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ISO-NE to Offer Clustered Interconnection Requests in Maine

May 29, 2017
By Michael Kuser
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. — ISO-NE is working to adopt clustering methodology, already used by every other ISO/RTO in the country, to speed the development of new transmission capacity, particularly to help free wind power trapped in Maine.
Transmission bottlenecks that prevent Maine’s wind generation from reaching load centers in Massachusetts and Connecticut could be relieved by allowing large and small generators to pool their interconnection requests, Al McBride, director of system planning, told the Planning Advisory Committee on Wednesday.
Mars Hill Wind Farm in Maine
McBride presented a Maine Resource Integration Study that showed how generators in the western and northern parts of the state could combine their interconnection applications and thus share costs on required upgrades. The grid operator could also analyze the combined interconnection requests in the same system impact study (SIS).

Interconnection Queue Backlog

ISO-NE has experienced a persistent backlog of interconnection requests in Northern and Western Maine, where several thousand megawatts of proposed resources have requested interconnection. In March, the RTO said it would not issue a competitive solicitation for the proposed Keene Road market efficiency transmission upgrade because the cost would be greater than the production savings. (See ISO-NE Nixes Keene Road Tx Upgrade.)
The proposed clustering methodology comprises two phases. In the first phase, the RTO will identify the initial designs of cluster-enabling transmission upgrades (CETU) in the regional system planning process. In the second phase, the RTO will conduct the cluster SIS to study the interconnection of the individual projects, together with the identified CETU.
New England is going to be looking at applying the clustering methodology to both AC and HVDC solutions. One speaker expressed concern that having two options would mean neither would reach critical mass, saying, “Sounds like you could have two undersubscribed” solutions.

Driven by the Wind

Wind resources looking to be included in such a cluster will have to join the transmission interconnection queue by about August. The study proposes that transmission owners prepare cost estimates by the PAC meeting in June, after which ISO-NE will calculate cost allocations and issue a draft report for comment.
As is currently the case, none of the shared or individual interconnection transmission upgrade and facility costs will be incorporated into regional transmission rates.
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In June 2015, the American Wind Energy Association petitioned FERC to initiate a rulemaking process to address “complex, time-consuming technical disputes” in the interconnection queue process that “undermine the ability of new generators to compete.”
In response, FERC last December issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would change the pro forma large generator interconnection rules to increase certainty and transparency for new resources (RM17-8). (See FERC Proposes Changes to Interconnection Rules.)

New Circuits

The Maine Resource Integration Study assesses new 345-kV AC transmission circuits that could connect to the areas with the largest number of interconnection requests. Evaluations include interconnecting with, or bypassing, existing lines and substations.
The New England Power Pool Participants Committee in February supported Tariff changes for the proposed interconnection clustering methodology. Two or more interconnection requests requiring common new transmission infrastructure would trigger the clustering methodology.
Participants in a cluster would be allocated a percentage of costs for shared upgrades and assume sole responsibility for facilities needed solely for their project.

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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/

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