Invenergy Solar Development North America LLC v. Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.; Notice of Complaint, 83939-83940 [2020-28391]
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Francis-type pump-turbine units for a
total installed capacity of 1,200 MW; (5)
a 0.48-acre underground transformer
cavern adjacent to the powerhouse
containing intermediate step-up
transformers that will step up the
voltage from 18 kilovolts (kV) to 115 kV;
(6) two 30-foot-diameter tunnels for
accessing the powerhouse and
transformer caverns; (7) a 0.84-milelong, 115-kV underground transmission
line extending from the transformer
gallery through the combined access/
transmission tunnel to where it emerges
aboveground near the west side of the
lower reservoir and extending an
additional 0.27 miles to an outdoor 7.3acre substation/switchyard where the
voltage would be stepped up to 500 kV;
(8) a 3.13-mile-long, 500-kV
transmission line routed from the
substation/switchyard south across the
Columbia River and connecting to
Bonneville Power Administration’s
existing John Day Substation; (9) a
buried 30-inch-diameter water fill line
leading from a shut-off and throttling
valve within a non-project water supply
vault owned by Klickitat Public Utility
District (KPUD) to an outlet structure
within the lower reservoir to convey
water to fill the reservoirs; and (10)
appurtenant facilities. The project
would also include an existing 0.7-mile
road for accessing the lower reservoir
site and an existing 8.6-mile-long road
for accessing the upper reservoir site
both of which may be modified to
provide access for construction vehicles.
The water supply used to initially fill
the lower reservoir as well as to provide
make-up water would be purchased
from KPUD and would be obtained from
KPUD’s existing intake pond on the
Columbia River. The project water fill
line would connect to a new KPUDowned flanged water supply service
connection in a water supply vault
located near the lower reservoir. Within
the vault, and just downstream of the
service connection, there would be a
project shut-off and throttling valve to
allow control of the initial fill and
make-up water flow rate into the lower
reservoir. The initial fill would require
7,640 acre-feet of water and would be
completed in about six months at an
average flow rate of approximately 21
cubic feet per second (maximum flow
rate available is 35 cubic feet per
second). It is estimated that the project
would need 360 acre-feet of water each
year to replenish water lost through
evaporation.
m. A copy of the application is
available for review via the internet
through the Commission’s Home Page
(https://www.ferc.gov), using the eLibrary
link. Enter the docket number,
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n. Anyone may submit a protest or a
motion to intervene in accordance with
the requirements of Rules of Practice
and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210,
385.211, and 385.214. In determining
the appropriate action to take, the
Commission will consider all protests
filed, but only those who file a motion
to intervene in accordance with the
Commission’s Rules may become a
party to the proceeding. Any protests or
motions to intervene must be received
on or before the specified deadline date
for the particular application.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital
letters the title PROTEST or MOTION
TO INTERVENE; (2) set forth in the
heading the name of the applicant and
the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish
the name, address, and telephone
number of the person protesting or
intervening; and (4) otherwise comply
with the requirements of 18 CFR
385.2001 through 385.2005. Agencies
may obtain copies of the application
directly from the applicant. A copy of
any protest or motion to intervene must
be served upon each representative of
the applicant specified in the particular
application.
o. Procedural schedule: The
application will be processed according
to the following preliminary Hydro
Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
schedule will be made as appropriate.
Comments on Scoping Document 1 Due.
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if
necessary).
Request Additional Information (if necessary).
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis.
December
2020.
January
2021.
January
2021.
April 2021.
Dated: December 17, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. EL21–32–000]
Invenergy Solar Development North
America LLC v. Tri-State Generation
and Transmission Association, Inc.;
Notice of Complaint
Take notice that on December 16,
2020, pursuant to sections 206 and 306
of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C.
824e, 825e, and Rule 206 of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission’s
(Commission) Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.206, Invenergy
Solar Development North America LLC
(Complainant) filed a formal complaint
against Tri-State Generation and
Transmission Association, Inc.,
(Respondent) requesting that the
Commission find improper the practice
of the Respondent’s processing of its
interconnection and transmission
service queues in a manner inconsistent
with Commission policy and that gives
preference to Tri-State’s contracted
generation, all as more fully explained
in the complaint.
The Complainant certifies that copies
of the complaint were served on the
contacts listed for Respondent in the
Commission’s list of Corporate Officials.
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. The Respondent’s answer
and all interventions, or protests must
be filed on or before the comment date.
The Respondent’s answer, motions to
intervene, and protests must be served
on the Complainants.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings of comments, protests
and interventions in lieu of paper using
the eFiling link at https://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically may
mail similar pleadings to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
Hand delivered submissions in
docketed proceedings should be
delivered to Health and Human
Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, Maryland 20852.
In addition to publishing the full text
of this document in the Federal
Register, the Commission provides all
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interested persons an opportunity to
view and/or print the contents of this
document via the internet through the
Commission’s Home Page (https://
ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Enter
the docket number excluding the last
three digits in the docket number field
to access the document. At this time, the
Commission has suspended access to
the Commission’s Public Reference
Room, due to the proclamation
declaring a National Emergency
concerning the Novel Coronavirus
Disease (COVID–19), issued by the
President on March 13, 2020. For
assistance, contact the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202)
502–8659.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on January 5, 2021.
Dated: December 17, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. PL20–3–000]
Actions Regarding the Commission’s
Policy on Price Index Formation and
Transparency, and Indices Referenced
in Natural Gas and Electric Tariffs
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Proposed revised policy
statement on natural gas and electric
indices.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Commission’s price
index policy is set forth in its Policy
Statement on Natural Gas and Electric
Price Indices. The Commission proposes
several revisions to that policy to
encourage more market participants to
report their transactions to price index
developers and to provide greater
transparency into the natural gas price
formation process to increase
confidence in the accuracy and
reliability of wholesale natural gas
prices. First, the Commission proposes
to allow data providers (market
participants that report transaction data
to price index developers) to report
either their non-index based next-day
natural gas transactions, their non-index
based next-month natural gas
transactions, or both, to price index
developers. In addition, the Commission
proposes to encourage data providers to
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report to all available Commission
approved price index developers and
also allow data providers to self-audit
on a biennial basis. The Commission
also proposes to modify the
Commission’s standards to remain an
approved natural gas price index
developer such that price index
developers should: Indicate whether a
published index price is assessed in
their published indices and obtain
recertification in order for their indices
to continue to be included in FERCjurisdictional tariffs. Finally, the
Commission proposes to clarify the
review period for assessing the liquidity
of price indices submitted for reference
in FERC-jurisdictional tariffs.
DATES: Initial Comments are due March
23, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments, identified by
docket number, may be filed
electronically at https://www.ferc.gov in
acceptable native applications and
print-to-PDF, but not in scanned or
picture format. For those unable to file
electronically, comments may be filed
by mail addressed to: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426. Hand-delivered
comments must be delivered to: Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225
Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland
20852. The Comment Procedures
Section of this document contains more
detailed filing procedures.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Evan Oxhorn (Legal Information),
Office of the General Counsel, 888 First
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202)
502–8183, Evan.Oxhorn@ferc.gov.
Eric Primosch (Technical
Information), Office of Energy Policy
and Innovation, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–
6483, Eric.Primosch@ferc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. The Commission’s price index
policy is set forth in its Policy Statement
on Natural Gas and Electric Price
Indices.1 We propose several revisions
to that policy to encourage more market
participants to report their transactions
to price index developers and to provide
greater transparency into the natural gas
price formation process to increase
confidence in the accuracy and
reliability of wholesale natural gas
1 104 FERC ¶ 61,121 (Initial Policy Statement),
clarified, Order on Clarification of Policy Statement
on Natural Gas and Electric Price Indices, 105 FERC
¶ 61,282 (2003) (2003 Clarification Order), clarified,
Order Further Clarifying Policy Statement on
Natural Gas and Electric Price Indices, 112 FERC
¶ 61,040 (2005) (2005 Clarification Order)
(collectively, Policy Statement).
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prices. First, we propose to allow data
providers (market participants that
report transaction data to price index
developers) to report either their nonindex based next-day natural gas
transactions, their non-index based
next-month natural gas transactions, or
both, to price index developers. In
addition, we propose to: (1) Encourage
data providers to report to all available
Commission approved price index
developers and (2) allow data providers
to self-audit on a biennial basis.2 We
also propose to modify the
Commission’s standards to remain an
approved natural gas price index
developer such that price index
developers should: (1) Indicate whether
a published index price is assessed in
their published indices and (2) obtain
recertification in order for their indices
to continue to be included in FERCjurisdictional tariffs. Finally, we
propose to clarify the review period for
assessing the liquidity of price indices
submitted for reference in FERCjurisdictional tariffs. We seek comment
on these proposed revisions.
I. Background
A. The Use of Natural Gas Price Indices
in Commission Jurisdictional Activities
2. Natural gas price indices play a
vital role in the energy industry, as they
are used to price billions of dollars of
natural gas and electricity transactions
annually in both the physical and
financial markets. A natural gas price
index is a weighted average price
derived from a set of fixed-price natural
gas transactions 3 within distinct
geographical boundaries that market
participants voluntarily report to a price
index developer.
3. Natural gas price indices serve as
a proxy for the locational cost of natural
gas in the daily and monthly markets, as
many market participants reference
natural gas index prices in their
physical and financial transactions.
Interstate natural gas pipelines, public
utilities, Independent System Operators
(ISOs), and Regional Transmission
2 S&P Global Platts (Platts), Natural Gas
Intelligence (NGI), Argus Media, and Natural Gas
Week are examples of price index developers.
3 The term ‘‘fixed-price natural gas transactions’’
refers to fixed-price next-day delivery, fixed-price
next-month delivery, and physical basis
transactions (for next-month delivery). These
transaction types are defined in the FERC Form No.
552: Annual Report of Natural Gas Transactions
(FERC Form No. 552) instructions. The FERC Form
No. 552 requires market participants that annually
buy or sell more than 2.2 trillion British Thermal
Units (Btu) of physical natural gas to provide
aggregated data related to their fixed-price, physical
basis, Nymex plus, and index-based transactions
made in the next-day and next-month (bidweek)
markets.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. EL21-32-000]
Invenergy Solar Development North America LLC v. Tri-State
Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.; Notice of Complaint
Take notice that on December 16, 2020, pursuant to sections 206 and
306 of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824e, 825e, and Rule 206 of the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of Practice
and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.206, Invenergy Solar Development North
America LLC (Complainant) filed a formal complaint against Tri-State
Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., (Respondent) requesting
that the Commission find improper the practice of the Respondent's
processing of its interconnection and transmission service queues in a
manner inconsistent with Commission policy and that gives preference to
Tri-State's contracted generation, all as more fully explained in the
complaint.
The Complainant certifies that copies of the complaint were served
on the contacts listed for Respondent in the Commission's list of
Corporate Officials.
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. The Respondent's
answer and all interventions, or protests must be filed on or before
the comment date. The Respondent's answer, motions to intervene, and
protests must be served on the Complainants.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments,
protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the eFiling link at
https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically may mail
similar pleadings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand delivered submissions in
docketed proceedings should be delivered to Health and Human Services,
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all
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interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print the contents of
this document via the internet through the Commission's Home Page
(https://ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Enter the docket number
excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access
the document. At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the
Commission's Public Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a
National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19),
issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at [email protected], or
call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or TYY, (202) 502-8659.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on January 5, 2021.
Dated: December 17, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-28391 Filed 12-22-20; 8:45 am]
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