80 FR 23520 - Application for Proposed Project for Clean Line Plains & Eastern Transmission Line
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 81 (April 28, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 23520-23522] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-09941] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [OE Docket No. TPF-01] Application for Proposed Project for Clean Line Plains & Eastern Transmission Line AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE. ACTION: Notice of Application. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) requests public comment on the first complete application submitted in response to its June 10, 2010 Request for Proposals for New or Upgraded Transmission Line Projects Under Section 1222 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 in the Federal Register (75 FR 32940) (2010 RFP). In response to the 2010 RFP, Clean Line Energy Partners, LLC, submitted an application for its Plains & Eastern Clean Line project. The project would include an overhead600-kilovolt (kV) high voltage, direct current electric transmission system and associated facilities with the capacity to deliver approximately 3,500 megawatts [[Page 23521]] primarily from renewable energy generation facilities in the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle regions to load-serving entities in the Mid-South and Southeast United States via an interconnection with the Tennessee Valley Authority electrical grid. DOE has concluded that Clean Line's application was responsive to the 2010 RFP and is making it available for public review. DATES: Comments on the application must be submitted on or before June 12, 2015. ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed as follows: 1222 Program, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE-20), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585. Electronic comments can be emailed to [email protected]. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Colamaria at 202-287-5387 or via electronic mail at [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 1222 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) (42 U.S.C. 16421), the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Southwestern Power Administration (Southwestern) or the Western Area Power Administration (Western), has the authority to design, develop, construct, operate, maintain, or own, or participate with other entities in designing, developing, constructing, operating, maintaining, or owning two types of projects: (a) Electric power transmission facilities and related facilities needed to upgrade existing transmission facilities owned by Southwestern or Western (42 U.S.C. 16421(a)), or (b) new electric power transmission facilities and related facilities located within any State in which Southwestern or Western operates (42 U.S.C. 16421(b)). In carrying out either type of section 1222 project (Project), the Secretary may accept and use funds contributed by another entity for the purpose of executing the Project (42 U.S.C. 16421(c)). In order to exercise the authority to engage in these activities under section 1222, the Secretary, in consultation with the applicable Power Marketing Administrator, must first determine that a proposed Project satisfies certain statutory criteria: i. The proposed Project must be either: (A) Located in an area designated under section 216(a) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824p(a)) and will reduce congestion of electric transmission in interstate commerce; or (B) Necessary to accommodate an actual or projected increase in demand for electric transmission capacity; ii. The proposed Project must be consistent with both: (A) Transmission needs identified, in a transmission expansion plan or otherwise, by the appropriate Transmission Organization (as defined in the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.) if any, or approved regional reliability organization; and (B) Efficient and reliable operation of the transmission grid; iii. The proposed Project will be operated in conformance with prudent utility practice; iv. The proposed Project will be operated by, or in conformance with the rules of, the appropriate Transmission Organization, if any; or if such an organization does not exist, regional reliability organization; and v. The proposed Project will not duplicate the functions of existing transmission facilities or proposed facilities which are the subject of ongoing or approved siting and related permitting proceedings. In June 2010, DOE issued Request for Proposals for New or Upgraded Transmission Line Projects Under Section 1222 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (75 FR 32940) (2010 RFP). To be responsive to the 2010 RFP, the application must demonstrate how the proposed Project meets all of the above statutory criteria, as well as several additional criteria, including, but not limited to, the following: 1. Whether the Project is in the public interest; 2. Whether the Project will facilitate the reliable delivery of power generated by renewable resources; 3. The benefits and impacts of the Project in each state it traverses, including economic and environmental factors; 4. The technical viability of the Project, considering engineering, electrical, and geographic factors; and 5. The financial viability of the Project. In response to the 2010 RFP, Clean Line Energy Partners LLC of Houston, Texas, the parent company of Plains and Eastern Clean Line LLC and Plains and Eastern Clean Line Oklahoma LLC (collectively referred to with its subsidiaries as Clean Line or the Applicant) submitted a proposal to DOE in July 2010 for the Plains & Eastern Clean Line Project. In August 2011, Clean Line modified the proposal. In December 2014, DOE requested additional information from the Applicant to supplement and update its original application. This ``Part II'' application and other documentation are now available for a 45-day public comment period. Clean Line proposes to construct an overhead 600- kilovolt (kV), high voltage direct current (HVDC) electric transmission system and associated facilities with the capacity to deliver approximately 3,500 megawatts primarily from renewable energy generation facilities in the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle regions to load-serving entities in the Mid-South and Southeast United States via an interconnection with the Tennessee Valley Authority electrical grid. Major associated facilities identified in the application consist of converter stations; an approximate 720-mile, 600kV HVDC transmission line; an alternating current (AC) collection system; and access roads. Clean Line requests that Southwestern participate in development of the facilities in Oklahoma and Arkansas. As part of their environmental review of the project pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), DOE has identified and analyzed potential environmental impacts for several additional alternatives. These alternatives include an Arkansas converter station (capable of supplying an additional 500 megawatts of energy into the Arkansas electrical grid) and alternative routes for the HVDC transmission line. Procedural Matters: Prior to making a determination whether or not to participate in the proposed Project, DOE, in consultation with Southwestern, must evaluate the proposed Project for compliance with section 1222 of EPAct, the criteria in the 2010 RFP, and NEPA. On December 21, 2012, DOE issued a Notice of Intent to Draft an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS; 77 FR 75623) pursuant to NEPA. On December 17, 2014, DOE issued a Notice of Availability and announced public hearings for the Draft EIS (79 FR 75132). DOE made the Draft EIS available on DOE's Plains & Eastern EIS Web site (www.PlainsandEasternEIS.com) and the DOE NEPA Web site (www.energy.gov/nepa). The Draft EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of participating in the proposed Project. DOE hosted fifteen public hearings across the proposed Project area. The public comment period for the NEPA review is scheduled to end on April 20, 2015. DOE will address the public comments in the Final EIS, which will inform the Department's determination. In addition to conducting a NEPA review, DOE is conducting due [[Page 23522]] diligence on other factors related to the statutory criteria identified above. DOE's review will include making all required statutory findings and will consider all criteria listed in section 1222 of EPAct, as well as all factors included in DOE's 2010 RFP. This due diligence is the reason for today's notice. DOE is requesting comments on whether the proposed Project meets the statutory criteria and the factors identified within the 2010 RFP. Any person may comment on the application by filing such comment at the address provided above. Copies of the application are available by accessing the program Web site at http://www.energy.gov/oe/services/electricity-policy-coordination-and-implementation/transmission-planning/section-1222-0. Issued in Washington, DC, on April 23, 2015. Patricia A. Hoffman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. [FR Doc. 2015-09941 Filed 4-27-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
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(GAN); or we may send you an email method of evaluation. Each grantee will Dated: April 23, 2015.
containing a link to access an electronic be required to provide, in its annual Deborah S. Delisle,
version of your GAN. We may notify performance and final reports, data Assistant Secretary for Elementary and
you informally, also. about its progress in meeting these Secondary Education.
If your application is not evaluated or measures. [FR Doc. 2015–09832 Filed 4–27–15; 8:45 am]
not selected for funding, we notify you. 5. Continuation Awards: In making a BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
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Requirements: We identify 75.253, the Secretary considers, among
administrative and national policy other things: Whether a grantee has
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
requirements in the application package made substantial progress in achieving
and reference these and other the goals and objectives of the project; [OE Docket No. TPF–01]
requirements in the Applicable whether the grantee has expended funds
in a manner that is consistent with its Application for Proposed Project for
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining approved application and budget; and, Clean Line Plains & Eastern
the terms and conditions of an award in if the Secretary has established Transmission Line
the Applicable Regulations section of performance measurement AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery
this notice and include these and other requirements, the performance targets in and Energy Reliability, DOE.
specific conditions in the GAN. The the grantee’s approved application. In ACTION: Notice of Application.
GAN also incorporates your approved making a continuation grant, the
application as part of your binding Secretary also considers whether the SUMMARY: The Department of Energy
commitments under the grant. grantee is operating in compliance with (DOE) requests public comment on the
3. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a the assurances in its approved first complete application submitted in
grant under this competition, you must application, including those applicable response to its June 10, 2010 Request for
ensure that you have in place the to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit Proposals for New or Upgraded
necessary processes and systems to discrimination in programs or activities Transmission Line Projects Under
comply with the reporting requirements receiving Federal financial assistance Section 1222 of the Energy Policy Act of
in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 2005 in the Federal Register (75 FR
funding under the competition. This 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 32940) (2010 RFP). In response to the
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does not apply if you have an exception 2010 RFP, Clean Line Energy Partners,
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under 2 CFR 170.110(b). LLC, submitted an application for its
(b) At the end of your project period, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Plains & Eastern Clean Line project. The
you must submit a final performance David E. Emenheiser, U.S. Department project would include an overhead
report, including financial information, of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue ±600-kilovolt (kV) high voltage, direct
as directed by the Secretary. If you SW., Room 3W215, Washington, DC current electric transmission system and
receive a multi-year award, you must 20202. Telephone: (202) 260–1488 or by associated facilities with the capacity to
submit an annual performance report email: david.emenheiser@ed.gov. deliver approximately 3,500 megawatts
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required statutory findings and will Transmission, LLC Power Pool, Inc.
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diligence is the reason for today’s LLC Docket No. ER15–10, Southwest Power
notice. DOE is requesting comments on Docket No. EL11–34, Midcontinent Pool, Inc.
whether the proposed Project meets the Independent System Operator, Inc. Docket No. ER15–21, Southwest Power
statutory criteria and the factors Docket No. ER11–1844, Midcontinent Pool, Inc.
identified within the 2010 RFP. Independent System Operator, Inc.
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the address provided above. Copies of Docket No. EL12–28, Xcel Energy Docket No. ER15–509, Southwest Power
the application are available by Services Inc., et al. Pool, Inc.
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Independent System Operator, Inc. Docket No. ER15–879, Southwest Power
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 23,
2015.
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Pool, Inc. Docket No. ER15–929, Southwest Power
Patricia A. Hoffman,
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Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office Power Pool, Inc.
of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
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Commission Power Pool, Inc.
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Meetings Power Pool, Inc.
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Power Pool, Inc.
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Commission (Commission) hereby gives Docket No. EL14–30, Midcontinent Docket No. ER15–1293, Southwest
notice that members of its staff may Independent System Operator, Inc. Power Pool, Inc.
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Trustee (RE), Regional State Committee Energy, Inc.
(RSC), SPP Members Committee and Docket No. ER15–1340, Southwest
Docket No. ER14–67, Southwest Power Power Pool, Inc.
Board of Directors, as noted below. Pool, Inc.
Their attendance is part of the Docket No. ER14–781, Southwest Power Docket No. ER15–1370, Southwest
Commission’s ongoing outreach efforts. Pool, Inc. Power Pool, Inc.
All meetings will be held at the Tulsa Docket No. ER14–1174, Southwest Docket No. ER15–1401, Southwest
Hyatt Regency Downtown, 100 East Power Pool, Inc. Power Pool, Inc.
Second Street, Tulsa, OK 74103. Docket No. ER14–1713, Midcontinent Docket No. ER15–1414, Southwest
SPP RE Independent System Operator, Inc. Power Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER14–2022, Midcontinent
April 27, 2015 (8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.) Independent System Operator, Inc. These meetings are open to the
SPP RSC Docket No. ER14–2081, Southwest public.
Power Pool, Inc. For more information, contact Patrick
April 27, 2015 (1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.)
Docket No. ER14–2107, Southwest Clarey, Office of Energy Market
Power Pool, Inc.
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SPP Members/Board of Directors Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory
April 28, 2015 (8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.) Docket No. ER14–2363, Southwestern Commission at (317) 249–5937 or
Public Service Company patrick.clarey@ferc.gov.
The discussions may address matters Docket No. ER14–2399, Southwest
at issue in the following proceedings: Dated: April 16, 2015.
Power Pool, Inc.
Docket No. EL05–19, Southwestern Docket No. ER14–2445, Midcontinent Kimberly D. Bose,
Public Service Company Independent System Operator, Inc. Secretary.
Docket No. ER05–168, Southwestern Docket No. ER14–2553, Southwest [FR Doc. 2015–09749 Filed 4–27–15; 8:45 am]
Public Service Company Power Pool, Inc. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
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| FR Citation | 80 FR 23520 |
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