Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission; Notice Inviting Post-Meeting Comments, 12949-12950 [2022-04874]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 45 / Tuesday, March 8, 2022 / Notices powerhouse containing one generating unit rated at 250 kilowatts; (5) a 50-footlong transmission line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The River Falls Project is operated in a run-of-river mode with an estimated annual energy production of approximately 1,220,000 kilowatt hours. The City of River Falls proposes to continue operating the project as a runof-river facility and does not propose any new construction to the project. m. A copy of the application can be viewed on the Commission’s website 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. 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. 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[FR Doc. 2022–04872 Filed 3–7–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 [Docket No. AD21–15–000] Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission; Notice Inviting Post-Meeting Comments On February 16, 2022, the Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission convened for a public meeting. All interested persons are invited to file post-meeting comments to address VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:25 Mar 07, 2022 Jkt 256001 issues raised during the meeting and identified in the Agenda issued February 2, 2022. For reference, questions asked by the meeting moderator are included below. Comments must be submitted on or before 30 days from the date of this Notice. Comments may be filed electronically via the internet.1 Instructions are available on the Commission’s website https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, (202) 502–8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be 1 See PO 00000 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) (2021). Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 12949 Sfmt 4703 May 2022. June 2022. addressed to: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of the Secretary, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of the Secretary, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. For more information about this Notice, please contact: Michael Cackoski (Technical Information), Office of Energy Policy and Innovation, (202) 502–6169, Michael.Cackoski@ferc.gov. Gretchen Kershaw (Legal Information), Office of the General Counsel, (202) 502–8213, Gretchen.Kershaw@ ferc.gov. Dated: March 2, 2022. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Deputy Secretary. E:\FR\FM\08MRN1.SGM 08MRN1 12950 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 45 / Tuesday, March 8, 2022 / Notices Topic 1: Discussion of Specific Categories and Types of Transmission Benefits That Transmission Providers Should Consider for the Purposes of Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation • The three specific categories/types of transmission facilities considered for the purposes of transmission planning and cost allocation are reliability, economics, and public policy. Can and should these three categories and types of transmission that are considered for the purposes of transmission planning and cost allocation be expanded or changed? If so, what specific categories or types of benefits should be considered for the purposes of allocating the cost of transmission to ratepayers? • Are the existing three categories of transmission being adequately considered or can they be improved upon—either separately or together— and if so how? • Are there any specific benefits being considered by transmission providers today that should be more widely adopted by other transmission providers? Are certain benefits unique to specific regions? • How should certainty of benefits be addressed? For example, should benefits be quantifiable? What tools are available or should be developed to account for uncertainty? lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Topic 2: Discussion of Cost Allocation Principles, Methodologies, and Decision Processes for the Purposes of Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation • Are current cost allocation methodologies used by transmission providers allocating costs roughly commensurate with estimated benefits, and if not, how should this be improved? • Under what set of benefits—both existing and expanded—would states be amenable to bearing the costs of transmission that is expected to deliver those estimated benefits to ratepayers? • Is there sufficient opportunity for stakeholders, including states, to collaborate in the development and approval of cost allocation methodologies to build consensus among and increase buy-in from stakeholders within a transmission planning region, and if not, how can this be improved? [FR Doc. 2022–04874 Filed 3–7–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:25 Mar 07, 2022 Jkt 256001 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP21–94–000] Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Regional Energy Access Expansion The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Regional Energy Access Expansion (Project), proposed by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC (Transco) in the abovereferenced docket. Transco requests authorization to construct and operate approximately 36.1 miles of pipeline loop 1 and one new compressor station, abandon and replace certain existing compression facilities, and modify existing compressor stations and facilities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey to provide about 829 million standard cubic feet of natural gas per day to multiple delivery points along Transco’s existing system in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland, providing customers with enhanced access to Marcellus and Utica Shale natural gas supplies. The draft EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the construction and operation of the Project in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed Project, with the mitigation measures recommended in the EIS, would result in some adverse environmental impacts; however, with the exception of climate change impacts, those impacts would not be significant. The Project’s annual operation and downstream emissions of 16.62 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent would exceed the Commission’s presumptive significance threshold based on 100 percent utilization. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers participated as cooperating agencies in the preparation of the EIS. Cooperating agencies have jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to resources potentially affected by the proposal and participate in the NEPA analysis. The EIS is intended to fulfill the cooperating federal agencies’ NEPA 1 A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed parallel to an existing pipeline to increase capacity. PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 obligations, as applicable, and to support subsequent conclusions and decisions made by the cooperating agencies. Although cooperating agencies provide input to the conclusions and recommendations presented in the draft EIS, the agencies may present their own conclusions and recommendations in any applicable Records of Decision for the Project. The draft EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the construction and operation of the following Project facilities: • Installation of 22.3 miles of 30-inchdiameter pipeline loop in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (Regional Energy Lateral); • installation of 13.8 miles of 42-inchdiameter pipeline loop in Monroe County, Pennsylvania (Effort Loop); • installation of the new Compressor Station 201 (9,000 nominal horsepower [hp] at International Organization of Standardization [ISO] conditions) in Gloucester County, New Jersey); • installation of two gas turbine driven compressor units (31,800 nominal hp at ISO conditions) at existing Compressor Station 505 in Somerset County, New Jersey to accommodate the abandonment and replacement of approximately 16,000 hp from eight existing internal combustion engine-driven compressor units and increase the certificated station compression by 15,800 hp; • installation of a gas turbine compressor unit (63,742 nominal hp at ISO conditions) and modifications to three existing compressors at existing Compressor Station 515 in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania to accommodate the abandonment and replacement of approximately 17,000 hp from five existing gas-fired reciprocating engine driven compressors and increase the certificated station compression by 46,742 hp; • uprate and rewheel two existing electric motor-driven compressor units at existing Compressor Station 195 in York County, Pennsylvania to increase the certificated station compression by 5,000 hp and accommodate the abandonment of two existing gas-fired reciprocating engine driven compressors, which total approximately 8,000 hp; • modifications at existing compressor stations, meter stations, interconnects, and ancillary facilities in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland; and • installation of ancillary facilities such as mainline valves, E:\FR\FM\08MRN1.SGM 08MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12949-12950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04874]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD21-15-000]


Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission; Notice 
Inviting Post-Meeting Comments

    On February 16, 2022, the Joint Federal-State Task Force on 
Electric Transmission convened for a public meeting.
    All interested persons are invited to file post-meeting comments to 
address issues raised during the meeting and identified in the Agenda 
issued February 2, 2022. For reference, questions asked by the meeting 
moderator are included below. Comments must be submitted on or before 
30 days from the date of this Notice.
    Comments may be filed electronically via the internet.\1\ 
Instructions are available on the Commission's website https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact 
FERC Online Support at [email protected] or toll free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission 
strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-
filed. To paper-file, submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must 
be addressed to: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of the 
Secretary, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent 
via any other carrier must be addressed to: Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Office of the Secretary, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852.
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    \1\ See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) (2021).
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    For more information about this Notice, please contact:

Michael Cackoski (Technical Information), Office of Energy Policy and 
Innovation, (202) 502-6169, [email protected].
Gretchen Kershaw (Legal Information), Office of the General Counsel, 
(202) 502-8213, [email protected].

    Dated: March 2, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.

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Topic 1: Discussion of Specific Categories and Types of Transmission 
Benefits That Transmission Providers Should Consider for the Purposes 
of Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation

     The three specific categories/types of transmission 
facilities considered for the purposes of transmission planning and 
cost allocation are reliability, economics, and public policy. Can and 
should these three categories and types of transmission that are 
considered for the purposes of transmission planning and cost 
allocation be expanded or changed? If so, what specific categories or 
types of benefits should be considered for the purposes of allocating 
the cost of transmission to ratepayers?
     Are the existing three categories of transmission being 
adequately considered or can they be improved upon--either separately 
or together--and if so how?
     Are there any specific benefits being considered by 
transmission providers today that should be more widely adopted by 
other transmission providers? Are certain benefits unique to specific 
regions?
     How should certainty of benefits be addressed? For 
example, should benefits be quantifiable? What tools are available or 
should be developed to account for uncertainty?

Topic 2: Discussion of Cost Allocation Principles, Methodologies, and 
Decision Processes for the Purposes of Transmission Planning and Cost 
Allocation

     Are current cost allocation methodologies used by 
transmission providers allocating costs roughly commensurate with 
estimated benefits, and if not, how should this be improved?
     Under what set of benefits--both existing and expanded--
would states be amenable to bearing the costs of transmission that is 
expected to deliver those estimated benefits to ratepayers?
     Is there sufficient opportunity for stakeholders, 
including states, to collaborate in the development and approval of 
cost allocation methodologies to build consensus among and increase 
buy-in from stakeholders within a transmission planning region, and if 
not, how can this be improved?

[FR Doc. 2022-04874 Filed 3-7-22; 8:45 am]
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