Integrys Complains That Competitor Needs Ferc Rate Approval To Serve Maine Market

摘要

New Brunswick Power Generation lacks the necessary market-based rate authority to meet its recently awarded right to serve certain retail load in Northern Maine, according to a February 2 complaint.rnAlthough the company obtained FERC approval for market-based rate authority last fall, the commission's review looked only at the ISO New England market and not the area covered by Northern Maine Independent System Administrator (NMISA), alleges Integrys Energy Services.rnCiting a 2005 FERC order, the complaint (EL09-32) observed that entities serving retail customers in Northern Maine via NMISA must have market-based rate authority from FERC. The Maine Public Utilities Commission late last month awarded NBP Generation the right to provide standard offer service (SOS) to residential, small commercial and medium customers in Maine Public Service's territory beginning March 1.