American Transmission Company Files Tariff, Rate Request With FERC.Business Editors WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2000 Creation of a consolidated electric transmission system with a single-zone rate for much of Wisconsin, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is the northern of the two major land masses that comprise the U.S. state of Michigan. It is commonly referred to simply as the Upper Peninsula, the U.P., or Upper Michigan, and more casually as the land "above the Bridge". and a small portion of Illinois is a major step closer to reality. American Transmission Company LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control filed its Open Access Transmission Tariff under Section 205 of the Federal Power Act late Monday. "ATC ATC Air Traffic Control ATC Average Total Cost ATC Certified Athletic Trainer ATC At the Center (Hartford, Maine retreat center) ATC Applied Technology Council ATC All Things Considered will eliminate rate-pancaking across its service area by establishing a single system for rates and operations," explains ATC CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Jose Delgado. "Transmission customers will have access to one-stop shopping for transmission service, ancillary services and wholesale distribution service over an area that presently is served by the transmission systems participating in ATC." In filing its request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the United States federal agency with jurisdiction over electricity sales, wholesale electric rates, hydroelectric licensing, natural gas pricing, and oil pipeline rates. , ATC details additional benefits, including the creation of a single-purpose company with clear economic incentives to provide comparable service to all transmission users and to make the necessary expansions to the transmission grid to assure electric reliability. "ATC aims to improve reliability and help create a competitive electric market," Delgado notes, "by establishing a single entity with wider operating scope, greater operating efficiencies and more capability of providing customers with greater access to generation sources at a single-zone rate." The ATC tariff is patterned after the Midwest Independent System Operator's Open Access Tariff, which was accepted by FERC FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC FEMA Emergency Response Capability in 1998. ATC's proposed rates are calculated using substantially the same rate formula used in the MISO tariff, subject to a five-year phase-in period to merge the original individual transmission tariffs into ATC's single-zone rate. ATC does not propose to qualify as a regional transmission organization  This August 2006 is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one or [ improve this article] yourself. See the talk page for details. under FERC's Order 2000. Rather, it will satisfy Order 2000 requirements by joining the MISO and operating under MISO authority when MISO begins operations in 2001. During the interim, ATC will administer its own tariff, providing transmission and ancillary services. Also contained in the filing is a detailed budget and testimony regarding finance, ratemaking rate·mak·ing n. The practice of establishing rates of payment, as for public transportation or utilities. rate , operations and revenue requirements. Copies of the documents contained in the FERC filing will be available at the ATC Web site, http://www.atcllc.com within a few days. Five Wisconsin-based electric companies are forming ATC, the nation's first, for-profit electric transmission company. Those companies include Alliant Energy, Madison Gas & Electric, Wisconsin Electric, Wisconsin Public Power Inc., and Wisconsin Public Service. |
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