Standardization of Generator Interconnection Agreements and Procedures; Notice Clarifying Compliance Procedures

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, RM02-1-001] 1. On July 24, 2003, the Commission issued Order No. 2003, Standardization of Generator Interconnection Agreements and Procedures. [ 1 ] On September 26, 2003, the Commission issued a Notice of Extension of Time granting Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and Independent System Operators (ISOs) (collectively, independent Transmission Providers) an extension of time until January 20, 2004 to comply with Order No. 2003. On October 7, 2003, the Commission granted requests to extend the effective date of the Final Rule and the date on which compliance filings are due for non-independent Transmission Providers, [ 2 ] also to January 20, 2004. 105 FERC ¶61,043 at P 17-18 (2003). This notice clarifies the process for complying with that January 20, 2004 effective date. 2. For all non-independent Transmission Providers, their open access transmission tariffs (OATT) will be deemed to be revised to include the pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Procedures (LGIP) and Large Generator Interconnection Agreement (LGIA) in Order No. 2003 on January 20, 2004. These Transmission Providers are directed to make ministerial filings reflecting those revisions to their OATT in their next filings with the Commission. Any non-independent Transmission Provider seeking a variation from the pro forma LGIP and LGIA based on existing regional reliability standards must so inform the Commissio…