On June 16, 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) issued an order affirming the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) determination that two owners and operators of wind generating facilities, Cedar Creek Wind Energy, LLC (Cedar Creek) and Milford Wind Corridor Phase I, LLC (Milford), are properly registered with NERC as Transmission Owners (TO) and Transmission Operators (TOP) based on their ownership and operation of interconnection facilities. In reaching this decision, FERC highlighted the “reliability gap” that would occur if the owner and operator of the interconnection facilities were not required to follow certain TO and TOP Reliability Standards.