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9Ex. TIP–0097; Ex. TIP–0113 at ‘Depreciation’ 

tab, cell C28. 

10Wabash, FERC Form No. 1/3–Q, Rev. 02–04, at 

207 (Electric Plant in Service (Account 101, 102, 

103, and 106, line 58(g)) (2019). 

11Ex. TIP–0097; Ex. TIP–0113 at ‘Depreciation’ 

tab, cell D28. 

12Ex. TIP–0016 at ‘BL Pg 20 Cost of Trans’ tab, 

cell I44. 

13Ex. WV–0035 at 35. 

14Ex. TIP–0097; Ex. TIP–0113 at ‘Depreciation’ 

tab, cell C7. 

15Wabash, FERC Form No. 1/3–Q, Rev. 02–04, at 

206 (Electric Plant in Service (Account 101, 102, 

103, and 106, line 58(c)) (2019). 

16Ex. WV–0035 at 36 (citing Ex. WV–0049). 

17Ex. TIP–0097; Ex. TIP–0113 at ‘Depreciation’ 

tab, cell D7. 

18Wabash, FERC Form No. 1/3–Q, Rev. 02–04, at 

206 (Electric Plant in Service (Account 101, 102, 

103, and 106, line 58(c)) (2020). 

19Ex. WV–0035 at 36 (citing Ex. WV–0049). 

20 Id. at 44–45. 

21Ex. WV–0014 at 15 (‘‘For the years 2020 

through 2025, Black & Veatch increased the 

capacity prices from the recent capacity price level 

of $22.34/MW-day observed in the MISO market.’’). 

22 Id. at 30. 

23 Id. at 15, 30. 

24 Id. at 15. 

25 Id. 

26Wabash Br. Opposing Exceptions 13–14. 

27Tipmont Br. Opposing Exceptions 2. 

28 Id. at 1 (citing Ex. TIP–0001 at 25). 

29Tipmont Br. on Exceptions 13. 

30 Id. 

31Ex. TIP–0097; Ex. TIP–0113 at ‘Prop Ins’ tab, 

cell E14. 

32Wabash, FERC Form No. 1/3–Q, Rev. 02–04, at 

323 (Electric Operation and Maintenance Expenses 

(line 185(d)) (2019). 

33Ex. WV–0035 (citing Ex. TIP–0082). 

34Trial Staff Initial Br. 40 (citing Tr. 528:23– 

529:22, 531:4–22). 

2. Wabash’s transmission plant in service 

balance for year 2019 is $354.9 million in the 

Black & Veatch Study 9 and $312.8 million in 

Wabash’s annual FERC Form No. 1 filing.10

Please explain the divergence between these 

two values. Wabash’s transmission plant in 

service balance for year 2020 is $423.1 

million in the Black & Veatch Study 11 and 

$321.2 million in Wabash’s 2020 budget 

study.12 In addition, Wabash states that this 

value is $348.9 million in the Adjusted Black 

& Veatch Study.13

a. Please explain why Wabash’s 

transmission plant in service balance for year 

2020 decreased by $74.2 million between the 

original and Adjusted Black & Veatch 

studies. 

b. Please explain the $27.7 million 

divergence between Wabash’s transmission 

plant in service balance for year 2020 in the 

Adjusted Black & Veatch Study and Wabash’s 

2020 budget study. 

c. Please provide updated versions of the 

spreadsheets contained in Ex. TIP–0097 and 

Ex. TIP–0113 that reflect the updated 

transmission plant in service balance for year 

2020, and all other modified values, used in 

the Adjusted Black & Veatch Study. 

3. Wabash’s annual transmission capital 

expenditure for year 2019 is $50.6 million in 

the Black & Veatch Study,14 $41.9 million in 

Wabash’s annual FERC Form No. 1 filing,15

and $42.2 million according to Wabash’s 

work orders.16 Please explain the divergence 

among these values. 

4. Wabash’s annual transmission capital 

expenditure for year 2020 is $71.8 million in 

the Black & Veatch Study,17 $41.6 million in 

Wabash’s annual FERC Form No. 1 filing,18

and $66.5 million according to Wabash’s 

work orders.19 Please explain the divergence 

among these values. 

5. Please explain the transmission service 

that Wabash takes under the MISO Tariff in 

association with delivery to Tipmont. 

6. Wabash states that the original and 

Adjusted Black & Veatch studies ‘‘make no 

adjustment to Wabash Valley’s forecasted 

transmission revenues.’’ 20

a. Please explain how Wabash estimated 

the annual transmission revenues it would 

receive if Tipmont remained a member of 

Wabash and describe the source(s) of those 

revenues. Describe all assumptions and 

provide supporting workpapers. 

b. In addition, please describe how these 

revenues compare to what Wabash would 

receive if Tipmont departs and procures 

network service for its entire load. 

B. Capacity Price Forecast 

7. Please identify the source of the $22.34/ 

MW-day initial value used in forecasting the 

Black & Veatch Study’s capacity price for 

years 2020–2025.21

8. Please explain how the Black & Veatch 

Study determined the annual growth rate for 

its forecasted capacity prices for years 2021– 

2025.22

9. Please explain why the Black & Veatch 

Study switches from using the recent 

capacity price level observed in the MISO 

market as a starting point for the capacity 

price forecast for years 2020–2025 to using 

weighted average solar power purchase 

agreement costs beginning in year 2026 

specifically.23

C. Energy Price Forecast 

10. Please explain how the Black & Veatch 

Study selects the New York Mercantile 

Exchange Henry Hub forward price curve 

dated October 2, 2019, as the basis for the 

projected natural gas prices used in years 

2021–2031 of its energy price forecast.24 In 

addition, please explain why the Black & 

Veatch Study uses a single forward curve 

instead of averaging over multiple forward 

curves. 

11. Please explain why the Black & Veatch 

Study assumes that the five-year compound 

annual growth rate implied in the natural gas 

forward prices for 2027–2031 will persist 

through 2050.25

D. Miscellaneous Issues 

12. Wabash proposes a 10-year buyout 

period, arguing that for any termination 

initiated prior to April 14, 2028, Tipmont 

agreed to a ten-year notice and buyout period 

during which Tipmont remains a member, 

continues to purchase all-requirements 

service, and makes additional monthly 

escrow payments based on the rate set by the 

Wabash board of directors.26 In contrast, 

Tipmont argues that the 10-year buyout 

period has not been found to be just and 

reasonable; that, as long as Tipmont pays the 

verifiable stranded costs associated with 

Tipmont’s exit,27 Wabash and its members 

are protected from any financial impacts 

associated with such exit, whether Tipmont 

leaves immediately or in 10 years; and that 

Tipmont’s continued membership in Wabash 

is causing harm to Tipmont.28 Tipmont 

requests that the Commission direct Wabash 

to make a compliance filing that sets the date 

of Tipmont’s exit as ‘‘the first day of the 

month one year after the date of that 

Commission order.’’ 29

Please address the manner in which an 

immediate buyout scenario should be 

effectuated in the event the Commission 

finds the 10-year buyout period is not 

required by the parties’ contracts and 

otherwise has not been shown to be just and 

reasonable.30

13. Wabash’s property insurance costs for 

year 2019 are $1.5 million in the Black & 

Veatch Study 31 and $169,871 in Wabash’s 

annual FERC Form No. 1 filing.32 Please 

explain the divergence between these values. 

14. Wabash’s property tax costs for 

year 2019 are $5.57 million in the Black 

& Veatch Study and $5.37 million in 

Wabash’s Trial Balance workpaper.33

Please explain the divergence between 

these values. 

Appendix B 

Question Directed at Tipmont 

15. According to Trial Staff, the London 

Economics International (LEI) Study’s energy 

price forecast projects an approximate $3/ 

MMBtu seasonal spread in intra-year natural 

gas prices beginning in 2030.34 Please 

explain how the seasonal natural gas price 

spreads observed in the LEI Study’s energy 

price forecast are consistent with current and 

expected natural gas market dynamics in 

MISO. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25823 Filed 11–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP24–12–000] 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC; Notice of Application 

and Establishing Intervention Deadline 

Take notice that on November 2, 

2023, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC (Transco), P.O. Box 

1396, Houston, Texas 77251, filed an 

application under section 7b of the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA), and part 157 of 

the Commission’s regulations requesting 

authorization for its Ship Shoal 246 to 

Ship Shoal 242 Abandonment Project 

(Project). The Project consists of Transco 

abandoning offshore laterals extending 

from Ship Shoal Block 246 Platform A 

to the Ship Shoal Block 242 underwater 

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1 18 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations)157.9. 

2 18 CFR 157.10(a)(4). 

3 18 CFR 385.211. 

4Persons include individuals, organizations, 

businesses, municipalities, and other entities. 18 

CFR 385.102(d). 

5 18 CFR 385.2001. 6 18 CFR 385.102(d). 

located Offshore, Louisiana. Transco 

states that this proposal is related to 

QuarterNorth Energy, LLC’s intention to 

abandon its SS 246 Platform which 

Transco holds a minority interest in. 

Transco estimates the total cost of the 

Project to be $5,843,818, all as more 

fully set forth in the application which 

is on file with the Commission and open 

for public inspection. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page 

(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. For assistance, 

contact the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission at FercOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208–3676 

or TTY (202) 502–8659. 

Any questions regarding the proposed 

project should be directed to Travis 

Beach, Sr. Regulatory Analyst, P.O. Box 

1396, Houston, Texas 77251 by phone at 

(281) 224–6248, or by email at 

Travis.Beach@Williams.com. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure,1 within 90 days of this 

Notice the Commission staff will either: 

complete its environmental review and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or environmental assessment (EA) for 

this proposal. The filing of an EA in the 

Commission’s public record for this 

proceeding or the issuance of a Notice 

of Schedule for Environmental Review 

will serve to notify Federal and State 

agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

Federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

Public Participation 

There are three ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project: you can file comments on 

the project, you can protest the filing, 

and you can file a motion to intervene 

in the proceeding. There is no fee or 

cost for filing comments or intervening. 

The deadline for filing a motion to 

intervene is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 

December 7, 2023. How to file protests, 

motions to intervene, and comments is 

explained below. 

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. 

Comments 

Any person wishing to comment on 

the project may do so. Comments may 

include statements of support or 

objections, to the project as a whole or 

specific aspects of the project. The more 

specific your comments, the more useful 

they will be. 

Protests 

Pursuant to sections 157.10(a)(4) 2 and 

385.211 3 of the Commission’s 

regulations under the NGA, any person 4

may file a protest to the application. 

Protests must comply with the 

requirements specified in section 

385.2001 5 of the Commission’s 

regulations. A protest may also serve as 

a motion to intervene so long as the 

protestor states it also seeks to be an 

intervenor. 

To ensure that your comments or 

protests are timely and properly 

recorded, please submit your comments 

on or before December 7, 2023. 

There are three methods you can use 

to submit your comments or protests to 

the Commission. In all instances, please 

reference the Project docket number 

CP24–12–000 in your submission. 

(1) You may file your comments 

electronically by using the eComment 

feature, which is located on the 

Commission’s website at www.ferc.gov 

under the link to Documents and 

Filings. Using eComment is an easy 

method for interested persons to submit 

brief, text-only comments on a project; 

(2) You may file your comments or 

protests electronically by using the 

eFiling feature, which is located on the 

Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov) 

under the link to Documents and 

Filings. With eFiling, you can provide 

comments in a variety of formats by 

attaching them as a file with your 

submission. New eFiling users must 

first create an account by clicking on 

‘‘eRegister.’’ You will be asked to select 

the type of filing you are making; first 

select ‘‘General’’ and then select 

‘‘Comment on a Filing’’; or 

(3) You can file a paper copy of your 

comments or protests by mailing them 

to the following address below. Your 

written comments must reference the 

Project docket number (CP24–12–000). 

To file via USPS: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20426. 

To file via any other courier: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins 

Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic filing of comments (options 1 

and 2 above) and has eFiling staff 

available to assist you at (202) 502–8258 

or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. 

Persons who comment on the 

environmental review of this project 

will be placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, and will 

receive notification when the 

environmental documents (EA or EIS) 

are issued for this project and will be 

notified of meetings associated with the 

Commission’s environmental review 

process. 

The Commission considers all 

comments received about the project in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken. However, the filing of a comment 

alone will not serve to make the filer a 

party to the proceeding. To become a 

party, you must intervene in the 

proceeding. For instructions on how to 

intervene, see below. 

Interventions 

Any person, which includes 

individuals, organizations, businesses, 

municipalities, and other entities,6 has 

the option to file a motion to intervene 

in this proceeding. Only intervenors 

have the right to request rehearing of 

Commission orders issued in this 

proceeding and to subsequently 

challenge the Commission’s orders in 

the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal. 

To intervene, you must submit a 

motion to intervene to the Commission 

in accordance with Rule 214 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 


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7 18 CFR 385.214. 

8 18 CFR 157.10. 

9The applicant has 15 days from the submittal of 

a motion to intervene to file a written objection to 

the intervention. 

10 18 CFR 385.214(c)(1). 

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

Procedure 7 and the regulations under 

the NGA 8 by the intervention deadline 

for the project, which is December 7, 

2023. As described further in Rule 214, 

your motion to intervene must state, to 

the extent known, your position 

regarding the proceeding, as well as 

your interest in the proceeding. For an 

individual, this could include your 

status as a landowner, ratepayer, 

resident of an impacted community, or 

recreationist. You do not need to have 

property directly impacted by the 

project in order to intervene. For more 

information about motions to intervene, 

refer to the FERC website at https://

www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/how-to/ 

intervene.asp. 

There are two ways to submit your 

motion to intervene. In both instances, 

please reference the Project docket 

number CP24–12–000 in your 

submission. 

(1) You may file your motion to 

intervene by using the Commission’s 

eFiling feature, which is located on the 

Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov) 

under the link to Documents and 

Filings. New eFiling users must first 

create an account by clicking on 

‘‘eRegister.’’ You will be asked to select 

the type of filing you are making; first 

select ‘‘General’’ and then select 

‘‘Intervention.’’ The eFiling feature 

includes a document-less intervention 

option; for more information, visit 

https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/ 

document-less-intervention.pdf.; or 

(2) You can file a paper copy of your 

motion to intervene, along with three 

copies, by mailing the documents to the 

address below. Your motion to 

intervene must reference the Project 

docket number CP24–12–000. 

To file via USPS: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20426. 

To file via any other courier: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins 

Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic filing of motions to intervene 

(option 1 above) and has eFiling staff 

available to assist you at (202) 502–8258 

or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. 

Protests and motions to intervene 

must be served on the applicant either 

by mail or email at: Travis Beach, Sr. 

Regulatory Analyst, P.O. Box 1396, 

Houston, Texas 77251, or by email at 

Travis.Beach@Williams.com. Any 

subsequent submissions by an 

intervenor must be served on the 

applicant and all other parties to the 

proceeding. Contact information for 

parties can be downloaded from the 

service list at the eService link on FERC 

Online. Service can be via email with a 

link to the document. 

All timely, unopposed 9 motions to 

intervene are automatically granted by 

operation of Rule 214(c)(1).10 Motions to 

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 December 7, 2023. 

Dated: November 16, 2023. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25825 Filed 11–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following exempt 

wholesale generator filings: 

Docket Numbers: EG24–31–000. 

Applicants: Sparta Solar, LLC. 

Description: Sparta Solar, LLC 

submits Notice of Self–Certification of 

Exempt Wholesale Generator Status. 

Filed Date: 11/16/23. 

Accession Number: 20231116–5138. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/7/23. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER10–2265–021; 

ER10–2355–011; ER10–2947–016; 

ER10–3223–010; ER11–1846–012; 

ER11–1847–012; ER11–1850–012; 

ER11–2062–029; ER11–2175–007; 

ER11–2176–006; ER11–2598–015; 

ER11–3188–007; ER11–3418–009; 

ER11–4307–030; ER11–4308–030; 

ER12–224–008; ER12–225–008; ER12– 

261–029; ER12–2301–007; ER13–1192– 

009; ER16–10–004; ER17–764–007; 

ER17–765–007; ER17–767–007; ER21– 

2826–002; ER10–2784–017. 

Applicants: Astoria Gas Turbine 

Power LLC, NRG Curtailment Solutions, 

Inc., Stream Energy Delaware, LLC, 

Stream Energy Illinois, LLC, Stream 

Ohio Gas & Electric, LLC, NRG Chalk 

Point CT LLC, Hess Energy Marketing 

LLC, Stream Energy New York, LLC, 

Independence Energy Group LLC, 

Stream Energy New Jersey, LLC, Stream 

Energy Columbia, LLC, Reliant Energy 

Northeast LLC, Green Mountain Energy 

Company, Xoom Energy, LLC, Stream 

Energy Maryland, LLC, Gateway Energy 

Services Corporation, Stream Energy 

Pennsylvania, LLC, SGE Energy 

Sourcing, LLC, Energy Plus Holdings 

LLC, Direct Energy Business, LLC, 

Direct Energy Marketing Inc., Direct 

Energy Services, LLC, Indian River 

Power LLC, Vienna Power LLC, 

Midwest Generation LLC, NRG Power 

Marketing LLC. 

Description: Response to October 6, 

2023, Deficiency Letter of NRG Power 

Marketing LLC, et. al. 

Filed Date: 11/6/23. 

Accession Number: 20231106–5177. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 11/27/23. 

Docket Numbers: ER23–1956–001. 

Applicants: Earthrise Tilton 

Interconnection, LLC. 

Description: Compliance filing: 

Compliance Filing Reflecting Actual 

Effective Date of Tariff Records to be 

effective N/A. 


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