82 FR 26676 - Reliability Standard for Transmission System Planned Performance for Geomagnetic Disturbance Events; Notice of Filing

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 109 (June 8, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 109 (Thursday, June 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 26676]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11922]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM15-11-001]


Reliability Standard for Transmission System Planned Performance 
for Geomagnetic Disturbance Events; Notice of Filing

    Take notice that on May 30, 2017, the North American Electric 
Reliability Corporation submitted a preliminary work plan to conduct 
research on topics related to geomagnetic disturbances and their 
impacts on the reliability of the Bulk-Power System, pursuant to Order 
No. 830.\1\
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    \1\ Order No. 830, Reliability Standard for Transmission System 
Planned Performance for Geomagnetic Disturbance Events, 156 FERC ] 
61,215 (2016), reh'g denied, Order No. 830-A, 158 FERC ] 61,041 
(2017) (``Order No. 830'').
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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. 
Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of 
that document on the Applicant and all the parties in this proceeding.
    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 electronic review in the 
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TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on June 23, 2017.

    Dated: June 2, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-11922 Filed 6-7-17; 8:45 am]
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