FERC Meeting Agenda Summaries for September 2024
The summaries below are based on publicly available information in the dockets listed on the FERC agenda at the time of publication. For ease of reference, a link to each lead docket on the meeting agenda has been included. The Commission may decide to remove any items from the meeting agenda at any time.
| Item No. | Docket No. | Company |
|---|---|---|
ADMINISTRATIVE | ||
| A-1 | AD24-1-000 | Agency Administrative Matters |
| A-2 | AD24-2-000 | Customer Matters Reliability Security and Market Operations |
ELECTRIC | ||
| E-1 | RM24-4-000 | Supply Chain Risk Management Reliability Standards Revisions. Agenda item E-1 is a new rulemaking docket related to supply chain risk management reliability standards. |
| E-2 | RM24-7-000 | Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standard CIP-015-1 – Cyber Security – Internal Network Security Monitoring. In June 2024, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) filed with the Commission its proposed Reliability Standard CIP-015-1. The proposed standard relates to cyber security, and more specifically, internal network security monitoring. NERC describes its proposal as advancing reliability by establishing requirements for internal network security monitoring for network traffic inside an “Electronic Security Perimeter,” with the aim of improving the probability of detecting anomalous or unauthorized network activity and facilitating improved response to and recovery from an attack. Agenda item E-2 may be an order on the proposed reliability standard. |
| E - 3 | ER24-10-001 | Idaho Power Company. In March 2024, the Commission had approved, in part, subject to a further compliance filing, Idaho Power’s initial submittal related to its compliance with the Commission’s Order No. 2023, which required Idaho Power to revise portions of its Open-Access Transmission Tariff related to generator interconnection. On the same date, the Commission issued Order No. 2023-A, which reaffirmed and clarified certain requirements of Order No. 2023. On May 28, 2024, Idaho Power made its subsequent Order No. 2023-A compliance filing, including both pro forma revisions as directed in Order No. 2023-A as well as some revisions differing from the pro forma which Idaho Power describes as either consistent with, or superior to, the pro forma. Agenda item E-3 may be an order on Idaho Power’s compliance filings. |
| E-4 | Puget Sound Energy, Inc. On March 18, 2024, Puget Sound Energy, Inc. (PSE) made its filing in compliance with Order No. 2023 and supplemented its compliance filing in compliance with Order No. 2023-A on May 24, 2024. Agenda item E-4 may be an order on PSE’s compliance filings. | |
| E-5 | ER24-2023-000 | Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLC. On May 15, 2024, Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLC (Black Hills) made its filing in compliance with Order No. 2023 and Order No. 2023-A. Agenda item E-5 may be an order on Black Hills’ compliance filing. |
| E-6 | ER24-2027-000 | Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc. On May 16, 2024, Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Golden Spread) made its filing in compliance with Order No. 2023 and Order No. 2023-A. Agenda item E-6 may be an order on Golden Spread’s compliance filing. |
| E-7 | Valcour Altona Windpark, LLC Valcour Bliss Windpark, LLC Valcour Chateaugay Windpark, LLC Valcour Clinton Windpark, LLC Valcour Ellenburg Windpark, LLC Valcour Wethersfield Windpark, LLC Valcour Wind Energy, LLC AES Laurel & Mountain LLC Highlander Solar Energy Station 1,LLC Highlander IA, LLC Pleinmont Solar 1, LLC Pleinmont Solar 2, LLC Richmond Spider Solar, LLC Riverhead Solar Farm, LLC Skipjack Solar Center, LLC Laurel Mountain BESS, LLC Cavalier Solar A, LLC AES Integrated Energy, LLC AES Solutions Management, LLC AES Marketing and Trading, LLC AES CE Solutions, LLC sPower Energy Marketing, LLC On June 28, 2023, as amended on May 15, 2024, the captioned entities filed their triennial market power analysis for the Northeast Region. Agenda item E-7 may be an order on their triennial report. | |
| E-8 | Bridgeport Energy LLC Elgin Energy Center, LLC Essential Power Massachusetts, LLC Essential Power Newington, LLC Essential Power OPP, LLC Essential Power Rock Springs, LLC Hamilton Liberty LLC Hamilton Patriot LLC Hamilton Projects Acquiror, LLC Lakewood Cogeneration, L.P. Lincoln Power, L.L.C. Nautilus Power, LLC Revere Power, LLC Rhode Island State Energy Center, LP Rocky Road Power, LLC Rumford Power LLC SEPG Energy Marketing Services, LLC Tiverton Power LLC On December 30, 2022, as supplemented on May 15, 2023, and May 22, 2023, the captioned entities filed their triennial market power analysis for the Northeast Region. Agenda item E-8 may be an order on their triennial report. | |
| E-9 | Blackstone Wind Farm, LLC Blackstone Wind Farm II LLC High Trail Wind Farm LLC Marble River, LLC Meadow Lake Wind Farm LLC Meadow Lake Wind Farm II LLC Meadow Lake Wind Farm III LLC Meadow Lake Wind Farm IV LLC Paulding Wind Farm II LLC Sustaining Power Solutions LLC Headwaters Wind Farm LLC Jericho Rise Wind Farm LLC Paulding Wind Farm III LLC Arkwright Summit Wind Farm LLC Meadow Lake Wind Farm VI LLC Paulding Wind Farm IV LLC Headwaters Wind Farm II LLC Timber Road Solar Park LLC Blue Harvest Solar Park LLC Riverstart Solar Park III LLC On June 30, 2023, the captioned entities filed their triennial market power analysis for the Northeast Region. Agenda item E-9 may be an order on their triennial report. | |
| E-10 | Duquesne Light Company Duquesne Power, LLC. On February 3, 2023, as supplemented on May 2, 2024, the captioned entities filed their triennial market power analysis for the Northeast Region. Agenda item E-10 may be an order on their triennial report. | |
| E-11 | ER24-2570-000 | Southwest Power Pool, Inc. On July 22, 2024, the Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) filed revisions to Attachment AE of its Open Access Transmission Tariff to allow make whole payments for incremental energy costs for Offers that are subject to offer caps pursuant to Order No. 831, regardless of the Resource’s reason for commitment. Agenda item E-11 may be an order on SPP’s tariff revisions. |
| E-12 | EL24-99-000 | Virginia Municipal Electric Association #1 v. Virginia Electric and Power Co. On April 5, 2024, the Virginia Municipal Electric Association #1 (VMEA) filed a complaint against Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO) alleging that VEPCO violated the Commission’s rules, regulations, and practices codified in the Uniform System of Accounts in connection with VEPCO’s accounting for its purchases of credits under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in 2021 and 2022. Agenda item E-12 may be an order addressing VMEA’s complaint. |
| E-13 | EL23-104-000 | Enerwise Global Technologies, LLC v. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. In September 2023, Enerwise Global Technologies (d/b/a CPower) filed a Rule 206 complaint seeking an order directing PJM to amend its Open Access Transmission Tariff to enable third-party Curtailment Service Providers to serve residential customers and to “equitably compete” with electric distribution companies in providing demand response resources into PJM’s wholesale energy and capacity markets. Agenda item E-13 may be an order on the complaint. |
GAS | ||
| G-1 | RM96-1-043 | Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines. On March 1, 2024, the Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to amend its regulations at 18 CFR § 284.12 to incorporate by reference, with certain enumerated exceptions, the latest version (Version 4.0) of Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines adopted by the Wholesale Gas Quadrant of the North American Energy Standards Board. Agenda item G-1 may be an order on the proposed rule. |
| G-2 | RP24-971-000 | Vector Pipeline L.P. Agenda item G-2 may be an order initiating a new proceeding regarding the transportation rates of Vector Pipeline L.P., an interstate natural gas pipeline company. |
HYDRO | ||
| H-1 | P-15340-001 | Pembroke Tidal Power Project LLC. On March 1, 2024, Pembroke Tidal Power Project, LLC submitted an application for a preliminary permit for the Pembroke Tidal Power Plant, a tidal range power plant on Cobscook Bay in Maine. Agenda item H-1 may be an order on this application. |
| H-2 | Village of Highland Falls High-Point Utility, LDC. On January 18, 2024, FERC issued an order proposing revocation of the license regarding the Village of Highland Falls High-Point Utility, LDC’s Buttermilk Falls Hydroelectric Project under P-7656, for failure to obtain necessary property rights. Agenda item H-2 may be an order related to this proposed revocation. | |
CERTIFICATES | ||
| C-1 | CP23-15-001 | ANR Pipeline Company. On November 14, 2022, ANR Pipeline Company submitted an abbreviated application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity and abandonment authority for the Wisconsin Reliability Project. On December 19, 2023, the Commission issued an order issuing the certificate and approving abandonment. Certain individuals filed a request for rehearing on July 26, 2024, which was denied by operation of law. Agenda item C-1 may be an order on the request for rehearing. |
| C-2 | CP24-68-000 | National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation. On February 23, 2024, National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation submitted an abbreviated application for an order authorizing the abandonment of the Derby Storage Field and three wells known as the New Oregon Road Wells. Agenda item C-2 may be an order on this application. |
| C-3 | CP24-487-000 | LA Storage, LLC. On June 28, 2024, LA Storage, LLC submitted an abbreviated application to amend the certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing LA Storage to construct and operate the Hackberry Storage Project. In the amendment application, LA Storage sought a limited amendment to the Project to reduce the diameter of the previously authorized Hackberry Pipeline from 42 inches to 36 inches. Agenda item C-3 may be an order on this application. |
| C-4 |
| Port Arthur Pipeline, LLC. On July 23, 2024, Port Arthur Pipeline, LLC (PAPL) submitted a Limited Motion to partially vacate the certificates of public convenience and necessity granted to PAPL with respect to a specific, limited segment of the Louisiana Connector Project, an interstate natural gas pipeline, that has been certificated but not constructed. Agenda item C-4 may be an order on this motion. |
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