82_FR_48418 82 FR 48219 - Xcel Energy Services Inc. v. Southwest Power Pool, Inc.; Notice of Complaint

82 FR 48219 - Xcel Energy Services Inc. v. Southwest Power Pool, Inc.; Notice of Complaint

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 199 (October 17, 2017)

Page Range48219-48220
FR Document2017-22470

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 199 (Tuesday, October 17, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48219-48220]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22470]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL18-9-000]


Xcel Energy Services Inc. v. Southwest Power Pool, Inc.; Notice 
of Complaint

    Take notice that on October 10, 2017, Xcel Energy Services Inc. 
(Complainant), on behalf of its public utility affiliate Southwestern 
Public Service Company (SPS), filed a formal complaint against 
Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP or Respondent) pursuant to sections 206 
and 306 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824(e) and 825(e), 
and Rule 206 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission), 18 CFR 385.206 (2017), 
alleging that SPP has violated its Tariff by assessing Attachment Z2 
credit payment obligations to SPS in a manner that is inconsistent with 
the SPP Tariff, violates the filed rate doctrine, is inconsistent with 
SPS's network transmission service agreements with

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SPP, and is otherwise unjust, unreasonable, all as more fully explained 
in the complaint.
    Complainants certify that copies of the complaint were served on 
the contact for Respondent, as listed on the Commission's list of 
Corporate Officials.
    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 (2017). 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 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 
20426.
    This filing is accessible online 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 October 30, 2017.

    Dated: October 11, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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                                                tall by 26.2-foot-wide and two 14.8-foot-                  Copies of the SD outlining the subject                Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/18/17.
                                                tall by 21.8-foot-long) with 3-inch clear               areas to be addressed in the EA were                     Docket Numbers: RP18–26–000.
                                                spacing; (2) two 9-foot-diameter, 240-                  distributed to the parties on the                        Applicants: Dominion Energy Questar
                                                foot-long penstocks; (3) a 17-foot-high                 Commission’s mailing list and the                     Pipeline, LLC.
                                                by 10-foot-diameter surge tank; (4) a 60-               applicant’s distribution list. Copies of                 Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: QPC
                                                foot-long by 40-foot-wide by 50-foot                    the SD may be viewed on the web at                    Tariff Part 1 ? 5 Revision to be effective
                                                high powerhouse with one 800-kilowatt                   http://www.ferc.gov using the                         12/1/2017.
                                                vertical turbine generator unit; (5) two                ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket                      Filed Date: 10/10/17.
                                                parallel 9-foot-wide, 10-foot-high, 120-                number excluding the last three digits in                Accession Number: 20171010–5022.
                                                foot-long brick arched tailrace conduits                the docket number field to access the                    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/23/17.
                                                discharging into the Second Level                       document. For assistance, call 1–866–                    The filings are accessible in the
                                                Canal; (6) an 800-foot-long, 4.8-kilovolt               208–3676 or for TTY, (202) 502–8659.                  Commission’s eLibrary system by
                                                transmission line; and (7) appurtenant                    Dated: October 10, 2017.                            clicking on the links or querying the
                                                facilities.                                             Kimberly D. Bose,                                     docket number.
                                                   The City 3 project consists of: (1) A                                                                         Any person desiring to intervene or
                                                                                                        Secretary.
                                                52.3-foot-long by 14-foot-high intake                                                                         protest in any of the above proceedings
                                                                                                        [FR Doc. 2017–22414 Filed 10–16–17; 8:45 am]
                                                trashrack covering an opening in the                                                                          must file in accordance with Rules 211
                                                                                                        BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                Second Level Canal fed by the Canal                                                                           and 214 of the Commission’s
                                                System; (2) two 11-foot-high by 11-foot-                                                                      Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
                                                wide headgates; (3) two 85-foot-long, 93-                                                                     § 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
                                                                                                        DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                square-foot in cross section low pressure                                                                     time on the specified comment date.
                                                brick penstocks; (4) a 42-foot-long by 34-              Federal Energy Regulatory                             Protests may be considered, but
                                                foot-wide by 28-foot-high reinforced                    Commission                                            intervention is necessary to become a
                                                concrete powerhouse with one 450-                                                                             party to the proceeding.
                                                kilowatt turbine generator unit; (5) a                  Combined Notice of Filings                               eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
                                                29.7-foot-wide, 10-foot-deep, 118-foot-                                                                       information relating to filing
                                                long open tailrace discharging into the                   Take notice that the Commission has                 requirements, interventions, protests,
                                                Third Level Canal; and, (6) 4.8-kilovolt                received the following Natural Gas                    service, and qualifying facilities filings
                                                generator leads that connect directly to                Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:              can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
                                                the 4.8-kilovolt area distribution system;              Filings Instituting Proceedings                       docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
                                                and (7) appurtenant facilities.                                                                               other information, call (866) 208–3676
                                                                                                           Docket Numbers: RP18–22–000.                       (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
                                                   m. A copy of the application is
                                                                                                           Applicants: Columbia Gas
                                                available for review at the Commission                                                                          Dated: October 10, 2017.
                                                                                                        Transmission, LLC.
                                                in the Public Reference Room or may be                                                                        Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                                                                           Description: Compliance filing Leach
                                                viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
                                                                                                        XPress Implementation, CP15–514 to be                 Deputy Secretary.
                                                http://www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary
                                                                                                        effective 11/6/2017.                                  [FR Doc. 2017–22416 Filed 10–16–17; 8:45 am]
                                                link. Enter the docket number excluding
                                                                                                           Filed Date: 10/6/17.                               BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                the last three digits in the docket
                                                                                                           Accession Number: 20171006–5054.
                                                number field to address the document.
                                                                                                           Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/18/17.
                                                For assistance, contact FERC Online
                                                                                                           Docket Numbers: RP18–23–000.                       DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                Support. A copy is available for
                                                inspection and reproduction at the                         Applicants: Iroquois Gas
                                                                                                        Transmission System, L.P.                             Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                address in Item H above.                                                                                      Commission
                                                   n. You may also register online at                      Description: Petition for Limited
                                                http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/                        Tariff Waiver Due of Iroquois Gas                     [Docket No. EL18–9–000]
                                                esubscription.asp to be notified via                    Transmission System, L.P.
                                                                                                           Filed Date: 10/6/17.                               Xcel Energy Services Inc. v. Southwest
                                                email of new filings and issuances
                                                                                                           Accession Number: 20171006–5084.                   Power Pool, Inc.; Notice of Complaint
                                                related to this or other pending projects.
                                                For assistance, contact FERC Online                        Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/18/17.                     Take notice that on October 10, 2017,
                                                Support.                                                   Docket Numbers: RP18–24–000.                       Xcel Energy Services Inc.
                                                   o. Scoping Process                                      Applicants: Viking Gas Transmission                (Complainant), on behalf of its public
                                                   The Commission staff intends to                      Company.                                              utility affiliate Southwestern Public
                                                prepare a single Environmental                             Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Update            Service Company (SPS), filed a formal
                                                Assessment (EA) for the Holyoke                         Non-Conforming Agreements—                            complaint against Southwest Power
                                                Number 1 Hydro Project, Holyoke                         November 2017 to be effective                         Pool, Inc. (SPP or Respondent) pursuant
                                                Number 2 Hydro Project, and Holyoke                     11/1/2017.                                            to sections 206 and 306 of the Federal
                                                Number 3 Hydro Project in accordance                       Filed Date: 10/6/17.                               Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824(e) and
                                                with the National Environmental Policy                     Accession Number: 20171006–5126.                   825(e), and Rule 206 of the Rules of
                                                Act. The EA will consider both site-                       Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/18/17.                  Practice and Procedure of the Federal
                                                specific and cumulative environmental                      Docket Numbers: RP18–25–000.                       Energy Regulatory Commission
                                                impacts and reasonable alternatives to                     Applicants: Columbia Gas                           (Commission), 18 CFR 385.206 (2017),
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                                                the proposed action.                                    Transmission, LLC.                                    alleging that SPP has violated its Tariff
                                                   Commission staff does not propose to                    Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing:                   by assessing Attachment Z2 credit
                                                conduct any on-site scoping meetings at                 Negotiated & Non-Conforming Service                   payment obligations to SPS in a manner
                                                this time. Instead, we are soliciting                   Agreements—LXP to be effective                        that is inconsistent with the SPP Tariff,
                                                comments, recommendations, and                          11/6/2017.                                            violates the filed rate doctrine, is
                                                information on the Scoping Document                        Filed Date: 10/6/17.                               inconsistent with SPS’s network
                                                (SD) issued on October 10, 2017.                           Accession Number: 20171006–5138.                   transmission service agreements with


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                                                SPP, and is otherwise unjust,                           Federal Energy Regulatory                               Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time
                                                unreasonable, all as more fully                         Commission’s (Commission) Rules of                    on November 9, 2017.
                                                explained in the complaint.                             Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR                          Dated: October 11, 2017.
                                                   Complainants certify that copies of                  292.205(c) and 385.207 (2017), Bloom                  Kimberly D. Bose,
                                                the complaint were served on the                        Energy Corporation (Bloom) filed a
                                                                                                                                                              Secretary.
                                                contact for Respondent, as listed on the                petition for declaratory order requesting
                                                                                                                                                              [FR Doc. 2017–22471 Filed 10–16–17; 8:45 am]
                                                Commission’s list of Corporate Officials.               that the Commission declare that certain
                                                   Any person desiring to intervene or to               Bloom facilities, which have                          BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

                                                protest this filing must file in                        internalized the hydrogen producing
                                                accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of                    second-use process, meet the
                                                                                                                                                              DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                the Commission’s Rules of Practice and                  Commission’s standards for
                                                Procedure. 18 CFR 385.211, 385.214                      cogeneration units as set forth in 18 CFR             Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                (2017). Protests will be considered by                  292.205(a)(1)–(2) and 18 CFR 292.205(d)               Commission
                                                the Commission in determining the                       of the Commission’s regulations, all as
                                                appropriate action to be taken, but will                more fully explained in the petition.                 Combined Notice of Filings #1
                                                not serve to make protestants parties to                   Any person desiring to intervene or to
                                                the proceeding. Any person wishing to                   protest in this proceeding must file in                  Take notice that the Commission
                                                become a party must file a notice of                    accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of                  received the following exempt
                                                intervention or motion to intervene, as                 the Commission’s Rules of Practice and                wholesale generator filings:
                                                appropriate. The Respondent’s answer                    Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and                            Docket Numbers: EG18–6–000.
                                                and all interventions, or protests, must                385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern                  Applicants: PowerFin ASL 1, LLC.
                                                be filed on or before the comment date.                 time on the specified comment date.                      Description: Notice of Self-
                                                The Respondent’s answer, motions to                     Protests will be considered by the                    Certification of Exempt Wholesale
                                                intervene, and protests must be served                  Commission in determining the                         Generator Status of PowerFin ASL 1,
                                                on the Complainants.                                    appropriate action to be taken, but will              LLC.
                                                   The Commission encourages                            not serve to make protestants parties to                 Filed Date: 10/11/17.
                                                electronic submission of protests and                   the proceeding. Any person wishing to                    Accession Number: 20171011–5088.
                                                interventions in lieu of paper using the                become a party must file a notice of                     Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/1/17.
                                                eFiling link at http://www.ferc.gov.                    intervention or motion to intervene, as                  Docket Numbers: EG18–7–000.
                                                Persons unable to file electronically                   appropriate. Such notices, motions, or                   Applicants: PowerFin SolarMundo,
                                                should submit an original and 14 copies                 protests must be filed on or before the               LLC.
                                                of the protest or intervention to the                   comment date. Anyone filing a motion                     Description: Notice of Self-
                                                Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,                   to intervene or protest must serve a copy             Certification of Exempt Wholesale
                                                888 First Street NE., Washington, DC                    of that document on the Petitioner.                   Generator Status of PowerFin
                                                20426.                                                     The Commission encourages                          SolarMundo, LLC.
                                                   This filing is accessible online at                  electronic submission of protests and                    Filed Date: 10/11/17.
                                                http://www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary                 interventions in lieu of paper, using the                Accession Number: 20171011–5089.
                                                link and is available for review in the                 FERC Online links at http://                             Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/1/17.
                                                Commission’s Public Reference Room in                   www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic                   Take notice that the Commission
                                                Washington, DC. There is an                             service, persons with Internet access                 received the following electric rate
                                                eSubscription link on the Web site that                 who will eFile a document and/or be                   filings:
                                                enables subscribers to receive email                    listed as a contact for an intervenor                    Docket Numbers: ER10–2398–006;
                                                notification when a document is added                   must create and validate an                           ER10–2399–006; ER14–1933–006;
                                                to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance               eRegistration account using the                       ER10–2406–007; ER10–2409–006;
                                                with any FERC Online service, please                    eRegistration link. Select the eFiling                ER10–2410–006; ER10–2411–007;
                                                email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or                    link to log on and submit the                         ER10–2412–007; ER17–1315–003;
                                                call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY,               intervention or protests.                             ER10–2414–007; ER11–2935- 008;
                                                call (202) 502–8659.                                       Persons unable to file electronically              ER16–1724–003; ER13–1816–007.
                                                   Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern                      should submit an original and 5 copies                   Applicants: Blackstone Wind Farm,
                                                Time on October 30, 2017.                               of the intervention or protest to the                 LLC, Blackstone Wind Farm II LLC,
                                                  Dated: October 11, 2017.                              Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,                 Headwaters Wind Farm LLC, High Trail
                                                Kimberly D. Bose,                                       888 First Street NE., Washington, DC                  Wind Farm, LLC, Meadow Lake Wind
                                                Secretary.                                              20426.                                                Farm LLC, Meadow Lake Wind Farm II
                                                                                                           The filings in the above proceeding                LLC, Meadow Lake Wind Farm III LLC,
                                                [FR Doc. 2017–22470 Filed 10–16–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                        are accessible in the Commission’s                    Meadow Lake Wind Farm IV LLC,
                                                BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                                                                        eLibrary system by clicking on the                    Meadow Lake Wind Farm V LLC, Old
                                                                                                        appropriate link in the above list. They              Trail Wind Farm, LLC, Paulding Wind
                                                DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                    are also available for review in the                  Farm II LLC, Paulding Wind Farm III
                                                                                                        Commission’s Public Reference Room in                 LLC, Sustaining Power Solutions LLC.
                                                Federal Energy Regulatory                               Washington, DC. There is an                              Description: Notice of Non-Material
                                                                                                        eSubscription link on the Web site that               Change in Status of Blackstone Wind
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                                                Commission
                                                                                                        enables subscribers to receive email                  Farm, LLC, et. al.
                                                [Docket No. EL18–10–000]                                notification when a document is added                    Filed Date: 10/10/17.
                                                                                                        to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance                Accession Number: 20171010–5383.
                                                Bloom Energy Corporation; Notice of                                                                              Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/31/17.
                                                Petition for Declaratory Order                          with any FERC Online service, please
                                                                                                        email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or                     Docket Numbers: ER10–3246–008;
                                                  Take notice that on October 10, 2017,                 call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY,             ER10–2475–013; ER10–2474–013;
                                                pursuant to section 385.207 of the                      call (202) 502–8659.                                  ER13–1266–008.


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Dates5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 30, 2017.
FR Citation82 FR 48219 

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