Draft Report 12302 9PM version For Public Comment

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A Maine/Canadian Regional Transmission Organization Advantages and Disadvantages Prepared for the Maine Public Utilities Commission By Frederick Woodruff Arthur W. Adelberg Waine P. Whittier Energy Advisors, LLC December 3, 2002 DRAFT FOR PUBLIC REVIEW www.energyadvisorsllc.com DRAFT 11/26/2002 Table of Contents Page 1.0 Executive Summary 1 2.0 Introduction 4 3.0 Existing and Proposed RTO/Market Structures – Status Quo 7 3.1 Summary of Major RTO and Market Attributes That Affect Retail Customers 7 3.2 NEPOOL and ISO-NE 15 3.3 Northern Maine ISA 33 3.4 New Brunswick 38 4.0 Legal and Regulatory Issues 48 4.1 United States Department of Energy Export License 48 4.2 United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Approvals 51 4.3 Maine Approvals 59 4.4 Canadian Approvals - National Energy Board 62 4.5 Canadian Approval – New Brunswick Provincial Approvals 63 4.6 International Approvals - NAFTA 65 4.7 Ongoing Regulatory Oversight of the RTO 66 5.0 Advantages and Disadvantages of a Maine/New Brunswick RTO 69 5.1 Executive Summary 69 5.2 Introduction 70 5.3 Single Independent System Operator 72 5.4 Virtual Single Transmission Tariff without Rate Pancaking 76 5.5 Transmission Planning and Expansion 79 5.6 Standard Market Design 83 5.7 Single Dispatch 86 i DRAFT FOR PUBLIC REVIEW 12/3/2002 1.0 Executive Summary Over the past several years, the federal ...

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• Publié par: Zazak
• Nombre de lectures: 18
• Langue: English

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