
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Sept. 14 accepted a July 20 filing by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator of a Generator Interconnection Agreement with Tuscola Wind III LLC and interconnecting transmission owner International Transmission Co. d/b/a ITC Transmission for a 101-MW wind project in Tuscola County, Michigan.
MISO has designated this as Project No. J301 in its interconnection queue. This is a 101-MW net wind farm, with all studies performed at or below these outputs. The facility is to be composed of 59 General Electric 1.7-MW wind turbine units. The Point of Interconnection will be at the point where the lead line from the generating facility lands on the 345-kV bus at the new ITC J301 Interconnection Substation.
The project’s targeted commercial operations date under the GIA is Nov. 1, 2017.
A project contact is: Tuscola Wind III LLC c/o NextEra Energy Resources LLC, Attention: Business Management, 700 Universe Boulevard, Juno Beach, FL 33408, Telephone: 561-304-5641.