Interconnection
Customer and Transmission Owner shall cooperate in good faith with respect to
any such contest. Unless the payment of such taxes is a prerequisite to an
appeal or abatement or cannot be deferred, no amount shall be payable by
Interconnection Customer to Transmission Owner for such taxes until they are
assessed by a final, non-appealable order by any court or agency of competent
jurisdiction. In the event that a tax payment is withheld and ultimately due and
payable after appeal, Interconnection Customer will be responsible for all taxes,
interest and penalties, other than penalties attributable to any delay caused by
Transmission Owner.
5.18
Tax Status. Each Party shall cooperate with the other Parties to maintain each Party’s
tax status. Nothing in this ZGIA is intended to adversely affect any Party’s tax-exempt
status with respect to the issuance of bonds including, but not limited to, Local
Furnishing Bonds.
5.19
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5.19.1
General. Either Party may undertake modifications to its facilities. If a Party
plans to undertake a modification that reasonably may be expected to affect
another Party’s facilities, that Party shall provide to the other Parties sufficient
information regarding such modification so that the other Parties may evaluate
the potential impact of such modification prior to commencement of the work.
Such information shall be deemed to be Confidential Information hereunder and
shall include information concerning the timing of such modifications and
whether such modifications are expected to interrupt the flow of electricity from
the Generating Facility. The Party desiring to perform such work shall provide
the relevant drawings, plans, and specifications to the other Parties at least ninety
(90) Calendar Days in advance of the commencement of the work or such shorter
period upon which the Parties may agree, which agreement shall not
unreasonably be withheld, conditioned or delayed.
In the case of Generating Facility modifications that do not require
Interconnection Customer to submit an Interconnection Request, Transmission
Provider shall provide, within thirty (30) Calendar Days (or such other time as
the Parties may agree), an estimate of any additional modifications to the
Transmission or Distribution System as applicable, Transmission Owner’s
Interconnection Facilities, Network Upgrades, Transmission Owner’s System
Protection Facilities, and/or Distribution Upgrades necessitated by such
Interconnection Customer modification and a good faith estimate of the costs
thereof which shall be the responsibility of Interconnection Customer.
5.19.2
Standards. Any additions, modifications, or replacements made to a Party’s
facilities shall be designed, constructed and operated in accordance with this
ZGIA and Good Utility Practice.
5.19.3
Modification Costs. Interconnection Customer shall not be directly assigned
the costs of any additions, modifications, or replacements that Transmission
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Owner makes to the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities, Network
Upgrades, Transmission Owner’s System Protection Facilities, Distribution
Upgrades, or the Transmission or Distribution System, as applicable, to
facilitate the interconnection of a third party to the Transmission Owner’s
Interconnection Facilities or the Transmission or Distribution System, as
applicable, or to provide transmission service to a third party under the Tariff.
Interconnection Customer shall be responsible for the costs of any additions,
modifications, or replacements to the Interconnection Customer’s
Interconnection Facilities that may be necessary to maintain or upgrade such
Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities consistent with
Applicable Laws and Regulations, Applicable Reliability Standards or Good
Utility Practice.
5.19.4
Sole Interconnection: During the term of this ZGIA, Interconnection Customer
shall not connect the Generating Facilities described in Appendix A of this
ZGIA to the transmission facilities of any transmission provider other than the
Transmission Provider, or a successor to the Transmission Provider, except as
expressly allowed by the Transmission Provider’s Tariff. Any connection that
violates this Article 5.19.4 shall be deemed a breach of this ZGIA subject to
default and termination pursuant to Articles 17 and 2 of this ZGIA. In the event
Interconnection Customer proposes to connect the Generating Facilities to the
transmission system of another transmission provider, all Interconnection
Service under this agreement shall terminate no later than the date on which
such Generating Facilities achieve commercial operation over its connection to
the other transmission provider. Interconnection Customer shall adhere to the
requirements of Attachment Y to the Tariff as applicable.
ARTICLE 6. TESTING AND INSPECTION
6.1
Pre-Commercial Operation Date Testing and Modifications. Prior to the Commercial
Operation Date, Transmission Owner shall test the Transmission Owner’s
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Interconnection Facilities, Network Upgrades, Transmission Owner’s System Protection
Facilities and Distribution Upgrades, and Interconnection Customer shall test each
electric production device at the Generating Facility, Interconnection Customer’s System
Protection Facilities, including control equipment to limit injection at the POI to the level
of Interconnection Service set forth in Appendix A and the Interconnection Customer’s
Interconnection Facilities to ensure their safe and reliable operation. Similar testing may
be required after initial operation. Transmission Owner and Interconnection Customer
shall make any modifications to their respective facilities that are found to be necessary
as a result of such testing. Interconnection Customer shall bear the cost of all such
testing and modifications. Interconnection Customer shall generate test energy at the
Generating Facility only if it has arranged for the delivery of such test energy.
6.2
Post-Commercial Operation Date Testing and Modifications. Each Party shall at its
own expense perform routine inspection and testing of its facilities and equipment in
accordance with Good Utility Practice as may be necessary to ensure the continued
interconnection of the Generating Facility with the Transmission or Distribution System,
as applicable, in a safe and reliable manner. Each Party shall have the right, upon
advance written notice, to require reasonable additional testing of the Interconnection
Facilities, at the requesting Party’s expense, as may be in accordance with Good Utility
Practice.
6.3
Right to Observe Testing. Each Party shall notify the other Parties in advance of its
performance of tests of its Interconnection Facilities. The other Parties shall each have
the right, at its own expense, to observe such testing.
6.4
Right to Inspect. Each Party shall have the right, but shall have no obligation to:
(i) observe Transmission Owner’s and Interconnection Customer’s tests and/or inspection
of any of their respective System Protection Facilities and other protective equipment,
including power system stabilizers and control equipment; (ii) review the settings of the
System Protection Facilities and other protective equipment; and (iii) review the
maintenance records relative to the Interconnection Facilities, the System Protection
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Facilities and other protective equipment. A Party may exercise these rights from time to
time as it deems necessary upon reasonable notice to the other Parties. The exercise or
non-exercise by a Party of any such rights shall not be construed as an endorsement or
confirmation of any element or condition of the Interconnection Facilities or the System
Protection Facilities or other protective equipment or the operation thereof, or as a
warranty as to the fitness, safety, desirability, or reliability of same. Any information that
a Party obtains through the exercise of any of its rights under this Article 6.4 shall be
deemed to be Confidential Information and treated pursuant to Article 22 of this ZGIA.
ARTICLE 7. METERING
7.1
General. Each Party shall comply with the Electric Reliability Organization
requirements. Unless the Interconnection Customer is utilizing shared Interconnection
Customer Interconnection Facilities, or unless otherwise agreed by the Parties,
Transmission Owner, at its election, or otherwise Interconnection Customer, shall install
Metering Equipment (the “Metering Party”) at the Point of Interconnection prior to any
operation of the Generating Facility. Transmission Owner, at its election, or otherwise
Interconnection Customer shall own, operate, test and maintain such Metering
Equipment. Power flows to and from the Generating Facility shall be measured at or, at
the Metering Party’s option, compensated to, the Point of Interconnection. If
Interconnection Customer will share Interconnection Facilities with any other projects,
Interconnection Customer shall install Metering Equipment either on its own Generating
Facility or its own non-shared facilities sufficient to measure the output of such
Interconnection Customer’s Generating Facility separately from any other Generating
Facilities with which it will share Interconnection Facilities. The Metering Party shall
provide metering quantities, in analog and/or digital form, to the other Parties upon
request. Interconnection Customer shall bear all reasonable documented costs associated
with the purchase, installation, operation, testing and maintenance of the Metering
Equipment. Interconnection customer with a Generating Facility granted ZG
Interconnection Service shall install and meter for its Generating Facility separate from
any metering used for the ZG Associated Load.
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7.1.1:
Market Registration: An Interconnection customer with a Generating Facility
granted ZG Interconnection Service greater than 5 MW shall submit a
completed Market Participant Application pursuant to Section 38.2 et seq. of the
Tariff (Module C) not later than thirty (30) Calendar Days after the executing or
requesting the unexecuted filing of this Agreement Interconnection Customer
with ZG Interconnection Service shall take all steps required by the MISO
Tariff and applicable Business Practices Manual to complete registration as a
Generation Resource, Energy Storage Resource, or Dispatchable Intermittent
Resource based on its applicable operating characteristics prior to its
Commercial Operation Date and shall maintain such registration for the
duration of its ZG Interconnection Service.
7.2
Check Meters. Interconnection Customer, at its option and expense, may install and
operate, on its premises and on its side of the Point of Interconnection, one or more check
meters to check the Metering Equipment owned by the Metering Party. Such check
meters shall be for check purposes only and shall not be used for the measurement of
power flows for purposes of this ZGIA, except as provided in Article 7.4 below. The
check meters shall be subject at all reasonable times to inspection and examination by
Transmission Provider, Transmission Owner or their designees. The installation,
operation and maintenance thereof shall be performed entirely by Interconnection
Customer in accordance with Good Utility Practice.
7.3
Standards. The Metering Party shall install, calibrate, and test revenue quality Metering
Equipment in accordance with applicable ANSI standards.
7.4
Testing of Metering Equipment. The Metering Party shall inspect and test Metering
Equipment upon installation and at least once every two (2) years thereafter. If requested
to do so by a Party, the Metering Party shall, at the requesting Party’s expense, inspect or
test Metering Equipment more frequently than every two (2) years. The Metering Party
shall give reasonable notice to the other Parties of the time when any inspection or test
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shall take place, and the other Parties may have representatives present at the test or
inspection. If at any time Metering Equipment is found to be inaccurate or defective, it
shall be adjusted, repaired or replaced at Interconnection Customer’s expense, in order to
provide accurate metering, unless the inaccuracy or defect is due to the Metering Party’s
failure to maintain, then the Metering Party shall pay. If Metering Equipment fails to
register, or if the measurement made by Metering Equipment during a test varies by more
than two percent (2%) from the measurement made by the standard meter used in the test,
the Metering Party shall adjust the measurements by correcting all measurements for the
period during which Metering Equipment was in error by using Interconnection
Customer’s check meters, if installed. If no such check meters are installed or if the
period cannot be reasonably ascertained, the adjustment shall be for the period
immediately preceding the test of the Metering Equipment equal to one-half the time
from the date of the previous test of the Metering Equipment.
7.5
Metering Data. At Interconnection Customer’s expense, the metered data shall be
telemetered to one or more locations designated by Transmission Provider and
Transmission Owner and one or more locations designated by Interconnection Customer.
Such telemetered data shall be used, under normal operating conditions, as the official
measurement of the amount of energy delivered from the Generating Facility to the Point
of Interconnection.
ARTICLE 8. COMMUNICATIONS
8.1
Interconnection Customer Obligations. Interconnection Customer shall maintain
satisfactory operating communications with Transmission Provider’s Transmission
System dispatcher or representative designated by Transmission Provider.
Interconnection Customer shall provide standard voice line, dedicated voice line and
facsimile communications at its Generating Facility control room or central dispatch
facility through use of either the public telephone system, or a voice communications
system that does not rely on the public telephone system. Interconnection Customer shall
also provide the dedicated data circuit(s) necessary to provide Interconnection Customer
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data to Transmission Provider as set forth in Appendix D, Security Arrangements Details.
The data circuit(s) shall extend from the Generating Facility to the location(s) specified
by Transmission Provider. Any required maintenance of such communications
equipment shall be performed by and at the cost of Interconnection Customer.
Operational communications shall be activated and maintained under, but not be limited
to, the following events: system paralleling or separation, scheduled and unscheduled
shutdowns, equipment clearances, and hourly and daily load data.
Unless the Generating Facility is an Intermittent Resource not relying on wind or solar as
a fuel source, Interconnection Customer shall install communication and control
equipment such that the Generating Facility can receive and respond to the appropriate
dispatch signals while operating under the Tariff. Where applicable, the requirements of
the communication and control equipment will be enumerated in Appendix C to this
ZGIA.
8.2
Remote Terminal Unit (RTU). Prior to the Initial Synchronization Date of the
Generating Facility, a remote terminal unit, or equivalent data collection and transfer
equipment acceptable to both Parties, shall be installed by Interconnection Customer, or
by Transmission Owner at Interconnection Customer’s expense, to gather accumulated
and instantaneous data to be telemetered to the location(s) designated by Transmission
Owner and Transmission Provider through use of a dedicated point-to-point data
circuit(s) as indicated in Article 8.1. The communication protocol for the data circuit(s)
shall be specified by Transmission Owner and Transmission Provider. Instantaneous bi-
directional analog real power and reactive power flow information must be telemetered
directly to the location(s) specified by Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner.
Each Party will promptly advise the other Parties if it detects or otherwise learns of any
metering, telemetry or communications equipment errors or malfunctions that require the
attention and/or correction. The Party owning such equipment shall correct such error or
malfunction as soon as reasonably feasible.
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8.3
No Annexation. Any and all equipment placed on the premises of a Party shall be and
remain the property of the Party providing such equipment regardless of the mode and
manner of annexation or attachment to real property, unless otherwise mutually agreed by
the Parties.
8.4
Provision of Data from a Variable Energy Resource. Interconnection Customer
whose Generating Facility contains at least one Variable Energy Resource shall provide
meteorological and forced outage data to the Transmission Provider to the extent
necessary for the Transmission Provider’s development and deployment of power
production forecasts for that class of Variable Energy Resources. Interconnection
Customer with a Variable Energy Resource having wind as the energy source will, upon
request by the Transmission Provider, be required to provide Transmission Provider with
site-specific meteorological data including: temperature, wind speed, wind direction, and
atmospheric pressure. Interconnection Customer with a Variable Energy Resource
having solar as the energy source will, upon request by the Transmission Provider, be
required to provide the Transmission Provider with site-specific meteorological data
including: temperature, atmospheric pressure, and irradiance. Transmission Provider
and Interconnection Customer whose Generating Facility contains a Variable Energy
Resource shall mutually agree to any additional meteorological data that are required for
the development and deployment of a power production forecast. Interconnection
Customer whose Generating Facility contains a Variable Energy Resource also shall
submit data to Transmission Provider regarding all forced outages to the extent necessary
for Transmission Provider’s development and deployment of power production forecasts
for that class of Variable Energy Resources. The exact specifications of the
meteorological and forced outage data to be provided by Interconnection Customer to
Transmission Provider, including the frequency and timing of data submittals, shall be
made taking into account the size and configuration of the Variable Energy Resource, its
characteristics, location, and its importance in maintaining generation resource adequacy
and transmission system reliability in its area. All requirements for meteorological and
forced outage data must be commensurate with the power production forecasting
employed by Transmission Provider. Data requirements for meteorological and forced
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outage data will be negotiated by Transmission Provider and Interconnection Customer,
and will be set forth in Appendix C, Interconnection Details, of this ZGIA.
ARTICLE 9. OPERATIONS
9.1
General. Each Party shall comply with the Electric Reliability Organization
requirements. Each Party shall provide to any Party all information that may reasonably
be required by that Party to comply with Applicable Laws and Regulations and
Applicable Reliability Standards.
9.2
Local Balancing Authority Notification. At least three (3) months before Initial
Synchronization Date, Interconnection Customer shall notify Transmission Provider and
Transmission Owner in writing of the Local Balancing Authority in which the Generating
Facility will be located. If Interconnection Customer elects to locate the Generating
Facility through dynamic metering/scheduling in a Local Balancing Authority other than
the Local Balancing Authority in which the Generating Facility is physically located, and
if permitted to do so by the relevant transmission tariffs, all necessary arrangements,
including but not limited to those set forth in Article 7 and Article 8 of this ZGIA, and
remote Local Balancing Authority generator interchange agreements, if applicable, and
the appropriate measures under such agreements, shall be executed and implemented
prior to the placement of the Generating Facility in the other Local Balancing Authority.
9.3
Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner Obligations. Transmission Provider
shall cause the Transmission System and the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection
Facilities to be operated, maintained and controlled in a safe and reliable manner in
accordance with this ZGIA. Transmission Provider, or its designee, may provide
operating instructions to Interconnection Customer consistent with this ZGIA and the
Tariff and, if applicable, Transmission Owner’s operating protocols and procedures as
they may change from time to time. Transmission Provider will consider changes to its
operating protocols and procedures proposed by Interconnection Customer.
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9.4
Interconnection Customer Obligations. Interconnection Customer shall at its own
expense operate, maintain and control the Generating Facility and the Interconnection
Customer’s Interconnection Facilities in a safe and reliable manner and in accordance
with this ZGIA. The Generating Facility must be operated in accordance with the
operating limits, if any, in the Interconnection Facilities Study and specified in Appendix
C of this ZGIA. Interconnection Customer shall operate the Generating Facility and the
Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities in accordance with all applicable
requirements of Transmission Provider or its designated Local Balancing Authority
Operator of which the Generating Facility is part, as such requirements are set forth in
Appendix C, Interconnection Details, of this ZGIA. Appendix C, Interconnection
Details, will be modified to reflect changes to the requirements as they may change from
time to time. Any Party may request that a Party provide copies of the requirements set
forth in Appendix C, Interconnection Details, of this ZGIA.
9.5
Start-Up and Synchronization. Consistent with the Parties’ mutually acceptable
procedures, Interconnection Customer is responsible for the proper synchronization of the
Generating Facility to the Transmission or Distribution System, as applicable.
9.6
Reactive Power and Primary Frequency Response.
9.6.1
Power Factor Design Criteria.
9.6.1.1 Synchronous Generation. Interconnection Customer shall design the
Generating Facility to be capable of maintaining a composite power delivery at
continuous rated power output at the Point of Interconnection at all power factors
over 0.95 leading to 0.95 lagging, unless the Transmission Provider has
established different requirements that apply to all synchronous generators in the
Local Balancing Authority on a comparable basis. The applicable Local
Balancing Authority power factor requirements are listed on the Transmission
Provider’s website at
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and may be referenced in the Appendices to this ZGIA. The Generating Facility
shall be capable of continuous dynamic operation throughout the power factor
design range as measured at the Point of Interconnection. Such operation shall
account for the net effect of all energy production devices on the Interconnection
Customer’s side of the Point of Interconnection.
9.6.1.2 Inverter-Based Resource Plants. Interconnection Customer shall design
the Generating Facility to be capable of maintaining a composite power delivery
at continuous rated power output at the high-side of the generator substation at all
power factors over 0.95 leading to 0.95 lagging, unless the Transmission Provider
has established different requirements that apply to all inverter-based resource
plants in the Local Balancing Authority on a comparable basis. The applicable
Local Balancing Authority power factor requirements are listed on the
Transmission Provider’s website at
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and may be referenced in the Appendices to this ZGIA. This power factor range
standard shall be dynamic and can be met using, for example, power electronics
designed to supply this level of reactive capability (taking into account any
limitations due to voltage level, real power output, etc.) or fixed and switched
capacitors, or a combination of the two. This requirement shall only apply to
newly interconnecting inverter-based resource plants that have not yet completed
a System Impact Study as of the effective date of the Final Rule establishing this
requirement (Order No. 827). These requirements apply to existing inverter-
based resource plants making upgrades that require a new Generator
Interconnection Agreement only where the Transmission Provider’s System
Impact Study shows the need for reactive power as a result of an upgrade. If
applicable, these requirements will be memorialized in Appendix C to this ZGIA.
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Additional reactive power requirements for inverter-based resource plants are
provided in Appendix G of this ZGIA.
9.6.2
Voltage Schedules. Once Interconnection Customer has synchronized the
Generating Facility with the Transmission System, Transmission Provider shall
require Interconnection Customer to operate the Generating Facility to produce or
absorb reactive power within the design limitations of the Generating Facility set
forth in Article 9.6.1 (Power Factor Design Criteria), to maintain the output
voltage or power factor at the Point of Interconnection as specified by
Transmission Provider. Transmission Provider’s voltage schedules shall treat all
sources of reactive power in the Local Balancing Authority in an equitable and
not unduly discriminatory manner. Transmission Provider shall exercise
Reasonable Efforts to provide Interconnection Customer with such schedules at
least one (1) Calendar Day in advance, and may make changes to such schedules
as necessary to maintain the reliability of the Transmission or Distribution System
as applicable. Interconnection Customer shall operate the Generating Facility to
maintain the specified output voltage or power factor at the Point of
Interconnection within the design limitations of the Generating Facility set forth
in Article 9.6.1 (Power Factor Design Criteria). If Interconnection Customer is
unable to maintain the specified voltage or power factor, it shall promptly notify
Transmission Provider’s system operator, or its designated representative.
9.6.2.1
Voltage Regulators. Whenever the Generating Facility is operated in
parallel with the Transmission or Distribution System as applicable and
voltage regulators are capable of operation, Interconnection Customer
shall operate the Generating Facility with its speed governors and
voltage regulators in automatic operation. If the Generating Facility’s
voltage regulators are not capable of such automatic operation,
Interconnection Customer shall immediately notify Transmission
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Provider’s system operator, or its designated representative, and ensure
that such Generating Facility’s reactive power production or absorption
(measured in MVARs) are within the design capability of the Generating
Facility’s generating unit(s) and steady state stability limits.
Interconnection Customer shall not cause its Generating Facility to
disconnect automatically or instantaneously from the Transmission or
Distribution System, as applicable, or trip any generating unit
comprising the Generating Facility for an under or over frequency
condition unless the abnormal frequency condition persists for a time
period beyond the limits set forth in ANSI/IEEE Standard C37.106, or
such other standard as applied to other generators in the Local Balancing
Authority on a comparable basis.
9.6.3
Payment for Reactive Power. Payments for reactive power shall be pursuant to
any tariff or rate schedule filed by Transmission Provider and approved by the
FERC.
9.6.4 Primary Frequency Response. This Section 9.6.4 shall only apply in the event
that the Interconnection Request for the Generating Facility completed Definitive
Planning Phase Interconnection Customer Decision Point 2 after May 15, 2018.
Interconnection Customer shall ensure the primary frequency response capability
of its Generating Facility by installing, maintaining, and operating a functioning
governor or equivalent controls. The term “functioning governor or equivalent
controls” as used herein shall mean the required hardware and/or software that
provides frequency responsive real power control with the ability to sense
changes in system frequency and autonomously adjust the Generating Facility’s
real power output in accordance with the droop and deadband parameters and in
the direction needed to correct frequency deviations. Interconnection Customer is
required to install a governor or equivalent controls with the capability of
operating: (1) with a maximum 5 percent droop and ±0.036 Hz deadband; or (2)
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in accordance with the relevant droop, deadband, and timely and sustained
response settings from an approved Reliability Organization reliability standard
providing for equivalent or more stringent parameters. The droop characteristic
shall be: (1) based on the nameplate capacity of the Generating Facility, and shall
be linear in the range of frequencies between 59 to 61 Hz that are outside of the
deadband parameter; or (2) based on an approved Electric Reliability
Organization reliability standard providing for an equivalent or more stringent
parameter. The deadband parameter shall be: the range of frequencies above and
below nominal (60 Hz) in which the governor or equivalent controls is not
expected to adjust the Generating Facility’s real power output in response to
frequency deviations. The deadband shall be implemented: (1) without a step to
the droop curve, that is, once the frequency deviation exceeds the deadband
parameter, the expected change in the Generating Facility’s real power output in
response to frequency deviations shall start from zero and then increase (for
under-frequency deviations) or decrease (for over-frequency deviations) linearly
in proportion to the magnitude of the frequency deviation; or (2) in accordance
with an approved Electric Reliability Organization Reliability Standard providing
for an equivalent or more stringent parameter. Interconnection Customer shall
notify Transmission Provider that the primary frequency response capability of
the Generating Facility has been tested and confirmed during commissioning.
Once Interconnection Customer has synchronized the Generating Facility with the
Transmission System, Interconnection Customer shall operate the Generating
Facility consistent with the provisions specified in Articles 9.6.4.1 and 9.6.4.2 of
this ZGIA. The primary frequency response requirements contained herein shall
apply to both synchronous and inverter-based resource plant Generating Facilities.
9.6.4.1 Governor or Equivalent Controls. Whenever the Generating Facility is
operated in parallel with the Transmission System, Interconnection
Customer shall operate the Generating Facility with its governor or
equivalent controls in service and responsive to frequency.
Interconnection Customer shall: (1) in coordination with Transmission
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Provider and/or the relevant balancing authority, set the deadband
parameter to: (a) a maximum of ±0.036 Hz and set the droop parameter
to a maximum of 5 percent; or (b) implement the relevant droop and
deadband settings from an approved Regional Reliability Organization
reliability standard that provides for equivalent or more stringent
parameters. Interconnection Customer shall be required to provide the
status and settings of the governor or equivalent controls to
Transmission Provider and/or the relevant balancing authority upon
request. If Interconnection Customer needs to operate the Generating
Facility with its governor or equivalent controls not in service,
Interconnection Customer shall immediately notify Transmission
Provider and the relevant balancing authority, and provide both with the
following information: (1) the operating status of the governor or
equivalent controls (i.e., whether it is currently out of service or when it
will be taken out of service); (2) the reasons for removing the governor
or equivalent controls from service; and (3) a reasonable estimate of
when the governor or equivalent controls will be returned to service.
Interconnection Customer shall make Reasonable Efforts to return its
governor or equivalent controls into service as soon as practicable.
Interconnection Customer shall make Reasonable Efforts to keep
outages of the Generating Facility’s governor or equivalent controls to a
minimum whenever the Generating Facility is operated in parallel with
the Transmission System.
9.6.4.2 Timely and Sustained Response. Interconnection Customer shall
ensure that the Generating Facility’s real power response to sustained
frequency deviations outside of the deadband setting is automatically
provided and shall begin immediately after frequency deviates outside of
the deadband, and to the extent the Generating Facility has operating
capability in the direction needed to correct the frequency deviation.
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of the governor or equivalent controls to respond and shall ensure that
the response is not inhibited, except under certain operational constraints
including, but not limited to, ambient temperature limitations, physical
energy limitations, outages of mechanical equipment, or regulatory
requirements. The Generating Facility shall sustain the real power
response at least until system frequency returns to a value within the
deadband setting of the governor or equivalent controls. A Commission-
approved reliability standard with equivalent or more stringent
requirements shall supersede the above requirements.
9.6.4.3 Exemptions. Generating Facilities that are regulated by the United
States Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall be exempt from Articles
9.6.4, 9.6.4.1, and 9.6.4.2 of this ZGIA. Generating Facilities that are
behind the meter generation that is sized-to-load (i.e., the thermal load
and the generation are near-balanced in real-time operation and the
generation is primarily controlled to maintain the unique thermal,
chemical, or mechanical output necessary for the operating requirements
of its host facility) shall be required to install primary frequency
response capability in accordance with the droop and deadband
capability requirements specified in Article 9.6.4, but shall be otherwise
exempt from the operating requirements in Articles 9.6.4, 9.6.4.1,
9.6.4.2, and 9.6.4.4 of this ZGIA.
9.6.4.4 Electric Storage Resources. Interconnection Customer interconnecting
an electric storage resource shall establish an operating range in
Appendix C that specifies a minimum state of charge and a maximum
state of charge between which the electric storage resource will be
required to provide primary frequency response consistent with the
conditions set forth in Articles 9.6.4, 9.6.4.1, 9.6.4.2 and 9.6.4.3 of this
ZGIA. Appendix C shall specify whether the operating range is static or
dynamic, and shall consider (1) the expected magnitude of frequency
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deviations in the interconnection; (2) the expected duration that system
frequency will remain outside of the deadband parameter in the
interconnection; (3) the expected incidence of frequency deviations
outside of the deadband parameter in the interconnection; (4) the
physical capabilities of the electric storage resource; (5) operational
limitations of the electric storage resource due to manufacturer
specifications; and (6) any other relevant factors agreed to by
Transmission Provider and Interconnection Customer, and in
consultation with the relevant transmission owner or balancing authority
as appropriate. If the operating range is dynamic, then Appendix C must
establish how frequently the operating range will be reevaluated and the
factors that may be considered during its reevaluation.
Interconnection Customer’s electric storage resource is required to
provide timely and sustained primary frequency response consistent with
Article 9.6.4.2 of this ZGIA when it is online and dispatched to inject
electricity to the Transmission System and/or receive electricity from the
Transmission System. This excludes circumstances when the electric
storage resource is not dispatched to inject electricity to the
Transmission System and/or dispatched to receive electricity from the
Transmission System.
9.6.4.5
Inverter-Based Resource Plants. Additional primary frequency
response requirements for inverter-based resource plants, including
electric storage resources, are provided in Appendix G of this ZGIA.
9.7
Outages and Interruptions.
9.7.1
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9.7.1.1
Outage Authority and Coordination. Interconnection Customer and
Transmission Owner may each in accordance with Good Utility Practice
in coordination with the other Party and Transmission Provider remove
from service any of its respective Interconnection Facilities, System
Protection Facilities, Network Upgrades, System Protection Facilities or
Distribution Upgrades that may impact the other Party’s facilities as
necessary to perform maintenance or testing or to install or replace
equipment. Absent an Emergency Condition, the Party scheduling a
removal of such facility(ies) from service will use Reasonable Efforts to
notify one another and schedule such removal on a date and time
mutually acceptable to the Parties. In all circumstances, any Party
planning to remove such facility(ies) from service shall use Reasonable
Efforts to minimize the effect on the other Parties of such removal.
9.7.1.2
Outage Schedules. Transmission Provider shall post scheduled outages
of transmission facilities on the OASIS. Interconnection Customer shall
submit its planned maintenance schedules for the Generating Facility to
Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner for a minimum of a
rolling twenty-four (24) month period in accordance with the
Transmission Provider’s procedures. Interconnection Customer shall
update its planned maintenance schedules as necessary. Transmission
Provider may request Interconnection Customer to reschedule its
maintenance as necessary to maintain the reliability of the Transmission
System; provided, however, adequacy of generation supply shall not be a
criterion in determining Transmission System reliability.
Transmission Provider shall compensate, pursuant to applicable
Transmission Provider tariff or rate schedule, Interconnection Customer
for any additional direct costs that Interconnection Customer incurs as a
result of having to reschedule maintenance, including any additional
overtime, breaking of maintenance contracts or other costs above and
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beyond the cost Interconnection Customer would have incurred absent
the Transmission Provider’s request to reschedule maintenance.
Interconnection Customer will not be eligible to receive compensation, if
during the twelve (12) months prior to the date of the scheduled
maintenance, Interconnection Customer had modified its schedule of
maintenance activities.
Costs shall be determined by negotiation between Transmission Provider
and Interconnection Customer prior to implementation of the voluntary
change in outage schedules, or if such request is made by or on behalf of
a Transmission Customer requesting firm service, costs and recovery of
costs shall be determined through a bilateral agreement between the
Transmission Customer and Interconnection Customer. Voluntary
changes to outage schedules under this Article 9.7.1.2 are separate from
actions and compensation required under Article 13 and for which costs
are recovered in accordance with Transmission Provider’s applicable
tariff or rate schedule.
9.7.1.3
Outage Restoration. If an outage on either the Interconnection
Customer’s or Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities,
Network Upgrades, System Protection Facilities or Distribution
Upgrades adversely affects a Party’s operations or facilities, the Party
that owns or controls the facility that is out of service shall use
Reasonable Efforts to promptly restore such facility(ies) to a normal
operating condition consistent with the nature of the outage. The Party
that owns or controls the facility that is out of service shall provide the
other Parties, to the extent such information is known, information on
the nature of the Emergency Condition, an estimated time of restoration,
and any corrective actions required. Initial verbal notice shall be
followed up as soon as practicable with written notice to the other
Parties explaining the nature of the outage.
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9.7.2
Interruption of Service. If required by Good Utility Practice to do so,
Transmission Provider may require Interconnection Customer to interrupt or
reduce deliveries of electricity if such delivery of electricity could adversely
affect Transmission Provider’s ability to perform such activities as are necessary
to safely and reliably operate and maintain the Transmission System. The
following provisions shall apply to any interruption or reduction permitted under
this Article 9.7.2:
9.7.2.1
The interruption or reduction shall continue only for so long as
reasonably necessary under Good Utility Practice;
9.7.2.2
Any such interruption or reduction shall be made on an equitable, non-
discriminatory basis with respect to all generating facilities directly
connected to the Transmission or Distribution System, as applicable;
9.7.2.3
When the interruption or reduction must be made under circumstances
which do not allow for advance notice, Transmission Provider shall
notify Interconnection Customer by telephone as soon as practicable of
the reasons for the curtailment, interruption, or reduction, and, if known,
its expected duration. Telephone notification shall be followed by
written notification as soon as practicable;
9.7.2.4
Except during the existence of an Emergency Condition, when the
interruption or reduction can be scheduled without advance notice,
Transmission Provider shall notify Interconnection Customer in advance
regarding the timing of such scheduling and further notify
Interconnection Customer of the expected duration. Transmission
Provider shall coordinate with Interconnection Customer using Good
Utility Practice to schedule the interruption or reduction during periods
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of least impact to Interconnection Customer, Transmission Owner and
Transmission Provider;
9.7.2.5
The Parties shall cooperate and coordinate with each other to the extent
necessary in order to restore the Generating Facility, Interconnection
Facilities, and the Transmission or Distribution System, as applicable to
their normal operating state, consistent with system conditions and Good
Utility Practice.
9.7.3
Ride Through Capability and Performance. The Transmission System is
designed to automatically activate a load-shed program as required by the Electric
Reliability Organization in the event of an underfrequency system disturbance.
Interconnection Customer shall implement under-frequency and over-frequency
relay set points for the Generating Facility as required by the Electric Reliability
Organization to ensure frequency “ride through” capability of the Transmission
System. Generating Facility response to frequency deviations of pre-determined
magnitudes, both under-frequency and over-frequency deviations, shall be studied
and coordinated with Transmission Provider in accordance with Good Utility
Practice. Interconnection Customer shall also implement under-voltage and over-
voltage relay set points, or equivalent electronic controls, as required by the
Electric Reliability Organization to ensure voltage “ride through” capability of the
Transmission System. The term “ride through” as used herein shall mean the
ability of a Generating Facility to stay connected to and synchronized with the
Transmission System during system disturbances within a range of under-
frequency, over-frequency, under-voltage, and over-voltage conditions, in
accordance with Good Utility Practice and consistent with any standards and
guidelines that are applied to other Generating Facilities in the Balancing
Authority Area on a comparable basis. For abnormal frequency conditions and
voltage conditions within the “no trip zone” defined by Reliability Standard PRC-
024-3 or successor mandatory ride through reliability standards, the non-
synchronous Generating Facility must ensure that, within any physical limitations
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of the Generating Facility, its control and protection settings are configured or set
to (1) continue active power production during disturbance and post disturbance
periods at pre-disturbance levels, unless providing primary frequency response or
fast frequency response; (2) minimize reductions in active power and remain
within dynamic voltage and current limits, if reactive power priority mode is
enabled, unless providing primary frequency response or fast frequency response;
(3) not artificially limit dynamic reactive power capability during disturbances;
and (4) return to pre-disturbance active power levels without artificial ramp rate
limits if active power is reduced, unless providing primary frequency response or
fast frequency response.
9.7.4
System Protection and Other Control Requirements.
9.7.4.1
System Protection Facilities. Interconnection Customer shall, at its
expense, install, operate and maintain its System Protection Facilities as
a part of the Generating Facility or the Interconnection Customer’s
Interconnection Facilities. Transmission Owner shall install at
Interconnection Customer’s expense any Transmission Owner’s System
Protection Facilities that may be required on the Transmission Owner’s
Interconnection Facilities or the Transmission Owner’s transmission or
distribution facilities as a result of the interconnection of the Generating
Facility and the Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities.
9.7.4.2
Interconnection Customer’s and Transmission Owner’s System
Protection Facilities shall be designed and coordinated with Affected
Systems in accordance with Good Utility Practice.
9.7.4.3
Each Party shall be responsible for protection of its facilities consistent
with Good Utility Practice.
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9.7.4.4
Each Party’s protective relay design shall incorporate the necessary test
switches to perform the tests required in Article 6. The required test
switches will be placed such that they allow operation of lockout relays
while preventing breaker failure schemes from operating and causing
unnecessary breaker operations and/or the tripping of the Generating
Facility.
9.7.4.5
Each Party will test, operate and maintain their respective System
Protection Facilities in accordance with Good Utility Practice.
9.7.4.6
Prior to the In-Service Date, and again prior to the Commercial
Operation Date, Interconnection Customer or Transmission Owner, or
their respective agents, shall perform a complete calibration test and
functional trip test of the System Protection Facilities. At intervals
suggested by Good Utility Practice and following any apparent
malfunction of the System Protection Facilities, Interconnection
Customer or Transmission Owner shall each perform both calibration
and functional trip tests of their respective System Protection Facilities.
These tests do not require the tripping of any in-service generating unit.
These tests do, however, require that all protective relays and lockout
contacts be activated.
9.7.4.7 Obligation of a Generating Facility with ZG Interconnection Services to
Reduce Production of Energy Under Certain Conditions. A Generating
Facility with ZG Interconnection Service shall:
a.
Install communications and monitoring equipment to enable it to
monitor the Demand of the ZG Associated Load.
b. Install equipment to enable the Generating Facility with ZG
Interconnection service to reduce its injections to a level that does
not exceed the Demand of the ZG Associated Load within the
Transient Tolerance Window.
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c. Cease all injection of Energy onto the Transmission System within
the time permitted by the Transient Tolerance Window in the event
that any Transmission Facility over which Energy must flow in order
to reach the point of interconnection or Point of Withdrawal of the
ZG Associated Load trips offline.
The equipment to be used by the Generating Facility with ZG
Interconnection Service to comply with the requirements of this 9.7.4.7
shall be identified in Appendix A of this ZGIA. Appendix A of this
ZGIA shall include a one line diagram showing the Generating Facility
and associated electrical equipment with appropriate rating and
impedance information and all the ZG Associated loads including all
Point(s) of Withdrawal and the Point of Interconnection of the
Generating Facility to the Transmission System for the Interconnection
Request.
9.7.5
Requirements for Protection. In compliance with Good Utility Practice,
Interconnection Customer shall provide, install, own, and maintain relays, circuit
breakers and all other devices necessary to remove any fault contribution of the
Generating Facility to any short circuit occurring on the Transmission or
Distribution System, as applicable, not otherwise isolated by Transmission
Owner’s equipment, such that the removal of the fault contribution shall be
coordinated with the protective requirements of the Transmission or Distribution
System, as applicable. Such protective equipment shall include, without
limitation, a disconnecting device or switch with load-interrupting capability
located between the Generating Facility and the Transmission or Distribution
System, as applicable, at a site selected upon mutual agreement (not to be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) of the Parties. Interconnection
Customer shall be responsible for protection of the Generating Facility and
Interconnection Customer’s other equipment from such conditions as negative
sequence currents, over- or under-frequency, sudden load rejection, over- or
under-voltage, and generator loss-of-field. Interconnection Customer shall be
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solely responsible to disconnect the Generating Facility and Interconnection
Customer’s other equipment if conditions on the Transmission or Distribution
System, as applicable, could adversely affect the Generating Facility. For a
Generating Facility with ZG Interconnection Service the restriction on Energy
injection in this paragraph shall not apply to transient, limited injections
associated with a reduction or loss of Load by the ZG Associated Load provided
these remain within the Transient Tolerance Window as may be further described
in the Business Practices Manual for Large Load.
9.7.6
Power Quality. Neither Party’s facilities shall cause excessive voltage flicker
nor introduce excessive distortion to the sinusoidal voltage or current waves as
defined by ANSI Standard C84.1, in accordance with IEEE Standard 519, or any
applicable superseding electric industry standard. In the event of a conflict
between ANSI Standard C84.1, and any applicable superseding electric industry
standard, the applicable superseding electric industry standard shall control.
9.8
Switching and Tagging Rules. Prior to the Initial Synchronization Date, each Party
shall provide the other Parties a copy of its switching and tagging rules that are applicable
to the other Parties’ activities. Such switching and tagging rules shall be developed on a
non-discriminatory basis. The Parties shall comply with applicable switching and
tagging rules, as amended from time to time, in obtaining clearances for work or for
switching operations on equipment.
9.9
Use of Interconnection Facilities by Other Parties.
9.9.1
Purpose of Interconnection Facilities. Except as may be required by Applicable
Laws and Regulations, or as otherwise agreed to among the Parties, the
Interconnection Facilities shall be constructed for the sole purpose of
interconnecting the Generating Facility to the Transmission or Distribution
System, as applicable, and shall be used for no other purpose.
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9.9.2
Other Users. If required by Applicable Laws and Regulations or if the Parties
mutually agree, such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, to
allow one or more Parties to use the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection
Facilities, or any part thereof, Interconnection Customer will be entitled to
compensation for the capital expenses it incurred in connection with the
Interconnection Facilities based upon the pro rata use of the Interconnection
Facilities by Transmission Owner, all non-Party users, and Interconnection
Customer, in accordance with Applicable Laws and Regulations or upon some
other mutually-agreed upon methodology. In addition, cost responsibility for
ongoing costs, including operation and maintenance costs associated with the
Interconnection Facilities, will be allocated between Interconnection Customer
and any non-Party users based upon the pro rata use of the Interconnection
Facilities by Transmission Owner, all non-Party users, and Interconnection
Customer, in accordance with Applicable Laws and Regulations or upon some
other mutually agreed upon methodology. If the issue of such compensation or
allocation cannot be resolved through such negotiations, it shall be submitted to
Dispute Resolution pursuant to Section 12 of the Tariff.
9.10
Disturbance Analysis Data Exchange. The Parties will cooperate with one another in
the analysis of disturbances to either the Generating Facility or the Transmission System
by gathering and providing access to any information relating to any disturbance,
including information from oscillography, protective relay targets, breaker operations and
sequence of events records, and any disturbance information required by Good Utility
Practice.
ARTICLE 10. MAINTENANCE
10.1
Transmission Owner Obligations. Transmission Owner shall maintain the
Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities in a safe and reliable manner and in
accordance with this ZGIA and all Applicable Laws and Regulations.
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10.2
Interconnection Customer Obligations. Interconnection Customer shall maintain the
Generating Facility and the Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities in a
safe and reliable manner and in accordance with this ZGIA and all Applicable Laws and
Regulations.
10.3
Coordination. The Parties shall confer regularly to coordinate the planning, scheduling
and performance of preventive and corrective maintenance on the Generating Facility and
the Interconnection Facilities.
10.4
Secondary Systems. Each Party shall cooperate with the other in the inspection,
maintenance, and testing of control or power circuits that operate below 600 volts, AC or
DC, including, but not limited to, any hardware, control or protective devices, cables,
conductors, electric raceways, secondary equipment panels, transducers, batteries,
chargers, and voltage and current transformers that directly affect the operation of a
Party’s facilities and equipment which may reasonably be expected to impact another
Party. Each Party shall provide advance notice to the other Parties before undertaking
any work on such circuits, especially on electrical circuits involving circuit breaker trip
and close contacts, current transformers, or potential transformers.
10.5
Operating and Maintenance Expenses. Subject to the provisions herein addressing the
use of facilities by others, and except for operations and maintenance expenses associated
with modifications made for providing Interconnection Service or Transmission Service
to a non-Party and such non-Party pays for such expenses, Interconnection Customer
shall be responsible for all reasonable expenses including overheads, associated with:
(1) owning, operating, maintaining, repairing, and replacing Interconnection Customer’s
Interconnection Facilities; and (2) operation, maintenance, repair and replacement of
Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities to the extent required by Transmission
Owner on a comparable basis.
ARTICLE 11. PERFORMANCE OBLIGATION
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11.1
Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities. Interconnection Customer
shall design, procure, construct, install, own and/or control the Interconnection
Customer’s Interconnection Facilities described in Appendix A at its sole expense.
11.2
Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities. Transmission Owner shall design,
procure, construct, install, own and/or control the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection
Facilities described in Appendix A at the sole expense of Interconnection Customer.
11.3
Network Upgrades, System Protection Facilities and Distribution Upgrades.
Transmission Owner shall design, procure, construct, install, and own the Network
Upgrades, Transmission Owner’s System Protection Facilities and Distribution Upgrades
described in Appendix A. Interconnection Customer shall be responsible for all costs
related to Distribution Upgrades and/or Generator Upgrades. As required by Section
7.3.2.1 and 7.3.3.1 of Attachment X, Transmission Owner shall have provided
Transmission Provider with written notice if Transmission Owner elects to fund the
capital for the Network Upgrades and Transmission Owner’s System Protection
Facilities; otherwise, such facilities, if any, shall be solely funded by Interconnection
Customer. In the event that the Transmission Owner elects to fund the capital costs of the
Network Upgrades and/or Transmission Owner’s System Protection Facilities, then the
Parties shall enter into a Facilities Service Agreement. The Facilities Service Agreement
shall take the form of the pro forma Facilities Service Agreement that is included as
Appendix 14 of Attachment X to the MISO Tariff. Any Generating Facility with ZG
Interconnection Service must have a Point of Interconnection that is located at the same
voltage level of the same interconnection substation as the Point(s) of Withdrawal for the
ZG Associated Load it will serve.
A Generating Facility with ZG Interconnection Service must not require the construction
of Network Upgrades beyond the substation where the Point of Interconnection is located
other than System Protection Facilities.
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11.3.1 Contingencies Affecting Network Upgrades, System Protection Facilities and
Distribution Upgrades. Network Upgrades, System Protection Facilities and
Distribution Upgrades that are required to accommodate the Generating Facility
may be modified because (1) a higher queued Interconnection Request withdrew
or was deemed to have withdrawn, (2) the interconnection agreement associated
with a higher queued Interconnection Request was terminated prior to the
project’s In-Service Date, (3) the Commercial Operation Date for a higher queued
Interconnection Request is delayed, or the project itself is delayed (including due
to suspension) such that facilities required to accommodate lower queued projects
or the project itself may be altered, (4) the queue position is reinstated for a
higher-queued Interconnection Request whose queue position was subject to
dispute resolution, (5) changes occur in Transmission Provider or Transmission
Owner equipment design standards or reliability criteria giving rise to the need for
restudy, (6) the facilities required to accommodate a higher queued
Interconnection Request were modified constituting a Material Modification
pursuant to Section 4.4 of the GIP, (7) a ZGIA with an effective date prior to this
ZGIA is terminated, (8) when ordered to restudy by FERC, or (9) the Network
Upgrade Facilities Study for a Network Upgrade, which is to be included in this
ZGIA, is completed after execution of this ZGIA. The higher queued
Interconnection Requests that could impact the Network Upgrades, System
Protection Facilities and Distribution Upgrades required to accommodate the
Generating Facility, and possible Modifications that may result from the above
listed events affecting the higher queued Interconnection Requests, to the extent
such modifications are reasonably known and can be determined, and estimates of
the costs associated with such required Network Upgrades, System Protection
Facilities and Distribution Upgrades, are provided in Appendix A.
11.3.2 Agreement to Restudy and Cost Reallocation. In the event that one of the
contingencies listed in Article 11.3.1 occurs, at any time before the Network
Upgrades, Common Use Upgrades, Shared Network Upgrades, System Protection
Facilities and/or Distribution Upgrades associated with higher queued
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Interconnection Requests with ZGIA in effect prior to this ZGIA are completed,
Transmission Provider may determine, in its discretion, that a restudy is required.
If a restudy is required, Transmission Provider will provide notice to
Interconnection Customer and Interconnection Customer agrees to enter into an
Interconnection Study Agreement for such restudy. Transmission Provider will
reevaluate the need for any Common Use Upgrade(s) and/or Shared Network
Upgrade(s), and if still required, reallocate the cost and responsibility for any
Common Use Upgrade and/or Shared Network Upgrade, without a restudy when
possible, or with a restudy if the Transmission Provider deems it necessary in
order to ensure reliability of the Transmission System. The Parties agree to
amend Appendix A to this ZGIA in accordance with Article 30.10 to reflect the
results of any cost reallocation required under this Article 11.3.2.
11.3.3 Agreement to Fund Shared Network Upgrades. Interconnection Customer
agrees to fund Shared Network Upgrades, as determined by Transmission
Provider. Where applicable, payments to fund Shared Network Upgrade(s) that
are made to Transmission Provider by Interconnection Customer will be disbursed
by Transmission Provider to the appropriate entities that funded the Shared
Network Upgrades in accordance with Attachment X and Attachment FF of the
Tariff. In the event that Interconnection Customer fails to meet its obligation to
fund Shared Network Upgrades, Transmission Owner and Transmission Provider
shall not be responsible for the Interconnection Customer’s funding obligation.
11.4
Transmission Credits.
11.4.1
Repayment of Amounts Advanced for Network Upgrades. Interconnection
Customer shall be entitled to a cash repayment by Transmission Owner(s) and
the Affected System Owner(s) that own the Network Upgrades, of the amount
paid respectively to Transmission Owner and Affected System Operator, if any,
for the Network Upgrades, as provided under Attachment FF of this Tariff and
including any tax gross-up or other tax-related payments associated with the
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repayable portion of the Network Upgrades, and not repaid to Interconnection
Customer pursuant to Article 5.17.8 or otherwise, to be paid to Interconnection
Customer on a dollar-for-dollar basis for the non-usage sensitive portion of
transmission charges, as payments are made under the Tariff and Affected
System’s Tariff for Transmission Services with respect to the Generating
Facility. Any repayment shall include interest calculated in accordance with the
methodology set forth in FERC’s regulations at 18 C.F.R. § 35.19 (a)(2)(iii)
from the date of any payment for Network Upgrades through the date on which
Interconnection Customer receives a repayment of such payment pursuant to
this subparagraph. Interest shall not accrue during periods in which
Interconnection Customer has suspended construction pursuant to Article 11 or
the Network Upgrades have been determined not to be needed pursuant to this
Article 11.4.1. Interconnection Customer may assign such repayment rights to
any person.
If the Generating Facility is designated a Network Resource under the Tariff, or
if there are otherwise no incremental payments for Transmission Service
resulting from the use of the Generating Facility by Transmission Customer, and
in the absence of another mutually agreeable payment schedule any repayments
provided under Attachment FF shall be established equal to the applicable rate
for Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service for the pricing zone where the
Network Load is located multiplied by the portion of the demonstrated output of
the Generating Facility designated as a Network Resource by the Network
Customer(s) or in the absence of such designation, equal to the monthly firm
single system-wide rate defined under Schedule 7 of the Tariff multiplied by the
portion of the demonstrated output of the Generating Facility under contract to
Network Customer(s) and consistent with studies pursuant to Section 3.2.2.2 of
the GIP.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, as applicable and consistent with the provisions
of Attachment FF of this Tariff, Interconnection Customer, Transmission
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Provider, Transmission Owner, and Affected System Operator may adopt any
alternative payment schedule that is mutually agreeable so long as Transmission
Owner and Affected System Operator take one of the following actions no later
than five (5) years from the Commercial Operation Date: (1) return to
Interconnection Customer any amounts advanced for Network Upgrades not
previously repaid, or (2) declare in writing that Transmission Owner or Affected
System Operator will continue to provide payments to Interconnection
Customer on a dollar-for-dollar basis for the non-usage sensitive portion of
transmission charges, or develop an alternative schedule that is mutually
agreeable and provides for the return of all amounts advanced for Network
Upgrades not previously repaid; however, full reimbursement shall not extend
beyond twenty (20) years from the Commercial Operation Date.
If the Generating Facility is installed in phases, the amount eligible for refund as
each phase achieves Commercial Operation will be reduced by the proportional
amount of generation capacity not yet installed. However, all facilities in
Appendix A other than the Generating Facility shall be built without
consideration for the phasing of the Generating Facility as though the entire
Generating Facility will be placed in Commercial Operation for the full output
or increased output of the Generating Facility constructed by Interconnection
Customer under this ZGIA.
If the Generating Facility fails to achieve Commercial Operation, but it or
another generating facility is later constructed and makes use of the Network
Upgrades, Transmission Owner and Affected System Operator shall at that time
reimburse Interconnection Customer for the remaining applicable amounts that
may be refundable pursuant to Attachment FF of this Tariff that were advanced
for the Network Upgrades on their respective systems as described above.
Before any such reimbursement can occur, Interconnection Customer, or the
entity that ultimately constructs the Generating Facility, if different, is
responsible for identifying the entity to which the reimbursement must be made.
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11.4.2
Special Provisions for Transmission Provider as an Affected System to be
covered under Separate Agreements. When the Transmission Owner’s
Transmission or Distribution System (including for this Article 11.4.2
independent distribution systems connected to the Transmission System) is an
Affected System for an interconnection in another electric system, Transmission
Provider will coordinate the performance of Interconnection Studies with the
other system. Transmission Provider will determine if any Network Upgrades
or Distribution Upgrades, which may be required on the Transmission System
as a result of the interconnection, would not have been needed but for the
interconnection. Unless Transmission Owner provides, under the
interconnection agreement between Interconnection Customer and the other
system, for the repayment of amounts advanced to Transmission Provider or an
impacted Transmission Owner for Network Upgrades, Interconnection
Customer, Transmission Provider, and the impacted Transmission Owner(s)
shall enter into an agreement that provides for such repayment by Transmission
Owner(s) as directed by Transmission Provider. The agreement shall specify
the terms governing payments to be made by Interconnection Customer to the
Affected System Operator as well as the payment of refunds by the Affected
System Operator.
11.4.3
Notwithstanding any other provision of this ZGIA, nothing herein shall be
construed as relinquishing or foreclosing any rights, including but not limited to
firm transmission rights, capacity rights, transmission congestion rights, or
transmission credits, that Interconnection Customer, shall be entitled to, now or
in the future under any other agreement or tariff as a result of, or otherwise
associated with, the transmission capacity, if any, created by the Network
Upgrades, including the right to obtain cash reimbursement or transmission
credits for transmission service that is not associated with the Generating
Facility.
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11.5
Initial Payment. For upgrades that the Transmission Owner has elected to self-fund, the
Interconnection Customer is responsible for making the initial payment for the total cost
of Network Upgrades (excluding JTIQ Upgrades) or Transmission Owner’s System
Protection Facilities in the form of security pursuant to Article 11.6. For upgrades where
the Transmission Owner did not elect to self-fund, the Interconnection Customer shall
elect (and provide its election to the Transmission Provider within five days of the
commencement of negotiation of the ZGIA pursuant to Section 11.2 of the GIP) to make
either 1) an initial payment equal to twenty (20) percent of the total cost of Network
Upgrades (excluding JTIQ Upgrades), Transmission Owner Interconnection Facilities,
Transmission Owner’s System Protection Facilities, Distribution Upgrades and/or
Generator Upgrades (if the In-Service Date is less than or equal to five (5) years of the
initial payment date); or 2) an initial payment equal to ten (10) percent of the total cost of
Network Upgrades (excluding JTIQ Upgrades), Transmission Owner Interconnection
Facilities, Transmission Owner’s System Protection Facilities, Distribution Upgrades
and/or Generator Upgrades (if the In-Service Date exceeds the initial payment date by
more than five (5) years); or 3) the total cost of Network Upgrades (excluding JTIQ
Upgrades), Transmission Owner Interconnection Facilities, Transmission Owner’s
System Protection Facilities, Distribution Upgrades and/or Generator Upgrades in the
form of security pursuant to Article 11.6. The initial payment shall be provided to
Transmission Owner by Interconnection Customer pursuant to this Article 11.5 within the
later of a) forty-five (45) Calendar Days of the execution of the ZGIA by all Parties, or b)
forty-five (45) Calendar Days of acceptance by FERC if the ZGIA is filed unexecuted
and the payment is being protested by Interconnection Customer, or c) forty-five (45)
Calendar Days of the filing if the ZGIA is filed unexecuted and the initial payment is not
being protested by Interconnection Customer. If the Interconnection Customer made its
milestone payments in the form of cash and the Interconnection Customer elects a cash
initial payment, then the Transmission Provider shall transfer those funds to the
Transmission Owner on the Interconnection Customer’s behalf.
11.6
Provision of Security. Unless a milestone cash payment schedule is provided in
Appendix B, Interconnection Customer shall, at least forty-five (45) Calendar Days prior
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to the commencement of the design, procurement, installation, or construction of a
discrete portion of a facility, not otherwise funded under Article 11.5, provide additional
security. Additionally, the Interconnection Customer will be required to provide security
more than forty-five (45) Calendar Days in advance if requested by Transmission Owner
because regulatory approvals are required for the construction of such facilities.
Interconnection Customer shall provide Transmission Owner, at Interconnection
Customer’s selection, a guarantee, a surety bond, letter of credit or other form of security
that is reasonably acceptable to Transmission Owner and is consistent with the Uniform
Commercial Code of the jurisdiction identified in Article 14.2.1. Such security for
payment, as specified in Appendix B of this ZGIA, shall be in an amount sufficient to
cover the applicable costs and cost commitments, in addition to those funded under
Article 11.5, required of the Party responsible for building the facilities pursuant to the
construction schedule developed in Appendix B for designing, engineering, seeking
regulatory approval from any Governmental Authority, constructing, procuring and
installing the applicable portion of the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities,
Transmission Owner’s System Protection Facilities, Network Upgrades, Distribution
Upgrades or Stand-Alone Network Upgrades and shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar
basis for payments made to Transmission Owner for these purposes. Transmission
Owner must use the milestone payments required under the GIP before requiring
Interconnection Customer to submit additional security. Transmission Owner must
specify, in Appendix B of this ZGIA, the dates for which Interconnection Customer must
provide additional security for construction of each discrete portion of Transmission
Owner's Interconnection Facilities, Network Upgrades, or Distribution Upgrades and
Interconnection Customer must provide such additional security.
In addition:
11.6.1
The guarantee must be made by an entity that meets the creditworthiness
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guarantee payment of any amount that may be due from Interconnection
Customer, up to an agreed-to maximum amount.
11.6.2
The letter of credit must be issued by a financial institution reasonably
acceptable to Transmission Owner and must specify a reasonable expiration
date.
11.6.3
The surety bond must be issued by an insurer reasonably acceptable to
Transmission Owner and must specify a reasonable expiration date.
11.6.4
If the Shared Network Upgrade is not in service, Interconnection Customer will
not be required to make a payment under Schedule 26-B until the Shared
Network Upgrade is in service, but Interconnection Customer will provide, as
applicable, an Irrevocable Letter of Credit to fund any Shared Network Upgrade
pursuant to Attachment FF of the Tariff. The Irrevocable Letter of Credit shall
be in an amount sufficient to cover the Interconnection Customer’s share of the
applicable costs and cost commitments associated with the Shared Network
Upgrades. Transmission Provider may periodically adjust the Interconnection
Customer’s share of the applicable costs and cost commitment of Shared
Network Upgrades and may require Interconnection Customer to adjust the
amount of the Irrevocable Letter of Credit accordingly.
11.7
Interconnection Customer Compensation. If Transmission Provider requests or directs
Interconnection Customer to provide a service pursuant to Article 13.4 of this ZGIA,
Transmission Provider shall compensate Interconnection Customer in accordance with
any tariff or rate schedule filed by Transmission Provider and approved by the FERC.
11.8
Provision of Security for JTIQ Upgrades. If the Transmission Provider determines that
the Interconnection Request meets the distribution factor and impact criteria specified in
Section 9.4.2(d)((ii) of Rate Schedule 6 (MISO SPP JOA) and is included in the JTIQ
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accordance with Attachment X, Appendix 18 (MISO JTIQ Commitment Agreement) and
SPP’s JTIQ Service Agreement.
ARTICLE 12. INVOICE
12.1
General. Each Party shall submit to the other Party, on a monthly basis, invoices of
amounts due, if any, for the preceding month. Each invoice shall state the month to
which the invoice applies and fully describe the services and equipment provided. The
Parties may discharge mutual debts and payment obligations due and owing to each other
on the same date through netting, in which case all amounts a Party owes to the other
Party under this ZGIA, including interest payments or credits, shall be netted so that only
the net amount remaining due shall be paid by the owing Party.
12.2
Final Invoice. Within six (6) months after completion of the construction of the
Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities, Transmission Owner’s System
Protection Facilities, Distribution Upgrades and the Network Upgrades, Transmission
Owner shall provide an invoice of the final cost of the construction of the Transmission
Owner’s Interconnection Facilities, Transmission Owner’s System Protection Facilities,
Distribution Upgrades and the Network Upgrades and shall set forth such costs in
sufficient detail to enable Interconnection Customer to compare the actual costs with the
estimates and to ascertain deviations, if any, from the cost estimates. Transmission
Owner shall refund, with interest (calculated in accordance with 18 C.F.R. Section
35.19a(a)(2)(iii), to Interconnection Customer any amount by which the actual payment
by Interconnection Customer for estimated costs exceeds the actual costs of construction
within thirty (30) Calendar Days of the issuance of such final construction invoice.
12.3
Payment. Invoices shall be rendered to the paying Party at the address specified in
Appendix F. The Party receiving the invoice shall pay the invoice within thirty (30)
Calendar Days of receipt. All payments shall be made in immediately available funds
payable to the other Party, or by wire transfer to a bank named and account designated by
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the invoicing Party. Payment of invoices by a Party will not constitute a waiver of any
rights or claims that Party may have under this ZGIA.
12.4
Disputes. In the event of a billing dispute among the Parties, Transmission Provider
shall continue to provide Interconnection Service under this ZGIA as long as
Interconnection Customer: (i) continues to make all payments not in dispute; and (ii)
pays to Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner or into an independent escrow
account the portion of the invoice in dispute, pending resolution of such dispute. If
Interconnection Customer fails to meet these two requirements for continuation of
service, then Transmission Provider may or, at Transmission Owner’s request upon
Interconnection Customer’s failure to pay, Transmission Owner, shall provide notice to
Interconnection Customer of a Default pursuant to Article 17. Within thirty (30)
Calendar Days after the resolution of the dispute, the Party that owes money to another
Party shall pay the amount due with interest calculated in accord with the methodology
set forth in 18 C.F.R. § 35.19a(a)(2)(iii).
ARTICLE 13. EMERGENCIES
13.1
Obligations. Each Party shall comply with the Emergency Condition procedures of
Transmission Provider, the Electric Reliability Organization, and Applicable Laws and
Regulations.
13.2
Notice. Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner shall notify the other Parties
promptly when it becomes aware of an Emergency Condition that affects the
Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities or the Transmission or Distribution
System, as applicable, that may reasonably be expected to affect Interconnection
Customer’s operation of the Generating Facility or the Interconnection Customer’s
Interconnection Facilities.
Interconnection Customer shall notify Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner,
which includes by definition if applicable, the operator of a Distribution System,
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promptly when it becomes aware of an Emergency Condition that affects the Generating
Facility or the Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities that may reasonably
be expected to affect the Transmission or Distribution System, as applicable, or the
Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities.
To the extent information is known, the notification shall describe the Emergency
Condition, the extent of the damage or deficiency, the expected effect on the operation of
Interconnection Customer’s or Transmission Provider’s or Transmission Owner’s
facilities and operations, its anticipated duration and the corrective action taken and/or to
be taken. The initial notice shall be followed as soon as practicable with written notice.
13.3
Immediate Action. Unless, in a Party’s reasonable judgment, immediate action is
required, the Party exercising such judgment shall notify and obtain the consent of the
other Parties, such consent to not be unreasonably withheld, prior to performing any
manual switching operations at the Generating Facility or the Interconnection Customer’s
Interconnection Facilities in response to an Emergency Condition either declared by
Transmission Provider or otherwise regarding the Transmission or Distribution System,
as applicable.
13.4
Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner Authority.
13.4.1
General. Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner may take whatever
actions or inactions with regard to the Transmission System or the Transmission
Owner’s Interconnection Facilities it deems necessary during an Emergency
Condition in order to (i) preserve public health and safety, (ii) preserve the
reliability of the Transmission System or the Transmission Owner’s
Interconnection Facilities, (iii) limit or prevent damage, and (iv) expedite
restoration of service.
Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner shall use Reasonable Efforts to
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Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities. Transmission Provider
or Transmission Owner may, on the basis of technical considerations, require
the Generating Facility to mitigate an Emergency Condition by taking actions
necessary and limited in scope to remedy the Emergency Condition, including,
but not limited to, directing Interconnection Customer to shut-down, start-up,
increase or decrease the real or reactive power output of the Generating Facility;
implementing a reduction or disconnection pursuant to Article 13.4.2; directing
Interconnection Customer to assist with blackstart (if available) or restoration
efforts; or altering the outage schedules of the Generating Facility and the
Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities. Interconnection
Customer shall comply with all of Transmission Provider’s or Transmission
Owner’s operating instructions concerning Generating Facility real power and
reactive power output within the manufacturer’s design limitations of the
Generating Facility’s equipment that is in service and physically available for
operation at the time, in compliance with Applicable Laws and Regulations.
13.4.2
Reduction and Disconnection. Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner
may reduce Interconnection Service or disconnect the Generating Facility or the
Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities, when such reduction or
disconnection is necessary under Good Utility Practice due to Emergency
Conditions. These rights are separate and distinct from any right of curtailment
of Transmission Provider pursuant to the Tariff. When Transmission Provider
can schedule the reduction or disconnection in advance, Transmission Provider
shall notify Interconnection Customer of the reasons, timing and expected
duration of the reduction or disconnection. Transmission Provider shall
coordinate with Interconnection Customer and Transmission Owner using Good
Utility Practice to schedule the reduction or disconnection during periods of
least impact to Interconnection Customer, Transmission Owner and
Transmission Provider. Any reduction or disconnection shall continue only for
so long as reasonably necessary pursuant to Good Utility Practice. The Parties
shall cooperate with each other to restore the Generating Facility, the
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Interconnection Facilities, and the Transmission System to their normal
operating state as soon as practicable consistent with Good Utility Practice.
13.5
Interconnection Customer Authority. Consistent with Good Utility Practice and this
ZGIA and the GIP, Interconnection Customer may take whatever actions or inactions
with regard to the Generating Facility or the Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection
Facilities during an Emergency Condition in order to (i) preserve public health and
safety, (ii) preserve the reliability of the Generating Facility or the Interconnection
Customer’s Interconnection Facilities, (iii) limit or prevent damage, and (iv) expedite
restoration of service. Interconnection Customer shall use Reasonable Efforts to
minimize the effect of such actions or inactions on the Transmission System and the
Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities. Transmission Provider and
Transmission Owner shall use Reasonable Efforts to assist Interconnection Customer in
such actions.
13.6
Limited Liability. Except as otherwise provided in Article 11.6 of this ZGIA, no Party
shall be liable to any other for any action it takes in responding to an Emergency
Condition so long as such action is made in good faith and is consistent with Good Utility
Practice.
13.7
Audit. In accordance with Article 25.3, any Party may audit the performance of another
Party when that Party declared an Emergency Condition.
ARTICLE 14. REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AND GOVERNING LAW
14.1
Regulatory Requirements. Each Party’s obligations under this ZGIA shall be subject to
its receipt of any required approval or certificate from one or more Governmental
Authorities in the form and substance satisfactory to the applying Party, or the Party
making any required filings with, or providing notice to, such Governmental Authorities,
and the expiration of any time period associated therewith. Each Party shall in good faith
seek, and if necessary assist the other Party and use its Reasonable Efforts to obtain such
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other approvals. Nothing in this ZGIA shall require Interconnection Customer to take
any action that could result in its inability to obtain, or its loss of, status or exemption
under the Federal Power Act, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, as
amended, or the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.
14.2
Governing Law.
14.2.1
The validity, interpretation and performance of this ZGIA and each of its
provisions shall be governed by the laws of the state where the Point of
Interconnection is located, without regard to its conflicts of law principles.
14.2.2
This ZGIA is subject to all Applicable Laws and Regulations.
14.2.3
Each Party expressly reserves the right to seek changes in, appeal, or otherwise
contest any laws, orders, rules, or regulations of a Governmental Authority.
ARTICLE 15. NOTICES
15.1
General. Unless otherwise provided in this ZGIA, any notice, demand or request
required or permitted to be given by any Party to the other Parties and any instrument
required or permitted to be tendered or delivered by a Party in writing to the other Parties
shall be effective when delivered and may be so given, tendered or delivered, by
recognized national courier, or by depositing the same with the United States Postal
Service with postage prepaid, for delivery by certified or registered mail, addressed to the
Party, or personally delivered to the Party, at the address set out in Appendix F,
Addresses for Delivery of Notices and Billings.
Either Party may change the notice information in this ZGIA by giving five (5) Business
Days written notice prior to the effective date of the change.
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15.2
Billings and Payments. Billings and payments shall be sent to the addresses set out in
Appendix F.
15.3
Alternative Forms of Notice. Any notice or request required or permitted to be given by
any Party to the other and not required by this ZGIA to be given in writing may be so
given by telephone, facsimile or email to the telephone numbers and email addresses set
out in Appendix F.
15.4
Operations and Maintenance Notice. Each Party shall notify the other Parties in
writing of the identity of the person(s) that it designates as the point(s) of contact with
respect to the implementation of Articles 9 and 10.
ARTICLE 16. FORCE MAJEURE
16.1
Force Majeure.
16.1.1
Economic hardship is not considered a Force Majeure event.
16.1.2
A Party shall not be considered to be in Default with respect to any obligation
hereunder, (including obligations under Article 4 and 5), other than the
obligation to pay money when due, if prevented from fulfilling such obligation
by Force Majeure. A Party unable to fulfill any obligation hereunder (other than
an obligation to pay money when due) by reason of Force Majeure shall give
notice and the full particulars of such Force Majeure to the other Parties in
writing or by telephone as soon as reasonably possible after the occurrence of
the cause relied upon. Telephone, facsimile or email notices given pursuant to
this Article shall be confirmed in writing as soon as reasonably possible and
shall specifically state full particulars of the Force Majeure, the time and date
when the Force Majeure occurred and when the Force Majeure is reasonably
expected to cease. The Party affected shall exercise Reasonable Efforts to
remove such disability with reasonable dispatch, but shall not be required to
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accede or agree to any provision not satisfactory to it in order to settle and
terminate a strike or other labor disturbance.
ARTICLE 17. DEFAULT
17.1
Default
17.1.1
General. No Default shall exist where such failure to discharge an obligation
(other than the payment of money) is the result of Force Majeure as defined in
this ZGIA or the result of an act or omission of another Party. Upon a Breach,
the non-Breaching Party or Parties shall give written notice of such Breach to
the Breaching Party with a copy to the other Party if one Party gives notice of
such Breach. Except as provided in Article 17.1.2, the Breaching Party shall
have thirty (30) Calendar Days from receipt of the Breach notice within which
to cure such Breach; provided however, if such Breach is not capable of cure
within thirty (30) Calendar Days, the Breaching Party shall commence such cure
within thirty (30) Calendar Days after notice and continuously and diligently
complete such cure within ninety (90) Calendar Days from receipt of the Breach
notice; and, if cured within such time, the Breach specified in such notice shall
cease to exist.
17.1.2
Termination. If a Breach is not cured as provided in this Article, or if a Breach
is not capable of being cured within the period provided for herein, the non-
Breaching Party or Parties shall terminate this ZGIA, subject to Article 2.3.2 of
this ZGIA, by written notice to the Breaching Party, with a copy to the other
Party if one Party gives notice of termination, and be relieved of any further
obligation hereunder and, whether or not that Party(ies) terminates this ZGIA, to
recover from the Breaching Party all amounts due hereunder, plus all other
damages and remedies to which it is (they are) entitled at law or in equity. The
provisions of this Article will survive termination of this ZGIA.
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17.1.3
Cross-Default. Pursuant to Article 11.3 of this ZGIA, the Parties shall enter into
a Facilities Service Agreement if the Transmission Owner has elected to fund
the capital for the Network Upgrades and/or Transmission Owner’s System
Protection Facilities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
ZGIA, a breach by Interconnection Customer of any provision, covenant, or
other term or condition contained in the Facilities Service Agreement shall be
considered a breach under this ZGIA. Such breach shall be subject to the terms
of Article 17 of this ZGIA. If a default under this ZGIA results from the
Interconnection Customer’s breach of the Facilities Service Agreement and
subsequent failure to cure, the Transmission Owner and Transmission Provider
shall be entitled, but in no event required, to apply all rights and remedies
available by reason of default under the Facilities Service Agreement and this
ZGIA.
Pursuant to Section 11.3 of the GIP, an Interconnection Customer included in a
JTIQ Participation Group shall execute or request the unexecuted filing both of
the Transmission Provider’s JTIQ Commitment Agreement and the JTIQ
Service Agreement included in SPP’s tariff. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this ZGIA, a breach by Interconnection Customer of any
provision, covenant, or other term or condition contained in the JTIQ
Commitment Agreement or SPP’s JTIQ Service Agreement shall be considered
a breach under this ZGIA. Such breach shall be subject to the terms of Article
17 of this ZGIA provided, however, that the manner and timing of cure of such
breach shall adhere to the requirements of the applicable agreement and cure in
accordance with the provisions of such agreement shall also cure the breach of
this GI. If a default under this ZGIA results from the Interconnection
Customer’s breach of the JTIQ Commitment Agreement or SPP JTIQ Service
Agreement and subsequent failure to cure, the Transmission Owner and
Transmission Provider shall be entitled, but in no event required, to apply all
rights and remedies available by reason of default under the JTIQ Commitment
Agreement, SPP JTIQ Service Agreement, and this ZGIA.
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17.2
Violation of Operating Assumptions for Generating Facilities. If Transmission
Provider requires Interconnection Customer to memorialize the operating assumptions for
the charging behavior of the Generating Facility that includes at least one electric storage
resource in Appendix A of this ZGIA, Transmission Provider may consider
Interconnection Customer to be in Breach of the ZGIA if Interconnection Customer fails
to operate the Generating Facility in accordance with those operating assumptions for
charging behavior. However, if Interconnection Customer operates contrary to the
operating assumptions for charging behavior specified in Appendix A of this ZGIA at the
direction of Transmission Provider, Transmission Provider shall not consider
Interconnection Customer in Breach of this ZGIA.
ARTICLE 18. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, INDEMNITY, CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES AND INSURANCE
18.1
Limitation of Liability. A Party shall not be liable to another Party or to any third party
or other person for any damages arising out of actions under this ZGIA, including, but
not limited to, any act or omission that results in an interruption, deficiency or
imperfection of Interconnection Service, except as provided in this Tariff. The provisions
set forth in the Tariff shall be additionally applicable to any Party acting in good faith to
implement or comply with its obligations under this ZGIA, regardless of whether the
obligation is preceded by a specific directive.
18.2
Indemnity. To the extent permitted by law, an Indemnifying Party shall at all times
indemnify, defend and hold the other Parties harmless from Loss.
18.2.1
Indemnified Party. If an Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification under
this Article 18 as a result of a claim by a non-Party, and the Indemnifying Party
fails, after notice and reasonable opportunity to proceed under Article 18.2, to
assume the defense of such claim, such Indemnified Party may at the expense of
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the Indemnifying Party contest, settle or consent to the entry of any judgment
with respect to, or pay in full, such claim.
18.2.2
Indemnifying Party. If an Indemnifying Party is obligated to indemnify and
hold any Indemnified Party harmless under this Article 18, the amount owing to
the Indemnified Party shall be the amount of such Indemnified Party’s actual
Loss, net of any insurance or other recovery.
18.2.3
Indemnity Procedures. Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Party of any
claim or notice of the commencement of any action or administrative or legal
proceeding or investigation as to which the indemnity provided for in
Article 18.2 may apply, the Indemnified Party shall notify the Indemnifying
Party of such fact. Any failure of or delay in such notification shall not affect a
Party’s indemnification obligation unless such failure or delay is materially
prejudicial to the Indemnifying Party.
The Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with
counsel designated by such Indemnifying Party and reasonably satisfactory to
the Indemnified Party. If the defendants in any such action include one or more
Indemnified Parties and the Indemnifying Party and if the Indemnified Party
reasonably concludes that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or
other Indemnified Parties which are different from or additional to those
available to the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to
select separate counsel to assert such legal defenses and to otherwise participate
in the defense of such action on its own behalf. In such instances, the
Indemnifying Party shall only be required to pay the fees and expenses of one
additional attorney to represent an Indemnified Party or Indemnified Parties
having such differing or additional legal defenses.
The Indemnified Party shall be entitled, at its expense, to participate in any such
action, suit or proceeding, the defense of which has been assumed by the
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Indemnifying Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indemnifying Party
(i) shall not be entitled to assume and control the defense of any such action,
suit or proceedings if and to the extent that, in the opinion of the Indemnified
Party and its counsel, such action, suit or proceeding involves the potential
imposition of criminal liability on the Indemnified Party, or there exists a
conflict or adversity of interest between the Indemnified Party and the
Indemnifying Party, in such event the Indemnifying Party shall pay the
reasonable expenses of the Indemnified Party, and (ii) shall not settle or consent
to the entry of any judgment in any action, suit or proceeding without the
consent of the Indemnified Party, which shall not be reasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed.
18.3
Consequential Damages. Other than the Liquidated Damages heretofore described, in
no event shall either Party be liable under any provision of this ZGIA for any losses,
damages, costs or expenses for any special, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive
damages, including but not limited to loss of profit or revenue, loss of the use of
equipment, cost of capital, cost of temporary equipment or services, whether based in
whole or in part in contract, in tort, including negligence, strict liability, or any other
theory of liability; provided; however, that damages for which a Party may be liable to the
other Party under another agreement will not be considered to be special, indirect,
incidental, or consequential damages hereunder.
18.4
Insurance. Transmission Owner and Interconnection Customer shall, at their own
expense, maintain in force throughout the period of this ZGIA pursuant to 18.4.9, and
until released by the other Party, the following minimum insurance coverages, with
insurers authorized to do business or an approved surplus lines carrier in the state where
the Point of Interconnection is located:
18.4.1
Employers’ Liability and Workers’ Compensation Insurance providing statutory
benefits in accordance with the laws and regulations of the state in which the
Point of Interconnection is located.
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18.4.2
Commercial General Liability Insurance including premises and operations,
personal injury, broad form property damage, broad form blanket contractual
liability coverage (including coverage for the contractual indemnification)
products and completed operations coverage, coverage for explosion, collapse
and underground hazards, independent contractors coverage, coverage for
pollution to the extent normally available and punitive damages to the extent
normally available and a cross liability endorsement, with minimum limits of
One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence/One Million Dollars
($1,000,000) aggregate combined single limit for personal injury, bodily injury,
including death and property damage.
18.4.3
Comprehensive Automobile Liability Insurance, for coverage of owned and
non-owned and hired vehicles, trailers or semi-trailers licensed for travel on
public roads, with a minimum combined single limit of One Million Dollars
($1,000,000) each occurrence for bodily injury, including death, and property
damage.
18.4.4
Excess Public Liability Insurance over and above the Employer’s Liability,
Commercial General Liability and Comprehensive Automobile Liability
Insurance coverage, with a minimum combined single limit of Twenty Million
Dollars ($20,000,000) per occurrence/Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000)
aggregate for generators not eligible for the Fast Track Process in GIP Section
14. The requirement for generators eligible for the Fast Track Process in GIP
Section 14 is a minimum combined single limit of Five Million Dollars
($5,000,000) per occurrence/Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) aggregate..
18.4.5
The Commercial General Liability Insurance, Comprehensive Automobile
Insurance and Excess Public Liability Insurance policies shall name the other
Parties, their parents, associated and Affiliate companies and their respective
directors, officers, agents, servants and employees (“Other Party Group”) as
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additional insured. All policies shall contain provisions whereby the insurers
waive all rights of subrogation in accordance with the provisions of this ZGIA
against the Other Party Groups and provide thirty (30) Calendar Days’ advance
written notice to the Other Party Groups prior to anniversary date of
cancellation or any material change in coverage or condition.
18.4.6
The Commercial General Liability Insurance, Comprehensive Automobile
Liability Insurance and Excess Public Liability Insurance policies shall contain
provisions that specify that the policies are primary and shall apply to such
extent without consideration for other policies separately carried and shall state
that each insured is provided coverage as though a separate policy had been
issued to each, except the insurer’s liability shall not be increased beyond the
amount for which the insurer would have been liable had only one insured been
covered. Each Party shall be responsible for its respective deductibles or
retentions.
18.4.7
The Commercial General Liability Insurance, Comprehensive Automobile
Liability Insurance and Excess Public Liability Insurance policies, if written on
a Claims First Made Basis, shall be maintained in full force and effect for two
(2) years after termination of this ZGIA, which coverage may be in the form of
tail coverage or extended reporting period coverage if agreed by Transmission
Owner and Interconnection Customer.
18.4.8
The requirements contained herein as to the types and limits of all insurance to
be maintained by Transmission Owner and Interconnection Customer are not
intended to and shall not in any manner, limit or qualify the liabilities and
obligations assumed by Transmission Owner and Interconnection Customer
under this ZGIA.
18.4.9
As of the date set forth in Appendix B, Milestones, and as soon as practicable
after the end of each fiscal year or at the renewal of the insurance policy and in
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any event within ninety (90) Calendar Days thereafter, Interconnection
Customer and Transmission Owner shall provide the other Party with
certification of all insurance required in this ZGIA, executed by each insurer or
by an authorized representative of each insurer.
18.4.10 Notwithstanding the foregoing, Transmission Owner or Interconnection
Customer may self-insure to meet the minimum insurance requirements of
Articles 18.4.1 through 18.4.8, to the extent it maintains a self-insurance
program; provided that, Transmission Owner’s or Interconnection Customer’s
senior secured debt is rated at investment grade, or better, by Standard & Poor’s
and that its self-insurance program meets minimum insurance requirements
under Articles 18.4.1 through 18.4.8. For any period of time that a
Transmission Owner’s or Interconnection Customer’s senior secured debt is
unrated by Standard & Poor’s or is rated at less than investment grade by
Standard & Poor’s, such Party shall comply with the insurance requirements
applicable to it under Articles 18.4.1 through 18.4.9. In the event that
Transmission Owner or Interconnection Customer is permitted to self-insure
pursuant to this article, it shall notify the other Party that it meets the
requirements to self-insure and that its self-insurance program meets the
minimum insurance requirements in a manner consistent with that specified in
Article 18.4.9.
18.4.11 Transmission Owner and Interconnection Customer agree to report to each other
in writing as soon as practical all accidents or occurrences resulting in injuries to
any person, including death, and any property damage arising out of this ZGIA.
ARTICLE 19. ASSIGNMENT
19.1
Assignment. This ZGIA may be assigned by any Party only with the written consent of
the other Parties; provided that a Party may assign this ZGIA without the consent of the
other Parties to any Affiliate of the assigning Party with an equal or greater credit rating
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and with the legal authority and operational ability to satisfy the obligations of the
assigning Party under this ZGIA; and provided further that Interconnection Customer
shall have the right to assign this ZGIA, without the consent of either Transmission
Provider or Transmission Owner, for collateral security purposes to aid in providing
financing for the Generating Facility, provided that Interconnection Customer will
promptly notify Transmission Provider of any such assignment. Any financing
arrangement entered into by Interconnection Customer pursuant to this Article will
provide that prior to or upon the exercise of the secured party’s, trustee’s or mortgagee’s
assignment rights pursuant to said arrangement, the secured creditor, the trustee or
mortgagee will notify Transmission Provider of the date and particulars of any such
exercise of assignment right(s), including providing Transmission Provider and
Transmission Owner with proof that it meets the requirements of Article 11.5 and 18.4.
Any attempted assignment that violates this Article is void and ineffective. Any
assignment under this ZGIA shall not relieve a Party of its obligations, nor shall a Party’s
obligations be enlarged, in whole or in part, by reason thereof. Where required, consent
to assignment will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
ARTICLE 20. SEVERABILITY
20.1
Severability. If any provision in this ZGIA is finally determined to be invalid, void or
unenforceable by any court or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction, such
determination shall not invalidate, void or make unenforceable any other provision,
agreement or covenant of this ZGIA; provided that if Interconnection Customer (or any
non-Party, but only if such non-Party is not acting at the direction of either Transmission
Provider or Transmission Owner) seeks and obtains such a final determination with
respect to any provision of the Alternate Option (Article 5.1.2), or the Negotiated Option
(Article 5.1.4), then none of these provisions shall thereafter have any force or effect and
the Parties’ rights and obligations shall be governed solely by the Standard Option
(Article 5.1.1).
ARTICLE 21. COMPARABILITY
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Comparability. The Parties will comply with all applicable comparability and code of
conduct laws, rules and regulations including such laws, rules and regulations of
Governmental Authorities establishing standards of conduct, as amended from time to
time.
ARTICLE 22. CONFIDENTIALITY
22.1
Confidentiality. Confidential Information shall include, without limitation, all
information relating to a Party’s technology, research and development, business affairs,
and pricing, and any information supplied by a Party to another Party prior to the
execution of this ZGIA.
Information is Confidential Information only if it is clearly designated or marked in
writing as confidential on the face of the document, or, if the information is conveyed
orally or by inspection, if the Party providing the information orally informs the Party
receiving the information that the information is confidential. The Parties shall maintain
as confidential any information that is provided and identified by a Party as Critical
Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII), as that term is defined in 18 C.F.R.
Section 388.113(c). Such confidentiality will be maintained in accordance with this
Article 22.
If requested by the receiving Party, the disclosing Party shall provide in writing, the basis
for asserting that the information referred to in this Article warrants confidential
treatment, and the requesting Party may disclose such writing to the appropriate
Governmental Authority. Each Party shall be responsible for the costs associated with
affording confidential treatment to its information.
22.1.1
Term. During the term of this ZGIA, and for a period of three (3) years after the
expiration or termination of this ZGIA, except as otherwise provided in this
Article 22 or with regard to CEII, each Party shall hold in confidence and shall
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not disclose to any person Confidential Information. CEII shall be treated in
accordance with Commission policy and regulations.
22.1.2
Scope. Confidential Information shall not include information that the receiving
Party can demonstrate: (1) is generally available to the public other than as a
result of a disclosure by the receiving Party; (2) was in the lawful possession of
the receiving Party on a non-confidential basis before receiving it from the
disclosing Party; (3) was supplied to the receiving Party without restriction by a
non-Party, who, to the knowledge of the receiving Party after due inquiry, was
under no obligation to the disclosing Party to keep such information
confidential; (4) was independently developed by the receiving Party without
reference to Confidential Information of the disclosing Party; (5) is, or becomes,
publicly known, through no wrongful act or omission of the receiving Party or
Breach of this ZGIA; or (6) is required, in accordance with Article 22.1.7 of this
ZGIA, Order of Disclosure, to be disclosed by any Governmental Authority or
is otherwise required to be disclosed by law or subpoena, or is necessary in any
legal proceeding establishing rights and obligations under this ZGIA.
Information designated as Confidential Information will no longer be deemed
confidential if the Party that designated the information as confidential notifies
the receiving Party that it no longer is confidential.
22.1.3
Release of Confidential Information. No Party shall release or disclose
Confidential Information to any other person, except to its Affiliates (limited by
the Standards of Conduct requirements), subcontractors, employees, agents,
consultants, or to non-parties who may be or are considering providing
financing to or equity participation with Interconnection Customer, or to
potential purchasers or assignees of Interconnection Customer, on a need-to-
know basis in connection with this ZGIA, unless such person has first been
advised of the confidentiality provisions of this Article 22 and has agreed to
comply with such provisions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Party providing
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Confidential Information to any person shall remain primarily responsible for
any release of Confidential Information in contravention of this Article 22.
22.1.4
Rights. Each Party retains all rights, title, and interest in the Confidential
Information that it discloses to the receiving Party. The disclosure by a Party to
the receiving Party of Confidential Information shall not be deemed a waiver by
the disclosing Party or any other person or entity of the right to protect the
Confidential Information from public disclosure.
22.1.5
No Warranties. By providing Confidential Information, no Party makes any
warranties or representations as to its accuracy or completeness. In addition, by
supplying Confidential Information, no Party obligates itself to provide any
particular information or Confidential Information to another Party nor to enter
into any further agreements or proceed with any other relationship or joint
venture.
22.1.6
Standard of Care. Each Party shall use at least the same standard of care to
protect Confidential Information it receives as it uses to protect its own
Confidential Information from unauthorized disclosure, publication or
dissemination. Each Party may use Confidential Information solely to fulfill its
obligations to another Party under this ZGIA or its regulatory requirements.
22.1.7
Order of Disclosure. If a court or a Governmental Authority or entity with the
right, power, and apparent authority to do so requests or requires any Party, by
subpoena, oral deposition, interrogatories, requests for production of documents,
administrative order, or otherwise, to disclose Confidential Information, that
Party shall provide the disclosing Party with prompt notice of such request(s) or
requirement(s) so that the disclosing Party may seek an appropriate protective
order or waive compliance with the terms of this ZGIA. Notwithstanding the
absence of a protective order or waiver, the Party may disclose such
Confidential Information which, in the opinion of its counsel, the Party is
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legally compelled to disclose. Each Party will use Reasonable Efforts to obtain
reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded any Confidential
Information so furnished.
22.1.8
Termination of Agreement. Upon termination of this ZGIA for any reason, each
Party shall, within ten (10) Calendar Days of receipt of a written request from
another Party, use Reasonable Efforts to destroy, erase, or delete (with such
destruction, erasure, and deletion certified in writing to the requesting Party) or
return to the requesting Party, without retaining copies thereof, any and all
written or electronic Confidential Information received from the requesting
Party, except that each Party may keep one copy for archival purposes, provided
that the obligation to treat it as Confidential Information in accordance with this
Article 22 shall survive such termination.
22.1.9
Remedies. The Parties agree that monetary damages would be inadequate to
compensate a Party for another Party’s Breach of its obligations under this
Article 22. Each Party accordingly agrees that the disclosing Party shall be
entitled to equitable relief, by way of injunction or otherwise, if the receiving
Party Breaches or threatens to Breach its obligations under this Article 22,
which equitable relief shall be granted without bond or proof of damages, and
the Breaching Party shall not plead in defense that there would be an adequate
remedy at law. Such remedy shall not be deemed an exclusive remedy for the
Breach of this Article 22, but shall be in addition to all other remedies available
at law or in equity. The Parties further acknowledge and agree that the
covenants contained herein are necessary for the protection of legitimate
business interests and are reasonable in scope. No Party, however, shall be
liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential or punitive damages of any
nature or kind resulting from or arising in connection with this Article 22.
22.1.10 Disclosure to FERC, its Staff or a State. Notwithstanding anything in this
Article 22 to the contrary, and pursuant to 18 CFR § 1b.20, if FERC or its staff,
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during the course of an investigation or otherwise, requests information from a
Party that is otherwise required to be maintained in confidence pursuant to this
ZGIA, the Party shall provide the requested information to FERC or its staff,
within the time provided for in the request for information. In providing the
information to FERC or its staff, the Party must, consistent with 18 CFR
§ 388.112, request that the information be treated as confidential and non-public
by FERC and its staff and that the information be withheld from public
disclosure. Parties are prohibited from notifying the other Parties to this ZGIA
prior to the release of the Confidential Information to FERC or its staff. The
Party shall notify the other Parties to this ZGIA when it is notified by FERC or
its staff that a request to release Confidential Information has been received by
FERC, at which time any of the Parties may respond before such information
would be made public, pursuant to 18 CFR § 388.112. Requests from a state
regulatory body conducting a confidential investigation shall be treated in a
similar manner if consistent with the applicable state rules and regulations.
22.1.11 Subject to the exception in Article 22.1.10, any information that a disclosing
Party claims is competitively sensitive, commercial or financial information
under this ZGIA shall not be disclosed by the receiving Party to any person not
employed or retained by the receiving Party, except to the extent disclosure is (i)
required by law; (ii) reasonably deemed by the receiving Party to be required to
be disclosed in connection with a dispute between or among the Parties, or the
defense of litigation or dispute; (iii) otherwise permitted by consent of the
disclosing Party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; or (iv)
necessary to fulfill its obligations under this ZGIA or as the Regional
Transmission Organization or a Local Balancing Authority operator including
disclosing the Confidential Information to a regional or national reliability
organization. The Party asserting confidentiality shall notify the receiving Party
in writing of the information that Party claims is confidential. Prior to any
disclosures of that Party’s Confidential Information under this subparagraph, or
if any non-Party or Governmental Authority makes any request or demand for
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any of the information described in this subparagraph, the Party who received
the Confidential Information from the disclosing Party agrees to promptly notify
the disclosing Party in writing and agrees to assert confidentiality and cooperate
with the disclosing Party in seeking to protect the Confidential Information from
public disclosure by confidentiality agreement, protective order or other
reasonable measures.
ARTICLE 23. ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASES
23.1
Each Party shall notify the other Parties, first orally and then in writing, of the release of
any Hazardous Substances, any asbestos or lead abatement activities, or any type of
remediation activities related to the Generating Facility or the Interconnection Facilities,
each of which may reasonably be expected to affect another Party. The notifying Party
shall: (i) provide the notice as soon as practicable, provided such Party makes a good
faith effort to provide the notice no later than twenty-four hours after such Party becomes
aware of the occurrence; and (ii) promptly furnish to the other Parties copies of any
publicly available reports filed with any Governmental Authorities addressing such
events.
ARTICLE 24. INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
24.1
Information Acquisition. Transmission Provider, Transmission Owner and
Interconnection Customer shall submit specific information regarding the electrical
characteristics of their respective facilities to each other as described below and in
accordance with Applicable Reliability Standards.
24.2
Information Submission by Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner The
initial information submission by Transmission Provider to Interconnection Customer,
with copy provided to Transmission Owner, shall occur no later than one hundred eighty
(180) Calendar Days prior to Trial Operation and shall include Transmission or
Distribution System information, as applicable and available, necessary to allow
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Interconnection Customer to select equipment and meet any system protection and
stability requirements, unless otherwise mutually agreed to by the Parties. On a monthly
basis, Transmission Owner shall provide Interconnection Customer a status report on the
construction and installation of Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities,
Transmission Owner’s System Protection Facilities, Distribution Upgrades and Network
Upgrades, including, but not limited to, the following information: (1) progress to date;
(2) a description of the activities since the last report (3) a description of the action items
for the next period; and (4) the delivery status of equipment ordered.
24.3
Updated Information Submission by Interconnection Customer. The updated
information submission by Interconnection Customer to Transmission Provider, with
copy to Transmission Owner, including manufacturer information, shall occur no later
than one hundred eighty (180) Calendar Days prior to the Trial Operation.
Interconnection Customer shall submit to Transmission Provider and Transmission
Owner a completed copy of the Generating Facility data requirements contained in
Appendix 1 to the GIP. It shall also include any additional information provided to
Transmission Provider for the Interconnection Facilities Study. Information in this
submission shall be the most current Generating Facility design or expected performance
data. Information submitted for stability models shall be compatible with Transmission
Provider standard models. If there is no compatible model, Interconnection Customer
will work with a consultant mutually agreed to by Transmission Provider and
Interconnection Customer to develop and supply a standard model and associated
information.
If the Interconnection Customer’s data is materially different from what was originally
provided to Transmission Provider pursuant to the Interconnection Study Agreement
between Transmission Provider and Interconnection Customer, then Transmission
Provider will conduct appropriate studies to determine the impact on the Transmission
System based on the actual data submitted pursuant to this Article 24.3. Interconnection
Customer shall not begin Trial Operation until such studies are completed.
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Information Supplementation. Prior to the Commercial Operation Date, the Parties
shall supplement their information submissions described above in this Article 24 with
any and all “as-built” Generating Facility information or “as-tested” performance
information that differs from the initial submissions or, alternatively, written
confirmation that no such differences exist. Interconnection Customer shall conduct tests
on the Generating Facility as required by Good Utility Practice, such as an open circuit
“step voltage” test on the Generating Facility to verify proper operation of the Generating
Facility’s automatic voltage regulator.
Unless otherwise agreed, the test conditions shall include: (1) Generating Facility at
synchronous speed; (2) automatic voltage regulator on and in voltage control mode; and
(3) a five percent (5 %) change in Generating Facility terminal voltage initiated by a
change in the voltage regulators reference voltage. Interconnection Customer shall
provide validated test recordings showing the responses in Generating Facility terminal
and field voltages. In the event that direct recordings of these voltages is impractical,
recordings of other voltages or currents that mirror the response of the Generating
Facility’s terminal or field voltage are acceptable if information necessary to translate
these alternate quantities to actual Generating Facility terminal or field voltages is
provided. Generating Facility testing shall be conducted and results provided to
Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner for each individual generating unit in a
station.
Subsequent to the Commercial Operation Date, Interconnection Customer shall provide
Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner any information changes due to
equipment replacement, repair, or adjustment. Transmission Owner shall provide
Interconnection Customer, with copy to Transmission Provider, any information changes
due to equipment replacement, repair or adjustment in the directly connected substation
or any adjacent Transmission Owner substation that may affect the Interconnection
Customer’s Interconnection Facilities equipment ratings, protection or operating
requirements. The Parties shall provide such information no later than thirty (30)
Calendar Days after the date of the equipment replacement, repair or adjustment.
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ARTICLE 25. INFORMATION ACCESS AND AUDIT RIGHTS
25.1
Information Access. Each Party (the “disclosing Party”) shall make available to the
other Parties information that is in the possession of the disclosing Party and is necessary
in order for the other Parties to: (i) verify the costs incurred by the disclosing Party for
which another Party is responsible under this ZGIA; and (ii) carry out its obligations and
responsibilities under this ZGIA. The Parties shall not use such information for purposes
other than those set forth in this Article 25.1 and to enforce their rights under this ZGIA.
25.2
Reporting of Non-Force Majeure Events. A Party (the “notifying Party”) shall notify
the other Parties when the notifying Party becomes aware of its inability to comply with
the provisions of this ZGIA for a reason other than a Force Majeure event. The Parties
agree to cooperate with each other and provide necessary information regarding such
inability to comply, including the date, duration, reason for the inability to comply, and
corrective actions taken or planned to be taken with respect to such inability to comply.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, notification, cooperation or information provided under
this Article shall not entitle any Party receiving such notification to allege a cause for
anticipatory breach of this ZGIA.
25.3
Audit Rights. Subject to the requirements of confidentiality under Article 22 of this
ZGIA, each Party shall have the right, during normal business hours, and upon prior
reasonable notice to the other Parties, to audit at its own expense the other Parties’
accounts and records pertaining to the Parties’ performance or the Parties’ satisfaction of
obligations under this ZGIA. Such audit rights shall include audits of the other Parties’
costs, calculation of invoiced amounts, the Transmission Provider’s efforts to allocate
responsibility for the provision of reactive support to the Transmission or Distribution
System, as applicable, the Transmission Provider’s efforts to allocate responsibility for
interruption or reduction of generation, and each Party’s actions in an Emergency
Condition. Any audit authorized by this Article shall be performed at the offices where
such accounts and records are maintained and shall be limited to those portions of such
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accounts and records that relate to each Party’s performance and satisfaction of
obligations under this ZGIA. Each Party shall keep such accounts and records for a
period equivalent to the audit rights periods described in Article 25.4.
25.4
Audit Rights Periods.
25.4.1
Audit Rights Period for Construction-Related Accounts and Records.
Accounts and records related to the design, engineering, procurement, and
construction of the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities,
Transmission Owner’s System Protection Facilities, Distribution Upgrades and
Network Upgrades shall be subject to audit for a period of twenty-four months
following Transmission Owner’s issuance of a final invoice in accordance with
Article 12.2.
25.4.2
Audit Rights Period for All Other Accounts and Records. Accounts and
records related to a Party’s performance or satisfaction of all obligations under
this ZGIA other than those described in Article 25.4.1 shall be subject to audit
as follows: (i) for an audit relating to cost obligations, the applicable audit
rights period shall be twenty-four (24) months after the auditing Party’s receipt
of an invoice giving rise to such cost obligations; and (ii) for an audit relating to
all other obligations, the applicable audit rights period shall be twenty-four (24)
months after the event for which the audit is sought.
25.5
Audit Results. If an audit by a Party determines that an overpayment or an
underpayment has occurred, a notice of such overpayment or underpayment shall be
given to the Party or from whom the overpayment or underpayment is owed together with
those records from the audit which support such determination.
ARTICLE 26. SUBCONTRACTORS
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26.1
General. Nothing in this ZGIA shall prevent a Party from utilizing the services of any
subcontractor as it deems appropriate to perform its obligations under this ZGIA;
provided, however, that each Party shall require its subcontractors to comply with all
applicable terms and conditions of this ZGIA in providing such services and each Party
shall remain primarily liable to the other Parties for the performance of such
subcontractor.
26.2
Responsibility of Principal. The creation of any subcontract relationship shall not
relieve the hiring Party of any of its obligations under this ZGIA. The hiring Party shall
be fully responsible to the other Parties for the acts or omissions of any subcontractor the
hiring Party hires as if no subcontract had been made; provided, however, that in no event
shall Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner be liable for the actions or inactions
of Interconnection Customer or its subcontractors with respect to obligations of
Interconnection Customer under Article 5 of this ZGIA. Any applicable obligation
imposed by this ZGIA upon the hiring Party shall be equally binding upon, and shall be
construed as having application to, any subcontractor of such Party.
26.3
No Limitation by Insurance. The obligations under this Article 26 will not be limited in
any way by any limitation of subcontractor’s insurance.
ARTICLE 27. DISPUTES
27.1
Submission. In the event any Party has a dispute, or asserts a claim, that arises out of or
in connection with this ZGIA or its performance, such Party (the “disputing Party”) shall
provide the other Parties with written notice of the dispute or claim (“Notice of
Dispute”). Such dispute or claim shall be referred to a designated senior representative of
each Party for resolution on an informal basis as promptly as practicable after receipt of
the Notice of Dispute by the non-disputing Parties. In the event the designated
representatives are unable to resolve the claim or dispute through unassisted or assisted
negotiations within thirty (30) Calendar Days of the non-disputing Parties’ receipt of the
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Notice of Dispute, such claim or dispute shall be submitted for resolution in accordance
with the dispute resolution procedures of the Tariff.
ARTICLE 28. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
28.1
General. Each Party makes the following representations, warranties and covenants:
28.1.1
Good Standing. Such Party is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the state in which it is organized, formed, or
incorporated, as applicable; that it is qualified to do business in the state or
states in which the Generating Facility, Interconnection Facilities and Network
Upgrades owned by such Party, as applicable, are located; and that it has the
corporate power and authority to own its properties, to carry on its business as
now being conducted and to enter into this ZGIA and carry out the transactions
contemplated hereby and perform and carry out all covenants and obligations on
its part to be performed under and pursuant to this ZGIA.
28.1.2
Authority. Such Party has the right, power and authority to enter into this
ZGIA, to become a Party hereto and to perform its obligations hereunder. This
ZGIA is a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Party, enforceable against
such Party in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may
be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar
laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles
(regardless of whether enforceability is sought in a proceeding in equity or at
law).
28.1.3
No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance of this ZGIA does not
violate or conflict with the organizational or formation documents, or bylaws or
operating agreement, of such Party, or any judgment, license, permit, order,
material agreement or instrument applicable to or binding upon such Party or
any of its assets.
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28.1.4
Consent and Approval. Such Party has sought or obtained, or, in accordance
with this ZGIA will seek or obtain, each consent, approval, authorization, order,
or acceptance by any Governmental Authority in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance of this ZGIA, and it will provide to any Governmental
Authority notice of any actions under this ZGIA that are required by Applicable
Laws and Regulations.
ARTICLE 29. {RESERVED}
ARTICLE 30. MISCELLANEOUS
30.1
Binding Effect. This ZGIA and the rights and obligations hereof, shall be binding upon
and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Parties hereto.
30.1.1 Reversion. If offered pursuant to an Agency Agreement under which this ZGIA
is executed by Transmission Provider as agent for the relevant Transmission
Owner, in the event that the relevant Agency Agreement terminates, any HVDC
Service offered by Transmission Provider under this ZGIA shall revert to the
relevant Transmission Owner and Transmission Provider shall be released from
all obligations and responsibilities under this ZGIA.
30.2
Conflicts. In the event of a conflict between the body of this ZGIA and any attachment,
appendices or exhibits hereto, the terms and provisions of the body of this ZGIA shall
prevail and be deemed the final intent of the Parties.
30.3
Rules of Interpretation. This ZGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be
construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number
and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns
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other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this ZGIA),
document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as
amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof
and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and
Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified,
codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if
applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated
otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this ZGIA
or such Appendix to this ZGIA, or such Section to the GIP or such Appendix to the GIP,
as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar
import shall be deemed references to this ZGIA as a whole and not to any particular
Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative
meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description
preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from”
means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means
“through and including.”
30.4
Entire Agreement. This ZGIA, including all Appendices and attachments hereto,
constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with reference to the subject matter
hereof, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings or agreements, oral
or written, between the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this ZGIA. There are
no other agreements, representations, warranties, or covenants, which constitute any part
of the consideration for, or any condition to, any Party’s compliance with its obligations
under this ZGIA.
30.5
No Third Party Beneficiaries. This ZGIA is not intended to and does not create rights,
remedies, or benefits of any character whatsoever in favor of any persons, corporations,
associations, or entities other than the Parties, and the obligations herein assumed are
solely for the use and benefit of the Parties, their successors in interest and, where
permitted, their assigns.
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30.6
Waiver. The failure of a Party to this ZGIA to insist, on any occasion, upon strict
performance of any provision of this ZGIA will not be considered a waiver of any
obligation, right, or duty of, or imposed upon, such Party.
Any waiver at any time by any Party of its rights with respect to this ZGIA shall not be
deemed a continuing waiver or a waiver with respect to any other failure to comply with
any other obligation, right, duty of this ZGIA. Termination or Default of this ZGIA for
any reason by Interconnection Customer shall not constitute a waiver of the
Interconnection Customer’s legal rights to obtain Interconnection Service from
Transmission Provider. Any waiver of this ZGIA shall, if requested, be provided in
writing.
30.7
Headings. The descriptive headings of the various Articles of this ZGIA have been
inserted for convenience of reference only and are of no significance in the interpretation
or construction of this ZGIA.
30.8
Multiple Counterparts. This ZGIA may be executed in two or more counterparts, each
of which is deemed an original but all constitute one and the same instrument.
30.9
Amendment. The Parties may by mutual agreement amend this ZGIA by a written
instrument duly executed by all of the Parties.
30.10 Modification by the Parties. The Parties may by mutual agreement amend the
Appendices to this ZGIA by a written instrument duly executed by all of the Parties.
Such amendment shall become effective and a part of this ZGIA upon satisfaction of all
Applicable Laws and Regulations.
30.11 Reservation of Rights. Transmission Provider shall have the right to make a unilateral
filing with FERC to modify this ZGIA with respect to any rates, terms and conditions,
charges, classifications of service, rule or regulation under Section 205 or any other
applicable provision of the Federal Power Act and FERC’s rules and regulations
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thereunder, and Transmission Owner and Interconnection Customer shall have the right
to make a unilateral filing with FERC to modify this ZGIA pursuant to Section 206 or
any other applicable provision of the Federal Power Act and FERC’s rules and
regulations thereunder; provided that each Party shall have the right to protest any such
filing and to participate fully in any proceeding before FERC in which such
modifications may be considered. Nothing in this ZGIA shall limit the rights of the
Parties or of FERC under Sections 205 or 206 of the Federal Power Act and FERC’s
rules and regulations thereunder, except to the extent that the Parties otherwise mutually
agree as provided herein.
30.12 No Partnership. This ZGIA shall not be interpreted or construed to create an
association, joint venture, agency relationship, or partnership among or between the
Parties or to impose any partnership obligation or partnership liability upon any Party.
No Party shall have any right, power or authority to enter into any agreement or
undertaking for, or act on behalf of, or to act as or be an agent or representative of, or to
otherwise bind, the other Parties.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this ZGIA in multiple originals;
each of which shall constitute and be an original ZGIA among the Parties.
Transmission Provider
Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
By:
Name:
Title:
Transmission Owner
[Insert name of Transmission Owner]
By:
Name:
Title:
Interconnection Customer
[Insert name of Interconnection Customer]
By:
Name:
Title:
Project No. _____
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APPENDICES TO ZGIA
Appendix A
Interconnection Facilities, System Protection Facilities, Distribution
Upgrades, Generator Upgrades and Network Upgrades
Appendix B
Milestones
Appendix B-1Pre-Certification Generation Test Notification Form
Appendix C
Interconnection Details
Appendix D
Security Arrangements Details
Appendix E
Commercial Operation Date
Appendix F
Addresses for Delivery of Notices and Billings
Appendix G
Interconnection Requirements for Inverter-Based Resource Plants
Appendix H
Interconnection Requirements for Provisional ZGIA
Appendix I
Requirements Applicable to Surplus Interconnection Service
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Interconnection Facilities, System Protection Facilities, Distribution Upgrades, Generator
Upgrades and Network Upgrades
1.
Description of Generating Facility
Interconnection Customer shall install a [_____________] MVA facility, rated at [____]
MW gross and [_____] MW net, with all studies performed at or below these outputs. The
Generating Facility is composed of [__] units in a [insert description – combined cycle, single
coal-fired, wind farm, etc.] rated at [________] each. Describe the interconnection service
provided under this agreement [insert description – Network Resource or Energy Resource] and
level of service [ ] MW. [Insert operating assumptions that reflect the charging behavior of
the Generating Facility that includes at least one electric storage resource]
Interconnection Customer shall install a switchyard with the appropriate protection
equipment coordinated per Appendix C to this ZGIA. The Switchyard shall contain [____]
generator step-up transformer(s), [_______] circuit breakers connected in [_______] fashion
[describe or point to a single-line diagram].
2.
Description of ZG Associated Load and Injection Limiting Equipment
This ZG Interconnection Service is provided to serve ___ MWs with a Point of
Withdrawal ___ with a Commercial Operations need-by-date of _________. The equipment
and/or configuration that prevent the Generating Facility from injecting Energy onto the
Transmission System beyond the substation identified as the Point of Interconnection (other than
transient, limited injections associated with a reduction or loss of Load by the ZG Associated
Load within the Transient Tolerance Window are described below.
[describe and include a single-line diagram illustrating the connections between the
Generating Facility, ZG Associated Load, and the Transmissions System and identifying
all relevant equipment utilized to limit injections]
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3.
Interconnection Facilities
(a)
Point of Interconnection. The Point of Interconnection shall be at the point
where _____________________________________________. See Exhibit
A1___ Drawing No. _____________ dated _____________, which drawing is
attached hereto and made a part hereof. If not located at the Point of
Interconnection, the metering point(s) shall be located at
(b)
Interconnection Facilities (including metering equipment) to be constructed
by Interconnection Customer. Interconnection Customer shall construct
_________________________ and are detailed in Exhibit A1____. These
facilities are estimated to cost $_______ and are detailed in Exhibit A1____.
(c)
Transmission Owner Interconnection Facilities (including metering
equipment) to be constructed by Transmission Owner. Transmission Owner
shall construct _____________________and are detailed in Exhibit A1___.
These facilities are estimated to cost $_______ and are detailed in Exhibit A1___.
4.
Network Upgrades
(a)
Stand-Alone Network Upgrades to be installed by ____________________.
Transmission Owner shall install _______________________, detailed in Exhibit
A2___. These facilities are estimated to cost $_____________ and are detailed in
Exhibit A2___.
(b)
Network Upgrades to be installed by Transmission Owner. Transmission
Owner shall install _____________________________, detailed in Exhibit
A2___. These facilities are estimated to cost $_____________ and are detailed in
Exhibit A2___.
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(c)
Shared Network Upgrade(s) to be funded by Interconnection Customer.
Alternatively, where Transmission Provider determines that Interconnection
Customer benefits from one or more prior Network Upgrades or Common Use
Upgrades, those Network Upgrades and/or Common Use Upgrades will be
classified by Transmission Provider as Shared Network Upgrades under this
ZGIA, and Interconnection Customer is responsible for costs as detailed below.
Interconnection Customer may later be eligible for refund and/or contribution if
subsequent Interconnection Customers are identified as also benefitting from the
Shared Network Upgrade(s). Interconnection Customer shall fund those Shared
Network Upgrade(s) detailed in Exhibit A5. Interconnection Customer’s cost
share of the Share Network Upgrade(s) is estimated at $____________, as
detailed in Exhibit A5. Interconnection Customer’s cost share of the Shared
Network Upgrade(s) may be reduced if later interconnection projects are
determined to also benefit from the Shared Network Upgrade(s). Interconnection
Customer’s cost share of the Shared Network Upgrade(s) may also increase from
this estimate where other projects are determined to adversely impact
Interconnection Customer’s cost share of the Shared Network Upgrade(s).i) If a
Shared Network Upgrade is not yet in service as of the date of execution of this
ZGIA, if applicable, Interconnection Customer shall post an Irrevocable Letter of
Credit in the amount of its estimated proportionate share of the estimated cost of
that Shared Network Upgrade in accordance with Article 11.6.4 as of the date set
forth in Appendix B to this ZGIA.
(d)
Substation Network Upgrades to be installed by ____________________.
Transmission Owner shall install _______________________, detailed in Exhibit
A2 ___. These facilities are estimated to cost $_____________ and are detailed
in Exhibit A2 ___.
5.
System Protection Facilities
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(a)
System Protection Facilities not listed in Section 2 or 3 to be constructed by
Interconnection Customer. Interconnection Customer shall construct
__________________________ detailed in Exhibit A3___. These facilities are
estimated to cost $________ and are detailed in Exhibit A3___.
(b)
System Protection Facilities not listed in 2 or 3 to be constructed by
Transmission Owner. Transmission Owner shall construct
_____________________ and detailed in Exhibit A3___. These facilities are
estimated to cost $____________ and are detailed in Exhibit A3___.
6.
Distribution Upgrades
(a)
Distribution Upgrades to be constructed by (Transmission/Distribution)
Owner (select one for final version). (Transmission/Distribution) Owner shall
construct __________________________ detailed in Exhibit A4___. These
facilities are estimated to cost $________ and are detailed in Exhibit A4___.
7.
Contingency List [include higher queued Interconnection Requests with ZGIAs prior to
this ZGIA and contingency Network Upgrades, System Protection Facilities or
Distribution Upgrades of higher queued Interconnection Request with ZGIAs prior to this
ZGIA pursuant to Article 11.3.1 that are subject to restudy in accordance with Article
11.3.2]
(a)
Contingency List of MTEP Appendix B projects and contingent actions should
Appendix B projects not proceed by listed date to Appendix A.
8.
Affected System Upgrades List (include higher queued Interconnection Requests with
ZGIAs prior to this ZGIA)
9.
JTIQ Upgrades
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[To be included in ZGIA if Interconnection Customer is responsible for a portion of a
portfolio of JTIQ Upgrades] Interconnection Customer is subject to the JTIQ Generator
Charge in accordance with Attachment JJJ of the MISO Tariff and Appendix 18 of the
Generator Interconnection Procedures.
Initial JTIQ Security amount:
A.
Constructing MISO Transmission Owner
1. ______________
2. ______________
3. ______________
4. ______________
B.
SPP:
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Milestones
1.
Selected Option pursuant to Article 5.1: Interconnection Customer selects the
[_____________] Option as described in Article 5.1.[ ], 5.1.[ ] and 5.1.[ ] shall not apply to this
ZGIA.
2.
Milestones: The description and date entries listed in the following tables are provided
solely for the convenience of the Parties in establishing their applicable Milestones consistent
with the provisions of this ZGIA and the GIP.
A.
Interconnection Customer Milestones
No.
Description
Date
1a.
Provide initial payment to Transmission Owner (ZGIA
11.5)
Within the later of a) 45
Calendar Days of the
execution of the ZGIA by all
Parties, or b) 45 Calendar
Days of acceptance by
FERC if the ZGIA is filed
unexecuted and the payment
is being protested by
Interconnection Customer, or
c) 45 Calendar Days of the
filing if the ZGIA is filed
unexecuted and the initial
payment is not being
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protested by Interconnection
Customer.
1b.
Provide security, i.e., a guarantee, surety bond, letter of
credit or other reasonably acceptable form of security
to Transmission Owner (ZGIA 11.6).
45 Calendar Days prior to
design, procurement and
construction.
1c.
Enter into a Facilities Service Agreement (“FSA”) as
may be applicable, with Transmission Owner for the
Network Upgrades associated with this ZGIA.
Within 90 Calendar Days of
the Effective Date of the
ZGIA and prior to in-service
date of Network Upgrades
associated with this ZGIA.
1d.
Enter into amendment of this ZGIA, if required, for
Interconnection Requests that did not elect optional
negotiation period adjustment for Interconnection
Facilities Study pursuant to ZGIA Section 11.3.1.
Within 90 days of the
posting of the final
Interconnection Facilities
report.
1e.
Demonstrate 100% Site Control (if not provided earlier
due to qualifying regulatory limitations) or the ZGIA
may be terminated per Article 2 of this ZGIA and the
Interconnection Customer may be subject to
Withdrawal Penalties per Section 7.6.2.1.1 of the GIP
(Calculation of the Automatic Withdrawal Penalty).
Within 180 Calendar Days
of the Effective Date.
1f.
Enter into SPP JTIQ Service Agreement (if included in
JTIQ Participation Group) pursuant to GIP Section
11.1.
Within 15 Calendar Days
after tender.
1g.
Enter into any agreement required by an Affected
System for the study, construction, or funding of a
network upgrade to mitigate impacts (for
Interconnection Requests processed through ERAS)
pursuant to GIP Section 3.5.2.
Within 15 Calendar Days
after tender.
1h.
For ZGIAs that grant ZG Interconnection Service,
greater than 5 MW, submit a completed Market
Participant Application pursuant to Section 38.2 et seq.
Within 30 Calendar Days
after execution or requesting
an unexecuted filing of this
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of the Tariff (Module C). (ZGIA 7.1.1)
Agreement.
2.
Provide Certificate of Insurance (ZGIA 18.4.9).
The earlier of the
construction work
commencement date or the
milestone date; thereafter,
within 90 Calendar Days of
end of fiscal year or
insurance renewal date.
3.
Provide evidence of one or more of the following
milestones being achieved: (1) execution of
contract for (a) fuel supply or transport; (b) cooling
water supply; (c) engineering procurement of major
equipment or construction; (d) execution of a
contract for the sale of electric energy or capacity
from the Generating Facility, or a statement signed
by an officer or authorized agent of Interconnection
Customer attesting that the Generating Facility is
included in an applicable state resource adequacy
plan; or other information that Transmission
Provider deems to be reasonable evidence that the
Generating Facility will qualify as a designated
network resource; or (2) documentation of
application for state or local air, water, land, or
federal nuclear or hydroelectric permits and that the
application is proceeding per regulations (GIP
11.3).
Within 180 Calendar Days
of Effective Date.
4.
Provide security in the amount of $_______ to
Transmission Owner to commence design, equipment
procurement and construction for Interconnection
Facilities (ZGIA 5.5 and 5.6).
As may be agreed to by the
Parties.
5.
Invoice Transmission Owner for the estimated amount
As may be agreed to by the
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to be expended by the Interconnection Customer to
construct any Stand Alone Network Upgrades for
which the Interconnection Customer has exercised its
Option to Build if the Transmission Owner has elected
to Self Fund (ZGIA 5.2.13).
Parties, but in no event later
than 45 Calendar Days prior
to the date the
Interconnection Customer
must make any construction
payment.
6.
Pre-construction meeting.
As may be agreed to by the
Parties.
7.
Provide initial design and specifications for
Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities
to Transmission Owner and Transmission Provider for
comment (ZGIA 5.10.1).
180 Calendar Days prior to
initial synchronization date.
8.
Provide final design and specifications for
Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities
to Transmission Owner and Transmission Provider for
comment (ZGIA 5.10.1).
90 Calendar Days prior to
initial synchronization date.
9.
Deliver to Transmission Owner and Transmission
Provider “as-built” drawings, information and
documents regarding Interconnection Customer’s
Interconnection Facilities (ZGIA 5.10.3).
Within 120 Calendar Days
of Commercial Operation
Date.
10.
Provide Transmission Owner final cost invoices to
construct Stand Alone Network Upgrades for which the
Interconnection Customer has exercised its Option to
Build if the Transmission Owner has elected to Self
Fund (ZGIA 5.2.13).
Within six (6) months of
completion.
10a.
Transfer ownership of the Transmission Owner’s
Interconnection Facilities and Stand Alone Network
Upgrades to Transmission Owner if Interconnection
Customer has exercised the Option to Build (ZGIA
5.2.9).
As agreed to by the Parties
but in no event later than the
earlier of energization or
three days prior to the Initial
Synchronization Date.
10b.
Refund overpayment, if any, of estimated costs to
Within 30 Calendar Days
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construct any Stand Alone Network Upgrades for
which the Interconnection Customer has exercised its
Option to Build if the Transmission Owner has elected
to Self Fund (ZGIA 5.2.13).
after submitting invoice for
final costs under Milestone
10.
11.
Notify Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner
in writing of Local Balancing Authority where
Generating Facility is located (ZGIA 9.2).
Three months prior to Initial
Synchronization Date.
12.
Pre-energization meeting.
As may be agreed to by the
Parties.
13.
Initial Synchronization Date.
As agreed to by the Parties.
14.
Commercial Operation Date.
As agreed to by the Parties.
15.
Interconnection Customer shall provide the Parties with
notice on the status of the Generating Facility,
including COD, under Article 15 of this ZGIA and
shall also send such notice by email to
ResourceIntegration@misoenergy.org. Notification
shall include Interconnection Customer’s name, and as
applicable Market Participant(s) name(s), and project
number.
6 months prior to Initial
Synchronization Date.
16.
Interconnection Customer shall provide notice to the
Parties of a test plan in advance of conducting tests for
the Generating Facility. The notice shall be in the form
below and should be provided under Article 15 of this
ZGIA, and a copy of such notice should be emailed to
ResourceIntegration@misoenergy.org.
5 Business Days prior to
testing.
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17.
In the event the Interconnection Customer makes any
modifications to the design of the site layouts or
interconnection facility routes after execution of this
ZGIA, Interconnection Customer shall notify the
Parties of such changes immediately upon identifying
the need for such changes. After providing such
notification, the Interconnection Customer shall
provide to Transmission Provider evidence of
continued Site Control for land sufficient to
accommodate the changes in site layouts and/or
interconnection facility routes (GIP 7.2.2).
90 Calendar Days after
Interconnection Customer
provides notice to Parties.
18.
For ZGIAs that grant ZG Interconnection Service
greater than 5 MW, take all steps required by the MISO
Tariff and applicable Business Practices Manual to
complete registration as a Generation Resource, Energy
Storage Resource, or Dispatchable Intermittent
Resource based on its applicable operating
characteristics. (GIA 7.1.1)
Prior to Commercial
Operation Date.
B.
Transmission Owner Milestones
No.
Description
Date
0.
Transmission Owner to enter Network Upgrade
information into Transmission Provider’s MTEP
database and model on demand.
10 Business Days after
Effective Date.
1.
Provide Certificate of Insurance (ZGIA 18.4.9).
The earlier of the
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construction work
commencement date or the
milestone date; within 90
Calendar Days of end of
fiscal year or insurance
renewal date.
2.
• Commence design of Interconnection Facilities
(ZGIA 5.5 et seq.).
• Commence equipment procurement.
As agreed to by the Parties
(after completion of
Interconnection Facilities
Study, receipt of written
authorization from
Interconnection Customer
and Interconnection
Customer’s deposit of
security.
3.
Commence construction of Interconnection Facilities
(ZGIA 5.6 et seq.).
As agreed to by the Parties
(after receiving approval of
Governmental Authority,
receipt of written
authorization and security
from Interconnection
Customer).
4.
Comment on Interconnection Customer’s final design
and specifications.
Within 30 Calendar Days of
Interconnection Customer’s
submission of final design
and specifications.
5.
Deliver to Interconnection Customer and Transmission
Provider “as-built” drawings, information and
documents regarding Transmission Owner’s
Interconnection Facilities (ZGIA 5.11).
Within 120 Calendar Days of
Commercial Operation Date.
6.
Provide payment for invoiced estimated costs to
Within 30 Calendar Days of
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construct for which the Interconnection Customer has
exercised its Option to Build if the Transmission
Owner has elected to Self Fund (ZGIA 5.2.13).
receipt of Interconnection
Customer’s invoice for
estimated costs.
6a.
Provide payment for invoiced final cost to construct
Stand Alone Network Upgrades for which the
Interconnection Customer has exercised its Option to
Build if the Transmission Owner has elected to Self
Fund (ZGIA 5.2.13).
Within 30 Calendar Days of
receipt of Interconnection
Customer’s invoice for final
costs.
7.
Provide Interconnection Customer final cost invoices
(ZGIA 12.2 et seq.).
Within (6) six months of
completion.
8.
Refund overpayment of estimated costs (ZGIA 12.2).
90 Calendar Days prior to
initial synchronization date.
Refunds within 30 Calendar
Days.
9.
In-Service Date/Backfeed Date.
As agreed to by the Parties.
C.
Affected System Owner Milestones
Task
Date Due
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Appendix B-1 to ZGIA
Pre-Certification Generation Test Notification Form
The following form would need to be submitted to MISO Real Time Operations at least five (5)
Business Days prior to the first date of testing.
Project Number:
Project Name:
Point of Interconnection:
Dispatcher Contact Information:
Date
Start Time
(in EST)
End Time
(in EST)
Expected MW
Output
Expected MVAR
Output (Only needed if
beyond normal power
factor)
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Interconnection Details
This Appendix C is a part of this ZGIA among Interconnection Customer, Transmission Owner
and Transmission Provider.
1.
Transmission Owner shall provide the following “as-built” drawings, information and
documents regarding the Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities pursuant to
Article 5.11 of this ZGIA.
2.
The unique requirements of each generation interconnection will dictate the
establishment of mutually agreeable Interconnection and/or Operating Guidelines that
further define the requirements of this ZGIA. The Interconnection and/or Operating
Guidelines applicable to this ZGIA consist of the following information. Additional
detail may be provided through attachment to this Appendix C or through electronic
means via the web address specified.
(a)
System Protection Facilities;
(b)
Communication requirements;
(c)
Metering requirements;
(d)
Grounding requirements;
(e)
Transmission Line and Substation Connection configurations;
(f)
Unit Stability requirements;
(g)
Equipment ratings;
(h)
Short Circuit requirements;
(i)
Synchronizing requirements;
(j)
Generation and Operation Control requirements;
(k)
Data provisions;
(l)
Energization inspection and testing requirements; and
(m)
Control equipment, if any.
3.
Information required pursuant to Section 8.4 for Variable Energy Resource Generating
Facilities: ___________________________________________________.
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Security Arrangements Details
Infrastructure security of Transmission or Distribution System equipment and operations, as
applicable, and control hardware and software is essential to ensure day-to-day Transmission and
Distribution System reliability and operational security. The Commission will expect all
Transmission Providers, market participants, and Interconnection Customers interconnected to
the Transmission or Distribution System, as applicable, to comply with the recommendations
provided by Governmental Authorities regarding Critical Energy Infrastructure Information
(“CEII”) as that term is defined in 18 C.F.R. Section 388.113(c) and best practice
recommendations from the electric reliability authority. All public utilities will be expected to
meet basic standards for system infrastructure and operational security, including physical,
operational, and cyber-security practices.
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Appendix E to ZGIA
Commercial Operation Date
This Appendix E is a part of this ZGIA between Transmission Provider, Transmission
Owner and Interconnection Customer.
[Date]
Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
Attn: Director, Transmission Access Planning
720 City Center Drive
Carmel, IN 46032
Re:
_____________ Generating Facility
Dear _______________:
On [Date] [Interconnection Customer] has completed Trial Operation of Unit No. ___.
This letter confirms that [Interconnection Customer] commenced commercial operation of Unit
No. ___ at the Generating Facility, effective as of [Date plus one Calendar Day].
Thank you.
[Signature]
[Interconnection Customer Representative]
cc:
Transmission Owner
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Addresses for Delivery of Notices and Billings
Notices:
Transmission Provider:
MISO
Attn: Director, Transmission Access Planning
720 City Center Drive
Carmel, IN 46032
Transmission Owner:
[To be supplied.]
Interconnection Customer:
[To be supplied.]
Billings and Payments:
Transmission Provider:
MISO
Attn: Director, Transmission Access Planning
720 City Center Drive
Carmel, IN 46032
Transmission Owner:
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[To be supplied.]
Interconnection Customer:
[To be supplied.]
Alternative Forms of Delivery of Notices (telephone, facsimile or email):
Transmission Provider:
Phone: (317) 249-5700
Email: misotap@misoenergy.org or
MISOTransmissionAccessPlanning@misoenergy.org
Transmission Owner:
[To be supplied.]
Interconnection Customer:
[To be supplied.]
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Appendix G to ZGIA
Interconnection Requirements for Inverter-Based Resource Plants
Appendix G sets forth requirements and provisions specific to inverter-based resource
(IBR) plants. Transmission Owner Local Planning Criteria for IBR performance may differ from
Appendix G requirements. In such cases, Transmission Owner Local Planning Criteria shall
supersede the Appendix G requirements and be documented in Appendix C of this ZGIA1. All
other requirements of this ZGIA also apply to IBR plant interconnections. IBR plants shall meet
both Applicable Reliability Standards and Appendix G requirements. Battery energy storage
systems required to furnish grid-forming controls shall be exempt from specific IEEE 2800
requirements as outlined in the BPM for Generator Interconnection. Italicized terms indicate
IEEE 2800-2022 defined terms2. IEEE 2800-2022's definitions will govern these italicized terms
unless otherwise defined herein.
A.
General
The IBR plant shall adhere to IEEE 2800-2022 Clause 4 requirements, except for
subclauses 4.1 (introduction), 4.5 (operational measurement and communication capability), 4.6
(control capability requirements), 4.8 (isolation devices), 4.9 (inadvertent energization of TS),
4.11 (interconnection integrity), and 4.12 (integration with TS grounding).
Within the adopted IEEE 2800-2022 Subclauses, the following requirements shall be
incorporated as Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner3 specification options noted in
IEEE 2800-2022.
•
Subclause 4.2.1: The reference point of applicability (RPA) shall be at the point
of measurement (POM) bus with the exception of requirements specified in
Clauses 7.2.2.3.4 and 7.2.2.3.5 of the standard to have the RPA at the point of
1 IEEE 2800-2022 points to "weak grid” issues requiring exceptions to default values and ranges of available
settings for various types of performance. IEEE 2800-2022 Annex C.2 contains discussion on characterizing weak
grid areas.
2 “IEEE Standard for Interconnection and Interoperability of Inverter-Based Resources (IBRs) Interconnecting with
Associated Transmission Electric Power Systems," in IEEE Std 2800-2022 , vol., no., pp.1-180, 22 April 2022, doi:
10.1109/IEEESTD.2022.9762253.
3 For the purpose of this ZGIA, the IEEE 2800 term of TS operator is synonymous with Transmission Owner and
the IEEE 2800 term of TS owner is synonymous with Transmission Planner or Transmission Owner, as applicable.
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connection (POC).
•
Subclause 4.3: The Transmission Owner shall specify the nominal voltage and
frequency at the RPA in Appendix C of this ZGIA.
•
Subclause 4.10.2: The enter service criteria shall use the default values for
applicable voltages and applicable frequency specified in the table below unless
otherwise specified in Appendix C of this ZGIA4.
Enter service criteria
Default setting
Applicable voltage, minimum value
0.9 p.u.
Applicable voltage, maximum value
1.05 p.u.
Applicable frequency, minimum value
58.8 Hz
Applicable frequency, maximum value
60.12 Hz.
•
Subclause 4.10.3: The performance during enter service shall use the default
values specified below unless otherwise specified in Appendix C of this ZGIA.
o
The minimum intentional delay performance, as defined in Subclause 4.10.3,
b), shall be 0 seconds.
o
The duration of the enter service period, as defined in Subclause 4.10.3, c),
shall be 300 seconds.
B.
Response to Abnormal Conditions
The IBR plant shall adhere to IEEE 2800-2022 Clause 7 requirements, except for
subclauses 7.2.1 (voltage protection) and 7.3.1 (mandatory frequency tripping). Where
Applicable Reliability Standards require more stringent ride-through requirements compared to
IEEE 2800-2022 Clause 7 requirements, those standards shall take precedence5.
4 MISO default values may be modified within the IEEE 2800 range of allowable settings by Transmission Owner
Local Planning Criteria.
5 More stringent ride-through requirements include, but are not limited to, expanded voltage and frequency
conditions or extended cumulative times under which IBR plants must ride-through.
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Within the adopted IEEE 2800-2022 Subclauses, the following requirements shall be
incorporated as the Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner decision points6 noted in
IEEE 2800-2022.
•
Subclause 7.2.2.1: The Transmission Owner shall specify the nominal voltage for
use by this clause. Nominal voltages may include nominal transmission system
voltages that are different from standard ANSI C84.1-2016 voltages.
•
Subclause 7.2.2.2: If the IBR plant cannot deliver both active and reactive power
due to its current limit (or apparent power limit), when the applicable voltage is
below 95%, then preference shall be given to reactive power while minimizing
any reductions in active power.
•
Subclause 7.2.2.3: The IBR plant shall give preference to reactive power unless
otherwise specified in Appendix C of this ZGIA. In addition, the IBR plant shall
minimize reductions in active power while carrying out the reactive current
priority mode response.
•
Subclause 7.2.2.3.4: The Interconnection Customer shall submit the IBR plant
controls default relationship between the magnitude of incremental positive and
negative sequence reactive currents. The Transmission Provider and Transmission
Owner, through this agreement, may specify a required IBR plant response
relationship between the incremental positive and negative sequence reactive
currents.
C.
Reactive Power
The IBR plant shall adhere to IEEE 2800-2022 Clause 5 requirements.
Within the adopted IEEE 2800-2022 Subclauses, the following requirements shall be
incorporated as the Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner decision points noted in
IEEE 2800-2022.
•
Subclause 5.1: The IBR plant shall have the reactive power capabilities outlined
in this clause. Consistent with section 9.6.1 of this ZGIA, an IBR plant shall
6 Decision points refer to language in the IEEE 2800-2022 standard that leaves default values, application of
requirements, and other details open for the TS Owner or TS Operator to define.
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maintain a power factor within the range of 0.95 leading to 0.95 lagging, unless
Transmission Provider has established different requirements that apply to all
Generating Facilities in the Local Balancing Authority on a comparable basis,
measured at the high side of the generator substation.
•
Subclause 5.2.2: The voltage control dynamic performance requirements in Table
5 shall apply when the system short-circuit strength at the RPA is equal to or
above the minimum short-circuit strength identified by the Transmission Provider
or Transmission Owner.
•
Subclause 5.2.2: The reaction time, as defined in Subclause 5.2.2 Table 5, shall be
250 milliseconds or less.
•
Subclause 5.2.2: The maximum step response time, as defined in Subclause 5.2.2
Table 5, shall be 30 seconds.
•
Subclause 5.2.3: The power factor control mode shall appropriately operate at all
active power levels from the Inverter Based Resource Continuous Rating (“ICR”)
down to, but not including, zero.
D.
Primary Frequency Response
The IBR plant shall adhere to IEEE 2800-2022 Clause 6 requirements, except for
Subclause 6.2 (fast frequency response).
Within the adopted IEEE 2800-2022 Subclauses, the following requirements shall be
incorporated as the Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner decision points noted in IEEE
2800-2022.
•
Subclause 6.1.1: The use of primary frequency response capabilities shall be
required for all IBR plants.
•
Subclause 6.1.1: Frequency droop shall be based on the difference between
nameplate capacity and zero output such that the slopes of the droop curves are
always constant.
•
Subclause 6.1.2: The settling band default value in Table 8 shall be based on the
maximum of 2.5% of change or 0.5% of nameplate capacity.
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The exceptions to primary frequency response requirements provided to electric storage
resources in Article 9.6.4.4 of this ZGIA shall still apply.
TABLE 1. SUMMARY OF ADOPTION TREATMENT OF IEEE 2800-2022 SUBCLAUSES
IEEE 2800-2022 Subclause
Required by
Appendix G
for DPP-2022
and later
Required by
Appendix G
for DPP-2023
and later
Exception
4.1 Introduction
X
4.2 Reference Point of Applicability
X
4.3 Applicable Voltages and Frequencies
X
4.4 Measurement Accuracy
X
4.5 Operational Measurement and
Communication Capability
X
4.6 Control Capability
X
4.7 Prioritization of IBR Responses
X
4.8 Isolation Devices
X
4.9 Inadvertent Energization of TS
X
4.10 Enter Service
X
4.11 Interconnection Integrity
X
4.12 Integration with TS grounding
X
5.1 Reactive Power Capability
X
5.2 Voltage and Reactive Power Modes
X
6.1 Primary Frequency Response
X
6.2 Fast Frequency Response
X
7.1 Introduction
X
7.2.1 Voltage protection
X
7.2.2.1 Voltage disturbance ride-through:
General
X
7.2.2.2 Voltage disturbances within continuous
X
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operation
7.2.2.3 Low- and high-voltage ride-through
X
7.2.2.4 Consecutive voltage deviations ride-
through
X
7.2.2.5 Dynamic voltage support
X
7.2.2.6 Restore output after voltage ride-through X
7.2.3 Transient overvoltage
X
7.3.1 Mandatory frequency tripping
X
7.3.2 Frequency disturbance ride-through
X
7.4 Return to service
X
E.
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Capability
The IBR plant shall provide SCADA capability to transmit data and receive instructions
from Transmission Provider to protect system reliability. Transmission Provider and
Interconnection Customer shall determine what SCADA information is essential for the
proposed IBR plant, taking into account the size of the plant and its characteristics, location, and
importance in maintaining generation resource adequacy and transmission system reliability in
its area.
F.
Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting Requirements
IBR plants with generating capacities of more than 20 MW must monitor and record data
for all frequency ride-through events, transient low-voltage disturbances that initiated reactive
current injection, reactive current injection or momentary cessation for transient high-voltage
disturbances, and inverter trips. Dynamic Disturbance Recording (“DDR”) data must be
recorded continuously. The data may be recorded and stored in a central plant control system.
The following data must be recorded:
Plant Level
(1) Plant three-phase voltage, current and power factor
(2) Status of ancillary reactive devices
(3) Status of all plant circuit breakers
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(4) Status of plant controller
(5) Plant control set points
(6) Status of main plant transformer no load taps
(7) Status of main plant transformer tap changer (if applicable)
(8) Protective relay trips (relay target data)
Inverter Level Data
(1) Frequency, current, and voltage during frequency ride-through events
(2) Voltage and current during momentary cessation for transient high-voltage events
(when used)
(3) Voltage and current during reactive current injection for transient low or high-
voltage events
(4) Inverter alarm and fault codes
(5) DC current
(6) DC voltage
DDR Data – Plant Level
(1) One phase-to-neutral or positive sequence voltage on high-side of the main power
transformer(s)
(2) Positive sequence current or phase current for the same phase as (1)
(3) Real and reactive power flows expressed on a three-phase basis corresponding to each
main power transformer(s) where current measurements are required
(4) Frequency of any one of the voltages in (1)
The data must be time synchronized to a one millisecond level of resolution. All data
except DDR data must be sampled at least every 10 milliseconds. DDR data must have an input
sampling rate of at least 960 samples per second and an output recording rate of electrical
quantities of at least 60 times per second.
The IBR plant shall store this data for a minimum of 60 calendar days. The IBR plant,
upon request from MISO or the transmission owner, shall make this data available within 10
calendar days of the request.
Phasor measurement unit (“PMU”) capabilities shall be used to facilitate the DDR data.
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G.
Applicability
IBR plants that are, or have been, interconnected to the network at the effective date of
the Appendix G abnormal voltage ride-through standard are exempt from meeting the Appendix
G abnormal voltage ride-through standard for the remaining life of the existing generation
equipment. Except for IBR plants actively undergoing a Generating Facility Replacement at the
effective date of this ZGIA that have equipment on order where the OEM has documented
performance that differs from what is required in this ZGIA, all individual IBR units that are
replaced are required to meet the Appendix G performance requirements.
The IEEE 2800-2022 requirements cited in Section A (IEEE 2800-2022 Clause 4) and
Section B (IEEE 2800-2022 Clause 7, except Subclause 7.2.2.4) of Appendix G shall apply to
IBR plants in the DPP-2022-Cycle and beyond. For the DPP-2022-Cycle, Interconnection
Customers may request exceptions confined to these sections only if specific limitations or
uncertainties of equipment or plant capabilities prevent implementation of these requirements.
ZGIAs signed or amended with inverter changes on or after January 1, 2025, are not eligible for
requirement exceptions. Further, the process for establishing exceptions for these requirements
shall not apply beyond the DPP-2022-Cycle.
The IEEE 2800-2022 requirements cited in Section B (IEEE 2800-2022 Subclause
7.2.2.4), Section C (IEEE 2800-2022 Clause 5), and Section D (IEEE 2800.2022 Clause 6) of
Appendix G shall apply to IBR plants in the DPP-2023-Cycle and beyond. For the DPP-2023-
Cycle, Generating Facilities Replacements, and Surplus Interconnections, Interconnection
Customers may request exceptions confined to these sections only if specific limitations or
uncertainties of equipment or plant capabilities prevent implementation of these requirements.
ZGIAs signed or amended with inverter changes on or after January 1, 2026, are not eligible for
requirement exceptions. Further, the process for establishing exceptions for these requirements
shall not apply beyond the DPP-2023-Cycle.
Interconnection Customers requesting exceptions shall submit documentation to the
Transmission Provider outlining the specific IEEE 2800-2022 subclauses pertinent to the request
along with information from the manufacturer regarding the nature of the issue conforming to or
assessing conformance with requirements herein. The Transmission Provider will, in good faith,
accept Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)-documented requirement exceptions and
document these exceptions in Appendix C of this ZGIA.
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If the performance or capability exception can be mitigated through equipment firmware
upgrades still under development, the Interconnection Customer shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to implement the firmware upgrade within sixty (60) calendar days of
commercial availability of such firmware.
The DDR and PMU requirements in the Section F, Disturbance Monitoring and
Reporting Requirements of Appendix G shall apply to IBR plants in the DPP-2023-Cycle and
beyond.
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Appendix H to ZGIA
Interconnection Requirements for Provisional ZGIA
Provisional Agreement
This ZGIA is being provided in accordance with Section 11.5 of the Transmission Provider’s
GIP, which provides among other things, that an Interconnection Customer may request that
Transmission Provider provide Interconnection Customer with a Provisional Generator
Interconnection Agreement that limits the transfer of energy by Interconnection Customer
commensurate with that allowed for Energy Resource Interconnection Service. Interconnection
Customer requested Transmission Provider to provide a Provisional Generator Interconnection
Agreement for limited operation at the discretion of Transmission Provider based upon the
results of available studies (by Interconnection Customer and by Transmission Provider).
A Provisional Interconnection Study, the results of which are posted on the confidential portion
of the Transmission Provider’s internet website, was performed by Transmission Provider in
order to confirm the facilities that are required for provisional Interconnection Service and to
require them to be in place prior to commencement of service under the ZGIA.
Interconnection Customer represents that the Interconnection Customer facilities (including
Network Upgrades, Interconnection Facilities, Distribution Upgrades, System Protection
Upgrades and/or Generator Upgrades) that are necessary to commence provisional
Interconnection Service and meet the requirements of Electric Reliability Organization, or any
applicable regional entity for the interconnection of a new generator are in place prior to the
commencement of generation from the Generating Facility and will remain in place during the
term of the service. The requisite Interconnection Studies were performed for the Generating
Facility. Interconnection Customer shall meet any additional requirements (including reactive
power requirements) pursuant to the results of applicable future Interconnection System Impact
Studies. Until such time as the applicable Interconnection Studies and any identified facilities
are completed, the output of the Generating Facility will operate within the output limit
prescribed in a future, if applicable, operating guide.
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The maximum permissible output of the Generating Facility under Appendix A will be updated
by Transmission Provider on a quarterly basis, determined in accordance with Section 11.5 of the
GIP, by finding the transfer limit of energy commensurate with the analysis for Energy Resource
Interconnection Service (“ERIS”). This study shall be performed assuming the system topology
represented by the base cases used to calculate Available Flowgate Capability, as described in
Attachment C of the Tariff, with dispatch and optimization algorithms posted on the MISO
internet site and operation above those limits will be deemed as unauthorized use of the
Transmission System and subject to provisions in the Tariff surrounding that use.
Use of interim operating guide
Implementation of interim operating guide, if applicable, will constitute an interim solution that
will permit Interconnection Customer to operate the Generating Facility under conditional
Interconnection Service until planned Network Upgrades are constructed. Any interim operating
guide will be subject to the approval of Transmission Owner and Transmission Provider.
Minimum requirements for an interim operating guide are as indicated below.
* Transmission Operator will have control of breaker(s) dedicated to the Generating Facility
and will be able to trip the Interconnection Customer’s Generating Facility
* Protection schemes must be tested and operative
* Interconnection Customer will provide continuous communication capability with the
Generator Operator
* Interconnection Customer and the owner of the Existing Generating Facility will enter into
an operating agreement or similar agreement which designates, among other things, the
responsibilities and authorities of each of the parties and shall be subject to the acceptance of
Transmission Provider and Transmission Owner.
* A termination date consistent with completion of construction of Network Upgrades will be
included as part of all operating guides accepted by Transmission Owner and Transmission
Provider.
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Interconnection Customer assumes all risks and liabilities with respect to changes, which may
impact the Generator Interconnection Agreement including, but not limited to, change in output
limits and responsibilities for future Network Upgrade and cost responsibilities that have not yet
been identified on the direct connect Transmission System as well as all affected Transmission,
Distribution or Generation System(s) including non-Transmission Provider Systems. Such
upgrades will be determined pursuant to the Tariff and Policies in effect at the time of the
Interconnection Studies.
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Appendix I to ZGIA
Requirements Applicable to Surplus Interconnection Service
Where this ZGIA provides for Surplus Interconnection Service, Interconnection Customer
acknowledges, agrees to, and will be required to operate under the following conditions:
1) The combined Real-Time Offers, including Energy and Operating Reserves, of the
Generating Facility and the Existing Generating Facility with which Interconnection
Customer has an executed Energy Displacement Agreement must be less than or equal to
Interconnection Service limit (MW, MVAR, MVA output) provided in Exhibit I-1
(Monitoring and Consent Agreement) (hereinafter, “Interconnection Service limit”).
In the event that the sum of the simultaneous energy output of the Surplus
Interconnection Service Generating Facility and the Existing Generating Facility exceeds
such Interconnection Service limit, MISO reserves the right to curtail and/or disconnect
the Generating Facility immediately.
In the event that the sum of the emergency and/or economic maximum offer limits of the
Generating Facility and the Existing Generating Facility exceeds the Interconnection
Service limit, MISO reserves the right to curtail and/or disconnect the Generating Facility
immediately.
2) The total MW, MVAR, MVA output at the Point of Interconnection resulting from the
combined output of the Generating Facility with Surplus Interconnection Service and the
Existing Generating Facility with which Interconnection Customer has an executed
Energy Displacement Agreement shall not at any time exceed the Interconnection Service
limit.
3) The Existing Generating Facility with which Interconnection Customer has an executed
Energy Displacement Agreement is not relieved of any applicable requirements under the
RAR of the Tariff.
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4) The Interconnection Customer shall submit to the Transmission Provider a report by the
seventh Calendar Day of each month showing the prior month’s output, by 15 minute
increment, the combined real-time offers and cleared energy injection. The Existing
Generating Facility and the Interconnection Customer shall cooperate consistent with
other provisions in the Tariff to the extent necessary to ensure accuracy of the report.
Transmission Provider shall provide a template for this report.
Exhibit I-1 (Completed Monitoring and Consent Agreement - Appendix 11 of the GIP)
Exhibit I-2 (Completed Energy Displacement Agreement - Appendix 12 of the GIP)
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TRANSMISSION EXPANSION PLANNING PROTOCOL
I.
Transmission Expansion Plan - Purpose and Scope, Definition and Role of OMS
Committee: This Attachment FF describes the process to be used by the Transmission Provider
to develop the MISO Transmission Expansion Plan (“MTEP”), subject to review and approval
by the Transmission Provider Board. The provisions of this Attachment FF are consistent with
the applicable provisions of Appendix B of the ISO Agreement and this Tariff. For purposes of
this Attachment FF, all references to Transmission Owner(s) will include ITC(s). The costs
incurred by the Transmission Provider in the performance of data collection, analyses and
review, and in the development of the MTEP report, costs incurred under Section I.C of this
Attachment FF, and costs incurred under Section I.D of this Attachment FF shall be recovered
from all Transmission Customers under Schedule 10 of the Tariff.
A.
Enrollment Process: The MTEP is developed to facilitate the timely and orderly
expansion of and/or modification to the Transmission System to maintain reliability, promote
efficiency in bulk power markets and facilitate compliance with applicable Federal and state
laws, regulatory mandates and regulatory obligations. Any transmission provider that wishes to
enroll in the Transmission Provider planning process for purposes of Order No. 1000 compliance
must become a Transmission Owner, by signing the ISO Agreement, and by, within a reasonable
period of time: (1) turning over functional control of its transmission facilities to the
Transmission Provider; and (2) taking service under this Tariff for all its load that is physically
located within the geographic area comprising the Transmission System. All Transmission
Owners enrolled in the Transmission Provider’s transmission planning region are listed in either
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(1) Attachment FF-4 of this Tariff, for Transmission Owners without a separately filed local
planning process or (2) Attachment FF-5 of this Tariff, for Transmission Owners with a
separately filed local planning process.
B.
OMS Committee Input to MTEP Process: To the extent not otherwise
specifically addressed in other portions of this Attachment FF, with respect to the MTEP process,
the OMS Committee may provide input to the Transmission Provider planning staff and the
System Planning Committee of the Transmission Provider Board, as appropriate, regarding the
following:
1.
At the start of a planning cycle, the OMS Committee may suggest to the
Transmission Provider Board modifications to the Transmission Provider’s
planning principles and planning objectives for that planning cycle;
2.
At the start of a planning cycle, the OMS Committee may suggest additional
scope elements in the MTEP;
3.
Modeling inputs or assumptions used in the development of the MTEP and related
appropriate cost/benefit analyses with respect to certain projects that are not
proposed strictly for reliability; and
4.
Concerns about general or specific issues with the MTEP process as they arise
during the planning year.
Furthermore, at the end of the MTEP development process, but before the MTEP is submitted to
the Transmission Provider Board for its review, the OMS Committee may submit a
reconsideration request to the Transmission Provider planning staff, which shall respond prior to
submitting the final MTEP report to the Transmission Provider Board. This reconsideration
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request can be made only with respect to Network Upgrades eligible to receive regional cost
allocation under Attachment FF if such projects: (1) will be recommended to the Transmission
Provider Board for MTEP Appendix A approval, but have not been considered through the
complete MTEP process or (2) will have a change in project cost of twenty-five percent (25%) or
greater between the final Subregional Planning Meeting in the current planning year and the
project being submitted to the Transmission Provider Board for approval. The Transmission
Provider shall consider such a reconsideration request only if it is endorsed by the OMS acting
by a vote of sixty-six percent (66%) or more of the OMS members.
At the end of each MTEP cycle, the OMS Committee may submit its assessment of the
MTEP process to the Planning Advisory Committee, Transmission Provider, and the System
Planning Committee of the Transmission Provider Board. Upon receipt of any such assessment
from the OMS Committee, the Transmission Provider planning staff shall provide an appropriate
response in a reasonably timely manner.
The manner in which the OMS Committee shall provide its assessment shall be set forth
in the Transmission Planning Business Practices Manual procedures. The general procedures
adopted with respect to the OMS Committee input into the MTEP shall remain unchanged until
June 1, 2015, unless otherwise mutually agreed to by the Transmission Provider and the OMS
Committee. Changes to the Transmission Planning Business Practices Manual procedures which
describe OMS Committee input into the MTEP process may not be adopted with less than sixty
(60) days’ notice to the OMS Committee unless the OMS Committee consents to such earlier
adoption. At the end of the two year period the Transmission Provider, the OMS, and other
stakeholders will assess the success of the input procedures and provide suggestions for
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improvement.
C.
Development of the MTEP: The Transmission Provider, working in
collaboration with representatives of the Transmission Owners, OMS, and the Planning Advisory
Committee, shall develop the MTEP, consistent with Good Utility Practice and taking into
consideration long-range planning horizons, as appropriate. The Transmission Provider shall
develop the MTEP for expected use patterns and analyze the performance of the Transmission
System in meeting both reliability needs and the needs of the competitive bulk power market,
under a wide variety of contingency conditions. The MTEP will give full consideration to the
needs of all Market Participants, will include consideration of demand-side options, and will
identify expansions or enhancements needed to i) support competition and efficiency in bulk
power markets; ii) comply with Applicable Laws and Regulations; and iii) maintain reliability.
Transmission expansions or enhancements may include any facilities that are eligible to be
included in the Transmission System as provided for under this Tariff, including SATOA. Any
SATOA may only participate in the Transmission Provider’s markets to the extent necessary to
receive Energy from the Transmission System and to inject Energy into the Transmission System
to provide the services for which the SATOA was included in the MTEP. SATOA may not
otherwise participate in the Energy and Operating Reserve Markets and/or the Planning Resource
Auction unless and until the Tariff includes provisions for storage facilities recovering cost-
based revenues as transmission assets to also participate in these or other Market Activities. This
analysis and planning process shall integrate into the development of the MTEP among other
things:
(i) the Transmission Issues identified from Facilities Studies carried out in connection
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with specific transmission service requests; (ii) Transmission Issues associated with
generator interconnection service; (iii) the Transmission Issues, including proposed
transmission projects, identified by the Transmission Owners in connection with their
planning analyses in accordance with local planning process described in Section I.D.1.a
to this Attachment FF and the coordination processes of Section I.D.1.b., or developed by
Transmission Owners utilizing their own FERC-approved local transmission planning
process described in Section I.D.2, as applicable, to provide reliable power supply to their
connected load customers and to expand trading opportunities, better integrate the grid
and alleviate congestion; (iv) the transmission planning obligations of a Transmission
Owner, imposed by federal or state law(s) or regulatory authorities, which can no longer
be performed solely by the Transmission Owner following transfer of functional control
of its transmission facilities to the Transmission Provider; (v) plans and analyses
developed by the Transmission Provider to provide for a reliable Transmission System
and to expand trading opportunities, better integrate the grid and alleviate congestion; (vi)
the identification, evaluation, and analysis of expansions to enable the Transmission
System to fully support the simultaneous feasibility of all Stage 1A ARRs; (vii) the inputs
provided by the Planning Advisory Committee; (viii) the inputs, if any, provided by the
state and local regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over any of the Transmission
Owners; (ix) the inputs of the OMS Committee; and (x) the transmission needs driven by
public policy requirements selected to be included as Transmission Issues pursuant to
Section I.C.1.b.ii in accordance with Applicable Laws and Regulations.
1.
Planning Cycle and Milestones: The ISO Agreement requires that a regional
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transmission plan be developed biennially or more frequently. An MTEP planning cycle
is established for each calendar year. The development of the MTEP for a planning cycle
with a given calendar year designation begins on June 1 of the year prior to the MTEP
calendar year designation and ends with the approval of the final MTEP report by the
Transmission Provider Board. This approval typically occurs at the Transmission
Provider Board Meeting in December of the MTEP designated year. For example, the
development of the MTEP14 transmission plan will commence on June 1 of 2013 and
typically end with approval in December 2014. The development of the MTEP will
follow specified process steps that are detailed, including process diagrams, in the
Transmission Provider’s Transmission Planning Business Practices Manual (“TPBPM”).
The TPBPM shall be posted on the website of the Transmission Provider.
a.
Planning Functions: The planning process includes the following functions
which are described in detail in the TPBPM:
i.
Model Development;
ii.
Generator Interconnection Planning;
iii.
Transmission Service Planning;
iv.
Cyclical Regional Expansion Planning activities;
v.
Interregional coordination with neighboring transmission planning
regions;
vi.
System Support Resource (“SSR”) Studies for unit de-
commissioning;
vii.
Transmission-to-Transmission Interconnections;
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viii.
Load Interconnections; and
ix.
Focus Studies. These are studies initiated during the cyclical
baseline planning process that cannot be delayed until the next
planning cycle (for example, NERC/FERC directives, or near-term
critical operational issues).
Each of these planning functions may develop system expansions that are taken into
consideration in developing the entirety of the MTEP.
b.
Planning Cycle: The regional planning process is performed through a
continuous series of planning cycles, with each cycle typically addressing
Transmission Issues through a rolling planning horizon. Each cycle
commences with regional model development, identification of potential
expansions from the local planning processes of the Transmission Owners,
identification and selection of transmission needs driven by public policy
requirements pursuant to Section I.C.1.b.ii to be included as Transmission
Issues, and identification by stakeholders or the Transmission Provider of
potential expansions that address the Transmission Issues. Each cycle
concludes with recommendations to the Transmission Provider Board of
recommended solutions to the Transmission Issues evaluated. Transmission
Owner plans developed through local planning processes described in Section
I.D.1.a are included in the beginning of each regional planning cycle as
potential alternatives to local Transmission Issues identified by the
Transmission Owners.
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i.
Key Planning Cycle Milestones: The regional planning process evaluates, with
stakeholder input throughout the cycle, the local plans of the Transmission
Owners, as one input to the development of the regional plan. Key milestones in
the typical MTEP development process are listed below and requirements and
timelines for data submittal, review, and comment at each of these milestone
points are described in the TPBPM:
(a)
Model development;
(b)
Identification and selection of transmission needs driven by public
policy requirements pursuant to Section I.C.1.b.ii to be included as
Transmission Issues;
(c)
Testing models against applicable planning criteria;
(d)
Development of possible solutions to identified Transmission Issues;
(e)
Selection of preferred solution;
(f)
Determination of funding and cost responsibility; and
(g)
Monitoring progress on solution implementation.
ii.
Transmission needs driven by public policy requirements: The process for
selecting transmission needs driven by public policy requirements, out of the
larger set of transmission needs driven by public policy requirements that
stakeholders may propose, to be included in the Transmission Issue(s) for which
transmission solutions will be evaluated shall be as follows:
a.
At the beginning of the MTEP cycle, stakeholders submit to the
Transmission Provider, proposals to consider transmission needs
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driven by public policy requirements, as part of the Transmission
Issues they may raise, in accordance with Section I.C.2.b, through
Sub-Regional Planning Meetings, the Planning Subcommittee
and/or the Planning Advisory Committee. The Transmission
Provider may also identify transmission needs driven by public
policy requirements to be evaluated.
b.
The Transmission Provider will then consolidate all such identified
transmission needs driven by public policy requirements that it
receives into a list that will be distributed to stakeholders through
the Planning Subcommittee and/or the Planning Advisory
Committee and to other stakeholder forums as the Transmission
Provider deems necessary.
c.
Transmission needs driven by public policy requirements will be
discussed in the Sub-Regional Planning Meetings, Planning
Subcommittee and/or the Planning Advisory Committee in
accordance with Section I.C.2.b.
d.
The Transmission Provider will assess such identified transmission
needs driven by public policy requirements that it receives,
considering the feedback received from stakeholders and the Sub-
Regional Planning Meetings, Planning Subcommittee and/or the
Planning Advisory Committee, and select the public policy
requirements that will be further studied in the MTEP process.
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This selection will be based on:
1.
the effective dates, nature and magnitude of the public
policy requirements in the Applicable Laws and
Regulations;
2.
the immediacy or other estimated timing, and extent, of the
potential impact on the identified transmission needs;
3.
the availability of the resources, and any limitations thereto,
that would be required by consideration of such
transmission needs driven by public policy requirements;
4.
the relative significance of other Transmission Issues that
have been raised for consideration; and
5.
other appropriate factors that can aid the prioritization of
Transmission Issues to be considered by the regional
transmission planning process.
iii.
The Transmission Provider shall address each of these milestones throughout the
planning cycle through Sub-regional Planning Meetings, Planning Subcommittee
and Planning Advisory Committee meetings.
2.
Stakeholders Input in Planning Process: The Transmission Provider shall
facilitate discussions with its Transmission Customers, Transmission Owners, OMS
Committee, and other stakeholders about the Transmission Issues and solutions involving
both transferred and non-transferred facilities, as described in Section I.D.1 of this
Attachment FF.
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These discussions will take place at Sub-regional Planning Meetings and at
regularly scheduled meetings of the Transmission Provider’s Planning Subcommittee, at
locations provided by the Transmission Provider and with communication capabilities for
those participants unable to have in person representation at these meetings. Once the
MTEP report for a specific planning cycle has been completed but prior to
recommendation to the Transmission Provider Board for approval, the Transmission
Provider shall seek feedback on the proposed MTEP, including Network Upgrades
recommended for approval, from the Transmission Provider’s stakeholders and the OMS
Committee.
a.
Planning Advisory Committee (“PAC”): The Planning Advisory
Committee is a standing committee reporting to the Transmission Provider’s
Advisory Committee, and functions subject to the Stakeholder Governance Guide
developed by the Stakeholder Governance Working Group, as approved by the
Advisory Committee. The PAC is responsible for addressing planning policy
issues of importance to stakeholders and within the responsibilities of the
Transmission Provider. The PAC charter is maintained on the Transmission
Provider’s website.
b.
Planning Subcommittee (“PS”): The Planning Subcommittee is a standing
stakeholder-chaired subcommittee of the Planning Advisory Committee, and
functions subject to the Stakeholder Governance Guide developed by the
Stakeholder Governance Working Group, as approved by the Advisory
Committee. Planning Subcommittee membership is open to interested parties,
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including, but not limited to: transmission delivery service and interconnection
service customers, marketers, developers, Transmission Owners, state and local
regulatory authorities, federal regulatory staff, other Market Participants, and all
interested parties. The charter for the committee is developed by stakeholders and
is maintained on the Transmission Provider’s website. The Transmission
Provider will seek guidance from Transmission Owners, state and local regulatory
authorities, and other stakeholders through the Planning Subcommittee and/or the
Planning Advisory Committee prior to the beginning of each new planning cycle.
Guidance will include the scope of planning studies to be undertaken, the
development of future scenarios to be modeled and analyzed in long-term
planning studies, and the development of suitable models and assumptions to
support such studies. The Transmission Provider will also seek guidance from
Transmission Owners, state and local regulatory authorities, and other
stakeholders through the Planning Subcommittee and/or the Planning Advisory
Committee prior to implementing changes or revisions to the scope, models, and
assumptions during the planning cycle. The Planning Subcommittee and/or the
Planning Advisory Committee may form working groups at the discretion of
stakeholders to perform specific tasks supporting the planning processes, such as
model development and detail review of study results and draft plan reports.
c.
Sub-regional Planning Meetings (“SPMs”): The Transmission Provider
shall utilize SPMs to provide opportunity for Transmission Owners, state and
local regulatory authorities, and other stakeholders to provide input to the
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planning process, and to carry out the tasks of coordinating transmission plans
among the Transmission Owners and proposals to address the Transmission
Issues identified in the scope of transmission planning studies. Input and planned
coordination may occur through the use of existing sub-regional planning groups
(“SPGs”) where they exist, or through the establishment of new sub-regional
meeting forums. One or more SPMs will be used or established for each of the
four regional Planning Sub-regions of the Transmission Provider. Planning Sub-
regions shall be defined based upon the Transmission Provider Planning Sub-
regions: West, Central, South, and East as defined in Attachment FF-3.
i)
SPM Participants: Participants at an SPM will consist of
representatives of the Transmission Owners operating within the
associated Planning Sub-region that integrate their local planning
processes with the regional process, representatives from state and local
regulatory authorities, and any other parties interested in or impacted by
the planning process. For those Transmission Owners engaged in local
planning under their own FERC approved local planning processes, such
Transmission Owners shall participate in the SPM in order to coordinate
their planning activities.
Neighboring transmission-owning utilities and regulatory participants are
eligible and encouraged to participate in the SPM to promote joint
planning between the Transmission Provider and neighboring transmission
systems.
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ii)
SPM Guidelines. The Sub-regional Planning Meeting participants
shall:
(a)
Make recommendations for a coordinated sub-regional
Plan, after considering sub-regional and regional needs and
alternatives, for the ensuing ten years, for all transmission facilities
in the sub-region;
(b)
Review and comment on proposed Transmission Owners
plans identified in local planning processes described in Section
I.D.1.a. of this Attachment FF, for additions and modifications to
the sub-regional transmission system, as potential solutions to
identify Transmission Issues and review the transmission plans
developed by those Transmission Owners that have their own
FERC-approved local planning process (described in Section
I.D.2) to ensure coordination of the projects set forth in such plans
with the potential regional planning solutions developed in the
SPM process consistent with the requirements of Appendix B of
the Transmission Owners’ Agreement;
(c)
Form technical study task forces as required to carry out the
sub-regional planning responsibilities;
(d)
Encourage non-Transmission Provider member
participation to improve understanding by the SPM participants,
the Planning Subcommittee, and the Transmission Provider staff of
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facility changes outside the Transmission Provider Region to
ensure the impact of such changes are considered in the planning
studies;
(e)
Promote other stakeholder (i.e., environmental agencies,
and load and generation developers) involvement in development
of the sub-regional plans.
(f)
Recommend to the Planning Subcommittee proposed sub-
regional plans to be included in the MTEP. In addition, the
transmission projects developed by any Transmission Owner or
Owners utilizing the provisions of their own FERC-approved local
planning process shall be submitted for inclusion in the regional
MTEP after being evaluated by the Transmission Provider in the
regional evaluation of SPMs in accordance with Appendix B of the
Transmission Owners’ Agreement in determining the Transmission
Provider’s recommendation for inclusion in the MTEP.
(g)
Reflect, as desired, minority opinions to the Transmission
Provider or the Planning Subcommittee.
(h)
SPM Frequency, Location and Agenda: SPMs should meet
at least two times per year or as otherwise provided for in the
TPBPM, to provide input in the planning process, review plans and
recommend changes, if any, needed to address stakeholder needs
and to coordinate proposed plans.
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Meetings involving CEII or confidential materials shall be handled
under Section I.C.12 of this Attachment FF.
3.
Meeting Notifications: Notice shall be provided by way of email distribution lists
by the Transmission Provider of all SPMs, Planning Subcommittee, and Planning
Advisory Committee meetings. These email distribution lists are established and
maintained by the Transmission Provider and it is the responsibility of stakeholders to
have registered as described on the Transmission Provider website. Meeting dates, times,
locations, and materials will also be posted on the meeting calendar page of the
Transmission Provider’s website. Meeting notification guidelines are set forth in the
stakeholder developed Stakeholder Governance Guidelines.
4.
Other Meeting Schedules: Planning Subcommittee meetings are regularly
scheduled meetings that occur no less than bimonthly. Annual meeting schedules and
objectives are developed at the December meeting each year for the subsequent year.
Planning Advisory Committee meetings are scheduled as per the PAC Charter.
5.
Planning Criteria: The Transmission Provider shall evaluate the system to
address Transmission Issues in a manner consistent with the ISO Agreement and this
Attachment FF. Projects included in the MTEP may be based upon any applicable
planning criteria, including accepted NERC reliability standards and reliability standards
adopted by Regional Entities, local planning reliability or economic planning criteria of
the Transmission Owner, or required by State or local authorities, any economic or other
planning criteria or metrics defined in this Attachment FF, and any Applicable Laws and
Regulations. Transmission Owners are required to annually provide updated copies of
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local planning criteria for posting on the Transmission Provider’s website.
The Transmission Provider will post on its website an explanation of which transmission
needs driven by public policy requirements will be evaluated for potential solutions in the
local or regional transmission planning process, as well as an explanation of why other
suggested potential transmission needs will not be evaluated.
6.
Planning Analysis Methods: Planning analyses performed by the Transmission
Provider will test the Transmission System under a wide variety of conditions as
described in Section II and using standard industry applications to model steady state
power flow, angular and voltage stability, short-circuit, and economic parameters, as
determined appropriate by the Transmission Provider to be compliant with applicable
criteria and this Tariff.
7.
Planning Models: The Transmission Provider shall collaborate with Transmission
Owners, other transmission providers, Transmission Customers, and other stakeholders to
develop appropriate planning models that reflect expected system conditions for the
planning horizon. The planning models shall reflect the projected Load growth of
existing Network Customers and other transmission service and interconnection
commitments. The models shall include: (1) any transmission projects identified in
Service Agreements or Interconnection Agreements that are entered into in association
with requests for transmission delivery service or interconnection service, as determined
in Facilities Studies associated with such requests, and (2) MHVDC Transmission Lines
with executed Transmission Connection Agreements. Load forecasts applied to models
will consider the forecast Load of Network Customers reported to the Transmission
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Provider in accordance with the requirements of Module B and RAR of this Tariff, and
the Business Practices Manuals of the Transmission Provider. Models will be posted on
a secure application maintained by the Transmission Provider and accessible to
stakeholders with security measures as provided for in the TPBPM. The Transmission
Provider will provide an opportunity for stakeholders to review and comment on the
posted models before commencing planning studies.
The schedules for such reviews are maintained in the TPBPM. Stakeholders shall be
afforded opportunities to provide input on Load projections from Tariff reporting
requirements or from Transmission Owner forecasts. After the base line forecast and
model are established, the Transmission Provider and/or Transmission Owners may
adjust the forecast as necessary on an ad hoc basis throughout the planning year to
address customer requests for new Load interconnections arising from on-going dialogue
with existing and prospective customers.
8.
Planning Assumptions: Each MTEP report shall list in detail the planning
assumptions upon which the analyses are based. In general, planning analyses will be
based on the following:
a.
Planning Horizons: The MTEP will identify Transmission Issues for a
minimum planning horizon of five years and a maximum planning horizon of
twenty years.
b.
Load: Load demand will generally be modeled by the Transmission
Provider as the most probable (“50/50”) coincident Load projection for each
Transmission Owner’s service territory, for the season under study. Specific
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studies may model alternative Load probabilities or peak Load for areas within a
Transmission Owner’s service territory as dictated by operational and planning
experience and/or local planning criteria, but in any case shall be treated
consistently in the planning for native Load and transmission access requests.
c.
Generation: Planning models of five years or longer will model
generation, taking into consideration applicable planning reserve requirements,
that are: (i) existing and expected to be in existence in the planning horizon; (ii)
not existing but with executed interconnection agreements; (iii) associated with
MHVDC Transmission Lines with executed Transmission Connection
Agreements, and (iv) additional generation as determined with stakeholder input,
as necessary to adequately and efficiently meet demand forecasted through the
planning horizon and to facilitate compliance with statutory or regulatory
mandates. The Transmission Provider shall apply a scenario analysis to
determine alternative future generation portfolio possibilities.
Generation portfolio development for planning model purposes will be developed
with input from the Planning Advisory Committee and its subcommittees,
working groups, and task forces. Point-To-Point Transmission Service and
Network Integration Transmission Service customers will have an opportunity to
guide new generation portfolio development that is reflective of customer future
resource plans.
d.
Demand Response Resources: Planning solutions will be based upon the
best available information regarding the expected amount and location of Load
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that can be effectively and efficiently reduced by demand response or energy
efficiency programs, as well as the amount of behind-the-meter generation that
can reliably be expected to produce Energy that could impact planning solutions.
The Transmission Provider shall perform and report on sensitivity analyses that
indicate the effectiveness of potential demand response as alternative planning
solutions, to the extent that appropriate methodology for such analyses is
developed with stakeholders and documented in the TPBPM.
e.
Topology: Each planning study will use the best known topology based
upon the most recently approved MTEP. Planning studies will include all
projects approved by the Transmission Provider Board, and shall identify, as
appropriate, and as detailed in the TPBPM, any system needs already identified in
the most recent approved MTEP.
9.
Evaluation of Alternatives: When the planning analyses, based on the foregoing
principles, identifies Transmission Issues, the Transmission Provider will consider the
inputs from stakeholders derived from the SPM processes, the inputs from the Planning
Subcommittee and the Planning Advisory Committee, the plans of any Transmission
Owner with its own FERC-approved local planning process, and the MTEP aggregate
system analyses against applicable planning criteria, in determining the solutions to be
included in the MTEP and recommended to the Transmission Provider Board for
implementation.
10.
Facility Design: Facility design and system configuration (such as conductor
sizes, transformer design, bus configuration, protection schemes) are selected by the
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Transmission Owner, and must be consistently applied by the Transmission Owner for
comparable system service conditions. Comparable application of system design does
not preclude the consideration or selection of advanced or alternative transmission
technology. For Competitive Transmission Facilities associated with Competitive
Transmission Projects, the Transmission Provider may provide limitations or
requirements regarding facility design when necessary due to a planning driver or to
ensure compatibility with existing transmission facilities to which the Competitive
Transmission Facilities will interconnect as further described in Section VIII.C.2.c of this
Attachment FF.
11.
Status of Recommended Facilities: The status of all project facilities
recommended for implementation in the MTEP shall be reported to the Transmission
Provider on a quarterly basis and upon solicitation from the Transmission Provider. Each
Selected Developer and Transmission Owner is required to provide such status updates
regarding the facilities for which it is responsible to construct to the Transmission
Provider as further specified in this Section I.C.11 of Attachment FF of the Tariff and the
Business Practices Manuals.
The Transmission Provider shall report on such status to the Transmission
Provider Board on a quarterly basis, or as otherwise directed by the Transmission
Provider Board. The Transmission Provider shall also publicly post such status in a form
consistent with the Business Practices Manuals to the Transmission Provider’s website on
a quarterly basis, redacting any CEII and/or confidential information as necessary.
(a)
Status of Eligible Project facilities approved after December 1, 2015:
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Each Selected Developer and incumbent Transmission Owner shall provide
quarterly status reports to the Transmission Provider regarding the facilities included in
an Eligible Project approved after December 1st, 2015 for which it is responsible to
construct until the quarter after all such facilities have been placed into service and
transferred to the Transmission Provider’s functional control, or the facilities and/or
Eligible Project are otherwise reassigned, canceled, or terminated.
Quarterly status reports shall conform to the format set forth in the Business
Practices Manuals and include, at a minimum, the following: (i) project schedule,
including each facility’s estimated in-service date and any material changes therein; (ii)
estimated project costs, including the estimated cost to complete each facility, any
material changes therein as compared to the applicable Baseline Cost Estimate as set
forth in Section IX.C.1.1, the total project expenditures to date, and the total project
expenditures to date expressed as a percentage of the Baseline Cost Estimate, as set forth
in Section IX.C.1.1; (iii) facility development status (i.e. under construction, in service,
completed, or withdrawn); (iv) status of obtaining necessary regulatory and or
environmental permits, certificates, or approvals, including meeting necessary licensing
requirements; (v) status of land and right-of-way acquisition; (vi) status of design and
engineering; (vii) status of any necessary interconnection agreements; (viii) an
explanation of the causes of, or reasons for, any material changes to or deviations from
the MTEP in-service date, Baseline Cost-Estimate as set forth in Section IX.C.1.1, and
information provided in the last quarterly status report; and (ix) an assessment of the
impact of any material changes on the project, including the continued ability to meet the
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MTEP in-service date.
Within one hundred eighty (180) Calendar Days after the date the Selected
Developer or Transmission Owner have placed all of the facilities included in a Eligible
Project for which it is responsible to construct into service, including the transfer of
functional control to the Transmission Provider, unless the Transmission Provider and
Selected Developer or Transmission Owner agree on a different date, shall provide the
Transmission Provider with the following:
1. the final costs to construct the facilities;
2. copies of the final “as-built” drawings and specifications of the facilities;
3. copies of any inspection reports performed on the facilities; and
4. geo-spatial information specific to the facilities (i.e. GIS compatible maps,
GPS coordinates, etc.)
(b)
Additional status requirements for Competitive Transmission Facilities:
In addition to the requirements specified above in Section I.C.11.a of Attachment
FF, each Selected Developer shall also include in its status reports the following:
(i) status of any necessary project financing; (ii) the percentage (%) of the total project
expenditures to date as compared to the total projected project cost schedule provided in
the Selected Proposal; (iii) whether any rate filings associated with the Competitive
Transmission Facilities were made during the previous quarter or expected to be made in
the upcoming quarter; (iv) any changes in the continuing ability to meet the obligations of
the Selected Developer Agreement according to the schedules and milestones agreed to
therein, including any binding cost-containment measures that were included in the
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Selected Proposal; (v) an explanation of the causes of, or reasons for, any changes from
the specifications included in the Selected Proposal; and (vi) an assessment of the impact
of any such changes on the Competitive Transmission Facilities included in the
Competitive Transmission Project.
(c)
Status of all other facilities recommended for implementation in the MTEP:
The requirements and obligations set forth in this section I.C.11.c of Attachment
FF, shall be applicable to all facilities recommended for implementation in the MTEP
except for those facilities that are included in an Eligible Project approved by the
Transmission Provider Board after December 1, 2015.
Each incumbent Transmission Owner shall provide status reports to the
Transmission Provider regarding the facilities that are included in projects other than
those specified in Attachment FF §I.C.11.a for which it is responsible to construct, until
the quarter after such facilities have been placed into service and transferred to the
Transmission Provider’s functional control. Status reports shall conform to the format set
forth in the Business Practices Manuals and at a minimum, include the following: (i)
material changes to the schedule and to the estimated project cost; (ii) an explanation of
the causes of, or reasons for, any such changes; and (iii) changes in project status (i.e.,
under construction, in service, completed, or withdrawn). The Transmission Provider
shall report such progress to the Transmission Provider Board on a quarterly basis, or as
otherwise directed by the Transmission Provider Board.
12.
Treatment of Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (“CEII”) and Confidential
Data: The Transmission Provider shall utilize appropriate Non-Disclosure and
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Confidentiality Agreements (“NDA”) to address sharing of Confidential Information and
CEII transmission planning information. The secured sites containing such information
will require such agreements to be executed in order to obtain access to those
applications. Stakeholder meetings at which CEII may be available shall be noticed to
email distribution lists and shall require execution of NDAs prior to participation in such
meetings. In the alternative, such meetings will be structured to have separate discussion
of issues involving CEII data only with participants that agree to execute the NDA.
Confidential information related to economic (e.g., congestion) studies, as well as CEII,
is clearly sensitive information which must remain confidential. The Transmission
Provider shall use generic, publicly available, cost information from industry sources in
the economic studies to prevent the accidental release of confidential information. This
approach will promote an open planning process because the results of economic studies
are available to all interested parties.
Entities that are members of any stakeholder sector of the Advisory Committee
shall, upon request and subject to execution of the appropriate NDA(s), be provided with
access to the data used by the Transmission Provider to develop the MISO Transmission
Expansion Plan designated as Confidential Information and/or CEII. Access, which shall
be described in the Transmission Planning Business Practices Manual, shall be subject to:
(1) the prior execution of all appropriate NDAs required by the Transmission Provider to
protect Confidential Information as well as CEII by persons authorized by the sector
member to receive transmission planning information on the sector member’s behalf and
(2) any provisions of this Tariff or the applicable Business Practice Manuals that govern
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access to or use of the type of information for which access is sought. The provisions of
this Section I.C.12 are not exclusive and do not diminish the right of any stakeholder to
access Confidential Information or CEII under any other authorizing provision of the
Tariff, Business Practices Manuals, or FERC order.
13.
Resolution of Stakeholder Input: The Transmission Provider shall solicit input
and comments from all stakeholders, including Transmission Owners, during and after
stakeholder planning meetings, and will use reasonable efforts to reply to comments that
the Transmission Provider does not elect to implement, together with reasons for such
actions. The Transmission Provider shall develop a process for the documentation and
resolution of stakeholder issues raised in the planning process, including but not limited
to issues related to planning criteria.
14.
Dispute resolution: Consistent with Attachment HH of this Tariff, the
Transmission Provider shall resolve disputes concerning MTEP issues. The first step will
be for designated representatives of the affected parties to work together to resolve the
relevant issues in a manner that is acceptable to all parties. If that step is unsuccessful,
each affected party shall designate an officer who shall review disputes involving them
that their designated representatives are unable to resolve. The applicable officers of the
parties involved in such dispute shall work together to resolve the disputes so referred in
a manner that meets the interests of such parties, either until such agreement is reached,
or until an impasse is declared by any party to such dispute. If such officers are unable to
satisfactorily resolve the issues, the matter shall be referred to mediation. Parties that are
not satisfied with the dispute resolution procedures may only file a complaint with the
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Commission during the negotiation or mediation steps.
If a matter remains unresolved, the affected parties may pursue arbitration.
D.
Project Coordination: In the course of the MTEP process, the Transmission
Provider shall seek out opportunities to coordinate or consolidate, where possible, individually
defined transmission projects into more comprehensive cost-effective developments subject to
the limitations imposed by prior commitments and lead-time constraints. The Transmission
Provider shall coordinate with Transmission Owners, and shall consider the input from the
SPMs, Planning Subcommittee, and Planning Advisory Committee to develop expansion plans
to meet the needs of the system. This multi-party collaborative process will allow for all projects
with regional and inter-regional impact to be analyzed for their combined effects on the
Transmission System. Moreover, this collaborative process is designed to ensure that the MTEP
address Transmission Issues within the applicable planning horizon in the most efficient and cost
effective manner, while giving consideration to the inputs from all stakeholders. In addition to
the requirements of this Attachment FF, there may be state or local procedural requirements
applicable to the planning or siting of transmission facilities by the Transmission Owners. A
current list of those requirements can be found on the Transmission Provider’s website.
1.
Transmission Owners Electing to Integrate their Local Planning Processes into the
Transmission Provider’s Processes: Some Transmission Owners have agreed to integrate
internal planning process with the Transmission Provider’s open and coordinated
planning processes for all of their transmission facilities to comply with Order 890
Planning Principles instead of filing a separate Attachment K. Through this election, the
local planning for all transmission facilities of these Transmission Owners, regardless of
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whether the facilities are ultimately transferred to the functional control of the
Transmission Provider, shall be integrated with and included in the regional planning
processes of the Transmission Provider. These regional planning processes, as provided
for in this Attachment FF and in additional detail in the TPBPM, ensure that the planning
decisions for all such facilities are made in an open and transparent environment.
This planning environment provides opportunity for input from, and review by,
stakeholders of the Open Access Transmission Tariff services throughout the planning
process, and is in accordance with the Planning Principles of the Order 890 Final Rule.
The open and transparent planning provisions of this Attachment FF shall not preclude
interaction between stakeholders and Transmission Owners prior to the submittal of
proposed projects to the regional planning process.
Transmission Owners integrating local planning processes into the regional
planning processes are listed in Attachment FF-4. Such Transmission Owners shall be
responsible for providing the Transmission Provider with sufficient information
regarding all planning activities to enable the Transmission Provider to adequately review
and incorporate all of the Transmission Owner’s transmission facilities into the regional
planning process of the Transmission Provider, as described in Sections I.D.1.a. and
I.D.1.b. of this Attachment FF.
The foregoing Transmission Owners will utilize the planning stakeholder forums
of the Transmission Provider to demonstrate the need for, identify the alternatives to, and
report the status of non-transferred transmission facilities using the same open,
transparent and coordinated planning process provided by the Transmission Provider for
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transferred facilities as described in this Attachment FF.
a.
Local Planning Processes of Transmission Owners: In accordance with
the ISO Agreement, each Transmission Owner engages in local system planning in order
to carry out its responsibility for meeting its respective transmission needs in
collaboration with the Transmission Provider subject to the requirements of applicable
state law or regulatory authority. In meeting its responsibilities under the ISO
Agreement, the Transmission Owners may, as appropriate, develop and propose plans
involving modifications to any of the Transmission Owner’s transmission facilities which
are part of the Transmission System. The Transmission Owners shall include the
following specific local planning steps in order to develop plans for potential inclusion in
the regional plan, in accordance with the annual regional planning process as described in
Section I.D.1.b. of this Attachment FF, and in accordance with the regional planning
principles of Section I.C of this Attachment. In addition to the local planning steps
below, Transmission Owners shall adhere to any applicable state or local regulatory
planning processes.
i.
Define local study area and study horizon;
ii.
Develop appropriate power system models;
a)
Utilize existing NERC or Transmission Provider cases to model
external systems;
b)
Insert detailed model of Transmission Owner system if required;
c)
Insert updated detailed models of neighboring system models if
required; and
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d)
Verify model topology and generation.
iii.
Update loads (spatial and magnitude) in study area;
a)
Review historical MW and MVAR data to develop growth trends;
b)
Obtain Load forecasts from customers in study area; and
c)
Obtain input from local distribution planners in the study area.
iv.
Perform contingency analysis using applicable Transmission Owner
planning criteria;
v.
Identify any violations to planning criteria for each of study period;
vi.
Develop alternative solutions to the criteria violations and test against the
planning criteria;
a)
Obtain cost estimates for each alternative and perform economic
analyses; and
b)
Determine non-cost attributes of each alternative such as operating
flexibility, robustness, among others.
vii.
Select alternative based on cost and non-cost attributes;
viii.
Submit proposed solution and list of alternatives and assumptions to the
Transmission Provider;
ix.
Participate in stakeholder evaluations and discussions as a part of annual
regional plan development process;
x.
Perform additional analysis as required based on feedback from
stakeholder groups (SPM/PS) in the regional planning process;
xi.
Submit results of additional analysis (if performed) to the Transmission
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Provider for further discussion with stakeholders (SPM/PS);
xii.
Consider regional planning process results, including stakeholder feedback
on needs, proposed solutions, and alternatives, in determining whether or not to
proceed with implementation of Transmission Owner proposed expansions; and
xiii.
Post the planning criteria and assumptions, and power flow models used in
development of each Transmission Owner’s current local planning proposal in
accordance with Section I.D.1.b below. To the extent that the Transmission
Owner uses the MISO MTEP models in developing its list of newly proposed
projects, the Transmission Owner shall indicate as per Section I.D.1.b. below, the
associated MTEP model used.
The Transmission Provider will maintain a link to applicable MTEP
models on its website together with instructions for accessing such models
consistent with CEII criteria and suitable non-disclosure agreements. In the event
that the Transmission Owner applies its own power flow models in developing its
proposed local plans, the Transmission Owner shall provide such models to the
Transmission Provider for posting, or shall provide to the Transmission Provider a
link to the location of such Transmission Owner model(s) and to instructions for
accessing such models consistent with the Transmission Owner’s CEII and non-
disclosure requirements. Transmission Provider shall post on its website links to
such postings on Transmission Owner’s website.
b.
Integration of Local Planning Processes of Transmission Owners:
Transmission Owners listed on Attachment FF-4 as integrating local planning processes
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with those of the Transmission Provider, shall integrate proposals for transmission
expansions into the regional planning process as follows. Each Transmission Owner
shall submit its proposals for transmission plans to the Transmission Provider prior to the
start of each regional planning cycle. Each Transmission Owner’s local plan, which
consists of a list of proposed projects, shall be made available on the Transmission
Provider’s website for review by the PAC, the PS, and the SPM participants, subject to
CEII and the confidentiality provisions in this Attachment FF. Such local plans shall be
posted by September 15 each year in order to provide time for written comments by
stakeholders. In addition to the list of proposed projects, each Transmission Owner
submitting newly proposed projects by September 15 in any MTEP annual cycle shall
provide to the Transmission Provider by June 1 of the same year identification of any
MISO base power flow model used by the Transmission Owner in support of the
identification of the list of proposed projects to be subsequently posted in September, or
in the event that the Transmission Owner uses a non-MISO base power flow model in
support of the identification of the list of proposed projects the Transmission Owner shall
provide to the Transmission Provider such base power flow model or a link to the power
flow model and assumptions used.
Each Transmission Owner’s local planning model and associated assumptions
shall be accessible on or through a link on the Transmission Provider’s website for
review, subject to CEII and the confidentiality provisions in this Attachment FF and
consistent with section I.D.1.a. In the event that the Transmission Owner uses a non-
MISO base power flow model, the Transmission Owner shall provide for posting updates
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if there are significant changes in the model by July 15, August 15, and September 15 of
each year. Comments by stakeholders on the local planning models and assumptions that
are provided to the Transmission Provider SPM Planning Contact by July 1, or August 1
or September 1 with respect to updates, shall be forwarded to the applicable Transmission
Owner by July 8, August 8, or September 8, respectively. The Transmission Provider
shall address any unresolved stakeholder issues through the SPM process.
Each Transmission Owner shall also provide to the Transmission Provider by June 1 of
each year any updates to the posted transmission planning criteria, or a notification that
the posted documents have not changed. In the event a Transmission Owner has
additional significant updates to the posted transmission planning criteria, the
Transmission Owner shall provide such updates for posting by July 15, August 15, and
September 15 of each year.
The Transmission Provider shall post on its website the lists of newly proposed
projects, criteria and assumptions, and supporting base power flow models or links to
supporting base power flow models, as provided by the Transmission Owners. Initial
comments by stakeholders to the proposed projects should be provided to the
Transmission Provider SPM Planning Contact 45 days after the posting of local plans
otherwise comments may be made pursuant to Section I.C.2.c.ii. The Transmission
Provider SPM Planning Contact shall be identified on the Transmission Provider’s web
site page devoted to Expansion Planning. The Transmission Provider shall provide to the
applicable Transmission Owner within five working days of receipt, a copy of all
stakeholder comments received within 45 days of the posted information regarding
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Transmission Owner planning criteria and assumptions, models applied, and list of
proposed projects. The Transmission Provider shall address any unresolved stakeholder
issues through the SPM process. Each Transmission Owner must participate in SPMs in
the respective Planning sub-region as indicated in the Transmission Providers meeting
schedule. Such SPMs shall provide input to and review of the results of the needs
assessments and adequacy of plans proposed by the Transmission Owners, or by
stakeholders to the planning process, or by the Transmission Provider, to best meet the
needs of the sub-region.
Transmission Owners identified in Attachment FF-4, must submit to the
Transmission Provider, on an annual basis and at a time to be determined by the
Transmission Provider, which shall be prior to the beginning of each regional planning
cycle, all proposed transmission plans for both transferred and non-transferred
transmission facilities. The submitted projects of such Transmission Owners shall be
considered potential alternatives to system needs identified, and as such must be
submitted when initially identified as a potential system solution, in order to permit the
evaluation of such projects along with other potential alternatives that may be proposed
by stakeholders or the Transmission Provider, in the SPM processes. Such alternatives
may include transmission, generation, and demand-side resources. The Transmission
Provider will review and evaluate such alternatives on a comparable basis and select the
most appropriate solution. Comparability includes the ability of the Transmission
Provider to obtain contractual assurances that the selected solution will be implemented
by the required in-service dates. Contractual commitments associated with the
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construction of an MTEP Appendix A approved project by MISO Transmission Owner(s)
and/or Selected Developer(s) are provided for by the ISO Agreement, this Tariff, and the
Selected Developer Agreement.
Contractual commitments associated with generation solutions require that a
generator interconnection agreement be filed with the Commission pursuant to
Attachment X of this Tariff by the time the alternative transmission solution would need
to be committed to in order to ensure installation on the required need date. Contractual
commitments associated with ZG Associated Load require demonstration to the
Transmission Provider of both: (1) an executed agreement between the entity with the
ZG Associated Load and the Generating Facility with the associated ZG Interconnection
Service as described in Section 3.11 of Attachment X to the Tariff is in place and must
span at least the five year planning horizon to ensure the ability to provide adequate lead
time for an alternative transmission solution should the contracts terminate; and (2) that
the Generating Facility associated with the ZG Associated Load has achieved
Commercial Operation by the time that the transmission solution would otherwise need to
be in service. In the event that the Generating Facility associated with the ZG Associated
Load fails to achieve Commercial Operation by the date that the transmission solution
would otherwise need to be in service or the contract between the ZG Associated Load
and the associated Generating Facility terminates, then the Transmission Provider may
require the applicable Load Serving Entity to delay the in-service date of ZG Associated
Load until such time as an alternative solution can be placed in service.
Contractual commitments associated with demand-side resource solutions require
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demonstration to the Transmission Provider of an executed contract between LSE and
End-Use Customers. Such demand-side contracts must be in place by the time that the
transmission solution would otherwise need to be committed to in order to ensure a
timely solution to the identified planning need, and must span the five year planning
horizon to ensure the ability to provide adequate lead time for an alternative transmission
solution should the demand contracts terminate. Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section VII of the ISO Agreement regarding the Transmission Provider review of
Transmission Owner plans, no proposed project of a Transmission Owner that has elected
to integrate their local planning processes into the Transmission Provider’s processes, as
indicated on Attachment FF-4, shall be recommended in the MTEP for implementation
until completion of the annual needs analysis carried out in the annual MTEP cycle, as
described in Section I.C. of this Attachment FF, except as provided for in Section I.D.1.c.
of this Attachment FF.
c.
Out-of-Cycle Review of Transmission Owner Plans: In the event that a
Transmission Owner determines that system conditions warrant the urgent development
of system enhancements that would be jeopardized unless the Transmission Provider
performs an expedited review of the impacts of the project, Transmission Provider shall
use a streamlined approval process for reviewing and approving projects proposed by the
Transmission Owners so that decisions will be provided to the Owner within thirty (30)
days of the projects submittal to the MISO unless a longer review period is mutually
agreed upon.
2.
Transmission Owners Filing Separate Attachment K: Some Transmission Owners as
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listed on the last page of Attachment FF-5 have developed individual open, local planning
processes for their facilities, that comply with the Planning Principles of the Order 890 Final
Rule. These Transmission Owners have an Attachment K that describes how the Transmission
Owner will comply with the Order No. 890 Planning Principles for all transmission facilities that
they plan for, regardless of whether those facilities are ultimately transferred to the functional
control of the Transmission Provider. With the exception of Sections I.D.1.a and I.D.1.b., the
provisions of this Attachment FF remain applicable to all Transmission Owners notwithstanding
the filing by any Transmission Owner of an Attachment K pursuant to the Order 890 Final Rule.
E.
Interregional Coordination and Cost Allocation: The MTEP shall be
developed in accordance with the principles of interregional coordination through collaboration
with representatives from adjacent transmission providers, their designated regional planning
organizations, or regional transmission organizations, as provided for in this Attachment FF, or
as otherwise provided for in existing joint agreements between the Transmission Provider and
other regional entities that engage in planning activities. The Transmission Provider has
developed region-specific interregional coordination and cost allocation provisions with regard
to the following neighboring transmission planning regions:
•
PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (“PJM”), as provided for under Article IX and other applicable
provisions of the Joint Operating Agreement between the Transmission Provider and PJM;
•
Southeastern Regional Transmission Planning (“SERTP”), as provided for under Section X
of this Attachment FF; and
•
Southwest Power Pool (“SPP”), as provided for under Article IX and other applicable
provisions of the Joint Operating Agreement between the Transmission Provider and SPP.
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The Transmission Provider also has planning coordination provisions as part of its
coordination agreement with Manitoba Hydro.
II.
Development Process for MTEP Projects: The Transmission Provider will develop the
MTEP biennially or more frequently. The MTEP will identify expansion projects for inclusion
in the MTEP according to the factors set forth in Appendix B of the ISO Agreement and Section
I.C of this Attachment FF. For purposes of assigning cost responsibility, expansion projects in
the MTEP shall be categorized pursuant to the following criteria.
A.
Reliability Needs: Reliability projects are identified either in the periodically performed
Baseline Reliability Study, or in Facilities Studies associated with the request processes for new
transmission access. Transmission access includes requests for both new transmission delivery
service and new generation interconnection service.
1.
Baseline Reliability Projects: Baseline Reliability Projects are
Network Upgrades identified in the base case as required to ensure that the
Transmission System is in compliance with applicable national Electric
Reliability Organization (“ERO”) reliability standards and reliability standards
adopted by Regional Reliability Organizations and applicable within the
Transmission Provider Region. Baseline Reliability Projects include projects that
are needed to maintain reliability while accommodating the ongoing needs of
existing Market Participants and Transmission Customers. Baseline Reliability
Projects may consist of a number of individual facilities that in the judgment of
the Transmission Provider constitute a single project for cost allocation purposes.
The Transmission Provider shall collaborate with Transmission Owning
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members, other transmission providers, Transmission Customers, and other
stakeholders to develop appropriate planning models that reflect expected system
conditions for the planning horizon. The planning models shall reflect the
projected load growth of existing network customers and other transmission
service and interconnection commitments, and shall include any transmission
projects identified in Service Agreements or interconnection agreements that are
entered into in association with requests for transmission delivery service or
transmission interconnection service, as determined in Facilities Studies
associated with such requests, and MHVDC Transmission Lines with executed
Transmission Connection Agreements. The Transmission Provider shall test the
MTEP for adequacy and security based on commonly applicable national Electric
Reliability Organization (“ERO”) standards, and under likely and possible
dispatch patterns of actual and projected Generation Resources within the
Transmission System and of external resources, including dispatch reflective of
Long-Term Transmission Rights of Transmission Customers, and shall produce
an efficient expansion plan that includes all Baseline Reliability Projects
determined by the Transmission Provider to be necessary through the planning
horizon of the MTEP. The Transmission Provider shall obtain the approval of the
Transmission Provider Board, as set forth in Section VI, for each MTEP
published.
2.
New Transmission Access Projects: New Transmission Access
Projects are defined for the purposes of Attachment FF as Network Upgrades
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identified in Facilities Studies and agreements pursuant to requests for
transmission delivery service or transmission interconnection service under the
Tariff and also include JTIQ Upgrades. New Transmission Access Projects
include projects that are needed to maintain reliability while accommodating the
incremental needs associated with requests for new transmission or
interconnection service, as determined in Facilities Studies associated with such
requests and/or were identified as JTIQ Upgrades. New Transmission Access
Projects may consist of a number of individual facilities, which in the judgment of
the Transmission Provider constitute a single project for cost allocation purposes.
New Transmission Access Projects are either Generation Interconnection Projects
or Transmission Delivery Service Projects as defined in Sections II.A.2.a. and
II.A.2.b. The Transmission Provider shall consider the Baseline Reliability
Projects already determined to be needed in the most current MTEP, as well as
any other base-case needs not associated with the request for new service that
may be identified during the impact study process when determining the need for
New Transmission Access Projects. Any identified base-case needs determined
in the impact study process that are not a part of the Baseline Reliability Projects
already identified in the most current MTEP shall become new Baseline
Reliability Projects and shall be included in the next MTEP. New Transmission
Access Projects identified in Facilities Studies and agreements pursuant to
requests for transmission delivery service or transmission interconnection service
under this Tariff shall be included in the next MTEP.
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a.
Generation Interconnection Projects: Generation Interconnection
Projects are New Transmission Access Projects that are associated with
interconnection of new, or increase in generating capacity of existing,
generation under Attachment X to this Tariff and include JTIQ Upgrades.
b.
Transmission Delivery Service Projects: Transmission Delivery
Service Projects are New Transmission Access Projects that are needed to
provide for requests for new Point-To-Point Transmission Service, or
requests under Module B of the Tariff for Network Service or a new
designation of a Network Resource(s).
B.
Market Efficiency Projects: Market Efficiency Projects are Network Upgrades: (i) that
are proposed by the Transmission Provider, Transmission Owner(s), ITC(s), Market
Participant(s), or regulatory authorities; (ii) that are found to be eligible for inclusion in the
MTEP or are approved pursuant to Appendix B, Section VII of the ISO Agreement after June 16,
2005, applying the factors set forth in Section I.C. of this Attachment FF; (iii) that, except if
qualifying as an Interregional Market Efficiency Project under Section IX of the MISO-PJM
Joint Operating Agreement, have a Project Cost of $5 million or more; (iv) that, except if
qualifying as an Interregional Market Efficiency Project under Section IX of the MISO-PJM
Joint Operating Agreement, involve facilities with voltages of 230 kV or higher1; and that may
include any lower voltage facilities of 100kV or above that collectively constitute less than fifty
percent (50%) of the combined project cost, and without which the 230 kV or higher facilities
could not deliver sufficient benefit to meet the required benefit-to-cost ratio threshold for the
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project as established in Section II.B.1.c, or that otherwise are needed to relieve applicable
reliability criteria violations that are projected to occur as a direct result of the development of
the 230 kV or higher facilities of the project; (v) that are not determined to be Multi-Value
Projects; (vi) that are found to have regional benefits under the criteria set forth in Section II.B.1
of this Attachment FF. In the event that a Network Upgrade qualifies as an Interregional Market
Efficiency Project under Section IX of the MISO-PJM Joint Operating Agreement, the cost
threshold of Section II.B(iii) does not apply, and the voltage threshold of Section II.B.(iv) shall
be 100 kV or higher.2
1.
Criteria to Determine Whether a Project Should be Included as a Market
Efficiency Project: The Transmission Provider shall employ multiple future scenarios
and multi-year analyses including sensitivity analyses guided by input from the Planning
Advisory Committee to evaluate the anticipated benefits of a proposed Market Efficiency
Project in order to determine if such a project meets the criteria for inclusion in the
regional plan as a Market Efficiency Project eligible for regional cost sharing. Sensitivity
analyses shall include, among other factors, consideration of: (i) variations in amount,
type, and location of future generation supplies as dictated by future scenarios developed
with stakeholder input and guidance; (ii) alternative transmission proposals; (iii) impacts
of variations in load growth; and (iv) effects of demand response resources on
transmission benefits.
a.
Benefits Analysis. For purposes of qualification as a Market Efficiency
Project, the Transmission Provider will evaluate multiple types of economic value. The
2
A transformer is considered to operate above 100 kV when at least two sets of transformer terminals
operate at voltages above 100 kV.
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Transmission Provider shall apply the benefits metrics outlined in Attachment FF-7 and
sum the results of each of the benefit metrics together to determine the economic benefits
of a Market Efficiency Project to the Transmission Provider region.
b.
The costs applied in the benefit to cost ratio shall be the present value,
over the same period for which the project benefits are determined, of the annual
Network Upgrade Charges for the project as determined in accordance with the formula
in Attachment GG.
i.
The present value calculation for both the annual benefits and
annual costs will apply a discount rate representing the after-tax weighted average
cost of capital of the Transmission Owners that make up the Transmission
Provider Transmission System.
c.
The Transmission Provider shall employ a benefit to cost ratio test to
evaluate a proposed Market Efficiency Project. Only projects that meet a benefit to cost
ratio of 1.25 or greater shall be included in the MTEP as a Market Efficiency Project and
be eligible for regional cost sharing.
i.
The benefits of the project used to determine the associated cost
allocations as a percentage of project cost shall be determined one time at the time
that the project is presented to the Transmission Provider Board for approval.
Estimated Project Cost will be used to estimate the benefit to cost ratio and the
eligibility for cost sharing at the time of project approval. To the extent that the
Commission approves the collection of costs in rates for Construction Work in
Progress (“CWIP”) for a constructing Transmission Owner, costs will be
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allocated and collected prior to completion of the project.
d.
The aforementioned Market Efficiency Project inclusion criteria
shall be used for the exclusive purpose of determining whether projects are eligible for
regional cost sharing in accordance with Section III.A.2.f below. These criteria shall not
affect the existing criteria set forth in Appendix B of the ISO Agreement for determining
whether projects are eligible for inclusion in the MTEP. Moreover, the costs of projects
included in the MTEP, but not eligible for regional cost sharing, shall continue to be
eligible for inclusion in the calculation of Transmission Owner revenue requirements under
Attachment O of this Tariff.
C.
Multi-Value Projects: A Multi-Value Project is one or more Network Upgrades
that address a common set of Transmission Issues and satisfy the conditions listed in
Sections II.C.1, II.C.2, and II.C.3 of Attachment FF. All Network Upgrades associated
with a Multi-Value Project including any network upgrades on an external system and
lower voltage facilities that may be needed to relieve applicable reliability criteria
violations that are projected to occur as a direct result of the development of the Multi-
Value Project including any lower voltage facilities that are needed on an external system;
may be cost shared per Section III.A.2.g of Attachment FF except for (i) any Network
Upgrade cost associated with constructing an underground or underwater transmission line
above and beyond the cost of a feasible alternative overhead transmission line that provides
comparable regional benefits, and (ii) any DC transmission line and associated terminal
equipment when scheduling and dispatch of the DC transmission line is not turned over to
the Transmission Provider's markets, real-time control of the DC transmission line is not
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turned over to the Transmission Provider's automatic generation control system and/or the
DC transmission line is operated in a manner that requires specific users to subscribe for
DC transmission service.
1.
A Multi-Value Project must be evaluated as part of a Portfolio of projects, as
designated in the transmission expansion planning process, whose benefits are: (i)
spread broadly across the MISO system-wide footprint; or (ii) if the benefits of the
Portfolio are not spread broadly across the MISO system-wide footprint, the
benefits are spread broadly across: (a) the MISO Midwest MVP Cost Allocation
Subregion; or (b) the MISO South MVP Cost Allocation Subregion.
2.
A Multi-Value Project must meet one of the three criteria outlined below:
a.
Criterion 1. A Multi-Value Project must be developed through the
transmission expansion planning process for the purpose of enabling the
Transmission System to reliably and economically deliver energy in support
of documented energy policy mandates or laws that have been enacted or
adopted through state or federal legislation or regulatory requirement that
directly or indirectly govern the minimum or maximum amount of energy
that can be generated by specific types of generation. The MVP must be
shown to enable the transmission system to deliver such energy in a manner
that is more reliable and/or more economic than it otherwise would be
without the transmission upgrade.
b.
Criterion 2. A Multi-Value Project must provide multiple types of
economic value across multiple pricing zones with a Total MVP Benefit-to-
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Cost ratio of 1.0 or higher where the Total MVP Benefit -to-Cost ratio is
described in Section II.C.7 of this Attachment FF. The reduction of
production costs and the associated reduction of LMPs resulting from a
transmission congestion relief project are not additive and are considered a
single type of economic value.
c.
Criterion 3. A Multi-Value Project must address at least one Transmission
Issue associated with a projected violation of a NERC or Regional Entity
standard and at least one economic-based Transmission Issue that provides
economic value across multiple pricing zones. The project must generate
total financially quantifiable benefits, including quantifiable reliability
benefits, in excess of the total project costs based on the definition of
financial benefits and Project Costs provided in Section II.C.7 of
Attachment FF.
3.
All of the following conditions must be satisfied in order for a project to be
classified as a Multi-Value Project:
a.
Facilities associated with the transmission project must not be in service,
under construction, or approved for construction by the Transmission
Provider Board prior to July 16, 2010 or the date a Transmission Owner
becomes a signatory member of the ISO Agreement, whichever is later.
This Section II.C.3.a shall not preclude the Multi-Value Project
classification of a Competitive Transmission Project that makes a Selected
Developer(s) eligible to become a Transmission Owner.
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b.
The transmission project must be evaluated through the Transmission
Provider's transmission planning process and approved for construction by
the Transmission Provider Board prior to the start of construction, where
construction does not include preliminary site and route selection activities.
c.
The transmission project must not contain any transmission facilities listed
in Attachment FF-1 of this Tariff.
d.
The total capital cost of the transmission project must be greater than or
equal to $20,000,000.00.
e.
The transmission project must include, but not necessarily be limited to, the
construction or improvement of transmission facilities operating at voltages
above 100 kV. A transformer is considered to operate above 100 kV when
at least two sets of transformer terminals operate at voltages above 100 kV.
f.
Network Upgrades driven solely by an Interconnection Request, as defined
in Attachment X of the Tariff, or a Transmission Service request will not be
considered Multi-Value Projects.
4.
Any transmission project that qualifies as a Multi-Value Project shall be
classified as an MVP irrespective of whether such project is also a Baseline
Reliability Project and/or Market Efficiency Project.
5.
The specific types of economic value provided by a Multi-Value Project
include the following:
a.
Production cost savings where production costs include generator
startup, hourly generator no-load, generator energy and generator
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Operating Reserve costs. Production cost savings can be realized
through reductions in both transmission congestion and transmission
energy losses. Productions cost savings can also be realized through
reductions in Operating Reserve requirements within Reserve Zones
and, in some cases, reductions in overall Operating Reserve
requirements for the Transmission Provider.
b.
Capacity losses savings where capacity losses represent the amount
of capacity required to serve transmission losses during the system
peak hour including associated planning reserve.
c.
Capacity savings due to reductions in the overall Planning Reserve
Margins resulting from transmission expansion.
d.
Long-term cost savings realized by Transmission Customers by
accelerating a long-term project start date in lieu of implementing a
short-term project in the interim and/or long-term cost savings
realized by Transmission Customers by deferring or eliminating the
need to perform one or more projects in the future.
e.
Any other financially quantifiable benefit to Transmission
Customers resulting from an enhancement to the Transmission
System and related to the provisions of Transmission Service.
6.
Any project to facilitate like-for-like capital replacements of plant originally
installed as part of a Multi-Value Project where replacement is due to aging, failure,
damage or relocation requirements where such replacement is not the result of
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negligence by the constructing Transmission Owner will be treated as a Multi-
Value Project. The minimum project cost limitation for Multi-Value Projects
described in Section II.C.3.d of Attachment FF will not apply to the like for- like
capital replacement projects described in this Section.
7.
The following Total MVP Benefit-to-Cost Ratio will be applied to any
Multi-Value Project justified solely on the basis of Sections II.C.2.b or II.C.2.c of
this Attachment FF to ensure such project qualifies as a Multi-Value Project:
Total MVP Benefit-to-Cost Ratio = financial benefits / Project Costs.
For the purpose of this calculation, Financial Benefits will be set equal to the
present value of all financially quantifiable benefits provided by the project
projected for the first 20 years of the project's life and Project Costs will be set
equal to the present value of the annual revenue requirements projected for the first
20 years of the project's life.
8.
The aforementioned Multi-Value Project inclusion criteria shall be used for
the exclusive purpose of determining whether projects are eligible for regional cost
sharing in accordance with Section III.A.2.g below. These criteria shall not affect
the existing criteria set forth in Appendix B of the ISO Agreement for determining
whether projects are eligible for inclusion in the MTEP. Moreover, the costs of
projects included in the MTEP, but not eligible for regional cost sharing, shall
continue to be eligible for inclusion in the calculation of Transmission Owner
revenue requirements under Attachment O of this Tariff.
D.
Market Participant Funded Projects: Market Participant funded projects (MPFPs) are
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defined as Network Upgrades fully funded by one or more market participants but owned and
operated by an incumbent Transmission Owner. These projects apply to those Network
Upgrades that are neither currently included in the MTEP Appendix A nor targeted for approval
within the current planning cycle.
The development of the MPFPs will follow specified process steps that are detailed in the
Transmission Provider’s Transmission Planning Business Practices Manual (“TPBPM”). These
process steps shall include, at a minimum, the following:
1.
Consistent with the MTEP process the submittal deadline for a proposed
MPFP project shall be September 15 of the current planning cycle and the
proposed MPFP shall be submitted to the Transmission Provider planning contact,
indicated on the MPFP submittal form posted on the Planning page of the
Transmission Provider web site.
2.
An MPFP proposed by a Market Participant shall follow the same analysis
and approval timeline as an MTEP Target Appendix A project for the current
planning cycle.
3.
In the event that multiple Market Participants submit project proposals that
are electrically similar, Transmission Provider shall make a determination in
collaboration with the affected Transmission Owner(s) as to whether the projects
are effectively the same project. Such consideration shall include whether the
proposals have the same terminal stations, substantially address the same market
congestion issues or otherwise serve similar system purposes, and can each be
physically accommodated together with the other similar proposals. If the
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projects are determined to be effectively the same project, the priority for the
project shall be determined by the time-stamp date of receipt of the MPFP
Proposal Form, unless otherwise agreed to by the impacted Market Participants.
E.
Identification of Potential Impacts of a Market Efficiency Project or Multi-Value
Project on Neighboring Transmission Planning Region(s)
As part of the evaluation of any proposed Market Efficiency Project or Multi-Value
Project, the Transmission Provider will determine whether the proposed Market Efficiency Project
or Multi-Value Project causes any violations of NERC reliability standards on the transmission
system(s) of the adjacent neighboring transmission planning region(s). If the Transmission
Provider’s evaluation identifies any such violations of NERC reliability standards, the
Transmission Provider will contact and coordinate with the other potentially affected adjacent
neighboring transmission planning region(s) on any further evaluation.
F.
Targeted Market Efficiency Projects:
A Targeted Market Efficiency Project is an upgrade that is identified in a Targeted Market
Efficiency Project Study initiated by the Joint RTO Planning Committee as provided for under
Article IX of the Joint Operating Agreement between the Transmission Provider and PJM and that
satisfies the criteria for a Targeted Market Efficiency Project as set forth in Article IX of the Joint
Operating Agreement between the Transmission Provider and PJM. Any Targeted Market
Efficiency Project that is recommended by the Joint RTO Planning Committee under Article IX of
the Joint Operating Agreement between the Transmission Provider and PJM shall be presented to
the Transmission Provider Board for approval in the MTEP.
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G.
Treatment of Storage as a Transmission-Only Asset (SATOA)
1. SATOA May Be Included in MTEP as a Solution to a Transmission Issue
A storage facility proposed as a Storage as Transmission Only Asset (“SATOA”) may be
considered in the transmission planning process as a solution to a Transmission Issue. A
SATOA may be any one of the transmission project types described in Sections II.A through
II.D and II.F of this Attachment FF that meet the definitions, criteria, or factors applicable to
those project types. A SATOA is eligible for cost recovery consistent with the cost recovery for
its project type under Attachment FF, including cost recovery under Attachment FF, Section
III.A.2.k.
a.
Comparative Evaluations of Proposed SATOA.
The Transmission Provider will evaluate the appropriateness of proposed SATOAs as solutions
to Transmission Issues identified in the development of the MTEP comparably to any other
transmission asset. Considerations will include:
i.
Ability of the proposed SATOA to address the Transmission Issue (e.g., loading,
voltage, stability) in all hours that the Transmission Issue is determined to exist,
with a life-cycle cost that is comparable to other proposed solutions or as
otherwise needed to address the Transmission Issue, and after consideration of
the comparability in system performance to other proposed solutions, including
any non-transmission alternatives consistent with the provisions of Section
I.D.1.b.
ii.
The minimum and maximum Capacity required to address the Transmission Issue
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to ensure that excess storage Capacity is not treated as a transmission asset. Cost
recovery under transmission rates is limited to the cost of the maximum Capacity
determined to be needed to address the Transmission Issue and will be pro-rated
on that basis if a SATOA of higher Capacity is proposed, selected for inclusion in
Appendix A of MTEP, and installed.
iii.
Assurance of sufficient Energy and/or reactive capability (MWh/MVAr) to charge
or discharge Energy for any period identified as necessary in the planning study.
iv.
Assessment of system reliability impacts applicable to inverter-based facilities on
the same basis and in a manner comparable to such analysis in the Generator
Interconnection Procedures applicable to storage Resources as inverter-based
facilities.
v.
Life-cycle cost comparisons, including consideration of the period that is required
to address the Transmission Issue, which may be less than the life cycle of
alternatives, and including the factors described in Section II.G.1.b.
vi.
Additional considerations that may support comparative evaluation to other
solutions to the Transmission Issue, such as lead-time to develop, right of way or
substation impacts, expandability, operational flexibility, or others.
b. Life Cycle, Degradation, and Cost Assumptions
Selection of the proposed SATOA as the preferred solution will consider similar cost and
effectiveness considerations as applied to any other proposed transmission solution. The entity
proposing the SATOA shall provide the planning estimate of the SATOA’s:
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i.
Direct capital cost;
ii.
Expected useful life;
iii.
Equipment replacement schedules and associated life-cycle costs and other
ongoing costs to maintain the SATOA at its required Capacity and Energy
capability necessary to address the Transmission Issue identified, or otherwise
comparable to a traditional wires solution; and
iv.
Other cost and performance information as the Transmission Provider may
determine is necessary to compare cost and performance with other proposed
solutions to the Transmission Issue identified.
c.
Selection of proposed SATOA as a Preferred Solution in MTEP
To be selected for inclusion in the MTEP, in addition to the requirements of Section II.G.1.a., the
proposed SATOA must:
i.
Demonstrate a basis to be recommended for inclusion in Appendix A of the
MTEP as a transmission asset by:
a. Unique characteristics or circumstances of the proposed SATOA
necessary to meet the identified Transmission System performance
requirements and not otherwise available at comparable costs from other
proposed solutions, including speed of operation, lead-time to implement,
right-of-way or other property considerations.
b. A need to resolve the Transmission Issue(s) through the storage facility’s
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functioning as a SATOA instead of as a Resource that participates in the
Transmission Provider’s markets. A storage facility will not be evaluated
as a potential SATOA to resolve a routine (i.e. N-0 or N-1) Transmission
Issue that can be addressed by a market solution.
ii.
Meet the criteria to be designated in the MTEP as one of the transmission project
types consistent with the provisions of Sections II.A through II.D and II.F of this
Attachment FF, or as eligible for cost recovery pursuant to Section III.A.2.k.
d. Consideration of Impacts on Resources in the Interconnection Queue
If the Transmission Provider or stakeholder identifies a potential impact to Generating Facilities
in the Definitive Planning Phase pursuant to Attachment X, the Transmission Provider will
assess whether the proposed SATOA will impact Generating Facilities in the Definitive Planning
Phase and such assessment may include targeted contingency analyses applying Applicable
Reliability Standards and applicable regional and local planning criteria to evaluate the
incremental impact of the proposed SATOA on Generating Facilities in the Definitive Planning
Phase that are in proximity to the SATOA in the MTEP model to compare loading and other
system performance impacts attributable to the addition of the SATOA. The Transmission
Provider will test the expansion model with and without the SATOA operating in the manner
required for the SATOA to address the Transmission Issue identified for the SATOA to resolve.
If such assessment demonstrates that the necessary operating mode of the proposed SATOA
would cause the need for additional system mitigation, the cost of such mitigation will be
included in the evaluation of the proposed SATOA against other potential transmission solutions
and will be included as part of the SATOA project itself and the total project costs will be
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eligible for recovery through the appropriate Attachment and Schedule of the Tariff.
2. Development of Operating Guides Associated with SATOA Selected for MTEP
Operation of SATOA in real time will be under the functional control of the Transmission
Provider as provided for in Rate Schedule 1 (Transmission Owners Agreement), Article Three,
Section I.A. For each SATOA included in the MTEP, the Transmission Provider will develop an
Operating Guide specifying the operating practices applicable to the SATOA and consistent with
the system performance requirements determined through the planning study supporting the
selection of the SATOA for inclusion in the MTEP. The Operating Guide will include limitations
on the operation of the SATOA above the maximum Capacity determined to be needed to
address the Transmission Issue, consistent with Section II.G.1.a.ii.
3. Storage as Non-Transmission Alternatives
As provided for under Section I.D.1.b, storage facilities that are not proposed as SATOA may be
considered as alternatives to transmission assets to address system needs when participating as
generation or demand-side resources.
4. SATOA Participation in Markets
SATOA may only participate in the Transmission Provider’s markets to the extent necessary to
receive Energy from the Transmission System and to inject Energy into the Transmission System
to provide the services for which the SATOA was included in the MTEP. SATOA may not
otherwise participate in the Energy and Operating Reserve Markets and/or the Planning Resource
Auction.
5. Transmission Service Associated with SATOA Operation
No Transmission Service charges are applicable to the operation of a SATOA.
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6. Responsibility for Market-Derived Costs and Revenues Associated with SATOA
a. Accounting for Costs Incurred in the Market
Costs resulting from Market Activities of a SATOA directed under the Transmission
Provider’s functional control shall be collected through transmission rates in a manner
consistent with the treatment of costs associated with the transmission project type that
the SATOA is included as in Appendix A of the MTEP pursuant to Section II.G.1.c.ii.
As an example, costs for charging a SATOA battery storage device may be included in
transmission rates in a manner consistent with the inclusion in transmission rates as a
Baseline Reliability Project if the battery storage device operates to serve as a Baseline
Reliability Project.
b. Credit Back of Market Revenues
Revenues collected from Market Activities of a SATOA directed under the Transmission
Provider’s functional control shall be credited back through transmission rates in a
manner consistent with the treatment of costs associated with the project category in
transmission rates.
7. Removal
No SATOA may be removed from service permanently unless the removal is submitted into the
annual MTEP planning process as a proposed project removal, reviewed by the Transmission
Provider for its impact on Transmission System performance, and accepted by the Transmission
Provider based on such review.
III.
Designation of Cost Responsibility for MTEP Projects: Based on the planning
analysis performed by the Transmission Provider, which shall take into consideration all
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appropriate input from Market Participants or external entities, including, but not limited to, any
indications of a willingness to bear cost responsibility for an enhancement or expansion, the
recommended MTEP shall, for any enhancement or expansion that is included in the plan,
designate: (i) the Market Participant(s) in one or more pricing zones that will bear cost
responsibility for such enhancement or expansion, as and to the extent provided by any
applicable provision of the Tariff, including Attachments N, X, or any applicable cost allocation
method ordered by the Commission; or, (ii) in the event and to the extent that no provision of the
Tariff so assigns cost responsibility, the Market Participant(s) or Transmission Customer(s) in
one or more pricing zones from which the cost of such enhancements or expansions shall be
recovered through charges established pursuant to Attachment GG of this Tariff, or as otherwise
provided for under this Attachment FF.
Any designation under clause (ii) of the preceding sentence shall be determined as provided for
in Section III.A of this Attachment FF with the cost responsibility at least roughly commensurate
with the benefits. For all such designations, the Transmission Provider shall calculate the cost
allocation impacts to each pricing zone. The results will be reviewed for unintended
consequences by the Transmission Provider and the Tariff Working Group and any such
identified consequences shall be reported to the Planning Advisory Committee, and the OMS.
A.
Allocation of Costs Within the Transmission Provider Region
1.
Default Cost Allocation: Except as otherwise provided for in this Attachment FF, or by
any other applicable provision of this Tariff and consistent with the ISO Agreement, the
responsibility for Network Upgrades included in the approved MTEP will be addressed in
accordance with the provisions of the ISO Agreement.
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2.
Cost Allocation: The Transmission Provider will designate and assign cost
responsibility on a regional, and sub-regional basis for Network Upgrades identified
in the MTEP subject to the grand-fathered project provisions of Section III.A.2.b.
a.
Market Participant’s Option to Fund: Notwithstanding the Transmission
Provider’s assignment of cost responsibility for a project included in the
MTEP, one or more Market Participants may elect to assume cost
responsibility for any or all costs of a Network Upgrade that is included in
the MTEP. Provided however, in the event the Market Participant is also
a Transmission Owner such election of the option to fund must be made
on a consistent, non-discriminatory basis.
b.
Grandfathered Projects: The cost allocation provisions of this
Attachment FF shall not be applicable to transmission projects identified
in Attachment FF-1, which is based on the list of projects designated as
Planned Projects in the MTEP approved by the Transmission Provider
Board on June 16, 2005 (MTEP 05) and some additions of proposed
projects that the Transmission Provider has determined to be in the
advanced stages of planning.
c.
Baseline Reliability Projects: Costs of Baseline Reliability Projects shall
be recovered pursuant to Attachment O of this Tariff by the Transmission
Owner(s) and/or ITC(s) developing such projects, such that the
Transmission Owner(s) and/or ITC(s) developing a Baseline Reliability
Project shall be responsible for all of the costs of the portion of the
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Baseline Reliability Project that is physically located in the Transmission
Owner’s and/or ITC’s pricing zone, subject to the requirements of the ISO
Agreement.
d.
Generation Interconnection Projects: Costs of Generation Interconnection
Projects that are not JTIQ Upgrades and that are not determined by the
Transmission Provider to be Baseline Reliability Projects, Market
Efficiency Projects, or Multi-Value Projects and the Network Upgrade
costs associated with advancing a Baseline Reliability Project, Market
Efficiency Project, or Multi-Value Project associated with a generator
interconnection will be paid for by the Interconnection Customer(s) in
accordance with Attachment X.
For Generation Interconnection Projects interconnecting to the American
Transmission Company LLC transmission system and that are not JTIQ
Upgrades, such costs will be subject to the provision of Attachment FF –
ATCLLC. In the event that a Generation Interconnection Project that is
not a JTIQ Upgrade defers or displaces a Baseline Reliability Project, the
costs of the Generation Interconnection Project up to the costs of the
deferred or displaced Baseline Reliability Project shall be allocated
consistent with the cost allocation for the Baseline Reliability Project.
1)
For Network Upgrades to facilities in voltage classes at or above
345 kV and that are not a JTIQ Upgrade, the Interconnection
Customer shall be repaid 10 percent of the costs of the Generation
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Interconnection Project funded by the Interconnection Customer
once Commercial Operation is achieved. The Transmission
Owner(s) constructing the Generation Interconnection Project will
repay 10% of the Generation Interconnection Project costs
associated with Network Upgrade facilities in a voltage class of
345 kV or greater to the Interconnection Customer under
repayment terms consistent with the schedules and other terms of
Attachment X.
The 10% of the Project Cost associated with Network Upgrade
facilities of voltage class 345 kV or above and that are not a JTIQ
Upgrade, and repaid to the Interconnection Customer pursuant to
this section, shall be allocated on a system-wide basis and
recovered pursuant to Attachment GG of this Tariff.
Costs of Generation Interconnection Projects that are JTIQ
Upgrades included in a JTIQ Portfolio, and where a JTIQ Upgrade
included in the JTIQ Portfolio has been selected to receive funding
through the United States Department of Energy Grid Resilience
and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) Program by December 31,
2023, shall be allocated to Interconnection Customers included in
the JTIQ Commitment Groups consistent with Section 9.4 and
related subsections of Rate Schedule 6. If none of the JTIQ
Upgrades have been selected to receive funds through the GRIP
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program, the Transmission Provider will propose an appropriate
cost allocation method pursuant to the terms of Section 9.4 of Rate
Schedule 6.
In the event that the JTIQ Portfolio in Section 9.4 of Rate Schedule
6 is not fully subscribed as set forth in Rate Schedule 6, the costs
of JTIQ Upgrades constructed by a Transmission Owner and not
recovered from the JTIQ Commitment Groups shall be recovered
on a system-wide basis pursuant to Attachment JJJ.
A JTIQ Upgrade identified pursuant to Section 9.4 of Rate
Schedule 6 shall be presented to the Transmission Provider Board
for approval for inclusion in the MTEP.
2)
An Interconnection Customer may be required to contribute to the
cost of Shared Network Upgrades, as defined in Attachment X to
the Tariff, that are funded by another Interconnection Customer,
including when the Transmission Owner elects to fund the capital
cost of a Shared Network Upgrade under Section 11.3 of the
Generator Interconnection Agreement, as a Generation
Interconnection Project pursuant to Attachment X in accordance
with the following provisions:
(a)
Each Interconnection Customer with one or more Shared
Network Upgrade(s) identified in Appendix A of its
Generator Interconnection Agreement for which the
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Transmission Owner(s) has not elected to fund the capital
cost of a Shared Network Upgrade(s) under Section 11.3 of
the Generator Interconnection Agreement shall make a one-
time payment under Schedule 26-B to the Transmission
Provider in accordance with the terms in the Generator
Interconnection Agreement. The one-time payment will
reflect the cost of the Shared Network Upgrade assigned to
the Interconnection Customer as determined by the
Transmission Provider.
All revenue collected by the Transmission Provider through
Schedule 26-B shall be distributed to the appropriate
Interconnection Customer(s).
(b)
If the Transmission Owner(s) has elected to fund the capital
cost of a Shared Network Upgrade(s) under Section 11.3 of
the Generator Interconnection Agreement, each
Interconnection Customer with that Shared Network
Upgrade(s) identified in Appendix A of its Generator
Interconnection Agreement shall enter into a Facilities
Service Agreement(s) with the Transmission Owner(s).
3)
The Interconnection Customer shall be entitled, pursuant to
Section 46 of this Tariff, to any Financial Transmission Rights or
other rights to the extent provided for under this Tariff, for any
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Network Upgrade costs funded by or charged to the
Interconnection Customer and not subject to repayment under the
provisions of this Section III.A.2.d and that are not costs for JTIQ
Upgrades. For costs funded by or charged to the Interconnection
Customer for Generation Interconnection Projects that are JTIQ
Upgrades, the Interconnection Customer shall be eligible for
Financial Transmission Rights pursuant to Section 47 of this
Tariff.
4)
International Transmission/Michigan Electric Transmission
Company:
(a)
For those Generation Interconnection Projects that
are not JTIQ Upgrades for which International
Transmission Company or Michigan Electric Transmission
Company, LLC, (“International” or “METC”) as
Transmission Owners will be a signatory to the
interconnection agreement under the terms of Attachment
X of this Tariff or any successor provision of the Tariff
executed by the parties after the effective date of this
Attachment FF Section III.A.2.d.4, this Attachment FF
Section III.A.2.d.4 shall apply.
(b)
Generation Interconnection Projects: The cost of
Network Upgrades for Generation Interconnection Projects
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that are not determined by the Transmission Provider to be
Baseline Reliability Projects shall be reimbursed by the
Transmission Owner as provided in this Section III.A.2.d.4.
All costs of Network Upgrades for Generation
Interconnection Projects will initially be paid by the
Interconnection Customer in accordance with the terms of
the Interconnection Agreement entered into pursuant to
Attachment X of this Tariff. To the extent the
Interconnection Customer demonstrates at the time of
Commercial Operation of the Generating Facility one of the
following:
i.
Generating Facility has been designated as a
Network Resource in accordance with the
Tariff, or
ii.
Contractual commitment has been entered into
with a Network Customer for capacity, or in the
case of an Intermittent Resource, for energy,
from the Generating Facility for a period of one
(1) year or longer.
The Interconnection Customer will receive up to one
hundred percent (100%) reimbursement of reimbursable
costs within ninety (90) days of the Commercial Operation
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Date, such reimbursement prorated by the percentage of the
Generating Facility capacity or annual available energy
output contracted for and as demonstrated to the
satisfaction of the Transmission Provider.
If the Interconnection Customer is unable to
demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Transmission
Provider at the time of Commercial Operation of the
Generating Facility that the Generating Facility has met the
repayment obligations set forth in Attachment FF Sections
III.A.2.d.4.b.i. or III.A.2.d.4.b.ii. the Interconnection
Customer shall be directly assigned 100% of the costs of
the Generation Interconnection Project. The Transmission
Owner may effect this direct assignment of costs by either
foregoing any repayment of costs funded by the
Interconnection Customer, or by electing to repay 100% of
the costs under repayment terms consistent with the
schedules and other terms of Attachment X.
The Interconnection Customer shall be entitled, pursuant to
Section 46 of this Tariff, to any Financial Transmission
Rights or other rights to the extent provided for under this
Tariff, for any Network Upgrade costs funded by or
charged to the Interconnection Customer and not subject to
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repayment under the provisions of this Attachment FF
Section III.A.2.d.4. In the event that a Generation
Interconnection Project defers or displaces a Baseline
Reliability Project, the costs of the Generation
Interconnection Project up to the costs of the deferred or
displaced Baseline Reliability Project shall be allocated
consistent with the cost allocation for the Baseline
Reliability Project.
(c)
For all amounts to be reimbursed by a Transmission
Owner to an Interconnection Customer in accordance with
this Attachment FF Section III.A.2.d.4, the Transmission
Owner will reimburse the sums received from the
Interconnection Customer in cash together with any
applicable interest, in accordance with the terms of the
Interconnection Agreement.
(d)
Allocation of Generation Interconnection
Reimbursement. For all amounts reimbursed by a
Transmission Owner to an Interconnection Customer under
this Attachment FF Section III.A.2.d.4, the reimbursement
will be allocated as follows:
i.
Projects of Voltage Below 345 kV: 50% of
the applicable Project Cost for Generation
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Interconnection Projects with a voltage class
below 345 kV shall be allocated on a sub-
regional basis to all Transmission Customers
in designated pricing zones. The designated
pricing zones and the sub-regional allocation
of the Project Cost shall be determined on a
case-by-case basis in accordance with a Line
Outage Distribution Factor Table (“LODF
Table”) developed by the Transmission
Provider which is similar in form to that
attached hereto as Attachment FF-2. The
LODF Table is based on Transmission
System topology and Line-Outage
Distribution Factors associated with the
project under consideration and is used to
determine the pricing zones to be included
in the sub-regional allocation of the Project
Cost. The percentage of the sub-regional
allocation assigned to each designated
pricing zone shall be determined based on
the relative share between pricing zones of
the sum of the absolute value of the product
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of the Line-Outage Distribution Factor on
each Branch Facility in a pricing zone and
the length in miles of the Branch Facility.
The remaining fifty percent (50%) of the
reimbursement will not be subject to any
regional or sub-regional cost allocation, but
will be recovered by that Transmission
Owner under its Attachment O transmission
rate formula under this Tariff.
ii.
Projects of Voltage 345 kV and Higher:
10% of the applicable Project Cost for
Generation Interconnection Projects with a
voltage class of 345 kV or higher shall be
allocated on a system-wide basis to all
Transmission Customers and recovered
through a system-wide rate. 40% of the
applicable Project Cost for Generation
Interconnection Projects with a voltage class
of 345 kV or higher shall be allocated on a
sub-regional basis to all Transmission
Customers in designated pricing zones. The
designated pricing zones and the sub-
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regional allocation of the Project Cost shall
be determined on a case-by-case basis in
accordance with a Line Outage Distribution
Factor Table (“LODF Table”) developed by
the Transmission Provider similar in form to
that attached hereto as Attachment FF-2.
The LODF Table is based on Transmission
System topology and Line-Outage
Distribution Factors associated with the
project under consideration and is used to
determine the pricing zones to be included
in the sub-regional allocation of the Project
Cost. The percentage of the sub-regional
allocation assigned to each designated
pricing zone shall be determined based on
the relative share between pricing zones of
the sum of the absolute value of the product
of the Line-Outage Distribution Factor on
each Branch Facility in a pricing zone and
the length in miles of the Branch Facility.
The remaining fifty percent (50%) of the
reimbursement will not be subject to any
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regional or sub-regional cost allocation, but
will be recovered by that Transmission
Owner under its Attachment O transmission
rate formula under this Tariff.
e.
Transmission Delivery Service Projects: Costs of Transmission Delivery
Service Projects shall be assigned and recovered in accordance with
Attachment N of this Tariff.
f.
Market Efficiency Projects: Costs of Market Efficiency Projects shall be
allocated as follows:
i)
One Hundred percent (100%) of the costs of the Market
Efficiency Projects with a voltage at or above 230 kV that do
not qualify as Interregional Market Efficiency Projects under
Section IX of the MISO-PJM JOA shall be allocated to all
Transmission Customers in each of the of the Transmission
Pricing Zones that has a net positive present value of the
annual benefits over the evaluation period applying the
benefit metrics in Attachment FF-7. For Market Efficiency
Projects that are also Interregional Market Efficiency
Projects under Section IX of the MISO-PJM Joint Operating
Agreement with a voltage at or above 345 kV,one hundred
percent (100%) of the Transmission Provider’s share of the
costs shall be allocated to all Transmission Customers in
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each of the Transmission Pricing Zones that has a net
positive present value of the annual benefits over the
evaluation period applying the benefit metrics in Attachment
FF-7.
ii)
For Market Efficiency Projects that are also Interregional
Market Efficiency Projects under Section IX of the MISO-
PJM Joint Operating Agreement with a voltage at or above
100 kV but below 345 kV, one hundred percent (100%) of
the Transmission Provider’s share of the costs shall be
allocated to all Transmission Customers in each of the
Cost Allocation Zones, as defined in Attachment WW.
The cost allocated to each Cost Allocation Zone shall be
based on the relative benefit determined for each Cost
Allocation Zone that has a positive present value of annual
benefits over the evaluation period using the methodology
for project benefit determination of Attachment FF-7,
Section I.A.
iii)
Excessive Funding or Requirements: The Transmission
Provider shall seek to identify and manage the development
of, as a part of the planning process for Market Efficiency
Projects, portfolios of projects that tend to provide net
benefits over the planning horizon, as determined according
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to the applicable section(s) of Attachment FF-7, throughout
each Transmission Pricing Zone for each Market Efficiency
Project with a voltage at or above 230 kV that does not
qualify as Interregional Market Efficiency Projects under
Section IX of the MISO-PJM JOA, for each Market
Efficiency Project that is also an Interregional Market
Efficiency Project under Section IX of the MISO-PJM Joint
Operating Agreement with a voltage at or above 345 kV, and
for each Cost Allocation Zone, as defined in Attachment
WW, for each Market Efficiency Project that is also an
Interregional Market Efficiency Projects under Section IX of
the MISO-PJM Joint Operating Agreement with a voltage at
or above 100 kV but below 345 kV. The Transmission
Provider shall analyze on an annual basis whether the project
portfolios developed in accordance with this goal and the
criteria in Section III.A.2.f unintentionally result in unjust or
unreasonable annual capital funding requirements for any
Transmission Owner or rate increases for Transmission
Customers in designated pricing zones; or otherwise result in
undue discrimination between the Transmission Customers,
Transmission Owners, or any Market Participants; any such
identified consequences shall be reported to the Planning
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Advisory Committee and to the Organization of MISO
States. After discussing such assessments with the
aforementioned stakeholder bodies, and taking into
consideration the cumulative experience in applying this
Attachment FF, the Transmission Provider will make a
determination as to whether Tariff modifications are
required, and if so file such modifications.
g.
Multi-Value Projects: Costs of Multi-Value Projects will be allocated as
follows:
i)
For a Portfolio of Multi-Value Projects with benefits spread
broadly across the MISO system-wide footprint, one-
hundred percent (100%) of the annual revenue
requirements of the Multi-Value Projects shall be allocated
on a system-wide basis to Transmission Customers that
withdraw energy, including external transactions sinking
outside the Transmission Provider's region, and recovered
through an MVP Usage Charge pursuant to Attachment
MM.
ii)
For a Portfolio including only Multi-Value Projects with
benefits spread broadly across the MISO Midwest MVP
Cost Allocation Subregion identified in Attachment XX but
not broadly spread across the MISO system-wide footprint,
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one-hundred percent (100%) of the annual revenue
requirements of such Multi-Value Projects shall be: (1)
allocated on a pro-rata basis to Transmission Customers
that withdrew energy in the MISO Midwest MVP Cost
Allocation Subregion identified in Attachment XX,
including applicable external transactions associated with
the MISO Midwest MVP Cost Allocation Subregion
sinking outside the Transmission Provider’s region; and (2)
recovered through an MVP Usage Charge pursuant to
Attachment MM.
iii)
For a Portfolio including only Multi-Value Projects with
benefits spread broadly across the MISO South MVP Cost
Allocation Subregion identified in Attachment XX but not
broadly spread across the MISO system-wide footprint,
one-hundred percent (100%) of the annual revenue
requirements of such Multi-Value Projects shall be: (1)
allocated on a pro-rata basis to Transmission Customers
that withdraw energy in the MISO South MVP Cost
Allocation Subregion as identified in Attachment XX,
including applicable external transactions associated with
the MISO South MVP Cost Allocation Subregion and
sinking outside the Transmission Provider's region; and (2)
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recovered through an MVP Usage Charge pursuant to
Attachment MM.
h.
Targeted Market Efficiency Projects: The cost of a Targeted Market
Efficiency Project shall be allocated as follows:
i)
Targeted Market Efficiency Projects are interregionally
cost allocated between the Transmission Provider and PJM
per Section 9.4.4.2.5 of the Joint Operating Agreement
between the Transmission Provider and PJM.
ii)
One hundred percent (100%) of the Transmission Provider’s
share of the cost of a Targeted Market Efficiency Project
shall be allocated to all Transmission Pricing Zones that
receive a positive congestion contribution benefit from the
Targeted Market Efficiency Project. The share of such cost
allocated to each Transmission Pricing Zone shall be in
proportion to the relative positive congestion contribution
benefit accruing from the Targeted Market Efficiency Project
to the Transmission Pricing Zone over the evaluation period
of Section 9.4.4.1.5(iv)(d) of the Joint Operating Agreement
between the Transmission Provider and PJM. To determine
the relative positive contribution benefit accruing to each
Transmission Pricing Zone, the Transmission Provider will
use the data resulting from the Targeted Market Efficiency
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Project study conducted pursuant to Section 9.3.7.2(c) of the
Joint Operating Agreement and apply a congestion
contribution formula to each load node and generator node in
the Commercial Model equal to the multiplication of the
Shadow Price of the flowgate, shift factor of the load node or
generator node to the flowgate, and the amount of load or
generation at the node. This formula will be applied for all
hours in the Day Ahead market where the Reciprocal
Coordinated Flowgate experienced congestion. The
congestion contribution of each load node or generator node
on the Reciprocal Coordinated Flowgate will be calculated
for each congested interval during the evaluation period of
Section 9.4.4.1.5(iv)(d) of the Joint Operating Agreement
between the Transmission Provider and PJM. Summing all
of the congestion contributions will yield the relative benefits
of the upgrade to each load node or generator node.
Aggregating the load node or generator node congestion
contributions for each Transmission Pricing Zone gives the
net benefits of the upgrade to each Transmission Pricing
Zone, providing the basis for cost allocation of the
Transmission Provider’s share of the cost of the Targeted
Market Efficiency Project.
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iii)
Provided, however, that no cost for the Targeted Market
Efficiency Project shall be allocated to a Transmission
Pricing Zone if the positive congestion contribution benefit
from the Targeted Market Efficiency Project to that
Transmission Pricing Zone is calculated to be less than a
threshold of either: (1) $5,000 total or (2) less than one
percent (1%) of the Transmission Provider’s cost of the
Targeted Market Efficiency Project. Any costs that are not
allocated to a Transmission Pricing Zone because they fall
within this threshold will be collected by a reallocation to the
remaining Transmission Pricing Zones that receive positive
congestion contribution benefits from the Targeted Market
Efficiency Project in proportion to the share of positive
congestion contribution benefits each Transmission Pricing
Zone is calculated to receive from the Targeted Market
Efficiency Project.
iv)
Provided, further, that no cost for a Targeted Market
Efficiency Project that is approved in any MTEP by the
Transmission Provider Board during the Second Planning
Area’s Transition Period shall be allocated to a Transmission
Pricing Zone located in the Second Planning Area if the
Targeted Market Efficiency Project terminates wholly
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outside of MISO or terminates exclusively in the First
Planning Area. Any costs that are not allocated to a
Transmission Pricing Zone in the Second Planning Area as a
result of this subsection shall be collected by a reallocation to
the remaining Transmission Pricing Zones that receive
positive congestion contribution benefits from the Targeted
Market Efficiency Project in proportion to the share of
positive congestion contribution benefits each Transmission
Pricing Zone is calculated to receive from the Targeted
Market Efficiency Project.
i.
Market Participant Funded Projects (MPFPs): Costs of MPFPs
will be allocated as follows: One-hundred percent (100%) of the cost of a
Market Participant Funded Project (MPFP) shall be assigned to the Market
Participant that proposed the project, subject to the provisions of this
Attachment FF Section II.D.3, unless other cost sharing arrangement is
agreed to between the Market Participant and the incumbent Transmission
Owner.
j.
Treatment of Projects that meet both Baseline Reliability Project Criteria
and/or New Transmission Access Project Criteria, and the Market
Efficiency Project Criteria: If the Transmission Provider determines that a
project designated as a Market Efficiency Project also meets the criteria to
be designated as a Baseline Reliability Project and/or a New Transmission
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Access Project, the cost of such project shall be allocated in accordance
with the Market Efficiency Project allocation procedures.
k.
Other Projects: Unless otherwise agreed upon pursuant to
Section III.A.2.a. of this Attachment FF, the costs of Network Upgrades
that are included in the MTEP, but do not qualify as Baseline Reliability
Projects, New Transmission Access Projects, Targeted Market Efficiency
Projects, Market Efficiency Projects, or Multi-Value Projects shall be
eligible for recovery pursuant to Attachment O of this Tariff by the
Transmission Owner(s) and/or ITC(s) paying the costs of such project,
subject to the requirements of the ISO Agreement.
l.
Withdrawal from MISO: A Transmission Owner that withdraws from the
MISO as a Transmission Owner shall remain responsible for all financial
obligations incurred pursuant to this Attachment FF while a Member of
the MISO and payments applicable to time periods prior to the effective
date of such withdrawal shall be honored by the MISO and the
withdrawing Member.
m.
New Transmission Owners: A new Transmission Owner joining the MISO
will be responsible for the following financial obligations:
a.
New Transmission Owners will not be responsible for any
portion of Baseline Reliability Projects, Generation
Interconnection Projects, Transmission Delivery Service
Projects, Targeted Market Efficiency Projects, or Market
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Efficiency Projects that were approved prior to their entry
date.
b.
For Multi-Value Projects approved prior to the new
Transmission Owner’s entry date, the load interconnected
to the Transmission Owner’s Transmission System will be
responsible for one-hundred percent (100%) of the MVP
usage charge described in Attachment MM for the years
following the Transmission Owner’s entry date applied to
the Monthly Net Actual Energy Withdrawals for Load
interconnected to the Transmission Owner’s Transmission
System.
n.
Only a Transmission Owner shall be authorized to construct and/or own
transmission facilities associated with a Baseline Reliability Project. For
projects jointly developed between Transmission Owners and other
parties the portion constructed and owned by a Transmission Owner may
qualify as a Baseline Reliability Project, Market Efficiency Project,
and/or Multi Value Project.
IV.
Merchant Transmission Project Data Requirements: A proposed merchant
transmission developer assumes all financial risk and funding requirements for developing its
transmission project(s) and constructing the proposed transmission facility(ies). In order for a
proposed merchant transmission developer’s facility to be interconnected to the Transmission
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System, it is first necessary for the impacted Transmission Owner and the Transmission Provider
to analyze the reliability and operational impact of the proposed new merchant transmission
facility(ies) on the Transmission System to determine if the new merchant transmission facilities
can be reliably supported by the Transmission System, and if not, what Network Upgrades
funded by the merchant transmission developer would be required to reliably support the
proposed merchant transmission facility(ies). In order to perform the required reliability and
operational analyses, the merchant transmission developer must provide the following data to the
Transmission Provider:
(1)
Each transmission circuit and substation, including new facilities, associated with
the merchant transmission proposal;
(2)
Nominal operating voltage level in kV and voltage characteristics (i.e., AC or DC)
for each transmission circuit associated with the merchant transmission proposal;
(3)
Typical and maximum MW power flow schedules, in each direction, for all
proposed DC transmission circuits associated with the merchant transmission proposal;
(4)
Normal and emergency summer and winter load ratings for each transmission
circuit associated with the merchant transmission proposal;
(5)
Maximum allowable positive sequence impedance for each AC transmission circuit
associated with the merchant transmission proposal, when applicable;
(6)
List of all transmission buses associated with the merchant transmission proposal,
including nominal operating voltage level in kV, voltage characteristics, and terminating
transmission branches and shunts;
(7)
Proposed substation one-line diagrams for all new substations associated with the
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merchant transmission proposal, including circuit breaker and bus configuration details;
(8)
Load ratings, winding connections, impedances, tap data, and any other relevant
information for load carrying equipment and facilities associated with the merchant
transmission proposal, as applicable;
(9)
Modeling files to model proposed facilities and relevant new contingencies in
power flow, stability, short-circuit and other relevant study models; and
(10)
Any other data determined pertinent to the study by the Transmission Provider
and/or interconnecting Transmission Owners for the specific merchant transmission facility
proposal.
V.
Designation of Entities to Construct, Implement, Own, Operate, Maintain, Repair,
Restore, and/or Finance MTEP Projects: With the exception of Competitive Transmission
Projects, for each project included in the recommended MTEP Appendix A and prior to approval
by the Transmission Provider Board, the plan shall designate one or more Transmission Owners to
construct, own, operate, maintain, repair, restore, and finance the recommended project, based on
the planning analysis performed by the Transmission Provider and based on other input from
participants, including, but not limited to, any indications of a willingness to bear cost
responsibility for the project; and applicable provisions of the ISO Agreement. Regarding
Competitive Transmission Projects, upon the determination of the Selected Developer(s) for such
projects, as set forth in Section VIII of this Attachment FF, the Transmission Provider shall update
the approved MTEP Appendix A by identifying the Selected Developer(s) for each Competitive
Transmission Project. Should the facilities from such Competitive Transmission Projects not be
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approved by state regulatory authorities as Competitive Transmission Facilities, but instead as
upgrades to existing transmission facilities, as defined in Section VIII.A.2 of this Attachment FF,
the Transmission Provider shall update MTEP Appendix A by designating the appropriate
Transmission Owner(s) to construct, own, operate, maintain, repair, restore, and finance such
facilities in accordance with the ISO Agreement.
VI.
Implementation of the MTEP:
A.
If the Transmission Provider and any Transmission Owner’s planning
representatives, or other designated entity(ies), cannot reach agreement on any element of the
MTEP, the dispute may be resolved through the dispute resolution procedures provided in the
Tariff, or in any applicable joint operating agreement, or by the Commission or state regulatory
authorities, where appropriate. The MTEP shall have as one of its goals the satisfaction of all
regulatory requirements as specified in Appendix B or Article IV, Section I, Paragraph C of the
ISO Agreement.
B.
The Transmission Provider shall present the MTEP, along with a summary of
relevant alternative projects that were not selected, to the Transmission Provider Board for
approval on a biennial basis, or more frequently if needed. The proposed MTEP shall include
specific projects already approved as a result of the Transmission Provider entering into Service
Agreements with Transmission Customers where such agreements provide for identification of
needed transmission construction, timetable, cost, and Transmission Owner or other parties’
construction responsibilities.
C.
Approval of the MTEP by the Transmission Provider Board certifies it as the
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Transmission Provider plan for meeting the transmission needs of all stakeholders subject to any
required approvals by federal or state regulatory authorities. The Transmission Provider shall
provide a copy of the MTEP to all applicable federal and state regulatory authorities. The
affected Transmission Owner(s), Selected Developer(s), or other designated entity(ies), shall
make a good faith effort to design, certify, and build the designated facilities to fulfill the
approved MTEP. However, in the event that an MTEP Appendix A project approved by the
Transmission Provider Board is being challenged through the dispute resolution procedures
under this Tariff or in court proceedings, the obligation of the Transmission Owners, or other
designated entity(ies), to build that specific project (subject to required approvals) is waived until
the approved project emerges from the dispute resolution procedures. In the event that selection
of the Selected Developer(s) to construct a project is being challenged through the Dispute
Resolution Process under Attachment HH of the Tariff, the obligation of the Selected
Developer(s) to construct the project pursuant to the Selected Developer Agreement is not
waived. The Transmission Provider Board shall allow the Transmission Owners, or other
designated entity(ies), to optimize the final design of specific facilities and their in-service dates
if necessary to accommodate changing conditions, provided that such changes comport with the
approved MTEP and provided that any such changes are accepted by the Transmission Provider
through the Variance Analysis process described in Section IX of this Attachment FF, as
necessary. Any disagreements concerning such matters shall be subject to the dispute resolution
procedures of this Tariff.
D.
The Transmission Provider shall assist the affected Owner(s), Selected
Developer(s), or other designated entity(ies), in justifying the need for, and obtaining
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certification of, any facilities required by the approved MTEP by preparing and presenting
testimony in any proceedings before state or federal courts, regulatory authorities, or other
agencies as may be required. The Transmission Provider shall publish annually, and distribute to
all Members and all appropriate state regulatory authorities, a five-to-ten-year planning report of
forecasted transmission requirements. Annual reports and planning reports shall be available to
the general public upon request.
VII.
Multi-Value Project Costs and Benefits Review and Reporting
A.
Frequency and Reporting of Multi-Value Project Review: For two (2) three
(3) year cycles, as provided below and in the Business Practices Manual for Transmission
Planning, the Transmission Provider shall conduct a review of the cumulative costs and
benefits associated with any MVP(s) first included in an approved MTEP in the
preceding six (6) years, and shall disseminate the results of such reviews to its
stakeholders. The Transmission Provider shall use the review process and results to
identify potential modifications to the MVP methodology and its implementation for
projects to be approved at a future date.
1.
Triennial MVP Review: Beginning with the third MTEP following approval of an
MVP , and the third MTEP thereafter, the Transmission Provider shall conduct a
MVP review, as provided in Section VII.B of this Attachment FF.
2.
Calculation of Costs and Benefits: The Triennial MVP Reviews MVP Reviews
shall calculate costs and benefits on a forward-looking basis over both twenty
(20)-year and forty (40)-year periods. The costs calculation shall use updated
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project costs and in-service dates provided in the latest MTEP quarterly status
report, and the benefits calculation shall use updated future scenarios from the
latest MTEP planning cycle. The results of the costs and benefits calculation shall
be provided for each Cost Allocation Zone as defined in Attachment WW.
3.
Dissemination of the Results of the Triennial MVP Reviews: Within a reasonable
time after completion of each MVP review, the Transmission Provider shall
disseminate the results of and supporting analysis for the MVP review through:
(a) publication in the MTEP; (b) posting on the appropriate section of the
Transmission Provider’s public website; and (c) presentation to the appropriate
stakeholder committees.
B.
Scope of Triennial Multi-Value Project Review: Each Triennial MVP Review
shall at a minimum include the following:
1.
Quantitative Benefits: Analysis of the quantifiable economic benefits resulting
from the addition of MVPs first included in an approved MTEP within the
preceding six years, including, but not limited to:
a.
Congestion and Fuel Savings: Savings from increased access to lower
cost Resources;
b.
Decreased Operating Reserves: Savings associated with lower Operating
Reserve requirements;
c.
Decreased System Planning Reserve Margin: Savings associated with
deferred generation investment due to a reduction in the system-wide
Planning Reserve Margin; and
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d.
Decreased Transmission Line Losses: Savings associated with deferred
generation investment due to a reduction in the Capacity required to serve
transmission losses during peak hours, to the extent that MVPs reduce
such losses.
2.
Public Policy and Other Qualitative Benefits: Analysis of the public policy and
other qualitative benefits accruing from MVPs, such as newly interconnected
wind units; and an increase in the percentage of the Transmission Provider’s
Energy needs being supplied by wind and/or other renewable resources, and wind
curtailments.
3.
Historical Data: Based on the historical data available to the Transmission
Provider for the five (5) prior years, of information on certain additional market
trend metrics including, but not limited to:
a.
Congestion costs;
b.
Energy prices;
c.
Fuel costs;
d.
Planning Reserve Margin requirements;
e.
Number of newly interconnected Resources, by Resource type; and
f.
The share of the Transmission Provider’s Energy supplied, by Resource
type.
VIII.
COMPETITIVE TRANSMISSION PROCESS
This section of Attachment FF of the Tariff describes the processes and requirements
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associated with identifying Competitive Transmission Facilities contained within a Market
Efficiency Project or Multi-Value Project approved by the Transmission Provider Board in
MTEP Appendix A; certifying entities as Qualified Transmission Developers, whether they are
existing Transmission Owners or non-incumbent transmission developers; solicitation of
Proposals from Qualified Transmission Developers to construct, implement, own, operate,
maintain, repair, and restore the Competitive Transmission Facilities; evaluation of Proposals;
and designation of a Selected Proposal and Selected Developer(s) pursuant to Section VIII of
Attachment FF of the Tariff.
VIII.A.
APPLICABILITY
Except as otherwise provided in Sections VIII.A.1, VIII.A.2 and VIII.A.3 of this
Attachment FF, the Competitive Developer Selection Process shall be applicable to all
transmission facilities and substation facilities located on the Transmission System and included
in an Eligible Project.
VIII.A.1.
State or Local Rights of First Refusal:
The Transmission Provider shall comply with any Applicable Laws and
Regulations granting a right of first refusal to a Transmission Owner. The Transmission
Owner will be assigned any transmission project within the scope, and in accordance with
the terms, of any Applicable Laws and Regulations granting such a right of first refusal.
These Applicable Laws and Regulations include, but are not limited to, those granting a
right of first refusal to the incumbent Transmission Owner(s) or governing the use of
existing developed and undeveloped right of way held by an incumbent utility.
VIII.A.2.
Upgrades to Existing Transmission Facilities:
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A Transmission Owner shall have the right to develop, own, and operate any
upgrade to a transmission facility owned by the Transmission Owner, in accordance with
this Tariff and the ISO Agreement.
For an Eligible Project that contains both upgrades to existing transmission
facilities as defined in Sections VIII.A.2.1 through VIII.A.2.2.1 and new transmission
facilities that are not upgrades, the Transmission Provider shall apply the following rules
to assign the facilities included in the Eligible Project to applicable incumbent
Transmission Owners or Selected Developer.
a.
If 80% or more of the total cost of the transmission facilities included in
the Eligible Project are upgrades as defined in Sections VIII.A.2.1 through
VIII.A.2.2.1 of this Attachment FF, the Transmission Provider shall
designate the applicable incumbent Transmission Owner(s) to develop,
own, and operate all transmission facilities comprising the Eligible Project
in accordance with the ISO Agreement.
b. If less than 80% of the total cost of the transmission facilities included in
the Eligible Project are upgrades as defined in Sections VIII.A.2.1 through
VIII.A.2.2.1 of this Attachment FF, the Transmission Provider shall divide
the Eligible Project into two or more facilities or segments of facilities
based upon the rules set forth in Sections VIII.A.2.1 through VIII.A.2.2.1
of this Attachment FF. For those facilities or segments of facilities that
are upgrades as defined in Sections VIII.A.2.1 through VIII.A.2.2.1, the
Transmission Provider shall designate the applicable incumbent
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Transmission Owner(s) to develop, own, and operate all transmission
facilities comprising the Eligible Project in accordance with the ISO
Agreement. Those facilities or segments that are not exempt from the
Competitive Developer Selections Process pursuant to Section VIII.A.1
through VIII.A.3 shall be subject to the Competitive Developer Selection
Process.
For purposes of this Section VIII.A.2, the Transmission Provider shall use
the cost estimates prepared by the Transmission Provider for presentation to the
Transmission Provider Board at the time such facilities are approved for inclusion
in Appendix A to calculate the total cost of the transmission facilities contained
within an Eligible Project.
VIII.A.2.1.
Upgrades to Existing Transmission Lines: Upgrades to
existing transmission line facilities include any expansion, replacement, or
modification, for any purpose, made to existing transmission line facilities
classified as transmission plant and owned by one or more Transmission Owners,
for reasons including, but not limited to:
(a)
Increasing the load capability of the transmission line or an
associated circuit;
(b)
Increasing the nominal operating voltage of the transmission line
or an associated circuit;
(c)
Installing additional plant on an existing overhead or underground
transmission line facility, such as, but not limited to:
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i.
plant associated with an additional circuit installed on spare
structure positions;
ii.
additional structures to increase a sag limit or for other
purposes;
iii.
a sectionalizing switch installed on an existing transmission
line circuit regardless of whether or not it is installed on an existing
structure; and
iv.
any other plant additions to existing transmission line
facilities.
(d)
Installing additional plant on a replaced overhead or underground
transmission line facility, where the new additional circuit will be co-
located with an existing transmission line, such as, but not limited to:
i.
plant associated with an additional circuit installed on a
replaced structure;
ii.
additional structures to increase a sag limit or for other
purposes;
iii.
a sectionalizing switch installed on an existing transmission
line circuit regardless of whether or not it is installed on an existing
structure; and
iv.
any other plant additions to replacement transmission line
facilities.
(e)
Any requirement or request to relocate transmission line facilities
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owned by an incumbent Transmission Owner where the purpose of the
relocation is not part of the core scope of a Competitive Transmission
Project, including, but not limited to, relocations driven by aesthetics,
highway expansion projects, other infrastructure expansion projects,
projects to improve the reliability or performance of the Transmission
System, projects to reduce the cost to operate and maintain the
Transmission System, projects to interconnect new generation and load,
and projects to accommodate the relocation of an existing substation;
(f)
Any requirement or request to relocate existing transmission line
facilities owned by an incumbent Transmission Owner to accommodate
Competitive Transmission Line Facilities associated with a Competitive
Transmission Project, where such construction of the Competitive
Transmission Line Facilities requires or requests use of the incumbent
Transmission Owner’s right-of-way and, as a result, also requires or
requests transfer of the existing transmission facilities to alternative right-
of-way or an alternative position on the same right-of-way based on either
mutual consent of the incumbent Transmission Owner and Selected
Developer(s) and/or the outcome of a state regulatory proceeding or court
action;
(g)
Functionally equivalent capital replacement of any portion of an
existing transmission line facility due to aging, deterioration, damage,
poor performance, aesthetics, high operating and maintenance costs, or
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other similar reasons;
(h)
Replacing one or more existing components of any existing
transmission line facility, such as, but not limited to:
i.
replacing existing conductors with higher capacity
conductors or better performing conductors;
ii.
replacing existing structures;
iii.
replacing insulators rated at a specific voltage with
insulators rated at a higher voltage;
iv.
replacing aging or defective components associated with
the existing transmission line;
(i)
Improving the performance or characteristics of the existing
transmission line for any reason;
(j)
Converting an existing overhead transmission line to an
underground transmission line on the same right-of-way and/or converting
an existing underground transmission line to an overhead transmission on
the same right-of-way;
(k)
Improving land and land rights booked under the Commission’s
Uniform System of Accounts, Account Nos. 105, 350, and/or 380; or
(l)
Any other modifications to existing transmission facilities.
VIII.A.2.1.1. Installation of additional transmission circuits on
existing transmission lines:
If a Competitive Transmission Project includes developing a new
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transmission circuit and in a subsequent state or local regulatory
proceedings determine that all or a portion of the circuit must be installed
on an existing transmission line that is part of the Transmission System
(i.e., co-located with existing transmission circuits on the same structures),
the following rules will be used to determine what constitutes an upgrade:
(a)
If the structures associated with the existing transmission line are
multi-circuit structures and have spare positions to accommodate
installation of one or more additional transmission circuit(s),
installation of the new transmission circuit(s) on these spare
structure positions will be considered an upgrade.
(b)
If the structures associated with the existing transmission line can
be expanded to accommodate installation of one or more additional
transmission circuit(s), expansion of the structure and installation
of the new transmission circuit(s) will be considered an upgrade.
(c)
If the structures associated with the existing transmission line are
not multi-circuit structures and cannot be expanded to accept
additional circuits, do not have sufficient spare structure positions
available to accommodate the new transmission circuit(s), or have
spare structure positions that are reserved for future use by the
incumbent Transmission Owner and not available for the new
transmission circuit(s) in question, it will be necessary to rebuild
the existing transmission line to accommodate one or more
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additional transmission circuits. Under this scenario, all of the
necessary and applicable actions (e.g., acquisition of additional
right-of-way; removal of the existing transmission line plant;
construction of new transmission line structures; transfer or
replacement of the existing transmission line conductors,
insulators, and shield wire(s); and installation of new conductors,
insulators, and shield wire(s) associated with the new transmission
circuit(s) co-located with existing transmission circuit(s) on the
same structures; etc.) will be considered an upgrade.
VIII.A.2.2.
Upgrades to Existing Substations:
Upgrades to existing substations include any expansions,
replacements or modifications made, in part or in whole, to any existing
substation or portion thereof that is owned by one or more Transmission
Owners, and where some or all of the plant within the existing substation
is classified as transmission plant. These upgrades include, but are not
limited to:
(a)
Replacing facilities and/or equipment within an existing substation
footprint;
(b)
Installing additional plant within an existing substation footprint;
(c)
Modifying facilities and/or equipment within an existing substation
footprint;
(d)
Expanding an existing substation footprint within the existing
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substation site boundaries and installing additional plant within the
expanded area;
(e)
Acquiring additional land adjacent to the existing substation in
conjunction with installation of additional plant within the
boundaries of this additional land, including facilities to
interconnect such plant to the existing substation plant; and
(f)
Developing an additional footprint near the existing substation to
facilitate effective expansion of the existing substation as further
described below in Section VIII.A.2.2.1.
VIII.A.2.2.1. Expansion of an existing substation by developing an
additional footprint near the existing substation:
Construction of a new substation footprint near an existing substation to
facilitate expansion of the existing substation is considered an upgrade and
is necessary when the transmission project calls for expansion of the
existing substation and there is not sufficient space for such expansion.
Upgrades through development of a second substation footprint can be
accomplished in one of two ways. First, a second substation footprint can
be developed near the existing substation footprint, and the two substation
footprints will function electrically as a single substation and will be
interconnected by bus extensions or connectors. An example would be
expanding an existing substation that is landlocked by public roadways by
developing a second substation footprint on the other side of one of the
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roads and then installing an overhead single span connector which would
function as a substation bus to interconnect the two substation footprints.
Second, an existing substation could be retired for many reasons such as
but not limited to: lack of room for future expansions, physical conditions
such as soil subsidence, earthquake reinforcement requirements, to prevent
flood damage, regulatory/public necessity/economic reasons, and other
similar factors. A new substation could be developed nearby on a
different site and all transmission circuits into the existing substation could
be rerouted to the new site, which is essentially the relocation of an
existing substation. These scenarios represent upgrades to an existing
substation when the intent of the transmission project produced by the
transmission planning process is to expand the existing substation rather
than develop a new substation or to relocate an existing substation for
reasons not related to implementation of a regionally cost shared
transmission project.
VIII.A.3. Immediate Need Reliability Projects
Immediate Need Reliability Projects are projects that: (a) are identified in a Baseline
Reliability Study needed to address a reliability need and needed within thirty-six (36)
months from first Calendar Day of the month in which the Transmission Provider Board
approves the project for inclusion in Appendix A of an MTEP; and (b) meet the criteria
for designation as a Baseline Reliability Project pursuant to Section II.A.1 of this
Attachment FF, notwithstanding the fact that such project also meets the criteria set forth
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in Section II.B of this Attachment FF for classification as a Market Efficiency Project.
The Transmission Provider shall designate the applicable Transmission Owner to
develop, own, and operate all transmission facilities comprising such Immediate Need
Reliability Project in accordance with the ISO Agreement.
VIII.A.3.1 Procedure for Review of Immediate Need Reliability Projects:
(a)
Within thirty (30) Calendars Days after the Transmission Provider Board
approves the respective MTEP, the Transmission Provider shall post a report on its
website that separately identifies each Immediate Need Reliability Project that the
Transmission Provider has determined to assign to the applicable Transmission Owner.
The posted report shall include:
i. An identification of the transmission facilities contained within the Immediate
Need Reliability Project;
ii. The need by date of each Immediate Need Reliability Project;
iii. A brief explanation of the reliability need(s), that each Immediate Need
Reliability Project is required to address, including the reason(s) for the need
by date, in sufficient detail to allow stakeholders to understand the need and why
it is time sensitive;
iv. The date(s) and manner in which the reliability need was first identified
during the planning process along with an explanation of why the need was
not identified earlier;
v. An explanation of other transmission or, consistent with the provisions of
Section I.D.1.b, any non-transmission alternatives the Transmission Provider
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considered but concluded would not sufficiently address the immediate
reliability need.
(b)
If the Transmission Provider identifies any Immediate Need Reliability Projects
pursuant to Section VIII.A.3.1(a), the Transmission Provider shall provide
stakeholders with thirty (30) Calendar Days to submit comments in response to
the report required by Section VIII.A.3.1(a) starting with the date that such report
is posted on the Transmission Provider’s website. Within sixty (60) Calendar
Days after posting the report required by Section VIII.A.3.1(a), the Transmission
Provider shall post the comments received together with any responses by the
Transmission Provider.
(c)
The Transmission Provider shall post and update at least annually a list of prior
years’ designations of Market Efficiency Projects that met the criteria in Section
VIII.A.3, for designation as an Immediate Need Reliability Project which list shall
contain both the need-by date and the date that the Transmission Owner placed the
facility in service.
VIII.A.3.2 Immediate Need Reliability Project Dispute Resolution.
Any disputes regarding determinations to classify or not classify a transmission project as
an Immediate Need Reliability Project and/or assign transmission facilities associated
with such Immediate Need Reliability Project to the Transmission Owner will be referred
to the Dispute Resolution Process under Attachment HH of this Tariff. In the event that
such classification and/or assignment is being challenged through the Dispute Resolution
Process under Attachment HH of the Tariff, the obligation of the designated
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Transmission Owner to construct such facilities is not waived.
VIII.B.
COMPETITIVE DEVELOPER QUALIFICATION PROCESS
This section of Attachment FF of the Tariff describes the processes and requirements
associated with certifying entities as Qualified Transmission Developers, whether they are
existing Members or non-incumbent transmission developers.
VIII.B.1.
Qualified Transmission Developers:
Only Qualified Transmission Developers may submit Proposals in response to a
Request for Proposals posted by the Transmission Provider for a Competitive
Transmission Project. The Transmission Provider will maintain a list of Qualified
Transmission Developers on its website that will be updated within thirty (30) Calendar
Days of the conclusion of the Competitive Developer Qualification Process.
VIII.B.2.
Prequalification Process:
The Transmission Provider will open a prequalification window each quarter of
the calendar year for entities that are not currently listed as Qualified Transmission
Developers, including existing Members, Non-incumbent Developers, and Non-owner
Members, by posting on its website a Transmission Developer Application template and
invitation to submit a Transmission Developer Application. To become a Qualified
Transmission Developer, each Transmission Developer Applicant must submit a
Transmission Developer Application using the template(s) posted with the invitation and
further described in the applicable Business Practices Manuals, by the deadline specified
in the invitation, but no less than thirty (30) Calendar Days from the date the invitation
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was posted. The Transmission Developer Applicant shall submit its completed
Transmission Developer Application by the day specified as the deadline in accordance
with the requirements in the applicable Business Practices Manual. The Transmission
Developer Applicant shall also submit a non-refundable transmission developer
application fee, as further described in the applicable Business Practices Manuals, in the
amount of $20,000.00 by 5:00 PM EPT on the day specified as the Transmission
Developer Application deadline to cover the cost of processing, reviewing, and
determining whether the Transmission Developer Applicant does or does not satisfy all
the qualification requirements required by Sections VIII.B.4(a) – (g) and VIII.B.4.1 –
VIII.B4.4 of this Attachment FF to be certified as a Qualified Transmission Developer.
A Transmission Developer Applicant may rely on the resources, capabilities, or
competencies of an Affiliate to satisfy the qualification requirements contained in
Sections VIII.B.4.1 – VIII.B.4.4 provided that the Transmission Developer Applicant: (a)
clearly identifies in the Transmission Developer Application which prequalification
requirements the Transmission Developer Applicant will rely on its Affiliate to satisfy;
(b) clearly identifies the resources, capabilities, and/or competencies of the Affiliate the
Transmission Developer Applicant intends to rely on to satisfy each prequalification
requirement; and (c) includes with its Transmission Developer Application submission a
Statement of Support executed by the Affiliate on which the Transmission Developer
Applicant will rely for such support.
VIII.B.2.1.
Completed Transmission Developer Applications:
To the extent the Transmission Provider finds the Transmission
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Developer Application deficient of information or data required by the
Transmission Developer Application template(s), the Transmission
Provider will notify the Transmission Developer Applicant of the
deficiencies electronically within thirty (30) Calendar Days of the
Transmission Provider’s receipt of the respective Transmission
Developer Application. The Transmission Developer Applicant shall
have thirty (30) Calendar Days from the date the Transmission Provider’s
deficiency notification was sent to submit the additional data required to
the Transmission Provider. No additional Transmission Developer
Application cure period will be allowed for the purposes of gaining
Qualified Transmission Developer status.
VIII.B.2.2.
Transmission Developer Application Review:
The Transmission Provider will review each Transmission
Developer Application that has been cured of any identified deficiencies
and will notify each Transmission Developer Applicant of the
Transmission Provider’s decision to certify or not certify the
Transmission Developer Applicant as a Qualified Transmission
Developer within one-hundred eighty (180) Calendar Days of the
Transmission Provider’s receipt of the respective Transmission
Developer Application.
The Transmission Provider will certify those Transmission
Developer Applicants that meet the qualification requirements specified
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in Sections VIII.B.2 and VIII.B.4 of this Attachment FF and the
applicable Business Practices Manuals. If the Transmission Provider
does not certify a Transmission Developer Applicant, it will provide the
Transmission Developer Applicant with a written explanation detailing
its determination within thirty (30) Calendar Days after notification.
The Competitive Transmission Executive Committee shall have
the exclusive and final authority to approve or reject Transmission
Developer Applications and certify Transmission Developer Applicants
as Qualified Transmission Developers.
VIII.B.3.
Biennial Recertification Process:
Each Qualified Transmission Developer that intends to remain qualified must
recertify its Qualified Transmission Developer status every second calendar year as
determined by the recertification cycle posted by the Transmission Provider. The
Transmission Provider will assign each Qualified Transmission Developer to a
recertification cycle after the Qualified Transmission Developer’s initial application is
approved. Before July 15 of the year immediately preceding the year in which a QTD is
due for recertification, the Transmission Provider will send a notification to each
Qualified Transmission Developer that is required to recertify its status in accordance
with Section VIII.B.3.1 of this Attachment FF.
VIII.B.3.1.
Recertification Submission Requirements:
Each Qualified Transmission Developer that is sent a recertification
notification shall submit, within thirty (30) Calendar Days after the recertification
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notification is sent, a recertification statement in a form to be provided by the
Transmission Provider, executed by an authorized representative of the Qualified
Transmission Developer. There will be no fee for the first recertification, but for
each recertification thereafter, the Qualified Transmission Developer shall also
submit a non-refundable transmission developer recertification fee in the amount
of $2,000 as further described in the applicable Business Practices Manuals, by
5:00 PM EPT on the day specified as the Qualified Transmission Developer
recertification deadline. The recertification statement shall confirm, to the best of
the Qualified Transmission Developer’s knowledge, that the Qualified
Transmission Developer continues to meet the requirements for initial
qualification as set forth in Sections VIII.B.4, VIII.B.4.1, VIII.B.4.2, VIII.B.4.3,
and VIII.B.4.4 of this Attachment FF. The recertification statement shall also
contain a completed checklist indicating whether the Qualified Transmission
Developer, or any parent or affiliate whose resources are relied upon for
recertification, have experienced certain changes since the date the Qualified
Transmission Developer last submitted a Transmission Developer Application or
recertification statement. The specific changes shall be identified in the
recertification notice and may include, but are not limited to: (1) merger,
reorganization, or a change in the identity of any parent or affiliate providing
support; (2) changes to the Qualified Transmission Developer’s legal name, state
of domicile, or MISO membership status; (3) bankruptcies, liquidations,
receiverships or general assignments; (4) any new legal or regulatory violations
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that would be required to be reported in a Transmission Developer Application
pursuant to Section VIII.B.4.3 of this Attachment FF; and (5) any specific
changes that the Transmission Provider identifies as necessary to evaluate a
Qualified Transmission Developer’s continued qualifications.
A properly completed and executed recertification statement stating that
the Qualified Transmission Developer and, if applicable, its supporting parent or
affiliate, has not experienced any of the changes listed by the Transmission
Provider in the recertification statement form shall be deemed a completed
recertification application.
If a Qualified Transmission Developer identifies in its recertification
statement that any of the changes specified in the recertification statement form
accompanying the recertification notice have occurred, initial disclosure shall not
create any presumption of disqualification. Upon receipt of an executed
recertification statement indicating that a listed change has occurred, the
Transmission Provider shall provide the Qualified Transmission Developer with
further instructions for submitting information and explanations to enable the
Transmission Provider to evaluate the effect of the identified changes on the
Qualified Transmission Developer’s continued qualifications. Such further
instructions shall be tailored to the disclosed change and shall be due no later than
thirty (30) Calendar Days after the date that the additional information request
was sent to the Qualified Transmission Developer.
Should a Qualified Transmission Developer fail to submit a properly
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completed recertification statement or any information in response to the
Transmission Provider’s request for further information within the applicable
submission periods specified in this Section VIII.B.3.1 of this Attachment FF, the
Transmission Provider shall notify the Qualified Transmission Developer
electronically within five (5) Business Days of the deadline specified in
the renewal notification or request for further information of any deficiencies that
the Transmission Provider has identified. The Qualified Transmission
Developer will have five (5) Business Days from the date of notification of
deficiency to cure the identified deficiencies by submitting the required
information. Should a Qualified Transmission Developer fail to cure the
identified deficiency during this five (5) Business Day period, the Transmission
Provider will deem that the Qualified Transmission Developer has requested to
voluntarily terminate its certification as a Qualified Transmission Developer in
accordance with Section VIII.B.5 of this Attachment FF.
VIII.B.3.2.
Review of Recertification Submissions.
The Transmission Provider shall review each Qualified
Transmission Developer’s recertification submission, any supporting
information and explanations, and the annual financial information
submitted pursuant to Section VIII.B.8 of this Attachment FF. The
Transmission Provider shall determine whether the information included
in the submission warrants recertification or termination of a Qualified
Transmission Developer’s status under the standards established in
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Section VIII.B.1 through VIII.B.4.4 of this Attachment FF. The
Transmission Provider will notify each Qualified Transmission Developer
as to whether or not such entity has been recertified, within one-hundred
eighty (180) Calendar Days of the date the Transmission Provider sent the
recertification notification.
In the event that the Competitive Transmission Executive
Committee terminates or determines not to recertify a Qualified
Transmission Developer, the Transmission Provider shall provide that
entity with a written explanation detailing its determination within thirty
(30) Calendar Days of such notification. If the Transmission Provider
either terminates or does not recertify a Qualified Transmission
Developer, such entity may seek re-qualification during any subsequent
qualification process as described in Section VIII.B.2 of this Attachment
FF. The Competitive Transmission Executive Committee shall have the
exclusive and final authority to recertify or terminate a Qualified
Transmission Developer’s Qualified Transmission Developer status.
VIII.B.4.
Requirements for Qualified Transmission Developer Status:
To be certified as a Qualified Transmission Developer, the requirements set forth
in Sections VIII.B.4, VIII.B.4.1, VIII.B.4.2, VIII.B.4.3, and VIII.B.4.4 of this Attachment
FF must be satisfied. A Transmission Developer Applicant may elect to satisfy one or
more of these requirements by referencing and/or utilizing the qualifications, capabilities,
and/or competencies of one or more Affiliates instead of, or in addition to, those of the
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Transmission Developer Applicant. Should a Transmission Developer Applicant elect to
reference and/or utilize the qualifications, capabilities, and/or competencies of one or
more Affiliates, the Transmission Developer Applicant must: (a) clearly identify in the
Transmission Developer Application each Tariff requirement that the Transmission
Developer Applicant intends to rely on an Affiliate to satisfy; and (b) include in the
Transmission Developer Application an executed Statement of Support for each such
Affiliate that acknowledges that the Transmission Developer Applicant is relying on the
specified qualifications, capabilities, and/or competencies of the Affiliate. A
Transmission Developer Applicant may elect to satisfy one or more of the requirements
of VIII.B.4.3(a) and VIII.B.4.3(b) of this Attachment FF by submitting documentation
pertaining to an Affiliate provided that the Transmission Developer Applicant also
submits such documentation pertaining to itself, included an executed Statement of
Support in the Transmission Developer Application for each such Affiliate, and has
clearly identified which information and documentation pertains to the Affiliate and
which information and documentation pertains to itself.
The general requirements applicable to Qualified Transmission Developers
include the following:
(a)
The Transmission Developer Applicant shall be a Transmission Owner or
a Non-owner Member in good standing at the time the Transmission
Developer Application is acted on by the Transmission Provider and shall
maintain such status.
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(b)
The Transmission Developer Applicant shall either: (i) submit a written
commitment, signed by an authorized representative of the Transmission
Developer Applicant, to execute the ISO Agreement should it be
designated as a Selected Developer and to list any Competitive
Transmission Facilities for which it is designated a Selected Developer,
pursuant to the Selected Proposal, in Appendix H of the ISO Agreement
(i.e. the list of transmission facilities transferred to MISO’s functional
control for the purposes of planning and operation); or (ii) state that it is
already a signatory to the ISO Agreement and submit a written
commitment, signed by an authorized representative of the Transmission
Developer Applicant, that it will list any Competitive Transmission
Facilities for which it is designated as a Selected Developer for, pursuant
to the Selected Proposal, in Appendix H of the ISO Agreement. The
execution of the ISO Agreement must take place after the Competitive
Transmission Facilities have been constructed but prior to their
energization and the addition of the Competitive Transmission Facilities to
Appendix H of the ISO Agreement must take place after the Competitive
Transmission Facilities have been energized;
(c)
The Transmission Developer Applicant shall submit a written
commitment, signed by an authorized representative of the Transmission
Developer Applicant, to comply with all Applicable Laws and
Regulations, codes, and standards governing the engineering, design,
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construction, operation, and maintenance of transmission facilities
including, but not limited to, federal laws; applicable state and local laws;
applicable state and local building codes; federal regulatory requirements;
applicable state and local regulatory requirements; applicable state and
local licensing authorities; the National Electric Safety Code; the National
Electric Code; Applicable Reliability Standards; and Good Utility Practice
should the Transmission Developer Applicant be designated as a Selected
Developer for one or more Competitive Transmission Facilities;
(d)
The Transmission Developer Applicant shall either: (i) submit a written
commitment, signed by an authorized representative of the Transmission
Developer Applicant, to register with NERC in accordance with NERC’s
registration guidelines as the transmission owner (TO), transmission
operator (TOP), and transmission planner (TP), as those terms are defined
by NERC, for all Competitive Transmission Facilities that the
Transmission Developer Applicant, if designated as the Selected
Developer, will own; or (ii) demonstrate that the Transmission Developer
Applicant is already registered with NERC, in accordance with NERC’s
registration guidelines, as the transmission owner (TO), transmission
operator (TOP), and transmission planner (TP), as those terms are defined
by NERC;
(e)
The Transmission Developer Applicant shall submit a written
commitment, signed by an authorized representative of the Transmission
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Developer Applicant, that if designated as the Selected Developer, the
Transmission Developer Applicant shall either: (i) contract with the
interconnecting Local Balancing Authority(s) to include the Competitive
Transmission Facilities within the boundaries of the interconnecting LBA
and demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Transmission Provider and per
agreement by the interconnecting LBA that applicable LBA-related tasks
associated with the proposed Competitive Transmission Facilities that may
be delegated to an LBA by the Balancing Authority Agreement will be
carried out either by the LBA or the Transmission Developer Applicant if
designated as a Selected Developer; or ii) execute the Balancing Authority
Agreement, register with NERC as a Balancing Authority (BA), and be
designated as the Local Balancing Authority for any proposed
Competitive Transmission Facilities, unless the Transmission Developer
Applicant is already registered with NERC as a BA and designated as an
LBA for one or more of the existing transmission facilities that may
interconnect directly with any Competitive Transmission Facilities
associated with the Competitive Transmission Project(s) that the
Transmission Developer may be awarded;
(f)
The Transmission Developer Applicant shall make a written commitment,
signed by an authorized representative of the Transmission Developer
Applicant, that, if designated as a Selected Developer, it shall comply with
the FERC Form 715 Part 4 TRPC, Transmission Planning Criteria and
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Guidelines on file with FERC and established by each incumbent
Transmission Owner whose existing transmission facilities will
interconnect directly with the Competitive Transmission Facilities; and
(g)
The Transmission Developer Applicant must make a written commitment,
signed by an authorized representative of the Transmission Developer
Applicant, that, if it is designated as a Selected Developer, it shall comply
with current requirements and standards regarding the interconnection of
transmission facilities published by each Transmission Owner or non-
Member to which Competitive Transmission Facilities will interconnect
including, but not limited to, those standards and requirements required for
compliance with the applicable NERC Facilities Design, Connections, and
Maintenance (“FAC”) Reliability Standards.
VIII.B.4.1.
Project Implementation Requirements:
Each Transmission Developer Applicant shall submit documentation to
demonstrate to the Transmission Provider that the Transmission Developer
Applicant has or can obtain sufficient capabilities and competencies to satisfy the
following project implementation requirements for Competitive Transmission
Projects:
(a)
Project management;
(b)
Routing and siting studies including public outreach;
(c)
Preliminary and detailed engineering and surveying;
(d)
Material and equipment procurement;
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Construction; and
(f)
Commissioning.
There are two general methods that a Transmission Developer Applicant
may use to demonstrate it will have sufficient capabilities and competencies to
perform project implementation tasks if chosen as the Selected Developer for a
Competitive Transmission Project. First, the Transmission Developer Applicant
may provide evidence that it currently develops transmission projects by listing
data, pursuant to templates developed by the Transmission Provider, regarding the
transmission facilities it owns and the infrastructure and resources it has in place
to perform the project implementation activities to develop such transmission
facilities, where infrastructure and resources may include, but not necessarily be
limited to, employees, contractors, tools, equipment, buildings, vehicles, policies,
processes, and procedures. Second, a Transmission Developer Applicant can
provide a detailed business implementation plan describing how it would acquire
the capabilities and competencies to perform the specific project implementation
tasks listed above, including plans for: (i) retaining personnel or contractors; (ii)
utilizing infrastructure and resources owned and operated by an affiliate company;
(iii) qualifying personnel and contractors utilized; (iv) acquiring required tools,
equipment, and vehicles; (v) development of project management, engineering,
material, and construction standards and practices to be followed for specific
types of facilities; (vi) route and site studies (including public outreach); and (vii)
procuring adequate capital to develop transmission projects.
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In the event that a Transmission Developer intends to demonstrate its
project implementation qualifications by obtaining the requisite capabilities and
competencies by contracting with third parties, the Transmission Developer
Applicant shall submit either as part of its business implementation plan or in
separate documentation an explanation of the capabilities and competencies that
the Transmission Developer Applicant possesses at the time of application and
those capabilities and competencies for which the Transmission Developer
Applicant intends to contract in order to demonstrate its ability to satisfy the
foregoing project implementation requirements for Competitive Transmission
Projects. For each capability or competency that the Transmission Developer
Applicant does not possess but intends to procure through contracting with third
parties, the Transmission Developer Applicant shall provide a detailed contracting
plan that contains a detailed description of the steps the Transmission Developer
Applicant intends to take to procure needed capabilities or competencies if it is
chosen as the Selected Developer for a Competitive Transmission Project.
The Transmission Developer Applicant shall not be required to have
executed contracts with third parties to obtain all required capabilities or
competencies at the time of application in order to prequalify as a Transmission
Developer. However, the Transmission Developer Applicant bears the burden of
identifying the capabilities or competencies it possesses and those for which it
must contract with third parties and that the Transmission Developer Applicant
has a realistic contracting plan for obtaining those capabilities.
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The Transmission Developer Applicant shall include a written certification
signed by an authorized representative of the Transmission Developer Applicant
stating that the information in the submission is true and accurate.
VIII.B.4.2
Operations, maintenance, repair, and replacement requirements:
Each Transmission Developer Applicant shall submit documentation that
demonstrates to the Transmission Provider that the Transmission Developer
Applicant possesses or can obtain sufficient capabilities and competencies to
adequately perform the following operations, maintenance, testing, inspection,
repair, and replacement tasks for any Competitive Transmission Facilities
associated with a Competitive Transmission Project once such facilities are in
service and part of the Transmission System:
(a)
Forced outage response for transmission line circuits;
(b)
Forced outage response for substations;
(c)
Switching for transmission line circuits;
(d)
Switching for substations;
(e)
Transmission line emergency repair;
(f)
Substation emergency repair and testing;
(g)
Transmission line preventative and/or predictive maintenance,
including vegetation management;
(h)
Substation preventative and/or predictive maintenance including
equipment testing;
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(i)
Maintenance and management of spare parts, spare structures,
and/or spare equipment inventories for substations and/or
transmission lines, as applicable, including description of any
agreements to share spare equipment, spare parts, and/or spare
structures with other transmission entities;
(j)
Real-time operations monitoring and control capabilities;
(k)
Major facility replacements or rebuilds required as a result of
catastrophic destruction or natural aging through normal wear and
tear, including financial strategy to facilitate timely replacements
and/or rebuilds; and
(l)
Once a Transmission Developer, the Transmission Provider may
require additional demonstration of qualifications to operate,
maintain, restore, test, inspect, and replace specific Competitive
Transmission Facilities associated with specific Competitive
Transmission Projects for a specific Request for Proposals.
There are two general methods that a Transmission Developer Applicant
may use to demonstrate it will have sufficient capabilities and competencies to
perform operations and maintenance services if chosen as the Selected Developer
for a Competitive Transmission Project. First, Transmission Developer Applicant
may provide evidence that it currently owns and/or operates and maintains
electric transmission facilities by listing data, pursuant to templates developed by
the Transmission Provider, regarding the transmission facilities it owns and/or
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operates and maintains and the infrastructure and resources it has in place to
perform the operations and maintenance activities for such transmission facilities,
where infrastructure and resources may include, but not necessarily be limited to,
employees, contractors, tools, equipment, buildings, spare materials and
equipment, vehicles, policies, processes, and procedures. Second, a Transmission
Developer Applicant can provide a detailed business implementation plan
describing how it would acquire the capabilities and competencies to perform the
specific operations and maintenance tasks listed above, including plans for: (i)
retaining personnel or contractors; (ii) utilizing infrastructure and resources
owned and operated by an affiliate company; (iii) qualifying personnel and
contractors utilized; (iv) acquiring required tools, equipment, and vehicles; (v)
development of maintenance standards and practices to be followed for specific
types of facilities; (vi) developing standards governing where personnel,
equipment, and spare parts/equipment will be maintained with respect to potential
future facilities (e.g., maximum distance between facility and local office, etc.);
(vii) emergency response times; and (viii) maintaining adequate capital
procurement capabilities to rebuild facilities following major catastrophic outages
(including property insurance and risk mitigation strategies).
In the event that a Transmission Developer Applicant intends to
demonstrate its operations and maintenance, repair and replacement qualifications
by obtaining the requisite capabilities and competencies by contracting with third
parties, the Transmission Developer Applicant shall submit, either as part of its
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business implementation plan or in separate documentation, an explanation of the
capabilities and competencies that the Transmission Developer Applicant
possesses at the time of application and those capabilities and competencies for
which the Transmission Developer Applicant intends to contract in order to
demonstrate its ability to implement the foregoing project operation, maintenance,
repair, and replacement requirements for Competitive Transmission Projects. For
each capability or competency that the Transmission Developer Applicant does
not possess but intends to procure through contracting with third parties, the
Transmission Developer Applicant shall provide a detailed contracting plan that
contains a detailed description of the steps the Transmission Developer Applicant
intends to take to procure needed capabilities or competencies if it is chosen as the
Selected Developer for a Competitive Transmission Project.
The Transmission Developer Applicant shall not be required to have
executed contracts with third parties to obtain all required capabilities or
competencies at the time of application in order to prequalify as a Qualified
Transmission Developer. However, the Transmission Developer Applicant bears
the burden of identifying the capabilities or competencies it possesses and those
for which it must contract with third parties and that the Transmission Developer
Applicant has a realistic contracting plan for obtaining those capabilities.
The Transmission Developer Applicant shall include a written certification
signed by an authorized representative of the Transmission Developer Applicant
stating that the information in the submission is true and accurate.
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VIII.B.4.3.
Legal Requirements:
Each Transmission Developer Applicant shall submit the following
information and demonstrate to the Transmission Provider that the information
submitted represents an acceptable level of risk to rely on the Transmission
Developer Applicant, if designated a Selected Developer, to successfully
implement a Competitive Transmission Project and own and operate the
associated transmission facilities once in service. The information submitted
must include written certification signed by an authorized representative of the
Transmission Developer Applicant stating that the submitted information is
accurate:
(a)
A summary of legal and/or regulatory violations during the past
five (5) years or, if the Transmission Developer Applicant has been
in business for less than five years, the number of years for which
the Transmission Developer Applicant has been in business, by the
Transmission Developer Applicant found by federal or state courts,
federal regulatory agencies, state public utility commissions, other
regulatory agencies, or attorneys general. This includes, but is not
limited to, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, North
American Electric Reliability Corporation Reliability Standards,
Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) regulations, U.S.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) regulations,
and other applicable requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
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the Transmission Developer Applicant does not need to provide
any information regarding violations of the Applicable Reliability
Standards that were resolved as a compliance exception as defined
by the NERC rules of procedure.
(b)
A summary of any and all instances in which the Transmission
Developer Applicant is currently under investigation or is a
defendant in a proceeding involving an attorney general or any
state or federal regulatory agency, for violation of any laws,
including regulatory requirements, during the past five years or, if
the Transmission Developer Applicant has been in business for
less than five years, the number of years for which the
Transmission Developer Applicant has been in business. The
Transmission Developer Applicant shall include an affidavit
signed by an authorized officer of the Transmission Developer
Applicant’s company stating that the information in the submission
is true and accurate and that the Transmission Developer Applicant
will comply with all applicable requirements in this Tariff, the
Business Practices Manuals, or other applicable Transmission
Provider documents or agreements.
VIII.B.4.4
Financial Requirements:
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Each Transmission Developer Applicant shall submit the following
information and demonstrate to the Transmission Provider that the information
submitted represents an acceptable level of risk to rely on the Transmission
Developer Applicant to successfully implement a Competitive Transmission
Project and own and operate the associated transmission facilities once in service.
The information submitted must include written certification signed by an
authorized representative of the Transmission Developer Applicant stating that
the submitted information is accurate:
(a)
A proposed financial plan demonstrating adequate capital resources (e.g.,
current assets, revolving lines, commercial paper, letter of credit, stock or
bond issuance or other sources of liquidity) are available to the
Transmission Developer Applicant to allow for Competitive Transmission
Projects to be implemented on schedule and associated Competitive
Transmission Facilities to be operated and maintained appropriately after
the facilities are in service.
(b)
The credit rating(s) for the Transmission Developer Applicant from
Moody’s Investor Services, Inc., Standard and Poor’s Rating Group and/or
other Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (“NRSRO”)
as recognized by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In
the event the Transmission Developer Applicant is rated by more than one
NRSRO, then the lowest rating will be the benchmark for consideration of
demonstrating and maintaining an investment grade credit rating. For
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example, an investment grade rating is considered to be a rating of Baa3 or
above from Moody’s Investor Services, Inc. or BBB- or above from
Standard and Poor’s Rating Group (equivalent ratings will be used for
other rating agencies). The focus of the review will be on the entity’s
unsecured, senior long-term debt ratings (not supported by third-party
enhancements). If unsecured, senior long-term debt ratings are not
available, the Transmission Provider may consider Issuer Ratings.
In the event the Transmission Developer Applicant does not have
an investment grade rating, the Transmission Provider will consider the
other information the Transmission Developer Applicant has submitted to
evaluate its financial capability to construct the transmission facility in a
timely manner, and to maintain and operate it reliably for the long term.
(c)
General financial information, including two (2) years of audited financial
statements with notes to the financials and a signed commitment by an
authorized representative of the Transmission Developer Applicant that it
is not aware of any material events or circumstances that would likely
result in a material adverse weakness in financial strength throughout
project implementation of future Competitive Transmission Projects that it
might be awarded after it is certified as a Transmission Developer. In the
event the Transmission Developer Applicant does not have two (2) years
of audited financial statements and has not submitted two (2) years of
audited financial statements from an Affiliate providing an executed
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Statement of Support, the Transmission Developer Applicant must submit
an audited balance sheet dated within the last ninety (90) days. It must also
submit pro forma financials for the next fiscal year which include an
income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows.
(d)
A summary of any history of bankruptcy, dissolution, merger, or
acquisition of the Transmission Developer Applicant, or any predecessors
in interest for the current calendar year and the five (5) calendar years
immediately preceding its submission of the Transmission Developer
Application. This information must also be submitted for any Affiliate
providing a Statement of Support to satisfy any of the requirements in
Section VIII.B.4.4 of this Attachment FF.
VIII.B.5.
Voluntary Termination of Qualified Transmission Developer Status:
A Qualified Transmission Developer that desires to voluntarily terminate its’
status as a Qualified Transmission Developer, may do so at any time by notifying the
Transmission Provider. Upon such notification, the Transmission Provider will update
the Qualified Transmission Developer list within thirty (30) Calendar Days of the
notification. Failure of a Qualified Transmission Developer to timely submit a
recertification statement pursuant to Section VIII.B.3.1 of this Attachment FF of the
Tariff shall be deemed a voluntary termination under this Section VIII.B.5 of this
Attachment FF. A terminated Qualified Transmission Developer may become a
Qualified Transmission Developer again by following the process outlined in Section
VIII.B.2 of this Attachment FF of the Tariff for Transmission Developer Applicants
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seeking Qualified Transmission Developer status in a subsequent qualification process.
VIII.B.6. Confidential Treatment of Competitive Developer Qualification
Information:
All information submitted with Transmission Developer Applications and
recertification submittals will be considered Confidential Information, except for the
name of the organization to be posted on the Qualified Transmission Developer list, and
will not be publicly posted or shared with any individual except for employees of the
Transmission Provider and/or contractors of the Transmission Provider that have
executed appropriate non-disclosure agreement(s).
VIII.B.7.
Alternative Dispute Resolution:
Any Transmission Developer Applicant who is not approved as a Qualified
Transmission Developer by the Transmission Provider may request alternative dispute
resolution under Attachment HH of the Tariff within thirty (30) Calendar Days of
receiving the Transmission Provider’s written explanation detailing its determination to
deny the Transmission Developer Application. Any entity that is not recertified as a
Qualified Transmission Developer by MISO, or a Qualified Transmission Developer
whose Qualified Transmission Developer status is terminated, may request alternative
dispute resolution under Attachment HH of the Tariff within
thirty (30) Calendar Days
of receiving the MISO’s written explanation detailing its determination to not recertify or
to terminate the entity’s Qualified Transmission Developer status.
VIII.B.8.
Ongoing Responsibilities of Qualified Transmission Developers:
Each Qualified Transmission Developer has an ongoing duty to provide the
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Transmission Provider with notification as soon as reasonably practical should any of the
changes specified in Section VIII.B.3.1 of this Attachment FF occur and a copy or link to
their audited financial statements annually, within thirty (30) Calendar Days of such
statements being prepared. The Competitive Transmission Executive Committee shall
have the exclusive and final authority to make determinations regarding the continued
qualifications of Qualified Transmission Developers based upon the information received
in accordance with this Section VIII.B.8.
VIII.C.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Should Appendix A of a Transmission Provider Board approved MTEP contain Eligible
Projects, the Transmission Provider will review each such Eligible Project to determine whether
or not it contains any Competitive Transmission Facilities. The Transmission Provider will
release a Request for Proposals (RFP) for each Competitive Transmission Project pursuant to
Section VIII.C of this Attachment FF and the applicable Business Practices Manuals. If
Appendix A of a Transmission Provider Board approved MTEP contains only one (1)
Competitive Transmission Project, the Transmission Provider will release an RFP within sixty
(60) Calendar Days of the date the Transmission Provider Board approved the Competitive
Transmission Facilities for inclusion in Appendix A of the MTEP. If Appendix A of a
Transmission Provider Board approved MTEP contains multiple Competitive Transmission
Projects, the Transmission Provider shall have the option to stagger the release of each RFP
associated with the multiple Competitive Transmission Projects.
If the Transmission Provider elects to stagger the release of RFPs, the Transmission
Provider shall take the following actions following the date that the Transmission Provider
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Board approved the Competitive Transmission Facilities for inclusion in Appendix A of the
MTEP: (1) Within ten (10) Business Days publicly post on its website a statement indicating that
the Transmission Provider will stagger the RFP release dates; (2) Within thirty (30) Calendar
Days post a schedule listing the planned release dates for each RFP, with the first RFP being
released within sixty (60) Calendar Days of the date the respective MTEP was approved by the
Transmission Provider Board. In determining the schedule of RFP releases when staggering is
used, the Transmission Provider will consider the timing impacts of the Competitive Developer
Selection Process with respect to the in-service dates of the Competitive Transmission Projects.
In all events, the schedule of RFP releases developed by the Transmission Provider shall provide
that all RFPs are released not later than three hundred and sixty five (365) Calendar Days after
the date the Transmission Provider Board approved the Competitive Transmission Facilities for
inclusion in Appendix A of the MTEP. If the Transmission Provider elects not to stagger the
release of RFPs, the Transmission Provider shall release each RFP within sixty (60) Calendar
Days of the date the respective MTEP was approved by the Transmission Provider Board.
VIII.C.1.
Minimum Contents of a RFP:
Each RFP shall include, at a minimum, a listing of each Competitive Transmission
Facility contained within the Competitive Transmission Project, the Proposal Submission
Deadline, the applicable items specified in Sections VIII.C.1.1 and VIII.C.1.2 of this Attachment
FF to the Tariff, any applicable items specified in the Transmission Provider’s Business Practices
Manuals, and a list of the current transmission facility interconnection standards and
requirements, established by the Transmission Owner(s) and established by any transmission
owner(s) that are not a Member who have chosen to provide interconnection standards and
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requirements to the Transmission Provider, to which the Competitive Transmission Project will
interconnect. The Transmission Provider reserves the right to specify any additional information
in a RFP including, but not limited to, any additional information for specific Competitive
Transmission Line Facilities and/or Competitive Substation Facilities. The Transmission
Provider shall include in each RFP a list of any aspects, or elements of the Competitive
Transmission Project that the Transmission Provider anticipates at the time of posting to be
particularly important for the success of the Competitive Transmission Project. This information
shall be provided for informational purposes only and shall not alter the criteria and/or
weightings applicable to evaluation of the Proposals pursuant to Sections VIII.E through
VIII.E.3 of this Attachment FF.
If and to the extent a RFP contains any Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII),
the Transmission Provider will redact such CEII for public posting and create a non-public RFP
containing the CEII which will be available to entities and individuals that have executed the
appropriate CEII and non-disclosure agreements required by the Transmission Provider.
Information on how to request the non-public RFP will be provided in the publicly posted RFP.
Pursuant to Section VIII.A.1 of this Attachment FF, only Competitive Transmission Facilities
eligible under state law will be included in the Competitive Transmission Project where (i) all
other Competitive Transmission Facilities and (ii) upgrades as described in Section VIII.A.2 of
this Attachment FF will be assigned to the applicable incumbent Transmission Owner in
accordance with the ISO Agreement.
VIII.C.1.1
RFP Requirements for Competitive Transmission Line Facilities:
Each RFP that includes one or more Competitive Transmission Line
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Facilities will specify, at a minimum, the following items for each Competitive
Transmission Line Facility:
(a)
Expected in-service date;
(b)
Nominal operating voltage level in kV and voltage characteristics
(i.e., three-phase AC, bipolar DC, etc.) for each transmission
circuit;
(c)
Terminating substations and buses for each transmission circuit;
(d)
Minimum required normal and emergency load ratings for both
summer and winter seasons for each transmission circuit; and
(e)
Maximum allowable positive sequence impedance for each
transmission circuit when determined applicable by planning
studies performed by the Transmission Provider.
VIII.C.1.2
RFP Requirements for Competitive Substation Facilities:
Each RFP that includes one or more Competitive Substation Facilities will
specify, at a minimum, the following information for each Competitive Substation
Facility:
(a)
Expected in-service date;
(b)
List of all transmission buses within the Competitive Substation
Facility, including nominal operating voltage level in kV and
voltage characteristics;
(c)
List of all major equipment and facilities within the Competitive
Substation Facility and associated terminating buses including
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power transformers, voltage regulators, phase angle regulators,
series reactors, series capacitors, shunt reactors, shunt capacitors,
static VAR compensators, DC converters, transmission line circuit
terminals, generator terminals, and loads;
(d)
Limitations on and/or requirements for bus configurations when
determined applicable by planning studies performed by the
Transmission Provider including required load ratings of circuit
breakers, disconnects, bus sections and other load carrying
equipment under alternative bus configurations;
(e)
Required load ratings for all load carrying equipment and facilities
identified in item (c) above;
(f)
Winding connection and tap requirements for power transformers,
voltage regulators, phase angle regulators and load tap changers
when determined necessary by planning studies performed by the
Transmission Provider;
(g)
Impedance requirements for power transformers, phase angle
regulators, series reactors and series capacitors when determined
necessary by planning studies performed by the Transmission
Provider; and
(h)
Limitations on and/or requirements for protection systems when
determined applicable by a planning driver or Applicable
Reliability Standard or in order to ensure a compatible
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interconnection with existing protection systems associated with
existing transmission facilities to which the Competitive
Transmission Facilities will interconnect.
VIII.D.
PROPOSALS
Proposals may be submitted only in response to an RFP issued by the Transmission
Provider and only by entities that are certified as a Qualified Transmission Developer at the time
such Proposal is submitted. Once submitted and unless withdrawn pursuant to Section VIII.D.8
of this Attachment FF, Proposals shall be held open as offers capable of acceptance by the
Transmission Provider until such time as the Transmission Provider announces the identity of the
Selected Developer and designates an Alternate Selected Developer pursuant to Sections
VIII.E.2 and VIII.H of this Attachment FF.
VIII.D.1.
Proposal Submission Deadline:
Proposals shall be submitted to the Transmission Provider no later than 5:00 PM
EPT on the Proposal Submission Deadline. The Proposal Submission Deadline will be
the date specified in the RFP, which shall not exceed one hundred and sixty-five (165)
Calendar Days from the date the Transmission Provider issued the RFP, unless the one
hundred and sixty-five (165) day maximum duration causes the Proposal Submission
Deadline to fall on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday in which case the Proposal Submission
Deadline shall be the next Business Day that is not a holiday.
VIII.D.2. Proposal Deposit:
An RFP Respondent must submit an initial deposit, in an amount not to exceed
$150,000.00 (in August 2023 dollars), to the Transmission Provider. The Transmission
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Provider shall calculate the maximum amount of the deposit by determining the inflation
adjustment in accordance with the inflation calculator located at the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics website. The inflation adjustment shall be calculated from August 2023, to the
most up-to-date data available at the time the notification takes place, where such amount
will be rounded to the nearest $100. The RFP shall state the amount of each deposit, the
date(s) by which such deposit must be received, and any applicable submission
requirements. In no event shall an RFP specify a deadline for submitting Proposal
deposits that is more than thirty (30) Calendar Days prior to the Proposal Submission
Deadline. Only one (1) proposal deposit is required for each Proposal, regardless of the
number of RFP Respondents and Proposal Participants involved with the Proposal. In the
event that an RFP Responder submits an initial deposit for a Proposal before the Proposal
Submission Deadline specified in an RFP but does not submit the corresponding Proposal
for such RFP by the Proposal Submission Deadline, the Transmission Provider shall
refund the full amount of such deposit within thirty (30) Calendar Days after the Proposal
Submission Deadline. Each deposit submitted to the Transmission Provider will be held
in an interest-bearing account.
VIII.D.3. RFP Administration and Proposal Evaluation Expenses:
RFP Respondents shall, on a pro rata basis, be responsible for paying the actual
costs incurred by the Transmission Provider, including the costs of the expert
consultant(s) engaged to assist the Transmission Provider, in administering the
Competitive Developer Selection Process for the specific RFP that the RFP
Respondent(s) responded to through its Proposal submission. The Transmission Provider
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will track all costs, including the Transmission Provider’s time and the costs of the expert
consultant(s), in administering the Competitive Developer Selection Process for each
specific RFP.
The Transmission Provider shall evaluate all Proposals submitted in response to a
specific RFP together and apply each of their respective proposal deposits equally to the
cost of administering the Competitive Developer Selection Process for that specific RFP,
except for Proposals that were found to be deficient by the Transmission Provider and
were refunded 90% of the proposal deposit under Section VIII.D.10 of Attachment FF of
the Tariff. Any shortfall will be billed by the Transmission Provider on a pro rata basis
to each Proposal submitted in response to the RFP. Each respective RFP Respondent(s)
is responsible for paying the pro rata share allocated to its Proposal(s) within thirty (30)
Calendar Days of receiving notice of such shortfall. If a RFP Respondent fails to pay the
expenses allocated to any of the Proposals it submitted within sixty (60) Calendar Days
of the monthly invoice remittance date, those Proposals shall be disqualified from further
consideration and evaluation by the Transmission Provider. Furthermore, the RFP
Respondent may lose its Qualified Transmission Developer designation at the sole
discretion of the Transmission Provider as they are no longer in good standing with the
Transmission Provider pursuant to Section VIII.B.4.a of Attachment FF of the Tariff.
Any funds remaining after the Transmission Provider has completed the
Competitive Developer Selection Process, including the issuance of refunds to Proposals
that were withdrawn pursuant to Section VIII.D.8 of Attachment FF of the Tariff or
deemed deficient pursuant to Section VIII.D.10 of Attachment FF of the Tariff, will be
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refunded by the Transmission Provider on a pro rata basis to each Proposal within
seventy-five (75) Calendar Days following the designation of the Selected Proposal,
including any interest actually earned on such deposits.
VIII.D.4.
Proposal Submission Format:
Proposals shall be submitted to the Transmission Provider prior to the Proposal
Submission Deadline. Proposals shall be submitted to the Transmission Provider in
accordance with the requirements specified in the RFP and Business Practices Manuals
(e.g. the location, format, number of copies, use of submission templates, etc.). Proposals
may be submitted in one of two different forms: (i) a Single-Developer Proposal; or (ii) a
Joint-Developer Proposal. The Transmission Provider may provide template(s) for
Proposal submissions and, if provided, RFP Respondents shall utilize the template(s) in
submitting their Proposals. Any questions or inquiries regarding an issued RFP from the
date the RFP was issued through the date that the selection report for the Competitive
Transmission Project is publicly posted shall be solely directed to the Transmission
Provider through the contacts listed in the RFP and not to the interconnecting incumbent
Member(s).
VIII.D.4.1.
Single-Developer Proposal:
A Single-Developer Proposal is a Proposal submitted by a single RFP
Respondent that would become the sole Selected Developer for the Competitive
Transmission Project, should its Single-Developer Proposal be designated as the
Selected Proposal by the Transmission Provider.
VIII.D.4.2.
Joint-Developer Proposal:
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A Joint-Developer Proposal is a Proposal submitted jointly by two or more
RFP Respondents that would each be designated as Selected Developers for the
Competitive Transmission Project, should the Joint-Developer Proposal be
designated as the Selected Proposal by the Transmission Provider. The Joint-
Developer Proposal shall only be submitted once to the Transmission Provider by
one of the RFP Respondents. Each RFP Respondent of a Joint-Developer
Proposal shall either: (i) acknowledge and agree to be jointly and severally liable
for all aspects of the submitted Joint-Developer Proposal; or (ii) clearly specify
the aspects of the Competitive Transmission Project that each RFP Respondent
will be solely liable, such that all aspects of the submitted Joint-Developer
Proposal are accounted for. If at least one of the RFP Respondents does not
commit to being jointly and severally liable for all aspects of the submitted Joint-
Developer Proposal, the existence of any grounds that would trigger Variance
Analysis, including default and termination of the Selected Developer Agreement,
with respect to any one RFP Respondent shall trigger Variance Analysis of the
entire Joint-Developer Proposal, pursuant to Attachment FF Section IX of the
Tariff.
VIII.D.4.3.
Proposal Participants:
RFP Respondents may convey an interest of the Competitive
Transmission Project to one or more Proposal Participant(s) at any time, provided
however that (i) the RFP Respondent(s) identified and disclosed in its Proposal
the Proposal Participants to which an interest will be conveyed; (ii) RFP
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Respondent(s) convey such an interest on substantially the same terms as
disclosed in the Proposal; (iii) the Aggregate ATRR for the Competitive
Transmission Project shall not exceed the Aggregate ATRR contained in the
Proposal; (iv) each RFP Respondent and each Proposal Participant to which an
interest will be conveyed has each provided a written agreement committing to
any applicable cost-containment measures contained in the Proposal; (v) each
RFP Respondent and each identified Proposal Participant has each executed the
ISO Agreement, to the extent that the entity is not already a Member, but no later
than the date the Competitive Transmission Facilities are energized; and (vi) each
RFP Respondent and each identified Proposal Participant has listed the
Competitive Transmission Facilities for which it owns or has been conveyed an
ownership interest in Appendix H of the ISO Agreement (i.e. the list of
transmission facilities transferred to MISO’s functional control for the purposes of
planning and operation). If a Proposal identifies one or more Proposal
Participants, the RFP Respondent(s) that convey such an interest shall
acknowledge and agree to be responsible for all aspects of the Competitive
Transmission Project, notwithstanding any default of any Proposal Participant’s
obligations, whether identified in the Proposal or under any contractual
agreement(s) between the Proposal Participant and the respective RFP
Respondent(s). Except as provided in Section VIII.D.5 of Attachment FF of the
Tariff, the Transmission Provider shall only evaluate the capabilities and
resources of the RFP Respondent(s) when evaluating a Proposal.
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VIII.D.5. Proposal Content Requirements:
Each Proposal shall include all data and information required by the RFP,
applicable Business Practices Manuals, and Tariff including, but not limited to, the items
specified below in Section VIII.D.5 of Attachment FF of the Tariff. RFP Respondents
may include additional data and information in the Proposal if they believe it is relevant
and useful to the evaluation of their Proposal. If and to the extent RFP Respondents are
utilizing any resources, capabilities, or competencies from an Affiliate, those resources,
capabilities, or competencies shall be clearly identified in the Proposal and the RFP
Respondent shall submit an “Acknowledgement of Support” signed by an authorized
agent of the Affiliate expected to provide such support and the RFP Respondent. An
“Acknowledgement of Support” may also be provided, but is not required, from any
other entity on which RFP Respondent(s) intends to rely for such support.
VIII.D.5.1.
General Proposal Information:
VIII.D.5.1.1. Identification of RFP Respondents:
Each Proposal shall clearly identify each RFP Respondent involved in the
Proposal and identify a primary and secondary point of contact for the Proposal
that will represent the RFP Respondent(s) in any communications and actions
with the Transmission Provider.
Each Joint-Developer Proposal shall clearly and specifically identify each
RFP Respondent’s respective roles and responsibilities (including the respective
percentage of responsibility) to finance, construct, implement, own, operate,
maintain, repair, and restore the Competitive Transmission Project in such a
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manner that one hundred percent (100%) of the responsibilities are identified and
disclosed in the Proposal. Any agreements between or among the RFP
Respondents governing the division of roles and responsibilities shall also be
submitted with the Proposal
Furthermore, each RFP Respondent involved in a Joint-Developer
Proposal shall include either: (i) an agreement to be jointly and severally liable for
all aspects of the Joint-Developer Proposal; or (ii) clearly specify the aspects of
the Competitive Transmission Project that each RFP Respondent will be solely
liable, such that all aspects of the submitted Joint-Developer Proposal are
accounted for. If at least one of the RFP Respondents does not commit to being
jointly and severally liable for all aspects of the Joint-Developer Proposal, the
existence of any grounds that would trigger Variance Analysis, including default
and termination of the Selected Developer Agreement, with respect to any one
RFP Respondent shall trigger Variance Analysis of the entire Joint-Developer
Proposal, pursuant to Attachment FF Section IX of the Tariff.
VIII.D.5.1.2. Identification of Proposal Participants:
Each Proposal shall clearly identify whether the RFP Respondent(s) plan
to convey an interest of the Competitive Transmission Project to one or more
Proposal Participant(s). If a RFP Respondent contemplates any conveyance of
interest of the Competitive Transmission Project to one or more Proposal
Participant(s), it shall clearly and specifically (i) identify each Proposal
Participant in the Proposal; (ii) identify the type and amount of any conveyed
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interest in the Proposal; (iii) provide any agreements between or among the RFP
Respondent and the Proposal Participants regarding the conveyed interest in the
Competitive Transmission Project; (iv) disclose the expected timing of any such
transfer of ownership or interest; (v) provide a written agreement from the RFP
Respondent and each Proposal Participant to execute the ISO Agreement, to the
extent that the entity is not already a Member, but no later than the date the
Competitive Transmission Facilities are energized, should the Transmission
Provider designate the proposal as the Selected Proposal; and (vi) the RFP
Respondent’s written agreement to be responsible for all aspects of the
Competitive Transmission Project notwithstanding, any default of any Proposal
Participant’s obligations, whether identified in the Proposal or under any
contractual agreement(s) between the Proposal Participant and the respective RFP
Respondent(s).
VIII.D.5.2.
Project Implementation Schedule:
Each Proposal shall contain a detailed project implementation schedule, driven by
the required in-service date, for each Competitive Transmission Facility contained in the
Competitive Transmission Project which shall include proposed schedules for route and
site evaluation, regulatory permitting, land acquisition, engineering and design, land
surveying, material procurement, construction, and commissioning/energization for all
Competitive Transmission Facilities.
VIII.D.5.3.
Project Cost Estimate:
Each Proposal shall contain a detailed project cost-estimate, based upon the
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reasonably descriptive facility design submitted in the Proposal, for each Competitive
Transmission Facility in the Competitive Transmission Project. The cost-estimates
developed by the Transmission Provider during the transmission planning process and
utilized for project approval should be considered by RFP Respondents for informational
purposes only and are not guaranteed to be accurate or complete in all respects. RFP
Respondents shall create and rely on their own cost calculations when submitting
Proposals. To the extent that any RFP Respondent or Proposal Participant identified in a
Proposal, or an Affiliate of either, has not committed to forego recovery of such costs, the
project cost estimate shall include:
(i) all costs to develop the Proposal, including any costs of participating in the
planning process and Competitive Developer Selection Process for the Competitive
Transmission Project for which recovery may be sought. To the extent that a RFP
Respondent submits more than one Proposal for a Competitive Transmission Project,
such cost estimate shall state all costs for which recovery may be sought if any of the
Proposals submitted by such RFP Respondent for the Competitive Transmission Project
is selected as the Selected Proposal; and
(ii) any other pre-commercial expense for which a RFP Respondent or Proposal
Participant identified in a Proposal, or an Affiliate of either, may seek recovery if the
Proposal is selected as the Selected Proposal.
VIII.D.5.4.
Estimated Annual Transmission Revenue Requirements:
Each Proposal shall contain separate estimated annual transmission revenue
requirements for each RFP Respondent and Proposal Participant involved with the
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Proposal beginning in the year costs would first be recovered under Attachment O and
either Attachment MM or Attachment GG (including any incentives, such as to collect
Construction Work In Progress (“CWIP”) in ratebase or pass-through pre-commercial
expenses on a current basis), through the first forty (40) calendar years that the
Competitive Transmission Facilities included in the Competitive Transmission Project
will be in service, in accordance with Attachment MM of the Tariff for Multi-Value
Projects and Attachment GG of the Tariff for Market Efficiency Projects, including the
supporting detail on the annual allocation factors for operations and maintenance, general
and common depreciation expense, taxes other than income taxes, income taxes, and
return used to estimate the annual revenue requirements.
If the Proposal involves more than one RFP Respondent or any Proposal
Participants, the Proposal shall also include an estimated Aggregate ATRR beginning in
the year costs would first be recovered under Attachment O and either Attachment MM
or Attachment GG (including any incentives, such as to collect CWIP in ratebase or pass-
through pre-commercial expenses on a current basis), through for the first forty (40) years
the Competitive Transmission Facilities included in the Competitive Transmission
Project will be in service representing the combined effect of each RFP Respondents’ and
Proposal Participants’ individual annual transmission revenue requirements.
VIII.D.5.5.
Binding Cost-Containment:
Each Proposal shall contain information and details regarding any binding cost-
containment measures, including any binding cost caps, that may be offered as part of the
Proposal. If any binding cost-containment measures are submitted as part of the
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Proposal, each RFP Respondent and Proposal Participant submitting such binding cost-
containment measures shall also provide a draft term sheet or agreement that clearly
describes in detail the nature of the cost-containment measures being proposed, including
all exclusions, exceptions, conditions, enforcement mechanisms, interaction with change
orders, and such other information as is specified in the applicable Business Practices
Manuals, as part of the Proposal submittal.
VIII.D.5.6.
Financial Information:
Each Proposal shall include a detailed financing plan for the Competitive
Transmission Project. The financing plan shall conform to the format(s) specified in an
RFP and must contain information pertaining to the following elements, if applicable, as
further explained in the applicable Business Practices Manuals:
1)
A description of capital resources available to fund Competitive Transmission
Project implementation costs, which demonstrate that the RFP Respondent(s) can
procure capital to fund at least one hundred percent (100%) of expected project
implementation costs, including any contingencies projected by the RFP
Respondent(s) to show an ability to cover risks associated with foreseeable cost
overruns.
For each funding source the RFP Respondent(s) shall provide a description of
how much capital is available, when the funds will be obtained, and what
conditions must to be met to secure the funds. At a minimum, the RFP
Respondent(s) shall identify each funding source by type with a brief description
and state the costs for each funding sources. If the cost of funds information is
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not known at the time the RFP Response is submitted, the RFP Respondent(s)
may submit a range or estimate and describe the limitations that prevent this
information from being provided.
2)
An exhibit or a high-level narrative description of the expected cash flows
between the RFP Respondent(s) and the funding sources sufficient to explain the
timing, form and volume of cash flows expected between each RFP Respondent
and the identified funding sources.
3)
An overview schedule of significant expenditures for project implementation
sufficient to demonstrate that funds will be available when needed for significant
expenditures.
4)
A description of immediately available funds, that the RFP Respondent(s) shall
have access to in order to address unforeseen contingencies that arise during
project implementation.
5)
Information describing the RFP Respondent’s plan to obtain Project Financial
Security within the timeframe required by the Selected Developer Agreement in
sufficient detail to demonstrate that the RFP Respondent(s) reasonably expect(s)
to be able to satisfy this requirement if selected as the Selected Developer.
6)
In the event that a RFP Respondent intends to rely on personnel, material,
technical, financial, and/or other resources from an Affiliate in its Proposal, the
RFP Respondent shall provide an Acknowledgment of Support executed by such
Affiliate, which lists the personnel, material, technical, financial, and/or other
resources that the RFP Respondent(s) desire(s) the Transmission Provider to
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consider in evaluating the Proposal to demonstrate that such Affiliate is aware of
the RFP Respondent’s reliance on such Affiliate’s resources and will make such
resources available if the RFP Respondent’s Proposal is selected.
7)
The credit ratings, if applicable, of the RFP Respondent and any Affiliate
providing financial support pursuant to an Acknowledgment of Support and
general financial information including audited financial statements and notes for
the RFP Respondent and any parent or Affiliate providing financial support
pursuant to an Acknowledgment of Support, as well as pro forma financial
statements for each calendar year until the RFP Respondent(s) expect(s) to place
all project facilities into service.
8)
The RFP Respondent’s financial strategy to facilitate timely replacements and
rebuilds for the life of the project to demonstrate that it reasonably can be relied
upon to address catastrophic destruction and normal wear and tear.
VIII.D.5.7.
Reasonably Descriptive Design:
Each Proposal shall contain a reasonably descriptive facility design for each
Competitive Transmission Facility included in the Competitive Transmission Project.
Reasonably descriptive facility designs represent descriptions of the core attributes and
features of a design, not the detailed engineering and design calculations and documents.
VIII.D.5.7.1. Design for Competitive Transmission Line Facilities:
For each Competitive Transmission Line Facility, reasonably descriptive
facility design proposals must include, if applicable, and as further described by
the applicable RFP, the following:
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(a)
The estimated length of the Competitive Transmission Line
Facility in miles and the basis for the estimate;
(b)
The proposed conductor type, size, and, if applicable, bundling
configuration;
(c)
The proposed default or typical structure design attribute(s) (e.g.,
steel vs. wood vs. aluminum vs. concrete, monopole vs. H-frame
vs. lattice, single circuit vs. double circuit, self-supporting vs.
guyed, structural calculation assumptions, etc.) to be used for
tangent, running angle, in-line dead-end, and angle dead-end
structures when feasible and/or for the majority of the Competitive
Transmission Line Facilities;
(d)
The estimated positive sequence line impedance and pi-equivalent
shunt susceptance;
(e)
The calculated normal and emergency seasonal thermal loading
ratings, including the basis for such calculations;
(f)
The proposed type of lightning protection system to be used when
feasible and/or for the majority of the Competitive Transmission
Line Facilities (e.g., shield wires vs. surge arresters, etc.) and key
attributes (e.g., shielding angle, arrester location and type, etc.);
(g)
The proposed grounding method to be used when feasible and/or
for the majority of the Competitive Transmission Line Facilities
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(e.g., ground rods only, counterpoise, etc.) and key attributes (e.g.,
targeted structure footing grounding resistance, etc.);
(h)
The proposed method to address or mitigate adverse impacts of
galloping conductors and/or Aeolian vibration, if any (e.g.,
Stockbridge dampers, special conductors, etc.);
(i)
The continuous rating of any load carrying switchgear installed on
the Competitive Transmission Line Facilities; and
(j)
The assumed communications systems to be used for the
Competitive Transmission Line Facilities to facilitate protective
relaying (e.g., fiber optic, power line carrier, microwave, etc.).
VIII.D.5.7.2. Design for Competitive Substation Facilities:
For each Competitive Substation Facility, reasonably descriptive facility
design proposals shall include, if applicable, and as further described, by the
applicable RFP, the following:
(a)
A detailed one-line diagram;
(b)
The proposed protection systems including protection schemes,
any anticipated interaction with existing/other facilities and
conceptual protection system design (including backup protection
systems, if applicable). Remote system monitoring capability shall
be described with major features listed (redundancy, monitored
parameters, etc.);
(c)
The detailed specifications for proposed power transformers;
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(d)
A description of other substation equipment items, including load
ratings, voltage ratings, fault interrupting ratings, tap data, and
impedances as applicable, where other substation equipment
includes, but is not limited to, bus sections, circuit breakers, circuit
switchers, switches, disconnects, regulating transformers, station
service transformers, series and shunt capacitors, series and shunt
reactors, static VAR compensators, DC conversion equipment,
instrument transformers (metering and relaying), wave traps, and
surge arresters;
(e)
The proposed line terminal ratings and basis for calculation,
including limiting element;
(f)
The basis for load rating calculations on any equipment where
nameplate continuous ratings are not used; and
(g)
A description of the communication system for remote monitoring,
control and data acquisition facilities, including monitoring and
control points.
VIII.D.5.7.3.
Additional reasonably descriptive facility design data:
An RFP may require submission of additional facility design data when
deemed necessary by the Transmission Provider. Proposals may also include
additional facility data when deemed necessary by RFP Respondents, including
but not limited to, optional facility design data listed in the Business Practices
Manuals, which may be considered by the Transmission Provider in the
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evaluation and selection of Proposals.
VIII.D.5.8.
Project Implementation:
Each Proposal shall contain a description of existing and/or planned project
implementation capabilities, relative to the applicable locations and jurisdictions where
the Competitive Transmission Facilities will be located, to be used by the RFP
Respondent(s) to perform the following tasks, as applicable and as further described in
the applicable RFP:
(a)
Project management;
(b)
Routing/siting evaluation studies for Competitive Transmission Facilities;
(c)
Regulatory permitting;
(d)
Right-of-way and land acquisition for Competitive Transmission
Facilities;
(e)
Engineering and surveying required for Competitive Transmission
Facilities;
(f)
Material procurement for Competitive Transmission Facilities;
(g)
Construction of Competitive Transmission Facilities;
(h)
Commissioning/energization of Competitive Transmission Facilities; and
(i)
Safety during construction of the Competitive Transmission Facilities.
VIII.D.5.8.1.Additional Project Implementation Capabilities Data:
A RFP may require the submission of additional data, when deemed
necessary by the Transmission Provider, related to the policies, processes,
methods, capabilities, experience, and past performance the RFP Respondent(s)
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Proposals may also include additional information regarding project
implementation capabilities when deemed necessary by RFP Respondents,
including but not limited to, existing capabilities and past experience regarding
project implementation, which may be considered by the Transmission Provider
in the evaluation and selection of Proposals.
VIII.D.5.9.
Operations and Maintenance:
Each Proposal shall contain a description of existing and/or planned operations,
maintenance, repair, and replacement capabilities, relative to the locations and applicable
jurisdictions where the Competitive Transmission Facilities will be located, to be used by
the RFP Respondent(s) to perform the following tasks, as applicable and as further
described in the RFP:
(a)
Forced outage response for transmission line circuits and substations;
(b)
Switching for transmission line circuits and substations;
(c)
Emergency repair and testing for transmission line circuits and
substations;
(d)
Preventative and/or predictive maintenance for transmission line circuits
and substations, including vegetation management and equipment testing;
(e)
Maintenance and management of spare parts, spare structures, and/or
spare equipment inventories for substations and/or transmission lines,
including description of any agreements to share spare equipment, spare
parts, and/or spare structures with other transmission entities;
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(f)
Real-time operations monitoring and control capabilities, if the
Competitive Transmission Project contains one or more Competitive
Substation Facilities;
(g)
Major facility replacements or rebuilds required as a result of catastrophic
destruction or natural aging through normal wear and tear, including
financial strategy to facilitate timely replacements and/or rebuilds; and
(h)
Safety during operations and maintenance of the Competitive
Transmission Facilities.
VIII.D.5.9.1. Local Balancing Authority:
Each Proposal shall contain a description regarding the RFP Respondent’s
plan for incorporating the Competitive Transmission Facilities into a Local
Balancing Authority Area.
VIII.D.5.9.2. Other Operations and Maintenance Capabilities Data:
A RFP may require the submission of additional data related to the
policies, processes, methods, capabilities, experience, and past performance of the
RFP Respondents regarding operations, maintenance, repair, and replacement
when deemed necessary by the Transmission Provider.
Proposals may also include additional information regarding operations,
maintenance, repair, and replacement capabilities when deemed necessary by RFP
Respondents, including but not limited to, existing capabilities and past
experience regarding operations, maintenance, repair and replacement, which may
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be considered by the Transmission Provider in the evaluation and selection of
Proposals.
VIII.D.5.10.
Participation in the Transmission Planning Process:
While not required, RFP Respondents and Proposal Participants who desire to
have such participation considered in the evaluation of their Proposal shall state whether
any RFP Respondent or Proposal Participant, or Affiliate of either, was identified by the
Transmission Provider eligible to receive planning participation credit for such
Competitive Transmission Project for which the Proposal is submitted. Any Proposal
stating that an Affiliate of a RFP Respondent or Proposal Participant earned the planning
participation credit shall also identify and describe the relationship between the RFP
Respondent or Proposal Participant to the Affiliate.
VIII.D.5.11.
Disclosure of Assignments or Potential Assignments:
Proposals shall include a declaration stating whether or not the RFP
Respondent(s) will seek to assign the Competitive Transmission Facilities, Competitive
Transmission Project, or Selected Developer Agreement pursuant to Article 14 of the pro
forma Selected Developer Agreement. For all proposed assignments except assignments
to Project Finance Entities pursuant to Article 14.4 of the Selected Developer Agreement,
such declaration shall include the identity of the proposed assignee(s) and the material
terms, including timing, of such proposed assignment. If such assignment is conditioned
on the occurrence of future events, then a statement of the conditions under which the
assignment would occur and their anticipated timing shall be included. If an assignment
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is contemplated to an Affiliate that does not yet exist, then a description of the
relationship that the RFP Respondent and such future Affiliate will have at the time of
assignment and any commitments that the RFP Respondent intends to make to support
the Affiliate shall constitute a sufficient identification of the intended assignee.
VIII.D.5.12.
Proposal Attestation:
Each RFP Respondent shall include an affidavit as part of the Proposal
submission, signed by an officer of its organization, attesting that: (i) it understands that
the Transmission Provider’s evaluation of Proposals and designation of a Selected
Proposal is governed by the Tariff and the Business Practices Manuals; (ii) it agrees to be
bound by the Tariff and to follow the applicable Business Practices Manuals; (iii) it has
submitted the Proposal in good faith; (iv) the information submitted by the organization
in the Proposal is true to the best of the RFP Respondent’s knowledge and belief; (v) it
has complied with all Applicable Laws, and Regulations and Good Utility Practice in
preparing the Proposal; and (vi) if selected, the Respondent agrees to be bound by its
Proposal. Furthermore, each Proposal Participant shall include an affidavit as part of the
Proposal signed by an officer of its organization attesting that: (i) the Aggregate ATRR
for the Competitive Transmission Project and any required financial information about
the Proposal Participant and its inputs into the Aggregate ATRR that has been submitted
by the organization is true to the best of the Proposal Participant’s knowledge and belief;
(ii) that Proposal Participant agrees to be bound by any applicable cost containment
measure and (iii) either (a) that it agrees to execute the ISO Agreement and identify the
Competitive Transmission Facilities associated with the Competitive Transmission
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Project in Appendix H of the ISO Agreement prior to closing on its conveyed interest
should the Transmission Provider designate the Proposal as the Selected Proposal; or (b)
prior to such closing it will demonstrate that it has already executed the ISO Agreement
and it agrees to identify the Competitive Transmission Facilities associated with the
Competitive Transmission Project in Appendix H of the ISO Agreement.
VIII.D.6.
Additional Data Requests:
If, during the evaluation of Proposals, the Transmission Provider determines that
additional information is required to evaluate the Proposals, the Transmission Provider
will request, in writing, the additional data from all RFP Respondents, along with the
timeframe that this data must be submitted. If the additional data is not submitted within
the specified timeframe, the Proposal be deemed invalid and will not be evaluated or
considered further by the Transmission Provider. This timeframe shall not be less than
ten (10) Business Days from when the Transmission Provider issues the additional data
request. This data request will not extend the evaluation timeframe defined in Section
VIII.E.2 of Attachment FF of the Tariff.
VIII.D.7.
Proposal Clarifications and Corrections:
The Transmission Provider will have the right, but not the obligation, during the
Competitive Developer Selection Process described in Section VIII of Attachment FF of
the Tariff, to request a RFP Respondent(s) to provide clarifications, corrections, or
further supporting information to its submitted Proposal(s), along with the timeframe that
a response must be submitted. The RFP Respondent(s) shall be responsible for any
clarifications, corrections, or further supporting information the Transmission Provider
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requires that relates to the Proposal Participants. In the event the RFP Respondent agrees
to provide said clarification(s), corrections, or further supporting information, the RFP
Respondent shall provide these within the time set forth by the Transmission Provider
which shall be no less than ten (10) Business Days of the Transmission Provider’s
request. If the Transmission Provider accepts the RFP Respondent’s clarification(s),
corrections, or further supporting information. These shall immediately become a part of
the submitted Proposal; or upon the Transmission Provider’s request, the RFP
Respondent shall immediately update its Proposal to reflect the accepted clarification(s),
corrections, or further supporting information. In the event that the RFP Respondent
declines to provide the requested clarification(s), corrections, or further supporting
information, the Transmission Provider shall evaluate the Proposal as submitted.
VIII.D.8.
Withdrawing Submitted Proposals:
Prior to the Proposal Submission Deadline, a RFP Respondent may withdraw a
Proposal that was submitted to the Transmission Provider by informing the Transmission
Provider as soon as practical in writing. Any deposits submitted to the Transmission
Providers associated with the withdrawn Proposal will be returned in full and the
withdrawn Proposal will not be considered or evaluated by the Transmission Provider.
A RFP Respondent may withdraw its submitted Proposal after the Proposal
Submission Deadline by informing the Transmission Provider in writing, as soon as
practical, but no later than such time that the Transmission Provider publicly announces
the Selected Proposal for the RFP. Upon receiving a withdrawal notification, the
Transmission Provider will stop its evaluation and consideration of the Proposal. A
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withdrawn Proposal will not relieve the RFP Respondent from its obligations for the pro
rata costs associated with the full evaluation period nor will the RFP Respondent be
afforded any refund other than those funds remaining once the Competitive Developer
Selection Process has been completed for the RFP.
VIII.D.9.
Confidential Treatment of Proposals:
The Transmission Provider will treat information and documents, or portions of
documents, received from RFP Respondents and/or Proposal Participants, whether
received as Part of a Proposal, a response to a request for clarification or additional
information pursuant to Sections VIII.D.6 and VIII.D.7 of this Attachment FF, or
otherwise, as either Project confidential information pursuant to Section VIII.D.9.a, or
non-confidential information pursuant to Section VIII.D.9.b, as set forth below.
VIII.D.9.a
Confidential Information:
Except as provided in Section VIII.D.9.d, the Transmission Provider will not,
without the prior written consent of the respective RFP Respondent and/or the Proposal
Participant, publicly disclose or share any of the following confidential information with
any individual except for employees of the Transmission Provider or an independent
contractor of the Transmission Provider who require access to such information to
perform their duties and have executed the Transmission Provider’s non-disclosure
and/or CEII agreement:
(i)
All detailed breakdowns of costs, including but not limited to, the itemized costs
for labor and materials;
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(ii)
All details of an RFP Respondent and/or Proposal Participant’s financing
arrangements;
(iii)
All detailed design, routing, siting, or specialty construction techniques; and
(iv)
Any other information or portions of documents that are clearly labeled and
specifically designated as ”CONFIDENTIAL,” except for: (1) the items specified
in Section VIII.D.9.b of this Attachment FF; and (2) information and/or items
which the Transmission Provider is otherwise required, or explicitly authorized by
another provision of the Tariff, to make publicly available.
VIII.D.9.b
Non-Confidential Information:
The following categories of information shall not be considered confidential or
maintained as Confidential Information:
(i)
The identity of RFP Respondents and Proposal Participants;
(ii)
The high-level design for Competitive Transmission Facilities;
(iii)
The total estimated cost of the Competitive Transmission Project;
(iv)
The estimated forty (40) year Annual Transmission Revenue Requirement
(“ATRR”);
(v)
Information relating to any cost-containment measures, and rate-incentives;
(vi)
Information regarding the proposed in-service dates of the Competitive
Transmission Facilities;
(vii)
The final evaluation score assigned to each Proposal, with the names of the RFP
Respondents and Proposal Participants redacted or masked;
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(viii)
All timetables and milestones agreed to between a Selected Developer(s) and the
Transmission Provider in the Selected Developer Agreement;
(ix)
All publicly available information;
(x)
Any information for which a RFP Respondent or Proposal Participant has
provided consent to release; and
(xi)
Any information the Transmission Provider is required to make publicly available
pursuant to Section VIII.D.9.d of this Attachment FF.
VIII.D.9.c
Use of Non-Confidential Information–Post-Evaluation Report:
The Transmission Provider may use the non-confidential information of RFP
Respondents and Proposal Participants to prepare the public post-evaluation selection
report for a Competitive Transmission Project required by Section VIII.E.2 of this
Attachment FF as is reasonably necessary to explain the basis for the Transmission
Provider’s selection of a Selected Developer. In all cases, the Confidential Information
and non-confidential information that was not disclosed in the post-evaluation selection
report or the publicly posted version of the Selected Developer Agreement shall not
otherwise be disclosed by the Transmission Provider except as required by Section
VIII.D.9.d of this Attachment FF.
i.
Use of Selected Developer Non-Confidential Information
The Transmission Provider may use the non-confidential information of the RFP
Respondent(s) and Proposal Participants whose Proposal is selected to prepare: (1)
appendices for a Selected Developer Agreement memorializing the commitments and
salient features of the Selected Proposal; and (2) a post-evaluation selection report that
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explains the basis for the Transmission Provider’s selection of the Selected Proposal
pursuant to the comparative analysis required by Sections VIII.E, VIII.E.1, VIII.E.1.1,
VIII.E.1.2, VIII.E.1.3, and VIII.E.1.4 of this Attachment FF to the Tariff. The
Transmission Provider may use such information to the extent reasonably necessary to
explain why the selection of the Selected Proposal is proper based on the comparative
analysis required by the Tariff, including discussions of features of the Selected Proposal
that the Transmission Provider determined to be important in selecting the Selected
Proposal.
ii.
Use of Non-Confidential Information of RFP Respondents
and Proposal Participants whose Proposals are Not Selected
The Transmission Provider may disclose the non-confidential information of RFP
Respondents and Proposal Participants whose Proposals were not selected as the Selected
Proposal only to the extent reasonably necessary to explain why the selection of the
Selected Proposal is proper based on the comparative analysis required by Sections
VIII.E, VIII.E.1, VIII.E.1.1, VIII.E.1.2, VIII.E.1.3, and VIII.E.1.4 of this Attachment FF
to the Tariff. The Transmission Provider may disclose the non-confidential information
contained in Section VIII.D.9.b(i) and VIII.D.9.b(ix)-(xi) without masking the
identity(ies) of the entity(ies) to whom such non-confidential information pertains. The
Transmission Provider may disclose the non-confidential information contained in
Section VIII.D.9.b(ii)-(viii) for RFP Respondents and Proposal Participants whose
Proposals were not selected as the Selected Proposal but must mask the identities of such
parties, either through aggregation or the redacting of names, as appropriate for
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comparative purposes.
VIII.D.9.d
Other Disclosures of Proposal Information:
The Transmission Provider will disclose any information submitted in Proposals
or in response to a request for clarifications and or additional information, whether
confidential or non-confidential, that it is otherwise required by or subject to another
Tariff provision, Commission rule or order, or court order, as ordered by state or federal
agencies, as reasonably deemed by the Transmission Provider is required to be disclosed
in connection with a dispute between the Transmission Provider and the entity or entities
to which such confidential information pertains, or the defense of litigation or a dispute.
In addition, the Transmission Provider may disclose confidential information contained
in the Selected Proposal in filings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to
the extent necessary to explain or enforce commitments made in a Selected Developer
Agreement provided that the Transmission Provider, consistent 18 C.F.R. Section
388.112, requests that that the information be treated as confidential and non-public by
the Commission and its staff and that the information be withheld from public disclosure.
The Transmission Provider may disclose confidential or non-confidential
information submitted in Proposals or in response to a request for clarifications and/or
additional information to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff to the extent
necessary to discuss the Transmission Provider’s implementation of the Competitive
Developer Selection Process without first obtaining an order provided that the
Transmission Provider: (1) clearly communicates the confidential nature of the
information shared; and (2) consistent with 18 C.F.R. Section 388.112, requests that the
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information be treated as confidential and non-public by the Commission and its staff and
that the information be withheld from public disclosure.
VIII.D.10.
Proposal Validation – Review for Completeness:
The Transmission Provider will review each submitted Proposal for completeness and
validate whether the RFP Respondent(s) is/are listed as a Qualified Transmission Developer.
Within thirty (30) Calendar Days of the Proposal Submission Deadline, the Transmission
Provider will notify each RFP Respondent if the Transmission Provider identifies that their
Proposal is incomplete. Except when any of the RFP Respondents involved in a Proposal were
not listed as a Qualified Transmission Developer on the date the Proposal was submitted, the
RFP Respondent(s) will have a single Proposal Cure Period set for by the Transmission Provider
of not less than ten (10) Business Days from the date of such notification to submit the requested
information to cure any deficiencies in their Proposal. Proposals that are not complete at the end
of the Proposal Cure Period will be deemed invalid and will not be evaluated or considered
further by the Transmission Provider. Such Proposals will be refunded ninety percent (90%) of
the initial proposal deposit specified in Section V.III.D.2 of Attachment FF of the Tariff, if such
initial proposal deposit was submitted to the Transmission Provider. Proposals that include a
RFP Respondent that was not listed as a Qualified Transmission Developer on the date the
Proposal was submitted will also be deemed invalid and will not be evaluated or considered
further by the Transmission Provider. The Transmission Provider will provide a written
explanation to RFP Respondents identifying why the Proposal has been disqualified.
VIII.D.11.
Posting List of RFP Respondents and Proposals Participants:
The Transmission Provider will post a list of the RFP Respondents and Proposal
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Participants that submitted completed Proposals in response to an issued RFP on its website after
the end of the Proposal Cure Period.
VIII.D.12.
RFP Respondent’s Qualified Transmission Developer status:
RFP Respondents are required to maintain their status as a Qualified Transmission
Developer throughout the duration of the Competitive Developer Selection Process. In the
event that the Transmission Provider determines that a RFP Respondent has ceased to be a
Qualified Transmission Developer, the Transmission Provider shall send a written notice of such
fact to the RFP Respondent, which notice shall state the reason(s) for loss of Qualified
Transmission Developer status. The RFP Respondent shall have thirty (30) Calendar Days from
the Transmission Provider’s notification of loss of Qualified Transmission Developer status to
remove the grounds for such loss of status. Any Proposal involving a RFP Respondent that
ceases to be a Qualified Transmission Developer will be deemed invalid and will not be
evaluated or considered further by the Transmission Provider if such failure remains uncured
more than thirty (30) Calendar Days from the date of the notice to the RFP Respondent. A
Proposal shall not be deemed invalid if the RFP Respondent cures the loss of Qualified
Transmission Developer status within the thirty (30) Calendar Day period. If one or more RFP
Respondents who have submitted a Joint-Developer Proposal pursuant to Section VIII.D.4.2 is
disqualified after the cure period, the Joint-Developer Proposal shall be disqualified unless all of
the RFP Respondents have acknowledged and agreed to be jointly and severally liable for all
aspects of the submitted Joint-Developer Proposal. If all RFP Respondents submitting a Joint
Developer Proposal have acknowledged and agreed to be jointly and severally liable for all
aspects of the submitted Joint-Developer Proposal, then the remaining RFP Respondents shall
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assume the obligations of the RFP Respondent that has failed to cure a loss of Qualified
Transmission Developer status and the Joint-Developer Proposal shall not be disqualified. The
Transmission Provider will provide a written explanation to RFP Respondents identifying why
the Proposal has been disqualified or, in the event that all RFP Respondents involved in a Joint-
Developer Proposal have acknowledged and agreed to be jointly and severally liable for all
aspects of the submitted Joint-Developer Proposal, stating that the remaining RFP Respondents
must assume the obligations of the RFP Respondent that has lost its Qualified Transmission
Developer status.
VIII.E.
EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS
The Transmission Provider will have one hundred and sixty-five (165) Calendar Days
from the Proposal Submission Deadline to evaluate all completed Proposals. Only those
Proposals that were submitted prior to the Proposal Submission Deadline and cured of any
deficiencies pursuant to Section VIII.D.10 of Attachment FF of the Tariff and otherwise have not
been withdrawn or deemed invalid will be evaluated by the Transmission Provider based on a
comparative analysis using the evaluation criteria below and as further described in the Business
Practices Manuals and applicable RFP. Specific methods used to evaluate various aspects of a
Proposal shall be described in the Business Practices Manuals. This comparative analysis
evaluation will be conducted by Transmission Provider and/or independent consultants
competent in the areas of finance, transmission facility design, transmission project
implementation, and transmission operations, maintenance, repair, and replacement. In
conducting the comparative analysis evaluation of Proposals, the Transmission Provider and any
independent expert consultants will be overseen by the Competitive Transmission Executive
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Committee, which will have the exclusive and final authority to determine Selected Proposal.
The Transmission Provider may decline to accept any or all Proposals that do not meet the
Tariff’s requirements for the project classification in question or will not sufficiently address the
Transmission Issue(s) the RFP was intended to address. If no Proposals are received from
Qualified Transmission Developers or selected by the Transmission Provider, the Competitive
Transmission Project may be cancelled or assigned to the applicable Member(s), as defined
below:
(a)
Ownership and the responsibility to construct facilities which are connected to a
single Member’s system belong to that Member;
(b)
Ownership and the responsibilities to construct facilities which are connected
between two (2) or more Members’ facilities belong equally to each Member,
unless such Members otherwise agree; and
(c)
Ownership and the responsibility to construct facilities which are connected
between a Member(s)’ system and a system or systems that are not part of the
Transmission Provider belong to such Members(s) unless the Member(s) and the
non-Transmission Provider party or parties otherwise agree.
VIII.E.1.
Proposal Evaluation Criteria:
In evaluating Proposals, the Transmission Provider will consider the following
general aspects and weighting for each Competitive Transmission Project evaluated:
(a)
Competitive Transmission Line Projects:
The following weights will be applied to Competitive Transmission
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Projects containing only Competitive Transmission Line Facilities:
(i)
Cost and reasonably descriptive facility design quality: 30%
(ii)
Project implementation capabilities: 35%
(iii)
Operations, maintenance, repair, and replacement capabilities:
30%
(iv)
Transmission Provider planning process participations: 5%
(b)
Competitive Substation Projects:
The following weights will be applied to Competitive Transmission
Projects containing only Competitive Substation Facilities:
(i)
Cost and reasonably descriptive facility design quality: 30%
(ii)
Project implementation capabilities: 30%
(iii)
Operations, maintenance, repair, and replacement capabilities:
35%
(iv)
Transmission Provider planning process participations: 5%
(c)
Mixed Competitive Transmission Facility Projects:
The following weights will be applied to Competitive Transmission
Projects containing both Competitive Transmission Line Facilities and
Competitive Substation Facilities:
(i)
Cost and reasonably descriptive facility design quality: 35%
(ii)
Project implementation capabilities: 30%
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(iii)
Operations, maintenance, repair, and replacement capabilities:
30%
(iv)
Transmission Provider planning process participations: 5%
VIII.E.1.1.
Cost and Reasonably Descriptive Facility Design:
When considering cost and reasonably descriptive facility design quality,
the Transmission Provider shall evaluate, at a minimum and to the extent
applicable, the following:
(a)
Estimated project cost;
(i)
Estimated project cost(s), as set forth in Section VIII.D.5.3
of this Attachment FF; and
(ii)
Cost estimate rigor, which shall include financial
assumptions and supporting information to clearly
demonstrate a thorough analysis in support of the cost
estimate.
(b)
Estimated annual transmission revenue requirement:
(i)
The estimated annual transmission revenue requirement(s),
as described in Section VIII.D.5.4 of this Attachment FF;
and
(ii)
Estimated annual transmission revenue requirement rigor,
which shall include financial assumptions and supporting
information to clearly demonstrate a thorough analysis in
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support of the estimated annual transmission revenue
requirement.
(c)
Cost Containment
(i)
Binding cost containment measures as described in Section
VIII.D.5.5 of this Attachment FF if a Proposal contains any
such measures relating to the estimated project cost; and
(ii)
Binding cost containment measures as described in Section
VIII.D.5.5 of this Attachment FF if a Proposal contains any
such measures relating to the estimated annual transmission
revenue requirement(s).
(d)
Electrical design:
(i)
Reasonably descriptive facility electrical design quality;
and
(ii)
Reasonably descriptive facility electrical design rigor,
which shall include facility studies performed and other
specific supporting data that clearly documents and
supports consideration and attention given to the proposed
reasonably descriptive facility electrical designs. For
reasonably descriptive facility electrical design, the
Transmission Provider shall consider the items set forth in
Sections VIII.D.5.7.1 through VII.D.5.7.3 of this
Attachment FF, as each is applicable to the electrical design
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of Competitive Transmission Facilities discussed in the
Proposal.
(e)
Structural design:
(i)
Reasonably descriptive facility structural design quality;
and
(ii)
Reasonably descriptive facility structural design rigor,
which shall include facility studies performed and other
specific supporting data that clearly documents and
supports consideration and attention given to the proposed
reasonably descriptive facility structural designs. For
reasonably descriptive facility structural design, the
Transmission Provider shall consider the items set forth in
Sections VIII.D.5.7.1 through VII.D.5.7.3 of this
Attachment FF, as each is applicable to the structural
design of Competitive Transmission Facilities discussed in
the Proposal.
VIII.E.1.2.
Project Implementation Capabilities:
When considering project implementation capabilities, the Transmission
Provider shall evaluate, at a minimum and to the extent applicable, the existing
and/or planned capabilities, competencies, previous applicable experience and
demonstrated ability, and processes regarding the following project
implementation categories relative to the locations and jurisdictions where the
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Competitive Transmission Facilities associated with the Competitive
Transmission Project are to be located, including:
(a)
Project schedule and management:
(i)
Project implementation schedule, as required by Section
VIII.D.5.2 of this Attachment FF; and
(ii)
Project management.
(b)
Regulatory permitting, and route/site evaluation:
(i)
Regulatory permitting;
(ii)
Route and site evaluation; and
(iii)
Right of way and land acquisition.
(c)
Construction;
(i)
Engineering and surveying;
(ii)
Material procurement;
(iii)
Facility construction; and
(iv)
Final facility commissioning.
(d)
Financing and capital resource plan;
(i)
The information and documentation from the detailed
financing plan required by Sections VIII.D.5.6(1)-(7) of this
Attachment FF; and
(e)
Safety, as described in Section VIII.D.5.9(h) of this Attachment
FF.
VIII.E.1.3.
Operations, Maintenance, Repair, and Replacement
Capabilities:
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When considering operations, maintenance, repair and replacement
capabilities, the Transmission Provider shall evaluate, at a minimum and to the
extent applicable, the existing and/or planned capabilities, competencies, and
processes regarding the following operations and maintenance categories relative
to the locations and jurisdictions where the Competitive Transmission Facilities
associated with the Competitive Transmission Project are to be located:
(a)
Normal operations:
(i)
Real-time operations monitoring and control;
(ii)
Switching; and
(iii)
Plan for incorporating the Competitive Transmission
Facilities into a Local Balancing Authority Area as required
by Section VIII.D.5.9.1 of this Attachment FF.
(b)
Non-normal operations:
(i)
Forced outage response;
(ii)
Emergency repair; and
(iii)
Capabilities to perform major facility replacements or
rebuilds required to restore the Competitive Transmission
Facilities as a result of catastrophic destruction, as required
by Section VIII.D.5.9(g) of this Attachment FF.
(c)
Maintenance activities:
(i)
Spare parts;
(ii)
Preventative and/or predictive maintenance and testing; and
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(iii)
Capabilities to perform major facility replacements or
rebuilds required as a result of natural aging through
normal wear and tear, as required by Section VIII.D.5.9(g)
of this Attachment FF.
(d)
Financial capabilities and strategy
(i)
Financial capabilities and strategy to facilitate major
facility replacements or rebuilds required to restore the
Competitive Transmission Facilities as a result of
catastrophic destruction, as required by Section
VIII.D.5.6(8) of this Attachment FF; and
(ii)
Financial capabilities and strategy to facilitate major
facility replacements or rebuilds required as a result of
normal wear and tear, as required by Section VIII.D.5.6(8)
of this Attachment FF.
(e) Safety, as described in Sections VIII.D.5.9(h) of this Attachment.
VIII.E.1.4.
Transmission Provider Planning Process Participation:
Within thirty (30) Calendar Days after the date, the Transmission Provider
Board approves an MTEP containing a Competitive Transmission Project, MISO
will publicly post a list on its website identifying the entities that have meet the
requirements to earn planning participation for such Competitive Transmission
Project. Such determination shall be based on relevant planning studies
performed by such entities and the results supplied to the Transmission Provider
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during the planning process, as well as documentation of transmission project
ideas submitted by such entities to the Transmission Provider to address the same
Transmission Issues being addressed by the Competitive Transmission Project for
which an RFP will be issued. In evaluating Proposals, the Transmission Provider
shall determine whether any RFP Respondent or Proposal Participant (including
Affiliates) qualified to receive such credit. Credit shall be awarded for a Proposal
where any RFP Respondent or Proposal Participant named in such Proposal, or an
affiliate of either, qualifies to receive such credit.
VIII.E.2.
Proposal Selection and Posting Selection Report:
The Transmission Provider will post the name of the Selected Developer(s) on its
website within one hundred and sixty-five (165) Calendar Days of the Proposal
Submission Deadline. Upon posting of the name of the Selected Developer(s), the
obligation of RFP Respondents not named as the Selected Developer or notified that they
have been designated as the Alternate Selected Developer(s) pursuant to Section VIII.H
of this Attachment FF to hold their Proposals open shall cease. Within thirty (30)
Calendar Days after the designation of a Selected Proposal and the Selected
Developer(s) for a Competitive Transmission Project, the Transmission Provider will
post on its website a report in which it explains the basis for designating the Selected
Proposal and Selected Developer(s) for each Competitive Transmission Project. The
report will set forth the results of the comparative analysis undertaken by the
Transmission Provider, the basis for Transmission Provider’s decision(s), and the date(s)
by which state approval(s) to construct must be achieved based upon when construction
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must begin to timely meet the Transmission Issue(s) to be addressed by the Competitive
Transmission Project and taking into account the project implementation schedule(s)
provided by the Selected Developer(s) in its Selected Proposal.
VIII.E.3.
Proposal Selection Dispute Resolution:
Any disputes regarding the developer selection will be referred to the Dispute
Resolution Process under Attachment HH of this Tariff.
VIII.F.
SELECTED DEVELOPER AGREEMENT
RFP Respondents identified in a Selected Proposal shall execute the pro forma Selected
Developer Agreement, or request the submission of an unexecuted Selected Developer
Agreement with the Commission, no later than sixty (60) Calendar Days after the Transmission
Provider posted the name of the Selected Developer(s) on its website. Any Proposal
Participant(s) identified in the Selected Proposal shall execute the Proposal Participant
acknowledgement of the pro forma Selected Developer Agreement by the same sixty (60)
Calendar Day deadline. The Selected Developer Agreement establishes the terms and conditions
under which the Selected Developer will construct and implement the Competitive Transmission
Facilities specified in its Selected Proposal. The Selected Developer Agreement shall be
executed by the Selected Developer and the Transmission Provider, by an authorized officer or
equivalent official with the authority to bind their respective organizations. The Selected
Developer(s) for each Competitive Transmission Project, including where the Selected
Developer is a Member, will be required to sign the Selected Developer Agreement or request it
be submitted unexecuted with the Commission. All executed Selected Developer Agreements
that conform to the pro forma template in Appendix 1 of Attachment FF of the Tariff, will be
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reported to the Commission in the Transmission Provider’s next Electric Quarterly Report after
the executed Selected Developer Agreement becomes effective on a non-provisional basis. Any
request to file the Selected Developer Agreement unexecuted shall be filed with the Commission,
together with an explanation of any matters as to which the Selected Developer and the
Transmission Provider disagree, as soon as practicable, but no later than fifteen (15) Calendar
Days after receiving the request to file the Selected Developer Agreement unexecuted. An
unexecuted Selected Developer Agreement should contain terms and conditions deemed
appropriate by the Transmission Provider for the Competitive Transmission Project. If the
Selected Developer and the Transmission Provider agree to proceed with design, procurement,
and construction of the Competitive Transmission Project under the agreed-upon terms of the
unexecuted Selected Developer Agreement, they may proceed pending Commission action.
If the Selected Developer Agreement contains information determined to be confidential
pursuant to Section VIII.D.9 of Attachment FF of the Tariff, the Transmission Provider will post
and/or file publicly only a redacted version of the Selected Developer Agreement.
VIII.G.
OBLIGATION TO CONSTRUCT COMPETITIVE TRANSMISSION
PROJECT
The Selected Developer(s) will assume the responsibility and obligation to construct the
Competitive Transmission Facilities it is selected to construct. If the Selected Developer(s) is/are
financially incapable of carrying out its construction responsibilities, alternate construction
arrangements shall be identified. Depending on the specific circumstances, such alternate
arrangements shall include solicitation of Transmission Owners to take on financial and/or
construction responsibilities. If the delay in construction adversely affects the Transmission
System reliability, the Transmission Provider shall coordinate with and support the affected
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Transmission Owner(s) regarding any mitigation measures that may be required by the
Applicable Reliability Standards.
However, in the event that a MTEP Appendix A Competitive Transmission Project
approved by the Transmission Provider Board is being challenged through the Dispute
Resolution process under Attachment HH of the Tariff or a court proceeding, the obligation of
the Selected Developer(s) to build the specific Competitive Transmission Project (subject to
required approvals) is waived until the Competitive Transmission Project emerges from the
Dispute Resolution process or court proceedings as an approved Competitive Transmission
Project. In the event that selection of the Selected Developer to construct a project is being
challenged through the Dispute Resolution Process under Attachment HH of the Tariff, the
obligation of the Selected Developer to construct the project pursuant to the Selected Developer
Agreement is not waived.
VIII.H.
ALTERNATE SELECTED DEVELOPER(S)
At the same time that the Transmission Provider posts the name of the Selected
Developer(s) on its website, as specified in Attachment FF Section VIII.E.2, the Transmission
Provider shall also notify the Alternate Selected Developer(s) that it has been selected as the
Alternate Selected Developer(s). Upon this notification, each Alternate Selected Developer shall
be required to hold their Proposal open for acceptance by the Transmission Provider for a period
of one hundred (100) Calendar Days thereafter, unless released earlier by the Transmission
Provider. The Transmission Provider shall release the Alternate Selected Developer(s) from its
obligation to hold its Proposal open promptly upon the Selected Developer(s) satisfying all
conditions necessary for the Selected Developer Agreement to become effective.
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If a Selected Developer does not execute the Selected Developer Agreement or request
that the Selected Developer Agreement be filed unexecuted, and provide the required Project
Financial Security within ninety (90) Calendar Days after the Transmission Provider posted the
name of the Selected Developer(s) on its website, the Transmission Provider shall proceed to
designate the Alternate Selected Developer(s) as the Selected Developer(s) for the Competitive
Transmission Project. Should this be required, the Transmission Provider shall notify the
Alternate Selected Developer(s) and publicly announce the Alternate Selected Developer(s) as
the Selected Developer(s). The Alternate Selected Developer(s) shall then be required to assume
the obligations of the Selected Developer for the Competitive Transmission Project and shall
have the same period of time to execute or request the unexecuted filing of the Selected
Developer Agreement and provide the required Project Financial Security as the originally
designated Selected Developer(s).
VIII.I OBLIGATION TO NEGOTIATE INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENTS
The Selected Developer(s) and any Transmission Owner(s) whose facilities will
interconnect to the Competitive Transmission Facilities that the Selected Developer is obligated to
construct shall each take commercially reasonable efforts to finalize and execute any required
Transmission-to-Transmission Interconnection Agreements at least one hundred and twenty
(120) calendar days before the scheduled in service date of the Competitive Transmission
Project.
IX.
VARIANCE ANALYSIS
After the Transmission Provider Board approves an Eligible Project for inclusion in
Appendix A of the MTEP, certain circumstances or events may significantly affect the cost,
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schedule, and or the ability of Selected Developers and Transmission Owners to complete and
place into service the facilities comprising an Eligible Project for which they are responsible as
specified in the MTEP. Under these circumstances or events, the Transmission Provider may
need to perform a Variance Analysis in order to further understand the reasons for such
circumstances or events and to evaluate any potential impacts that they may have on the
successful completion of the Project or on the Transmission System.
IX.A. Applicability and Scope of Variance Analysis
The provisions set forth in this Section IX of Attachment FF are only applicable to
Eligible Projects (and the facilities that comprise these projects) approved by the Transmission
Provider Board for inclusion in Appendix A of the MTEP after December 1, 2015. These
provisions become applicable upon: (i) the date the Transmission Provider Board approves the
respective Eligible Project for facilities that are not Competitive Transmission Facilities; or (ii)
the date the Selected Developer Agreement has been executed or filed unexecuted with the
Commission for Competitive Transmission Facilities. Facilities comprising Eligible Projects
shall remain subject to the provisions of Attachment FF Section IX until such facilities have been
placed into service and placed under the Transmission Provider’s functional control.
IX.B. Variance Analysis Governance
The Competitive Transmission Executive Committee shall have the exclusive and final
authority to oversee and implement Variance Analysis, including the decision to implement any
of the appropriate Variance Analysis Outcomes pursuant to Section IX.E of this Attachment FF.
Such exclusive and final authority shall: (1) be subject to the Dispute Resolution provisions of
Section IX.G of this Attachment FF and to Attachment HH; and (2) shall not prejudice any rights
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or obligations the Transmission Provider, Selected Developer(s), and incumbent Transmission
Owner(s) have to make filings before the Commission.
IX.C. Grounds for Variance Analysis
The following circumstances or events shall trigger the Transmission Provider’s Variance
Analysis for facilities included in an Eligible Project.
IX.C.1.
Cost Increase
If the Transmission Provider determines that the estimated cost to
complete an entity’s portion of an approved Eligible Project (e.g. the
competitively bid facilities of the Competitive Transmission Project or the
facilities assigned to an incumbent Transmission Owner included in an Eligible
Project(s) either has exceeded or is projected to exceed the Baseline Cost Estimate
as set forth in Section IX.C.1.1 by twenty-five percent (25%)) or more, the
Transmission Provider shall initiate a Variance Analysis.
The Transmission Provider will not consider any portion of cost increases
under this section to the extent that the Selected Developer has agreed to
internalize such costs through an accepted binding containment mechanism(s).
However in the event that the accepted binding cost-containment mechanism(s)
are applied and the remaining estimated cost increase still has exceeded or is
projected to exceed the threshold, the Transmission Provider shall initiate a
Variance Analysis.
IX.C.1.1.
Baseline Cost Estimate
The Baseline Cost Estimate for an entity’s portion of an Eligible
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Project shall be set as follows: (i) for Competitive Transmission Facilities
the Baseline Cost Estimate shall be the project cost estimate provided in
the Selected Proposal as agreed to in the Selected Developer Agreement;
and (ii) for the facilities assigned to an incumbent Transmission Owner
included in the Eligible Project not eligible for the Competitive
Transmission Process, as described in Attachment FF Section VIII.A of
the Tariff, the Baseline Cost Estimate shall be the project cost estimate
provided by the respective Transmission Owner through their status
update provided upon achieving Milestone #2 pursuant to the Business
Practices Manuals. The Baseline Cost Estimate for facilities included in
an Eligible Project shall be adjusted appropriately based upon any
approved change orders or as necessary based on the outcome of any
Variance Analysis conducted for such facilities.
In the event that an entity’s portion of an Eligible Project is
reassigned pursuant to Section IX.E.3 of this Attachment FF, the
Transmission Provider shall adjust the Baseline Cost Estimate to reflect
the cost estimates and supporting information submitted to the
Transmission Provider by the applicable Transmission Owner during
Variance Analysis. The Transmission Provider shall include such
information in any filing made to the Commission pursuant to Section
IX.D.4.E of this Attachment FF.
IX.C.2.
Schedule Delays
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If the Transmission Provider determines that the in-service date of
facilities included in an approved Eligible Project has been or is projected to be
delayed beyond the in-service date as established in MTEP Appendix A, the
Transmission Provider shall meet with the Selected Developer(s), incumbent
Transmission Owner(s), if applicable, interconnecting Transmission Owner(s),
and any entities responsible for facilities to which the delayed facilities
interconnect to discuss whether such delay creates a significant risk of one or
more NERC reliability standards violations as well as any other material issues,
including service obligations, economic or public policy needs that may be
jeopardized as a result of the delay. If any such issues are identified, the
Transmission Provider shall, in consultation with these entities, develop a plan, as
necessary, to address potential NERC reliability standards violations as well as
any other issues that may be of material concern arising from the delay of the
transmission facilities.
If the potential NERC reliability standards violations, or other issues of
material concern, cannot be adequately addressed by the entity responsible for
constructing the delayed facilities, the Transmission Provider will take
appropriate action; including but not limited to, determining that Reassignment is
necessary to complete the transmission solution as set forth in Section IX.E.3 of
this Attachment FF.
IX.C.3.
Default under the Selected Developer Agreement
If the Transmission Provider determines that a Selected Developer is in
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Default under a Selected Developer Agreement for an Eligible Project pursuant to
the terms thereof.
IX.C.4
Inability to Complete Facilities
If the Transmission Provider makes a determination that a Selected
Developer or an incumbent Transmission Owner will be unable to complete
facilities for which it has been designated to construct; where such determination
may be based on, but is not limited to the following:
a.
A Selected Developer’s or an incumbent Transmission Owner’s inability
to secure necessary approvals, permits, certificates, financing, resources,
needed expertise and/or third party support identified in the Selected
Proposal, property rights, rights of way, or is otherwise unable or unlikely
to construct the facilities;
b.
A Selected Developer’s or an incumbent Transmission Owner’s
notification to the Transmission Provider that it is unable or unwilling to
proceed with construction of its facilities for which it has been designated
to construct;
c.
A Selected Developer or an incumbent Transmission Owner’s
abandonment of the facilities it has been designated to construct;
d.
A determination by the Transmission Provider that a Selected Developer is
no longer a Qualified Transmission Developer; and
e.
A determination by the Transmission Provider that reassignment is
necessary pursuant to Section IX.E.3 of this Attachment FF.
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In selecting the appropriate Variance Analysis Outcome to apply where
the Transmission Provider has determined that a Selected Developer or an
incumbent Transmission Owner will be unable to complete the facilities for which
it has been designated to construct, the Transmission Provider will consider, but is
not limited to considering the following, in addition to the general factors set forth
in Section IX.D.2.1:
(i)
The reasons that the Selected Developer or the Transmission Owner was
unable or was unlikely to construct the facilities;
(ii)
Whether the facilities are still needed;
(iii)
Whether a Mitigation Plan, as further described in Section IX.E.2 of this
Attachment FF, is available that could remedy the ground(s) for Variance
Analysis, including consideration of the extent to which it will cost; and
(iv)
Whether reassignment, as further described in Section IX.E.3 of this
Attachment FF, is available, including the impacts of reassigning the
facilities to another entity.
IX.C.5
Undisclosed Assignments
If the Transmission Provider determines that the Selected Developer has
assigned the Competitive Transmission Facilities, Competitive Transmission
Project, or Selected Developer Agreement to an entity not disclosed in its
Proposal as required by Section VIII.D.5.12 or on terms materially different than
those disclosed in the Proposal, except for assignments to a Project Finance Entity
pursuant to Article 14.4 of the Selected Developer Agreement.
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IX.D.
Variance Analysis Procedure
Variance Analysis shall commence when the Transmission Provider makes an
initial determination that one or more of the grounds for Variance Analysis as described
in Section IX.C of this Attachment FF exists. The Transmission Provider will adhere to
the following steps, as further detailed in the applicable Business Practices Manuals, in
performing a Variance Analysis:
IX.D.1.
Initial Inquiry and Confirmation of Grounds for Variance
Analysis
Upon making an initial determination that one or more of the grounds for
Variance Analysis as described in Section IX.C of this Attachment FF exists, the
Transmission Provider shall notify the applicable Selected Developer or
Transmission Owner in writing that Variance Analysis has commenced, including
the ground(s) for commencing Variance Analysis, and a brief description of the
Transmission Provider’s concerns. The applicable Selected Developer or
incumbent Transmission Owner shall be provided an opportunity to be heard by
the Transmission Provider and present to the Transmission Provider its position
on whether the identified ground(s) for Variance Analysis exist and what outcome
it believes is appropriate along with supporting facts and documentation. If the
Transmission Provider determines that the ground(s) for Variance Analysis do not
exist after considering the Selected Developer or Transmission Owner’s response
and any other relevant information, the Transmission Provider shall terminate the
Variance Analysis. If the Transmission Provider continues to believe that
reasonable grounds for Variance Analysis exist after considering the Selected
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Developer or Transmission Owner’s response and any other relevant information,
the Transmission Provider shall continue to commence Variance Analysis and so
notify the Selected Developer or Transmissions Owner.
IX.D.2.
Determination of Variance Analysis Outcome
If the Transmission Provider continues to believe that reasonable
ground(s) for Variance Analysis exists pursuant to the process described in
Section IX.D.1 of this Attachment FF, the Transmission Provider shall further
investigate the circumstances or events and the relevant facts surrounding the
facilities identified in Section IX.D.1 above. Upon completing its investigation,
the Transmission Provider shall make a determination of which Variance Analysis
Outcome to apply, as described in Section IX.E of this Attachment FF. In
determining which Variance Analysis Outcome to apply, the Transmission
Provider shall consider the general factors set forth in Section IX.D.2.1 and the
appropriate factors of Sections IX.E of this Attachment FF.
IX.D.2.1.
General Factors in Variance Analysis Outcome
Determination
Before deciding to impose any Variance Analysis Outcome
authorized by the Tariff in Sections IX.E of this Attachment FF, the
Transmission provider shall consider the following factors:
A.
The causes of, or reasons for, the circumstances or events
triggering Variance Analysis, including the degree of fault of the
applicable Selected Developer or incumbent Transmission Owner;
B.
The potential impacts to the Transmission System and the MTEP,
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including potential reliability, economic, or public policy impacts;
C.
The degree of completion of the Eligible Projects or facilities;
D.
A comparison of the estimated costs of each outcome;
E.
A comparison of the degree to which each outcome will likely
result in the successful completion of or increase the ability to
complete the facilities and/or Eligible Projects; and
F.
A comparison of the degree to which each outcome will alleviate
the ground(s) for Variance Analysis.
IX.D.3.
Implementation of Variance Analysis Outcome
Upon completing the procedures detailed in Section IX.D.2 of this
Attachment FF, the Transmission Provider shall perform the following as further
detailed in the Business Practices Manuals:
A.
Inform the applicable Selected Developer(s) or incumbent
Transmission Owner and any other affected parties of the Variance
Analysis Outcome in writing;
B.
Post a description of the Variance Analysis Outcome and the
reason(s) it was selected on the Transmission Provider’s website,
redacting any confidential information and or Critical Energy
Infrastructure Information (CEII) as necessary. The Transmission
Provider shall be authorized to publicly disclose confidential
information, limited in scope to the specific information needed to
explain the reason(s) Variance Analysis was triggered and why the
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Transmission Provider selected the Variance Analysis Outcome for
implementation;
C.
Implement the Variance Analysis Outcome in coordination with
the applicable Selected Developer(s), incumbent Transmission
Owner(s), and any other affected parties;
D.
If implementation of the Variance Analysis Outcome results in a
mitigation plan to be placed into effect that alters the schedule,
cost, design, or scope of a Competitive Transmission Facility, the
Transmission Provider and Selected Developer shall amend the
Selected Developer Agreement to include the requirements of the
mitigation plan or the Transmission Provider shall file such plan
with the Commission unexecuted; and
E.
If implementation of the Variance Analysis Outcome results in
Reassignment or Cancellation of Competitive Transmission
Facilities, the Transmission Provider shall file a Notice of
Termination with the Commission to terminate the Selected
Developer Agreement pursuant to the provisions of the Selected
Developer Agreement. In the event that the Transmission Provider
files a Notice of Termination pursuant to Section IX.E of this
Attachment FF or otherwise discusses confidential information in
the course of administrative or judicial proceedings, the
Transmission Provider may request that the information be treated
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as confidential and non-public pursuant to 18 C.F.R. §1b.20 and
388.112.
IX.E. Variance Analysis Outcomes
In determining which Variance Analysis outcome to apply, the Transmission
Provider shall apply the procedures specified in Section IX.D of this Attachment FF.
IX.E.1.
No Action
The Transmission Provider may determine to take no action when
Variance Analysis is triggered. In determining whether to take no action in
Variance Analysis, the Transmission Provider will consider, but is not limited to,
the following:
A.
The causes of, or reasons for, the circumstances or events
triggering Variance Analysis, including the degree of fault of the
applicable Selected Developer or incumbent Transmission Owner;
B.
The potential impacts to the Transmission System and the MTEP,
including any potential reliability, economic, or public policy
impacts;
C.
The degree of completion of the Eligible Projects or facilities; and
D.
The cost and impacts of implementing another Variance Analysis
Outcome pursuant to Sections IX.E.2 through IX.E.4 of this
Attachment FF as compared to taking no action.
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IX.E.2.
Mitigation Plan(s)
The Transmission Provider may allow a Selected Developer or incumbent
Transmission Owner to alleviate the ground(s) for the Variance Analysis through
a mitigation plan. If the Transmission Provider determines that a delay in the
applicable facilities and/or Eligible Project’s in-service date may cause the
Transmission Provider or one or more Transmission Owners, Selected
Developers, or non-Members to violate any Applicable Reliability Standards, the
Transmission Provider shall identify the potential violation(s) and direct the
impacted entities to develop a mitigation plan in coordination with the
Transmission Provider. The Transmission Provider, the impacted Transmission
Owners(s) and/or Selected Developers, as applicable, shall take any and all
reasonable actions necessary to meet the requirements of the mitigation plan and
Applicable Reliability Standards.
Mitigation plans may also be utilized to address ground(s) for Variance
Analysis arising under Sections IX.C.1 through IX.C.5 that do not involve a delay
of the in-service date that potentially causes violations of Applicable Reliability
Standards, should the Transmission Provider determine it is appropriate. In
determining whether to require a mitigation plan, the Transmission Provider will
consider the factors set forth in Sections IX.D.2.1 and IX.E.1 of this Attachment
FF as well as, but not limited to:
A.
The extent to which the ground(s) for Variance Analysis can be
remedied through a mitigation plan, if successfully implemented,
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including the extent to which cost can be restored to baseline and
the required in-service date realized;
B.
The willingness of the Selected Developer(s) or incumbent
Transmission Owner(s) to implement the mitigation plan,
including their willingness to bear the costs thereof;
C.
The resources and ability of the Selected Developer(s) or
incumbent Transmission Owner(s) to successfully implement the
mitigation plan; and
D.
Whether the Transmission Owner(s) that would receive the
reassigned facilities would be better able to alleviate the ground(s)
for Variance Analysis than the Selected Developer.
The mitigation measures may include, without limitation, any one or
combination of the following components: (i) an updated implementation plan;
(ii) an operating procedure; or (iii) alternative facilities and or projects to mitigate
reliability violations. If a mitigation plan is used, the Transmission Provider and
Selected Developer shall work together to amend the Selected Developer
Agreement to reflect the mitigation plan. In the event that the Selected Developer
or incumbent Transmission Owner refuses to execute the Transmission Provider’s
proposed mitigation plan or offer a substitute plan reasonably acceptable to the
Transmission Provider, the Transmission Provider may elect either to file its
proposed mitigation plan with the Commission unexecuted, select an alternate
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Variance Analysis Outcome or, in if the Selected Developer is a signatory to the
ISO Agreement, proceed thereunder.
IX.E.3.
Reassignment
The Transmission Provider may determine to reassign Competitive Transmission
Facilities in accordance with Section IX.E.3.1 of this Attachment FF. Reassignment shall
also be proper if a Selected Developer fails to maintain its Qualified Transmission
Developer status after the expiration of any applicable cure period. If a Selected
Developer is the incumbent Transmission Owner whose service area is the service area
for which the facilities triggering Variance Analysis are located, the Transmission
Provider shall seek recourse through the ISO Agreement or FERC, as appropriate. In all
other cases, the Transmission Provider will consider the factors set forth in Sections
IX.D.2.1, IX.E.1, and IX.E.2 of this Attachment FF as well as the following, in
determining whether Reassignment is applied including but not limited to:
A.
Whether a mitigation plan would be sufficient to alleviate the ground(s)
for Variance Analysis;
B.
The actions that the incumbent Transmission Owner(s), to whom the
facilities would be reassigned to if the Transmission Provider selects the
Reassignment Variance Analysis Outcome, would reasonably be required
to take to successfully complete the facilities;
C.
The incremental costs of the Reassignment Variance Analysis Outcome;
and
D.
The extent of any potential delay that the Reassignment Variance Analysis
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Outcome may cause and any potential impacts on reliability.
If the Transmission Provider selects the Reassignment Variance Analysis
Outcome, the Selected Developer(s) shall be obligated to work cooperatively and
in good faith with the Transmission Provider, the incumbent Transmission
Owner(s), and the affected Transmission Owner(s) and/or non-MISO
transmission owners, to implement the transition.
IX.E.3.1.
Procedure for Reassignment
Prior to making any determination to reassign facilities or projects,
the Transmission Provider shall consult with the entity or entities to which
such facilities or projects would be assigned to ascertain: (1) the
willingness of such entities to develop, own, operate, and maintain such
facilities or project; (2) the estimated costs submitted by such entities and
the certainty of such estimates; and (3) the proposed schedule submitted
by such entity or entities for developing the reassigned facilities or
projects and the degree of certainty of such schedule. Reassigned facilities
and or projects will be offered to the applicable Transmission Owner(s), as
defined below:
A.
Ownership and the responsibility to construct facilities which are
connected to a single Transmission Owner’s system belong to that
Transmission Owner;
B.
Ownership and the responsibilities to construct facilities which are
connected between two (2) or more Owners’ facilities belong equally to
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each Transmission Owner, unless such Transmission Owners otherwise
agree; and
C.
Ownership and the responsibility to construct facilities which are
connected between a Transmission Owner(s)’ system and a system or
systems that are not part of the Transmission Provider belong to such
Transmission Owner(s) unless the Transmission Owner(s) and the non-
Transmission Provider party or parties otherwise agree.
If the applicable Transmission Owner(s) decline to construct the reassigned facilities and
or Eligible Project, the Transmission Provider will reassign, as applicable, the facilities
and/or Eligible Projects through the Competitive Transmission Developer Selection
Process, as described in Section VIII of Attachment FF of the Tariff.
IX.E.4.
Cancellation of Facilities and or Projects
The Transmission Provider may determine to cancel Eligible Projects
and/or facilities comprising such projects. In determining whether to cancel
Eligible Projects or facilities, the Transmission Provider will consider the factors
set forth in Sections IX.D.2.1, IX.E.1, IX.E.2, and X.E.3 of this Attachment FF.
IX.F. Variance Analysis Confidentiality
The Transmission Provider shall not disclose to the public that a Variance
Analysis has commenced until such time as it has confirmed its initial determination that
a ground for Variance Analysis exists pursuant with Section IX.D.1 of this Attachment
FF. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Transmission Provider shall be allowed
to disclose that it is commencing a Variance Analysis to third parties, including
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interconnecting Transmission Owners, Selected Developers, or non-Members from
whom the Transmission Provider requires information to determine whether the
ground(s) for Variance Analysis exist. However, no confidential information will be
disclosed when the Transmission Provider solicits information from third parties unless
and to the extent such disclosure is needed to obtain information necessary to determine
any potential NERC reliability standards violations, service obligation issues, and
economic or public policy needs that may be jeopardized.
In the event that the Transmission Provider determines pursuant to Section IX.D.1
of this Attachment FF that ground(s) for Variance Analysis do not exist, the Transmission
provider shall treat any information collected pursuant to Section IX.D.1 as Project
Confidential Information. In the event that the Transmission Provider determines
pursuant to IX.D.1 of this Attachment FF that ground(s) for Variance Analysis do exist,
the Transmission provider shall be authorized to share Project Confidential Information
with such third parties as the Transmission Provider determines are reasonably necessary
in order to enable the Transmission Provider to obtain needed input and information to
identify any potential system reliability impacts of Variance Analysis Outcomes,
including impacts from any potential NERC reliability standards violations, service
obligation issues, and economic or public policy needs that may be jeopardized. The
Transmission Provider shall consult with the Selected Developer and or the incumbent
Transmission Owner prior to sharing any such confidential information for the purposes
of discussing reasonable confidentiality safeguards.
IX.G. Variance Analysis Dispute Resolution
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All disputes by the affected Selected Developer or Transmission Owner shall be
addressed in accordance with the provisions of Attachment HH, except that disputes
involving the termination of a Selected Developer Agreement shall be addressed in
accordance with the Dispute Resolution provisions of the Selected Developer Agreement.
IX.H
Project Financial Security
The Transmission Provider may utilize Project Financial Security to cover the
costs of Variance Analysis resulting from Default under the Selected Developer
Agreement. In such event, the Transmission Provider may draw upon such funds after
confirming that a Default exists pursuant to Section IX.D.1 of this Attachment FF. The
Transmission Provider shall utilize such funds to offset any costs reasonably incurred by
the Transmission Provider in performing a Variance Analysis, transitioning the
Competitive Transmission Project to a new Selected Developer and/or incumbent
Transmission Owner(s), and otherwise distribute such funds as determined by the
Commission to cover Variance Analysis and transition costs. Costs for which Project
Financial Security funds may be used include reasonable consultant fees, attorneys’ fees,
costs of litigation and or regulatory proceedings, and staffing costs directly attributable to
taking actions under the Variance Analysis provisions of the Tariff. The Transmission
Provider shall track its use of Project Financial Security and provide an informational
filing to the Commission within six (6) months after the Transmission Provider concludes
implementation of the selected outcome.
X. Interregional Coordination and Cost Allocation with the Southeastern Regional
Transmission Planning Region
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The public utility transmission providers in the Southeastern Regional Transmission Planning
region (“SERTP”) and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator region (“MISO”) shall
undertake the interregional transmission coordination and cost allocation procedures under
Section X of this Attachment FF.
Where the regional transmission planning process is referenced as part of this
interregional transmission coordination process the applicable regional transmission planning
process for the Transmission Provider is described in Attachment FF; and is described for the
SERTP in attachment K of the applicable SERTP transmission provider.
A.
Interregional Transmission Coordination
1.
Annual Meeting: Representatives of the SERTP and staff of the
Transmission Provider will meet no less than once per year to facilitate the
interregional
coordination
procedures
described
below
(as
applicable).
Representatives of the SERTP and staff of the Transmission Provider may meet
more frequently during the evaluation of interregional transmission project(s)
proposed for purposes of interregional cost allocation between the SERTP and the
Transmission Provider transmission planning regions.
2.
Website Posting of Information on Interregional Coordination: The
Transmission Provider shall utilize the regional planning website for
communication of information related to these coordinated interregional
transmission planning procedures. The Transmission Provider shall coordinate
with the SERTP with respect to the posting of materials to the regional planning
website related to the interregional coordination procedures between the SERTP
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and the Transmission Provider transmission planning regions. The Transmission
Provider shall, at a minimum, provide the following on the regional planning
website:
a.
Interregional coordination and cost allocation procedures between the
SERTP and Transmission Provider;
b.
Links to where stakeholders can register (if applicable/available) for the
stakeholder committees or distribution lists of the SERTP;
c.
Documents related to joint evaluation of interregional transmission projects;
and
d.
Status report on interregional transmission projects selected for purposes of
interregional cost allocation between the SERTP and the Transmission
Provider.
B.
Model and Data Exchange
At least annually, the Transmission Provider and the SERTP shall exchange their then-
current regional transmission plans including power-flow models and associated data
used in the regional transmission planning processes to develop such transmission
plan(s). This exchange will occur when such data is available in each of the regional
transmission planning processes, typically during the first calendar quarter of each year.
Additional transmission-based models and data may be exchanged between the SERTP
and the Transmission Provider as necessary and if requested. For purposes of their
interregional coordination activities, the Transmission Provider and SERTP will
exchange only data and models used in the development of their then-current regional
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transmission process and plans. This data will be posted on the pertinent regional
transmission planning process’ websites, consistent with the posting requirements of the
respective regional transmission planning processes, and subject to the applicable
treatment of confidential data and Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII). The
Transmission Provider shall notify SERTP of such posting.
C.
Identification and Joint Evaluation of Proposed Interregional Transmission
Projects
1.
Identification of Interregional Transmission Projects: At least
biennially, the Transmission Provider and the SERTP shall meet to review the
respective regional transmission plans. Such plans include each region’s
transmission needs as prescribed by each region’s planning process. This review
shall occur on a mutually agreeable timetable, taking into account each region’s
regional transmission planning process timeline. If through this review, the
Transmission Provider and the SERTP identify a potential interregional
transmission project that may be more efficient or cost-effective than regional
transmission projects, the Transmission Provider and the SERTP shall jointly
evaluate the potential interregional transmission project pursuant to Section
X.C.4.
2.
Identification of Interregional Transmission Projects by Stakeholders:
Stakeholders and transmission developers (pursuant to Section X.D.1) may also
propose interregional transmission projects that may be more efficient or cost-
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effective than regional transmission projects pursuant to the procedures in each
region’s regional transmission planning processes.
3.
Identification of Interregional Transmission Projects by Developers:
Interregional transmission projects proposed for interregional cost allocation
purposes (“Interregional CAP”) must be submitted in both the Transmission
Provider and the SERTP regional transmission planning processes. The project
submittal must satisfy the requirements of Section X.D.1 except for the benefit-to-
cost ratio requirements of Section X.D.1.a.ii3. The submittal must identify the
potential transmission project as interregional in scope and identify the
Transmission Provider and the SERTP as regions in which the project is proposed
to interconnect. The Transmission Provider will verify whether the submittal for
the potential interregional transmission project satisfies all applicable
requirements. Upon finding that the proposed interregional transmission project
satisfies all such applicable requirements, the Transmission Provider will notify
the SERTP. Once the potential project has been proposed through the regional
transmission planning processes in both regions, and upon both regions so
notifying one another that the project is eligible for consideration pursuant to their
respective regional transmission planning processes, the Transmission Provider
and the SERTP will jointly evaluate the proposed interregional projects pursuant
to Sections X.C and X.D.
3 A transmission developer is not responsible for determining the benefit-to-cost ratio referenced in Section
X.D.1.a.ii in a project submittal. However, an interregional transmission project proposed for Interregional CAP
must ultimately satisfy the benefit-to-cost ratio requirements in accordance with the provisions of Section X.D.1.a.ii
and X.D.3.
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4.
Evaluation of Interregional Transmission Projects: The Transmission
Provider and the SERTP shall act through their respective regional transmission
planning processes in the joint evaluation of potential interregional transmission
projects identified pursuant to Sections X.C.1 and X.C.2 to determine whether the
inclusion of any potential interregional transmission projects in each region’s
regional transmission plan would be more efficient or cost-effective than regional
projects. Such analysis shall be consistent with accepted transmission planning
practices of the respective regions and the methods utilized to produce each
region’s respective regional transmission plan(s). The Transmission Provider will
evaluate potential interregional transmission projects consistent with Section I.C.6
and Section II of Attachment FF.
5.
Review of Proposed Interregional Transmission Projects: Initial
coordination activities regarding potential interregional transmission projects will
typically begin during the third quarter of each calendar year. The Transmission
Provider and the SERTP will exchange status updates regarding interregional
transmission projects that are newly proposed or that are currently under
consideration as needed. These status updates will generally include, if
applicable: (i) an update of the region’s evaluation of the proposal(s); (ii) the
latest calculation of benefits (as identified pursuant to Section X.D.2); and (iii)
the anticipated timeline for future assessments.
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6.
Coordination of Assumptions Used in Joint Evaluation: The
Transmission Provider and the SERTP will coordinate assumptions and data used
in joint evaluations, as necessary, including items such as:
a.
Expected timelines and milestones associated with the joint
evaluation;
b.
Study assumptions;
c.
Models; and
d.
Benefit calculations (as identified pursuant to Section X.D.2).
D.
Interregional Cost Allocation: If an interregional transmission project is
proposed for Interregional CAP in the SERTP and the Transmission Provider
transmission planning regions, then the following cost allocation and benefits
calculations, as identified pursuant to Section X.D.2, shall apply to the project:
1. Interregional Transmission Projects Proposed for Interregional Cost
Allocation Purposes:
a.
For a transmission project to be eligible for Interregional CAP
within the SERTP and the Transmission Provider, the project must:
i.
Interconnect to transmission facilities in both the SERTP and
Transmission Provider regions. The facilities to which the project
is proposed to interconnect may be either existing facilities or
transmission projects included in the regional transmission plan
that are currently under development4
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ii.
Have a combined benefit-to-cost ratio of 1.25 or higher to the
SERTP and Transmission Provider regions, as calculated in
Section X.D.3; and
iii.
Meet the threshold and qualification criteria for transmission
projects potentially eligible to be included in the respective
regional transmission plans for purposes of cost allocation in the
Transmission Provider and the SERTP, pursuant to their respective
regional transmission planning processes.
b.
On a case-by-case basis, the Transmission Provider and the SERTP
may consider an interregional transmission project that does not satisfy all
of the criteria specified in this Section X.D.1, but that: (i) meets the
threshold criteria for a project proposed to be included in the regional
transmission plan for purposes of cost allocation in only one of the two
regions; and (ii) would be interconnected to transmission facilities in both
the SERTP and Transmission Provider regions. The facilities to which the
project is proposed to interconnect may be either existing facilities or
transmission projects included in the regional transmission plan that are
currently under development.
c.
The transmission project must be proposed for purposes of cost
allocation in both the SERTP and the Transmission Provider. The project
submittal must satisfy all criteria specified in the respective regional
MISO Board of Directors.
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transmission processes, including the respective timeframes for submittals
proposed for cost allocation purposes. If a project is proposed by a
transmission developer, the transmission developer must also satisfy the
qualification criteria specified by each region.
2. Calculation of Benefits for Interregional Transmission Projects Proposed
for Interregional Cost Allocation Purposes:
The benefits used to establish
the allocation of costs of a transmission project proposed for Interregional
CAP between the SERTP and the Transmission Provider shall be determined
as follows:
a.
Each transmission planning region, acting through its regional
transmission planning process, will evaluate proposals to determine
whether the proposed project(s) addresses transmission needs that are
currently being addressed with projects in its regional transmission plan
and, if so, which projects in the regional transmission plan could be
displaced by the proposed project(s).
b. Based upon its evaluation, each region will quantify its benefits based
upon the transmission costs that each region is projected to avoid due to its
transmission projects being displaced by the proposed interregional
transmission project as follows:
i.
for the SERTP, the total avoided costs of projects included
in the then-current regional transmission plan that would be
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displaced if the proposed interregional transmission project
was included; and
ii.
for the Transmission Provider, the total avoided costs of
projects included in the then-current regional transmission
plan that would be displaced if the proposed interregional
transmission project was included.
The benefits calculated pursuant to this Section X.D.2 are not necessarily
the same as the benefits used for purposes of regional cost allocation.
3. Calculation of Benefit-to-Cost Ratio for an Interregional Transmission
Project Proposed for Interregional CAP:
Prior to any regional benefit-to-cost ratio calculation pursuant to either
regional transmission planning process, the combined interregional benefit-to-
cost ratio, referenced in Section X.D.1.a, shall be calculated for an
interregional transmission project proposed for Interregional CAP. Such
calculation shall be performed by dividing the sum of the present value of the
avoided project cost determined in accordance with Section X.D.2.b.i for the
SERTP region and the present value of avoided project cost determined in
accordance with Section X.D.2.b.ii for the Transmission Provider region by
the present value of the proposed interregional transmission project’s total
project cost. The present values used in the cost calculation shall be based on
a common date, comparable cost components, and the latest cost estimates
used in the evaluation of the interregional transmission project. The combined
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interregional benefit-to-cost ratio will be assessed in addition to, not in the
place of, the SERTP’s and the Transmission Provider’s respective regional
benefit-to-cost ratio assessment(s) (if applicable) as specified in the respective
regional processes.
4. Inclusion in Regional Transmission Plans: An interregional transmission
project proposed for Interregional CAP in the transmission planning regions
of the SERTP and the Transmission Provider will be included in the
respective regional transmission plans for purposes of cost allocation after:
a.
Each region has performed all evaluations, as prescribed in its regional
transmission planning process, necessary for a project to be included in its
regional transmission plan for purposes of cost allocation including any
regional benefit-to-cost ratio calculations. Each region shall utilize the
benefit calculation(s) as defined in such region’s regional transmission
planning process (for purposes of clarity, these benefits are not necessarily
the same as the benefits determined pursuant to Section X.D.2). Each
region shall utilize the cost calculation(s) as defined in such region’s
regional transmission planning process. The anticipated percentage
allocation of costs of the interregional transmission project to each region
shall be based upon the ratio of the region’s benefits to the sum of the
benefits, both as determined pursuant to Section X.D.2, identified for both
the SERTP and the Transmission Provider.
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b. Each region has obtained all approvals, as prescribed in its regional
process, necessary for a project to be included in the regional transmission
plan for purposes of regional cost allocation.
5. Allocation of Costs Between the SERTP and the Transmission Provider
Regions: The cost of an interregional transmission project, selected for
purposes of cost allocation in the regional transmission plans of both the
SERTP and the Transmission Provider, will be allocated as follows:
a.
Each region will be allocated a portion of the interregional transmission
project’s costs in proportion to such region’s benefit as calculated pursuant
to Section X.D.2 to the sum of the benefits identified for both the SERTP
and the Transmission Provider calculated pursuant to Section X.D.2.
i.
The benefits used for this determination shall be based upon
the benefit calculation most recently performed – pursuant to
the method described in Section X.D.2 – before each region
included the project in its regional transmission plan for
purposes of cost allocation and as approved by each region.
b. Costs allocated to each region shall be further allocated within each region
pursuant to the cost allocation methodology contained in its regional
transmission planning process.
6. Milestones of Required Steps Necessary to Maintain Status as Being
Selected for Interregional Cost Allocation Purposes: Once selected in the
respective regional transmission plans for purposes of cost allocation, the
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transmission owners in the SERTP planning region that will be allocated costs
of the transmission project, the Transmission Provider, and the transmission
developer(s) must mutually agree upon an acceptable development schedule
including milestones by which the necessary steps to develop and construct
the interregional transmission project must occur. These milestones may
include (to the extent not already accomplished) obtaining all necessary
rights-of-way and requisite environmental, state, and other governmental
approvals and executing a mutually-agreed upon contract(s) between the
applicable transmission owners in the SERTP planning region, the
Transmission Provider and the transmission developer. If such critical steps
are not met by the specified milestones and then afterwards maintained, then
the Transmission Provider and the SERTP may remove the transmission
project from the selected category in the regional transmission plans for
purposes of cost allocation.
7. Interregional Transmission Project Contractual Arrangements: The
contracts referenced in Section X.D.6 will address terms and conditions
associated with the development of the proposed interregional transmission
project included in the regional transmission plans for purposes of cost
allocation, including but not limited to:
a.
Engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance, and operation of the
proposed transmission project, including coordination responsibilities of
the parties;
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b. Emergency restoration and repair;
c.
The specific financial terms and specific total amounts to be charged by
the transmission developer of the transmission project to each beneficiary,
as agreed to by the parties;
d. Creditworthiness and project security requirements;
e.
Milestone reporting, including schedule of projected expenditures;
f.
Reevaluation of the transmission project; and
g. Non-performance or abandonment.
8. Removal from Regional Transmission Plans: An interregional transmission
project may be removed from the SERTP’s or the Transmission Provider’s
regional transmission plan(s) for Interregional CAP: (i) if the transmission
developer fails to meet developmental milestones; (ii) pursuant to the
reevaluation procedures specified in the respective regional transmission
planning processes; or (iii) if the project is removed from one of the region’s
regional transmission plans pursuant to the requirements of its regional
transmission planning process.
a.
The Transmission Provider shall notify the SERTP if an interregional
transmission project or a portion thereof is likely to be, and/or is actually
removed from its regional transmission plan.
E. Transparency
1. Stakeholders will have an opportunity to provide input and feedback
within the respective regional transmission planning processes of the
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SERTP and the Transmission Provider related to interregional
transmission
projects
identified,
analysis
performed,
and
any
determination/results. Stakeholders may participate in either or both
regions’ regional transmission planning processes to provide their input
and feedback regarding the interregional coordination between the SERTP
and the Transmission Provider.
2. The Transmission Provider shall use the existing planning stakeholder
forums, such as the Planning Advisory Committee and Sub-regional
Planning Meetings, to review with stakeholders the interregional activities
associated with the SERTP.
3. The Transmission Provider will post a list, on the Regional Planning
Website, of interregional transmission projects proposed for purposes of
cost allocation in both the Transmission Provider and the SERTP regions
that are not eligible for consideration because they do not satisfy the
regional project threshold criteria of one or both of the regions as well as
post an explanation of the thresholds the proposed interregional projects
failed to satisfy.