62608 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 202 / Monday, October 20, 2014 / Notices 

a facility proposing to use natural gas or 

petroleum as its primary energy source 

shall certify to the Secretary of Energy 

(Secretary) prior to construction, or 

prior to operation as a base load electric 

powerplant, that such powerplant has 

the capability to use coal or another 

alternate fuel. Such certification 

establishes compliance with FUA 

section 201(a) as of the date it is filed 

with the Secretary. 42 U.S.C. 8311. 

The following owner of a proposed 

new base load electric powerplant has 

filed a self-certification of coalcapability with DOE pursuant to FUA 

section 201(d) and in accordance with 

DOE regulations in 10 CFR 501.60, 61: 

Owner: Panda Patriot LLC 

Capacity: 829 megawatts (MW) 

Plant Location: Montgomery, PA 

In-Service Date: June 1, 2016 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 10, 

2014. 

Brian Mills, 

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24898 Filed 10–17–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Certification Notice—228] 

Notice of Filing of Self-Certification of 

Coal Capability Under the Powerplant 

and Industrial Fuel Use Act 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of filing. 

SUMMARY: On September 5, 2014, Panda 

Temple Power II, LLC, as owner and 

operator of a new base load electric 

generating plant, submitted a coal 

capability self-certification to the 

Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to 

§ 201(d) of the Powerplant and 

Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 (FUA), 

as amended, and DOE regulations in 10 

CFR 501.60, 61. FUA and regulations 

thereunder require DOE to publish a 

notice of filing of self-certification in the 

Federal Register. 42 U.S.C. 8311(d) and 

10 CFR 501.61(c). 

ADDRESSES: Copies of coal capability 

self-certification filings are available for 

public inspection, upon request, in the 

Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, Mail Code OE–20, Room 

8G–024, Forrestal Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Lawrence at (202) 586– 

5260. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of 

FUA, as amended (42 U.S.C. 8301 et 

seq.), provides that no new base load 

electric powerplant may be constructed 

or operated without the capability to use 

coal or another alternate fuel as a 

primary energy source. Pursuant to FUA 

in order to meet the requirement of coal 

capability, the owner or operator of such 

a facility proposing to use natural gas or 

petroleum as its primary energy source 

shall certify to the Secretary of Energy 

(Secretary) prior to construction, or 

prior to operation as a base load electric 

powerplant, that such powerplant has 

the capability to use coal or another 

alternate fuel. Such certification 

establishes compliance with FUA 

section 201(a) as of the date it is filed 

with the Secretary. 42 U.S.C. 8311. 

The following owner of a proposed 

new base load electric powerplant has 

filed a self-certification of coalcapability with DOE pursuant to FUA 

section 201(d) and in accordance with 

DOE regulations in 10 CFR 501.60, 61: 

OWNER: Panda Temple Power II, LLC 

CAPACITY: 758 megawatts (MW) 

PLANT LOCATION: Temple, TX 

IN-SERVICE DATE: June 1, 2015 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 10, 

2014. 

Brian Mills, 

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24909 Filed 10–17–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Wind and Water Power Program: 

Guidance for Hydroelectric Incentive 

Payments 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of draft 

guidance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) invites public comment 

on a second version of its draft 

Guidance for EPAct 2005 Section 242 

Program. The guidance describes how 

DOE intends to provide incentive 

payments to the owners or operators of 

qualified hydroelectric facilities for 

electric energy generated and sold for a 

specified 10-year period as authorized 

under section 242 of the Energy Policy 

Act of 2005. 

DATES: Comments regarding this draft 

guidance must be received on or before 

November 4, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to the Office of Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy (EE–4), U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121, or by 

email at hydroincentive@ee.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Mr. Steven 

Lindenberg, Office of Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy (EE–4), U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202) 586– 

2783, hydroincentive@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005; 

Pub. L. 109–58) Congress established a 

new program to support the expansion 

of hydropower energy development at 

existing dams and impoundments 

through an incentive payment 

procedure. Under section 242 of EPAct 

2005, the Secretary of Energy is directed 

to provide incentive payments to the 

owner or operator of qualified 

hydroelectric facilities for electric 

energy generated and sold by a qualified 

hydroelectric facility for a specified 10- 

year period. (See 42 U.S.C. 15881) DOE 

has not made these incentive payments 

in the past due to a lack of 

appropriations for the hydroelectric 

production incentive. The conference 

report to the Fiscal Year 2014 Omnibus 

Appropriations bill, however, includes 

$3,600,000 for conventional 

hydropower under section 242 of EPAct 

2005. 

In response, DOE developed draft 

guidance intended to describe the 

application process and the information 

necessary for DOE to make a 

determination of eligibility under 

section 242. On July 2, 2014, DOE 

issued draft guidance for public 

comment. See 79 FR 37733 and http:// 

energy.gov/eere/water/water-powerprogram. A summary of the comments 

and the DOE response is available at: 

http://energy.gov/eere/water/waterpower-program. Based on the comments 

received and a re-examination of the 

statutory intent of the program, DOE is 

proposing the following changes to the 

draft guidance and is accepting 

additional public comment: 

• The definition of ‘‘existing dam or 

conduit’’ is amended to specify that 

generator penstocks associated with a 

new generator and a temporary increase 

in dam height that does not expand 

reservoir topographic area and is for 

purposes of flood control, hydroelectric 

generation efficiency improvement, 

and/or health and safety improvements 

would not eliminate facilities from 

eligibility. 


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