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11 18 CFR 385.214(b)(3) and (d). 

intervene that are filed after the 

intervention deadline are untimely, and 

may be denied. Any late-filed motion to 

intervene must show good cause for 

being late and must explain why the 

time limitation should be waived and 

provide justification by reference to 

factors set forth in Rule 214(d) of the 

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.11

A person obtaining party status will be 

placed on the service list maintained by 

the Secretary of the Commission and 

will receive copies (paper or electronic) 

of all documents filed by the applicant 

and by all other parties. 

Tracking the Proceeding 

Throughout the proceeding, 

additional information about the project 

will be available from the Commission’s 

Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208– 

FERC, or on the FERC website at 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link 

as described above. The eLibrary link 

also provides access to the texts of all 

formal documents issued by the 

Commission, such as orders, notices, 

and rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission offers a 

free service called eSubscription which 

allows you to keep track of all formal 

issuances and submittals in specific 

dockets. This can reduce the amount of 

time you spend researching proceedings 

by automatically providing you with 

notification of these filings, document 

summaries, and direct links to the 

documents. For more information and to 

register, go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp. 

Intervention Deadline: 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on November 21, 2023. 

Dated: October 31, 2023. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Southeastern Power Administration 

Revision To Power Marketing Policy 

Cumberland System of Projects 

AGENCY: Southeastern Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of revision to power 

marketing policy. 

SUMMARY: Southeastern Power 

Administration (Southeastern or SEPA) 

announces revision to the power 

marketing policy for the Cumberland 

System of Projects to include a 

procedure for distribution of renewable 

energy certificates (RECs). The 

Cumberland System power marketing 

policy was published on August 5, 

1993, and is reflected in contracts for 

the sale of system power, which are 

maintained in Southeastern’s 

headquarters office. Pursuant to the 

Procedure for Public Participation in the 

Formulation of Marketing Policy, 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 6, 1978, Southeastern published on 

October 21, 2021, a notice of intent to 

revise the power marketing policy to 

include provisions regarding RECs from 

the Cumberland System. The proposed 

revision to the Cumberland System 

Power Marketing Policy was published 

in the Federal Register on April 25, 

2023. A virtual web based public 

information and comment forum was 

held on June 29, 2023, with written 

comments due on or before July 14, 

2023. 

DATES: The power marketing policy 

revision will become effective December 

6, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Douglas Spencer, Engineer, 

Southeastern Power Administration, 

1166 Athens Tech Road, Elberton, GA 

30635, (706) 213–3855, Email: 

douglas.spencer@sepa.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Southeastern published a ‘‘Notice of 

Issuance of Final Power Marketing 

Policy Cumberland System of Projects’’ 

in the Federal Register on August 5, 

1993 (58 FR 41762). The policy 

establishes the marketing area for 

system power and addresses the 

utilization of area utility systems for 

essential purposes. The policy also 

addresses wholesale rates, resale rates, 

and conservation measures, but does not 

address RECs. 

Under Section 5 of the Flood Control 

Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), 

Southeastern, through delegated 

authority, is responsible for the 

transmission and disposition of electric 

power and energy from reservoir 

projects operated by the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers. Furthermore, 

Southeastern must transmit and dispose 

of power and energy in such a manner 

as to encourage the most widespread 

use at the lowest possible rates to 

consumers consistent with sound 

business principles. Rate schedules are 

developed with regard to the recovery of 

the cost of producing and transmitting 

such electric energy. 

Southeastern’s authority to formulate 

the policy and perform the functions are 

derived from section 302(a) of the 

Department of Energy Organization Act, 

42 U.S.C. 7152. By Delegation Order No. 

S1–DEL–RATES–2016, effective 

November 19, 2016, the Secretary of 

Energy delegated: (1) the authority to 

develop power and transmission rates to 

the SEPA Administrator; (2) the 

authority to confirm, approve, and place 

such rates into effect on an interim basis 

to the Deputy Secretary of Energy; and 

(3) the authority to confirm, approve, 

and place into effect on a final basis, or 

to remand or disapprove such rates, to 

FERC. By Delegation Order No. S1– 

DEL–S3–2023, effective April 10, 2023, 

the Secretary of Energy also delegated 

the authority to confirm, approve, and 

place such rates into effect on an 

interim basis to the Under Secretary for 

Infrastructure. By Redelegation Order 

No. S3–DEL–SEPA1–2023, effective 

April 10, 2023, the Under Secretary for 

Infrastructure further redelegated the 

authority to confirm, approve, and place 

such rates into effect on an interim basis 

to SEPA’s Administrator. 

The Cumberland System consist of 

nine projects: Barkley, Center Hill, 

Cheatham, Cordell Hull, Dale Hollow, 

Laurel, Old Hickory, J. Percy Priest, and 

Wolf Creek. The power from the projects 

is currently marketed to Preference 

Customers located in the service areas of 

Tennessee Valley Authority, Big Rivers 

Electric Corporation, Duke Energy 

Progress, East Kentucky Power 

Cooperative, Kentucky Utilities, 

Municipal Electric Agency of 

Mississippi, Mississippi Delta Energy 

Agency, the seven-member Cooperative 

Energy currently receiving Cumberland 

power, and Southern Illinois Power 

Cooperative. 

Southeastern has been using the 

Generation Attribute Tracking System 

(GATS) provided through the PJM 

Interconnection, LLC, for the KerrPhilpott System of Projects. The 

attributes are unbundled from the 

megawatt-hour of energy produced and 

recorded onto a certificate. These 

certificates may be used by electricity 

suppliers and other energy market 

participants to comply with relevant 

state policies and regulatory programs 

and to support voluntary ‘‘green’’ 

electricity markets. Southeastern will 

use the similar M–RETS product for 

distributing certificates to current 

Preference Customers with allocations 

of power from the Cumberland System. 

Through this RECs tracking system 

Southeastern is capable of tracking 

environmental attributes used for 

voluntary claims in all state, provinces, 

and territories in North America. Under 

the following revision of the 1994 power 

marketing policy, Southeastern will 

distribute the M–RETS created 

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Customers with allocations of power 

from the Cumberland System. 

Public Notice and Comment 

Southeastern published a proposed 

revision in the Federal Register, 88 FR 

24981, dated April 25, 2023. 

Southeastern held a web-based 

information and comment forum on 

June 29, 2023. Southeastern received no 

comments. 

Revision to the Power Marketing Policy 

Southeastern revises the Power 

Marketing Policy for the System to 

include the following additional 

provisions for RECs associated with 

hydroelectric generation: 

Renewable Energy Certificates: The 

M–RETS Tracking System creates and 

tracks certificates reporting generation 

attributes, by generating unit, for each 

megawatt-hour (MWh) of energy 

produced by registered generators. The 

System projects are registered generators 

within M–RETS. The RECs potentially 

satisfy Renewable Portfolio Standards, 

state policies, and other regulatory or 

voluntary clean energy standards in a 

number of states. Southeastern has 

subscribed to M–RETS and has an 

account in which RECs are collected 

and tracked for each MWh of energy 

produced from the System. Within M– 

RETS, certificates can be transferred to 

other M–RETS subscribers or to a thirdparty tracking system. 

M–RETS creates a REC for every MWh 

of renewable energy produced by 

registered generators, tracks the life 

cycle of each REC created, and ensures 

against any double-counting or doubleuse of each REC. These RECs may be 

used by electricity suppliers and other 

energy market participants to comply 

with relevant state policies and 

regulatory programs and to support 

voluntary ‘‘green’’ electricity markets. 

Southeastern will distribute M–RETScreated RECs to Preference Customers 

with allocations of power from the 

System. 

REC Distribution: M–RETS (or a 

successor application) will be the 

transfer mechanism for all RECs related 

to the System. Southeastern shall 

maintain an account with M–RETS and 

collect RECs from the generation at the 

System projects. Southeastern will 

verify the total amount of RECs each 

month. Preference Customers with an 

allocation of power from the System are 

eligible to receive RECs by transfer from 

Southeastern’s M–RETS account to their 

M–RETS account or that of their agent. 

M–RETS (or a successor application) 

will be the transfer mechanism for all 

RECs related to the Kerr-Philpott 

System. Any further transfer, sale use, 

or trade transaction would be the sole 

responsibility of a Preference Customer. 

Transfers to each customer will be based 

on the customer’s monthly invoices 

during the same three-month period 

(quarter). Where applicable, RECs will 

be project-specific based on the 

customer’s contractual arrangements. 

Customers receiving energy under the 

TVA/TVPPA contract will receive their 

distributions pursuant to the 

percentages in TVA Area Preference 

Customer 1978 Load document (revised 

March 2022). 

All RECs distributed by Southeastern 

shall be transferred within forty-five 

days of the end of a quarter. Each 

customer must submit to Southeastern, 

by the tenth business day after the 

quarter, any notice of change to M– 

RETS account or agent. Any REC 

transfers that were not claimed or if a 

transfer account was not provided to 

Southeastern will be forfeited if they 

become nontransferable as described in 

the M–RETS terms of service, 

procedures, policies, or definitions of 

reporting and trading periods, or any 

subsequent rules and procedures for 

transfers as established. 

The initial transfer process in M– 

RETS will be accomplished by the 

sixtieth day after the end of the first 

completed quarter subsequent to 

publication of the final policy revision. 

Any balance of RECs that exist in 

Southeastern’s M–RETS account, other 

than the first quarter after policy 

revision publication, may also be 

transferred to Preference Customers 

according to the customer’s invoiced 

energy at the time of the REC creation. 

Rates: No rates shall be established by 

Southeastern for RECs transferred to 

Preference Customers. Any cost to 

Southeastern, such as the M–RETS 

subscription, will be incorporated into 

marketing costs and included in 

recovery through the energy and 

capacity rates of the System. 

Determination Under Executive Order 

12866 

Southeastern is exempted from 

centralized regulatory review under 

Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no 

clearance of this notice by the Office of 

Management and Budget is required. 

Environmental Compliance 

SEPA has determined this action fits 

within the following categorical 

exclusions listed in appendix B to 

subpart D of 10 CFR part 1021: B4.1 

(Contracts, policies, and marketing and 

allocation plans for electric power). 

Categorically excluded projects and 

activities do not require preparation of 

either an environmental impact 

statement or an environmental 

assessment. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on October 23, 2023, 

by Virgil G. Hobbs III, Administrator, 

Southeastern Power Administration, 

pursuant to the delegated authority from 

the Secretary of Energy. That document, 

with the original signature and date, is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on November 1, 

2023. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–10082–02–OMS] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Security Management Division, 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency’s (EPA or Agency) 

Personnel Security Branch (PSB) is 

giving notice that it proposes to modify 

a system of records pursuant to the 

provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974. 

The Personnel Security System (PSS) 

2.0 is being modified to include a new 

module, which the Agency will use to 

administer its Insider Threat Program. 

The new module will collect records 

about individuals to assist the Agency 

with insider threat inquiry management 

and coordination. The module will 

retain insider threat inquiry-related data 

and help EPA personnel coordinate 

responses to those inquiries. Collecting 

this data ensures the effective and 

timely processing of records. 

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on 

this system of records notice must do so 

by December 6, 2023. 


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