FERC RTO ISSUES

FERC RTO Orders

Northeast Area

Comments of the New York Transmission Owners on RTO Formation and Governance   (10/9/01)

Northeast Consumer Advocates Urge FERC to Require Independent Governance of Proposed Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) 10-10-01

Order Initiating Mediation - In separate orders to be issued concurrently with this order, the Commission concludes that it is necessary that the three independent system operators in the Northeastern United States combine to form one Regional Transmission Organization (RTO). In this order, the Commission initiates mediation for the purpose of facilitating the formation of a single RTO for the Northeastern United States. - 7/12/01

Order on New York ISO's RTO Compliance Filing - FERC find that NYISO's compliance filing does not minimally satisfy several of the characteristics and functions set forth in Order No. 2000, which we deemed necessary to achieving RTO status. 7-12-01

Order Granting, In Part, and Denying, In Part, Petition for Declaratory Order - 7-12-01 FERC finds that NERTO's proposed scope and regional configuration would be insufficient to permit the RTO to effectively perform its required functions and to support competitive power markets. We find that at a minimum, the Northeast United States constitutes a single region that should not be divided up into multiple RTOs.

Order Provisionally Granting RTO Status - 7/12/01 - FERC finds that PJMs RTO proposal satisfies many of the criteria required under Order No. 2000 for RTO status. PJM has operational authority over all the facilities under its control, and its existing operations meet the criteria for maintaining short-term reliability. In addition, under PJMs existing PJM Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT or Tariff) and PJM Operating Agreement, PJM is the sole administrator and transmission provider, PJM provides ancillary services, and PJM is the sole OASIS site administrator. However, unlike the New England TOs, PJM TOs have not proposed to restructure to ensure independence. We are encouraged by the substantial progress that PJM has made with respect to each of the twelve characteristics and functions required by Order No. 2000. Accordingly, FERC will grant PJM provisional RTO status, subject to the changes they directed in the order.

PJMWest Order Provisionally Approving RTO Participation Agreements and Tariff Changes, as Modified, and Deferring Consideration of Proposed Rate Changes and Disposition Of Facilities. - 7/12/01

Ferc Order 2000 - 12/20/99

Other Regions

Link to FERC Web Page on RTO Issuances

Articles

California Schemin', Did Manipulation of Electricity Supplies Cost You Money? - Edward Sheets - 5-10-02

Boston-Area Electricity Report Claimed As Vindication by Generators, Critics - 2-15-02

Testing the Performance of Uniform Price and Discriminative Auctions,Cornell University Dept. of Applied Economics and Management and Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Revised Draft 2, July 16, 2001). Experimental economics laboratory simulation of various electricity auction models, "confirms the belief that electricity markets with totally inelastic demand need more participants than typical markets to ensure competitive prices." Id. at 2.  Prices extablished in single price, pay-as-bid,and soft cap auctions all exceeded competitive cost by 50%.

PJM Market Monitor Report: Market Power Exercised in the PJM Capacity Market Last Winter.

Electric Power, National Security, and Our Economic Welfare.  According to Jack Casazza, FERC has not made any of the analyses needed to justify their move to the four large RTOs. The impact on costs, the impact on reliability, the impact on the facilitating terrorism are all key questions, and moving forward with national policy before addressing these questions is not in the public interest. 11-06-01

New Mexico Officials Object to Proposed Federal Electricity Oversight - 11-02-01

New Ferc Wants More Power - 11-02-01

FERC Exceeded Jurisdiction With RTO Order - Consumer Grps - 8-14-01

Mid-Atlantic Regulators Ask FERC To Reconsider RTO Order - 8-2-01

FERC Approves Anti-Abuse Plan For NY Real-Time Pwr Market - 7-26-01

NY Power Market Urges Caution In Moving Toward One RTO - 7-23-01

Northeast Urges Caution In Consolidating Control Of Grid - 7-23-01

Midwest ISO Power Grid Operator Approves 6 New Members - 7-20-01

Canadian Electricity Cos Concerned By US RTO Order - 7-20-01

FERC Hires Former State Officials To Aid In RTO Mediation - 7-19-01

Cmp Applauds Federal Move to Consolidate Bulk-Power Markets - 7-19-01

Energy East Applauds Ferc Action on Regional Transmission Organization - 7-19-01

NYISO agrees to participate in FERC RTO process - 7/19/01

FERC Taps Former State Regulators For Pwr-Grid Mediation - 7/19/01

FERC Judge Stresses Confidentiality In SE Pwr Grid Talks - 7/18/01

FERC Postpones Northeast Power Grid Talks To July 24 - 7/18/01

FERC Decision Leaves NE Power Grid Operators In The  Dark - 7/17/01

FERC Judges Set RTO Consolidation Talks For Tues, Thur - 7/17/01

Southern Co. Questions Single-RTO Benefits For Customers - 07/17/01

National Energy Marketers Association Calls Ferc Orders Regionalizing  Electric Grid Landmark Decisions 7/13/01

Enron Reports Increased Net Income, Lauds Changes in Electricity Grid - 7/14/01

Marketers Welcome FERC Move To Merge NE Power Grid Opers - 07/12/2001

N.Y. To Join New Regional Power Grid - 7/11/01

Pleadings and Other Documents

PULP's Comments On Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking - Electricity Market Design and Structure - Docket No. RM 01-12-000 - 11-16-02

Joint Comments Urging Withdrawal of Standard Market Design NOPR - RM-01-12-000 - 11-15-02

New York City Markets Are Not Workably Competitive (NY PSC) -  5/14/02

Substantially Higher Capacity Reserve Margins Might be Required to Ensure A Competitive Wholesale Market (NY PSC) 5/10/02

Comments of Seattle CIty Light, IBEW and other Utiliity Unions to FERC on RTO Cost Benefit and Standard Market Design- 4/12/02

New Mexico Attorney General, Rhode Island AG, Maine Office of Public Advocate, and the Colorado Office of Consumer Counsel Comments on the Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) Cost/Benefit Analysis, (4/9/02)

New York PSC Comments on FERC's Proposed Rule to Limit Anticompetitive Behavior and the Exercise of Market Power In ISO/RTO Markets - 2-05-02

New York Public Service Commission Comments on Market Based Rates - 01-07-02

Rhode Island and New Mexico Attorneys General File Comments with FERC on Market Power, Market Based Rates, and Proposed Interim Generation Market Power Screen and Mitigation Policy (1/4/02)

Court Says Order 2000 did not Compel RTO Formation, RTO Formation is Voluntary and therefore Not Ripe for Challenge;  FERC Must Consider Cost Benefit Analysis in Determining Whether to Approve a Proposed RTO  Pub. Utili Dist. 1, Wash. v. FERC, __ F.3d __ (D.C. Cir. No. 00-1174, Dec. 11, 2001)

New Mexico Attorney General Files Protest against Proposal of "Westconnect" for FERC Approval of a for-profit Regional Transmission Organization (RTO). - 12-4-01

NYISO Answer to Mirant's Cost Benefit Analysis of Proposed Northeast RTO - 11-06-01

EEI-Sponsored Study on Transmission System Planning - 6/01

New York's PSC Chairman Supports FERC's Move Toward Northeast RTO - Regional Electricty Market will Benefit Consumers - 7-24-01

PULP's Motion to Intervene and Statement of Position in RTO Proceeding - 7-20-01

Maine Public Advocate's Motion To Intervene - 7/19/01

 NASUCA Resolution - Regional Transmission Organizations  (RTOs)

Transcript of FERC Technical Conference on RTOs - 6/18/01

Questions Regarding FERC Obligations to Set Reasonable Wholesale Electricity Rates (Reps. Dingell and Boucher) 4/4/01

The View From The Trenches - Report from Paul Gioia - 3/20/01

Important Links

FERC Enabling Legislation and FERC Regulations