The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has rejected a proposal by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) to allocate renewable interconnection costs regionally, rather than locally. In its decision, released today, FERC said that CAISO failed to demonstrate how it would use those funds for “transmission and distribution improvements or other purposes consistent with section 706 of title II of the "It is simply unfair to require the 0.27% of CAISO’s customer base in Nevada to bear the costs of these interconnections", said former chairman Cheryl LaFleur.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has rejected a proposal by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) to allocate renewable interconnection costs regionally, rather than locally. The Valley Electric system, based in Nevada, has has an annual gross load of 545 GWh, compared to Pacific Gas & Electric, CAISO’s largest participating transmission owner, which has 91,500 GWh. "It is simply unfair to require the 0.27% of CAISO’s customer base in Nevada to bear the costs of these interconnections", said former chairman Cheryl LaFleur.