Reactive Power Requirements for Non-Synchronous Generation
other · US Department of Energy · Published 2016-06-23 · Effective 2016-09-21 · 81 FR 40793
Document
Document number
2016-14764
Federal Register citation
81 FR 40793
CFR reference
18 CFR 35
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Department of Energy
Publication date
2016-06-23
Effective date
2016-09-21
Energy docket
Docket No. RM16-1-000
Abstract
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is eliminating the exemptions for wind generators from the requirement to provide reactive power by revising the pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Agreement (LGIA), Appendix G to the pro forma LGIA, and the pro forma Small Generator Interconnection Agreement (SGIA). As a result, all newly interconnecting non-synchronous generators will be required to provide reactive power at the high-side of the generator substation as a condition of interconnection as set forth in their LGIA or SGIA as of the effective date of this Final Rule.