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1 18 CFR 366.1. 

preferential, or otherwise unlawful. 

Nestlewood Solar 1 LLC, 186 FERC 

¶ 61,050 (2024). 

The refund effective date in Docket 

No. EL24–51–000, established pursuant 

to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the 

date of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. 

Any interested person desiring to be 

heard in Docket No. EL24–51–000 must 

file a notice of intervention or motion to 

intervene, as appropriate, with the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

in accordance with Rule 214 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.214 (2022), 

within 21 days of the date of issuance 

of the order. 

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 (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. From 

FERC’s Home Page on the internet, this 

information is available on eLibrary. 

The full text of this document is 

available on eLibrary in PDF and 

Microsoft Word format for viewing, 

printing, and/or downloading. To access 

this document in eLibrary, type the 

docket number excluding the last three 

digits of this document in the docket 

number field. User assistance is 

available for eLibrary and the FERC’s 

website during normal business hours 

from FERC Online Support at 202–502– 

6652 (toll free at 1–866–208–3676) or 

email at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or 

the Public Reference Room at (202) 502– 

8371, TTY (202) 502–8659. Email the 

Public Reference Room at 

public.referenceroom@ferc.gov. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests 

and interventions in lieu of paper using 

the ‘‘eFile’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

In lieu of electronic filing, you may 

submit a paper copy. Submissions sent 

via the U.S. Postal Service must be 

addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. 

Submissions sent via any other carrier 

must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. 

Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins 

Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

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. 

Dated: January 19, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01463 Filed 1–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC24–8–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–598); Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection 

and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission or FERC) is soliciting 

public comment on the currently 

approved information collection FERC– 

598 (Self-Certification for Entities 

Seeking Exempt Wholesale Generator or 

Foreign Utility Company Status). 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due March 25, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

(identified by Docket No. IC24–8–000) 

by any of the following methods: 

• eFiling at Commission’s Website: 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp. 

• U.S. Postal Service Mail: Persons 

unable to file electronically may mail 

similar pleadings to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20426. 

• Effective July 1, 2020, delivery of 

filings other than by eFiling or the U.S. 

Postal Service should be delivered to 

Health and Human Services, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. 

Instructions: All submissions must be 

formatted and filed in accordance with 

submission guidelines at: http://

www.ferc.gov. For user assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support by email 

at: ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by 

phone at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free). 

Docket: Users interested in receiving 

automatic notification of activity in this 

docket or in viewing/downloading 

comments and issuances in this docket 

may do so at: https://www.ferc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean 

Sonneman may be reached by email at 

DataClearance@FERC.gov or by 

telephone at (202) 502–6362. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC–598, Self-Certification for 

Entities Seeking Exempt Wholesale 

Generator or Foreign Utility Company 

Status. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0166. 

Type of Request: Three-year renewal 

of FERC–598. 

Abstract: Under 42 U.S.C. 16452(a), 

public utility holding companies and 

their associates must maintain, and 

make available to the Commission, 

certain books, accounts, memoranda, 

and other records. The pertinent records 

are those that the Commission has 

determined: (1) are relevant to costs 

incurred by a public utility or natural 

gas company that is an associate 

company of such holding company; and 

(2) are necessary or appropriate for the 

protection of utility customers with 

respect to jurisdictional rates. 

Public utility holding companies and 

their associates may seek exemption 

from this requirement. The pertinent 

statutory and regulatory provisions, 42 

U.S.C. 16454 and 18 CFR 366.7, 

authorize such entities to file with the 

Commission a notice of self-certification 

demonstrating that they are ‘‘exempt 

wholesale generators’’ (EWGs) or 

‘‘foreign utility companies’’ (FUCOs). If 

the Commission takes no action on a 

good-faith self-certification filing within 

60 days after the date of filing, the 

applicant is exempt from the 

requirements of 42 U.S.C. 16452(a). 

An EWG is defined as ‘‘any person 

engaged directly, or indirectly through 

one or more affiliates . . . and 

exclusively in the business of owning or 

operating, or both owning and 

operating, all or part of one or more 

eligible facilities and selling electric 

energy at wholesale.’’ 1 A FUCO is 

defined as ‘‘any company that owns or 

operates facilities that are not located in 

any state and that are used for the 

generation, transmission, or distribution 

of electric energy for sale or the 

distribution at retail of natural or 

manufactured gas for heat, light, or 

power, if such company: (1) derives no 

part of its income, directly or indirectly, 

from the generation, transmission, or 

distribution of electric energy for sale or 

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2 Id. 

3 18 CFR 366.7(a). 

4 ‘‘Burden’’ is the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to generate, 

maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information 

to or for a Federal agency. For further explanation 

of what is included in the information collection 

burden, refer to 5 CFR 1320.3. 

5 The Commission staff thinks that the average 

respondent for this collection is similarly situated 

to the Commission, in terms of salary plus benefits. 

Based upon FERC’s FY 2024 annual full-time 

equivalent average of $207,786 (for salary plus 

benefits), the average hourly cost is $100 per hour. 

1 18 CFR [4.34(b)(5)/5.23(b)/153.4/157.22]. 

manufactured gas for heat, light, or 

power, within the United States; and (2) 

[n]either the company nor any of its 

subsidiary companies is a public-utility 

company operating in the United 

States.’’ 2

In the case of EWGs, the person filing 

a notice of self-certification must also 

file a copy of the notice of selfcertification with the state regulatory 

authority of the state in which the 

facility is located. In addition, that 

person must represent to the 

Commission in its submission that it has 

filed a copy of the notice with the 

appropriate state regulatory authority.3

Type of Respondents: EWGs and 

FUCOs. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 4 The 

Commission estimates the total annual 

burden and cost 5 for this information 

collection as follows. 

FERC–598 

[Self-certification for entities seeking exempt wholesale generator status or foreign utility company status] 

A. 

Number of respondents 

(EWGs and 

FUCOs) 

B. 

Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

C. 

Total 

number of 

responses 

D. 

Average 

burden hrs. 

& cost ($) 

per response 

E. 

Total annual 

burden hours 

& total 

annual cost 

F. 

Average 

cost per 

respondent 

($) 

(Column A × 

Column B) 

(Column C × Column D) (Column E ÷ 

Column 1) 

300 ....................................... 1 300 6 hrs.; $600 ........................ 1,800 hrs.; $180,000 ............... $600 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(1) whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden and cost of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information collection; 

and (4) ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Dated: January 18, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01381 Filed 1–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 3240–040—New Hampshire 

Rolfe Canal Hydroelectric Project; Project 

No. 6689–018—New Hampshire Penacook 

Upper Falls Hydroelectric Project; Project 

No. 3342–025—New Hampshire Penacook 

Lower Falls Hydroelectric Project] 

Briar Hydro Associates, LLC; Notice of 

Waiver Period for Water Quality 

Certification Application 

On November 28, 2023, Briar Hydro 

Associates, LLC submitted to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission) a copy of its applications 

for Clean Water Act section 401(a)(1) 

water quality certifications filed with 

the New Hampshire Department of 

Environmental Services, in conjunction 

with the above captioned projects. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 121.6 and section 

[4.34(b)(5), 5.23(b), 153.4, or 157.22] of 

the Commission’s regulations,1 we 

hereby notify the New Hampshire 

Department of Environmental Services 

of the following: 

Date of Receipt of the Certification 

Requests: November 28, 2023. 

Reasonable Period of Time to Act on 

the Certification Requests: One year, 

November 28, 2024. 

If the New Hampshire Department of 

Environmental Services fails or refuses 

to act on the water quality certification 

requests on or before the above date, 

then the agency certifying authority is 

deemed waived pursuant to section 

401(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act, 33 

U.S.C. 1341(a)(1). 

Dated: January 19, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01469 Filed 1–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER24–935–000] 

Frederick Energy Storage LLC; 

Supplemental Notice That Initial 

Market-Based Rate Filing Includes 

Request for Blanket Section 204 

Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of 

Frederick Energy Storage LLC’s 

application for market-based rate 

authority, with an accompanying rate 

tariff, noting that such application 

includes a request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability, is February 8, 

2024. 

The Commission encourages 

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