[Federal Register: September 15, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 178)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. PL04-15-000, RM02-12-000, RM02-1-001, RM02-1-005]
Interconnection for Wind Energy and Other Alternative
Technologies; Standardization of Small Generator Interconnection
Agreements and Procedures; Standardizing Generator Interconnection
Agreements and Procedures; Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference
September 8, 2004.
In a Notice of Technical Conference issued August 27, 2004, the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced that it would host a
technical conference on Friday, September 24, 2004 to discuss a
petition for rulemaking submitted by the American Wind Energy
Association (AWEA) related to the adoption of certain requirements for
the interconnection of large wind generators. The AWEA petition is
available at: http://www.ferc.gov/industries/electric/indus-act/gi/wind/AWEA.pdf
.
The purpose of this Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference is
to provide more detail to interested
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parties, and those who may wish to request to speak, regarding the
issues that will be discussed at the Technical Conference.
Commission Staff is interested in speakers who can discuss wind and
other technologies that may require special interconnections due to the
method in which they add electricity to the grid. Staff has prepared a
list of potential topics, questions and issues that may be addressed by
speakers at the conference, to aid interested parties and speakers in
determining whether they will attend and/or submit a request to speak.
While additional items may still be addressed at the conference, the
topics, questions and issues Staff has identified to date include:
I. Should There be Special Interconnection Requirements for Wind
Generators, or Should These Interconnections be Governed by the
Requirements of Order No. 2003 and Order No. 2003-A?
a. How are wind technologies different?
b. What is meant by low voltage ride-through capability? How
does it work?
c. Is a low voltage ride-through standard necessary for the
interconnection of wind generators? Why or why not?
d. Do intermittent generators need special interconnection
requirements?
e. Are wind generators able to provide reactive power? Should
they be required to provide reactive power?
f. Should wind generators be exempted from the power factor
design criteria set forth in Order No. 2003-A. Yes or No, and
discussion of why.
g. Are there other technologies that also need special
interconnection requirements like wind? What technologies? Why?
h. Should wind technologies be exempted from having to file the
full engineering and system design information at the time of the
interconnection request?
i. What is the experience of transmission providers and State
regulatory agencies with interconnecting wind and other such
technologies?
II. How Should Any Special Interconnection Requirements be Related to
the Size of the Wind Facility?
a. Should there be special requirements for large wind farms?
For example, should large wind facilities be required to determine
SCADA (system control and data acquisition) equipment prior to the
interconnection studies?
b. What SCADA information is required?
c. How do these requirements vary with the size of the wind
facility?
d. Are any special interconnection requirements also necessary
for small (under 20 MW) wind facilities?
III. What, if Any, are the Reliability and Safety Implications of the
AWEA Proposal?
IV. Are Special Standards Needed for Wind Interconnection Studies?
a. Are wind and other such technologies properly represented in
the current engineering models used in interconnection system impact
studies?
b. Is any special generating or system design information or
models needed to conduct interconnection studies?
As noted in the earlier notice, the conference will be held at the
Commission's Washington, DC headquarters, 888 First St., NE., 20426.
The event is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. and end at approximately
4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) in the Commission Meeting Room, Room 2-C.
The conference is open for the public to attend, and registration
is not required; however, in-person attendees are asked to register for
the conference on-line by close of business on Wednesday, September 22,
2004 at http://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/wind-0924-form.asp.
Parties interested in speaking at the conference should file their
requests to speak no later than close of business on September 10,
2004. An on-line form requesting to speak is available at: http://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/speaker-form.asp
.
Transcripts of the conference will be immediately available from
Ace Reporting Company (202-347-3700 or 1-800-336-6646) for a fee. They
will be available for the public on the Commission's eLibrary system
seven calendar days after FERC receives the transcript. Additionally,
Capitol Connection offers the opportunity for remote listening and
viewing of the conference. It is available for a fee, live over the
Internet, by phone or via satellite. Persons interested in receiving
the broadcast, or who need information on making arrangements should
contact David Reininger or Julia Morelli at the Capitol Connection
(703-993-3100) as soon as possible or visit the Capitol Connection Web
site at http://www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu and click on ``FERC.''
For more information about the conference, please contact Bruce
Poole at 202-502-8468 or at bruce.poole@ferc.gov.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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