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This filing is accessible on-line at
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‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
review in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room in Washington, DC.
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(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on March 26, 2009.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9–5258 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am]
review in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room in Washington, DC.
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Web site that enables subscribers to
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document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please e-mail
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on March 13, 2009.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9–5248 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 176–018]
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
City of Escondido and Vista Irrigation
District; Notice of Technical
Conference and Site Visit for
Escondido Hydroelectric Project
[Docket No. ER09–644–000]
South Carolina Electric & Gas
Company; Notice of Filing
March 5, 2009.
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March 4, 2009.
Take notice that on February 2, 2009,
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
filed a compliance filing to comply with
Commission Order No. 676–C, pursuant
to section 206 of the Federal Power Act.
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. On or before the
comment date, it is not necessary to
serve motions to intervene or protests
on persons other than the Applicant.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the
‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://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 on-line at
https://www.ferc.gov, using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
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Technical Conference
On December 15, 2008, The City of
Escondido and Vista Irrigation (coapplicants) filed an updated application
to relicense the 1.8–MW Escondido
Hydroelectric Project.
FERC staff will conduct two technical
conferences for the purposes of
gathering information and answering
questions regarding the Escondido
Project’s Settlement Agreement and
Updated License Application. The
meetings will focus on obtaining public
and agency input and requesting
clarification from the applicants
regarding the filed documents. All
interested individuals, organizations,
and agencies with environmental
expertise and concerns are invited to
attend one or both of the meetings and
to assist the staff in defining and
clarifying the issues related to the
Escondido Hydroelectric Project
licensing proceeding.
A. Date, Time, and Location:
Morning Meeting
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009.
Time: 9 a.m. (PST).
Place: Civic Center Plaza, Mitchell
Room.
Address: 210 North Broadway,
Escondido, CA 92025.
Evening Meeting
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009.
Time: 7 p.m. (PST).
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Place: Civic Center Plaza, Mitchell
Room.
Address: 210 North Broadway,
Escondido, CA 92025.
B. Directions to the Mitchell Room,
Escondido City Hall: From San Diego,
take Interstate 15 north to Hwy 78 east;
From Los Angeles, take Interstate 5
south to Hwy 78 east, past Interstate 15;
From Ontario/Riverside, take Interstate
15 south to Hwy 78 east; Then, turn
right (south) on North Broadway, right
again (west) on Valley Parkway (a oneway street), and park in the first or
second public lot on the right (the
second lot is referred to as the Art
Center parking lot). A permit will be
issued in the Mitchell Room for you to
put on your dashboard that will allow
you to exceed the posted parking time
limit for either of these two lots. If these
lots are both full, proceed west on
Valley Parkway and make a right turn
(north) on Escondido Blvd. Pass the
Performing Arts Center (Lyric Theatre)
and the flood control channel and turn
right into the Woodward Avenue
parking lot.
C. FERC Contact: Emily Carter,
emily.carter@ferc.gov, 202–502–6512.
D. Purpose of Meeting: FERC staff will
conduct two technical conferences for
the purposes of gathering information
and answering questions regarding the
Escondido Hydroelectric Project’s
Settlement Agreement and Updated
License Application. The meetings will
focus on obtaining public and agency
input and requesting clarification from
the applicant’s regarding the filed
documents. All interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies with
environmental expertise and concerns
are invited to attend one or both of the
meetings and to assist the staff in
defining and clarifying the issues
related to the Escondido Hydroelectric
Project licensing proceeding.
The meetings will be recorded by a
stenographer and become part of the
formal record of the Commission
proceeding on the project.
Site Visit
FERC staff, along with the applicants,
will conduct a project site visit
beginning at 8:45 a.m. on April 1, 2009.
All interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies are invited
to attend. All participants should meet
at the Escondido Civic Center Plaza in
the Mitchell Room. All participants are
responsible for their own transportation
to the site, but car pooling is encouraged
as much as possible. Please be aware
that several of the facilities on this tour
are accessed via rough dirt roads.
Vehicles must be suitable for off-road
use and four-wheel drive is
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recommended (and may be required in
wet weather). Please bring water and
wear suitable field attire and footwear.
Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2009.
Time: 8:45 a.m. (PST).
Place: Civic Center Plaza, Mitchell
Room.
Address: 210 North Broadway,
Escondido, CA 92025.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9–5261 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. EL09–29–000; Docket No.
EL09–30–000]
NorthWestern Corporation; Mountain
States Transmission Intertie, LLC,
NorthWestern Corporation;
Supplemental Notice of Technical
Conference
March 5, 2009.
By notice issued on February 25,
2009, Commission Staff established an
informal technical conference in the
above-referenced proceedings to be held
on Thursday, March 12, 2009, at 1 p.m.
(EDT), at the offices of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426
(February 25 Notice).
The technical conference will afford
Commission Staff and interested
persons an opportunity to informally
discuss issues associated with the
Mountain States Transmission Intertie,
LLC (MSTI) and Collector Projects
proposed in the above-mentioned
dockets. As indicated in the February 25
Notice, Commission Staff is now
providing further details relating to the
issues to be discussed at the
conference.1
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Rates and Service on the MSTI and
Collector Projects
• Explain the proposed rate structures
for the Collector Project and for MSTI.
• Explain how transmission rates will
be calculated for transmission service
on the NorthWestern Corporation
(Northwestern) system in relation to
transmission service on the Collector
Project and/or MSTI, and explain
1 On March 3, 2009, NorthWestern filed an
answer to protests in Docket Nos. EL09–29–000 and
EL09–30–000. We note that NorthWestern answered
some of the protestors’ and Staff’s concerns in that
answer; however, Staff would still like to further
discuss the topics listed in the instant notice, even
where there is overlap with the answers already
provided.
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whether the proposals will result in rate
pancaking (i.e., separate rates for service
on each entity or segment) or a form of
‘‘And’’ pricing.
• What cost-based alternatives to the
MSTI project, not affiliated with
NorthWestern, do customers have in the
relevant geographic area?
• Identify any benefits to customers
(other than the MSTI customers)
associated with closing the 500kV loop
in the Pacific Northwest. Describe how
those benefits, if any, are reflected in the
‘‘negotiated’’ rates to MSTI customers.
Distinctions Between the MSTI and
Collector Projects
• Setting aside the statement that
MSTI is a stand-alone entity, what
distinguishes the Collector Project from
MSTI?
• Explain how and by whom service
on MSTI will be scheduled, generation
using the line will be dispatched, and
the line will be maintained.
• Discuss the affiliation between
NorthWestern and MSTI and
distinguish it from the affiliate concerns
addressed in Chinook Power
Transmission, LLC, 126 FERC ¶ 61,134
(2009).
Open Season Issues
• To the extent the Collector Project
or MSTI are sized with greater capacity
than is requested in the open season,
who will pay for the excess capacity?
What rights will be associated with such
additional payments? If projects are
sized at less than the capacity requested
in the open season, how will requests
for capacity be rationed?
• Will customers have exit rights if
the offered capacity is greater than or
less than what they requested in the
open season? If so, what are those exit
rights? Are there any penalties for
withdrawing?
• Explain whether and under what
circumstances NorthWestern will
permit customers to opt out of the
Collector cluster study.
• Describe NorthWestern’s pre-open
season industry interest contact process
and the results of those contacts.
Queue Issues
• Provide details about the current
transmission service requests in
NorthWestern’s queue, including, but
not limited to, the amount, when and
how they were submitted, the terms of
the requests, and any commitments
made by those customers or
NorthWestern with respect to those
transmission service requests.
• Explain the reasoning for the
preference afforded to MSTI customers
that are currently in NorthWestern’s
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queue, and whether those customers
have entered into binding agreements to
date.
System Configuration and Siting Issues
• Describe the physical configuration
of the Collector and MSTI Projects and
how they are interconnected to the
NorthWestern system, and each other.
• Describe the paths and sources of
energy that may flow onto or from the
Collector Project and MSTI through
NorthWestern’s existing system or from
other systems.
• Describe any filings related to the
Collector and MSTI Projects that have
thus far been filed with Montana or
Idaho state agencies.
• Has NorthWestern or MSTI
obtained rights to eminent domain
through all or any part of the MSTI
project area?
Requested Waivers
• Explain the basis for and
justification supporting the requests for
waivers for the Collector Project, and
specifically the waiver of the
requirement to file unexecuted service
agreements with the Commission and
the waiver of the requirement regarding
posting of transmission service request
studies information.
The Petitioners 2 should be prepared
to address these issues, as well as the
concerns raised in the protests or by
interested persons at the technical
conference. Petitioners are also invited
to provide additional support for the
filings.
All interested persons are permitted
to attend. For further information please
contact either Timothy Duggan at (202)
502–8326 or e-mail
Timothy.Duggan@ferc.gov, or Katie
Detweiler at (202) 502–6426 or e-mail
Katie.Detweiler@ferc.gov.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9–5259 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RP09–194–000]
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company;
Notice of Technical Conference
March 4, 2009.
Take notice that the Commission will
convene a technical conference in the
above-referenced proceeding on
2 Petitioners are NorthWestern Corporation and
Mountain States Transmission Intertie, LLC.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 176-018]
City of Escondido and Vista Irrigation District; Notice of
Technical Conference and Site Visit for Escondido Hydroelectric Project
March 5, 2009.
Technical Conference
On December 15, 2008, The City of Escondido and Vista Irrigation
(co-applicants) filed an updated application to relicense the 1.8-MW
Escondido Hydroelectric Project.
FERC staff will conduct two technical conferences for the purposes
of gathering information and answering questions regarding the
Escondido Project's Settlement Agreement and Updated License
Application. The meetings will focus on obtaining public and agency
input and requesting clarification from the applicants regarding the
filed documents. All interested individuals, organizations, and
agencies with environmental expertise and concerns are invited to
attend one or both of the meetings and to assist the staff in defining
and clarifying the issues related to the Escondido Hydroelectric
Project licensing proceeding.
A. Date, Time, and Location:
Morning Meeting
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009.
Time: 9 a.m. (PST).
Place: Civic Center Plaza, Mitchell Room.
Address: 210 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025.
Evening Meeting
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009.
Time: 7 p.m. (PST).
Place: Civic Center Plaza, Mitchell Room.
Address: 210 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025.
B. Directions to the Mitchell Room, Escondido City Hall: From San
Diego, take Interstate 15 north to Hwy 78 east; From Los Angeles, take
Interstate 5 south to Hwy 78 east, past Interstate 15; From Ontario/
Riverside, take Interstate 15 south to Hwy 78 east; Then, turn right
(south) on North Broadway, right again (west) on Valley Parkway (a one-
way street), and park in the first or second public lot on the right
(the second lot is referred to as the Art Center parking lot). A permit
will be issued in the Mitchell Room for you to put on your dashboard
that will allow you to exceed the posted parking time limit for either
of these two lots. If these lots are both full, proceed west on Valley
Parkway and make a right turn (north) on Escondido Blvd. Pass the
Performing Arts Center (Lyric Theatre) and the flood control channel
and turn right into the Woodward Avenue parking lot.
C. FERC Contact: Emily Carter, emily.carter@ferc.gov, 202-502-6512.
D. Purpose of Meeting: FERC staff will conduct two technical
conferences for the purposes of gathering information and answering
questions regarding the Escondido Hydroelectric Project's Settlement
Agreement and Updated License Application. The meetings will focus on
obtaining public and agency input and requesting clarification from the
applicant's regarding the filed documents. All interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies with environmental expertise and concerns
are invited to attend one or both of the meetings and to assist the
staff in defining and clarifying the issues related to the Escondido
Hydroelectric Project licensing proceeding.
The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and become part of
the formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project.
Site Visit
FERC staff, along with the applicants, will conduct a project site
visit beginning at 8:45 a.m. on April 1, 2009. All interested
individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend. All
participants should meet at the Escondido Civic Center Plaza in the
Mitchell Room. All participants are responsible for their own
transportation to the site, but car pooling is encouraged as much as
possible. Please be aware that several of the facilities on this tour
are accessed via rough dirt roads. Vehicles must be suitable for off-
road use and four-wheel drive is
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recommended (and may be required in wet weather). Please bring water
and wear suitable field attire and footwear.
Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2009.
Time: 8:45 a.m. (PST).
Place: Civic Center Plaza, Mitchell Room.
Address: 210 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-5261 Filed 3-11-09; 8:45 am]
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