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Message From: Sent: To: Subject: Troutman Sanders LLP [Communications@troutman.com] 3/6/2018 10:02:40 PM Wehrum, Bill [/o=ExchangeLabs/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=33d96ae800cf43a3911d94a7130b6c41-Wehrum, Wil] Washington Energy Report March 6, 2018 Washington Energy Report FEFIC Orders Technical Conference on Seasonal Resources Participating in ; *M Capacity Market By R usse ll R o o is tra & Christopher Z e n tz on March 6, 2018 POSTED IN MARKET The Washington Energy Report is a weekly publication written by the Troutman Sanders Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") practice that monitors and reports on significant developments in FERC and energy-related matters around the country. On February 23, 2018, FERC approved PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.'s ("PJM") changes to its tariff and Reliability Assurance Agreement ("RAA") to revise Reliability Pricing Model ("RPM") capacity market rules in order to accommodate greater participation from seasonal resources. Specifically, FERC approved changes related to: (1) resource aggregation for submitting combined capacity market sell offers; (2) granting winter-period interconnection rights; and (3) demand response resource measurement and verification for seasonal resources. However, FERC separately responded to complaints that the RPM does not adequately accommodate seasonal resources by directing FERC staff to establish a technical conference to explore whether further changes are needed to permit seasonal resource participation. Read more Quick Links W ashinglnjjins^ lM AV JA EiEa Troutman Sanders Contacts 202. 274.2926 AmiejSoM 202. 274.2922 Email M disarms Crowley 202. 274.2814 E.mail Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tiers 8&9 ED 002061 00182535-00001 FERC Staff Inquiry Concludes Mo Withholding of Natural Gas Pipeline Capacity w England By Meghan tilanclel & Jasm in H ites on March 5, 2018 TM POSTED IN FERC ENFORCEMENT, NATURAL GAS On February 27, 2018, FERC staff completed an inquiry in which they did not uncover any evidence of anticompetitive withholding of natural gas pipeline capacity on Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC pipeline ("Algonquin") by New England shippers. The inquiry initially arose from allegations made by the Environmental Defense Fund ("EDF") that Eversource Energy ("Eversource") and Avangrid, Inc. ("Avangrid") were artificially constraining capacity on the Algonquin. FER ss Current MIS source Adequacy Program, Cites Recent mt Pecisio >arate Releoton o f Otto source Adequacy Proposals oo Remand By Adrienne Thompson & T hom as 202. 274.2870 202. 274.2886 202. 662.2181 404. 885.3683 CMwLSFcs 202. 274.2966 in iC W ra Skidmore 503. 290.2310 Email | SUBSCRIBE POSTED IN MARKET POLICY, RELIABILITY In dual orders issued on February 28, 2018, FERC affirmed that the current resource adequacy requirements of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. ("MISO") remain just and reasonable, and simultaneously rejected an earlier MISO filing that would have imposed additional resource adequacy program changes. ISO- ites Mew Annual Reconi ttio nsaction in its Forward Capac arket Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tiers 8&9 ED 002061 00182535-00002 By Ja m o n d P erry & Christopher Zentz on March 5, ..............'................... POSTED IN MARKET POL On February 28, 2018, FERC accepted ISO New England Inc.'s ("ISO-NE") and the New England Power Pool Participants Committee's ("NEPOOL") tariff revisions to replace the capacity market's existing bilateral contracting mechanism with a new mechanism, the Annual Reconfiguration Transaction ("ART"). According to ISO NE, the ART provides an alternative method to achieve the equivalent of a Capacity Supply Obligation ("CSO") Bilateral while also accounting for a resource's impact on reliability. President Tmrnp Announces Upcoming Tariffs on Steel ai jm ln u m By J a m o n d P e rry & J a s m in e H ite s on March 5, 2 0 1 8 ^TMTMTMTMTMTMTMTMTM" .................................. POSTED IN NATURAL GAS On March 1,2018, President Donald Trump said that his administration would begin imposing a 25% tariff on imported steel and a 10% tariff on imported aluminum as early as the next week. The President's unexpected announcement came after the Department of Commerce concluded on February 16, 2018 that the importation of steel and aluminum threatens national security. ugdatejjrefererv^ forward froutmarvconi f * in 0 Troutman Sanders LLP. Advertising materia!. These materials are to inform you of developments that may affect your business and are not to be considered legal advice, nor do they create a iawyer-ciient reiationship. information on previous case results does not guarantee a similar future result. Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tiers 8&9 ED 002061 00182535-00003