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1 I. INTRODUCTION - 2 Q1. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BUSINESS ADDRESS. - 3 A1. My name is Danielle S. Powers. My business address is 293 Boston Post Road West, Suite - 4 500, Marlborough, Massachusetts 01752. - 5 Q2. BY WHOM ARE YOU EMPLOY...
AI summary Danielle Powers, CEO of Concentric Energy Advisors, Inc., describes her firm's services in regulatory, economic, and market analysis for energy and utility clients. Concentric provides consulting on wholesale electric market design, generation/transmission planning, and resource planning, with expertise in utility ratemaking and regulatory policy.
10 Q7. HAVE YOU PREVIOUSLY TESTIFIED IN ANY REGULATORY 11 PROCEEDINGS? 12 A7. Yes. I have provided expert testimony or reports before the Indiana Utility Regulatory 13 Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC"), the Illi...
AI summary The witness confirms prior testimony before multiple regulatory bodies, including FERC and state commissions, focusing on wholesale energy market design, transmission policy, and resource planning.
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Chapter 4 — U.S. Hydropower Price Trends U.S. FEDERAL POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS (PMAS) INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN OTHER ORGANIZED ELECTRICITY MARKETS — To better adapt to the ongoing changes in market structure, generation mix, and th...
AI summary U.S. Federal Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs) are increasing participation in competitive wholesale electricity markets like SPP and CAISO. Federal hydropower prices remain competitive with regional wholesale prices, though peaking power prices from SWPA and SEPA exceed regional rates. The median 2018 hydropower PPA price was $48.47/MWh, higher than the overall median of $47.61/MWh. Utilities and corporations, including Microsoft, are key off-takers in hydropower PPAs.
4.1.1 Federal Hydropower Prices On average, federal hydropower prices remain competitive with regional wholesale prices. Hydrologic conditions are the key variable that affects the average prices paid by federal hydropower customers. The p...
AI summary Federal hydropower prices remain competitive with regional wholesale prices, influenced by hydrologic conditions. PMAs (BPA, WAPA, SWPA, SEPA) market federal hydropower, with varying allocation methods. SWPA and SEPA offer limited peaking power, while BPA meets full load requirements for customers.
4.1.2 Hydropower Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) The median hydropower PPA price has followed a similar trend to wholesale electricity prices in recent years, except in regions with little or no geographic overlap with ISO/RTO markets (No...
AI summary The median hydropower PPA price aligns with wholesale electricity prices except in regions outside ISO/RTO markets, where prices remain higher. PPAs are standard for non-utility hydropower sales, with utilities and emerging entities as off-takers. Footnotes discuss energy imbalance markets, ISO/RTO participation, and BPA's collaboration with CAISO on flexible capacity products for transmission planning.
tes whose generation capacity is 100% hydropower. This set includes limited liability companies, municipalities, and irrigation districts, as well as several public utility districts in the Northwest. 45 Federal hydropower owners were excl...
AI summary The text compares median hydropower purchase prices with wholesale electricity spot prices across U.S. regions using FERC Form 1 and EIA data. It notes regional variations, data divergence due to additional transaction categories, and the exclusion of capacity components.
or multipurpose constraints. Figure 29. Annual revenue streams for selected PSH plants (energy + capacity + ancillary services) Source: FERC Electric Quarterly Reports Note: The plot shows gross revenue (i.e., the cost of pumping is not ne...
AI summary The figure illustrates annual revenue streams for selected pumped storage hydropower (PSH) plants, including energy, capacity, and ancillary services. Data sources include FERC Electric Quarterly Reports, with exclusions noted for partial-year data and unmatched transactions. Specific plants like Taum Sauk, Seneca, Northfield Mountain, and Bear Swamp are referenced, along with ISO-NE and EIA Form 860 data.
ed. For Canadian electricity imported by New York, New York ISO cites higher prices in Canada as well as congestion and outages in transmission links as reasons for reduced Canadian imports in 2018.64 The increasing trend in Canadian impor...
AI summary Reduced Canadian imports in 2018 were due to higher prices, congestion, and outages. Increased imports in the 2020s are expected from new PPAs, including Manitoba Hydro's agreements and Hydro-Québec's deals. Projects like Keeyask and the Romaine complex are key, though the New England Clean Energy Connect faces permitting challenges.
ercentages experiencing drought conditions in the Pacific Northwest and California HUC-2 regions-which contain 55% of installed hydropower capacity in the United States-were 3% in 2006 and 0% in 2011. Figure 40 also shows that every year h...
AI summary The text discusses variations in hydropower capacity factors across U.S. regions, influenced by drought conditions, operational modes, ownership types, and market structures. Northern regions (Northwest, Midwest, Northeast) have higher average capacity factors (43-45%) compared to southern regions (Southwest, Southeast at 27-32%), with resource quality and market dynamics contributing to the disparity.
FURTHER ANALYSIS OF HYDROPOWER OPERATIONAL STATUS AND AVAILABILITY TRENDS IS NEEDED The NERC GADS data presented in this section provide a useful high-level breakdown of the operational status of hydropower and PSH units. With a timespan o...
AI summary The text highlights gaps in understanding hydropower and PSH operational trends, including regional differences in planned outages, revenue during Reserve Shutdown, voltage support usage, and market design impacts. It emphasizes the need for further analysis and references the DOE's HydroWIRES initiative to address these questions through case studies and valuation models.
ets necessary for the direct participation in ISO/RTO markets because their primary business has been irrigation, flood control, or other purposes the dam or conduit is meant to fulfill. 106 Third, the "one-mile" rule has also been modifie...
AI summary The text discusses changes to the 'one-mile' rule under Order 872, affecting PURPA eligibility for small hydropower projects by allowing separate facilities within 1–10 miles owned by the same entity. It also notes the extension of federal tax credits for hydropower through 2020 and a proposed PURPA reform bill (H.R. 1502).