Before Commissioners: Pat Wood, III, Chairman; William L. Massey, and Nora Mead Brownell: Standardization of Generator Interconnection Agreements and Procedures; Order Denying Stay and Granting Extension

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket Nos. RM02-1-000 and RM02-1-001] 1. On July 24, 2003, the Commission issued Order No. 2003, Standardization of Generator Interconnection Agreements and Procedures. [ 1 ] The final rule will become effective on October 20, 2003. Several parties have requested that the Commission stay the effective date of this rule pending rehearing and judicial review, while other parties have requested that the Commission extend the effective date of the rule or extend the date on which compliance filings ( printed page 59392) are due. This order denies the requests for stay of Order No. 2003, but grants the requests to extend the effective date of the rule and the date on which compliance filings are due. I. Background 2. On August 25, 2003, the Commission received requests for stay of all or part of Order No. 2003 from the Alabama Public Service Commission (Alabama PSC); Mississippi Public Service Commission (Mississippi PSC); Southern Company Services, Inc. (Southern); and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in a joint filing with the American Public Power Association (NRECA-APPA). [ 2 ] 3. On September 26, 2003, the Commission granted the requests of the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc., the New York Independent System Operator, Inc., PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., the New England Power Pool Participants Committee and ISO New England, Inc., the New England Transmission Owners (NETO), the …