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Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on March 17, 2008.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–4730 Filed 3–10–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP08–81–000]
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of
America; Notice of Request Under
Blanket Authorization
March 4, 2008.
Take notice that on February 27, 2008,
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of
America (Natural), 747 East 22nd Street,
Lombard, Illinois, filed in Docket No.
CP08–81–000 a prior notice request
pursuant to sections 157.205, 157.208
and 157.213 of the Commission’s
regulations under the Natural Gas Act
(NGA) and Natural’s blanket certificate
issued in Docket No. CP82–402–000 for
authorization convert 800 MMcf of
cushion gas to working gas at Natural’s
North Lansing storage field in Harrison
County, Texas, all as more fully set forth
in the application, which is on file with
the Commission and open to public
inspection. The filing may also be
viewed on the web at https://
www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
Enter the docket number excluding the
last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document. For
assistance, contact FERC at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202)
502–8659.
Any questions concerning this
application may be directed to Russell
Frame, Engineer, Gas Storage, Natural
Gas Pipeline Company of America, 747
East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois
60148, or telephone (630) 691–3827.
Any person or the Commission’s Staff
may, within 60 days after the issuance
of the instant notice by the Commission,
file pursuant to Rule 214 of the
Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR
385.214) a motion to intervene or notice
of intervention and, pursuant to section
157.205 of the Commission’s
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act
(NGA) (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to the
request. If no protest is filed within the
time allowed therefore, the proposed
activity shall be deemed to be
authorized effective the day after the
time allowed for protest. If a protest is
filed and not withdrawn within 30 days
after the time allowed for filing a
protest, the instant request shall be
treated as an application for
authorization pursuant to section 7 of
the NGA.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings of comments, protests,
and interventions via the Internet in lieu
of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)
and the instructions on the
Commission’s Web site (https://
www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–4736 Filed 3–10–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RM98–1–000]
Records Governing Off-the-Record
Communications; Public Notice
March 4, 2008.
This constitutes notice, in accordance
with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt
of prohibited and exempt off-the-record
communications.
Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222,
September 22, 1999) requires
Commission decisional employees, who
make or receive a prohibited or exempt
off-the-record communication relevant
to the merits of a contested proceeding,
to deliver to the Secretary of the
Commission, a copy of the
communication, if written, or a
Date
received
Docket number
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summary of the substance of any oral
communication.
Prohibited communications are
included in a public, non-decisional file
associated with, but not a part of, the
decisional record of the proceeding.
Unless the Commission determines that
the prohibited communication and any
responses thereto should become a part
of the decisional record, the prohibited
off-the-record communication will not
be considered by the Commission in
reaching its decision. Parties to a
proceeding may seek the opportunity to
respond to any facts or contentions
made in a prohibited off-the-record
communication, and may request that
the Commission place the prohibited
communication and responses thereto
in the decisional record. The
Commission will grant such a request
only when it determines that fairness so
requires. Any person identified below as
having made a prohibited off-the-record
communication shall serve the
document on all parties listed on the
official service list for the applicable
proceeding in accordance with Rule
2010, 18 CFR 385.2010.
Exempt off-the-record
communications are included in the
decisional record of the proceeding,
unless the communication was with a
cooperating agency as described by 40
CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR
385.2201(e)(1)(v).
The following is a list of off-therecord communications recently
received by the Secretary of the
Commission. The communications
listed are grouped by docket numbers in
ascending order. These filings are
available for review at the Commission
in the Public Reference Room or may be
viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary
link. Enter the docket number,
excluding the last three digits, in the
docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, please contact
FERC, Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll
free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502–8659.
Exempt
Presenter or requester
Hon. Olympia J. Snowe.
Hon. Susan M. Collins.
Brian Tungate.
Arie DeWaal.
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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 48 / Tuesday, March 11, 2008 / Notices
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–4735 Filed 3–10–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RM01–8–009]
Revised Public Utility Filing
Requirements for Electric Quarterly
Reports
Issued March 3, 2008.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice Seeking Comments on
Proposed Revisions to Electric Quarterly
Report (EQR) Data Dictionary.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In this notice, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) proposes to revise the
EQR Data Dictionary to clarify the
requirement to report all ancillary
service transactions, and invites
comments on this proposal. This
proposal is being made to reflect the
Commission’s decision in Order No. 697
that information about third party sales
of ancillary services at market-based
rates should be reported in EQR filings,
rather than being reported on a separate
OASIS-like Internet site. If adopted, this
proposal will make reporting this
information less burdensome and more
accessible.
DATES: Comments on the proposal are
due April 10, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on the proposal, identified by Docket
No. RM01–8–009, by one of the
following methods:
• Agency Web Site: https://
www.ferc.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments via the eFiling
link found in the Comment Procedures
Section of the preamble.
• Mail: Commenters unable to file
comments electronically must mail or
hand deliver an original and 14 copies
of their comments to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. Please refer to
the Comment Procedures Section of the
preamble for additional information on
how to file paper comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michelle Veloso (Technical
Information), Office of Enforcement,
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–
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Gary D. Cohen (Legal Information),
Office of the General Counsel, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426, (202) 502–8321.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Before Commissioners: Joseph T.
Kelliher, Chairman; Suedeen G. Kelly,
Marc Spitzer, Philip D. Moeller, and
Jon Wellinghoff.
1. The Commission is proposing to
revise the Electric Quarterly Report
(EQR) Data Dictionary to clarify the
requirement to report all ancillary
service transactions and invites
comment on this proposal.
2. This proposal is being made to
reflect the Commission’s decision in
Order No. 697 that information about
third party sales of ancillary services at
market-based rates should be reported
in EQR filings, rather than being
reported on a separate OASIS-like
Internet site. If adopted, this proposal
will make reporting this information
less burdensome and more accessible.
Background
3. On April 25, 2002, the Commission
issued Order No. 2001, a Final Rule
establishing revised public utility filing
requirements.1 This rule revised the
Commission’s filing requirements to
require companies subject to the
Commission’s regulations under section
205 of the Federal Power Act2 to file
quarterly reports that: (1) Provide data
identifying the utility on whose behalf
the report is being filed (ID Data); (2)
summarize pertinent data about the
utility’s currently effective contracts
(Contract Data); and (3) summarize data
about wholesale power sales the utility
made during the reporting period
(Transaction Data). The requirement to
file EQRs replaced the requirement to
file quarterly transaction reports
summarizing a utility’s market-based
rate transactions and sales agreements
that conformed to the utility’s tariff.
4. In Order No. 2001, the Commission
also adopted a new section in its
regulations, 18 CFR 35.10b, which
requires that the EQRs are to be
1 Revised Public Utility Filing Requirements,
Order No. 2001, 67 FR 31043 (May 8, 2002), FERC
Stats. & Regs. ¶31,127 (Apr. 25, 2002), reh’g denied,
Order No. 2001–A, 100 FERC ¶61,074,
reconsideration and clarification denied, Order No.
2001–B, 100 FERC ¶61,342, order directing filings,
Order No. 2001–C, 101 FERC ¶61,314 (2002), Order
No. 2001–D, order directing filings, 102 FERC
¶ 61,334, Order No. 2001–E, order refining filing
requirements, 105 FERC ¶61,352 (2003),
clarification order, Order No.2001–F, 106 FERC
¶61,060 (2004), order adopting EQR Data
Dictionary, Order No. 2001–G, 120 FERC ¶61,270
(2007), order on reh’g and clarification, Order No.
2001–H, 121 FERC ¶61,289 (2007).
2 16 U.S.C. 824d.
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prepared in conformance with the
Commission’s software and guidance
posted and available from the
Commission Web site. This obviates the
need to revise 18 CFR 35.10b to
implement revisions to the software and
guidance. Since the issuance of Order
No. 2001, as need has arisen, the
Commission has issued orders to resolve
questions raised by EQR users and has
directed Staff to issue additional
guidance.
5. On September 24, 2007, the
Commission issued Order No. 2001–G,
adopting an EQR Data Dictionary that
collected in one document the
definitions of certain terms and values
used in filing EQR data (previously
provided in Commission orders and in
guidance materials posted at the
Commission’s Web site) and providing
formal definitions for fields that were
previously undefined. On December 20,
2007, the Commission issued Order No.
2001–H, which addressed a pending
request for rehearing and clarifying the
information to be reported in several
EQR data fields.
6. On June 21, 2007, the Commission
issued Order No. 697,3 a Final Rule that
codified and, in certain respects, revised
the Commission’s standards for marketbased rates for sales of electric energy,
capacity, and ancillary services. The
rule retained several of the core
elements of the Commission’s existing
standards for granting market-based
rates and revised them in certain
respects. The rule also adopted a
number of reforms to streamline the
administration of the market-based rate
program. Among other issues addressed
in Order No. 697, the Commission
addressed the posting and reporting
requirements for third-party sellers of
ancillary services at market-based rates.
7. This matter had previously been
addressed in Avista Corporation, 87
FERC ¶61,223, order on reh’g, 89 FERC
¶61,136 (1999) (Avista), among other
cases. Prior to the issuance of Order No.
697, Avista provided a general policy
stating that third-party ancillary service
providers that could not perform a
market power study would be allowed
to sell ancillary services at market-based
rates, but only in conjunction with a
requirement that such third parties
establish an Internet-based, OASIS-like
site for providing information about and
transacting ancillary services. The
authorization in Avista extended only to
the following four ancillary services:
Regulation Service, Energy Imbalance
3 Market-Based Rates for Wholesale Sales of
Electric Energy, Capacity and Ancillary Services by
Public Utilities, Order No. 697, 72 FR 39904 (July
20, 2007), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶31,252 (June 21,
2007), clarifying order, 122 FERC ¶61,260 (2007).
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RM98-1-000]
Records Governing Off-the-Record Communications; Public Notice
March 4, 2008.
This constitutes notice, in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of
the receipt of prohibited and exempt off-the-record communications.
Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, September 22, 1999) requires Commission
decisional employees, who make or receive a prohibited or exempt off-
the-record communication relevant to the merits of a contested
proceeding, to deliver to the Secretary of the Commission, a copy of
the communication, if written, or a summary of the substance of any
oral communication.
Prohibited communications are included in a public, non-decisional
file associated with, but not a part of, the decisional record of the
proceeding. Unless the Commission determines that the prohibited
communication and any responses thereto should become a part of the
decisional record, the prohibited off-the-record communication will not
be considered by the Commission in reaching its decision. Parties to a
proceeding may seek the opportunity to respond to any facts or
contentions made in a prohibited off-the-record communication, and may
request that the Commission place the prohibited communication and
responses thereto in the decisional record. The Commission will grant
such a request only when it determines that fairness so requires. Any
person identified below as having made a prohibited off-the-record
communication shall serve the document on all parties listed on the
official service list for the applicable proceeding in accordance with
Rule 2010, 18 CFR 385.2010.
Exempt off-the-record communications are included in the decisional
record of the proceeding, unless the communication was with a
cooperating agency as described by 40 CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR
385.2201(e)(1)(v).
The following is a list of off-the-record communications recently
received by the Secretary of the Commission. The communications listed
are grouped by docket numbers in ascending order. These filings are
available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or
may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at https://www.ferc.gov using
the eLibrary link. Enter the docket number, excluding the last three
digits, in the docket number field to access the document. For
assistance, please contact FERC, Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502-8659.
Exempt
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Date
Docket number received Presenter or requester
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1. ER08-538-000.................... 2-8-08 Hon. Olympia J. Snowe.
Hon. Susan M. Collins.
2. Project No. 2677-019............ 2-12-08 Brian Tungate.
3. Project No. 2677-019............ 2-20-08 Arie DeWaal.
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Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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