Examples of Serial Study Group in a sentence
The objective of this Appendix 8 to the Generator Interconnection Procedures (GIP) is to implement the requirements for interconnecting to the CAISO Controlled Grid those Generating Facilities assigned to the SGIP Serial Study Group or SGIP Transition Cluster.
The need for this waiver arises from the fact that the Serial Study Group, Transition Cluster, and the Initial GIPR Cluster must be studied sequentially and the processing timelines for the Serial Study Group and Transition Cluster exceed 180 days.
Based on these criteria, the Serial Study Group is projected to include 85 of the projects in the queue, 60 of which are in the serial study phase or later.
Based on the estimated timing to complete the Serial Study Group requests, CAISO expects to begin work on the Transition Cluster requests by November 2008, with all studies completed by July 2009.
CAISO submitted its reform proposal filing to FERC on July 28, 2008,24 and received approval on September 26, 2008.25 CAISO proposed three study groups as a transition strategy: the Serial Study Group, the Transition Cluster, and the Initial Generation Interconnection Process Reform (GIPR) Cluster.
The Serial Study Group will continue to be studied in accordance with the existing LGIP.
CAISO does not anticipate or intend on processing interconnection requests received during the initial queue cluster window until the interconnection requests submitted prior to June 2008 are fully studied as part of either the Serial Study Group or the Transition Cluster Study Group.
The Serial Study Group should include approximately 25 percent of the proposed renewable energy projects, slightly more than 12,000 MW.
According to Tariff Appendix Y, Appendix 8, Section 1.2.2, the "SGIP Serial Study Group" means those Interconnection Customers with valid Interconnection Requests submitted pursuant to Appendix S of the CAISO Tariff prior to December 18, 2010 and who executed System Impact Study or Facilities Study Agreements that provide for the completion of such studies by December 18, 2010.
CAISO plans to suspend the study activities for those projects in the Transition Cluster until all studies in the Serial Study Group are completed, expected to be about July 2009.All interconnection requests that are received by CAISO after June 2, 2008, will be placed in the Initial GIPR Cluster study group and subject to a temporary suspension.