- SUMMER MEETING AGENDA -

NEPOOL RELIABILITY TRANSMISSION COMMITTEES

TUESDAY - WEDNESDAY, JULY 14 - 15, 2015

TIME: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

LOCATION: Ocean Edge Resort, Brewster, MA

TOLL FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER: 1-866-711-7475

PASS CODE: 8562734; press #

ARRIVAL DAY – MONDAY, JULY 13th
Check-in: 4:00 p.m.
Dinner: 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. (Linx Tavern, Bayzo’s Pub, Ocean Terrace Restaurant)
DAY 1 – TUESDAY, JULY 14th
Meeting Time: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Meeting Room: Ballroom (Mansion)
Breakfast: 7:00 – 11:00 a.m. (Linx Tavern, Bayzo’s Pub, Ocean Terrace Restaurant)
Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Linx Tavern, Bayzo’s Pub, Ocean Terrace Restaurant)
Reception: 6:00 – 6:30 p.m. (TBD)
Group Dinner: 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. (Baypine Pavilion)
Item / Description / Time
1. / Chairman’s Welcome and Opening Remarks / 8:00 – 8:05
2. / NERC Standards Committee Overview (RC Notification) / 8:05 – 8:20
Summary of issues that have come before the NERC Committee.
(Presentation) (Fred Plett)
3. / Order 676-H Follow-up Compliance (TC Voting Item) / 8:20 – 8:35
Review and vote. (B. Kay) (M. Gonzalez)
4. / Order No. 1000 and ETU Tariff Versioning True-up (TC Voting Item) / 8:35 – 8:50
Review and vote. (M. Gonzalez)
5. / June 2015 Regional Transmission Rates & 5-Year Forecast (TC Informational) / 8:50 – 10:15
Presentation. (L. Cooper/ PTOs)
6. / Bulk Power System (BPS) Assessment (RC Notification) / 10:15 – 11:15
Review of the New England NPCC BPS assessment methodology and results.
(Presentation) (Alex Rost)
7. / Planning Procedures / 11:15 – 11:45
7.1 / PP 5-6 – Scope of Study for System Impact Studies Under Generation
Interconnection Procedures (RC Voting Item)
Overview of conforming changes to PP 5-6 as a result of the Elective Transmission Upgrade (ETU) implementation.
(PP 5-6 Redline) (Dave Forrest)
8. / Coordinated Transaction Scheduling: ISO-NE/NYISO Coordination Agreement: Schedule D (RC Voting Item)
Discussion and Reliability Committee vote on the ISO’s additional proposed revisions to Schedule D of the ISO-NE/NYISO Coordination Agreement, to support the implementation of Coordinated Transaction Scheduling.
(ISO-NE Memo, Schedule D) (Bruce Kay/Cheryl Mendrala) / 11:45 – 12:00
ADJOURN FOR THE DAY / 12:00
DAY 2 – WEDNESDAY, JULY 15th
(Contains CEII Agenda Items)
Meeting Time: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Meeting Room: Ballroom (Mansion)
Breakfast: 7:00 – 11:00 a.m. (Linx Tavern, Bayzo’s Pub, Ocean Terrace Restaurant)
Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Linx Tavern, Bayzo’s Pub, Ocean Terrace Restaurant)
Item / Description / Time
9. / Chairman’s Remarks / 8:00 – 8:05
10. / Proposed Plan Applications (PPAs) Level II/III Present Proposed Plan Applications for committee action on advisory recommendation for ISO approval. / 8:05 – 8:30
10.1 / Wallingford Generator and Transmission Project – Level III (RC Voting Item)
WEII-15-G01 – Generator notification from Wallingford Energy II, LLC (“WEII”) for the installation of two (Units 6 & 7) 50 MW natural gas turbine generators (100 MWs net output) located in Wallingford CT. Proposed in service date of the project is March 30, 2018.
WEII-15-T01 - Transmission notification from Wallingford Energy II, LLC (“WEII”) for the installation of a 66 MVA 115/13.8 kV Generator Step Up Transformer interconnecting Unit #7 13.8 kV Bus to the Wallingford 115 kV Switchyard. Proposed in service date of the project is March 30, 2018.
WED-15-T01 – Transmission Notification from Town of Wallingford, Department of Public Utilities (“WED”) for the replacement of the 795 kcml ACSR 115 kV transmission line from the Wallingford 13M 1305 Line to the Wallingford Energy 6G 1305 Line with 1590 kcml ACSR. Proposed in service date of the project is May 2018.
(C. Wass June 29, 2015 and R. Hendershot June 29, 2015 Cover Letters, Generator and Transmission Notifications and One Line Diagrams, Approval Letter, “System Impact Study Report for QP #440, the Proposed Combustion Turbine Addition at the Existing Wallingford Plant in Connecticut” dated June 26, 2015) (Sandeep Baidwan)
10.2 / Medway Generator and Transmission Project – Level III (RC Future Vote)
EXE-15-G01 – Generator notification from Exelon West Medway II, LLC (“EXE”) for the installation of two 103.5 MW combustion turbine generators (207.0 MW net output) at the West Medway Generator Station in Medway, MA. Proposed in service date of the project is April 1, 2018.
EXE-15-T01 – Transmission notification from Exelon West Medway II, LLC (“EXE”) for the installation of a three winding 13.8/13.8/115 kV Generator Step Up transformer (GSU) at the West Medway II Station to support the two new generators at Medway. This will be interconnected via a 0.25 mile, 1272 kcmil, 115 kV overhead line from the West Medway II Station to the Medway 115 kV Substation in Medway, MA. Proposed in service date of the project is April 2018.
(D. Wusinich July 7, 2015 Cover Letter, Generator and Transmission Notifications with One Line Diagrams, Approval Letter, “Steady State System Impact Study for Generator Interconnection Request: Queue Project 444” dated April 6, 2015) (Bill Fowler)
10.3 / Harrington Street Vuelta Solar and Harrington Street Old Wardour Solar Generation and Transmission Project – Level III (RC Voting Item)
NEP-12-G09-Rev.1 & NEP-15-G10 – Generator notifications from New England Power Company (“NEP”) on behalf of Vuelta Solar LLC and Old Wardour LLC for the installation of two 4.875 MW solar arrays (9.75 MW net output) located in East Brookfield, MA. Proposed in service date of the project is October 31, 2015.
NEP-15-T09 - Transmission notification from New England Power Company (“NEP”) for the installation of a 69/13.2 kV transformer rated 12/16/20 MVA and required switchgear at the proposed Harrington St PV Collector Substation to connect the Vuelta Solar and Old Wardour PV projects on the 69 kV E-5 line. Proposed in service date of the project is October 31, 2015.
(J. Dong June 22, 2015 Cover Letter, Generator and Transmission Notifications and One Line Diagrams, Approval Letter, “System Impact Study Report for MA – 1865 Vuelta Solar – 10 MVA Photovoltaic Project in East Brookfield, MA” dated June 2015) (Janny Dong)
10.4 / Sudbury Substation Autotransformer and Ring Bus Installation Project – Level III (RC Voting Item)
ES-15-T76 – Transmission notification from Eversource Energy (“ES”) for the installation of a 230/115 kV Autotransformer and 230 kV Ring Bus at the Sudbury Substation located in Sudbury, MA. Also, an existing 230 kV line, 282-602, that currently runs between West Medway and Waltham, will be looped in and out of the new 230 kV ring at Sudbury. In addition, the termination of the existing 115 kV line, 342-507, will be relocated to a new breaker position at Sudbury, as a part of the Project. The proposed in service date of the project is December 2015.
(E. Leonard June 26, 2015 Cover Letter, Transmission Notification and One Line Diagram, Approval Letter, “Study Report for Sudbury Autotransformer I.3.9 Study” dated June 9, 2015) (Betty Leonard)
11. / Proposed Plan Notifications - Level 0/ I (RC Notification)
Present application and notifications, receive committee review and concurrence
that the Plan requires Level 0 or I treatment. / 8:30 – 8:45
11.1 / Bridport West Solar Project – Level 0 (RC Notification)
VELCO-15-GNF04 – Generator notification from Vermont Electric Company (VELCO) on behalf of VEEP Inc. for the installation of a 2.0 MW solar array located in Bridport, VT and interconnecting via the 12.47 kV feeder GMP line 36 on Circuit #WY81. Proposed in service date of the project was July 1, 2015.
(F. Ettori June 12, 2015 Cover Letter, Generator Notification and One Line Diagram) (Frank Ettori)
11.2 / Champlain Valley Solar Project – Level 0 (RC Notification)
VELCO-15-GNF05 – Generator notification from Vermont Electric Company (VELCO) on behalf of VEEP Inc. for the installation of a 2.0 MW solar array located in Middlebury, VT and interconnecting via the 12.47 kV feeder GMP line EM75 Extension on Pole #26.3. Proposed in service date of the project was July 1, 2015.
(F. Ettori June 12, 2015 Cover Letter, Generator Notification and One Line Diagram) (Frank Ettori)
11.3 / Kent County Substation Transformer Addition Project – Level I (RC Notification)
NEP-15-T08 – Transmission notification from New England Power Company (“NEP”) for the installation of a new 115/13.2 kV, 24/32/40 MVAR transformer T5 at the Kent County Substation #22 and tapped of the G-185S line. Proposed in service date of the project is January 2017.
(S. Shekhar July 1, 2015 Cover Letter, Transmission Notification and One Line Diagram) (Shishir Shekhar)
11.4 / Maine Capacitor Control Settings Project – Level I (RC Notification)
CMP-15-X01 – Transmission notification from Central Maine Power Company (“CMP”) for changes to increase the overvoltage trip settings to the Orrington, Mason, Surowiec and South Gorham 115 kV connected capacitors to enhance system performance during power swing events through the Maine 345 kV transmission corridor. Proposed in service date of the project was June 15, 2015.
(J. Michlig June 19, 2015 Cover Letter, Transmission Notification and One Line Diagram) (Curt Beveridge)
11.5 / BWC Fivemile River Solar Project – Level 0 (RC Notification)
NEP-15-GNF13 – Generator notification from New England Power Company (“NEP”) on behalf of BWC Fivemile River LLC for the installation of a 1.5 MW solar array located in Oxford, MA and interconnecting by the 406L1 Feeder out of the North Oxford Substation #406. Proposed in service date of the project is August 31, 2015.
(C. Sullivan July 2, 2015 Cover Letter, Generator Notification and One Line Diagram) (Jack Martin)
11.6 / Halifax Solar NG Solar Project – Level 0 (RC Notification)
NEP-15-GNF14 – Generator notification from New England Power Company (“NEP”) on behalf of Halifax Solar NG LLC for the installation of a 2.5 MW solar array located in Halifax, MA and interconnecting by the 912W75 Feeder out of the Mill Street Substation #912. Proposed in service date of the project is August 13, 2015.
(C. Sullivan July 2, 2015 Cover Letter, Generator Notification and One Line Diagram) (Jack Martin)
11.7 / Orchard 27A Substation 3rd Distribution Transformer Project – Level I (RC Notification)
ES-15-T79 – Transmission notification from Eversource Energy (“ES”) for the installation of a 3rd 115/13.8 kV distribution transformer at the Orchard 27A Substation. Proposed in service date of the project is October 31, 2015.
(J. Pilleteri July 2, 2015 Cover Letter, Transmission Notification and One Line Diagram) (Al Scarfone)
11.8 / North Oxford Substation Breaker and Transformer Addition Project – Level I (RC Notification)
NEP-14-T07-Rev.1 – Transmission notification from New England Power Company (“NEP”) for the installation of an in-line breaker (V174) at the North Oxford Substation which will sectionalize the existing V-174 line into V-174W (Carpenter Hill – North Oxford) and V174 (North Oxford – Millbury 2). Also add a new 2nd 115/13.2 kV, 24/32/40 MVA transformer at the North Oxford Substation in Oxford, MA. Proposed in service date of the project is June 2018.
(S. Sarkar July 2, 2015 Cover Letter, Transmission Notification and One Line Diagram) (Subhadarshi Sarkar)
12. / Non-Price Retirement (NPR) Notifications (RC Notification)
2019/2020 Capacity Commitment Period Evaluation of Non-Price Retirements. / 8:30 - 8:50
12.1 / Lowell Landfill - QF NPR (RC Notification)
Non-Price Retirement request from Massachusetts Electric Company for the Lowell Landfill - QF (Resource ID #954). The current summer Qualified Capacity as calculated for the 2019/2020 Capacity Commitment Period for the resource is 0.085 MW.
(Non-Price Retirement Request Form, Reliability Determination Need) (Mariah Winkler)
13. / Review of Generator Interconnection Process (RC Notification) / 8:50 – 10:00
A discussion of modeling and performance requirements for new generators, including new inverter-based generators. (Presentation) (Al McBride)
14. / PPA Process – Order No. 1000 Implementation (RC Notification) / 10:00 – 11:00
Discussion regarding integration of the I.3.9 and Order 1000 competitive solicitation processes.
(Presentation) (Rich Kowalski)
15. / Operating Procedures / 11:00 – 12:00
15.1 / OP 14 – Technical Requirements for Generators, Demand Resources and
Asset Related Demands (RC Possible Voting Item)
Redline review NERC Reliability Standard MOD-032 edits, clarify common
collector language and errata corrections in Section II.
(OP 14 Clean and Redline) (Jerry Elliott)
15.2 / OP 14F – Wind Plant Operators Guide (RC Voting Item)
Redline review of comments received from RC from edits processed for periodic review and FERC Order 764.
(OP 14F Redline) (Jerry Elliott)
15.3 / OP 21A – Energy Inventory Accounting and Actions – Generator Fuel
Inventory Survey (RC Voting Item)
Document revision to reflect actual practices and management expectation.
(OP 21A Redline) (Jerry Elliott)
15.4 / OP 17C – Load Power Factor Correction – Instructions for the ISO Power
Factor Survey (RC Voting Item)
Document updated to reflect changes in reporting areas and Eversource Energy
Name Change.
(OP 17C Redline) (Jerry Elliott)
MEETING ADJOURNED / 12:00

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