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to see if it can be increased. ISO-NE noted the upper limit

About the Authors for a single system contingency to be 2,000 MW -- instead of the stated 2,200 MW -- and sought study up to that lower

Paradise 2,000 MW limit. While a 2,000 MW operating ceiling would

Theodore Paradise is a accommodate the emerging offshore wind transmission stan- partner in K&L Gates’ Boston dard set in Europe, it is worth noting that this is still 200 MW and New York of? ces where below the maximum level grid operators identi? ed in 1991 he assists clients in navigating the changing landscape of and is contained in the ISO-NE tariff, the only upper limit in the electric industry, advising a document that has been reviewed and accepted by ISO-NE’s clients regarding ISOs and regulator, FERC.

RTOs, offshore wind, and

One interesting element of the ISO-NE request is that ISO- transmission development.

NE itself that has set the 1,200 MW ceiling as a design limit, not PJM or NYISO. The ISO-NE could similarly remove its

Frank self-imposed limit and instead abide by the hourly check-in

Washington, D.C., partner set out in the 1991 agreement for new resources up to the

Kimberly Frank co-leads the 2,200 MW ceiling. ? rm’s global Power practice

Regardless of the outcome of the exercise that ISO-NE has group and focuses her undertaken, policy makers and developers may also try and electric regulatory practice work around ISO-NE’s 1,200 MW ceiling by ensuring that on representing clients in the loss of larger cables does not result in a simultaneous loss matters before FERC and state utility commissions.

of more than 1,200 MW across the ISO-NE footprint. Sugges- tions from industry have included networking facilities from inception so that there are multiple paths for power to ? ow.

The advent of HVDC breakers and commercial deployment of

Skucas that technology in western European over the next ? ve years

Ruta Skucas is a federal may make the networked solution feasible, but the New Eng- energy regulatory and land states will have to specify or agree upfront to networking wholesale electricity markets in transmission requests for proposals and ISO-NE will need partner in Washington, D.C., and advises clients on electric to con? rm that additional transmission paths would address and natural gas matters the single source loss issue. before FERC, as well as ISOs

Until one of these or another solution to address the lowered and RTOs.

single contingency limit is adopted, offshore wind projects and transmission circuits in New England will likely continue to see limits of 1,200 MW.

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