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PRR Details
PRR #
982
Title Phased Third Interconnection Financial Security Posting Clarifications
Date Submitted 4/4/2017 8:37 PM
PRR Category A
Priority Normal
Owner Susan R. Schneider (Phoenix Consulting)
Status Closed
Status End Date 7/21/2017 12:00 AM
Related BPM Generator Interconnection and Deliverability Allocation Procedures
BPM Section 8.5.4 & 8.11
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Existing Language

8.5.4.    Generator Projects with two or more distinct Phases

If an Interconnection Customer’s Network Upgrades and/or Interconnection Facilities are separated into two or more specific components and/or into two or more separate and distinct phases of construction and the Participating TO is able to identify and separate the costs of the identified separate components and/or phases of construction, then the Participating TO, the CAISO, and the Interconnection Customer may negotiate, as part of the Generator Interconnection Agreement, a division of the third Interconnection Financial Security posting into distinct Interconnection Financial Security  amounts and may establish specific milestone dates (however, outside dates must be included and adhered to) for posting the amounts corresponding to each component and/or phase of construction related to the Network Upgrades and/or Interconnection Facilities described in the Generator Interconnection Agreement.

 

8.11. Determining Refundable Portion of the Interconnection Financial Security for Network Upgrades - no text on this topic in the existing BPM– these are the related sections:

8.11.1.  Withdrawal Between the First Posting and the Deadline for the Second Posting      

8.11.2.  Withdrawal Between the Second Posting and the Commencement of Construction Activities

8.11.3.  Special Treatment Based on Failure to Obtain Necessary Permit or Authorization from Governmental Authority

8.11.4.  After Commencement of Construction Activities.   

 

 
Proposed Language

Please see attached file

Reason For Revision
Title change:  To match the associated tariff provision and avoid confusion with policies related to Project generation-project Phasing
 

Other changes:  Clarifications of existing CAISO policy

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BPM PRR Submitter

Susan R. Schneider (Phoenix Consulting)
Modified BPM language proposed by the PBM Chnage Management Coordinator

See attachment. at the bottom of the PRR.
Identification of the authorship of comments

PG&E, Westlands Solar Park, CAISO
Action

Approve the BPM PRR as modified.

See Attachment.
Statement of apparent requirements of the BPM PRR

N/A
Priority and rank for any BPM PRR requiring a CAISO system change

N/A
Proposed effective date(s) of the BPM PRR

Upon completion of PRR process
Other recommended actions

N/A
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Final Decision

The CAISO’s final decision is to accept and implement the redline changes as proposed by the CAISO on April 18, 2017.  The GIDAP BPM will be updated and reposted accordingly.
Stakeholder Comment

See Above.

Effective Date

7/6/2017
Action

Forward the recommendation to CAISO senior management or for input or approval, as appropriate

N/A
Announcements
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Impact Analysis
Impact Analysis not available.
Initial Comments
It is unclear how frequent this situation will arise. PG&E notes that the transmission provider must agree to a phased or discrete approach for multi-phase upgrades. PG&E notes that calculating a project reconcilliation following a withdrawal would become significantly more challenging under these circumstances.
5/2/2017 5:21 PM
Logged By - JohnNewtonPG&E (Pacific Gas and Electric Company)
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The separation of Third Posting concept is consistent with existing language that exists in the tariff.  Multi-phased projects are agreed to in a project’s Interconnection Agreement and the proposed change provides clarification of the refundable or non-refundable portion of the IFS based on the project’s phase at the time it withdraws.  The ISO recommends acceptance of the proposed language as modified by the ISO.
5/15/2017 5:13 PM
Responded By - Tavares, Phelim (CAISO)
Westlands Solar Park supports these proposed revisions to provide clarification of existing CAISO policy. The revised phrasing is clearer and the addition of a new section (8.11.3) fills a gap in the BPM.
5/2/2017 10:46 AM
Logged By - Sarah Kozal (Westlands Solar Park)
PRR 982 Attachment - LSA - PRR for Third Postings rev w-ISO edits.docx    
Attached are the ISO's proposed edits.
4/18/2017 11:22 AM
Logged By - Tavares, Phelim (CAISO)
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