policy & regulatory

Transmission Access

AWEA seeks to improve access to transmission interconnection and delivery service for wind energy.

Documents and Filings:

Standardize Interconnection Rules

• Large Generator Interconnection (20 MW and larger)
  
  

  AWEA petition for Wind Generation Interconnection, May 2004.
  (pdf)
  

  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Orders No. 661 June 2, 2005 and No. 661A (Order on Rehearing) December 12, 2005 on interconnection for wind farms.
  Order No. 661 and 661A.
  

  AWEA initial comments, March 2005.
  (pdf)
  

  AWEA reply comments, April 2005.
  (pdf)
  

  Join Report with AWEA and the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) on wind interconnection. September 2005.
  (pdf)

  AWEA Comments to FERC Interconnection queue proceeding, January 10, 2008. (pdf)
  

• Small Generator Interconnection (smaller than 20 MW)
  
  

  AWEA joint comments on small generator proceeding, February 2003.
  (pdf)
  
  

  AWEA joint comments on small generator proceeding, October 2003.
  (pdf)

• Standardizing Generator Interconnection or"Grid Code"

  Grid Code
  FAQs

• FERC Open Access Transmission Tariffs (OATT)
  
  

  AWEA and EPSA comments on conditional firm and redispatch service, December 15, 2006. (pdf)

  FERC tariff reform inquiry, September 2005.
  (pdf)

  AWEA comments to FERC inquiry.
  (pdf)

  Comments of former Commissioner Bill Massey on behalf of AWEA, November 2005.
  (pdf)

• FERC Imbalance Penalties
  

  FERC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) on imbalance penalties for intermittent resources, April 2005.
  (pdf)
  

  AWEA initial comments on imbalance NOPR, May 2005.
  (pdf)
  

  AWEA supplemental comments, July 2005 .
  (pdf)
  

• New Transmission Services

  AWEA filing to FERC on conditional firm service, April 2005.
  (pdf)

• Reliability

  AWEA comments to FERC on Electric Reliability Organization proposed rule, October 2005.
  (pdf)

• Wind energy presentations to NERC Operations and Planning Committees, September 13, 2006

• Jim Caldwell, PPM (pdf)
• Charlie Smith, UWIG (pdf)
• Greg Pieper, Xcel (pdf)
• Sean Whittaker, CanWEA (pdf)
• Mark Ahlstrom, WindLogics (pdf)
  

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