Final Rule

Improvements to Generator Interconnection Procedures and Agreements

Document Details

Document Number	2024-06563
Type	Final Rule
Published	Apr 16, 2024
Effective Date	May 16, 2024
RIN	-
Docket ID	Docket No. RM22-14-001
Text Fetched	Yes

Agencies & CFR References

Agency Hierarchy:

Energy Department→Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

CFR References:

18 CFR 35

Linked CFR Parts

Part	Name	Agency
No linked CFR parts

Paired Documents

Type	Proposed	Final	Method	Conf
No paired documents

External Links

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📊 Regulatory Analysis (Deterministic extraction)

🛠 Clerical Correction

Notice-and-comment waived because changes are non-substantive.

Emergency Rule (high confidence)

Note: This rule type typically adds analysis sections not present in earlier documents.

⚠️ Bypassed standard notice-and-comment process

Compliance Obligations 2270 found

2072 required actions

198 prohibited actions

REQUIRED unspecified must revise

SHALL unspecified must comply LGIP

REQUIRED unspecified must comply queue (before they enter the queue)

REQUIRED unspecified must submit of interconnection (by NERC Reliability Standard PRC-024-3 or successor mandatory ride through reliability standards)

SHALL unspecified must modify of appeals (by it under the provisions of this chapter)

REQUIRED unspecified must comply Specifically (within 60 days)

MUST unspecified must comply

REQUIRED unspecified must comply Commission (by Order No)

REQUIRED unspecified must comply LGIP

MAY NOT unspecified must complete Additionally (by the transmission provider)

... and 2260 more obligations

Costs of Compliance from "Cost Estimate"

Work Hours

Extracted Entities (locations, events, objects)

Locations: New York NYTOs contend that analyzing feasibility is especially needed in highly congested areas like New York City and Long including congestion around New York City and Long NYTOs explain that allowing for this prioritization is critical in highly congested areas like New York City and Long Friends of the Energy

Events: conference

Regulated Objects: the expected of and sets is an block listed otherwise

Organizations: DOE EPA FCC SEC Television Tarpon Transmission Pipeline Pipe Line Airlines Operator

Comment analysis not applicable for clerical corrections (no public comment period).

Legal Authority & Citations

Statutory Authority: 16 U.S.C. 824(e) 16 U.S.C. 825 16 U.S.C. 824 5 U.S.C. 706 16 U.S.C. 824(b) 5 U.S.C. 556(d) 28 U.S.C. 2462 15 U.S.C. 78 5 U.S.C. 551 42 U.S.C. 16422(a) 44 U.S.C. 3507(d) 5 U.S.C. 601

CFR References: 18 CFR 35 18 CFR 385.713 18 CFR 385.206 18 CFR 35.28 18 CFR 713.385 5 CFR 1320.11 5 CFR 1320.3 18 CFR 380.4 13 CFR 121.201 18 CFR 1

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<RULE>
 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
 <SUBAGY>Federal Energy Regulatory Commission</SUBAGY>
 <CFR>18 CFR Part 35</CFR>
 <DEPDOC>[Docket No. RM22-14-001; Order No. 2023-A]</DEPDOC>
 <SUBJECT>Improvements to Generator Interconnection Procedures and Agreements</SUBJECT>
 
 <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD>
 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 
 
 
 <HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD>
 Order on rehearing and clarification. 
 
 <SUM>
 <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD>
 In this order, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission addresses arguments raised on rehearing, sets aside, in part, and clarifies Order No. 2023, which amended the Commission's regulations and its pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Procedures, pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Agreement, pro forma Small Generator Interconnection Procedures, and pro forma Small Generator Interconnection Agreement to address interconnection queue backlogs, improve certainty, and prevent undue discrimination for new technologies. 
 </SUM>
 <DATES>
 <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD>
 This rule is effective May 16, 2024. 
 </DATES>
 <FURINF>
 <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD>
 
 <FP SOURCE="FP-1">
 Anne Marie Hirschberger (Legal Information), Office of the General Counsel, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8387, 
 <E T="03">annemarie.hirschberger@ferc.gov.</E>
 </FP>
 <FP SOURCE="FP-1">
 Sarah Greenberg (Legal Information), Office of the General Counsel, 888 First St. NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6230, 
 <E T="03">sarah.greenberg@ferc.gov.</E>
 </FP>
 <FP SOURCE="FP-1">
 Franklin Jackson (Technical Information), Office of Energy Market Regulation, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6464, 
 <E T="03">franklin.jackson@ferc.gov.</E>
 </FP>
 <FP SOURCE="FP-1">
 Michael G. Henry, Office of Energy Policy and Innovation, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8583, 
 <E T="03">michael.henry@ferc.gov.</E>
 </FP>
 </FURINF>
 
 <SUPLINF>
 <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLE

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