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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. ER19–314–000]
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Bridgewater Power Company, L.P.;
Supplemental Notice That Initial
Market-Based Rate Filing Includes
Request for Blanket Section 204
Authorization
This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding of
Bridgewater Power Company, L.P.’s
application for market-based rate
authority, with an accompanying rate
tariff, noting that such application
includes a request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is December 3,
2018.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at https://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
service, persons with internet access
who will eFile a document and/or be
listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 copies
of the intervention or protest to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426.
The filings in the above-referenced
proceeding are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the appropriate link in the
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above list. They are also available for
electronic review in the Commission’s
Public Reference Room in Washington,
DC. There is an eSubscription link on
the website 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
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Dated: November 13, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket Nos. RM19–6–000; AD19–7–000;
AD19–8–000]
Hydroelectric Licensing Regulations
Under America’s Water Infrastructure
Act of 2018; Notice Establishing
Schedule Pursuant to America’s Water
Infrastructure Act of 2018
On October 23, 2018, the President
signed America’s Water Infrastructure
Act of 2018 (Act) into law. In addition
to amending part 1 of the Federal Power
Act as it relates to certain aspects of
preliminary permits, qualifying conduit
hydropower facilities, and hydropower
licenses, the Act directs the Federal
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) to:
(1) Issue a rule not later than 180 days
after the date of enactment of the Act,
establishing an expedited process for
issuing and amending licenses for
qualifying facilities at existing
nonpowered dams that will seek to
ensure a final decision by the
Commission on an application for a
license no later than two years after
receipt of a completed application;
(2) With the Secretary of the Army,
the Secretary of the Interior, and the
Secretary of Agriculture, jointly develop
a list of existing nonpowered Federal
dams that the Commission and the
Secretaries agree have the greatest
potential for non-Federal hydropower
development, and make the list
available to the public and provide the
list to certain Committees of the House
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of Representatives and the Senate not
later than 12 months after the date of
enactment of the Act;
(3) Issue a rule not later than 180 days
after the date of enactment of the Act,
establishing an expedited process for
issuing and amending licenses for
closed-loop pumped storage projects
that will seek to ensure a final decision
by the Commission on an application
for a license by no later than two years
after receipt of a completed application;
and
(4) Hold a workshop not later than six
months after the date of enactment of
the Act to explore potential
opportunities for development of
closed-loop pumped storage projects at
abandoned mine sites, and issue
guidance no later than one year after the
date of enactment of the Act to assist
applicants for licenses or preliminary
permits for closed-loop pumped storage
projects at abandoned mine sites.
In establishing the expedited
processes for issuing and amending
licenses for qualifying facilities at
existing nonpowered dams and closedloop pumped storage projects, sections
3003 and 3004 of the Act require the
Commission to convene an interagency
task force (ITF), with appropriate federal
and state agencies and Indian tribes
represented, to coordinate the regulatory
processes associated with the
authorizations required to construct and
operate these projects. By concurrent
notice, the Commission has invited
federal and state agencies and Indian
tribes to request participation on the ITF
by filing a statement of interest with the
Commission by November 29, 2018.
The Commission has established three
dockets in order to implement the
requirements of the Act: RM19–6–000
(Licensing Regulations under America’s
Water Infrastructure Act of 2018);
AD19–7–000 (Nonpowered Dams List);
and AD19–8–000 (Closed-loop Pumped
Storage Projects at Abandoned Mines
Guidance).
Because the Act requires the
Commission to issue a rule establishing
the expedited licensing processes not
later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of the Act, the Commission
has established a schedule with
abbreviated deadlines. The schedule,
which is subject to change, is included
below.
Deadline for federal and state agencies and Indian tribes to file a statement requesting participation on the
ITF.
Commission staff will hold coordination session for the ITF to discuss proposals for the expedited licensing
processes.
Commission staff will issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) for the expedited licensing processes.
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Commission staff will hold a workshop for closed-loop pumped storage project at abandoned mine sites.
NOPR public comment period will close.
Commission will issue final rule for expedited processes.
Commission staff will provide applicable federal agencies, including the Secretaries of Army, Interior, and
Agriculture, Commission staff’s draft list of existing nonpowered federal dams having the greatest potential for non-Federal hydropower development.
Commission staff will issue the final nonpowered Federal dams list.
Commission staff will issue guidance for closed-loop pumped storage projects at abandoned mine sites.
For more information about this
notice, please contact:
Shana Wiseman (RM19–6–000), Office
of Energy Projects, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,
(202) 502–8736, shana.wiseman@
ferc.gov.
Kim Nguyen (AD19–7–000), Office of
Energy Projects, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,
(202) 502–6105, kim.nguyen@ferc.gov.
Monir Chowdhury (AD19–8–000),
Office of Energy Projects, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426, (202) 502–6736,
monir.chowdhury@ferc.gov.
Dated: November 13, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RC11–6–008]
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North American Electric Reliability
Corporation; Notice of Filing
Take notice that on November 1,
2018, the North American Electric
Reliability Corporation submitted an
annual report on Find, Fix, Track and
Report and Compliance Exception
programs, in accordance with the
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s (Commission) Orders.1
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
1 North American Electric Reliability Corp, 143
FERC ¶ 61,253 (2013); North American Electric
Reliability Corp, 148 FERC ¶ 61,214 (2014); North
American Electric Reliability Corp, Docket No.
RC11–6–004 (Nov. 13, 2015) (delegated letter
order).
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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 5 copies
of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426.
This filing is accessible on-line at
https://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
website 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
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on November 28, 2018.
Dated: November 13, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2197–128]
Cube Yadkin Generation, LLC; Notice
of Application Accepted for Filing and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Protests
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection:
a. Application Type: Shoreline
Management Plan.
b. Project No: 2197–128.
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c. Date Filed: September 25, 2018.
d. Applicant: Cube Yadkin
Generation, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Yadkin
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The Yadkin and Pee Dee
rivers in Stanly, Davidson, Montgomery,
Rowan, and Davie counties, North
Carolina.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r.
h. Applicant Contact: Mark Gross,
Cube Hydro Carolinas, LLC, 293
Highway 740, Badin, NC 28009–0575,
(704) 422–5774.
i. FERC Contact: Mark Carter, (678)
245–3083, mark.carter@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments,
motions to intervene, and protests:
December 13, 2018.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file comments,
motions to intervene, and protests using
the Commission’s eFiling system at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp. Commenters can submit
brief comments up to 6,000 characters,
without prior registration, using the
eComment system at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
ecomment.asp. You must include your
name and contact information at the end
of your comments. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please
send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
The first page of any filing should
include docket number P–2197–128.
Comments emailed to Commission staff
are not considered part of the
Commission record.
The Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure require all intervenors
filing documents with the Commission
to serve a copy of that document on
each person whose name appears on the
official service list for the project.
Further, if an intervenor files comments
or documents with the Commission
relating to the merits of an issue that
may affect the responsibilities of a
particular resource agency, they must
also serve a copy of the document on
that resource agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. RM19-6-000; AD19-7-000; AD19-8-000]
Hydroelectric Licensing Regulations Under America's Water
Infrastructure Act of 2018; Notice Establishing Schedule Pursuant to
America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018
On October 23, 2018, the President signed America's Water
Infrastructure Act of 2018 (Act) into law. In addition to amending part
1 of the Federal Power Act as it relates to certain aspects of
preliminary permits, qualifying conduit hydropower facilities, and
hydropower licenses, the Act directs the Federal Regulatory Commission
(FERC or Commission) to:
(1) Issue a rule not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of the Act, establishing an expedited process for issuing and
amending licenses for qualifying facilities at existing nonpowered dams
that will seek to ensure a final decision by the Commission on an
application for a license no later than two years after receipt of a
completed application;
(2) With the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Interior,
and the Secretary of Agriculture, jointly develop a list of existing
nonpowered Federal dams that the Commission and the Secretaries agree
have the greatest potential for non-Federal hydropower development, and
make the list available to the public and provide the list to certain
Committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later
than 12 months after the date of enactment of the Act;
(3) Issue a rule not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of the Act, establishing an expedited process for issuing and
amending licenses for closed-loop pumped storage projects that will
seek to ensure a final decision by the Commission on an application for
a license by no later than two years after receipt of a completed
application; and
(4) Hold a workshop not later than six months after the date of
enactment of the Act to explore potential opportunities for development
of closed-loop pumped storage projects at abandoned mine sites, and
issue guidance no later than one year after the date of enactment of
the Act to assist applicants for licenses or preliminary permits for
closed-loop pumped storage projects at abandoned mine sites.
In establishing the expedited processes for issuing and amending
licenses for qualifying facilities at existing nonpowered dams and
closed-loop pumped storage projects, sections 3003 and 3004 of the Act
require the Commission to convene an interagency task force (ITF), with
appropriate federal and state agencies and Indian tribes represented,
to coordinate the regulatory processes associated with the
authorizations required to construct and operate these projects. By
concurrent notice, the Commission has invited federal and state
agencies and Indian tribes to request participation on the ITF by
filing a statement of interest with the Commission by November 29,
2018.
The Commission has established three dockets in order to implement
the requirements of the Act: RM19-6-000 (Licensing Regulations under
America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018); AD19-7-000 (Nonpowered
Dams List); and AD19-8-000 (Closed-loop Pumped Storage Projects at
Abandoned Mines Guidance).
Because the Act requires the Commission to issue a rule
establishing the expedited licensing processes not later than 180 days
after the date of enactment of the Act, the Commission has established
a schedule with abbreviated deadlines. The schedule, which is subject
to change, is included below.
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November 29, 2018................. Deadline for federal and state
agencies and Indian tribes to file
a statement requesting
participation on the ITF.
December 12, 2018................. Commission staff will hold
coordination session for the ITF to
discuss proposals for the expedited
licensing processes.
January/February 2019............. Commission staff will issue a Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) for
the expedited licensing processes.
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February 2019..................... Commission staff will hold a
workshop for closed-loop pumped
storage project at abandoned mine
sites.
March 2019........................ NOPR public comment period will
close.
April 2019........................ Commission will issue final rule for
expedited processes.
April 2019........................ Commission staff will provide
applicable federal agencies,
including the Secretaries of Army,
Interior, and Agriculture,
Commission staff's draft list of
existing nonpowered federal dams
having the greatest potential for
non-Federal hydropower development.
August 2019....................... Commission staff will issue the
final nonpowered Federal dams list.
September 2019.................... Commission staff will issue guidance
for closed-loop pumped storage
projects at abandoned mine sites.
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For more information about this notice, please contact:
Shana Wiseman (RM19-6-000), Office of Energy Projects, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202)
502-8736, [email protected].
Kim Nguyen (AD19-7-000), Office of Energy Projects, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202)
502-6105, [email protected].
Monir Chowdhury (AD19-8-000), Office of Energy Projects, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202)
502-6736, [email protected].
Dated: November 13, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-25177 Filed 11-16-18; 8:45 am]
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