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HISTORY: 

This SORN was last published in the 

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Official for Privacy, pursuant to 

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Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27345 Filed 11–21–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Docket No. 15–190–LNG] 

Change in Control: Rio Grande LNG, 

LLC 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy and 

Carbon Management, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of change in control. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy 

and Carbon Management (FECM) of the 

Department of Energy (DOE) gives 

notice of receipt of a Statement and 

Notice of Change in Control (Notice) 

filed by Rio Grande LNG, LLC (Rio 

Grande LNG) on October 31, 2024. The 

Notice describes a change in Rio Grande 

LNG’s upstream ownership. The Notice 

was filed under the Natural Gas Act 

(NGA). 

DATES: Protests, motions to intervene, or 

notices of intervention, as applicable, 

and written comments are to be filed as 

detailed in the Public Comment 

Procedures section no later than 4:30 

p.m., eastern time, December 9, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: 

Electronic Filing by email (Strongly 

encouraged): fergas@hq.doe.gov. 

Postal Mail, Hand Delivery, or Private 

Delivery Services (e.g., FedEx, UPS, 

etc.): U.S. Department of Energy (FE– 

34), Office of Regulation, Analysis and 

Engagement, Office of Fossil Energy and 

Carbon Management, Forrestal Building, 

Room 3E–056, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585. 

Due to potential delays in DOE’s 

receipt and processing of mail sent 

through the U.S. Postal Service, we 

encourage respondents to submit filings 

electronically to ensure timely receipt. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Wade or Peri Ulrey, U.S. 

Department of Energy (FE–34), Office of 

Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement, 

Office of Resource Sustainability, Office 

of Fossil Energy and Carbon 

Management, Forrestal Building, Room 

3E–042, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586– 

4749 or (202) 586–7893, jennifer.wade@

hq.doe.gov or peri.ulrey@hq.doe.gov. 

Cassandra Bernstein, U.S. Department 

of Energy (GC–76), Office of the 


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1 79 FR 65541 (Nov. 5, 2014). 

2Rio Grande LNG’s Notice also applies to its 

existing authorization to export LNG to FTA 

countries in the same docket. DOE will respond to 

that portion of the filing separately pursuant to the 

CIC Procedures, 79 FR 65542. 

3 Intervention, if granted, would constitute 

intervention only in the change in control portion 

of these proceedings, as described herein. 

Assistant General Counsel for Energy 

Delivery and Resilience, Forrestal 

Building, Room 6D–033, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585, (240) 780–1691, 

cassandra.bernstein@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Change in Control 

Rio Grande LNG states that, by means 

of a transaction (Transaction) that 

closed on October 1, 2024, its upstream 

ownership structure has changed. 

According to Rio Grande LNG, 

BlackRock, Inc. (BlackRock), a publicly 

traded investment management firm 

domiciled in the United States, acquired 

100% of the limited liability company 

interests in Global Infrastructure 

Management, LLC (GIM), a global 

independent infrastructure fund 

manager headquartered in New York. 

GIM indirectly owns GIP V Velocity 

Acquisition Partners, L.P. (GIP V 

Velocity), an indirect upstream owner of 

a minimum of 46.12% economic 

interest in Rio Grande LNG Intermediate 

Holdings, LLC (RGIH), which, in turn, 

indirectly owns 100% of Rio Grande 

LNG. Accordingly, as a result of the 

Transaction, BlackRock now indirectly 

owns a minimum of 46.12% economic 

interest in RGIH. In sum, Rio Grande 

LNG states that only the ownership of 

GIM is being modified as a result of the 

Transaction, and there are no 

modifications to RGIH’s ownership of 

Rio Grande LNG. 

Additional details can be found in the 

Notice, posted on the DOE website at: 

https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/ 

files/2024-11/ 

Rio%20Grande%20DOE%20CIC

%20Filing.pdf. 

DOE Evaluation 

DOE will review the Notice in 

accordance with its Procedures for 

Changes in Control Affecting 

Applications and Authorizations to 

Import or Export Natural Gas (CIC 

Procedures).1 Consistent with the CIC 

Procedures, this notice addresses Rio 

Grande LNG’s existing authorization to 

export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to 

countries with which the United States 

has not entered into a free trade 

agreement (FTA) requiring national 

treatment for trade in natural gas and 

with which trade is not prohibited by 

United States law or policy (non-FTA 

countries), granted in DOE/FE Order No. 

4492, as amended.2 If no interested 

person protests the change in control 

and DOE takes no action on its own 

motion, the proposed change in control 

will be deemed granted 30 days after 

publication in the Federal Register. If 

one or more protests are submitted, DOE 

will review any motions to intervene, 

protests, and answers, and will issue a 

determination as to whether the 

proposed change in control has been 

demonstrated to render the underlying 

authorizations inconsistent with the 

public interest. 

Public Comment Procedures 

Interested persons will be provided 15 

days from the date of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register to move 

to intervene, protest, and answer Rio 

Grande LNG’s Notice.3 Protests, motions 

to intervene, notices of intervention, 

and written comments are invited in 

response to this notice only as to the 

change in control described in the 

Notice. All protests, comments, motions 

to intervene, or notices of intervention 

must meet the requirements specified by 

DOE’s regulations in 10 CFR part 590, 

including the service requirements. 

Filings may be submitted using one of 

the following methods: 

(1) Submitting the filing electronically 

at fergas@hq.doe.gov; 

(2) Mailing the filing to the Office of 

Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement 

at the address listed in the ADDRESSES

section; or 

(3) Hand delivering the filing to the 

Office of Regulation, Analysis, and 

Engagement at the address listed in the 

ADDRESSES section. 

For administrative efficiency, DOE 

prefers filings to be filed electronically. 

All filings must include a reference to 

‘‘Docket No. 15–190–LNG’’ in the title 

line, or ‘‘Rio Grande LNG, LLC Change 

in Control’’ in the title line. 

For electronic submissions: Please 

include all related documents and 

attachments (e.g., exhibits) in the 

original email correspondence. Please 

do not include any active hyperlinks or 

password protection in any of the 

documents or attachments related to the 

filing. All electronic filings submitted to 

DOE must follow these guidelines to 

ensure that all documents are filed in a 

timely manner. 

The Notice, and any filed protests, 

motions to intervene, notices of 

intervention, and comments will be 

available electronically on the DOE 

website at www.energy.gov/fecm/ 

regulation. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on November 

19, 2024. 

Amy R. Sweeney, 

Director, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and 

Engagement, Office of Resource 

Sustainability. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27416 Filed 11–21–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 175–032] 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; 

Notice of Application Accepted for 

Filing and Soliciting Motions To 

Intervene and Protests 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 175–132. 

c. Date filed: April 18, 2024. 

d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric 

Company. 

e. Name of Project: Balch 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The existing project is 

located Fresno County, California, is in 

the Sierra Nevada, approximately 45 

miles northeast of the City of Fresno and 

on the North Fork Kings River. The 

North Fork Kings River drains into the 

Kings River, which then drains into the 

San Joaquin River. PG&E’s proposed 

FERC Project Boundary includes 694.67 

acres of lands, of which 491.50 acres are 

United States (U.S.) lands, all of which 

are National Forest System. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: Dave Gabbard, 

Vice President Power Generation, 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 300 

Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA 94612; 

telephone at (650) 207–9705; email at 

David.gabbard@pge.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Benjamin Mann 

Project Coordinator, West Branch, 

Division of Hydropower Licensing; 

telephone at (202) 502–8127; email at 

benjamin.mann@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests: 60 days from the 

issuance date of this notice. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file motions to 

intervene and protests using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at https:// 

ferconline.ferc.gov/FERC.aspx. 

Commenters can submit brief comments 

up to 6,000 characters, without prior 

registration, using the eComment system 


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