DG Collaborative Meeting:


 DG Collaborative Plenary Meeting
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Facilitator:  Abby Arnold, RESOLVE, Inc.

Location: One Ashburton Place, Boston

Before this meeting, please review the 4/7/06 version of the Redline of the Model Tariff, in which the latest language has been incorporated from the Change Requests on which general agreement was reached in the March 15 Plenary, and on which additional agreement will be sought on particular tariff language at the April 11 meeting.

Agenda

Draft Meeting Agenda (word), 4/7 version based on review by Process Committee on April 6
Minutes

Attendees

  
 
  • Next Two Meetings (locations tbd):
 

 

Contents of Ring Binder for this Meeting

Ring Binder Contents (1 page with list of Tabs, pdf)

Tab 1) Meeting Information to Date:

Tab 2) Ground Rules:

Tab 3) Tracking Data:

Tab 4) Change Requests Posted to Date (see Change Request web page for word versions and any more recent individual Requests)

  • Note: The Change Requests on which on which general agreement was reached in the March 15 Plenary, and which are reflected in the 4/7/06 version of the Redline of the Model Tariff posted here, have not been revised at this time; this applies to Change Requests #1 - 4, 5-b, 7 and 14.  For several of the other Change Requests, on which agreement has not been reached, including Requests #8, 10 and 11, no new provisions have been advanced at this time, and no revisions have been made to those Change Requests.  MTC currently has no plans to distributed additional copies of these at the 4/11 meeting, but will hand out copies of the following which have been changed or added since 3/15:

Tab 5) Redline of Model Tariff - Uniform Standards for Interconnecting DG

Tab 6) June 2006 Report drafts:

Tab 7) DTE Orders (were in 3/15 Binder):

Tab 8) Updates:

        Indemnification and Insurance Issues for State Facilities:

        Recommended Policy Items DTE Should Consider:

 

        DG and Distribution Planning:

        LICAP Settlement (see March 15 meeting page)

        ISO-NE/FERC Small Gen Rules (were in 3/15 Binder):

  • [insert here FERC Order and new rules, if approved]
  • FERC Order of Feb. 22, 2006 clarifying limited FERC jurisdiction, including for "a QF sell[ing] its total electric output to the host utility ... at the point of interconnection....", based in part on a 1992 case in which WMECo was involved (Dockets ER06-407 and ER06-408).

        Network Issues (see also related sub-group below):

Sub-groups working on Followup between Meetings

  • Change Request #3, Establish expiration time frame for Interconnection Agreement (chair, Gusmano)
  • Change Request #6 and #11, Correct references to “certification” of equipment for screen #4 (chair, Bingham):
    • 3/22, 1:00 pm call (completed)
  • Change Request #7, When should the Interconnection Agreement be executed by (a) the end-use Customer or (b) the DG vendor? (chair, Cowell or Cummings)
  • Change Request #12-13, 12: Require system modifications on timely basis and reduce burden on Customer to pay tax "gross-up" (chair, Aronson)
  • Change Request #14, Clarify exemption of net metering (up to 60 KW) from insurance requirements (chair, Bingham)
  • State/public facility insurance and indemnification (co-chairs Klionsky and Wilson):
  • Network Interconnection (chair, Bzura):
    • 4/5, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm at the Northboro offices of National Grid, room L2, to discuss the technical possibilities for interconnection of DG on network distribution systems. This will be primarily a discussion of technical issues and options, but Bill Feero will begin the meeting with a brief presentation to give non-utility people a sense of the technologies and issues. Second, if we make substantial progress on a proposed plan of action, could begin fleshing out the draft report table of contents on network interconnections and could develop some draft language for the report.   See Agenda for this meeting. See also the recent (March 30) Rule 21 Working Group Report from California. (See also web page of Technical/Network Work Group for additional infomrtation and background on work done to date.)
  • Final Report Table of Contents Key Sections – first draft writing assignments:

Other Recent or Significant Reference Materials

Tariff Work Group Materials (also posted at Tariff Work Group web page):

Technical/Network Work Group Materials (also posted at Technical Work Group web page):

Distribution Planning Work Group Materials (also posted at Distribution Planning Work Group web page):

  • _____, 2006 (yet to be posted): Final submittal letter to DTE, plus Attachment A, the “Interim Report on DG and Distribution Deferral,” by the Distribution Planning Work Group.

2005 Annual Report

Meeting Notice, Logistics:

Web conference access will not be available for this meeting.

PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION: the meeting will be in BOSTON at the state office tower near/behind the State House -- One Ashburton Place, Mack Conference Rooms (top floor).  Click here for directions (for another office in the same building).  Click here for a map also showing a few parking garages (Govt Ctr Garage and Center Plaza parking) and hotels.

Parking options include:

  • Government Center Garage, 50 New Sudbury Street, (617) 227-0385
  • Longfellow Place Parking, 50 Staniford Street, (617) 742-2925
  • MBTA North Station Garage (reasonably priced), underneath the TD Banknorth Garden accessible via Nashua Street, (617) 222-3042

See other resource materials at the following DG Collaborative web pages:

If you have questions, please contact Fran Cummings at MTC.