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Docket-EO-05-01: Documents Concerning the 2005-2007 Emergency Reliability Orders Concerning the Potomac River Generating Station under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act

The Department of Energy hereby makes the following documents in DOE docket number EO-05-01 available to the public. This proceeding is separate from a proceeding before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) at FERC docket number EL05-145-000. Submissions to DOE's docket are not considered to be filed in the FERC docket, and actions taken in the docket before DOE have no bearing on actions taken by FERC in the docket before it. However, DOE's 12-20-05 Order does use documents filed in FERC's docket number EL05-145-000. FERC's docket can be accessed at http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/fercadvsearch.asp.

Please note that DOE's December 20, 2005 Order No. 202-05-03 concerning the operation of the Mirant power plant in Alexandria, VA expired on July 1, 2007, as there is no need for any extension of it since Pepco completed and made operational its two new 230kV lines into downtown Washington, DC on June 29, 2007.

Pepco's June 29, 2007 announcement concerning the completion and operation of these two new lines can be found at the "News and Information" portion of www.pepco.com.

Note that the date shown below for a document's posting may differ from the date the document was received by DOE. Material to be entered and posted into this docket may be emailed to lawrence.mansueti@hq.doe.gov or via fax 202-586-5860.

07-03-07 - DOE Order No. 202-07-03 Concerning Request for Rehearing of its December 20, 2005 Order No. 202-05-03 (PDF 327 KB)

06-22-07 - Pepco June 22 notification of planned 230kV Transmission Circuit Outage for June 24 (PDF 29 KB)

06-01-07 - DOE Letter to Mirant Concerning Plant Operations During the Month of June 2007 Needed to Ensure Grid Reliability (PDF 592 KB)

06-01-07 - Pepco May 31 notification of planned 230kV Transmission Circuit Outage (PDF 36 KB)

05-29-07 - Pepco Update on Current Construction Work and Mirant Generation Needs for Pepco's Planned June Line Outage (PDF 20 KB)

05-17-07 - Pepco Notice of Problems Requiring Changes to Previously Announced 230 kV Circuit Planned Outages (PDF 16 KB)

04-30-07 - Pepco Notice of Changes to Previously Announced 230 kV Circuit Planned Outages (PDF 24 KB)

04-27-07- March 2007 Monthly Report of Mirant to EPA (PDF 5 MB). As stated in its Nov. 22, 2006 Special Environmental Analysis, DOE will post Mirant's monthly reports that it files with EPA as required under EPA's June 2006 Administrative Consent Order concerning Mirant's Alexandria, VA power plant. Such monthly reports provide results of actual monitored emissions for the stated month.

04-10-07- Feb. 2007 Monthly Report of Mirant to EPA (PDF 6 MB). As stated in its Nov. 22, 2006 Special Environmental Analysis, DOE will post Mirant's monthly reports that it files with EPA as required under EPA's June 2006 Administrative Consent Order concerning Mirant's Alexandria, VA power plant. Such monthly reports provide results of actual monitored emissions for the stated month.

03-12-07- Jan. 2007 Monthly Report of Mirant to EPA (PDF 7 MB). As stated in its Nov. 22, 2006 Special Environmental Analysis, DOE will post Mirant's monthly reports that it files with EPA as required under EPA's June 2006 Administrative Consent Order concerning Mirant's Alexandria, VA power plant. Such monthly reports provide results of actual monitored emissions for the stated month.

02-16-07 - Pepco's Notice of February 20 - March 6 230kV Circuit Planned Outages This 2/20/07-3/6/07 outage was previously announced in Pepco's November 27, 2006 notice (PDF 14 KB)

02-12-07 - Pepco's Notice of Additional 230kV Circuit Planned Outages (PDF 24 KB)

01-31-07 - DOE Order No. 202-07-2 (PDF 91 KB)

These two comments were received after the Jan. 8, 2007 deadline for comments on DOE's Special Environmental Analysis (DOE/SEA-04), and will be considered to the extent practicable in DOE's decisionmaking concerning its Order 202-07-1 expiring on Feb. 1, 2007:

01-23-07- Dec 2006 Monthly Report of Mirant to EPA (PDF 7 MB). As stated in its Nov. 22, 2006 Special Environmental Analysis, DOE will post Mirant's monthly reports that it files with EPA as required under EPA's June 2006 Administrative Consent Order concerning Mirant's Alexandria, VA power plant. Such monthly reports provide results of actual monitored emissions for the stated month.

These seven comments were received in response to DOE providing the public an opportunity to comment on "DOE/SEA-04, Special Environmental Analysis: For Actions Taken Under U.S. Department of Energy Emergency Orders Regarding Operation of the Potomac River Generating Station in Alexandria, Virginia," as noted in the November 29, 2006 Federal Register as well as at this website on November 22, 2006:

01-09-07- Nov 2006 Monthly Report of Mirant to EPA (PDF 4.2 MB). As stated in its Nov. 22, 2006 Special Environmental Analysis, DOE will post Mirant's monthly reports that it files with EPA as required under EPA's June 2006 Administrative Consent Order concerning Mirant's Alexandria, VA power plant. Such monthly reports provide results of actual monitored emissions for the stated month.

11-27-06 - Pepco's Notice of 230kV Circuit Planned Outages (PDF 22 KB)

11-22-06 - DOE Order No. 202-07-01 Temporarily Extending DOE Order No. 202-05-3 (PDF 176 KB)

11-22-06- DOE's Special Environmental Analysis (SEA) (PDF 4 MB) For Actions Taken under U.S. Department of Energy Emergency Orders Regarding Operation of the Potomac River Generating Station in Alexandria, VA. The SEA is also available to the public on the DOE NEPA website at http://energy.gov/nepa/downloads/sea-04-special-environmental-analysis. DOE will also announce its availability in the Federal Register. Comments on the SEA are due by January 8, 2007 and should be directed to Mr. Anthony J. Como, SEA Document Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585, (o) 202-586-5935, (f) 202-287-5736, anthony.como@hq.doe.gov.

11-22-06 - Request by the District of Columbia Public Service Commission for Extension of DOE Order No. 202-05-3 (PDF 8.2 MB)

09-29-06 - DOE Order No. 202-06-2 Temporarily Extending DOE Order No. 202-05-3 (PDF 104 KB)

08-30-06 - DOE's Special Environmental Analysis (SEA) on potential impacts resulting from it's December 20, 2005 Order and potential future decision-making will not be completed by August 2006, as originally expected. DOE expects to make the SEA available to the public on the DOE NEPA website http://energy.gov/nepa/downloads/sea-04-special-environmental-analysis and this website on September 15, 2006. DOE will also announce its availability in the Federal Register. For background information, see the January 20, 2006 posting at this site titled "Federal Register Notice of DOE Emergency Action Under the National Environmental Policy Act".

06-02-06 - DOE letter to Mirant Concerning Plant Operations In Regards to EPA Administrative Order by Consent (PDF 256 KB)

06-01-06 - EPA Issues Administrative Order by Consent for Alexandria, VA power plant

05-26-06 - Pepco Notice of May 26-27, 2006 Transmission Maintenance Outage (PDF 20 KB)

05-25-06 - Letter from City of Alexandria Requesting DOE Immediately Rescind Authorization for Operation of Potomac River Generating Station Under Their Compliance Plan's "Option A" (PDF 799 KB)

04-17-06 - Pepco's Response to the City of Alexandria's Supplemental Comments Filed March 23, 2006 (PDF 1.2 MB)

03-24-06 - Supplemental Comments of Potomac Riverkeeper, Patuxent Riverkeeper, and Anacostia Riverkeeper at Earth Conservation Corps in Response to Feb. 17, 2006 DOE Order No. 202-06-1 (PDF 126 KB)

03-24-06 - Comments and Answer of Pepco to the Requests for Rehearing Submitted by the City of Alexandria and the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (PDF 1.3 MB)

03-24-06 - Comments of the District of Columbia Public Service Commission in Response to Feb. 17, 2006 DOE Order No. 202-06-1 (PDF 4 MB)

02-17-06 - DOE Order No. 202-06-1 in Response to Requests for Rehearing of DOE Dec. 20, 2005 DOE Order No. 202-05-3 (PDF 19 KB)

02-17-06 - Mirant Supplement No. 5 to Mirant Compliance Plan (PDF 124 KB)

  • Exhibit A: Modeling in Support of Additional Two Unit Operating Configurations (PDF 28 KB)
  • February 16 Revised Exhibit D to Mirant Compliance Plan - Revised Calendar of Potomac River Plant Operations (PDF 22 KB)

    • 02-09-06 - Pepco Notice of 230 kV Circuit Unplanned Outage on February 4 (PDF 534 KB)

    02-07-06 - Mirant Supplement No. 4 to Mirant Compliance Plan (PDF 66 KB)

    01-27-06 - Mirant Supplement No. 3 to Mirant Compliance Plan (PDF 62 KB)

    01-26-06 - DOE Response to Letter from Mary Celeste Hays Letter Regarding DOE December 20 Order (PDF 111 KB)

    01-26-06 - DOE Response to Letter from Alexandria Homeowners and Citizen Groups Regarding DOE December 20 Order (PDF 115 KB)

    01-20-06 - Federal Register Notice of DOE Emergency Action Under the National Environmental Policy Act (PDF 63 KB)

    01-20-06 - City of Alexandria Application for Rehearing (PDF 1.3 MB)

    01-20-06 - Commonwealth of Virginia Dept of Environmental Quality Petition for Rehearing and Clarification (PDF 426 KB)

    01-20-06 - District of Columbia Public Service Commission Preliminary Comments [on Mirant Compliance Plan] and Request for Rehearing/Clarification (PDF 3.1 MB)

    01-20-06 - Letter from Mary Celeste Hays Regarding DOE December 20 Order (PDF 100 KB)

    01-20-06 - Letter from Alexandria Homeowners and Citizen Groups Regarding DOE December 20 Order (PDF 13KB)

    01-20-06 - Mirant Supplement No.2 to Mirant Compliance Plan (PDF 98 KB)

    01-20-06 - PJM Interconnection LLC Preliminary Response to the Mirant Operating Plan (PDF 292 KB)

    01-20-06 - Mirant Supplement No.1 to Mirant Compliance Plan (PDF 40 KB)

    01-13-06 - Letter from Congressman Moran Concerning DOE Dec. 20 Order (PDF 145 KB)

    01-09-06 - Pepco's Preliminary Response to Mirant's December 3, 2005 Compliance Plan (PDF 1 MB)

    01-06-06 - Pepco Letter in Response to VA DEQ Letter Concerning Planned Outage (PDF 1.2 MB)

    01-06-06 - Letter from PJM Interconnection LLC Responding to VA DEQ and City of Alexandria Letters Concerning Planned Power Outages (PDF 93KB)

    01-06-06 - City of Alexandria Letter Concerning Planned Outages (PDF 161 KB)

    01-06-06 - City of Alexandria Letter Concerning DOE December 20, 2005 Order (PDF 205 KB)

    01-05-06 - Commonwealth of Virginia Dept of Environmental Quality Letter Concerning Pepco Planned Outages (PDF 47 KB)

    01-05-06 - Pepco Letter Concerning Planned Outages (PDF 303 KB) and 2nd Further Notice of 230kV Circuit Planned Outages (PDF 537 KB)

    01-04-06 - DOE Interim Response to Mirant Compliance Plan (PDF 128 KB)

    01-03-06 - Pepco's Further Notice of 230kV Circuit Planned Outages and Pepco Notice of 230 kV Circuit Planned Outages (PDF 1.3 MB)

    01-03-06 - Attached is the compliance plan and exhibit A, plus other exhibits and supporting modeling attachments, as submitted to DOE by Mirant as required by Ordering Paragraph D of DOE's December 20 order. As stated in DOE's order, DOE will review the compliance plan and order additional requirements if necessary. Any person wishing to submit comments to DOE on the compliance plan may do so by sending the comments to lawrence.mansueti@hq.doe.gov.

    Partial Modeling Results for Updates 5 and 6 to ENSR Modeling: Mirant Potomac River, LLC Compliance Plan -
    As per Compliance Plan, at the time of this submittal, only the SO2 results for the cases to be included in Update 5 have been completed. Tables are attached. The NO2 and PM10 results and an associated report are anticipated to be completed during the week of January 2, 2006. Similarly, the modeling to support Update 6 week of January 9, 2006. The SO2 result, however, is complete and is graphically presented as an isopleth (Exhibit B to the Operating Plan).

    Emergency Petitions and Complaints Docket-EO-05-01

    August - December 2005

    Note that the date shown below for a document's posting may differ from the date the document was received by DOE. Material to be entered and posted into this docket may be emailed to lawrence.mansueti@hq.doe.gov or via fax 202-586-5860.

    12-30-05 - DOE Answer to Procedural Questions Concerning Rehearing of DOE Order (PDF 13 KB)

    12-29-05 - Analysis by Oak Ridge National Laboratory Cited in DOE Order No. 202-05-03, "Washington DC Reliability Requirements and the Need to Operate Mirant’s Potomac River Generation Station to Support Local Area Reliability" (PDF 44 KB)

    12-20-05 - DOE Order No. 202-05-3 in Response to the Emergency Complaint and Petition of the DC Public Service Commission - Press Release (PDF 10 KB); DOE Order No. 202-05-3 (PDF 2.1 MB)

    12-19-05 - Letter from Elizabeth Chimento and Poul Hertel, Sullivan Environmental Consultants Review of Mirant Unit 1 Plan (PDF 20 KB)

    11-23-05 - Letter from Virginia DEQ to DOE (PDF 160 KB)

    11-21-05 - PEPCO requests DOE to enter into DOE Docket No. E0-05-01 these four documents it previously entered into FERC's Docket EL05-145:

    11-18-05 - Letter from Elizabeth Chimento and Poul Hertel to FERC (PDF 16 KB)

    11-15-05 - Letter from Elizabeth Chimento and Poul Hertel to FERC (PDF 16 KB)

    11-14-05 - Motion for Leave to File a Consolidated Answer and Consolidated Answer of Virginia DEQ (PDF 1.8 MB)

    11-11-05 - PEPCO Response to DOE Questions (PDF 577 KB)

    11-08-05 - Response of the DC PSC to Virginia DEQ and City of Alexandria (PDF 7.3 MB)

    10-12-05 - Motion of The Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (PDF 714 KB)

    10-07-05 - Motion to Intervene and Comments of the City of Alexandria, Virginia (PDF 78 KB)

    9-23-05 - Letter from PJM Interconnection LLC to the Department of Energy (PDF 1.1 MB)

    9-08-05 - Letter from PJM Interconnection LLC and PEPCO Holdings, Inc. to the Department of Energy (PDF 54 KB)

    9-07-05 - Letter from Mirant Corporation to the Department of Energy (with attachments) (PDF 233 KB)

    9-02-05 - Motion to Intervene and Comments of the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (PDF 61 KB)

    8-30-05 - Letter from the District of Columbia Public Service Commission to the Department of Energy (PDF 650 KB)

    8-29-05 - Letter from the Department of Energy to the District of Columbia Public Service Commission (PDF 75 KB)

    8-26-05 - Letter from PEPCO to the Department of Energy (PDF 55 KB)

    8-24-05 - Emergency Petition and Complaint of the District of Columbia Public Service Commission (PDF 2.6 MB)

     

    For more information, contact
    Larry Mansueti
    Permitting, Siting, & Analysis Division
    Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability
    U.S. Department of Energy
    Phone: 202-586-2588