FERC Further Clarifies Its Orders Reforming Generator Interconnection Procedures and Agreements
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently issued an order granting in part and denying in part requests for further clarification of its reform of Large Generator Interconnection Agreements and Procedures. Order No. 845-B affirms the Commission’s findings that the expansion of an interconnection customer’s option to build does not impede transmission owners’ ability to recover a return of and on network upgrades. This article discusses the order.
Recently, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “the Commission”) issued an order granting in part and denying in part requests for further clarification of its reform of Large Generator Interconnection Agreements (“LGIA”) and Procedures (“LGIP”). Order No. 845-B affirms FERC’s prior findings that the expansion of an interconnection customer’s option to build does not impede transmission owners’ ability to recover a return of and on network upgrades. The order also reiterates FERC’s determination not to revise the pro forma LGIA’s indemnity provisions.
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“FERC Further Clarifies Its Orders Reforming Generator Interconnection Procedures and Agreements,” by Mark R. Haskell, George D. Billinson, and Lamiya N. Rahman was published in the November–December 2019 edition of Pratt’s Energy Law Report (Volume 19, No. 10), an A.S. Pratt Publication, LexisNexis. Reprinted with permission.
This article was first published as a Blank Rome Energy Advisory (August 2019).