80 FR 52043 - Energy Resources USA Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 166 (August 27, 2015)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 166 (August 27, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-21261 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 166 (Thursday, August 27, 2015)] [Notices] [Page 52043] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-21261] [[Page 52043]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14687-000] Energy Resources USA Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On June 25, 2015, the Energy Resources USA Inc. filed an application for a preliminary permit under section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act proposing to study the feasibility of the proposed Lock and Dam No.11 Hydroelectric Project No. 14687-000, to be located at the existing Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 11 on the Mississippi River, near the City of Dubuque, in Grant County, Wisconsin. The Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 11 is owned by the United States government and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant the permit holder priority to file a license application during the permit term. A preliminary permit does not authorize the permit holder to perform any land-disturbing activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by others without the owners' express permission. The proposed project would consist of: (1) A new 770-foot-long by 300-foot-wide earthen intake area; (2) a new 220-foot by 90-foot concrete powerhouse containing four 2.5-megawatt hydropower turbine- generators having a total combined generating capacity of 10 megawatts; (3) one new 1000-foot-long by 220-foot-wide tailrace; (4) a new intake retaining wall and new tailrace retaining wall each measuring 85-foot- long by 43-foot-high by 3-foot-thick; (5) a new 50-foot by 60-foot switchyard; (6) a new 1.52-mile-long, 69-kilovolt transmission line; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The project would have an estimated annual generation of 119,655 megawatt-hours. Applicant Contact: Mr. Ander Gonzalez, 2655 Le Jeune Road, Suite 804, Coral Gables, Florida 33134; telephone +34 932523840. FERC Contact: Tyrone A. Williams, (202) 502-6331. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice. Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements of 18 CFR 4.36. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing applications using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at [email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502- 8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include docket number P-14687-000. More information about this project, including a copy of the application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P-14687) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at 1-866-208- 3676. Dated: August 20, 2015. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015-21261 Filed 8-26-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY comments, motions to intervene, notices jurisdictional services (including
of intent, and competing applications market-based power sales, cost-based
Federal Energy Regulatory using the Commission’s eFiling system power sales, and transmission service)
Commission at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ and providing transaction information
[Project No. 14687–000] efiling.asp. Commenters can submit (including rates) for short-term and
brief comments up to 6,000 characters, long-term power sales during the most
Energy Resources USA Inc.; Notice of without prior registration, using the recent calendar quarter.1
Preliminary Permit Application eComment system at http:// 2. The Commission requires sellers
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ with market-based rate authorization to
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and ecomment.asp. You must include your file Electric Quarterly Reports.2
Competing Applications name and contact information at the end Commission staff’s review of the
of your comments. For assistance, Electric Quarterly Report submittals
On June 25, 2015, the Energy please contact FERC Online Support at indicates that the following three public
Resources USA Inc. filed an application FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) utilities with market-based rate
for a preliminary permit under section 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 authorization have failed to file their
4(f) of the Federal Power Act proposing (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please Electric Quarterly Reports: M&R Energy
to study the feasibility of the proposed send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Resources Corp.; Reliable Power, LLC;
Lock and Dam No.11 Hydroelectric Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 and Susterra Energy, LLC. This order
Project No. 14687–000, to be located at First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. notifies these public utilities that their
the existing Mississippi River Lock and The first page of any filing should market-based rate authorizations will be
Dam No. 11 on the Mississippi River, include docket number P–14687–000. revoked unless they comply with the
near the City of Dubuque, in Grant More information about this project, Commission’s requirements within 15
County, Wisconsin. The Mississippi including a copy of the application, can days of the date of issuance of this
River Lock and Dam No. 11 is owned by be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ order.
the United States government and link of Commission’s Web site at 3. In Order No. 2001, the Commission
operated by the U.S. Army Corps of http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ stated that,
Engineers. elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number [i]f a public utility fails to file a[n] Electric
The sole purpose of a preliminary Quarterly Report (without an appropriate
(P–14687) in the docket number field to
permit, if issued, is to grant the permit request for extension), or fails to report an
access the document. For assistance,
holder priority to file a license agreement in a report, that public utility may
contact FERC Online Support at 1–866–
application during the permit term. A forfeit its market-based rate authority and
208–3676. may be required to file a new application for
preliminary permit does not authorize
the permit holder to perform any land- Dated: August 20, 2015. market-based rate authority if it wishes to
disturbing activities or otherwise enter Kimberly D. Bose, resume making sales at market-based rates.[3]
upon lands or waters owned by others Secretary. 4. The Commission further stated that,
without the owners’ express permission. [FR Doc. 2015–21261 Filed 8–26–15; 8:45 am] [o]nce this rule becomes effective, the
The proposed project would consist BILLING CODE 6717–01–P requirement to comply with this rule will
of: (1) A new 770-foot-long by 300-foot- supersede the conditions in public utilities’
wide earthen intake area; (2) a new 220- market-based rate authorizations, and failure
foot by 90-foot concrete powerhouse DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY to comply with the requirements of this rule
containing four 2.5-megawatt will subject public utilities to the same
hydropower turbine-generators having a Federal Energy Regulatory consequences they would face for not
Commission satisfying the conditions in their rate
total combined generating capacity of 10 authorizations, including possible revocation
megawatts; (3) one new 1000-foot-long [Docket Nos. ER02–2001–019, ER13–392–
by 220-foot-wide tailrace; (4) a new 000, ER11–4531–000, ER12–2514–000] 1 Revised Public Utility Filing Requirements,
intake retaining wall and new tailrace Order No. 2001, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,127, reh’g
retaining wall each measuring 85-foot- Electric Quarterly Reports: M&R denied, Order No. 2001–A, 100 FERC ¶ 61,074,
long by 43-foot-high by 3-foot-thick; (5) Energy Resources Corp., Reliable reh’g denied, Order No. 2001–B, 100 FERC ¶ 61,342,
order directing filing, Order No. 2001–C, 101 FERC
a new 50-foot by 60-foot switchyard; (6) Power, LLC, Susterra Energy, LLC; ¶ 61,314 (2002), order directing filing, Order No.
a new 1.52-mile-long, 69-kilovolt Order on Intent To Revoke Market- 2001–D, 102 FERC ¶ 61,334, order refining filing
transmission line; and (7) appurtenant Based Rate Authority requirements, Order No. 2001–E, 105 FERC ¶ 61,352
facilities. The project would have an (2003), order on clarification, Order No. 2001–F,
Before Commissioners: Norman C. Bay, 106 FERC ¶ 61,060 (2004), order revising filing
estimated annual generation of 119,655 requirements, Order No. 2001–G, 120 FERC
Chairman; Philip D. Moeller, Cheryl A.
megawatt-hours. ¶ 61,270, order on reh’g and clarification, Order No.
LaFleur, Tony Clark, and Colette D.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Ander Honorable.
2001–H, 121 FERC ¶ 61,289 (2007), order revising
Gonzalez, 2655 Le Jeune Road, Suite filing requirements, Order No. 2001–I, FERC Stats.
1. Section 205 of the Federal Power & Regs. ¶ 31,282 (2008).
804, Coral Gables, Florida 33134; 2 See, e.g., Market-Based Rates for Wholesale
telephone +34 932523840. Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824d (2012), and
Sales of Electric Energy, Capacity and Ancillary
FERC Contact: Tyrone A. Williams, 18 CFR part 35 (2015), require, among Services by Public Utilities, Order No. 697, FERC
(202) 502–6331. other things, that all rates, terms, and Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,252, at P 3, clarified, 121 FERC
Deadline for filing comments, motions conditions of jurisdictional services be ¶ 61,260 (2007), order on reh’g, Order No. 697–A,
to intervene, competing applications filed with the Commission. In Order No. FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,268, clarified, 124 FERC
rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
¶ 61,055, order on reh’g, Order No. 697–B, FERC
(without notices of intent), or notices of 2001, the Commission revised its public Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,285 (2008), order on reh’g, Order
intent to file competing applications: 60 utility filing requirements and No. 697–C, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,291 (2009),
days from the issuance of this notice. established a requirement for public order on reh’g, Order No. 697–D, FERC Stats. &
Competing applications and notices of utilities, including power marketers, to Regs. ¶ 31,305 (2010), aff’d sub nom. Mont.
Consumer Counsel v. FERC, 659 F.3d 910 (9th Cir.
intent must meet the requirements of 18 file Electric Quarterly Reports 2011), cert. denied, 133 S. Ct. 26 (2012).
CFR 4.36. The Commission strongly summarizing the contractual terms and 3 Order No. 2001, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,127 at
encourages electronic filing. Please file conditions in their agreements for all P 222.
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