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A December 7th Order from FERC directed the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) to file a revised open access transmission tariff (OATT) to address “comparability concerns.”
The order came in response to a petition from five owners of wind facilities in the Pacific Northwest alleging that Bonneville is “using its transmission market power to curtail wind generators in an unduly discriminatory manner in order to protect its preferred power customer base from costs it does not consider socially optimal.”
According to the order, Bonneville must submit a revised OATT that “addresses the comparability concerns raised in this proceeding in a manner that provides comparable transmission service that is not unduly discriminatory or preferential within 90 days from the date of this order.”
This request of Bonneville – a federal agency not within FERC’s plenary rate jurisdiction – represented the first time FERC has exercised its authority under 211A of the Federal Power Act (16 USC 824j-1).
The action has been discussed in much greater detail by law firms with an active energy practice: Van Ness Feldman, Stoel Rives, and Davis Wright Tremaine all have more.
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