80 FR 63754 - City of Rochester, Minnesota Board of Public Utilities; Notice of Filing

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 203 (October 21, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 203 (Wednesday, October 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 63754]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26730]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. TS15-3-000]


City of Rochester, Minnesota Board of Public Utilities; Notice of 
Filing

    Take notice that on September 25, 2015, pursuant to section 
358.1(d) of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission),\1\ 
the City of Rochester, Minnesota Board of Public Utilities filed a 
motion requesting that the Commission waive the Standards of Conduct 
requirements that may apply to RPU under Part 358 of the Commission's 
regulations \2\ and Order Nos. 717,\3\ 888,\4\ 889,\5\ and 2004.\6\ RPU 
meets the definition of a small utility in that it sells less than 4 
million MWh of electricity annually, thus qualifying for the requested 
waiver.
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    \1\ 18 CFR 359.1(d) (2015).
    \2\ 18 CFR part 358.
    \3\ Standards of Conduct for Transmission Providers, Order No. 
717, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,280 (2008), order on reh'g, Order No. 
717-A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,297, order on reh'g, Order No. 717-
B, 129 FERC ] 61,123 (2009), order on reh'g, Order No. 717-C, 131 
FERC ] 61,045 (2010).
    \4\ Promoting Wholesale Competition Through Open Access Non-
Discriminatory Transmission Services by Public Utilities; Recovery 
of Stranded Costs by Public Utilities and Transmitting Utilities, 
Order No. 888, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,036 (1996), order on reh'g, 
Order No. 888-A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,048, order on reh'g, Order 
No. 888-B, 81 FERC ] 61,248 (1997), order on reh'g, Order No. 888-C, 
82 FERC ] 61,046 (1998), aff'd in relevant part sub nom. 
Transmission Access Policy Study Group v. FERC, 225 F.3d 667 (D.C. 
Cir. 2000), aff'd sub nom. New York v. FERC, 535 U.S. 1 (2002) 
(Order No. 888).
    \5\ Open Access Same-Time Information System and Standards of 
Conduct, Order No. 889, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,035 (1996). Order 
on reh'g Order No. 889-A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,049 (1997), reh'g 
denied, Order No. 889-B. 81 FERC ] 61,253 (1997).
    \6\ Standard of Conduct for Transmission Providers, Order No. 
2004, 68 FR 69,134 (Dec. 11. 2003), FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31, 155 
(2003), order on reh'g, Order No. 2004-A, 69 FR 23,562 (Apr. 29, 
2004), FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,161 (2004), order on reh'g, Order 
No. 2004-B, 69 FR 48,371 (Aug. 10, 2004), FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31, 
166 (2004), order on reh'g, Order No. 2004-C, 70 FR 284 (Jan. 4, 
2005), FERC Stat. & Regs. 31, 172 (2004), order on reh'g, Order No. 
2004-D, 110 FERC 61,320 (2005), vacated in part sub nom, Nat'l Fuel 
Gas Supply Corp. v. FERC, 468 F.3d 831 (D.C. Cir. 2006).
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    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must 
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be 
considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to 
be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the 
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of 
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, 
motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. On or 
before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to 
intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and 
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an 
original and 5 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 
20426.
    This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 
``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's 
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription'' 
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email 
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For 
assistance with any FERC Online service, please email 
[email protected], or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on November 5, 2015.

    Dated: October 15, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-26730 Filed 10-20-15; 8:45 am]
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