FERC accepts revised interconnect for 78-MW Black Oak Wind project in Minnesota

September 23, 2015 Barry Cassell Generation

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Sept. 22 accepted a July 29 filing by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator of an Amended and Restated Generator Interconnection Agreement with Black Oak Wind LLC and transmission owner Northern States Power that pushes back by a few months the commercial operation target date for Black Oak Wind’s 78-MW project in Minnesota.

In September 2014, MISO filed the original interconnection agreement for this project, with the July 29 filing being the third revision. Under the latest revision, the new commercial operation date is pushed back from a prior Dec. 15, 2015, to a current July 1, 2016.

Black Oak Wind plans a 78-MW wind farm composed of 39 Vestas V110-2.0 wind turbine generators, nominally rated at 2 MW each. This project is a combination of two prior queue numbers (G858 and H071) issued by MISO.

A project contact is: Black Oak Wind LLC c/o Sempra U.S. Gas & Power LLC, 101 Ash Street, HQ14C, San Diego, CA 92101, Attn: Director–Asset Management, Fax: (619) 696-4906, dgrazda@semprausgp.com.

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Barry Cassell is Chief Analyst for GenerationHub covering coal and emission controls issues, projects and policy. He has covered the coal and power generation industry for more than 24 years, beginning in November 2011 at GenerationHub and prior to that as editor of SNL Energy’s Coal Report. He was formerly with Coal Outlook for 15 years as the publication’s editor and contributing writer, and prior to that he was editor of Coal & Synfuels Technology and associate editor of The Energy Report. He has a bachelor’s degree from Central Michigan University.