Take notice that on September 25, 2015, pursuant to section 358.1(d) of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission), the City of Rochester, Minnesota Board of Public Utilities filed a motion requesting that the Commission waive the Standards of Conduct requirements that may apply to RPU under Part 358 of the Commission's regulations and Order Nos. 717, 888, 889, and 2004. RPU meets the definition of a small utility in that it sells less than 4 million MWh of electricity annually, thus qualifying for the requested waiver.
18 CFR 359.1(d) (2015).
18 CFR part 358.
Standards of Conduct for Transmission Providers, Order No. 717, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,280 (2008), order on reh'g, Order No. 717-A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,297, order on reh'g, Order No. 717-B, 129 FERC ¶ 61,123 (2009), order on reh'g, Order No. 717-C, 131 FERC ¶ 61,045 (2010).
Promoting Wholesale Competition Through Open Access Non-Discriminatory Transmission Services by Public Utilities; Recovery of Stranded Costs by Public Utilities and Transmitting Utilities, Order No. 888, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,036 (1996), order on reh'g, Order No. 888-A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,048, order on reh'g, Order No. 888-B, 81 FERC ¶ 61,248 (1997), order on reh'g, Order No. 888-C, 82 FERC ¶ 61,046 (1998), aff'd in relevant part sub nom. Transmission Access Policy Study Group v. FERC, 225 F.3d 667 (D.C. Cir. 2000), aff'd sub nom. New York v. FERC, 535 U.S. 1 (2002) (Order No. 888).
Open Access Same-Time Information System and Standards of Conduct, Order No. 889, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,035 (1996). Order on reh'g Order No. 889-A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,049 (1997), reh'g denied, Order No. 889-B. 81 FERC ¶ 61,253 (1997).
Standard of Conduct for Transmission Providers, Order No. 2004, 68 FR 69,134 (Dec. 11. 2003), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31, 155 (2003), order on reh'g, Order No. 2004-A, 69 FR 23,562 (Apr. 29, 2004), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,161 (2004), order on reh'g, Order No. 2004-B, 69 FR 48,371 (Aug. 10, 2004), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31, 166 (2004), order on reh'g, Order No. 2004-C, 70 FR 284 (Jan. 4, 2005), FERC Stat. & Regs. 31, 172 (2004), order on reh'g, Order No. 2004-D, 110 FERC 61,320 (2005), vacated in part sub nom, Nat'l Fuel Gas Supply Corp. v. FERC, 468 F.3d 831 (D.C. Cir. 2006).
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. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. On or before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant.
The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 5 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
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Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on November 5, 2015.
Dated: October 15, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-26730 Filed 10-20-15; 8:45 am]
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