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Message From: Sent: To: Subject: Troutman Sanders LLP [Communications@troutman.com] 5/8/2018 2:32:40 PM Wehrum, Bill [/o=ExchangeLabs/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=33d96ae800cf43a3911d94a7130b6c41-Wehrum, Wil] Washington Energy Report May 8, 2018 Click Here to Washington Energy Report FERC Holds Technical Conference on Loc- miss!- anniticj Issues in SO Amici Concerns of Order No, 890 Compliance By Adrienne Thompson & Jasmine Hites on May 7 , ........................... POSTED IN RELSABiUTY, TRANSHISSiON 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 May 1,2018, FERC staff held a technical conference on local transmission planning within the California Independent System Operator Corporation ("GAISO") footprint. The conference comes at a time when two California utilities, Pacific Gas and Electric Company ("PG&E") and Southern California Edison Company ("SCE"), have transmission planning issues before the Commission, and also following FERC's recent order addressing compliance with Order No. 890 in the PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. ("PJM") region (see February 20, 2018 edition of the WER. FERC, MERC, and Regional Entity Staff Issue Joli sort o ten r Restorati cl Recovery Plans Quick Links Washingtenji: ns rgyjRejxyt E.0wM.^ ImyimiDJanders Contacts DMArchyteta 202. 274.2926 EnM Am iM M R 202. 274.2922 Email M:.Usa.QDl..CiGw:ey 202. 274.2814 Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tiers 8&9 ED 002061 00181456-00001 2018 POSTED IN y On May 2, 2018, staff from FERC, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation ("NERG"), and the NERC Regional Entities (the "Joint Study Team"), issued a joint report titled "FERC-NERC-Regional Entity Joint Review of Restoration and Recovery Plans" ("Joint Report"), which evaluated blackstart resources and planning by a representative sample of nine volunteer utilities registered with NERC (the "Participants"). According to the Joint Report, the Participants verified that they currently have sufficient blackstart resources in their system restoration plans, as well as comprehensive strategies for mitigating against loss of any additional blackstart resources going forward. The Joint Report also made a number of recommendations for users, owners, or operators of the bulk-power system ("Registered Entities") and others responsible for system restoration. 202. 274.2870 202. 274.2886 202. 662.2181 404. 885.3683 Chud<Sensiba 202. 274.2850 Email C rib ra Sikora 202. 274.2966 Email FER Sects Rehearir quest larclirici S F F Congestc arge Exemptions By Jam oeci P erry & Christopher Z e n tz on May 7, ................................. POSTED IN TRANSMISSION 503. 290.2310 | SUBSCRIBE On April 27, 2018 ("April 27 Order"), FERC denied a rehearing request of Basin Electric Power Cooperative ("Basin Electric"), Heartland Consumers Power District ("Heartland"), and Missouri River Energy Services ("Missouri River"; collectively, "Rehearing Parties"). The Rehearing Parties contended that their grandfathered agreement regarding the Missouri Basin Power Project was eligible for carve-out treatment under the Southwest Power Pool, Inc. ("SPP") Open Access Transmission Tariff ("SPP Tariff'). In this proceeding, "carve-out treatment" refers to an exemption from congestion charges and marginal losses. FERC ultimately rejected the rehearing request because it found, among other reasons, that Rehearing Parties are not similarly situated Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tiers 8&9 ED 002061 00181456-00002 to another party, who had already been given carve-out treatment. Read more FEPIC Grants CI 'aiver fo r Acquired ri RAAIM By Meghan H andel & Thomas PeVita on May 7, 2018 ^ POSTED IN MARKET POLIO On April 30, 2018, the Commission granted the California Independent System Operator Corporation's ("CAISO") request for a limited waiver of a specific section of CAISO's Tariff to allow CAISO to: (1) process out-of-time annual recertifications for certain resources as "Acquired Resources" for the 2018 resource adequacy compliance year, and (2) provide certainty to those resources that their Resource Adequacy Availability Incentive Mechanism ("RAAIM") exemption for the 2017 resource adequacy compliance year will not be unwound. W In Q Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tiers 8&9 ED 002061 00181456-00003