Briar Hydro Associates; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments, 77827-77828 [2022-27587]
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England Participating Transmission
Owners
Description: Complaint of RENEW
Northeast, Inc.
Filed Date: 12/13/22.
Accession Number: 20221213–5186.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 1/3/23.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER15–2013–014;
ER15–2020–009; ER19–2250–006;
ER22–1418–002.
Applicants: Trailstone Renewables,
LLC, TrailStone Energy Marketing, LLC
,Talen Montana, LLC, Talen Energy
Marketing, LLC.
Description: Updated Market Power
Analysis for Northwest Region of Talen
Energy Marketing, LLC, et al.
Filed Date: 12/14/22.
Accession Number: 20221214–5113.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 1/4/23.
Docket Numbers: ER18–1182–003.
Applicants: System Energy Resources,
Inc.
Description: Compliance filing: SERI
Part Settlement Compliance (ER23–435
and EL2–72) to be effective 10/1/2022.
Filed Date: 12/13/22.
Accession Number: 20221213–5162.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 1/3/23.
Docket Numbers: ER23–298–000.
Applicants: Southern Maryland
Electric Cooperative, Inc., PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C.
Description: Filing Withdrawal:
Southern Maryland Electric
Cooperative, Inc. submits tariff filing per
35.17(a): Withdrawal of SMECO
Revisions in ER23–298 to be effective N/
A.
Filed Date: 12/14/22.
Accession Number: 20221214–5064.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 1/4/23.
Docket Numbers: ER23–341–000.
Applicants: Concurrent LLC.
Description: Supplement to
Application for Market-Based Rate
Authority to November 1, 2022,
Concurrent, LLC tariff filing.
Filed Date: 12/13/22.
Accession Number: 20221213–5196.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/23/22.
Docket Numbers: ER23–435–002.
Applicants: System Energy Resources,
Inc.
Description: Compliance filing: SERI
MPSC Settlement Compliance (ER18–
1182, et al.) to be effective 7/1/2022.
Filed Date: 12/13/22.
Accession Number: 20221213–5161.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 1/3/23.
Docket Numbers: ER23–623–000.
Applicants: Moss Landing Energy
Storage 3, LLC.
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
SFA 1,2,3 and Luminant COC filing new
to be effective 12/14/2022.
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Filed Date: 12/13/22.
Accession Number: 20221213–5133.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 1/3/23.
Docket Numbers: ER23–624–000.
Applicants: Moss Landing Energy
Storage 2, LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: SFA
1,2,3 and Luminant COC filing to be
effective 12/14/2022.
Filed Date: 12/13/22.
Accession Number: 20221213–5134.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 1/3/23.
Docket Numbers: ER23–625–000.
Applicants: System Energy Resources,
Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: SERI
UPSA AFUDC Update to be effective 1/
1/2023.
Filed Date: 12/14/22.
Accession Number: 20221214–5000.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 1/4/23.
Docket Numbers: ER23–626–000.
Applicants: Dominion Energy South
Carolina, Inc.
Description: Dominion Energy South
Carolina, Inc. submits Petition for
Waiver of certain provisions in the
Power Supply Agreement with the City
of Orangeburg.
Filed Date: 12/12/22.
Accession Number: 20221212–5246.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 1/2/23.
Docket Numbers: ER23–627–000.
Applicants: New England Power
Company.
Description: New England Power
Company Submits Notice of
Cancellation of Local Service Agreement
with Sterling Municipal Electric
Department.
Filed Date: 12/9/22.
Accession Number: 20221209–5237.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/30/22.
Docket Numbers: ER23–628–000.
Applicants: Bellflower Solar 1, LLC.
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
Rate Schedule for Reactive Supply and
Voltage Control Services to be effective
1/15/2023.
Filed Date: 12/14/22.
Accession Number: 20221214–5036.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 1/4/23.
Docket Numbers: ER23–629–000.
Applicants: Public Service Company
of Colorado.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
2022–12–14 Att N Revisions 0.10.0 to be
effective 3/9/2023.
Filed Date: 12/14/22.
Accession Number: 20221214–5076.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 1/4/23.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system (https://
elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/
fercgensearch.asp) by querying the
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
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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: December 14, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 3240–040]
Briar Hydro Associates; Notice of
Application Tendered for Filing With
the Commission and Soliciting
Additional Study Requests and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for
Relicensing and a Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New License.
b. Project No.: 3240–040.
c. Date Filed: November 30, 2022.
d. Applicant: Briar Hydro Associates.
e. Name of Project: Rolfe Canal
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Contoocook River,
in the City of Concord, Merrimack
County New Hampshire. No federal
lands are located within the project
boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r)
h. Applicant Contact: Andrew J.
Locke, Essex Hydro Associates, LLC, 55
Union Street, Boston, MA 02108; (617)
357–0032, email—alocke@
essexhydro.com.
i. FERC Contact: Jeanne Edwards at
(202) 502–6181; or jeanne.edwards@
ferc.gov.
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state,
local, and tribal agencies with
jurisdiction and/or special expertise
with respect to environmental issues
that wish to cooperate in the
preparation of the environmental
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document should follow the
instructions for filing such requests
described in item l below. Cooperating
agencies should note the Commission’s
policy that agencies that cooperate in
the preparation of the environmental
document cannot also intervene. See, 94
FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001).
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18
CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if
any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or
person believes that an additional
scientific study should be conducted in
order to form an adequate factual basis
for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource
agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file
a request for a study with the
Commission not later than 60 days from
the date of filing of the application, and
serve a copy of the request on the
applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study
requests and requests for cooperating
agency status: January 29, 2023.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file additional
study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status using the
Commission’s eFiling system at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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, you may submit a
paper copy. Submissions sent via the
U.S. Postal Service must be addressed
to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington,
DC 20426. Submissions sent via any
other carrier must be addressed to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225
Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland
20852. All filings must clearly identify
the project name and docket number on
the first page: Rolfe Canal Project (P–
3240–040).
m. The application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
n. The Rolfe Canal Project diverts
water from the York Dam into the Rolfe
Canal and consists of the following
existing facilities: (1) York
impoundment with a surface area of 50acres, at elevation of 342.5 feet National
Geodetic Vertical Datum 1929
(NGVD29); (2) a 300-foot-long, 10-foothigh diversion dam (York Dam); (3) a
50-foot-wide concrete gated intake
structure; (4) a 7,000-foot-long, 75-footwide, and 9-foot-deep power canal; (5)
an additional impoundment (created by
York Dam at the end of the power canal)
with surface area of 3-acres, at elevation
of 342.5 feet NGVD29, and a negligible
storage capacity; (6) a 130-foot-long, 17-
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foot-high granite block intake dam; (7) a
950-foot-long underground penstock; (8)
a 32-foot-wide by 90-foot-long, concrete
powerhouse containing one Kaplan
turbine-generating unit with a capacity
of 4.285 megawatts; (9) a 1,200-foot-long
tailrace; (10) transmission facilities
consisting of a three-phase 4.16/34.5kilovolt (kV) transformer; and a 34.5-kV,
650-foot-long transmission line; and (11)
other appurtenances. The project has a
4,000-foot-long bypassed reach.
The project operates in a run-of-river
mode with a minimum flow of 338
cubic feet per second (cfs), or inflow,
whichever is less, into the York
impoundment, a minimum flow of 50
cfs into the York bypass, and a
minimum flow of 5 cfs into a historic
channel that bypasses the penstock. The
project had an average annual
generation of 19,585,884 kilowatt-hours
between 2014 and 2018. Briar Hydro
proposes to increase the minimum flow
into the York bypass to 100 cfs.
o. Copies of the application may 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 (P–3240). For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or (202) 502–
8659 (TTY).
You may also register online at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via
email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
p. Procedural schedule and final
amendments: The application will be
processed according to the following
preliminary schedule. Revisions to the
schedule will be made as appropriate.
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)
February 2023
Request Additional Information (if
necessary) March 2023
Issue Acceptance Letter May 2023
Issue Scoping Document 1 for
comments May 2023
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)
August 2023
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental
Analysis August 2023
q. Final amendments to the
application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from
the issuance date of the notice of ready
for environmental analysis.
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Dated: December 14, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022–27587 Filed 12–19–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP95–35–000]
EcoEle´ctrica, L.P.; Notice of Technical
Conference
On July 28, 2022, the Commission
issued an order directing Commission
staff to convene a technical conference
regarding issues raised related to the
structural analysis of EcoEle´ctrica, L.P.’s
(EcoEle´ctrica) liquefied natural gas
(LNG) storage tank at its LNG terminal
in Pen˜uelas, Puerto Rico.1 The technical
conference will be held on January 18–
19, 2023, from approximately 9:00 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. The
conference will be held virtually and in
person (Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC).
The conference will include
discussions between EcoEle´ctrica staff
and contractors, Commission staff and
contractors, other federal agencies staff
and contractors, and parties to the
proceeding that request to attend and
follow procedures described herein.
These parties should be prepared to
discuss the record in this proceeding,
particularly the questions and issues
raised in the Commission’s September
24, 2021 Order Establishing Briefing,
subsequent orders, and the briefs
responding thereto.2 If time permits,
there may be an opportunity for
attendees to the technical conference to
submit questions for discussion.
Following the technical conference,
parties to the proceeding may submit
written post-technical conference
comments on or before February 17,
2023, which will be included in the
record of the proceeding. Any
comments filed that contain privileged
or Critical Energy/Electric Infrastructure
Information (CEII) should be filed in
accordance with the Commission’s
1 EcoEle
´ ctrica,
L.P., 180 FERC ¶ 61,054 (2022).
L.P., 176 FERC ¶ 61,192 (2021)
(Briefing Order); EcoEle´ctrica, L.P., 177 FERC
¶ 61,164 (2021) (Order Partially Granting Request
for Extension of Time); EcoEle´ctrica, L.P.,179 FERC
¶ 61,038 (2022) (Order on Initial Brief), order on
reh’g, 180 FERC ¶ 61,054 (2022). See also,
EcoElectrica, L.P.’s February 8, 2022 Initial Brief
and Supplements.
2 EcoEle
´ ctrica,
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 3240-040]
Briar Hydro Associates; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing
With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New License.
b. Project No.: 3240-040.
c. Date Filed: November 30, 2022.
d. Applicant: Briar Hydro Associates.
e. Name of Project: Rolfe Canal Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Contoocook River, in the City of Concord,
Merrimack County New Hampshire. No federal lands are located within the
project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r)
h. Applicant Contact: Andrew J. Locke, Essex Hydro Associates, LLC,
55 Union Street, Boston, MA 02108; (617) 357-0032, email_
[email protected]
i. FERC Contact: Jeanne Edwards at (202) 502-6181; or
[email protected].
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental
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document should follow the instructions for filing such requests
described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note the
Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation of
the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 61,076
(2001).
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of
the request on the applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: January 29, 2023.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support
at [email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202)
502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you may submit a paper
copy. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed
to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent
via any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, Maryland 20852. All filings must clearly identify the
project name and docket number on the first page: Rolfe Canal Project
(P-3240-040).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The Rolfe Canal Project diverts water from the York Dam into the
Rolfe Canal and consists of the following existing facilities: (1) York
impoundment with a surface area of 50-acres, at elevation of 342.5 feet
National Geodetic Vertical Datum 1929 (NGVD29); (2) a 300-foot-long,
10-foot-high diversion dam (York Dam); (3) a 50-foot-wide concrete
gated intake structure; (4) a 7,000-foot-long, 75-foot-wide, and 9-
foot-deep power canal; (5) an additional impoundment (created by York
Dam at the end of the power canal) with surface area of 3-acres, at
elevation of 342.5 feet NGVD29, and a negligible storage capacity; (6)
a 130-foot-long, 17-foot-high granite block intake dam; (7) a 950-foot-
long underground penstock; (8) a 32-foot-wide by 90-foot-long, concrete
powerhouse containing one Kaplan turbine-generating unit with a
capacity of 4.285 megawatts; (9) a 1,200-foot-long tailrace; (10)
transmission facilities consisting of a three-phase 4.16/34.5- kilovolt
(kV) transformer; and a 34.5-kV, 650-foot-long transmission line; and
(11) other appurtenances. The project has a 4,000-foot-long bypassed
reach.
The project operates in a run-of-river mode with a minimum flow of
338 cubic feet per second (cfs), or inflow, whichever is less, into the
York impoundment, a minimum flow of 50 cfs into the York bypass, and a
minimum flow of 5 cfs into a historic channel that bypasses the
penstock. The project had an average annual generation of 19,585,884
kilowatt-hours between 2014 and 2018. Briar Hydro proposes to increase
the minimum flow into the York bypass to 100 cfs.
o. Copies of the application may 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 (P-3240). For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support at [email protected] or call toll-free, (866)
208-3676 or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
You may also register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary) February 2023
Request Additional Information (if necessary) March 2023
Issue Acceptance Letter May 2023
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments May 2023
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary) August 2023
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis August 2023
q. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice
of ready for environmental analysis.
Dated: December 14, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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