80 FR 12162 - FortisUS Energy Corporation, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, Tucson Electric Power Company, UNS Electric, Inc., UniSource Energy Development Company; Notice of Institution of Section 206 Proceeding and Refund Effective Date

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 44 (March 6, 2015)

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FR Document		2015-05254

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 44 (Friday, March 6, 2015)

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[FR Doc No: 2015-05254]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL15-42-000]


FortisUS Energy Corporation, Central Hudson Gas & Electric 
Corporation, Tucson Electric Power Company, UNS Electric, Inc., 
UniSource Energy Development Company; Notice of Institution of Section 
206 Proceeding and Refund Effective Date

    On February 27, 2015, the Commission issued an order in Docket No. 
EL15-42-000, pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 
U.S.C. 824e (2012), instituting an investigation concerning the 
justness and reasonableness of the Fortis MBR Sellers' market-based 
rates in the Tucson Electric balancing authority area.\1\ FortisUS 
Energy Corporation, et al., 150 FERC ] 61,153 (2015).
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    \1\ For the purpose of this filing, the Fortis MBR Sellers 
include: FortisUS Energy Corporation; Central Hudson Gas and 
Electric Corporation; Tucson Electric Power Company (Tucson 
Electric); UNS Electric, Inc.; and UniSource Energy Development 
Company.
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    The refund effective date in Docket No. EL15-42-000, established 
pursuant to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the date of publication 
of this notice in the Federal Register.

    Dated: February 27, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-05254 Filed 3-5-15; 8:45 am]
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—Energy Imbalance Market Transitional DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY l. Deadline for filing additional study
Committee requests and requests for cooperating
Federal Energy Regulatory agency status: April 14, 2015.
—Market Update
Commission The Commission strongly encourages
Sponsored by the CAISO, the [Project No. 12635–002]
electronic filing. Please file additional
teleconferences are open to all market study requests and requests for
participants and staff’s attendance is Moriah Hydro Corporation; Notice of cooperating agency status using the
part of the Commission’s ongoing Application Tendered for Filing With Commission’s eFiling system at http://
outreach efforts. The teleconferences the Commission and Soliciting www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For
may discuss matters at issue in the Additional Study Requests assistance, please contact FERC Online
above captioned dockets. Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
February 27, 2015. ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or
For further information, contact Saeed Take notice that the following (202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of
Farrokhpay at saeed.farrokhpay@ hydroelectric application has been filed electronic filing, please send a paper
ferc.gov (916) 294–0322. with the Commission and is available copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy
Dated: February 27, 2015. for public inspection. Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
a. Type of Application: Original Major NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
License. page of any filing should include docket
Deputy Secretary. b. Project No.: 12635–002. number P–12635–002.
[FR Doc. 2015–05246 Filed 3–5–15; 8:45 am] c. Date filed: February 13, 2015 . m. The application is not ready for
BILLING CODE 6717–01P d. Applicant: Moriah Hydro environmental analysis at this time.
Corporation. n. The proposed project consists of:
e. Name of Project: Mineville Energy (1) An upper reservoir located within
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Storage Project. the upper portion of the mine between
f. Location: The project would be elevations 495 and 1,095 feet above
Federal Energy Regulatory located in an abandoned subterranean mean sea level (msl), with a surface area
Commission mine complex 1 in the town of Moriah, of 4 acres and a storage capacity of 2,448
Essex County, New York. No federal acre-feet; (2) a lower reservoir in the
lands are occupied by project works or lower portion of the mine between
[Docket No. EL15–42–000]
located within the project boundary. elevations -1,075 and -1,555 feet msl,
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
FortisUS Energy Corporation, Central with a surface area of 5.1 acres and a
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, h. Applicant Contact: James A. Besha, storage capacity of 2,448 acre-feet; (3) a
Tucson Electric Power Company, UNS P.E., President, Moriah Hydro 14-foot-diameter and 2,955-foot-long
Electric, Inc., UniSource Energy Corporation, 5 Washington Square, upper reservoir shaft connecting the
Development Company; Notice of Albany, NY 12205; or at (518) 456–7712. upper reservoir to the high-pressure
Institution of Section 206 Proceeding i. FERC Contact: John Mudre, (202) penstock located below the powerhouse
and Refund Effective Date 502–8902 or john.mudre@ferc.gov. chamber floor; (4) a 14-foot-diameter
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, and 2,955-foot-long lower reservoir shaft
On February 27, 2015, the local, and tribal agencies with connecting the lower reservoir and the
jurisdiction and/or special expertise lower reservoir ventilation tunnel; (5)
Commission issued an order in Docket
with respect to environmental issues two 6-foot-diameter emergency
No. EL15–42–000, pursuant to section evacuation shafts located between the
206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 that wish to cooperate in the
preparation of the environmental powerhouse chamber and the electrical
U.S.C. 824e (2012), instituting an equipment chamber; (6) a 25-foot-
investigation concerning the justness document should follow the
instructions for filing such requests diameter main shaft extending 2,955
and reasonableness of the Fortis MBR feet from the surface down to the
Sellers’ market-based rates in the described in item l below. Cooperating
agencies should note the Commission’s powerhouse chamber; (7) 15-foot-
Tucson Electric balancing authority diameter high- and low-pressure steel
policy that agencies that cooperate in
area.1 FortisUS Energy Corporation, et penstocks embedded beneath the
the preparation of the environmental
al., 150 FERC ¶ 61,153 (2015). powerhouse chamber floor; (8) a 320-
document cannot also intervene. See, 94
The refund effective date in Docket FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). foot-long by 80-foot-wide powerhouse
No. EL15–42–000, established pursuant k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 chamber, containing 100 reversible
to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if pump-turbine units, each with a
date of publication of this notice in the any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or nameplate generating capacity of 2.4
person believes that an additional megawatts; (9) a 274-foot-long by 36-
Federal Register.
scientific study should be conducted in foot-wide underground electrical
Dated: February 27, 2015. equipment chamber adjacent to the
order to form an adequate factual basis
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., for a complete analysis of the powerhouse chamber; (10) an inclined
Deputy Secretary. application on its merit, the resource electrical tunnel connecting the
electrical equipment chamber to a new
[FR Doc. 2015–05254 Filed 3–5–15; 8:45 am] agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file
115-kilovolt (kV) substation constructed
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P a request for a study with the
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

adjacent to an existing single circuit
Commission not later than 60 days from
115-kV transmission line located about
the date of filing of the application, and
one horizontal mile from the
1 For the purpose of this filing, the Fortis MBR serve a copy of the request on the
underground powerhouse chamber; and
Sellers include: FortisUS Energy Corporation; applicant.
Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation;
(11) appurtenant facilities. The project
Tucson Electric Power Company (Tucson Electric); 1 The existing mine complex is composed of the would operate as a closed-loop system
UNS Electric, Inc.; and UniSource Energy interconnected Old Bed, Bonanza open pit, and to meet energy demands and grid
Development Company. Harmony mines. control requirements. The project would

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80 FR 12162 - FortisUS Energy Corporation, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, Tucson Electric Power Company, UNS Electric, Inc., UniSource Energy Development Company; Notice of Institution of Section 206 Proceeding and Refund Effective Date

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 44 (March 6, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission