80 FR 73752 - PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.; PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.; Potomac Electric Power Company; Notice Inviting Post-Technical Conference Comments

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 227 (November 25, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 227 (Wednesday, November 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73752-73753]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29966]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. ER15-1344-001, ER15-1344-002, ER15-1387-001]


PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.; PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.; Potomac 
Electric Power Company; Notice Inviting Post-Technical Conference 
Comments

    On November 12, 2015, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) staff conducted a technical conference to understand PJM 
Interconnection, L.L.C's (PJM) application of its Order No. 1000-
compliant \1\ transmission planning process to local transmission 
facilities in PJM's Regional Transmission Expansion Plan (RTEP). All 
interested persons are invited to file post-technical conference 
comments on the topics discussed during the technical conference, 
including:
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    \1\ Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation by Transmission 
Owning and Operating Public Utilities, Order No. 1000, FERC Stats. & 
Regs. ] 31,323 (2011), order on reh'g, Order No. 1000-A, 139 FERC ] 
61,132, order on reh'g, Order No. 1000-B, 141 FERC ] 61,044 (2012), 
aff'd sub nom. S.C. Pub. Serv. Auth. v. FERC, 762 F.3d 41 (D.C. Cir. 
2014).
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     The process for planning for individual Transmission Owner 
FERC-filed planning criteria in Form No. 715; \2\
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    \2\ See PJM, Intra-PJM Tariffs, Operating Agreement, Schedule 6 
Sec.  1.2 (e) (Conformity with NERC Reliability Standards and Other 
Applicable Reliability Criteria).
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     the process and method PJM uses to track criteria \3\ 
violations that drive each transmission project identified in the 
Subregional Local Plans and RTEP;
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    \3\ The criteria PJM uses in its regional transmission planning 
process include PJM planning procedures, North American Electric 
Reliability Corporation Reliability Standards, Regional Entity 
reliability principles and standards, and the individual 
Transmission Owner planning criteria as filed in FERC Form No. 715, 
and as posted on the PJM Web site. See PJM, Intra-PJM Tariffs, 
Operating Agreement, Schedule 6, Sec.  1.2(e).
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     the difference, if any, between local transmission 
maintenance and local transmission planning;
     which categories of transmission projects included in the 
RTEP are considered to be selected in the regional transmission plan 
for purposes of cost allocation;
     the process for reclassifying Supplemental Projects as 
Regional Projects or Subregional Projects selected in the RTEP for 
purposes of cost allocation, including requirements to open proposal 
windows for these projects;
     whether, pursuant to section 1.5.8 of its Operating 
Agreement, PJM should have opened a proposal window for baseline 
project b2582 under its current tariff and whether other factors 
justify the manner in which the project was planned; and
     how the transmission planning process used by each PJM 
transmission owner for Supplemental Projects complies with Order No. 
890,\4\ specifically with respect to the coordination, openness, 
transparency, information exchange, comparability, and dispute 
resolution transmission planning principles as described by the 
Commission and where these processes are set forth in FERC-filed 
documents.
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    \4\ Preventing Undue Discrimination and Preference in 
Transmission Service, Order No. 890, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,241, 
order on reh'g, Order No. 890-A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,261 
(2007), order on reh'g, Order No. 890-B, 123 FERC ] 61,299 (2008), 
order on reh'g, Order No. 890-C, 126 FERC ] 61,228 (2009), order on 
clarification, Order No. 890-D, 129 FERC ] 61,126 (2009).
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    Commenters need not address every question and may provide comments 
on relevant issues other than those listed above. These comments are 
due no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Thursday, 
December 10, 2015. Reply comments are due on or before 5:00 p.m. EST 
January 7, 2016. The written comments will be included in the formal 
record of the proceeding, which, together with the record developed to 
date, will form the basis for further Commission action.
    For more information about this Notice, please contact:

Nicole Buell, Office of Energy Market Regulation, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 
(202) 502-6846, [email protected].
Katherine Scott, Office of Energy Market Regulation, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 
(202) 502-6495, [email protected].
Ron LeComte, Office of the General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8405, 
[email protected].


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    Dated: November 19, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-29966 Filed 11-24-15; 8:45 am]
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