83 FR 16845 - Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference; Transmission Planning Within the California Independent System Operator Corporation; California Public Utilities Commission, Northern California Power Agency, City and County of San Francisco, State Water Contractors, Transmission Agency of Northern California v. Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison Company
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 74 (April 17, 2018)
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 17, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 16845-16847] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-07923] [[Page 16845]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. AD18-12-000; Docket No. EL17-45-000; Docket No. ER18-370- 000] Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference; Transmission Planning Within the California Independent System Operator Corporation; California Public Utilities Commission, Northern California Power Agency, City and County of San Francisco, State Water Contractors, Transmission Agency of Northern California v. Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison Company As announced in the Notice of Technical Conference issued on March 23, 2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff will hold a technical conference on May 1, 2018, at the Commission's headquarters at 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). The purpose of the technical conference is to explore the processes used by participating transmission owners (PTOs) in the California Independent System Operator Corporation (CAISO) to determine which transmission-related maintenance and compliance activities/facilities, including, but not limited to, transmission- related capital additions, are subject to the CAISO Transmission Planning Process (TPP).\1\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Commission staff is using ``transmission-related maintenance and compliance activities/facilities'' as a term intended to encompass the activities, facilities, and/or projects at issue in the proceedings included in this notice. The Parties in these proceedings do not use a common definition or phrase that is set out in any tariff or business practice manual (BPM). Staff's intent for the technical conference is to include a broad category of transmission-related activities and facilities. This includes any work on the transmission system, including, but not limited to, transmission-related maintenance, repair, replacement, or compliance activities and associated facilities, as well as transmission- related capital additions. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Order No. 890, the Commission required all public utility transmission providers, including regional transmission organizations (RTOs) and independent system operators (ISOs), to revise their open access transmission tariffs (OATTs) to incorporate a transmission planning process that satisfied nine transmission planning principles to limit the opportunities for undue discrimination and anticompetitive conduct in transmission service.\2\ In Order No. 890-A, the Commission noted that each RTO and ISO may fulfill its obligations under Order No. 890 by delegating certain planning activities to, or otherwise relying on, its transmission owning members, provided that the rights and responsibilities of all parties are clearly stated in the RTO's/ISO's OATT.\3\ The Commission also explained that, in many cases, RTO/ISO transmission planning processes may focus principally on regional problems and solutions, while local planning issues may be addressed by individual transmission owners.\4\ Noting that these local transmission planning issues may be critically important to transmission customers, the Commission stated that transmission owners must, to the extent that they perform transmission planning within an RTO or ISO, comply with Order No. 890 as well.\5\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ Order No. 890, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,241 at PP 426, 435; see Order No. 890-A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,261 at P 171. These transmission planning principles are: (1) Coordination; (2) openness; (3) transparency; (4) information exchange; (5) comparability; (6) dispute resolution; (7) regional participation; (8) economic planning studies; and (9) cost allocation for new projects. \3\ Order No. 890-A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,261 at P 175. \4\ Order No. 890, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,241 at P 440. \5\ Id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a series of orders issued between 2008 and 2010, the Commission accepted CAISO's TPP as consistent with the requirements of Order No. 890.\6\ As is relevant here, in an order issued on May 21, 2009, the Commission found that ``the local planning activities conducted by the participating transmission owners [in CAISO] are reasonable and the process, as set forth in the [CAISO] tariff and business practice manual, is transparent.'' \7\ However, more recently, a number of interested parties have raised concerns regarding the lack of opportunity for stakeholder review of transmission-related maintenance and compliance activities, including, but not limited to, certain transmission-related capital additions, which CAISO PTOs do not submit to CAISO's TPP.\8\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ See Cal. Indep. Sys. Operator Corp., 123 FERC ] 61,283 (2008), order denying reh'g and on compliance filing, 127 FERC ] 61,172 (2009), order on compliance filing, 130 FERC ] 61,048 (2010). \7\ Cal. Indep. Sys. Operator Corp., 127 FERC ] 61,172 at P 118. \8\ See, e.g., Cal. Pub. Utils. Comm'n, et al. v. Pacific Gas & Elec. Co., Complaint, Docket No. EL17-45-000 (filed Feb. 2, 2017) (asserting that Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is in violation of Order No. 890 because it conducts more than 80 percent of its transmission planning on an internal basis without stakeholder review); Cal. Pub. Utils. Comm'n Dec. 22, 2017 Protest, Docket No. ER18-370-000 (protesting Southern California Edison Co.'s filing of an amendment to its Transmission Owner Tariff to create an annual Transmission Maintenance and Compliance Review process on the basis that the proposed process does not meet the requirements of Order No. 890). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In an order issued March 23, 2018 in Docket No. ER18-370-000,\9\ the Commission found that protesters in that proceeding raised important questions that relate to the processes by which all CAISO PTOs \10\ determine which transmission-related maintenance and compliance activities, including, but not limited to, transmission- related capital additions, must be submitted to CAISO's TPP.\11\ In that order, the Commission directed Commission staff to convene a technical conference to explore these issues. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \9\ S. Cal. Edison, 162 FERC ] 61,264 (2018). \10\ Although the concerns protesters raised in Docket No. ER18- 370-000 relate specifically to SoCal Edison, the Commission found that the questions raised were also applicable to the processes that other CAISO PTOs use to identify which transmission-related maintenance and compliance activities/facilities must be submitted to CAISO's TPP. Id. P 24. \11\ Id. P 23. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Given the background provided herein, participants should be prepared to discuss the following: 1. Please define and describe what constitutes transmission-related maintenance and compliance activities/facilities. Please provide specific examples and an explanation regarding how it is determined that such an example falls into the category of transmission-related maintenance and compliance activities/facilities. How does each CAISO PTO identify the need for transmission-related maintenance and compliance activities/facilities and decide which activities/facilities to undertake? 2. How does each CASIO PTO determine if actions taken to maintain, repair, or replace facilities should be considered and reviewed through CAISO's TPP? Which transmission-related maintenance and compliance activities/facilities are submitted for consideration and review through CAISO's TPP and which activities or transmission facilities are considered and reviewed solely by PTOs? Please explain. 3. Are there criteria or parameters that each CAISO PTO uses to determine which transmission-related maintenance and compliance activities/facilities to submit to CAISO for consideration and review through CAISO's TPP? What factors are considered (e.g., cost, voltage level, length, rating)? Please explain. 4. Do CAISO's tariff or BPMs provide guidance and clarity to CAISO PTOs regarding what transmission-related maintenance and compliance activities/facilities must be considered and reviewed through CAISO's TPP? If so, please list the relevant sections. [[Page 16846]] 5. For transmission-related maintenance and compliance activities/ facilities that may enhance the transmission system (such as additions that increase line ratings or extend the useful life of a transmission asset), how does each CAISO PTO determine whether this maintenance or compliance activity/facility should be considered and reviewed as part of CAISO's TPP? Where are the criteria or parameters related to this determination documented or otherwise made available? 6. When deciding whether to submit a transmission-related maintenance and compliance activity/facility for consideration and review through CAISO's TPP, does each CAISO PTO differentiate between transmission-related maintenance and compliance activities/facilities that require immediate action (e.g., non-functioning transmission infrastructure) and those that do not require immediate action and may be addressed over a longer timeframe? Please explain how this differentiation is decided. Are there criteria or parameters used by the CAISO PTO to make this differentiation? If so, where are such criteria or parameters documented or otherwise made available? 7. Is there a process through which each CAISO PTO evaluates whether a transmission-related maintenance and compliance activity/ facility that was not initially submitted to CAISO's TPP should be transitioned into the CAISO TPP for consideration and review? If so, please describe that process, including what criteria or parameters are considered in reaching the conclusion to transition to CAISO's TPP. Also, please explain where such criteria or parameters are documented or otherwise made available. 8. What information does each CAISO PTO submit to CAISO (during Phase I of the TPP) concerning the transmission-related maintenance and compliance activities/facilities planned outside of CAISO's TPP? Please explain what type of information is provided and what level of detail is included. 9. What is the process through which each CAISO PTO performs transmission planning activities outside of CAISO's TPP? Please describe that process in detail. 10. Are there processes for stakeholders to review and provide input on transmission-related maintenance and compliance activities/ facilities, including transmission-related capital additions, not included in CAISO's TPP? If so, please describe these processes in detail, including whether there is an opportunity for stakeholders to review and provide input on cost and other factors. Please also describe the timeframe for providing this input. 11. How does each CAISO PTO decide whether to pursue reliability- related transmission-related maintenance and compliance activities/ facilities that are not required by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), or other regulatory entities? What criteria or parameters are used by each CAISO PTO to make this decision? Where are such criteria or parameters documented or otherwise made available? 12. Is there a difference between (a) the process through which each CAISO PTO pursues solutions to transmission-related maintenance and compliance activities/facilities that arise from NERC and WECC reliability standards or reliability standards established by other regulatory entities, and (b) the process through which each CAISO PTO pursues solutions to other transmission-related maintenance and compliance activities/facilities? If so, please explain (1) the difference between the two processes and (2) elaborate on the reasons for the differences. 13. Please explain how costs associated with transmission-related maintenance and compliance activities/facilities developed outside of the CAISO TPP are reflected in wholesale and retail transmission rates. 14. How does each CAISO PTO determine whether transmission-related maintenance, repair, or replacement activities/facilities should be capitalized or expensed as operations and maintenance costs? Please explain. 15. What recommendations do you have for each CAISO PTO to increase the transparency of the process for stakeholders and others with respect to the CAISO PTOs' planning for transmission-related maintenance and compliance activities/facilities? How would these recommendations affect the CAISO PTOs? Would such effects be manageable? If not, why not? If changes to increase transparency could be made, should they be the same for each CAISO PTO? The technical conference will be led by Commission staff, and is open to the public. All interested persons may attend the conference, and registration is not required. However, in-person attendees are encouraged to register on-line by April 20, 2018 at https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/05-01-18-form.asp. This event will NOT be webcast. However, for those who cannot attend in person, we will provide a listen-only telephone line, if requested. Those wishing this service should register at the link provided and specify the telephone line option. The conference will consist of questions posed by Commission staff and responses provided by CAISO, the CAISO PTOs, and complainants. There may also be an opportunity for follow-up questions and comments from attendees during those discussions. The specific agenda and procedures to be followed at the conference will be announced by staff at the opening of the conference. The technical conference will be transcribed, and the transcript will be available immediately for a fee from Ace Reporting Company ((202) 347-3700). Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations, please send an email to [email protected] or call toll free (866) 208- 3372 (voice) or (202) 502-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to (202) 208-2106 with the required accommodations. Following the technical conference, all interested persons are invited to file initial and reply post-technical conference comments on the topics discussed during the technical conference, including the questions listed above. Commenters may reference material previously filed in this docket, including the technical conference transcript, but are encouraged to avoid repetition or replication of previous material. Initial comments are due on or before May 31, 2018; reply comments are due on or before June 15, 2018. Initial comments should not exceed 15 pages, and reply comments should not exceed 10 pages. The written comments will be included in the formal record of the proceeding, which, together with the record developed to date, will form the basis for further Commission action. For Further Information, Please Contact Individuals Identified for Each Topic: Technical Information: Laura Switzer, Office of Energy Markets Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6231, [email protected] Legal Information for Docket Nos. AD18-12-000 and EL17-45-000: Linda Kizuka, Office of the General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8773, [email protected] Legal Information for Docket Nos. AD18-12-000 and ER18-370-000: Susanna Ehrlich, Office of the General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory [[Page 16847]] Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6260, [email protected] Logistical Information: Sarah McKinley, Office of External Affairs, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8368, [email protected]. Dated: April 10, 2018. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. 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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Commission noted that each RTO and In an order issued March 23, 2018 in
ISO may fulfill its obligations under Docket No. ER18–370–000,9 the
Federal Energy Regulatory Order No. 890 by delegating certain Commission found that protesters in
Commission planning activities to, or otherwise that proceeding raised important
relying on, its transmission owning questions that relate to the processes by
[Docket No. AD18–12–000; Docket No.
EL17–45–000; Docket No. ER18–370–000]
members, provided that the rights and which all CAISO PTOs 10 determine
responsibilities of all parties are clearly which transmission-related
Supplemental Notice of Technical stated in the RTO’s/ISO’s OATT.3 The maintenance and compliance activities,
Conference; Transmission Planning Commission also explained that, in including, but not limited to,
Within the California Independent many cases, RTO/ISO transmission transmission-related capital additions,
System Operator Corporation; planning processes may focus must be submitted to CAISO’s TPP.11 In
California Public Utilities Commission, principally on regional problems and that order, the Commission directed
Northern California Power Agency, solutions, while local planning issues Commission staff to convene a technical
City and County of San Francisco, may be addressed by individual conference to explore these issues.
State Water Contractors, Transmission transmission owners.4 Noting that these Given the background provided
Agency of Northern California v. local transmission planning issues may herein, participants should be prepared
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, be critically important to transmission to discuss the following:
Southern California Edison Company customers, the Commission stated that 1. Please define and describe what
transmission owners must, to the extent constitutes transmission-related
As announced in the Notice of that they perform transmission planning maintenance and compliance activities/
Technical Conference issued on March within an RTO or ISO, comply with facilities. Please provide specific
23, 2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory Order No. 890 as well.5 examples and an explanation regarding
Commission staff will hold a technical In a series of orders issued between how it is determined that such an
conference on May 1, 2018, at the 2008 and 2010, the Commission example falls into the category of
Commission’s headquarters at 888 First accepted CAISO’s TPP as consistent transmission-related maintenance and
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, with the requirements of Order No. compliance activities/facilities. How
between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. 890.6 As is relevant here, in an order does each CAISO PTO identify the need
(Eastern Time). The purpose of the issued on May 21, 2009, the for transmission-related maintenance
technical conference is to explore the Commission found that ‘‘the local and compliance activities/facilities and
processes used by participating planning activities conducted by the decide which activities/facilities to
transmission owners (PTOs) in the participating transmission owners [in undertake?
California Independent System Operator CAISO] are reasonable and the process, 2. How does each CASIO PTO
Corporation (CAISO) to determine as set forth in the [CAISO] tariff and determine if actions taken to maintain,
which transmission-related business practice manual, is repair, or replace facilities should be
maintenance and compliance activities/ transparent.’’ 7 However, more recently, considered and reviewed through
facilities, including, but not limited to, a number of interested parties have CAISO’s TPP? Which transmission-
transmission-related capital additions, raised concerns regarding the lack of related maintenance and compliance
are subject to the CAISO Transmission opportunity for stakeholder review of activities/facilities are submitted for
Planning Process (TPP).1 transmission-related maintenance and consideration and review through
In Order No. 890, the Commission compliance activities, including, but not CAISO’s TPP and which activities or
required all public utility transmission limited to, certain transmission-related transmission facilities are considered
providers, including regional capital additions, which CAISO PTOs and reviewed solely by PTOs? Please
transmission organizations (RTOs) and do not submit to CAISO’s TPP.8 explain.
independent system operators (ISOs), to 3. Are there criteria or parameters that
revise their open access transmission openness; (3) transparency; (4) information each CAISO PTO uses to determine
tariffs (OATTs) to incorporate a exchange; (5) comparability; (6) dispute resolution; which transmission-related
transmission planning process that (7) regional participation; (8) economic planning maintenance and compliance activities/
satisfied nine transmission planning studies; and (9) cost allocation for new projects. facilities to submit to CAISO for
3 Order No. 890–A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,261
principles to limit the opportunities for consideration and review through
at P 175.
undue discrimination and 4 Order No. 890, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,241 at CAISO’s TPP? What factors are
anticompetitive conduct in transmission P 440. considered (e.g., cost, voltage level,
service.2 In Order No. 890–A, the 5 Id. length, rating)? Please explain.
6 See Cal. Indep. Sys. Operator Corp., 123 FERC
4. Do CAISO’s tariff or BPMs provide
1 Commission staff is using ‘‘transmission-related ¶ 61,283 (2008), order denying reh’g and on guidance and clarity to CAISO PTOs
maintenance and compliance activities/facilities’’ compliance filing, 127 FERC ¶ 61,172 (2009), order
as a term intended to encompass the activities, on compliance filing, 130 FERC ¶ 61,048 (2010). regarding what transmission-related
facilities, and/or projects at issue in the proceedings 7 Cal. Indep. Sys. Operator Corp., 127 FERC ¶ maintenance and compliance activities/
included in this notice. The Parties in these 61,172 at P 118. facilities must be considered and
proceedings do not use a common definition or 8 See, e.g., Cal. Pub. Utils. Comm’n, et al. v.
reviewed through CAISO’s TPP? If so,
phrase that is set out in any tariff or business Pacific Gas & Elec. Co., Complaint, Docket No.
practice manual (BPM). Staff’s intent for the
please list the relevant sections.
EL17–45–000 (filed Feb. 2, 2017) (asserting that
technical conference is to include a broad category Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is in violation of Order
9 S. Cal. Edison, 162 FERC ¶ 61,264 (2018).
of transmission-related activities and facilities. This No. 890 because it conducts more than 80 percent
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includes any work on the transmission system, of its transmission planning on an internal basis 10 Although the concerns protesters raised in
including, but not limited to, transmission-related without stakeholder review); Cal. Pub. Utils. Docket No. ER18–370–000 relate specifically to
maintenance, repair, replacement, or compliance Comm’n Dec. 22, 2017 Protest, Docket No. ER18– SoCal Edison, the Commission found that the
activities and associated facilities, as well as 370–000 (protesting Southern California Edison questions raised were also applicable to the
transmission-related capital additions. Co.’s filing of an amendment to its Transmission processes that other CAISO PTOs use to identify
2 Order No. 890, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,241 at Owner Tariff to create an annual Transmission which transmission-related maintenance and
PP 426, 435; see Order No. 890–A, FERC Stats. & Maintenance and Compliance Review process on compliance activities/facilities must be submitted
Regs. ¶ 31,261 at P 171. These transmission the basis that the proposed process does not meet to CAISO’s TPP. Id. P 24.
planning principles are: (1) Coordination; (2) the requirements of Order No. 890). 11 Id. P 23.
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Commission, 888 First Street NE, Any person desiring to intervene or Persons unable to file electronically
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502– protest in any of the above proceedings should submit an original and 5 copies
6260, susanna.ehrlich@ferc.gov must file in accordance with Rules 211 of the protest or intervention to the
Logistical Information: Sarah McKinley, and 214 of the Commission’s Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Office of External Affairs, Federal Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 20426.
First Street NE, Washington, DC time on the specified comment date. This filing is accessible on-line at
20426, (202) 502–8368, Protests may be considered, but http://www.ferc.gov, using the
sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov. intervention is necessary to become a ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
Dated: April 10, 2018. party to the proceeding. review in the Commission’s Public
Kimberly D. Bose, eFiling is encouraged. More detailed Reference Room in Washington, DC.
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Filings Instituting Proceedings
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Docket Numbers: RP18–228–001. Federal Energy Regulatory
Applicants: Rockies Express Pipeline Commission
LLC [Docket No. OR18–20–000] DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Description: Compliance filing
Compliance to RP18–228 Monthly Notice of Petition for Declaratory Federal Energy Regulatory
FL&U Postings to be effective 4/19/2018. Order; Marathon Pipe Line LLC, MPLX Commission
Filed Date: 4/10/18. Ozark Pipe Line LLC [Docket No. CP18–89–000]
Accession Number: 20180410–5148.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/16/18. Take notice that on April 6, 2018, Notice of Intent To Prepare an
pursuant to Rule 207(a)(2) of the Federal Environmental Assessment for the
Docket Numbers: RP18–694–000.
Energy Regulatory Commission’s Proposed Empire Pipeline, Inc. Empire
Applicants: Rockies Express Pipeline
(Commission) Rules of Practice and North Project and Request for
LLC..
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207(a)(2) (2017), Comments on Environmental Issues
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Errata
Marathon Pipe Line LLC and MPLX
to RP18–228, Seneca Lateral to be
Ozark Pipe Line LLC filed a joint The staff of the Federal Energy
effective 4/19/2018.
petition for a declaratory order seeking Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Filed Date: 4/10/18.
approval of certain terms and conditions Commission) will prepare an
Accession Number: 20180410–5151.
in the transportation services agreement, environmental assessment (EA) that will
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/16/18.
related to a joint expansion project, all discuss the environmental impacts of
Docket Numbers: RP18–695–000. as more fully explained in the petition. the Empire North Project involving
Applicants: Transcontinental Gas Any person desiring to intervene or to construction and operation of facilities
Pipe Line Company. protest this filing must file in by Empire Pipeline, Inc. (Empire) in
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Non- accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of Tioga County, Pennsylvania and in
Conforming—Dalton (Cartersville, GA) the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Ontario, Yates, Schuyler, Chemung, and
to be effective 6/1/2018. Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Steuben Counties, New York. The
Filed Date: 4/10/18. Protests will be considered by the Commission will use this EA in its
Accession Number: 20180410–5199. Commission in determining the decision-making process to determine
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/23/18. appropriate action to be taken, but will whether the project is in the public
Docket Numbers: RP18–696–000. not serve to make protestants parties to convenience and necessity.
Applicants: El Paso Natural Gas the proceeding. Any person wishing to This notice announces the opening of
Company, L.L.C. become a party must file a notice of the scoping process the Commission
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: intervention or motion to intervene, as will use to gather input from the public
Negotiated Rate Update Filing (TGS Apr appropriate. Such notices, motions, or and interested agencies on the project.
18) to be effective 4/11/2018. protests must be filed on or before the You can make a difference by providing
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Accession Number: 20180410–5221. to intervene or protest must serve a copy concerns about the project. Your
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/23/18. of that document on the Petitioner. comments should focus on the potential
The filings are accessible in the The Commission encourages environmental effects, reasonable
Commission’s eLibrary system by electronic submission of protests and alternatives, and measures to avoid or
clicking on the links or querying the interventions in lieu of paper using the lessen environmental impacts. Your
docket number. ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. input will help the Commission staff
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