80 FR 78219 - Grid Assurance LLC; Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 241 (December 16, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 241 (Wednesday, December 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 78219]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31610]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL16-20-000]


Grid Assurance LLC; Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order

    Take notice that on December 4, 2015, pursuant to Rule 207(a)(2) of 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission's (Commission), 18 CFR 385.207(a)(2)(2015), Grid 
Assurance LLC filed a petition for declaratory order making regulatory 
findings for the benefit of the prospective subscribers to the spare 
transmission equipment service that will be offered by Grid Assurance. 
Grid Assurance seeks to address a critical national security need--
enhancing the resiliency of the bulk power system in the event of a 
catastrophic event such as a natural disaster or an attack, by making 
critical replacement equipment for the transmission grid readily 
available to transmission owners in the United States and Canada, as 
more fully explained in the petition.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in this proceeding 
must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or 
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. 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. 
Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of 
that document on the Petitioner.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and 
interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at http://www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet 
access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an 
intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the 
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the 
intervention or protests.
    Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 
5 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The filings in the above proceeding are accessible in the 
Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the 
above list. They are also 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] 
call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on December 28, 2015.

    Dated: December 10, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-31610 Filed 12-15-15; 8:45 am]
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