HomeMy WebLinkAbout20230309AVU to Staff Attachment 5B.pdfFEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION
Avista Corporation
Docket No. ER19-1959-004
Issued: February 23, 2021
Jeff Schlect
Avista Corporation
1411 East Mission Avenue
MC-16
Spokane, WA 99202
Reference:Order No. 845 Compliance
On January 22, 2021,Avista Corporation (Avista) submitted a filing to propose
conforming revisions to Avista’s Large Generator Interconnection Procedures (LGIP).
Avista states that, because all of the proposed revisions to its LGIP have been accepted
by the Commission in Docket Nos. ER19-1959-003,1 ER20-2347-000,2 and EL20-39-
000,3 it submits a conforming version of the LGIP that includes all accepted revisions in a
single version of its LGIP. Avista’s filing is accepted, effective January 25, 2021, as
requested.4
This filing was noticed on January 22, 2021 with comments, protests, or motions
to intervene due on or before February 12, 2021. No protests or adverse comments were
filed. Notices of intervention and unopposed timely filed motions to intervene are
granted pursuant to the operation of Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 C.F.R. § 385.214). Any opposed or untimely filed motion to intervene is
governed by the provisions of Rule 214.
1 See Avista Corporation, Docket No. ER19-1959-003 (November 9, 2020)
(delegated order).
2 See Avista Corporation, 173 FERC ¶ 61,147 (2020).
3 Id.
4 Avista Corporation, FERC FPA Electric Tariff, FERC Electric Tariff Volume
No. 8, Attachment M, Standard Large Generator Interconnection Procedures, 10.0.0.
Document Accession #: 20210223-3029 Filed Date: 02/23/2021
Docket No. ER19-1959-004 -2 -
This action does not constitute approval of any service, rate, charge, classification,
or any rule, regulation, or practice affecting such rate or service provided for in the filed
documents; nor shall such action be deemed as recognition of any claimed contractual
right or obligation affecting or relating to such service or rate; and such acceptance is
without prejudice to any findings or orders which have been or may hereafter be made by
the Commission in any proceeding now pending or hereafter instituted by or against
Avista.
This action is taken pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of
Electric Power Regulation -West, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307. This order constitutes
final agency action. Requests for rehearing by the Commission may be filed within 30
days of the date of issuance of this order, pursuant to 18 C.F.R.§ 385.713.
Issued by: Steven T. Wellner, Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation -West
Document Accession #: 20210223-3029 Filed Date: 02/23/2021
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Document Accession #: 20210223-3029 Filed Date: 02/23/2021
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION
In Reply Refer To:
Avista Corporation
Docket No. ER21-2969-000
Issued:
Avista Corporation
1411 East Mission Avenue, MSC-16
Spokane, Washington 99202
Attention: Jeff Schlect
Reference:Non-Conforming Service Agreement
On September 29, 2021, Avista Corporation filed a Non-Conforming Service
Agreement with Avista Corporation’s power marketing function department.1 Pursuant
to authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation –West,
under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307 (2020), the Non-Conforming Service Agreement is accepted
for filing, effective October 1, 2021, as requested.
The filing was publicly noticed, with interventions and protests due on or before
October 20, 2021. Pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission’s regulations (18 C.F.R. §
385.214 (2020)), notices of intervention, timely-filed motions to intervene, and any
unopposed motions to intervene out-of-time filed before the issuance date of this order
are granted. No protests or adverse comments were filed.
This action does not constitute approval of any service, rate, charge, classification,
or any rule, regulation, contract, or practice affecting such rate or service provided for in
the filed documents;nor shall such action be deemed as recognition of any claimed
contractual right or obligation affecting or relating to such service or rate; and such action
is without prejudice to any findings or orders which have been or may hereafter be made
by the Commission in any proceeding now pending or hereafter instituted by or against
Avista Corporation.
1 Avista Corporation, MBR and Other Tariffs, AVA LSE LTF PTP Agmt, Avista
Corp LSE LTF PTP Agreement T-1189 (1.0.0)
Document Accession #: 20211119-3041 Filed Date: 11/19/2021
Docket No. ER21-2969-000 -2 -
This order constitutes final agency action. Requests for rehearing by the
Commission may be filed within 30 days of the date of issuance of this order, pursuant to
18 C.F.R. § 385.713 (2020).
Issued by: Steven T. Wellner, Director,Division of Electric Power Regulation –West
Document Accession #: 20211119-3041 Filed Date: 11/19/2021
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Document Accession #: 20211119-3041 Filed Date: 11/19/2021
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION
In Reply Refer To:
Avista Corporation
Docket Nos.ER22-225-000
ER22-226-000
ER22-226-001
Issued: January 28, 2022
Jeff Schlect
Avista Corporation
1411 East Mission Avenue, MSC-16
Spokane, Washington 99202
Reference:Tariff Revisions to Facilitate Entry into the Western Energy Imbalance
Market
On October 27, 2021, as amended on December 17, 2021,Avista Corporation
(Avista) filed revisions to its Open Access Transmission Tariff (Tariff)to facilitate
Avista’s participation in the Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) operated by the
California Independent System Operator Corporation.1 Specifically, the revisions
address:(1) the applicability of proposed Attachment P to Avista customers taking
transmission and/or interconnection service; (2) eligibility requirements and the
mechanism for a generating resource to participate in the EIM; (3) the obligations of
Avista as an EIM Entity and EIM Entity Scheduling Coordinator; (4) the obligations of
Avista transmission customers to provide forecast data to Avista at certain intervals
before the start of the operating hour; (5)the provision of transmission capacity on Avista
transmission assets for EIM transfers, management of the transmission system during
normal and emergency operating conditions, and transmission and generation outage
reporting requirements; (6) the settlement and billing of EIM charges; (7) compliance
obligations of transmission customers, rules of conduct, and enforcement oversight of the
Commission with respect to the EIM; and (8) rules and procedures during market
contingencies. Avista requests that EIM-related provisions that do not affect settlement
become effective on February 1, 2022, and that settlement-related provisions become
effective March 2, 2022, the date on which Avista will begin participation in the EIM.
1 The corresponding eTariff records are listed in the Appendix.
Document Accession #: 20220128-3044 Filed Date: 01/28/2022
Docket Nos. ER22-225-000 et al.-2 -
As detailed below, Avista’s EIM-related provisions that do not affect settlement
are accepted effective February 1, 2022, and Avista’s settlement-related provisions are
accepted for filing effective March 2, 2022, as requested.
The filings were publicly noticed, with interventions and protests due on or before
November 17, 2021 and January 7, 2022, respectively. Pursuant to Rule 214 of the
Commission’s regulations (18 C.F.R. § 385.214 (2021)), notices of intervention, timely-
filed motions to intervene, and any unopposed motions to intervene out-of-time filed
before the issuance date of this order are granted. Granting a late intervention at this
stage of the proceeding will not disrupt the proceeding or place additional burdens on
existing parties. No protests or adverse comments were filed.
This action does not constitute approval of any service, rate, charge, classification,
or any rule, regulation, contract, or practice affecting such rate or service provided for in
the filed documents;nor shall such action be deemed as recognition of any claimed
contractual right or obligation affecting or relating to such service or rate; and such action
is without prejudice to any findings or orders which have been or may hereafter be made
by the Commission in any proceeding now pending or hereafter instituted by or against
Avista.
This order constitutes final agency action. Requests for rehearing by the
Commission may be filed within 30 days of the date of issuance of this order, pursuant to
18 C.F.R.§ 385.713 (2021).
Issued by: Steven T. Wellner, Director,Division of Electric Power Regulation –West
Document Accession #: 20220128-3044 Filed Date: 01/28/2022
Docket Nos. ER22-225-000 et al.-3 -
Appendix
Avista Corporation
FERC Electric Tariff Volume No. 8
Avista Open Access Transmission Tariff
Docket No. ER20-225-000
Tariff Record Effective Date
OATT Table of Contents, 8.0.0
Part I.01 Definitions, 7.0.0
Part 1.03 Ancillary Services, 8.0.0
Part 1.07 Billing and Payment, 7.0.0
Part I.10 Force Majeure and Indemnification, 7.0.0
Part I.12 Dispute Resolution Procedures, 7.0.0
Part II Preamble, 7.0.0
Part II.15 Service Availability, 7.0.0
Part III Preamble, 7.0.0
Part III.28 Nature of NITS, 7.0.0
Part III.29 Initiating Service, 7.0.0
Part III.30 Network Resources, 7.0.0
Schedule 1-A EIM Administrative Services, 1.0.0
Schedule 4 Energy Imbalance Service, 8.0.0
Schedule 4-A Energy Svs when EIM Suspended, 1.0.0
Schedule 9 Generator Imbalance Service, 8.0.0
Schedule 9-A Generator Imbalance Svs when EIM Suspended, 1.0.0
Schedule 10 Transmission Losses, 1.0.0
Exhibit 1 to Attachment A, 9.0.0
Exhibit 2 to Attachment A, 9.0.0
Attachment B ST Firm PTP, NF PTP, 8.0.0
Exhibit 1 to Attachment F, 7.0.0
Exhibit 2 to Attachment F, 9.0.0
Attachment P Energy Imbalance Market, 1.0.0
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Document Accession #: 20220128-3044 Filed Date: 01/28/2022
Docket Nos. ER22-226-000 and ER22-226-001
Tariff Record Effective Date
Part II.25 Compensation for Transmission Service, 6.0.0
Attachment M Std Lg Gen Interconnect Procedures, 11.0.0
Appendix 6 to Attachment M, 12.0.0
Appendix 7 to Attachment M, 7.0.0
Attachment N Sm Gen Interconnect Procedures, 10.0.0
Attachment O Sm Gen Interconnect Agreement, 10.0.0
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Document Accession #: 20220128-3044 Filed Date: 01/28/2022
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Document Accession #: 20220128-3044 Filed Date: 01/28/2022
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION
In Reply Refer To:
Avista Corporation
Docket No. ER10-2290-009
Issued: February 28, 2022
Michael G. Andrea
Avista Corporation
1411 East Mission Avenue, MSC-17
Spokane, Washington 99202
Reference:Notice of Change in Status
On June 30, 2021, you filed on behalf of Avista Corporation (Avista) a notice of
change in status informing the Commission of its anticipated participation in the Energy
Imbalance Market (EIM)administered by California Independent System Operator
Corporation (CAISO). You state that Avista intends to begin participating in the EIM on
March 2, 2022. Your change in status is accepted for filing.
Your filing was noticed on July 9, 2021, with comments, protests or interventions
due on or before July 21, 2021. None was filed.
The Commission has stated that EIM participants must take into account whether
the existence of frequently-binding transmission constraints creates a separate relevant
geographic submarket that should be studied.1 The Commission has stated that “a
potential EIM participant is permitted to demonstrate that there are no frequently binding
transmission constraints that would limit imports into its home balancing authority area
(or the balancing authority area where its generation is located) such that the home
balancing authority area should not be deemed to be an EIM submarket itself, or to be
within an EIM submarket.”2 The Commission further stated that “[h]aving made such a
demonstration, there would be no need for a seller to submit a separate market power
1 Nevada Power Co., 151 FERC ¶ 61,131, at P 201 n.384 (2015).
2 Arizona Public Service Co., 156 FERC ¶ 61,148, at P 28 (2016).
Document Accession #: 20220228-3074 Filed Date: 02/28/2022
Docket No. ER10-2290-009 -2 -
analysis for its home balancing authority area.”3
Consistent with this guidance, you provided an analysis to demonstrate that the
Avista balancing authority area is not a submarket within the EIM footprint requiring a
separate market power analysis. Based on your representations, we find that Avista has
demonstrated that the Avista balancing authority area should not be deemed a submarket
within the EIM footprint, and a separate market power analysis is not required.
You submitted a market power analysis for the EIM footprint, which you represent
demonstrates that Avista passes both the pivotal supplier and wholesale market share
screens in that market.Based on your representations, Avista satisfies the Commission’s
requirements for market-based rate authority regarding horizontal and vertical market
power.
Avista is directed to submit a compliance filing, within 30 days of the date of the
issuance of this order, revising its market-based rate tariff to reflect that it is authorized to
transact at market-based rates in the CAISO EIM.
Avista must include an EIM price separation analysis in its future triennial updated
market power analyses.4
This action does not constitute approval of any service, rate, charge, classification,
or any rule, regulation, or practice affecting such rate or service provided for in the filed
documents; nor shall such action be deemed as recognition of any claimed contractual
right or obligation affecting or relating to such service or rate; and such acceptance is
without prejudice to any findings or orders which have been or may hereafter be made by
the Commission in any proceeding now pending or hereafter instituted by or against any
of the applicant(s).
This action is taken pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of
Electric Power Regulation -West, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307. This order constitutes
final agency action. Requests for rehearing by the Commission may be filed within 30
days of the date of issuance of this order, pursuant to 18 C.F.R.§ 385.713.
Issued by: Steven T. Wellner, Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation -West
3 Id.
4 See Nevada Power Co., 161 FERC ¶ 61,117, at P 25 (2017) (“We expect all EIM
participants located in non-CAISO EIM [balancing authority areas] that have an
obligation to submit a triennial market power analysis to include an EIM price separation
analysis.”).
Document Accession #: 20220228-3074 Filed Date: 02/28/2022
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FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION
In Reply Refer To:
Avista Corporation
Docket No. ER22-1243-000
Issued: August 23, 2022
Michael G. Andrea
Senior Counsel
Avista Corporation
1411 East Mission Avenue, MSC-17
Spokane, Washington 99202
Reference:Tariff Revisions
On March 10, 2022, you submitted on behalf of Avista Corporation (Avista) a
revised market-based rate tariff to reflect that it is authorized to transact at market-based
rates in the Energy Imbalance Market administered by California Independent System
Operator Corporation.1 Avista’s revised market-based rate tariff is accepted for filing,
effective March 11. 2022, as requested.2
Your filing was noticed on March 10, 2022, with comments, protests or
interventions due on or before March 31, 2022. None was filed.
This action does not constitute approval of any service, rate, charge, classification,
or any rule, regulation, or practice affecting such rate or service provided for in the filed
documents; nor shall such action be deemed as recognition of any claimed contractual
right or obligation affecting or relating to such service or rate; and such acceptance is
without prejudice to any findings or orders which have been or may hereafter be made by
the Commission in any proceeding now pending or hereafter instituted by or against any
of the applicant(s).
1 Avista Corporation, Docket No. ER10-2290-009 (Feb. 28, 2022) (delegated
order).
2 Avista Corporation, MBR and Other Tariffs; MBR Tariff Section 1, FERC
Electric Tariff Volume No. 9 (12.0.0)
Document Accession #: 20220823-3057 Filed Date: 08/23/2022
Docket No. ER22-1243-000 -2 -
This action is taken pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of
Electric Power Regulation -West, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307. This order constitutes
final agency action. Requests for rehearing by the Commission may be filed within 30
days of the date of issuance of this order, pursuant to 18 C.F.R.§ 385.713.
Issued by:Carlos D. Clay, Acting Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation -West
Document Accession #: 20220823-3057 Filed Date: 08/23/2022
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Document Accession #: 20220823-3057 Filed Date: 08/23/2022
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION
In Reply Refer To:
Avista Corporation
Docket No. ER22-2526-000
Issued: September 29, 2022
Avista Corporation
1411 East Mission Avenue,
MSC-16
Spokane, WA 99202
Attention: Jeff Schlect
Reference: Reserve Energy Service Rate Schedule
On July 29, 2022, Avista Corporation submitted revisions to its FERC Electric
Tariff Volume No. 12 (Tariff No. 12)in order to revise the index settlement price for
reserve energy to the average of the Mid-Columbia and Palo Verde Day-Ahead peak or
off-peak Price, as published by Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., and to eliminate the
option to return in-kind energy.1 Pursuant to authority delegated to the Director, Division
of Electric Power Regulation –West, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307 (2021), revisions to
Tariff No. 12 are accepted for filing, effective October 1, 2022, as requested.
The filing was publicly noticed, with interventions and protests due on or before
August 19, 2022. Pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission’s regulations (18 C.F.R. §
385.214 (2021)), notices of intervention, timely-filed motions to intervene, and any
unopposed motions to intervene out-of-time filed before the issuance date of this order
are granted. Granting a late intervention at this stage of the proceeding will not disrupt
the proceeding or place additional burdens on existing parties. No protests or adverse
comments were filed.
This action does not constitute approval of any service, rate, charge, classification,
or any rule, regulation, contract, or practice affecting such rate or service provided for in
the filed document(s); nor shall such action be deemed as recognition of any claimed
contractual right or obligation affecting or relating to such service or rate; and such action
1 Avista Corporation, MBR and Other Tariffs, Reserve Energy Svc Tariff, FERC
Electric Tariff Volume No. 12 (3.0.0).
Document Accession #: 20220929-3059 Filed Date: 09/29/2022
Docket No.ER22-2526-000 2
is without prejudice to any findings or orders which have been or may hereafter be made
by the Commission in any proceeding now pending or hereafter instituted by or against
Sierra Pacific.
This order constitutes final agency action. Requests for rehearing by the
Commission may be filed within 30 days of the date of issuance of this order, pursuant to
18 C.F.R. § 385.713 (2021).
Issued by: Carlos Clay, Acting Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation –West
Document Accession #: 20220929-3059 Filed Date: 09/29/2022
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