73412 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 175 / Tuesday, September 10, 2024 / Notices 

5Artificial intelligence (AI) is a broad term for a 

spectrum of tools ranging from simple data 

validation to more sophisticated machine learning 

and statistical modeling, to advanced deep learning 

and generative AI. 

1Ketchup Caddy, LLC & Philip Mango, 188 FERC 

¶ 61,081 (2024). 

2Ketchup Caddy, LLC & Philip Mango, 186 FERC 

¶ 61,132 (2024) (Order to Show Cause). 

and study of interconnection requests 

by automating different steps in the 

process and using advanced computing 

technologies, such as artificial 

intelligence, to shorten the timeline 

from interconnection request to 

generator interconnection agreement.5

Questions 

1. Please describe the different steps 

in the generator interconnection process 

that may be automated and your 

experience automating these steps, 

including data entry, base case model 

building, running power flow studies, 

and identifying solutions. How can 

automation reduce errors, improve 

study repeatability and transparency, or 

address workforce needs? 

2. Are you using AI tools in your 

generator interconnection processes? 

Are these AI tools part of or separate 

from your work on automation? What 

have been the advantages and 

disadvantages of adopting these AI 

tools? Looking across the electric power 

industry, how common is the use of AI 

tools? 

3. Looking across the electric power 

industry, how common is automation in 

the different steps of the generator 

interconnection process (e.g., model 

building) today? What do you think are 

the main challenges to broader adoption 

of automation? Do the Commission’s 

existing regulatory frameworks and/or 

utility processes present any 

impediments in these areas? If so, what 

are the impediments? What role can the 

Commission play in supporting the 

adoption of automation in the generator 

interconnection process? What reforms, 

if any, would you recommend that the 

Commission consider pursuing to 

facilitate greater automation in the 

processing and study of interconnection 

requests? 

4. Recognizing that a lack of 

standardized data inputs and outputs 

can create challenges, how can 

automation reduce variability between 

studies done by a given transmission 

provider or reduce variability of studies 

between transmission providers? 

5. In developing the base case model, 

what role can automation play to 

address rapidly changing load forecasts 

or to improve the coordination of 

generator interconnection and 

transmission planning? 

Panelists 

• Clayton Barrows—Senior Researcher 

and Manager of the Grid Operations 

Planning Group, National Renewable 

Energy Laboratory 

• David Bromberg—Co-Founder and 

CEO, Pearl Street Technologies 

• Cody Doll—Sr. Manager of 

Transmission Business Management, 

at NextEra Energy Resources 

• Andrew Martin—Co-Founder and 

Transmission Lead, Nira Energy 

• Anton Ptak—Director of Transmission 

and Interconnection, EDF Renewables 

• Jennifer Swierczek—Manager 

Generator Interconnection, Southwest 

Power Pool 

2:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m.: Break 

2:45 p.m.–4:30 p.m.: Efficiencies Panel 

3: Post-Generator Interconnection 

Agreement Construction Phase 

This panel will focus on the time 

period after execution of a generator 

interconnection agreement (GIA), or its 

filing unexecuted, through the 

commercial operation date (COD). 

Topics include opportunities for greater 

efficiency, transparency, and 

accountability in cost and time 

estimates for interconnection facilities 

and network upgrades, as well as 

identifying other problems that 

contribute to delays, such as supply 

chain issues, which may benefit from 

organized cooperation among 

stakeholders. 

Questions 

1. What are the primary cost and 

timing concerns arising during the 

period between execution, or 

unexecuted filing, of a GIA and the 

COD? To the extent that cost increases 

and delays for interconnection facilities 

and network upgrades are becoming 

more frequent, what are the primary 

drivers of those issues? 

2. Are there productive ways to 

increase transparency around 

construction plans and progress of 

interconnection facilities and network 

upgrades, such as CAISO’s quarterly 

forum to track the status of network 

upgrades, SPP’s quarterly transmission 

project tracking report, or California’s 

newly instated metrics for tracking 

distribution-level interconnection 

timeframes? What construction metrics 

for interconnection facilities and 

network upgrades would be most 

informative? How much documentation 

is reasonable and not unduly 

burdensome? 

3. Are there new approaches to 

sourcing equipment for interconnection 

facilities and network upgrades that 

could be more efficient? What 

safeguards would need to be in place for 

engineering, procurement, and 

construction work for such facilities to 

begin earlier? Is there a way to pool 

equipment purchasing or risk? Are there 

efficiencies that may be achieved by 

standardizing engineering, procurement, 

or construction of interconnection 

facilities and network upgrades? Would 

pooling procurement of equipment 

provide manufacturers with the 

certainty needed to increase their 

manufacturing capacity thereby 

reducing lead times? 

4. Are there efficiencies that may be 

gained by enhancing internal 

transmission owner or RTO/ISO 

procedure, increasing staffing, or by 

opening up interconnection facility 

studies and/or interconnection facility 

construction work to contractors? How 

can the interconnection study process 

be better aligned with interconnection 

customer-initiated processes, such as 

permitting for the generating facility and 

generator equipment procurement? 

Panelists 

• Lionel Chailleux—Senior VP, Market 

Development North America, Hitachi 

Energy 

• Matthew Crosby—Senior Director, 

Grid Integration, Cypress Creek 

Renewables 

• Neil Millar—Vice President of 

Infrastructure and Operations 

Planning, California ISO 

• Jing Shi—Managing Director of 

Renewable Integration, Duke Energy 

• Carrie Zalewski—Vice President of 

Transmission and Electricity Markets, 

American Clean Power Association 

4:30 p.m.–4:45 p.m.: Closing Remarks 

[FR Doc. 2024–20306 Filed 9–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IN23–14–000] 

Ketchup Caddy, LLC, Philip Mango; 

Notice of Service of Order To Show 

Cause 

On July 26, 2024, the Commission 

issued an Order Amending Answer 

Deadline 1 directing the Secretary of the 

Commission (Secretary) to serve on 

Ketchup Caddy, LLC (Ketchup Caddy) 

and Philip Mango (Mango) (collectively, 

Respondents) the Order to Show and 

Notice of Proposed Penalty previously 

issued in the above-referenced 

proceeding.2

Notice is hereby given that on July 26, 

2024, the Secretary served the Order to 

Show Cause on Respondents. 


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Dated: September 4, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20410 Filed 9–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OGC–2024–0394; FRL–12196–01– 

OGC] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air 

Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent 

decree; request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended 

(‘‘CAA’’ or ‘‘the Act’’), the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(‘‘EPA’’ or ‘‘the Agency’’) is providing 

notice of a proposed consent decree in 

Louisiana Environmental Action 

Network, et al. v. Regan, No. 1:23–cv– 

2714–DLF (D.D.C). On December 7, 

2023, Plaintiffs Louisiana 

Environmental Action Network, People 

Concerned About Chemical Safety, and 

Sierra Club (collectively Plaintiffs) filed 

an amended complaint in the United 

States District Court for the District of 

Columbia. Plaintiffs alleged that: EPA 

failed to perform certain nondiscretionary duties in accordance with 

the Act to ‘‘review, and revise as 

necessary’’ the National Emission 

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 

(‘‘NESHAP’’) for the Polyether Polyols 

Production source category, at least 

every eight years; and EPA’s failure to 

timely issue a new final rule or other 

final action on the 2014 petition for 

reconsideration (the Reconsideration 

Petition) submitted by Louisiana 

Environmental Action Network and 

Sierra Club for the NESHAP as 

promulgated in 2014. The proposed 

consent decree would establish 

deadlines for EPA to take actions. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by October 10, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OGC–2024–0394, online at https://

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method). Follow the online instructions 

for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Docket ID number for 

this action. Comments received may be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. For 

detailed instructions on sending 

comments and additional information 

on the rulemaking process, see the 

‘‘Additional Information about 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree’’ heading under the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Thrift, Air and Radiation Law 

Office, Office of General Counsel, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency; 

telephone: (202) 564–8852; email 

address: thrift.mike@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining a Copy of the Proposed 

Consent Decree 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OGC–2024–0394) contains a 

copy of the proposed consent decree. 

The official public docket is available 

for public viewing at the Office of 

Environmental Information (OEI) Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OEI 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

The electronic version of the public 

docket for this action contains a copy of 

the proposed consent decree, and is 

available through https://

www.regulations.gov. You may use 

https://www.regulations.gov to submit 

or view public comments, access the 

index listing of the contents of the 

official public docket, and access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search.’’ 

II. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

Plaintiffs filed a complaint in the 

United States District Court for the 

District of Columbia alleging (i) that 

EPA failed to perform certain nondiscretionary duties in accordance with 

the Clean Air Act under section 

112(d)(6) to the NESHAP for the 

Polyether Polyols Production source 

category, 40 CFR part 63, subpart PPP, 

at least every eight years; and (ii) that 

EPA’s failure to issue a new final rule 

or other final action on the 2014 petition 

for reconsideration (the Reconsideration 

Petition) submitted by Louisiana 

Environmental Action Network and 

Sierra Club for the NESHAP as 

promulgated in 2014, 79 FR 17340 

(March 27, 2014), constitutes ‘‘agency 

action unreasonably delayed’’ under 

Clean Air Act section 304(a). 

The EPA solicits public comments on 

a proposed consent decree that would 

establish deadlines for EPA to take 

proposed and final actions pursuant to 

Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) section 

112(d)(6). Specifically, the consent 

decree would require by December 10, 

2024, that EPA sign a final rule taking 

action on reconsideration of the 

affirmative defense provisions related to 

the 2014 national emission standards for 

hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for 

the Polyether Polyols Production source 

category, 40 CFR part 63, subpart PPP. 

In addition, the consent decree would 

require by December 10, 2024, that EPA 

sign a notice of proposed rulemaking on 

its review of the NESHAP for the 

Polyether Polyols Production source 

category, 40 CFR part 63, subpart PPP, 

including all ‘‘necessary’’ revisions 

(taking into account developments in 

practices, processes, and control 

technologies) to subpart PPP and to 

reconsider other aspects of the 2014 

NESHAP subpart PPP. Finally, the 

consent decree would require by 

December 10, 2025, that EPA sign a final 

rule for these proposed actions. For a 

period of thirty (30) days following the 

date of publication of this notice, the 

Agency will accept written comments 

relating to the proposed consent decree. 

The EPA or the Department of Justice 

may withdraw or withhold consent to 

the proposed consent decree if the 

comments disclose facts or 

considerations that indicate that such 

consent is inappropriate, improper, 

inadequate, or inconsistent with the 

requirements of the Act. 

III. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2024– 

0394, via https://www.regulations.gov. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from this docket. The 

EPA may publish any comment received 

to its public docket. Do not submit to 

EPA’s docket at https://

www.regulations.gov any information 

you consider to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. The EPA will generally not 

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