81 FR 64448 - Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 182 (September 20, 2016)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 182 (September 20, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 20, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 64448-64450] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-22686] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Notice The following notice of meeting is published pursuant to section 3(a) of the government in the Sunshine Act (Pub. L. 94-409), 5 U.S.C. 552b: AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. DATE AND TIME: September 22, 2016, 10:00 a.m. PLACE: Room 2C, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. STATUS: Open. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Agenda. * Note--Items listed on the agenda may be deleted without further notice. CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Telephone (202) 502-8400. For a recorded message listing items struck from or added to the meeting, call (202) 502-8627. This is a list of matters to be considered by the Commission. It does not include a listing of all documents relevant to the items on the agenda. All public documents, however, may be viewed on line at the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link, or may be examined in the Commission's Public Reference Room. [[Page 64449]] 1030th--Meeting [Regular Meeting; September 22, 2016; 10:00 a.m.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item No. Docket No. Company ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADMINISTRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A-1..................... AD16-1-000...................... Agency Administrative Matters. A-2..................... AD16-7-000...................... Customer Matters, Reliability, Security and Market Operations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTRIC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-1..................... RM01-8-000...................... Filing Requirements for Electric Utility Service Agreements. RM10-12-000..................... Electricity Market Transparency Provisions of Section 220 of the Federal Power Act. RM12-3-000...................... Revisions to Electric Quarterly Report Filing Process. ER02-2001-000................... Electric Quarterly Reports. E-2..................... RM16-21-000..................... Modifications to Commission Requirements for Review of Transactions under Section 203 of the Federal Power Act and Market-Based Rate Applications under Section 205 of the Federal Power Act. E-3..................... EL14-34-003..................... Public Service Commission of Wisconsin v. Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. ER14-1242-005, ER14-1243-007, Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. ER14-1724-003, ER14-1725-003, ER14-2176-003, ER14-2180-003, ER14-2860-002, ER14-2862-002, ER14-2952-002, ER14-2952-005. EL15-7-001...................... Michigan Public Service Commission v. Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. E-4..................... RM15-11-000..................... Reliability Standard for Transmission System Planned Performance for Geomagnetic Disturbance Events. E-5..................... RM16-13-000..................... Balancing Authority Control, Inadvertent Interchange, and Facility Interconnection Reliability Standards. E-6..................... RD16-6-000...................... North American Electric Reliability Corporation. E-7..................... ER12-1266-005, ER12-1266-006.... Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. E-8..................... ER12-1265-005, ER12-1265-006.... Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. E-9..................... ER16-197-002.................... Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. E-10.................... ER11-1844-001, ER11-1844-002.... Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. E-11.................... ER14-1831-003................... PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., Virginia Electric and Power Company. E-12.................... ER10-1350-006................... Entergy Services, Inc. E-13.................... ER10-1350-005................... Entergy Services, Inc. E-14.................... ER16-1169-000................... Ameren Illinois Company. E-15.................... EC16-135-000.................... AEP Texas Central Company, AEP Texas North Company, AEP Utilities, Inc. E-16.................... AC15-174-001.................... Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Duke Energy Progress, LLC, Duke Energy Florida, LLC. E-17.................... EL13-41-001..................... Occidental Chemical Corporation v. Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GAS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G-1..................... OMITTED .................................................... G-2..................... RP16-299-000, RP16-1137-000 (not Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company. consolidated). G-3..................... RP16-302-000.................... Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC. G-4..................... PR15-5-002, RP15-238-000........ Washington Gas Light Company. G-5..................... RP16-1082-000................... Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HYDRO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- H-1..................... EL16-50-000..................... Percheron Power, LLC. H-2..................... P-12715-008..................... Fairlawn Hydroelectric Company, LLC. H-3..................... P-2212-049...................... Domtar Paper Company, LLC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CERTIFICATES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C-1..................... CP16-64-000..................... ANR Pipeline Company. C-2..................... CP16-78-000..................... Kinetica Deepwater Express, LLC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dated: September 15, 2016. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. A free webcast of this event is available through www.ferc.gov. Anyone with Internet access who desires to view this event can do so by navigating to www.ferc.gov's Calendar of Events and locating this event in the Calendar. The event will contain a link to its webcast. The Capitol Connection provides technical support for the free webcasts. It also offers access to this event via television in the DC area and via phone bridge for a fee. If you have any questions, visit www.CapitolConnection.org or contact Danelle Springer or David Reininger at 703-993-3100. Immediately following the conclusion of the Commission Meeting, a press [[Page 64450]] briefing will be held in the Commission Meeting Room. Members of the public may view this briefing in the designated overflow room. This statement is intended to notify the public that the press briefings that follow Commission meetings may now be viewed remotely at Commission headquarters, but will not be telecast through the Capitol Connection service. [FR Doc. 2016-22686 Filed 9-16-16; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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sufficiency of supply or reliability of the On January 19, 2012, DOE issued Act Implementing Procedures (10 CFR
U.S. electric power supply system. Order No. EA–243–B to TPS, which part 1021) and after a determination is
Copies of this application will be authorized the Applicant to transmit made by DOE that the proposed action
made available, upon request, for public electric energy from the United States to will not have an adverse impact on the
inspection and copying at the address Canada as a power marketer for a five- sufficiency of supply or reliability of the
provided above, by accessing the year term using existing international U.S. electric power supply system.
program Web site at http://energy.gov/ transmission facilities. That authority Copies of this application will be
node/11845, or by emailing Angela Troy expires on March 1, 2017. On made available, upon request, for public
at Angela.Troy@hq.doe.gov. September 1, 2016, TPS filed an inspection and copying at the address
Issued in Washington, DC, on September application with DOE for renewal of the provided above, by accessing the
14, 2016. export authority contained in Order No. program Web site at http://energy.gov/
Christopher Lawrence,
EA–243 for an additional five-year term. node/11845, or by emailing Angela Troy
In its application, TPS states that it at Angela.Troy@hq.doe.gov.
Electricity Policy Analyst, Office of Electricity
does not own or operate any electric
Delivery and Energy Reliability. Issued in Washington, DC, on September
generation or transmission facilities,
[FR Doc. 2016–22621 Filed 9–19–16; 8:45 am] 14, 2016.
and it does not have a franchised service
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
area. The electric energy that TPS Christopher Lawrence,
proposes to export to Canada would be Electricity Policy Analyst, Office of Electricity
surplus energy purchased from third Delivery and Energy Reliability.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [FR Doc. 2016–22622 Filed 9–19–16; 8:45 am]
parties such as electric utilities and
[OE Docket No. EA–243–C] Federal power marketing agencies BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
pursuant to voluntary agreements. The
Application To Export Electric Energy; existing international transmission
Tenaska Power Services Co. facilities to be utilized by TPS have DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
previously been authorized by
AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery Federal Energy Regulatory
Presidential Permits issued pursuant to
and Energy Reliability, DOE. Commission
Executive Order 10485, as amended,
ACTION: Notice of application. and are appropriate for open access Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
SUMMARY: Tenaska Power Services Co. transmission by third parties.
(Applicant or TPS) has applied to renew Procedural Matters: Any person The following notice of meeting is
its authority to transmit electric energy desiring to be heard in this proceeding published pursuant to section 3(a) of the
from the United States to Canada should file a comment or protest to the government in the Sunshine Act (Pub.
pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal application at the address provided L. 94–409), 5 U.S.C. 552b:
Power Act. above. Protests should be filed in
AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Federal
accordance with Rule 211 of the Federal
DATES: Comments, protests, or motions
Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Energy Regulatory Commission.
to intervene must be submitted on or Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 DATE AND TIME: September 22, 2016,
before October 20, 2016. CFR 385.211). Any person desiring to 10:00 a.m.
ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, become a party to these proceedings PLACE:Room 2C, 888 First Street NE.,
motions to intervene, or requests for should file a motion to intervene at the Washington, DC 20426.
more information should be addressed above address in accordance with FERC
to: Office of Electricity Delivery and Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214). Five copies STATUS: Open.
Energy Reliability, Mail Code: OE–20, of such comments, protests, or motions MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Agenda.
U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 to intervene should be sent to the * Note—Items listed on the agenda
Independence Avenue SW., address provided above on or before the may be deleted without further notice.
Washington, DC 20585–0350. Because date listed above.
of delays in handling conventional mail, Comments and other filings CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
it is recommended that documents be concerning TPS’s application to export Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Telephone
transmitted by overnight mail, by electric energy to Canada should be (202) 502–8400.
electronic mail to Electricity.Exports@ clearly marked with OE Docket No. EA– For a recorded message listing items
hq.doe.gov, or by facsimile to 202–586– 243–C. An additional copy is to be struck from or added to the meeting, call
8008. provided directly to both Norma Rosner (202) 502–8627.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of Iacovo, Tenaska Power Services Co., This is a list of matters to be
electricity from the United States to a 1701 E. Lamar Blvd., Suite 100, considered by the Commission. It does
foreign country are regulated by the Arlington, TX 76006 and Neil L. Levy, not include a listing of all documents
Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to King & Spalding LLP, 1700 relevant to the items on the agenda. All
sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, public documents, however, may be
Department of Energy Organization Act DC 20006. viewed on line at the Commission’s
(42 U.S.C. 7151(b), 7172(f)) and require A final decision will be made on this Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using
authorization under section 202(e) of application after the environmental the eLibrary link, or may be examined
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the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. impacts have been evaluated pursuant in the Commission’s Public Reference
824a(e)). to DOE’s National Environmental Policy Room.
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1030TH—MEETING
[Regular Meeting; September 22, 2016; 10:00 a.m.]
Item No. Docket No. Company
ADMINISTRATIVE
A–1 ........ AD16–1–000 ................................................ Agency Administrative Matters.
A–2 ........ AD16–7–000 ................................................ Customer Matters, Reliability, Security and Market Operations.
ELECTRIC
E–1 ........ RM01–8–000 ............................................... Filing Requirements for Electric Utility Service Agreements.
RM10–12–000 ............................................. Electricity Market Transparency Provisions of Section 220 of the Federal Power Act.
RM12–3–000 ............................................... Revisions to Electric Quarterly Report Filing Process.
ER02–2001–000 .......................................... Electric Quarterly Reports.
E–2 ........ RM16–21–000 ............................................. Modifications to Commission Requirements for Review of Transactions under Section
203 of the Federal Power Act and Market-Based Rate Applications under Section
205 of the Federal Power Act.
E–3 ........ EL14–34–003 .............................................. Public Service Commission of Wisconsin v. Midcontinent Independent System Oper-
ator, Inc.
ER14–1242–005, ER14–1243–007, ER14– Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
1724–003, ER14–1725–003, ER14–
2176–003, ER14–2180–003, ER14–
2860–002, ER14–2862–002, ER14–
2952–002, ER14–2952–005.
EL15–7–001 ................................................ Michigan Public Service Commission v. Midcontinent Independent System Operator,
Inc.
E–4 ........ RM15–11–000 ............................................. Reliability Standard for Transmission System Planned Performance for Geomagnetic
Disturbance Events.
E–5 ........ RM16–13–000 ............................................. Balancing Authority Control, Inadvertent Interchange, and Facility Interconnection Reli-
ability Standards.
E–6 ........ RD16–6–000 ............................................... North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
E–7 ........ ER12–1266–005, ER12–1266–006 ............ Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
E–8 ........ ER12–1265–005, ER12–1265–006 ............ Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
E–9 ........ ER16–197–002 ............................................ Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
E–10 ...... ER11–1844–001, ER11–1844–002 ............ Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
E–11 ...... ER14–1831–003 .......................................... PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., Virginia Electric and Power Company.
E–12 ...... ER10–1350–006 .......................................... Entergy Services, Inc.
E–13 ...... ER10–1350–005 .......................................... Entergy Services, Inc.
E–14 ...... ER16–1169–000 .......................................... Ameren Illinois Company.
E–15 ...... EC16–135–000 ............................................ AEP Texas Central Company, AEP Texas North Company, AEP Utilities, Inc.
E–16 ...... AC15–174–001 ............................................ Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Duke Energy Progress, LLC, Duke Energy Florida, LLC.
E–17 ...... EL13–41–001 .............................................. Occidental Chemical Corporation v. Midwest Independent Transmission System Oper-
ator, Inc.
GAS
G–1 ........ OMITTED
G–2 ........ RP16–299–000, RP16–1137–000 (not con- Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company.
solidated).
G–3 ........ RP16–302–000 ............................................ Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC.
G–4 ........ PR15–5–002, RP15–238–000 .................... Washington Gas Light Company.
G–5 ........ RP16–1082–000 .......................................... Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC.
HYDRO
H–1 ........ EL16–50–000 .............................................. Percheron Power, LLC.
H–2 ........ P–12715–008 .............................................. Fairlawn Hydroelectric Company, LLC.
H–3 ........ P–2212–049 ................................................ Domtar Paper Company, LLC.
CERTIFICATES
C–1 ........ CP16–64–000 .............................................. ANR Pipeline Company.
C–2 ........ CP16–78–000 .............................................. Kinetica Deepwater Express, LLC.
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Dated: September 15, 2016. www.ferc.gov’s Calendar of Events and bridge for a fee. If you have any
Kimberly D. Bose, locating this event in the Calendar. The questions, visit
Secretary. event will contain a link to its webcast. www.CapitolConnection.org or contact
A free webcast of this event is The Capitol Connection provides Danelle Springer or David Reininger at
available through www.ferc.gov. Anyone technical support for the free webcasts. 703–993–3100.
with Internet access who desires to view It also offers access to this event via Immediately following the conclusion
this event can do so by navigating to television in the DC area and via phone of the Commission Meeting, a press
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briefing will be held in the Commission remove the micro-turbine units for Dated: September 12, 2016.
Meeting Room. Members of the public maintenance and lower them in place Kimberly D. Bose,
may view this briefing in the designated for generation; (6) a tailrace made of Secretary.
overflow room. This statement is steel draft tubes discharging directly [FR Doc. 2016–22603 Filed 9–19–16; 8:45 am]
intended to notify the public that the into the Mississippi River; (7) a third BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
press briefings that follow Commission powerhouse 60-foot-wide by 80-foot-
meetings may now be viewed remotely long containing the controls for the
at Commission headquarters, but will dam’s crest gates and necessary DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
not be telecast through the Capitol electrical and mechanical equipment to
Connection service. Federal Energy Regulatory
support the micro-turbines; (8) a 550-
[FR Doc. 2016–22686 Filed 9–16–16; 11:15 am] foot-long, 13.8 kilo-volt underground Commission
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P transmission line connecting to an Xcel
Energy substation; and (9) appurtenant [Docket No. CP16–357–000; Docket No.
facilities. The estimated annual CP16–361–000]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
generation of the proposed Coon Rapids
Federal Energy Regulatory Project would be 62,790 megwatt-hours. Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC,
Commission Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC;
Applicant Contact: Raymond J.
Notice of Schedule for Environmental
[Project No. 14798–000] Wahle, P.E., Missouri River Energy
Review of the Mountaineer XPress
Services, 3724 W. Avera Drive, P.O. Box
Project and the Gulf XPress Project
Western Minnesota Municipal Power 88920, Sioux Falls, SD 57109; phone:
Agency; Notice of Preliminary Permit (605) 330–6963; fax: (605) 978–3960; On April 29, 2016, Columbia Gas
Application Accepted for Filing and email: rwahle@mrenergy.com. Transmission, LLC (Columbia Gas) and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To
FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban; phone: Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC
Intervene, and Competing Applications
(202) 502–6211; email: sergiu.serban@ (Columbia Gulf) filed applications in
On August 15, 2016, Western ferc.gov. Docket Nos. CP16–357–000 and CP16–
Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Deadline for filing comments, motions 361–000, respectively, requesting
filed an application for a preliminary to intervene, competing applications Certificates of Public Convenience and
permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Necessity pursuant to Sections 7(b) and
(without notices of intent), or notices of
Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act to construct,
intent to file competing applications: 60
study the feasibility of the Coon Rapids operate, and maintain certain natural
Hydroelectric Project (Coon Rapids days from the issuance of this notice.
gas pipeline facilities. Columbia Gas’
Project or project) located on the Competing applications and notices of
proposed Mountaineer XPress Project in
Mississippi River at River Mile 866.2, intent must meet the requirements of 18
West Virginia would transport up to
about 11.5 miles north of downtown CFR 4.36. 2,700,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of
Minneapolis, Minnesota. The sole The Commission strongly encourages natural gas from receipt points in West
purpose of a preliminary permit, if electronic filing. Please file comments, Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, to
issued, is to grant the permit holder motions to intervene, notices of intent, markets on the Columbia Pipeline
priority to file a license application and competing applications using the Group system. Columbia Gulf’s
during the permit term. A preliminary Commission’s eFiling system at http:// proposed Gulf XPress Project in
permit does not authorize the permit www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi
holder to perform any land-disturbing Commenters can submit brief comments would expand the capacity of Columbia
activities or otherwise enter upon lands up to 6,000 characters, without prior Gulf’s existing system to allow for an
or waters owned by others without the additional 860,000 Dth/d of natural gas
registration, using the eComment system
owners’ express permission. delivery to high-demand markets in the
The proposed project would consist of at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
ecomment.asp. You must include your Gulf Coast region. Because these are
the following facilities: (1) An existing
name and contact information at the end interrelated projects, the Federal Energy
reservoir with a surface area of 600
of your comments. For assistance, Regulatory Commission (FERC or
square miles at normal pool elevation of
please contact FERC Online Support at Commission) deemed it was appropriate
830.1 National Geodetic Vertical Datum
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) to analyze them in a single
with no storage capacity; (2) the existing
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 environmental impact statement (EIS).
1,455-foot-long, 30.8-foot-high Coon
Rapids Dam with nine intermediate (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please FERC issued respective Notices of
piers and ten spans with crest gates; (3) send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Application for the Mountaineer XPress
an array of micro-turbines placed in Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 and Gulf XPress Projects on May 13,
front of two cast in place powerhouses; First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 2016. Among other things, those notices
(4) a 97-foot-long, 18-foot-wide, 19-foot- The first page of any filing should alerted other agencies issuing federal
high reinforced concrete powerhouse include docket number P–14798–000. authorizations of the requirement to
located immediately downstream of the complete all necessary reviews and to
More information about this project,
span 9 spillway section and a 103-foot- reach a final decision on the request for
including a copy of the application, can
long, 18-foot-wide, 19-foot-high a federal authorization within 90 days of
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be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ the date of issuance of the Commission
reinforced concrete powerhouse located
link of Commission’s Web site at http:// staff’s final EIS for the two projects. This
immediately downstream of the span 10
spillway section with each powerhouse www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ instant notice identifies the FERC staff’s
divided in half resulting in four bays in ecomment.asp. Enter the docket number planned schedule for completion of the
which the micro-turbines would be (P–14798) in the docket number field to final EIS for the projects, which is based
installed; (5) two crane rails spanning access the document. For assistance, on an issuance of the draft EIS in
the length of each powerhouse to contact FERC Online Support. November 2016.
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