Commissioner-led Technical Conference Regarding Large Loads Co-Located at Generating Facilities

10:00 am – 10:20 am

Welcome and Opening Remarks

10:20 am – 11:20 am

Panel 1:  Overview of Large Co-Located Load Issues

This panel will provide an overview of the issues surrounding large loads co-located at generating facilities, together with approaches other than co-location to serve large loads, which will serve as a framework for discussions in Panels 2 and 3. 

Panelists

• Howard Gugel, Vice President Regulatory Oversight, North American Electric Reliability Corporation | Statement
• Stu Bresler, EVP, Market Services and Strategy, PJM Interconnection, LLC | Statement
• Aubrey Johnson, Vice-President, System & Resource Planning, Midcontinent Independent System Operator  | Statement
• Zachary G. Smith, Senior Vice President, System & Resource Planning, New York Independent System Operator
• Jason Davis, Manager, Services Integration, Southwest Power Pool
• Aaron Tinjum, Director, Energy Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Data Center Coalition | Statement
• Mike Kormos, Independent Consultant | Presentation | Graphics Slide
• Kent Chandler, Resident Senior Fellow, R Street Institute | Statement
• Vincent Duane, Principal, Copper Monarch LLC | Statement | Presentation
• Stacey Burbure, Vice President, FERC and RTO Strategy and Policy, American Electric Power  | Statement

11:20 am – 12:05 pm

Lunch Break

12:05 pm – 1:30 pm

Panel 2:  Exploration of Issues Presented by Large Co-Located Loads

This panel will explore potential issues associated with the development and operation of large loads co-located at generating facilities in greater detail, such as:  (1) various configuration options for large loads co-located with existing or new generation; (2) whether and how large co-located loads receive wholesale market services or benefits from the transmission system, how those benefits vary by configuration, whether and how those benefits can or should be measured for the purposes of cost allocation, what challenges arise in ensuring appropriate cost allocation, and any potential for cross-subsidization; (3) what impact various co-location configurations may have on reliability and resource adequacy; (4) cost and impact of back-up services, if applicable, for large co-located loads; (5) what impact large co-located load arrangements may have on Commission-jurisdictional markets, such as implications for energy, ancillary services, and capacity market prices; (6) whether and how should any necessary studies on reliability or grid impacts be conducted by the relevant RTO/ISO or transmission provider, including whether or how transmission providers should account for speculative requests and consider resource adequacy impacts for co-location of large loads; and (7) whether large co-located loads can provide additional operational flexibility (e.g., load flexibility) to the transmission system.

Panelists

• Joseph Bowring, Independent Market Monitor for PJM
• Pallas LeeVanSchaick, Vice President, Potomac Economics
• Karen Onaran, President & CEO, Electricity Consumers Resource Council
• Brian George, US Federal Lead, Global Energy Market Development, Google
• Kyle Hannah, Director, Electric Transmission Strategic Initiatives, Dominion Energy Statement
• Dave Weaver, Vice President of Transmission Strategy, Exelon Utilities Comments and Appendix
• Mason Emnett, SVP, Public Policy, Constellation
• Cole Muller, Executive Vice President, Strategic Ventures, Talen Energy Corporation | Statement
• J. Arnold Quinn, Senior Vice President, Regulatory Policy, Vistra
• Marjorie Rosenbluth Philips, Sr. VP, Wholesale Market Policy, LS Power Development, LLC

1:30 pm – 1:40 pm

Break

1:40pm – 2:40 pm

Panel 3:  Roundtable with State Representatives 

This panel will be a roundtable with state Public Utility Commissioners, consumer advocates, and other state representatives that will reflect on discussions in the first two panels, as well as explore issues pertaining to affordability, consumer impacts, environmental justice, state policy issues associated with large co-located load arrangements, including retail and wholesale issues such as financial subsidies, or other policy considerations.  State policy issues may include but are not limited to policies that support the development of large loads as economic investments, policies restricting the development of large co-located loads, and policies regarding retail contracts and tariffs relevant to co-locating large loads.  The panelists will also discuss the interaction between state and federal jurisdiction as they relate to large co-located loads and how the Commission can best work with states on these emerging issues.

Panelists

• Katie Fry Hester, Senator, Maryland State Senate | Comments
• Emile C. Thompson, Chairman, Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia
• Sarah Moskowitz, Executive Director, Citizens Utility Board of Illinois
• Stephen M. DeFrank, Chairman, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission | Statement | Opening Comments
• Sarah Freeman, Commissioner, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission

2:40 pm – 3:00 pm

Closing Remarks