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become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. The Respondent’s answer 

and all interventions, or protests must 

be filed on or before the comment date. 

The Respondent’s answer, motions to 

intervene, and protests must be served 

on the Complainants. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 5 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

electronic review in the Commission’s 

Public Reference Room in Washington, 

DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on 

the Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive email notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on February 18, 2015. 

Dated: January 29, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02294 Filed 2–4–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project Nos. 1855–048, 1892–028 and 1904– 

076] 

TransCanada Hydro Northeast Inc.; 

Notice of Application Accepted for 

Filing, Soliciting Comments, Motions 

To Intervene, and Protests 

January 30, 2015. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Application Type: Extension of 

license term for three projects. 

b. Project Nos.: 1855–048, 1892–028, 

and 1904–076. 

c. Date Filed: January 16, 2015. 

d. Applicant: TransCanada Hydro 

Northeast Inc. 

e. Name of Projects: Bellows Falls, 

Wilder, and Vernon Hydroelectric 

Projects. 

f. Location: The three projects are 

located on the Connecticut River in 

Windham, Windsor and Orange 

Counties, Vermont, and Cheshire, 

Sullivan, and Grafton Counties, New 

Hampshire. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: John L. 

Ragonese, FERC License Manager, 

TransCanada Hydro Northeast Inc., 4 

Park Street, Suite 402, Concord, NH 

03301, (603) 225–5528. 

i. FERC Contact: B. Peter Yarrington, 

(202) 502–6129 or peter.yarrington@

ferc.gov.. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests: 

March 2, 2015 

All documents may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See, 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

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

efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 

brief comments up to 6,000 characters, 

without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or toll 

free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and seven copies to: Secretary, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. Please include the project 

numbers (P–1855–048, P–1892–028, and 

P–1904–076) on any comments or 

motions filed. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person whose name appears on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervenor files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. 

k. Description of Application: The 

licensee asks the Commission to extend 

the term of all three project licenses by 

one year. Such an extension would 

move the license expiration dates from 

April 30, 2018 to April 30, 2019. The 

licensee says the extensions would 

enable it to complete relicensing studies 

delayed by the decommissioning of the 

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant 

and would enable the licensee to review 

and incorporate study results into each 

license application before filing 

applications with the Commission. 

According to the licensee, the 

extensions would help maintain the 

integrity of the Integrated Licensing 

Process, benefit relicensing participants 

during the pre-filing stage of relicensing, 

and avoid amendments to the final 

license applications. 

l. Locations of the Application: A 

copy of the application is available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 

located at 888 First Street NE., Room 

2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling 

(202) 502–8371. This filing may also be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number of any of the three projects, 

excluding the last three digits, in the 

docket number field (example: P–1855) 

to access the document. You may also 

register online at http://www.ferc.gov/

docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be 

notified via email of new filings and 

issuances related to this or other 

pending projects. A copy is also 

available for inspection and 

reproduction at the address in item (h) 

above. 

m. Individuals desiring to be included 

on the Commission’s mailing list should 

so indicate by writing to the Secretary 

of the Commission. 

n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to 

Intervene: Anyone may submit 

comments, a protest, or a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

requirements of Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, and 

.214, respectively. In determining the 

appropriate action to take, the 

Commission will consider all protests or 

other comments filed, but only those 

who file a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the Commission’s 

Rules may become a party to the 

proceeding. Any comments, protests, or 

motions to intervene must be received 

on or before the specified comment date 

for the particular application. 

o. Filing and Service of Documents: 

Any filing must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, 

‘‘PROTEST’’, or ‘‘MOTION TO 

INTERVENE’’ as applicable; (2) set forth 

in the heading the name of the applicant 

and the project number of the 

application to which the filing 

responds; (3) furnish the name, address, 

and telephone number of the person 

commenting, protesting or intervening; 

and (4) otherwise comply with the 

requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 

through 385.2005. All comments, 

motions to intervene, or protests must 


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1NERC’s proposal is currently pending before the 

Commission in the rulemaking: Modeling, Data, 

and Analysis Reliability Standards, Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking, Docket No. RM14–7–000; 79 

FR 36,269 (June 26, 2014). 

2See, e.g., the December 18, 2014 status report 

filed by NAESB in Docket Nos. RM05–5–000 and 

RM14–7–000. 

3See, e.g.; Preventing Undue Discrimination and 

Preference in Transmission Service, Order No. 890, 

FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,241, at P 68, order on 

reh’g, Order No. 890–A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 

31,261 (2007), order on reh’g, Order No. 890–B, 123 

FERC ¶ 61,299 (2008), order on reh’g, Order No. 

890–C, 126 FERC ¶ 61,228, order on clarification, 

Order No. 890–D, 129 FERC ¶ 61,126 (2009); 

Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Calculation 

of Available Transfer Capability, Capacity Benefit 

Margins, Transmission Reliability Margins, Total 

Transfer Capability, and Existing Transmission 

Commitments and Mandatory Reliability Standards 

for the Bulk-Power System, Order No. 729, 129 

FERC ¶ 61,155 (2009), order on clarification, Order 

No. 729–A, 131 FERC ¶ 61,109 (2010), order on 

reh’g, Order No. 729–B, 132 FERC ¶ 61,027 (2010); 

et al. 

4See Order No. 890 (supra) P 2, P 193–196, etc. 

5 Mandatory Reliability Standards for the BulkPower System, Order No. 693, 72 FR 16416 (Apr. 

4, 2007), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,242, at P 1022 

(2007), order on reh’g, Order No. 693–A, 120 FERC 

¶ 61,053 (2007), P 1013. 

6See Order No. 693 (supra). 

7 129 FERC ¶ 61,162 

8 Modeling, Data, and Analysis Reliability 

Standards, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 147 

FERC ¶ 61,208 (2014). 

set forth their evidentiary basis. Any 

filing made by an intervenor must be 

accompanied by a proof of service on all 

persons listed in the service list 

prepared by the Commission in this 

proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 

385.2010. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02292 Filed 2–4–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD15–5–000] 

Available Transfer Capability 

Standards for Wholesale Electric 

Transmission Services; Supplemental 

Notice of Workshop on Available 

Transfer Capability Standards 

As announced in a Notice issued on 

December 30, 2014, the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

staff will hold a workshop on Thursday, 

March 5, 2015 to discuss standards for 

calculating Available Transfer 

Capability (ATC) for wholesale electric 

transmission services. The workshop 

will be held in the Commission Meeting 

Room at the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. It will 

commence at 8:45 a.m. and conclude at 

4:15 p.m. This workshop is free of 

charge and open to the public. 

Commission members may participate 

in the workshop. 

The agenda for this workshop is 

attached. 

Those who plan to attend the 

workshop are encouraged to complete 

the registration form located at: https:// 

www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/

03-05-15-form.asp. There is no 

registration deadline. 

Those wishing to participate in the 

technical sessions should submit 

nominations no later than close of 

business on February 6, 2015 online at: 

https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/

registration/03-05-15-speaker-form.asp. 

Transcripts of the workshop will be 

available for a fee from Ace-Federal 

Reporters, Inc. (202–347–3700 or 1– 

800–336–6646). Additionally, there will 

be a free Webcast of the workshop. The 

Webcast will allow persons to listen to 

the workshop but not participate. 

Anyone with Internet access who wants 

to listen to the workshop can do so by 

navigating to the Calendar of Events at 

www.ferc.gov, locating the technical 

workshop in the Calendar, and clicking 

on the Webcast link. The Capitol 

Connection provides technical support 

for the Webcast and offers the option of 

listening to the workshop via phonebridge for a fee. If you have any 

questions, visit 

www.CapitolConnection.org or call 703– 

993–3100. 

While this workshop is not convened 

for the purpose of discussing specific 

cases, the workshop may address 

matters that are at issue in the following 

pending Commission proceeding: North 

American Electric Reliability 

Corporation, Docket No. RM14–7–000. 

Commission workshops are accessible 

under section 508 of the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973. For accessibility 

accommodations, please send an email 

to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 

1–866–208–3372 (voice) or 202–502– 

8659 (TTY), or send a FAX to 202–208– 

2106 with the required 

accommodations. 

For further information on this 

workshop, please contact: 

Logistical Information 

Sarah McKinley, Office of External 

Affairs, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–8368, 

sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov. 

Technical Information 

Christopher Young, Office of Energy 

Policy and Innovation, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502– 

6403, christopher.young@ferc.gov. 

Legal Information 

Richard Wartchow, Office of the 

General Counsel, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502– 

8744 richard.wartchow@ferc.gov. 

Dated: January 30, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

Available Transfer Capability 

Standards for Wholesale Electric 

Transmission Services 

Staff-Led Workshop 

Docket No.: AD15–5–000; March 5, 

2015; Agenda 

This workshop is being convened to 

discuss actions the Commission could 

take to ensure that transmission 

providers continue to calculate and post 

available transfer capability (ATC) in a 

manner that ensures nondiscriminatory 

access to wholesale electric 

transmission services. This workshop is 

prompted by the filing by the North 

American Electric Reliability 

Corporation (NERC) proposing changes 

to its ATC-related reliability standards,1

and the initiative to replace some of 

these standards with similarly focused 

business practice standards to be 

developed by the North American 

Energy Standards Board (NAESB).2

The workshop will address the 

consistent calculation and transparency 

of ATC to ensure continued access to 

the grid by transmission customers on a 

nondiscriminatory basis, as articulated 

in Order No. 890 and other Commission 

orders.3 In Order No. 890, the 

Commission required public utilities to 

work through NERC to develop 

consistent methodologies for ATC 

calculation.4 In Order No. 693,5 the 

Commission approved several reliability 

standards related to ATC while also 

directing NERC to prospectively modify 

them.6 In Order No. 729, the 

Commission approved six reliability 

standards that address ATC, making 

them mandatory and enforceable; 

concurrently the Commission issued 

Order No. 676–E, which incorporated by 

reference in its regulations certain 

related business practice standards 

adopted by the Wholesale Electric 

Quadrant of NAESB.7 Subsequently, 

NERC has proposed to retire six 

standards and replace them with a 

single modified standard focused on 

reliability issues.8 At the workshop, 

Commission staff will seek input on the 

appropriate mechanisms to ensure the 

continued transparency and consistency 


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