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Francis-type pump-turbine units for a 

total installed capacity of 1,200 MW; (5) 

a 0.48-acre underground transformer 

cavern adjacent to the powerhouse 

containing intermediate step-up 

transformers that will step up the 

voltage from 18 kilovolts (kV) to 115 kV; 

(6) two 30-foot-diameter tunnels for 

accessing the powerhouse and 

transformer caverns; (7) a 0.84-milelong, 115-kV underground transmission 

line extending from the transformer 

gallery through the combined access/ 

transmission tunnel to where it emerges 

aboveground near the west side of the 

lower reservoir and extending an 

additional 0.27 miles to an outdoor 7.3- 

acre substation/switchyard where the 

voltage would be stepped up to 500 kV; 

(8) a 3.13-mile-long, 500-kV 

transmission line routed from the 

substation/switchyard south across the 

Columbia River and connecting to 

Bonneville Power Administration’s 

existing John Day Substation; (9) a 

buried 30-inch-diameter water fill line 

leading from a shut-off and throttling 

valve within a non-project water supply 

vault owned by Klickitat Public Utility 

District (KPUD) to an outlet structure 

within the lower reservoir to convey 

water to fill the reservoirs; and (10) 

appurtenant facilities. The project 

would also include an existing 0.7-mile 

road for accessing the lower reservoir 

site and an existing 8.6-mile-long road 

for accessing the upper reservoir site 

both of which may be modified to 

provide access for construction vehicles. 

The water supply used to initially fill 

the lower reservoir as well as to provide 

make-up water would be purchased 

from KPUD and would be obtained from 

KPUD’s existing intake pond on the 

Columbia River. The project water fill 

line would connect to a new KPUDowned flanged water supply service 

connection in a water supply vault 

located near the lower reservoir. Within 

the vault, and just downstream of the 

service connection, there would be a 

project shut-off and throttling valve to 

allow control of the initial fill and 

make-up water flow rate into the lower 

reservoir. The initial fill would require 

7,640 acre-feet of water and would be 

completed in about six months at an 

average flow rate of approximately 21 

cubic feet per second (maximum flow 

rate available is 35 cubic feet per 

second). It is estimated that the project 

would need 360 acre-feet of water each 

year to replenish water lost through 

evaporation. 

m. A copy of the application is 

available for review via the internet 

through the Commission’s Home Page 

(http://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. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support. 

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. Anyone may submit a protest or a 

motion to intervene in accordance with 

the requirements of Rules of Practice 

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 

385.211, and 385.214. In determining 

the appropriate action to take, the 

Commission will consider all protests 

filed, but only those who file a motion 

to intervene in accordance with the 

Commission’s Rules may become a 

party to the proceeding. Any protests or 

motions to intervene must be received 

on or before the specified deadline date 

for the particular application. 

All filings must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title PROTEST or MOTION 

TO INTERVENE; (2) set forth in the 

heading the name of the applicant and 

the project number of the application to 

which the filing responds; (3) furnish 

the name, address, and telephone 

number of the person protesting or 

intervening; and (4) otherwise comply 

with the requirements of 18 CFR 

385.2001 through 385.2005. Agencies 

may obtain copies of the application 

directly from the applicant. A copy of 

any protest or motion to intervene must 

be served upon each representative of 

the applicant specified in the particular 

application. 

o. Procedural schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following preliminary Hydro 

Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 

schedule will be made as appropriate. 

Comments on Scoping Document 1 Due.December 

2020. 

Issue Scoping Document 2 (if 

necessary).

January 

2021. 

Request Additional Information (if necessary).January 

2021. 

Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis.April 2021. 

Dated: December 17, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL21–32–000] 

Invenergy Solar Development North 

America LLC v. Tri-State Generation 

and Transmission Association, Inc.; 

Notice of Complaint 

Take notice that on December 16, 

2020, pursuant to sections 206 and 306 

of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 

824e, 825e, and Rule 206 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s 

(Commission) Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.206, Invenergy 

Solar Development North America LLC 

(Complainant) filed a formal complaint 

against Tri-State Generation and 

Transmission Association, Inc., 

(Respondent) requesting that the 

Commission find improper the practice 

of the Respondent’s processing of its 

interconnection and transmission 

service queues in a manner inconsistent 

with Commission policy and that gives 

preference to Tri-State’s contracted 

generation, all as more fully explained 

in the complaint. 

The Complainant certifies that copies 

of the complaint were served on the 

contacts listed for Respondent in the 

Commission’s list of Corporate Officials. 

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. The Respondent’s answer 

and all interventions, or protests must 

be filed on or before the comment date. 

The Respondent’s answer, motions to 

intervene, and protests must be served 

on the Complainants. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests 

and interventions in lieu of paper using 

the eFiling link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically may 

mail similar pleadings to the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. 

Hand delivered submissions in 

docketed proceedings should be 

delivered to Health and Human 

Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 


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1 104 FERC ¶ 61,121 (Initial Policy Statement), 

clarified, Order on Clarification of Policy Statement 

on Natural Gas and Electric Price Indices, 105 FERC 

¶ 61,282 (2003) (2003 Clarification Order), clarified, 

Order Further Clarifying Policy Statement on 

Natural Gas and Electric Price Indices, 112 FERC 

¶ 61,040 (2005) (2005 Clarification Order) 

(collectively, Policy Statement). 

2S&P Global Platts (Platts), Natural Gas 

Intelligence (NGI), Argus Media, and Natural Gas 

Week are examples of price index developers. 

3The term ‘‘fixed-price natural gas transactions’’ 

refers to fixed-price next-day delivery, fixed-price 

next-month delivery, and physical basis 

transactions (for next-month delivery). These 

transaction types are defined in the FERC Form No. 

552: Annual Report of Natural Gas Transactions 

(FERC Form No. 552) instructions. The FERC Form 

No. 552 requires market participants that annually 

buy or sell more than 2.2 trillion British Thermal 

Units (Btu) of physical natural gas to provide 

aggregated data related to their fixed-price, physical 

basis, Nymex plus, and index-based transactions 

made in the next-day and next-month (bidweek) 

markets. 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

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. For 

assistance, contact the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on January 5, 2021. 

Dated: December 17, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28391 Filed 12–22–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PL20–3–000] 

Actions Regarding the Commission’s 

Policy on Price Index Formation and 

Transparency, and Indices Referenced 

in Natural Gas and Electric Tariffs 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Proposed revised policy 

statement on natural gas and electric 

indices. 

SUMMARY: The Commission’s price 

index policy is set forth in its Policy 

Statement on Natural Gas and Electric 

Price Indices. The Commission proposes 

several revisions to that policy to 

encourage more market participants to 

report their transactions to price index 

developers and to provide greater 

transparency into the natural gas price 

formation process to increase 

confidence in the accuracy and 

reliability of wholesale natural gas 

prices. First, the Commission proposes 

to allow data providers (market 

participants that report transaction data 

to price index developers) to report 

either their non-index based next-day 

natural gas transactions, their non-index 

based next-month natural gas 

transactions, or both, to price index 

developers. In addition, the Commission 

proposes to encourage data providers to 

report to all available Commission 

approved price index developers and 

also allow data providers to self-audit 

on a biennial basis. The Commission 

also proposes to modify the 

Commission’s standards to remain an 

approved natural gas price index 

developer such that price index 

developers should: Indicate whether a 

published index price is assessed in 

their published indices and obtain 

recertification in order for their indices 

to continue to be included in FERCjurisdictional tariffs. Finally, the 

Commission proposes to clarify the 

review period for assessing the liquidity 

of price indices submitted for reference 

in FERC-jurisdictional tariffs. 

DATES: Initial Comments are due March 

23, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, identified by 

docket number, may be filed 

electronically at http://www.ferc.gov in 

acceptable native applications and 

print-to-PDF, but not in scanned or 

picture format. For those unable to file 

electronically, comments may be filed 

by mail addressed to: Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the 

Commission, 888 First Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20426. Hand-delivered 

comments must be delivered to: Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. The Comment Procedures 

Section of this document contains more 

detailed filing procedures. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Evan Oxhorn (Legal Information), 

Office of the General Counsel, 888 First 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 

502–8183, Evan.Oxhorn@ferc.gov. 

Eric Primosch (Technical 

Information), Office of Energy Policy 

and Innovation, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502– 

6483, Eric.Primosch@ferc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. The Commission’s price index 

policy is set forth in its Policy Statement 

on Natural Gas and Electric Price 

Indices.1 We propose several revisions 

to that policy to encourage more market 

participants to report their transactions 

to price index developers and to provide 

greater transparency into the natural gas 

price formation process to increase 

confidence in the accuracy and 

reliability of wholesale natural gas 

prices. First, we propose to allow data 

providers (market participants that 

report transaction data to price index 

developers) to report either their nonindex based next-day natural gas 

transactions, their non-index based 

next-month natural gas transactions, or 

both, to price index developers. In 

addition, we propose to: (1) Encourage 

data providers to report to all available 

Commission approved price index 

developers and (2) allow data providers 

to self-audit on a biennial basis.2 We 

also propose to modify the 

Commission’s standards to remain an 

approved natural gas price index 

developer such that price index 

developers should: (1) Indicate whether 

a published index price is assessed in 

their published indices and (2) obtain 

recertification in order for their indices 

to continue to be included in FERCjurisdictional tariffs. Finally, we 

propose to clarify the review period for 

assessing the liquidity of price indices 

submitted for reference in FERCjurisdictional tariffs. We seek comment 

on these proposed revisions. 

I. Background 

A. The Use of Natural Gas Price Indices 

in Commission Jurisdictional Activities 

2. Natural gas price indices play a 

vital role in the energy industry, as they 

are used to price billions of dollars of 

natural gas and electricity transactions 

annually in both the physical and 

financial markets. A natural gas price 

index is a weighted average price 

derived from a set of fixed-price natural 

gas transactions 3 within distinct 

geographical boundaries that market 

participants voluntarily report to a price 

index developer. 

3. Natural gas price indices serve as 

a proxy for the locational cost of natural 

gas in the daily and monthly markets, as 

many market participants reference 

natural gas index prices in their 

physical and financial transactions. 

Interstate natural gas pipelines, public 

utilities, Independent System Operators 

(ISOs), and Regional Transmission 


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