2022-00570. Participation of Distributed Energy Resource Aggregations in Markets Operated by Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators; Notice of Request for Technical Conference

Take notice that on December 22, 2021, Voltus, Inc., pursuant to Rule 207 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207 (2021), filed a petition requesting that the Commission hold a technical conference regarding Order No. 2222.^[1] Voltus requests that the Commission convene a technical conference to collectively discuss key issues arising from the Order No. 2222 compliance proposals of the Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators, and subsequently provide direction to stakeholders either informally or via the issuance of a policy statement. Voltus proposes a technical conference occur in February or March 2022, after California Independent System Operator Corporation, New York Independent System Operator, Inc., PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., and ISO New England Inc. have filed their Order No. 2222 compliance proposals, but before Southwest Power Pool, Inc. and Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. file their proposals in April 2022.

This notice does not change the existing deadlines for submission of Order No. 2222 compliance filings.

Any person that wishes to comment on Voltus's petition in this proceeding must file comments in accordance with Rule 211 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.211 (2021). Comments will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken. Comments must be filed on or before the comment date.

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Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 7, 2022.

Dated: January 7, 2022.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

Footnotes

1.   Participation of Distributed Energy Resource Aggregations in Markets Operated by Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators, Order No. 2222, 172 FERC ¶ 61,247 (2020), order on reh'g, Order No. 2222-A, 174 FERC ¶ 61,197, order on reh'g, Order No. 2222-B, 175 FERC ¶ 61,227 (2021).