81 FR 53132 - HORUS Central Valley Solar 1, LLC, HORUS Central Valley Solar 2, LLC v. California Independent System Operator Corporation; Notice of Complaint

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 155 (August 11, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 155 (Thursday, August 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 53132]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19079]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL16-104-000]


HORUS Central Valley Solar 1, LLC, HORUS Central Valley Solar 2, 
LLC v. California Independent System Operator Corporation; Notice of 
Complaint

    Take notice that on July 29, 2016, pursuant to sections 206 and 306 
of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824e and 825e and Rule 206 of the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission`s (Commission) Rules of Practice 
and Procedure 18 CFR 385.206, HORUS Central Valley Solar 1, LLC and 
HORUS Central Valley Solar 2, LLC (collectively, HORUS), filed a formal 
complaint against California Independent System Operator Corporation 
(Respondent or CAISO) alleging violation of the CAISO Open Access 
Transmission Tariff and requesting that the Commission (1) direct the 
CAISO to stop interfering with HORUS' compliance with the 
interconnection procedures of Western Area Power Administration 
(Western) for its direct interconnection with Western as an energy-only 
resource, and (2) stop CAISO from requiring HORUS to go through a 
second set of interconnection procedures and studies under the CAISO 
tariff even though HORUS is an energy-only resource and Western is a 
non-participating transmission owner under the CAISO tariff for the 
HORUS project, as more fully explained in the complaint.
    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. The Respondent's 
answer and all interventions, or protests must be filed on or before 
the comment date. The Respondent's answer, motions to intervene, and 
protests must be served on the Complainants.
    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 August 18, 2016.

    Dated: August 1, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-19079 Filed 8-10-16; 8:45 am]
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