[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 12957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-5324]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. EL11-24-000]
SunZia Transmission, LLC; Notice of Petition for Declaratory
Order
Take notice that on February 23, 2011, pursuant to Rule 207(a)(2)
of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission), 18 CFR 385.207(a)(2) (2010), SunZia
Transmission, LLC (SunZia) filed a revised petition for declaratory
order requesting that the Commission find that: (i) Tucson Electric
Power Company (TEP), SouthWestern Power Group (SWPG), ECP SunZia, LLC
(ECP SunZia), and Shell WindEnergy Inc. (SWE) (collectively SunZia
Owners) each owns that portion of the SunZia Southwest Transmission
Project (Project) equal to its pro rata share of investment in the
Project,\1\ (ii) SWPG, ECP SunZia, and SWE may allocate up to 50
percent of their pro rata shares of the Project to anchor customers
through long-term firm negotiated rate contracts,\2\ and (iii)
electrical interconnection or transmission requests with respect to the
Project are premature prior to the Project attaining sufficient
maturity as to its permitting, licensing, determination of the final
alignment, and determination of the resulting estimated costs.
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\1\ In addition to the SunZia Owners, Salt River Project
Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) and Tri-State
Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. (TSGT) are sponsors of
the Project. Neither SRP nor TSGT is a ``public utility'' within the
meaning of section 201(e) of the Federal Power Act.
\2\ The remaining sponsors of the Project, SRP, TSGT, and TEP--
all existing load-serving entities with existing transmission
systems--plan to incorporate their pro rata shares of the Project
into their transmission systems and provide service pursuant to
their respective open access transmission tariffs (OATTs). As non-
public utilities, SRP and TSGT are not required to file their OATTs
with the Commission.
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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 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426.
This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the
``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription''
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For
assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail
[email protected], or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 17, 2011.
Dated: March 3, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-5324 Filed 3-8-11; 8:45 am]
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