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Filed Date: 1/15/19.
Accession Number: 20190115–5126.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/5/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–812–000.
Applicants: Macho Springs Power I,
LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Amendment to Market-Based Rate
Notice of Change in Status to be
effective 12/28/2018.
Filed Date: 1/15/19.
Accession Number: 20190115–5127.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/5/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–813–000.
Applicants: Broken Bow Wind II,
LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Notice of Change in Status and MBR
Tariff Updates to be effective 1/16/2019.
Filed Date: 1/15/19.
Accession Number: 20190115–5152.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/5/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–815–000.
Applicants: South Carolina Electric &
Gas Company.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Southeastern Power Admin NITSA to be
effective 1/1/2019.
Filed Date: 1/15/19.
Accession Number: 20190115–5168.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/5/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–816–000.
Applicants: AEP Texas Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
AEPTX-Las Lomas Wind Energy
Interconnection Agreement to be
effective 12/22/2018.
Filed Date: 1/15/19.
Accession Number: 20190115–5171.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/5/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–817–000.
Applicants: Public Service Company
of New Hampshire.
Description: Tariff Cancellation:
Cancellation of Essential Power Design,
Engineering, and Construction
Agreement to be effective 1/15/2019.
Filed Date: 1/15/19.
Accession Number: 20190115–5198.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/5/19.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric securities
filings:
Docket Numbers: ES19–8–000.
Applicants: Rockland Electric
Company.
Description: Application under
Section 204 of the Federal Power Act for
Authorization to Issue Securities of
Rockland Electric Company.
Filed Date: 1/15/19.
Accession Number: 20190115–5206.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/5/19.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following public utility
holding company filings:
Docket Numbers: PH19–7–000.
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Applicants: Starwood Energy Group
Global, L.L.C.
Description: Starwood Energy Group
Global, L.L.C. submits FERC 65–B
Notice of Change in Facts of Waiver
Notification.
Filed Date: 1/11/19.
Accession Number: 20190111–5202.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/1/19.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Dated: January 11, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC19–6–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–914); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection, FERC–
914 (Cogeneration and Small Power
Production—Tariff Filings).
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due April 1, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC19–6–000)
by either of the following methods:
SUMMARY:
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• eFiling at Commission’s Website:
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: https://
www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact
FERC Online Support by email at
ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone
at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202)
502–8659 for TTY.
Docket: Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in this
docket or in viewing/downloading
comments and issuances in this docket
may do so at https://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–914, Cogeneration and
Small Power Production—Tariff Filings.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0231.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–914 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: Section 205(c) of the Federal
Power Act (FPA) and 18 CFR 292
require that every public utility have all
of its jurisdictional rates and tariffs on
file with the Commission and make
them available for public inspection,
within such time and in such form as
the Commission may designate. Section
205(d) of the FPA requires that every
public utility must provide notice to the
Commission and the public of any
changes to its jurisdictional rates and
tariffs, file such changes with the
Commission, and make them available
for public inspection, in such manner as
directed by the Commission. In
addition, FPA section 206 requires the
Commission, upon complaint or its own
motion, to modify existing rates or
services that are found to be unjust,
unreasonable, unduly discriminatory or
preferential. FPA section 207 requires
the Commission upon complaint by a
state commission and a finding of
insufficient interstate service, to order
the rendering of adequate interstate
service by public utilities, the rates for
which would be filed in accordance
with FPA sections 205 and 206.
In Order Nos. 671 and 671–A,1 the
Commission revised its regulations that
1 Revised Regulations Governing Small Power
Production and Cogeneration Facilities, Order No.
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govern qualifying small power
production and cogeneration facilities.
Among other things, the Commission
eliminated certain exemptions from rate
regulation that were previously
available to qualifying facilities (QFs).
New qualifying facilities may need to
make tariff filings if they do not meet
the exemption requirements.
FERC implemented the Congressional
mandate of the Energy Policy Act of
2005 (EPAct 2005) to establish criteria
for new qualifying cogeneration
facilities by: (1) Amending the
exemptions available to qualifying
facilities from the FPA and from Public
Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA)
[resulting in the burden imposed by
FERC–914, the subject of this notice]; (2)
ensuring that these facilities are using
their thermal output in a productive and
beneficial manner; that the electrical,
thermal, chemical and mechanical
output of new qualifying cogeneration
facilities is used fundamentally for
industrial, commercial, residential or
industrial purposes; and there is
continuing progress in the development
of efficient electric energy generating
technology; (3) amending the FERC
Form 556 2 to reflect the criteria for new
qualifying cogeneration facilities; and
(4) eliminating ownership limitations
for qualifying cogeneration and small
power production facilities. The
Commission satisfied the statutory
mandate and its continuing obligation to
review its policies encouraging
cogeneration and small power
production, energy conservation,
efficient use of facilities and resources
by electric utilities, and equitable rates
for energy customers.
Type of Respondents: New qualifying
facilities and small power producers
that do not meet Commission exemption
criteria
Estimate of Annual Burden: 3 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:
FERC–914—COGENERATION AND SMALL POWER PRODUCTION—TARIFF FILINGS
Number of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Total number
of
responses
Average
burden &
cost per
response
($) 4
Total annual
burden hours
& total
annual cost
($)
Cost per respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1)
FPA Section 205 Filings.
Electric Quarterly Reports (initial).
Electric Quarterly Reports (later).
Change of Status .........
35
1
35
183 hrs.; $14,457 ..
6,405 hrs.; $505,995
0
0
0
230 hrs.; $18,170 ..
0 hrs.; $0 ...................
0
35
4
140
6 hrs.; $474 ...........
840 hrs,; $66,360 ......
1,896
10
1
10
3 hrs.; $237 ...........
30 hrs.; $2,370 ..........
237
Total ......................
..........................
..........................
185
................................
7,275 hrs.; $574,725
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden and cost of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information collection;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Notice of Citation Change for
Commision Rulemakings
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Take notice that on January 1, 2019,
the Commission will be changing its
official citation format for orders in
rulemaking proceedings. Because
Commission orders in rulemaking
proceedings currently are published in
a variety of sources (posting on eLibrary
and the Commission website, and
distribution through LexisNexis,
Westlaw, Commerce Clearing House,
and the Federal Register), adoption of a
standard citation format will permit
citation uniformity across all sources
and simplify the citation of Commission
rulemakings.
671, 71 FR 7852 (2/15/2006), FERC Stats. & Regs.
¶ 31,203 (2006); and Revised Regulations Governing
Small Power Production and Cogeneration
Facilities, Order 671–A, 71 FR 30585 (5/30/2006),
in Docket No. RM05–36.
2 The FERC–556 (Certification of Qualifying
Facility (QF) Status for a Small Power Production
or Cogeneration Facility) is cleared separately as
OMB Control No. 1902–0075 and is not a subject
of this notice.
3 Burden is the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate,
maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information
to or for a Federal agency. For further explanation
of what is included in the information collection
burden, refer to 5 Code of Federal Regulations
1320.3.
Dated: January 10, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Accordingly, citations to rulemakings
must use the FERC citation assigned by
the Commission when issuing orders,
e.g., 162 FERC ¶ 61,001, at P 1 (2018).
The FERC citation format alone suffices
for future rulemaking proceedings, and
also for those past rulemaking
proceedings in which the paragraphs of
the order are individually numbered
and can be used for pinpoint citation. If,
however, a pinpoint page citation is
provided to a past rulemaking
proceeding that does not contain
individual paragraph numbers, both the
FERC citation and a pinpoint citation to
FERC Stats. & Regs. (or to the Federal
Register) should be used.1
Dated: December 31, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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4 FERC staff estimates that industry costs for
salary plus benefits are similar to Commission
costs. The cost figure is the FY2018 FERC average
annual salary plus benefits ($164,820/year or $79/
hour).
1 The Commission encourages participants,
wherever possible, to provide in their pleadings
pinpoint citations to the relevant paragraphs or
pages.
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC19-6-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-914); Comment
Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of information collection and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved
information collection, FERC-914 (Cogeneration and Small Power
Production--Tariff Filings).
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due April 1, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC19-6-
000) by either of the following methods:
eFiling at Commission's Website: https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426.
Instructions: All submissions must be formatted and filed in
accordance with submission guidelines at: https://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. For user assistance contact FERC Online Support
by email at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone at: (866) 208-3676
(toll-free), or (202) 502-8659 for TTY.
Docket: Users interested in receiving automatic notification of
activity in this docket or in viewing/downloading comments and
issuances in this docket may do so at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at (202)
273-0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC-914, Cogeneration and Small Power Production--Tariff
Filings.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0231.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-914 information
collection requirements with no changes to the current reporting
requirements.
Abstract: Section 205(c) of the Federal Power Act (FPA) and 18 CFR
292 require that every public utility have all of its jurisdictional
rates and tariffs on file with the Commission and make them available
for public inspection, within such time and in such form as the
Commission may designate. Section 205(d) of the FPA requires that every
public utility must provide notice to the Commission and the public of
any changes to its jurisdictional rates and tariffs, file such changes
with the Commission, and make them available for public inspection, in
such manner as directed by the Commission. In addition, FPA section 206
requires the Commission, upon complaint or its own motion, to modify
existing rates or services that are found to be unjust, unreasonable,
unduly discriminatory or preferential. FPA section 207 requires the
Commission upon complaint by a state commission and a finding of
insufficient interstate service, to order the rendering of adequate
interstate service by public utilities, the rates for which would be
filed in accordance with FPA sections 205 and 206.
In Order Nos. 671 and 671-A,\1\ the Commission revised its
regulations that
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govern qualifying small power production and cogeneration facilities.
Among other things, the Commission eliminated certain exemptions from
rate regulation that were previously available to qualifying facilities
(QFs). New qualifying facilities may need to make tariff filings if
they do not meet the exemption requirements.
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\1\ Revised Regulations Governing Small Power Production and
Cogeneration Facilities, Order No. 671, 71 FR 7852 (2/15/2006), FERC
Stats. & Regs. ] 31,203 (2006); and Revised Regulations Governing
Small Power Production and Cogeneration Facilities, Order 671-A, 71
FR 30585 (5/30/2006), in Docket No. RM05-36.
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FERC implemented the Congressional mandate of the Energy Policy Act
of 2005 (EPAct 2005) to establish criteria for new qualifying
cogeneration facilities by: (1) Amending the exemptions available to
qualifying facilities from the FPA and from Public Utility Holding
Company Act (PUHCA) [resulting in the burden imposed by FERC-914, the
subject of this notice]; (2) ensuring that these facilities are using
their thermal output in a productive and beneficial manner; that the
electrical, thermal, chemical and mechanical output of new qualifying
cogeneration facilities is used fundamentally for industrial,
commercial, residential or industrial purposes; and there is continuing
progress in the development of efficient electric energy generating
technology; (3) amending the FERC Form 556 \2\ to reflect the criteria
for new qualifying cogeneration facilities; and (4) eliminating
ownership limitations for qualifying cogeneration and small power
production facilities. The Commission satisfied the statutory mandate
and its continuing obligation to review its policies encouraging
cogeneration and small power production, energy conservation, efficient
use of facilities and resources by electric utilities, and equitable
rates for energy customers.
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\2\ The FERC-556 (Certification of Qualifying Facility (QF)
Status for a Small Power Production or Cogeneration Facility) is
cleared separately as OMB Control No. 1902-0075 and is not a subject
of this notice.
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Type of Respondents: New qualifying facilities and small power
producers that do not meet Commission exemption criteria
Estimate of Annual Burden: \3\ The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden for the information collection as:
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\3\ Burden is the total time, effort, or financial resources
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal agency. For further
explanation of what is included in the information collection
burden, refer to 5 Code of Federal Regulations 1320.3.
\4\ FERC staff estimates that industry costs for salary plus
benefits are similar to Commission costs. The cost figure is the
FY2018 FERC average annual salary plus benefits ($164,820/year or
$79/hour).
FERC-914--Cogeneration and Small Power Production--Tariff Filings
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Annual number
Number of of responses Total number of Average burden & cost per Total annual burden hours Cost per
respondents per respondent responses response ($) \4\ & total annual cost ($) respondent ($)
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4)...................... (3) * (4) = (5)........... (5) / (1)
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FPA Section 205 Filings...... 35 1 35 183 hrs.; $14,457........ 6,405 hrs.; $505,995...... $14,457
Electric Quarterly Reports 0 0 0 230 hrs.; $18,170........ 0 hrs.; $0................ 0
(initial).
Electric Quarterly Reports 35 4 140 6 hrs.; $474............. 840 hrs,; $66,360......... 1,896
(later).
Change of Status............. 10 1 10 3 hrs.; $237............. 30 hrs.; $2,370........... 237
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Total.................... ............... ............... 185 ......................... 7,275 hrs.; $574,725...... ...............
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Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Commission, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden and
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: January 10, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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