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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 1869–066]
Combined Notice of Filings
Take notice that the Commission has
received the following Natural Gas
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:
Filings in Existing Proceedings
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Docket Numbers: PR24–9–001.
Applicants: Lee 8 Storage Partnership.
Description: Amendment Filing:
Settlement Proposal (PR24–9–) to be
effective 11/14/2023.
Filed Date: 1/12/24.
Accession Number: 20240112–5030.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/2/24.
§ 284.123(g) Protest: 5 p.m. ET 2/2/24.
Any person desiring to protest in any
the above proceedings must file in
accordance with Rule 211 of the
Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR
385.211) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system (https://
elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/
fercgensearch.asp) by querying the
docket number.
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.
The Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
members of the public, including
landowners, environmental justice
communities, Tribal members and
others, access publicly available
information and navigate Commission
processes.
For public inquiries and assistance
with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for
rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@
ferc.gov.
Dated: January 12, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
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NorthWestern Energy; Notice of
Application Tendered for Filing With
the Commission and Establishing
Procedural Schedule for Licensing and
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 Major
License.
b. Project No.: 1869–066.
c. Date Filed: December 29, 2023.
d. Applicant: NorthWestern Energy.
e. Name of Project: Thompsons Falls
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Clark Fork River in
Sanders County in the city of Thompson
Falls, Montana. The project includes
103.80 acres of federal lands
administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mary Gail
Sullivan, Director, Environmental &
Lands Permitting & Compliance,
NorthWestern Energy 11 East Park
Street, Butte, Montana 59701; phone:
(406) 497–3382 or (406) 490–1838.
i. FERC Contact: Michael Tust at (202)
502–6522 or email at michael.tust@
ferc.gov.
j. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
k. Project Description: The project
consists of multiple dams that form the
project reservoir and two powerhouses.
The following existing facilities occur at
the project: (1) a 1,016-foot-long, 54foot-high, concrete gravity dam (i.e.,
main channel dam) with a 913-foot-long
overflow section with 8-foot-high fixed
wheel panels atop 8-foot-high stoplogs
and four radial gates; (2) an upstream
fish passage facility on the main
channel dam; (3) a 449-foot-long, 45foot-high concrete gravity dam (i.e., dry
channel dam) located downstream of
the main channel dam with a 289-footlong overflow section with 8-foot-high
fixed wheel panels atop 4-foot-high
stoplogs; (4) a 1,226-acre reservoir
impounded by the two dams; (5) a 300foot-long, 78-foot-wide excavated
channel leading to a 200-foot long, 78foot-wide reinforced concrete intake
structure; (6) three 39-foot-high, 18-footwide, and 75-foot-long rectangular
conduits extending from the intake to a
200-foot-long, 78-foot-wide concrete
powerhouse containing a Kaplan-type
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turbine-generator unit with an installed
capacity of 52.61 megawatts (MW); (7) a
450-foot-long, 80-foot-wide forebay
channel leading to a 258-foot-long, 40foot-high second intake structure
(adjacent to the other intake structure);
(8) six steel, 14-foot-diameter main
turbine penstocks and two 6-foot-8inch-diameter exciter turbine penstocks
extend from the second intake to a 292foot-long, 97-foot-wide second
powerhouse containing six Francis-type
turbine-generating units, with three
rated at 7.0 MW, two rated at 6.38 MW,
and one rated at 6.0 MW; (9) a 1,000foot-long, 100-foot-wide tailrace channel
leading from the outlet of the first
powerhouse; (10) a 800-foot-long, 130foot-wide tailrace channel leading from
the outlet of the second powerhouse;
(11) three generator step-up
transformers; (12) a 300-foot-long, 115kilovolt generator lead line extending
from the first powerhouse to the second
powerhouse and two 50-foot-long, 6.6kilovolt generator lead lines connecting
to a breaker within the second
powerhouse serving as the
interconnection point for both
powerhouses; (13) a 1,000-foot long
access road; and (14) appurtenant
facilities. NorthWestern Energy
maintains the following recreation
facilities under the current license:
Island Park, Wild Goose Landing Park,
and the South Shore Dispersed
Recreation Area.
NorthWestern Energy is currently
authorized to operate as a peaking
facility while maintaining the reservoir
elevation within a four-foot operating
band (i.e., between 2396.5 feet and
2392.5 feet elevation). However,
NorthWestern Energy typically
maintains the reservoir within 1.5 feet
from the full operating level (i.e.,
between 2396.5 feet and 2395.0 feet)
while also maintaining a minimum
discharge flow of 6,000 cubic feet per
second or inflow, if less, in the Clark
Fork River downstream of the project.
NorthWestern proposes to maintain the
reservoir within 2.5 feet from the full
operating level (i.e., between 2396.5 feet
and 2394.0 feet) while continuing to
maintain the 6,000-cfs minimum flow
discharge downstream of the project and
would continue to operate its upstream
fish passage facility from mid-March to
mid-October each year. The project has
an average annual generation of 504,300
megawatt-hours.
NorthWestern Energy also proposes to
revise the project boundary to more
accurately follow the reservoir shoreline
at the project’s highest operating
elevation and to enclose only those
lands necessary for operation and
maintenance. The boundary changes
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would reduce the project acreage from
2,001 to 1,536 acres and it would reduce
the acreage of federal lands within the
project boundary from 103.80 acres to
66.90 acres.
l. Location of the Application: In
addition to publishing the full text of
this notice in the Federal Register, the
Commission provides all interested
persons an opportunity to view and/or
print the contents of this notice, as well
as other documents in the proceeding
(e.g., license application) via the
internet through the Commission’s
Home Page (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–1869). For assistance,
contact FERC at FERCOnlineSupport@
ferc.gov or call toll-free, (866) 208–3676
or (202) 502–8659 (TTY).
m. You may also register online at
https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.
aspx to be notified via email of new
filings and issuances related to this or
other pending projects. For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support.
n. Procedural Schedule: The
application will be processed according
to the following preliminary Hydro
Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
schedule may be made as appropriate.
Milestone
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary).
Issue Additional Information Request (if necessary).
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of
Ready for Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions,
and fishway prescriptions.
Target date
January 2024.
February 2023.
June 2024.
August 2024.
o. 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: January 12, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #2
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric corporate
filings:
Docket Numbers: EC24–28–000.
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Applicants: Vitol PA Wind Marketing
LLC, Twin Ridges LLC, Patton Wind
Farm, LLC, Highland North LLC.
Description: Supplement to December
20, 2023 Joint Application for
Authorization Under Section 203 of the
Federal Power Act of Twin Ridges LLC,
et al.
Filed Date: 1/11/24.
Accession Number: 20240111–5214.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 1/22/24.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER23–2917–001.
Applicants: California Independent
System Operator Corporation.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
2024–1–12 Deficiency Response—
Subscriber Participating Transmission
Owner Amdt to be effective 3/13/2024.
Filed Date: 1/12/24.
Accession Number: 20240112–5110.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/2/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–96–001.
Applicants: Pacific Gas and Electric
Company.
Description: Compliance filing:
Transmission Owner Rate Case TO21
Formula Rate Compliance Filing to be
effective 1/1/2024.
Filed Date: 1/12/24.
Accession Number: 20240112–5108.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/2/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–869–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C., West Penn Power Company.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C. submits tariff
filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii: West Penn
Power Amends 3 Service Agreements
(3661 4897 5049) to be effective 1/1/
2024.
Filed Date: 1/12/24.
Accession Number: 20240112–5092.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/2/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–870–000.
Applicants: FirstEnergy Pennsylvania
Electric Company, PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric
Company submits tariff filing per
35.13(a)(2)(iii: FEPA submits Amended
IA, SA No. 4976 re: FirstEnergy
Reorganization to be effective 1/1/2024.
Filed Date: 1/12/24.
Accession Number: 20240112–5111.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/2/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–871–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
Notice of Cancellation of WMPA, SA
No. 6608; Queue No. AH1–109 re:
breach to be effective 3/13/2024.
Filed Date: 1/12/24.
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Accession Number: 20240112–5113.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/2/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–872–000.
Applicants: California Independent
System Operator Corporation.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
2024–01–12 Rules of Conduct Tariff
Amendment to be effective 12/31/9998.
Filed Date: 1/12/24.
Accession Number: 20240112–5121.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/2/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–874–000.
Applicants: Duke Energy Progress,
LLC, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Duke Energy Progress, LLC submits
tariff filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii: DEC–
DEP—Re-Filing of Proposed Revisions
to Attachment N–1 to be effective 3/13/
2024.
Filed Date: 1/12/24.
Accession Number: 20240112–5127.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/2/24.
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, to
protest, or to answer a complaint in any
of the above proceedings must file in
accordance with Rules 211, 214, or 206
of the Commission’s Regulations (18
CFR 385.211, 385.214, or 385.206) 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.
The Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
members of the public, including
landowners, environmental justice
communities, Tribal members and
others, access publicly available
information and navigate Commission
processes. For public inquiries and
assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for
rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@
ferc.gov.
Dated: January 12, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 1869-066]
NorthWestern Energy; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing
With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing
and 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 Major License.
b. Project No.: 1869-066.
c. Date Filed: December 29, 2023.
d. Applicant: NorthWestern Energy.
e. Name of Project: Thompsons Falls Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Clark Fork River in Sanders County in the city
of Thompson Falls, Montana. The project includes 103.80 acres of
federal lands administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mary Gail Sullivan, Director, Environmental &
Lands Permitting & Compliance, NorthWestern Energy 11 East Park Street,
Butte, Montana 59701; phone: (406) 497-3382 or (406) 490-1838.
i. FERC Contact: Michael Tust at (202) 502-6522 or email at
[email protected].
j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
k. Project Description: The project consists of multiple dams that
form the project reservoir and two powerhouses. The following existing
facilities occur at the project: (1) a 1,016-foot-long, 54-foot-high,
concrete gravity dam (i.e., main channel dam) with a 913-foot-long
overflow section with 8-foot-high fixed wheel panels atop 8-foot-high
stoplogs and four radial gates; (2) an upstream fish passage facility
on the main channel dam; (3) a 449-foot-long, 45-foot-high concrete
gravity dam (i.e., dry channel dam) located downstream of the main
channel dam with a 289-foot-long overflow section with 8-foot-high
fixed wheel panels atop 4-foot-high stoplogs; (4) a 1,226-acre
reservoir impounded by the two dams; (5) a 300-foot-long, 78-foot-wide
excavated channel leading to a 200-foot long, 78-foot-wide reinforced
concrete intake structure; (6) three 39-foot-high, 18-foot-wide, and
75-foot-long rectangular conduits extending from the intake to a 200-
foot-long, 78-foot-wide concrete powerhouse containing a Kaplan-type
turbine-generator unit with an installed capacity of 52.61 megawatts
(MW); (7) a 450-foot-long, 80-foot-wide forebay channel leading to a
258-foot-long, 40-foot-high second intake structure (adjacent to the
other intake structure); (8) six steel, 14-foot-diameter main turbine
penstocks and two 6-foot-8-inch-diameter exciter turbine penstocks
extend from the second intake to a 292-foot-long, 97-foot-wide second
powerhouse containing six Francis-type turbine-generating units, with
three rated at 7.0 MW, two rated at 6.38 MW, and one rated at 6.0 MW;
(9) a 1,000-foot-long, 100-foot-wide tailrace channel leading from the
outlet of the first powerhouse; (10) a 800-foot-long, 130-foot-wide
tailrace channel leading from the outlet of the second powerhouse; (11)
three generator step-up transformers; (12) a 300-foot-long, 115-
kilovolt generator lead line extending from the first powerhouse to the
second powerhouse and two 50-foot-long, 6.6-kilovolt generator lead
lines connecting to a breaker within the second powerhouse serving as
the interconnection point for both powerhouses; (13) a 1,000-foot long
access road; and (14) appurtenant facilities. NorthWestern Energy
maintains the following recreation facilities under the current
license: Island Park, Wild Goose Landing Park, and the South Shore
Dispersed Recreation Area.
NorthWestern Energy is currently authorized to operate as a peaking
facility while maintaining the reservoir elevation within a four-foot
operating band (i.e., between 2396.5 feet and 2392.5 feet elevation).
However, NorthWestern Energy typically maintains the reservoir within
1.5 feet from the full operating level (i.e., between 2396.5 feet and
2395.0 feet) while also maintaining a minimum discharge flow of 6,000
cubic feet per second or inflow, if less, in the Clark Fork River
downstream of the project. NorthWestern proposes to maintain the
reservoir within 2.5 feet from the full operating level (i.e., between
2396.5 feet and 2394.0 feet) while continuing to maintain the 6,000-cfs
minimum flow discharge downstream of the project and would continue to
operate its upstream fish passage facility from mid-March to mid-
October each year. The project has an average annual generation of
504,300 megawatt-hours.
NorthWestern Energy also proposes to revise the project boundary to
more accurately follow the reservoir shoreline at the project's highest
operating elevation and to enclose only those lands necessary for
operation and maintenance. The boundary changes
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would reduce the project acreage from 2,001 to 1,536 acres and it would
reduce the acreage of federal lands within the project boundary from
103.80 acres to 66.90 acres.
l. Location of the Application: In addition to publishing the full
text of this notice in the Federal Register, the Commission provides
all interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print the contents
of this notice, as well as other documents in the proceeding (e.g.,
license application) via the internet through the Commission's Home
Page (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-1869). For assistance, contact FERC at
[email protected] or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or (202)
502-8659 (TTY).
m. You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
n. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
schedule may be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary).. January 2024.
Issue Additional Information Request (if February 2023.
necessary).
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for June 2024.
Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary August 2024.
terms and conditions, and fishway
prescriptions.
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o. 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: January 12, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
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