80 FR 51799 - Combined Notice of Filings #2
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 165 (August 26, 2015)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 165 (August 26, 2015)
| Page Range | 51799-51800 | |
| FR Document | 2015-21110 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 165 (Wednesday, August 26, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 51799-51800] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-21110] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings #2 Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings: Docket Numbers: ER14-108-000. Applicants: Entergy Arkansas, Inc., Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C., Entergy Mississippi, Inc., Entergy New Orleans, Inc., Entergy Texas, Inc., Entergy Louisiana, LLC. Description: Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. submits tariff filing per 35.19a(b): Refund Report [Corrected] to be effective N/A. Filed Date: 8/19/15. Accession Number: 20150819-5064. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/15. Docket Numbers: ER15-2484-000. Applicants: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. Description: Section 205(d) Rate Filing: Service Agreement No. 4218; Queue No. AA1-065 (ICSA) to be effective 7/20/2015. Filed Date: 8/19/15. Accession Number: 20150819-5092. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/15. Docket Numbers: ER15-2485-000. Applicants: Florida Power & Light Company. Description: Section 205(d) Rate Filing: FPL on Behalf of Cedar Bay Generating Company, Limited Partnership PPA (Tolling) to be effective 12/31/9998. Filed Date: 8/19/15. Accession Number: 20150819-5105. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/15. Docket Numbers: ER15-2486-000. Applicants: Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. Description: Section 205(d) Rate Filing: 2015-08-19_SA 743 ATC-WPSC 2nd Rev. G-TIA to be effective 8/20/2015. Filed Date: 8/19/15. Accession Number: 20150819-5113. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/15. Docket Numbers: ER15-2487-000. Applicants: Alabama Power Company. Description: Section 205(d) Rate Filing: Duke Energy Renewables Solar SGIA Filing to be effective 8/5/2015. Filed Date: 8/19/15. Accession Number: 20150819-5115. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/15. Docket Numbers: ER15-2488-000. Applicants: MDU Resources Group, Inc. Description: Section 205(d) Rate Filing: Certificate of Concurrence--TCEA to be effective 10/17/2015. Filed Date: 8/19/15. Accession Number: 20150819-5168. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/15. Docket Numbers: ER15-2489-000. Applicants: MDU Resources Group, Inc. Description: Section 205(d) Rate Filing: Certificate of Concurrence--CMA to be effective 8/12/2015. Filed Date: 8/19/15. Accession Number: 20150819-5169. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/15. Docket Numbers: ER15-2490-000. Applicants: Puget Sound Energy, Inc. Description: Initial rate filing: Port of Seattle NITSA Amendment No 2 SA No 484 to be effective 2/1/2015. Filed Date: 8/19/15. Accession Number: 20150819-5165. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/15. Docket Numbers: ER15-2491-000. Applicants: MDU Resources Group, Inc. Description: Section 205(d) Rate Filing: Certificate of Concurrence--EF TCEA to be effective 10/17/2015. Filed Date: 8/19/15. Accession Number: 20150819-5167. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/15. Docket Numbers: ER15-2492-000. Applicants: Otter Tail Power Company. Description: Section 205(d) Rate Filing: Certificate of Concurrence to be effective 10/17/2015. Filed Date: 8/19/15. Accession Number: 20150819-5172. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/15. Docket Numbers: ER15-2493-000. Applicants: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. Description: Section 205(d) Rate Filing: Original Service Agreement No. 4244; Queue Position #Z1-081 to be effective 7/20/2015. Filed Date: 8/19/15. Accession Number: 20150819-5174. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/15. The filings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the links or querying the docket number. Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the proceeding. eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying facilities filings can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ [[Page 51800]] docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502-8659. Dated: August 19, 2015. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015-21110 Filed 8-25-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Filed Date: 8/19/15.
Inc. Accession Number: 20150819–5168.
Description: Section 205(d) Rate Federal Energy Regulatory Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/15.
Filing: 1894R4 Westar Energy, Inc. Commission Docket Numbers: ER15–2489–000.
NITSA and NOA to be effective 8/1/ Applicants: MDU Resources Group,
2015. Combined Notice of Filings #2
Inc.
Filed Date: 8/20/15. Take notice that the Commission Description: Section 205(d) Rate
Accession Number: 20150820–5159. received the following electric rate Filing: Certificate of Concurrence—CMA
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/10/15. filings: to be effective 8/12/2015.
Docket Numbers: ER15–2497–000. Docket Numbers: ER14–108–000. Filed Date: 8/19/15.
Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Applicants: Entergy Arkansas, Inc., Accession Number: 20150819–5169.
Inc. Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C., Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/15.
Description: Section 205(d) Rate Entergy Mississippi, Inc., Entergy New Docket Numbers: ER15–2490–000.
Filing: 2066R4 Westar Energy, Inc. Orleans, Inc., Entergy Texas, Inc., Applicants: Puget Sound Energy, Inc.
NITSA and NOA to be effective 8/1/ Entergy Louisiana, LLC. Description: Initial rate filing: Port of
2015. Description: Midcontinent Seattle NITSA Amendment No 2 SA No
Filed Date: 8/20/15. Independent System Operator, Inc. 484 to be effective 2/1/2015.
Accession Number: 20150820–5162. submits tariff filing per 35.19a(b): Filed Date: 8/19/15.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/10/15. Refund Report [Corrected] to be Accession Number: 20150819–5165.
Docket Numbers: ER15–2498–000. effective N/A. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/15.
Filed Date: 8/19/15. Docket Numbers: ER15–2491–000.
Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Accession Number: 20150819–5064.
Inc. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/15. Applicants: MDU Resources Group,
Description: Section 205(d) Rate Inc.
Docket Numbers: ER15–2484–000. Description: Section 205(d) Rate
Filing: 2491R3 Westar Energy, Inc. Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
NITSA and NOA to be effective 8/1/ Filing: Certificate of Concurrence—EF
L.L.C.
2015. Description: Section 205(d) Rate TCEA to be effective 10/17/2015.
Filed Date: 8/20/15. Filing: Service Agreement No. 4218; Filed Date: 8/19/15.
Accession Number: 20150820–5177. Queue No. AA1–065 (ICSA) to be Accession Number: 20150819–5167.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/10/15. effective 7/20/2015. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/15.
Take notice that the Commission Filed Date: 8/19/15. Docket Numbers: ER15–2492–000.
received the following public utility Accession Number: 20150819–5092. Applicants: Otter Tail Power
holding company filings: Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/15. Company.
Docket Numbers: PH15–18–000. Docket Numbers: ER15–2485–000. Description: Section 205(d) Rate
Applicants: arGo Partners GP LLC. Applicants: Florida Power & Light Filing: Certificate of Concurrence to be
Description: arGo Partners GP LLC Company. effective 10/17/2015.
submits FERC 65–B Waiver Notification. Description: Section 205(d) Rate Filed Date: 8/19/15.
Filed Date: 8/20/15. Filing: FPL on Behalf of Cedar Bay Accession Number: 20150819–5172.
Generating Company, Limited Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/15.
Accession Number: 20150820–5157.
Partnership PPA (Tolling) to be effective Docket Numbers: ER15–2493–000.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/10/15.
12/31/9998. Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
The filings are accessible in the Filed Date: 8/19/15. L.L.C.
Commission’s eLibrary system by Accession Number: 20150819–5105. Description: Section 205(d) Rate
clicking on the links or querying the Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/15. Filing: Original Service Agreement No.
docket number. Docket Numbers: ER15–2486–000. 4244; Queue Position #Z1–081 to be
Any person desiring to intervene or Applicants: Midcontinent effective 7/20/2015.
protest in any of the above proceedings Independent System Operator, Inc. Filed Date: 8/19/15.
must file in accordance with Rules 211 Description: Section 205(d) Rate Accession Number: 20150819–5174.
and 214 of the Commission’s Filing: 2015–08–19_SA 743 ATC–WPSC Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/15.
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 2nd Rev. G–TIA to be effective 8/20/
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 2015. The filings are accessible in the
time on the specified comment date. Filed Date: 8/19/15. Commission’s eLibrary system by
Protests may be considered, but Accession Number: 20150819–5113. clicking on the links or querying the
intervention is necessary to become a Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/15. docket number.
party to the proceeding. Docket Numbers: ER15–2487–000. Any person desiring to intervene or
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed Applicants: Alabama Power protest in any of the above proceedings
information relating to filing Company. must file in accordance with Rules 211
requirements, interventions, protests, Description: Section 205(d) Rate and 214 of the Commission’s
service, and qualifying facilities filings Filing: Duke Energy Renewables Solar Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ SGIA Filing to be effective 8/5/2015. 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For Filed Date: 8/19/15. time on the specified comment date.
other information, call (866) 208–3676 Accession Number: 20150819–5115. Protests may be considered, but
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(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/15. intervention is necessary to become a
Docket Numbers: ER15–2488–000. party to the proceeding.
Dated: August 20, 2015. eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
Applicants: MDU Resources Group,
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Inc. information relating to filing
Deputy Secretary. Description: Section 205(d) Rate requirements, interventions, protests,
[FR Doc. 2015–21111 Filed 8–25–15; 8:45 am] Filing: Certificate of Concurrence— service, and qualifying facilities filings
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P TCEA to be effective 10/17/2015. can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
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docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Western and mitigation measures in reducing
other information, call (866) 208–3676 and the Service, as joint lead agencies, potential impacts. Impacts and
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. prepared the Upper Great Plains Wind mitigation have been analyzed for each
Dated: August 19, 2015. Energy Draft and Final PEIS (DOE/EIS– environmental resource, and all
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
0408), the Final PEIS being issued May components of wind energy projects
1, 2015 (80 FR 24915), in response to an have been addressed, including
Deputy Secretary.
increase in wind energy development turbines, transformers, collector lines,
[FR Doc. 2015–21110 Filed 8–25–15; 8:45 am] and interconnection requests. Western overhead lines, access roads, substation
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P and the Service have interests in installations, and operational and
streamlining their procedures for maintenance activities. Many of the
conducting environmental reviews of potential impacts resulting from
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY wind energy applications by constructing and operating these types
Western Area Power Administration implementing standardized evaluation of wind energy infrastructure are well
procedures and identifying measures to known from existing wind energy
Record of Decision for Upper Great address potential environmental generation projects. The environmental
Plains Wind Energy Final impacts associated with wind energy procedures and mitigation strategies
Programmatic Environmental Impact projects in the Upper Great Plains developed have been structured to be
Statement (DOE/EIS–0408) Region (UGP Region), which consistent with Western’s Open Access
encompasses all or parts of the states of Transmission Service Tariff and
AGENCY: Western Area Power Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Southwest Power Pool, Inc.’s (SPP)
Administration, DOE. North Dakota, and South Dakota. Since Open Access Transmission Tariff, both
ACTION: Record of Decision. formalizing the process and procedures of which include environmental review
for environmental reviews would be provisions.1
SUMMARY: The Western Area Power Federal actions, Western and the In addition to the PEIS, Western and
Administration (Western) and the U.S. Service prepared the PEIS in accordance the Service engaged in informal
Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), as with the National Environmental Policy consultation under Section 7 of the
joint lead agencies, issued the Upper Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321– ESA, 16 U.S.C. 1536, in support of the
Great Plains Wind Energy Final 4347), as amended, and the Council on PEIS process. A programmatic biological
Programmatic Environmental Impact Environmental Quality (CEQ) NEPA assessment (Programmatic BA) was
Statement (Final PEIS) (DOE/EIS–0408) regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508). prepared for listed and candidate
on May 1, 2015. Western has decided to The Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of species occurring in the UGP Region.
implement Alternative 1 as described in Indian Affairs, and the Rural Utilities Development of the Programmatic BA
the Final PEIS and summarized in this Service have participated in the was closely coordinated with the
Record of Decision (ROD). Alternative 1 development of the PEIS as cooperating Service’s North Dakota Ecological
was identified as both the agency agencies. Services Field Office. That office issued
preferred alternative and the Western and the Service have a letter of concurrence with the
environmentally preferred alternative. cooperatively prepared the PEIS to: (1) Programmatic BA on July 7, 2015, as a
Assess the potential environmental result of this consultation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
impacts associated with wind energy The agencies also investigated a
information on Western’s proposed projects within the UGP Region that
programmatic environmental evaluation programmatic approach to Section 106
may interconnect to Western’s
procedures for wind energy project consultation under the National Historic
transmission system, or that may
interconnections and general Preservation Act (NHPA), 54 U.S.C.
propose placement of project elements
information about interconnections with 306108. Since Section 106 consultation
on grassland or wetland easements
Western’s transmission system, contact is highly site-specific, it was determined
managed by the Service; and (2)
Matt Marsh, Regional Environmental that effective consultation could only be
evaluate how environmental impacts
Manager, Upper Great Plains Customer accomplished once an individual
would differ under alternative sets of
Service Region, Western Area Power project location was defined. However,
environmental evaluation procedures,
Administration, P.O. Box 35800, general avoidance and protection
best management practices, avoidance
Billings, MT 59107–5800, telephone strategies, and mitigation measures that measures for cultural resources and
(406) 255–2810, email mmarsh@ the agencies would request project historic properties that would be
wapa.gov. The Final PEIS, this ROD, developers to implement, as implemented were identified and
and other project documents are appropriate, for specific wind energy included in the analysis.
available for review on Western’s Web projects. Purpose and Need
site at https://www.wapa.gov/regions/ The objective of the PEIS is to
UGP/Environment/Pages/ugp-nepa.aspx proactively strengthen and streamline Western’s purpose and need for
and the project Web site at http:// the environmental review process by Federal action was presented in the
plainswindeis.anl.gov. having already analyzed and addressed Draft and Final PEIS: Western needs to
For general information on the U.S. general environmental concerns while streamline the environmental review
Department of Energy (DOE) National specifically providing for Endangered process for wind energy project
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Species Act (ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et interconnection requests to help
process, please contact Carol M. seq.) compliance for wind development
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1 Western’s UGP Region has signed a membership
Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA projects that incorporate design agreement with SPP with a target date of
Policy and Compliance (GC–54), U.S. elements to reduce impacts. The PEIS transferring the functional control of its facilities in
Department of Energy, 1000 analyzes, to the extent practicable, the the eastern interconnection to SPP on October 1,
Independence Avenue SW., impacts resulting from development of 2015. Thereafter interconnection requests would be
pursuant to the SPP tariff. Revisions to the SPP
Washington, DC 20585, telephone (202) wind energy projects and the tariff incorporate Western’s requirement that it will
586–4600 or (800) 472–2756, email effectiveness of best management still perform NEPA reviews on interconnections
askNEPA@hq.doe.gov. practices, avoidance of sensitive areas, associated with its facilities.
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