FERC has issued a declaratory order affirming that the interconnection of Golden Spread Electric Cooperative's Antelope Elk Energy Center with ERCOT, with the station also able to connect to SPP as switchable generation, won't result in ERCOT falling under FERC jurisdiction.

Simultaneous interconnection with SPP and ERCOT will not occur.

FERC specifically: (1) disclaimed jurisdiction over transmission and interconnection facilities that would deliver power from the Antelope Elk Energy Center, located solely within Texas, to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) electric grid, as well as the transmission and sales of energy over those facilities; and (2) confirmed, based on the specific facts and circumstances set out in the case, that Golden Spread may operate the proposed Antelope Elk Energy Center as a switchable generation resource between the Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) and ERCOT grids.

"We also grant Petitioners’ request that we declare that the electric utilities in ERCOT that are not currently subject to the Commission’s jurisdiction as 'public utilities' under the Federal Power Act (FPA) will not become public utilities as a result of the interconnection of the Antelope Elk Energy Center with the ERCOT grid," FERC said.

Docket No. EL14-81

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