Transmission System Interconnection

As discussed in Flash 24-42, on July 1, 2024, in FERC Docket ER24-2172, PJM Interconnection LLC (PJM) submitted an amended Interconnection Service Agreement (Amended ISA) between itself, PPL Electric Utilities Corporation (PPL) as the Interconnected Transmission Owner, and Susquehanna Nuclear LLC (Susquehanna), a subsidiary of Talen Energy Corporation (Talen Energy), as the Interconnection Customer. The Amended ISA would increase the …

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On December 4, 2024, in Ohio Public Utilities Commission (PUCO) Case 24-1039-EL-ORD, the PUCO will hold a Workshop with the Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Stakeholder Workgroup to discuss proposed revisions to interconnection rules. The docket, opened in response to a request from the Workgroup in Case No. 18-884-EL-ORD, will consider Ohio’s Adm.Code Chapter 4901:1-22 and …

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On October 28, 2024, in Delaware Public Service Commission (PSC) Docket 24-1012, the PSC will hold a kickoff meeting (agenda) where the PSC will hear comments from stakeholders on an ongoing investigation into the interconnection of Community Energy Facilities (CEF) in the DPL  service territory, last discussed in PJM Special Flash 24-40.1. The meeting will …

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On September 13, 2024, in Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) Docket 24-0680, CR-2300, LLC, a subsidiary of 22c Development, LLC (22c) filed a formal Complaint against the Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd), alleging that ComEd increased interconnection costs for the CR-2300 community solar project from $929,000 to $5.4 million without justification. In the complaint, 22c seeks a declaratory judgement from …

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On October 2, 2024, in Docket 24-1012, the Delaware Public Service Commission (PSC) issued a procedural schedule, as follows: As discussed inPJM Flash 24-38, the Docket was established in response to a September 11 PSC Staff Petition in Docket 24-1012 to open a docket to investigate the interconnection of Community Energy Facilities (CEF) in the Delmarva Power & …

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As discussed in Flash Update 21-21, on May 24, 2021, NYISO issued a Notice of Initial Decision Period Results to Class Year 2019 NYC Additional System Deliverability Update (SDU) Study Projects. The notice announced that of the five projects participating in the 2019 NYC Additional SDU study, four of them rejected their SDU cost allocations. …

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On March 13, 2020, the General Assembly announced that it is suspending the legislative session until March 24, 2020, over coronavirus concerns. The General Assembly has also postponed the crossover deadline for certain “high-priority” bills. As discussed in Flash Update 80.2, the crossover deadline (previously March 13) is the date by which all bills must …

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