DG Collaborative Meeting:

Meeting Agenda, 5/25 version after review by Process Committee (pdf)

Attendees

• Previous Plenary: 5/1/06

• Next Meeting: no additional meetings are planned.

Contents of Ring Binder for this Meeting

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

Tab 1) Meeting Information (new for 5/31 binder):

• NEXT STEPS MEMO FROM 5/31 PLENARy (6/1)
• Next Steps Memo (5/5)
• Meeting Agenda, 5/25 version after review by Process Committee (pdf)
• Roster of Members and Participants (pdf) -- also available as an excel file (as of 5/15; please submit corrections to Fran)
• Note: sub-group meeting on proposed changes to insurance section of tariff, Friday, May 26, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm (location: DOER Office, call-in number: 866-330-1200 code 364-8872#)

Tab 2) Ground Rules:

• From previous binder: Final, with revisions agreed during 3/15 meeting (word)

Tab 3) Tracking Data:

• 2 new charts (5/1/06): Cumulative DG Applications for Interconnection (kW and applications) over first two years of the Tariff (excel file, 161 KB)
• Latest Tracking Spreadsheets and Summary -- through March 2006 (posted 4/24)
• From 4/11 binder:
  • Navigant 3/21/06 responses to selected questions (word)

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

• New for 5/31 binder:
  • Change Request #20, partial settlement from 5/26 sub-group meeting on insurance section (not agreed to by all participants):

    -- pdf version with 5/26 emails from Todd Gundlach and Pete Wilson and including Jon Klavens' detailed notes on 5/22 sub-group meeting

    -- word version, including 5/26 redline of whole insurance section (not including related language from CR#14 or language also discussed by the sub-group related to CR#7)

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

• 6/1 temporary version of the Redline of the Model Tariff in which a series of edits have been incorporated in an effort to reflect the agreements reached in the May 31 Plenary, including the alternative sections on insurance (word).  If Members identify corrections to better reflect the results of the May 31 meeting, please email them to Fran as soon as possible, at the latest by the June 6 deadline for the edits on which small groups are working. Please see the 6/1 Next Steps Memo for the current schedule.
• 5/15 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 May 1 Plenary, and on which final agreement will be sought on all tariff language at the May 31 meeting (word file)
• for comparison: 12/27/05 version approved by DTE (word, was in 3/15 binder)

Tab 6) June 2006 Report drafts:

• New since 5/31 (in process, not final):
  • 2006 Report, "One-Text" temporary draft #3, 6/1 (43 pages, without Attachments):

  -- word file

• New for 5/31 binder (in process, not final):
  • 2006 Report, "One-Text" Draft #2, 5/18 (37 pages, without Attachments):

  -- word file

  -- pdf file

  • Draft cover page with DG photos (comments & other photos welcome)
• New for 5/31 binder (in process, not final) -- Table of Proposed Edits (new, 5/30 version):
  • handout version with 2 inserts and Change Request 20 (pdf)
  • pdf version (just the edit table)
  • excel version (from which you can copy text)
• New for 5/31 binder -- Files with inserts (longer Proposed Edits):
  • Converse insert (in section 3.2 on networks)
  • Cummings insert (in Section 5.2 on structure for future activities)
  • May 25, 2006 Navigant Memo (for consideration as addition to one of the Attachments on distribution planning)
• New for 5/31 binder (in process, not final) -- drafts of Attachments to the June Report:

• Attachment A: Redline of Model Tariff (5/15 version, word)
• Attachment B: Clean version of Model Tariff (5/15 version, pdf)
• Attachment C: Package of all Change Requests (each updated to reflect consensus resolution to date)
• Attachment D: Two-Years of Tracking Data through March 2006 (5/15 draft including all tables and fugures discussed in 5/1 plenary, pdf)
• Attachment E: Responses to Eight Questions about Interconnection Data Tracking (this 5/23 version ALSO includes the Navigant responses)
• Attachment F : Spot Network Interconnection Issues and Opportunities for Relaying and Control Development to Advance DR/Network Interconnections, final 5/25/06 version by Bill Feero with input from sub-group (pdf)
• Attachment G: DG and Distribution Planning: An Economic Analysis for the Massachusetts DG Collaborative, Navigant's January 2006 final presentation
• Attachment H: Report of Distribution Planning Work Group (DPWG) on technical and business challenges: May 18 clean draft without former Section 3, "Next Steps" (word)
• -- note: could also include or add a reference to a new May 25, 2006 Navigant Memo with additional analysis of a "Hybrid Approach for the Role of DG in Distribution Planning" and the "Impact of DG on Market Prices"
• Attachment I : Symposium on Technical and Business Challenges for DG to Play a Role in T&D Planning (summary + slides, 8.3 MB pdf)
• Attachment J : Other?

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

• February 24, 2004   DTE Order 02-38-B (pdf)
• December 27, 2005 DTE Order 02-38-C

Tab 8) Updates:

        Indemnification and Insurance Issues for State (and other) Facilities:

• New since 5/1 meeting:
  • May 12 memo from Jim Evans of Albert Risk Management Consultants to Pete Wilson, DCAM, "DG Model Tariff - Liability Insurance"
  • Note: sub-group meeting on proposed changes to insurance section of tariff, Monday, May 22, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm (location tbd)
  • May 16 changes to Section 11 of Tariff to allow the pooling of multiple units under one policy and to make multiple other changes to insurance requirements for DG in the public and private sectors (pdf)
    • -- word version
  • May 8 draft memo from sub-group: Liability Insurance Availability for DG Owned by Government Entities
• New for 5/1 binder:
  • April 19 letter from Robert Quinan, Assistant Attorney General, RE Informal Inquiry Concerning Purchase of Liability Insurance for State DG Facilities
• From 4/11 binder:
  • April 5 memo from utilities
  • Exhibit A to April 5 memo from utilities
  • April 5 email from Cape Light Compact
• Materials that were in 3/15 binder (single pdf, including memos dated March 15, February 14 and January 24, 2006 and October 17, 2005 Ayala vs. BHA case of April 20, 1989)

        DG and Distribution Planning:

• From 4/11 binder:
  • Distribution Planning and Related Issues: Possible Questions for the DG Collaborative Final Report to Address, 4/7/06, a memo to the DG Collaborative from Fran Cummings, for discussion only (word)

        ISO-NE/FERC Small Gen Rules:

• New for 5/1 binder: FERC Order has been issues and new rules are in effect
  • FERC Order of April 14, 2006 on ISO-NE SMALL GENERATOR INTERCONNECTION COMPLIANCE FILING ... (word file)
• From 3/15 binder:

  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).

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):
  • 3/28, 11:00 am (completed)
  • Indemnification for state facilities: a new Change Request #17 (pdf)
• Network Interconnection (chair, Bzura):
  • 4/5 meeting at the Northboro offices of National Grid, to discuss the technical possibilities for interconnection of DG on network distribution systems. This was primarily a discussion of technical issues and options, but Bill Feero began the meeting with a brief presentation to give non-utility people a sense of the technologies and issues. Second, progress was made on a draft outline or table of contents on network interconnections.  
  • 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:
  • Recommended Policy Items DTE Should Consider (see above for -- "Distributed Generation: A Policy Overview," draft for discussion, proposed by a group of DG and environmental Members)
• Proposed changes to insurance section of tariff, Monday, May 22, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm (location tbd)

Other Recent or Significant Reference Materials

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

• The tariff changes submitted by the DG Collaborative in the May 2005 Report (except for the indemnification language oppposed by DCAM) have been approved by the DTE, filed by the utilities (effective February 1) and incorporated into the tariff page of the Interconnecton Guide on the MTC website.
• Update on proposed Small Generator Rules filed by ISO-NE (based on FERC Standard Rule for Small Generator Interconnection)

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

• Network proceedings & collaboration in other states

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

2005 Annual Report

Meeting Notice, Logistics:

Web conference access will not be available for this meeting.

Location: National Grid's Energy Institute Room, Westboro

Call-in number: 866-330-1200 code 364-8872#

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

• Tariff Work Group
• Technical/Network Work Group
• Distribution Planning Work Group

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