81_FR_28949 81 FR 28859 - Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order

81 FR 28859 - Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 90 (May 10, 2016)

Page Range28859-28860
FR Document2016-10907

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28859-28860]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10907]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 [Docket Nos. EL16-62-000]


Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of Petition for 
Declaratory Order

    Take notice that on April 28, 2016, pursuant to section 292.402 of 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 292.402 (2015), Golden Spread Electric 
Cooperative, Inc., (Golden Spread), on behalf of itself and its sixteen 
(16) distribution cooperative members-owners (collectively, 
Participating Members),\1\ filed a petition for a

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declaratory order requesting a partial waiver of certain obligations 
imposed on Golden Spread and the Participating Members under sections 
292.303(a) and 292.303(b) \2\ of the Commission's regulations 
implementing section 210 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act 
of 1978, all as more fully explained in the petition.
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    \1\ The Participating Members include: Bailey County Electric 
Cooperative Association; Big Country Electric Cooperative, Inc.; 
Coleman County Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Concho Valley Electric 
Cooperative, Inc.; Deaf Smith Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Greenbelt 
Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Lamb County Electric Cooperative, Inc.; 
Lighthouse Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Lyntegar Electric 
Cooperative, Inc.; North Plains Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Rita 
Blanca Electric Cooperative, Inc.; South Plains Electric 
Cooperative, Inc.; Southwest Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.; 
Swisher Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Taylor Electric Cooperative, 
Inc.; and Tri-County Electric Cooperative, Inc.
    \2\ 18 CFR 292.303(a) and 292.303(b).
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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 and 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. 
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 ``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 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 May 31, 2016.

    Dated: April 28, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-10907 Filed 5-9-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 90 / Tuesday, May 10, 2016 / Notices 28859 3. The factors that affect accuracy of 3. How to manage the effects of combined facility; (ii) the operational cost and schedule estimates and how project withdrawals from the understanding, telemetry, and metering estimate variances can be reduced. interconnection queue and possible best of the combined facility; and (iii) the 4. How other queued facilities that practices to keep the queue moving appropriate interconnection process for may impact an interconnection despite project withdrawal. The adding storage to an existing generation customer’s request are identified and appropriate balance between attempts to facility. when interconnection customers are prevent speculative projects from 4. Potential processes to facilitate the made aware of such facilities (e.g., a entering the queue and the recognition interconnection of electric storage lower-queued project being informed that the study process is designed to resources. that the withdrawal of a specific higher- iteratively provide information that 5. Interconnection of distribution- queued project may affect it). The project developers will use to decide level and aggregated electric storage challenges of identifying those facilities whether to proceed or withdraw resources that participate in the RTO that may impact an interconnection (possibly causing restudies). and ISO markets. request. 4. How transmission providers, Panelists: Panelists: transmission owners, and interconnection customers coordinate • David Egan, Manager— • Tim Aliff, Director of Reliability during the interconnection process, and Interconnection Projects, PJM Planning, Midcontinent Independent possible areas for improvement. Interconnection, L.L.C. System Operator, Inc. 5. Technologies, tools, or • Mason Emnett, Senior Attorney, • Dean Gosselin, Vice President of administrative processes that could NextEra Energy, Inc. Business Management Transmission improve the accuracy of cost and time Services, NextEra Energy Resources estimates, reduce the processing time, or • John Fernandes, Director, Policy & LLC increase the efficiency of the Market Development, RES Americas • Paul Kelly, Director, Federal interconnection queue process. • David Gabbard, Director, Electric Regulatory Policy, Northern Indiana Panelists: Generation Interconnection, Pacific Gas Public Service Company and Electric Company • Tim Aliff, Director of Reliability • Omar Martino, Director, Planning, Midcontinent Independent • Alan McBride, Director, Transmission, EDF Renewable Energy System Operator, Inc. Transmission Strategy and Services, ISO New England, Inc. • Alan McBride, Director, • David Angell, Customer Operations Transmission Strategy and Services, Planning Manager, Idaho Power • Stephen Rutty, Director of Grid ISO New England, Inc. Assets, California Independent System • Jennifer Ayers-Brasher, Director, Operator, Inc. • Stephen Rutty, Director of Grid Transmission & Market Analysis, E.ON Assets, California Independent System Climate & Renewables NA 4:45 p.m.–4:55 p.m. Closing Remarks Operator, Inc. [FR Doc. 2016–10967 Filed 5–9–16; 8:45 am] • Daniel Barr, Principal Engineer, ITC • Rick Vail, Vice President, Holdings BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Transmission, PacifiCorp • Charles Hendrix, Manager, 2:10 p.m.–2:20 p.m. Break Generation Interconnection Studies, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 2:20 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Other Southwest Power Pool, Inc. Interconnection Queue Coordination Federal Energy Regulatory • Paul Kelly, Director, Federal and Management Issues Commission Regulatory Policy, Northern Indiana Panelists should be prepared to Public Service Company [Docket Nos. EL16–62–000] discuss the following topics: • Omar Martino, Director, 1. Coordinating interconnection Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Transmission, EDF Renewable Energy Inc.; Notice of Petition for Declaratory requests with affected systems 2 and the challenges associated with affected • Steven Naumann, Vice President, Order system coordination and areas for Exelon Corporation Take notice that on April 28, 2016, improvement. 3:30 p.m.–4:45 p.m. Interconnection of pursuant to section 292.402 of the 2. The types of changes to a project Electric Storage Resources Federal Energy Regulatory that should be allowed without Commission’s (Commission) Rules of changing the project’s position in the Panelists should be prepared to discuss the following topics: Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 292.402 queue, i.e., determining an appropriate (2015), Golden Spread Electric threshold for modifications to a project 1. Whether existing small and large pro forma interconnection agreements Cooperative, Inc., (Golden Spread), on before it should lose its place in the behalf of itself and its sixteen (16) queue. and procedures are sufficient to accommodate the interconnection of distribution cooperative members- 2 As defined in the pro forma LGIA and pro forma electric storage resources. owners (collectively, Participating LGIP, Affected System refers to an electric system 2. Modeling of electric storage Members),1 filed a petition for a resources for interconnection studies, asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES other than the transmission provider’s transmission system that may be affected by the proposed including potential means for 1 The Participating Members include: Bailey interconnection. Order No. 2003–A, FERC Stats. & County Electric Cooperative Association; Big Regs. ¶ 31,160 at App. 6 (Standard Large Generator interconnection studies to better reflect Country Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Coleman County Interconnection Agreement), art. 1, order on reh’g, the intended operation of electric Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Concho Valley Electric Order No. 2003–B, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,171 storage devices. Cooperative, Inc.; Deaf Smith Electric Cooperative, (2004), order on reh’g, Order No. 2003–C, FERC 3. Interconnection of combined Inc.; Greenbelt Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Lamb Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,190 (2005), aff’d sub nom. Nat’l County Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Lighthouse Ass’n of Regulatory Util. Comm’rs v. FERC, 475 storage and generation facilities, Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Lyntegar Electric F.3d 1277 (D.C. Cir. 2007), cert. denied, 552 U.S. including (i) the appropriate level of Cooperative, Inc.; North Plains Electric Cooperative, 1230 (2008). interconnection service for the Continued VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:33 May 09, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\10MYN1.SGM 10MYN1

28860 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 90 / Tuesday, May 10, 2016 / Notices declaratory order requesting a partial DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call waiver of certain obligations imposed (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call on Golden Spread and the Participating Federal Energy Regulatory (202) 502–8659. Members under sections 292.303(a) and Commission Dated: April 28, 2016. 292.303(b) 2 of the Commission’s [Docket No. ER16–1509–000] Kimberly D. Bose, regulations implementing section 210 of Secretary. the Public Utility Regulatory Policies New Wave Energy Corp; Supplemental [FR Doc. 2016–10908 Filed 5–9–16; 8:45 am] Act of 1978, all as more fully explained Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate BILLING CODE 6717–01–P in the petition. Filing Includes Request For Blanket Section 204 Authorization Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in This is a supplemental notice in the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of above-referenced proceeding of New the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Wave Energy Corp’s application for Federal Energy Regulatory market-based rate authority, with an Commission Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be considered by accompanying rate tariff, noting that Combined Notice of Filings #1 the Commission in determining the such application includes a request for appropriate action to be taken, but will blanket authorization, under 18 CFR Take notice that the Commission not serve to make protestants parties to part 34, of future issuances of securities received the following electric corporate the proceeding. Any person wishing to and assumptions of liability. filings: Any person desiring to intervene or to Docket Numbers: EC16–108–000. become a party must file a notice of protest should file with the Federal Applicants: Tenaska Alabama II intervention or motion to intervene, as Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 appropriate. Such notices, motions, or Partners, L.P. First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, Description: Tenaska Alabama II protests must be filed on or before the in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 comment date. Anyone filing a motion Partners, L.P. Application for Approval of the Commission’s Rules of Practice Under Section 203 of the Federal Power to intervene or protest must serve a copy and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and Act and Request for Expedited Action. of that document on the Petitioner. 385.214). Anyone filing a motion to Filed Date: 4/27/16. The Commission encourages intervene or protest must serve a copy Accession Number: 20160427–5340. electronic submission of protests and of that document on the Applicant. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/18/16. interventions in lieu of paper using the Notice is hereby given that the Take notice that the Commission ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. deadline for filing protests with regard received the following electric rate Persons unable to file electronically to the applicant’s request for blanket filings: should submit an original and 5 copies authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of future issuances of securities and Docket Numbers: ER16–1051–001. of the protest or intervention to the Applicants: Graphic Packaging Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, assumptions of liability, is May 18, 2016. International Inc. 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC The Commission encourages Description: Tariff Amendment: 20426. electronic submission of protests and Supplement to Application for Order This filing is accessible on-line at interventions in lieu of paper, using the Accepting Initial Market-Based Rate http://www.ferc.gov, using the FERC Online links at http:// Tariff to be effective 3/1/2016. ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic Filed Date: 4/28/16. review in the Commission’s Public service, persons with Internet access Accession Number: 20160428–5085. who will eFile a document and/or be Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/19/16. Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the listed as a contact for an intervenor Docket Numbers: ER16–1152–001. Web site that enables subscribers to must create and validate an Applicants: Jericho Rise Wind Farm eRegistration account using the LLC. receive email notification when a eRegistration link. Select the eFiling Description: Tariff Amendment: document is added to a subscribed link to log on and submit the Revised Proposed MBR Tariff to be docket(s). For assistance any FERC effective 5/14/2016. Online service, please email intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically Filed Date: 4/27/16. FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call Accession Number: 20160427–5244. should submit an original and 5 copies (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/18/16. of the intervention or protest to the (202) 502–8659. Docket Numbers: ER16–1154–001. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC Applicants: Parrey, LLC. on May 31, 2016. 20426. Description: Tariff Amendment: Dated: April 28, 2016. The filings in the above-referenced Supplement to App. for MBR proceeding are accessible in the Authorization in Response to Informal Kimberly D. Bose, Commission’s eLibrary system by Staff Request to be effective 4/1/2016. Secretary. clicking on the appropriate link in the Filed Date: 4/27/16. [FR Doc. 2016–10907 Filed 5–9–16; 8:45 am] above list. They are also available for Accession Number: 20160427–5243. asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES BILLING CODE 6717–01–P electronic review in the Commission’s Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/18/16. Public Reference Room in Washington, Docket Numbers: ER16–1509–000. DC. There is an eSubscription link on Applicants: New Wave Energy Corp. Inc.; Rita Blanca Electric Cooperative, Inc.; South Plains Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Southwest Texas the Web site that enables subscribers to Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Swisher Electric receive email notification when a New Wave Energy Corporation to be Cooperative, Inc.; Taylor Electric Cooperative, Inc.; document is added to a subscribed effective 6/27/2016. and Tri-County Electric Cooperative, Inc. docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Filed Date: 4/27/16. 2 18 CFR 292.303(a) and 292.303(b). Online service, please email Accession Number: 20160427–5291. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:33 May 09, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\10MYN1.SGM 10MYN1


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Dates5:00 p.m. Eastern time on May 31, 2016.
FR Citation81 FR 28859 
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