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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL18–55–000] 

EDF Renewables Energy, Inc. v. 

Midcontinent Independent System 

Operator, Inc.; Notice of Complaint 

Take notice that on January 4, 2018, 

pursuant to sections 206 and 306 of the 

Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824(e), 

825e, and Rule 206 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s 

(Commission) Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.206, EDF 

Renewables Energy, Inc. (Complainant) 

filed a formal complaint against 

Midcontinent Independent System 

Operator, Inc. (MISO or Respondent) 

alleging that MISO’s Tariff is no longer 

just and reasonable because MISO 

cannot deliver interconnection studies 

and a generation interconnection 

agreement in sufficient advanced time 

to allow proposed wind generation 

projects to achieve commercial 

operation as needed to benefit from the 

Federal Production Tax Credit, all as 

more fully explained in the complaint. 

Complainant certify that copies of the 

complaint were served on the contacts 

for MISO as listed on the Commission’s 

list of Corporate Officials. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

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 

website 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 January 24, 2018. 

Dated: January 5, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00330 Filed 1–10–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 14864–000] 

Watterra Energy, LLC; Notice of 

Preliminary Permit Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments and Motions To Intervene 

On November 29, 2017, Watterra 

Energy, LLC filed an application for a 

preliminary permit, pursuant to section 

4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 

proposing to study the feasibility of the 

Barren River Lake Dam Hydroelectric 

Project (project), to be located at the 

existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 

Barren River Lake Dam on the Barren 

River near the City of Bowling Green, 

Barren County, Kentucky. The sole 

purpose of a preliminary permit, if 

issued, is to grant the permit holder 

priority to file a license application 

during the permit term. A preliminary 

permit does not authorize the permit 

holder to perform any land-disturbing 

activities or otherwise enter upon lands 

or waters owned by others without the 

owners’ express permission. 

The proposed project would consist of 

the following: (1) A 960-foot-long, 14- 

foot-diameter steel penstock lining the 

existing concrete conduit; (2) a 14-footlong, 14-foot-wide bifurcation structure 

attached to the proposed penstock, with 

one 265-foot-long branch extending to 

the proposed powerhouse, and the other 

86-foot-long branch extending to the 

existing stilling basin to provide an 

outlet point for the release of 

floodwaters; (3) a 70-foot-long, 55-footwide powerhouse containing two 

Kaplan generating units with a total 

capacity of 11.63 megawatts; (4) a 75- 

foot-long tailrace; (5) a 50-foot-long, 50- 

foot-wide switchyard; and (6) a 4,210- 

foot-long, 12.5-kilovolt transmission 

line. The estimated annual generation of 

the project would be 41.64 gigawatthours, and would operate as directed by 

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Craig Dalton, 

Watterra Energy, LLC, 220 West Main 

Street, Hamilton, MT 59840; phone: 

(406) 384–0080. 

FERC Contact: Navreet Deo; phone: 

(202) 502–6304. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing applications: 60 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

Competing applications and notices of 

intent must meet the requirements of 18 

CFR 4.36. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file comments, 

motions to intervene, notices of intent, 

and competing applications using the 

Commission’s eFiling system 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, (866) 

208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please 

send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. 

The first page of any filing should 

include docket number P–14864–000. 

More information about this project, 

including a copy of the application, can 

be viewed or printed on the eLibrary 

link of Commission’s website at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 

Enter the docket number (P–14864) in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support. 

Dated: January 5, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00331 Filed 1–10–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. CP18–37–000, CP18–38–000] 

Sierrita Gas Pipeline LLC; Notice of 

Applications 

Take notice that on December 21, 

2017, Sierrita Gas Pipeline, LLC 

(Sierrita), P.O. Box 1087, Colorado 

Springs, Colorado 80944, has filed two 

applications, pursuant to sections 7(c) 


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and 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) 

regulations, requesting authorization for 

the construction and operation of 

Sierrita Compressor Expansion Project 

(Project) located in Pima County, 

Arizona. Concurrent with this Section 

7(c) application, Sierrita has filed a 

Section 3 application to amend existing 

Presidential Permit, all as more fully 

described in the application which is on 

file with the Commission and open to 

public inspection. The filing may also 

be viewed on the web at 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. For 

assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TTY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Specifically, in Docket No. CP18–37– 

000, Sierrita’s Section 7(c) Project 

consists of: (1) Installing one new Solar 

Mars 100 turbine/compressor unit that 

is ISO rated at 15,900 horsepower (HP) 

located at approximately Milepost (MP) 

6 on Line No. 2177; (2) installing an 

additional gas meter at the existing San 

Joaquin Meter Station on Line No. 2177; 

and (3) relocating an existing Mainline 

Valve 2 (MLV 2) and inspection tool 

launcher and receiver from MP 1.2 to 

MP 6.5 on Line No. 2177; all located in 

Pima County, Arizona. Additionally, in 

Docket No. CP18–38–000 Sierrita is 

requesting an amendment to its Section 

3 authorization and its Presidential 

Permit for increased design capacity to 

627,000 Mcf/Day at its border crossing 

into Mexico near the town of Sasabe, 

Arizona, also in Pima County. 

Any questions regarding this 

application should be directed to 

Francisco Tarin, Regulatory Director, 

Sierrita Gas Pipeline LLC, P.O. Box 

1087, Colorado Springs, CO 80944, or 

call (719) 667–7517, or email: 

SierritaRegulatoryAffairs@

kindermorgan.com. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice the 

Commission staff will either: Complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or EA for this proposal. The filing of the 

EA in the Commission’s public record 

for this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. A party must submit 

7 copies of filings made in the 

proceeding with the Commission and 

must mail a copy to the applicant and 

to every other party. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commentors will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commentors will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentors 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, 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. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on January 26, 2018. 

Dated: January 5, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00329 Filed 1–10–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL18–45–000] 

Great River Energy; Notice of 

Institution of Section 206 Proceeding 

On January 5, 2018, the Commission 

issued an order in Docket No. EL18–45– 

000, pursuant to section 206 of the 

Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824e 

(2012), instituting an investigation into 

whether Great River Energy’s cost-based 

revenue requirements for providing 

reactive power from certain of its 

generating units located in the 

Midcontinent Independent System 

Operator, Inc. region may be unjust and 

unreasonable. Great River Energy, 162 

FERC 61,006 (2018). 

Any interested person desiring to be 

heard in Docket No. EL18–45–000 must 

file a notice of intervention or motion to 

intervene, as appropriate, with the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426, in accordance with Rule 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.214, within 21 

days of the date of issuance of the order. 

Dated: January 5, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00327 Filed 1–10–18; 8:45 am] 

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