The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has agreed with Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, which said it would be able to use another power grid’s transmission lines to integrate Entergy Corp’s Gulf Coast utilities into its power grid.
Click to download the full order, issued Friday.
“FERC’s confirmation of our understanding of the joint operating agreement is consistent with past practices and daily operations on our seams,” John Bear, president and CEO of MISO, said, . “This also eliminates confusion concerning connectivity issues related to Entergy’s planned integration into MISO’s market operations.”
that its operating units – Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Texas – would join Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, or MISO, with a target joining date of December 2013.
MISO of Carmel, Ind., is an independent, nonprofit, Regional Transmission Organization that supports electricity delivery in 13 U.S. states. Entergy’s move would expand the footprint of the organization from the Canadian Border to the Gulf of Mexico.
Entergy expects MISO’s “Day 2″ market for buying and selling wholesale electricity to save its customers some $1 billion over 10 years.
In deciding to join MISO, Entergy rejected the option of joining Southwest Power Pool, based Little Rock, with which Entergy shares some network connections. To integrate Entergy operations, MISO would have to use some of those MISO connections.
In May, to prevent MISO from using those SPP lines to transmit electricity for Entergy. SPP argued that Entergy joining MISO would put addition load on its connections without compensation.
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