26208 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 90 / Tuesday, May 11, 2010 / Notices 

Notice #2, GN Docket No. 09–47, 09–51, and 09– 

137, 3, 24 (Oct. 2 2009); Nat’l Rural Elec. Coop. 

Ass’n, Comments in response to the National 

Broadband Plan Public Notice #2, GN Docket No. 

09–47, 09–51, and 09–137, 12, 14 (Oct. 2 2009). 

11S. Co. Serv., Comments in response to the 

National Broadband Plan Public Notice #2, GN 

Docket No. 09–47, 09–51, and 09–137, 15, 21 (Oct. 

2 2009). 

12Nat’l Ass’n of Regulatory Util. Comm’rs, 

Comments in response to the National Broadband 

Plan Public Notice #2, GN Docket No. 09–47, 09– 

51, and 09–137, 3, 11 (Oct. 2 2009). 

expressed the need for greater industry 

collaboration to build a better case for 

dedicated spectrum.11

Utilities have also expressed a need 

for dedicated spectrum for fast power 

restoration in an emergency or natural 

disaster, reliable service, and for 

protection from a cyber attack on the 

electric grid.12 DOE thus seeks to better 

understand this need for dedicated 

spectrum; what compels the need for 

additional spectrum in addition to the 

increased amount of data that utilities 

are expected to handle as the 

deployment of Smart Grid applications 

multiplies. 

List of Questions 

The following list of questions 

represents a preliminary attempt to 

identify and respond to the issues that 

have been raised in the National 

Broadband Plan regarding the Smart 

Grid and DOE, as outlined in the 

summary of this Inquiry. This list of 

questions does not represent a 

determination of the final list of topics 

that should be addressed to best carry 

out the recommendations of the Plan. 

Rather, this list is intended only to 

assist in the formulation of comments— 

not to restrict the issues that might be 

addressed in the comments. 

In addressing these questions or 

others, commenters must also recognize 

that this RFI is intended to assist and 

inform DOE’s efforts to address the 

aspects of these questions that most 

directly implicate the duties and 

responsibilities assigned by law to DOE 

and the Secretary of Energy. This 

qualification is important because all 

interstate information technologies, 

including the Smart Grid, inevitably 

implicate the jurisdiction and expertise 

of the States and many other federal 

agencies—a few of the most obvious 

examples include federal lawenforcement agencies, the Department 

of Homeland Security, and the FCC. 

DOE fully intends to respect the 

jurisdiction and expertise of these and 

other governmental entities. 

Consequently, comments directed to 

matters deemed more relevant to the 

jurisdiction and expertise of other 

governmental entities will provide little 

assistance relevant to this RFI. 

(1) What are the current and future 

communications needs of utilities, 

including for the deployment of new 

Smart Grid applications, and how are 

these needs being met? 

(2) What are the basic requirements, 

such as security, bandwidth, reliability, 

coverage, latency, and backup, for smart 

grid communications and electric utility 

communications systems in general— 

today and tomorrow? How do these 

requirements impact the utilities’ 

communication needs? 

(3) What are other additional 

considerations (e.g. terrain, foliage, 

customer density and size of service 

territory)? 

(4) What are the use cases for various 

smart grid applications and other 

communications needs? 

(5) What are the technology options 

for smart grid and other utility 

communications? 

(6) What are the recommendations for 

meeting current and future utility 

requirements, based on each use case, 

the technology options that are 

available, and other considerations? 

(7) To what extent can existing 

commercial networks satisfy the 

utilities’ communications needs? 

(8) What, if any, improvements to the 

commercial networks can be made to 

satisfy the utilities’ communications 

needs? 

(9) As the Smart Grid grows and 

expands, how do the electric utilities 

foresee their communications 

requirements as growing and adapting 

along with the expansion of Smart Grid 

applications? 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 5, 2010. 

Scott Blake Harris, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11129 Filed 5–10–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 12731–004] 

Natural Currents Energy Services, 

LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

April 30, 2010. 

On March 2, 2010, and revised on 

April 7, 2010, Natural Currents Energy 

Services, LLC, filed an application for a 

preliminary permit, pursuant to section 

4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing 

to study the feasibility of the Angoon 

Kootznahoo—Killisnoo Tidal Energy 

Project, located in Kootznahoo Inlet on 

the western shore of Admiralty Island, 

near the City of Angoon in the SkagwayHoonah-Angoon Census Area of 

southeastern Alaska. 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 include 

two developments; a 200-kilowatt-(kW) 

development in Kootznahoo Inlet and a 

200-kW-development at Killisnoo 

Island. Each development would consist 

of: (1) A moored test platform or dock, 

or underwater tethering device, pending 

evaluation of specific site conditions; 

(2) eight 25-kW Red Hawk in-stream 

turbine modules with a total generating 

capacity of 200 kW; (3) an 

approximately 650-foot-long, 480-volt 

underwater transmission line 

connecting the Red Hawk modules to an 

existing above-ground local distribution 

system; and (4) appurtenant facilities. 

The project would have a total installed 

capacity of 400 kW and an estimated 

average annual generation of 1,600 

megawatt-hours. 

Applicant Contact: Roger Bason, 

President, Natural Currents Energy 

Services, LLC, 24 Roxanne Boulevard, 

Highland, NY 12528; phone: (845) 691- 

4008. 

FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper, (202) 

502–6136. 

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. Comments, motions to 

intervene, notices of intent, and 

competing applications may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

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

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

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

ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. 

For a simpler method of submitting text 

only comments, click on ‘‘Quick 

Comment.’’ For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call tollfree at (866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and eight copies to: Kimberly D. 


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Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

More information about this project, 

including a copy of the application, can 

be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link of Commission’s Web site at 

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

elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number 

(P–12731) in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11108 Filed 5–10–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

May 3, 2010. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following exempt 

wholesale generator filings: 

Docket Numbers: EG10–37–000. 

Applicants: TX Solar I LLC. 

Description: Notice of SelfCertification of Exempt Wholesale 

Generator Status of TX Solar I LLC. 

Filed Date: 04/30/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100430–5151. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, May 21, 2010. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER01–1699–010. 

Applicants: Pilot Power Group, Inc. 

Description: Pilot Power Group, Inc 

submits a request for Category 1 Seller 

Status Classification Pursuant to Order 

No. 697 etc. 

Filed Date: 04/30/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100430–0238. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, May 21, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: ER10–720–002. 

Applicants: Northeastern Power 

Company. 

Description: Northeastern Power 

Company’s Refund Report. 

Filed Date: 05/03/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100503–5074. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, May 24, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: ER10–1127–001. 

Applicants: Florida Power 

Corporation. 

Description: Florida Power Corp 

submits correction to Amendment to the 

Cost-Based Sales Agreement with City 

of Mount Dora, FL. 

Filed Date: 04/30/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100430–0237. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, May 21, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: ER10–1139–000. 

Applicants: Ameren Energy Marketing 

Company. 

Description: Ameren Energy 

Marketing Company submits tariff filing 

per 35.12: Ameren Energy Marketing 

Company Market Based Rate Schedule 

to be effective 4/30/2010. 

Filed Date: 04/30/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100430–5071. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, May 21, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: ER10–1141–000. 

Applicants: Ameren Energy 

Generating Company. 

Description: Ameren Energy 

Generating Company submits tariff 

filing per 35.12: Ameren Energy 

Generating Company General Tariff to 

be effective 5/3/2010. 

Filed Date: 04/30/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100430–5099. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, May 21, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: ER10–1142–000. 

Applicants: FirstEnergy Generation 

Corp. 

Description: FirstEnergy Generation 

Corp. submits tariff filing per 35.12: 

Market-Based Power Sales tariff to be 

effective 4/1/2010. 

Filed Date: 04/30/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100430–5109. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, May 21, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: ER10–1143–000. 

Applicants: PECO Energy Company. 

Description: PECO Energy Company 

submits tariff filing per 35.12: PECO 

Energy Company MBR to be effective 

4/30/2010. 

Filed Date: 04/30/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100430–5110. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, May 21, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: ER10–1144–000. 

Applicants: Exelon Generation 

Company, LLC. 

Description: Exelon Generation 

Company, LLC submits tariff filing per 

35.12: Exelon Generation, LLC Vol 1 to 

be effective 4/30/2010. 

Filed Date: 04/30/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100430–5111. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, May 21, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: ER10–1145–000. 

Applicants: Exelon Generation 

Company, LLC. 

Description: Exelon Generation 

Company, LLC submits tariff filing per 

35.12: Exelon Generation, LLC Vol 2 to 

be effective 4/30/2010. 

Filed Date: 04/30/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100430–5113. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, May 21, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: ER10–1146–000. 

Applicants: New England Power Pool. 

Description: New England Power Pool 

Participants Committee submits 

transmittal letter along with counterpart 

signature pages of the NEPOOL 

Agreement, dated as of 9/1/71. 

Filed Date: 04/30/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100430–0254. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, May 21, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: ER10–1147–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection, 

LLC. 

Description: PJM Interconnection, 

LLC submits an executed 

interconnection service agreement 

entered into among PJM et al. 

Filed Date: 04/30/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100430–0255. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, May 21, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: ER10–1149–000. 

Applicants: Florida Power & Light 

Company. 

Description: Florida Power and Light 

Company submits revised tariff sheets 

for their Open Access Transmission 

Tariff. 

Filed Date: 04/30/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100430–0224. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, May 21, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: ER10–1151–000. 

Applicants: AmerenEnergy Resources 

Generating Company. 

Description: AmerenEnergy Resources 

Generating Company submits tariff 

filing per 35.12: AmerenEnergy 

Resources Generating Company General 

Tariff to be effective 5/3/2010. 

Filed Date: 04/30/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100430–5277. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, May 21, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: ER10–1152–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection, 

LLC. 

Description: Allegheny Power submits 

FERC Electric Tariff, Sixth Revised 

Volume No. 1. 

Filed Date: 04/30/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100430–0239. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, May 21, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: ER10–1153–000. 

Applicants: Consolidated Edison 

Company of New York. 

Description: Consolidated Edison Co 

of New York, Inc submits an 

amendment to the Delivery Service Rate 

Schedule No. 96. 

Filed Date: 04/30/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100430–0244. 


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