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Filed Date: 6/1/21. 

Accession Number: 20210601–5372. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/22/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–2058–000. 

Applicants: Michigan Electric 

Transmission Company LLC. 

Description: MISO Schedule 50 Cost 

Recovery Filing of Michigan Electric 

Transmission Company, LLC. 

Filed Date: 6/1/21. 

Accession Number: 20210601–5373. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/22/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–2059–000. 

Applicants: ITC Midwest LLC. 

Description: MISO Schedule 50 Cost 

Recovery Filing of ITC Midwest, LLC. 

Filed Date: 6/1/21. 

Accession Number: 20210601–5374. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/22/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–2060–000. 

Applicants: Duke Energy Ohio, Inc., 

PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Duke Ohio submits Interconnection 

Agreement, SA No. 3141 with EKPC to 

be effective 5/3/2021. 

Filed Date: 6/2/21. 

Accession Number: 20210602–5036. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/23/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–2061–000. 

Applicants: Northern Indiana Public 

Service Company. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Filing of a CIAC Agreement to be 

effective 6/1/2021. 

Filed Date: 6/2/21. 

Accession Number: 20210602–5084. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/23/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–2062–000. 

Applicants: Alabama Power 

Company. 

Description: Tariff Cancellation: 

Raven Solar Development (Wilcox 

Solar) LGIA Termination Filing to be 

effective 6/2/2021. 

Filed Date: 6/2/21. 

Accession Number: 20210602–5105. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/23/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–2063–000. 

Applicants: Alabama Power 

Company. 

Description: Tariff Cancellation: 

Raven Solar Development (Taylor Solar) 

LGIA Termination Filing to be effective 

6/2/2021. 

Filed Date: 6/2/21. 

Accession Number: 20210602–5106. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/23/21. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric 

reliability filings: 

Docket Numbers: RR21–5–000. 

Applicants: North American Electric 

Reliability Corporation. 

Description: North American Electric 

Reliability Corporation’s Report of 

Comparisons of Budgeted to Actual 

Costs for 2020 for NERC and the 

Regional Entities. 

Filed Date: 6/1/21. 

Accession Number: 20210601–5381. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/22/21. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system (https://

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ 

fercgensearch.asp) by querying the 

docket number. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

Protests may be considered, but 

intervention is necessary to become a 

party to the proceeding. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: June 2, 2021. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–11993 Filed 6–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No.175–029] 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; 

Notice of Intent To File License 

Application, Filing of Pre-Application 

Document, Approving Use of the 

Traditional Licensing Process 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application and Request to 

Use the Traditional Licensing Process. 

b. Project No.: P–175–029. 

c. Date Filed: April 19, 2021. 

d. Submitted by: Pacific Gas and 

Electric Company (PG&E). 

e. Name of Project: Balch 

Hydroelectric Project. 

Location: On the North Fork King 

River, in Fresno County, California. The 

project occupies 506.28 of federal land 

administered by the United States 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service. 

f. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 and 

5.5 of the Commission’s regulations. 

g. Potential Applicant Contact(s): 

Mareen Zawalick, 77 Beale St., San 

Francisco, CA 94105; (805) 545–4242; 

email at maureen.zawalick@pge.com; or 

Jennifer Post, Esq., 77 Beale St., San 

Francisco, CA 94105; (415) 973–9809; 

email at jennifer.post@pge.com. 

h. FERC Contact: Benjamin Mann at 

(202) 502–8127; or email at 

benjamin.mann@ferc.gov. 

i. PG&E filed its request to use 

Traditional Licensing Process on April 

19, 2021. PG&E provided public notice 

of its request on simultaneously. In a 

letter dated June 2, 2021 the Director of 

the Division of Hydropower Licensing 

approved PG&E’s request to use the 

Traditional Licensing Process. 

j. With this notice, we are initiating 

informal consultation with the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA 

Fisheries under section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act and the joint 

agency regulations thereunder at 50 

CFR, part 402; and NOAA Fisheries 

under section 305(b) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act and implementing 

regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are 

also initiating consultation with the 

California State Historic Preservation 

Officer, as required by section 106, 

National Historic Preservation Act, and 

the implementing regulations of the 

Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. 

k. With this notice, we are designating 

PG&E as the Commission’s non-federal 

representative for carrying out informal 

consultation pursuant to section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act and section 

305(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act; and 

consultation pursuant to section 106 of 

the National Historic Preservation Act. 

l. PG&E filed a Pre-Application 

Document (PAD; including a proposed 

process plan and schedule) with the 

Commission, pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of 

the Commission’s regulations. 

m. A copy of the PAD may be viewed 

and/or printed on the Commission’s 

website (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. At this time, the Commission 

has suspended access to the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 

due to the proclamation declaring a 

National Emergency concerning the 

Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), 

issued on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or 

(202) 502–8659 (TTY). 

n. The licensee states its unequivocal 

intent to submit an application for a 

new license for Project No. P–175–029. 

Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.8, 16.9, and 16.10 

each application for a new license and 

any competing license applications 


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must be filed with the Commission at 

least 24 months prior to the expiration 

of the existing license. All applications 

for license for this project must be filed 

by April 30, 2024. 

o. Register online at https://

ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to 

be notified via email of new filing and 

issuances related to this or other 

pending projects. For assistance, contact 

FERC Online Support. 

Dated: June 2, 2021. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–11951 Filed 6–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 12611–014] 

Verdant Power, LLC; Notice of 

Application Ready for Environmental 

Analysis and Soliciting Comments, 

Recommendations, Terms and 

Conditions, and Prescriptions 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Subsequent 

Minor License. 

b. Project No.: P–12611–014. 

c. Date filed: December 30, 2019. 

d. Applicant: Verdant Power, LLC 

(Verdant Power). 

e. Name of Project: Roosevelt Island 

Tidal Energy Project (RITE Project). 

f. Location: On the East River in New 

York County, New York. The project 

does not occupy federal land. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Ronald F. 

Smith, President and Chief Operating 

Officer, Verdant Power, LLC, P.O. Box 

282, Roosevelt Island, New York, New 

York 10044. Phone: (703) 328–6842. 

Email: rsmith@verdantpower.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Andy Bernick at 

(202) 502–8660, or andrew.bernick@

ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days 

from the issuance date of this notice; 

reply comments are due 105 days from 

the issuance date of this notice. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file comments, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and prescriptions using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at https:// 

ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 

Commenters can submit brief comments 

up to 6,000 characters, without prior 

registration, using the eComment system 

at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/ 

QuickComment.aspx. 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, you may submit a 

paper copy. Submissions sent via the 

U.S. Postal Service must be addressed 

to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. 

Submissions sent via any other carrier 

must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first 

page of any filing should include docket 

number P–12611–014. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

require all intervenors filing documents 

with the Commission to serve a copy of 

that document on each person 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. This application has been accepted 

and is now ready for environmental 

analysis. 

The Council on Environmental 

Quality (CEQ) issued a final rule on July 

15, 2020, revising the regulations under 

40 CFR parts 1500–1518 that federal 

agencies use to implement NEPA (see 

Update to the Regulations Implementing 

the Procedural Provisions of the 

National Environmental Policy Act, 85 

FR 43304). The Final Rule became 

effective on and applies to any NEPA 

process begun after September 14, 2020. 

An agency may also apply the 

regulations to ongoing activities and 

environmental documents begun before 

September 14, 2020, which includes the 

RITE Project. Commission staff intends 

to conduct its NEPA review in 

accordance with CEQ’s new regulations. 

l. The existing pilot project license, 

which expires on December 31, 2021, 

authorizes the following project 

facilities: (a) Thirty 35-kilowatt, 5- 

meter-diameter axial flow turbinegenerator units; (b) ten triframe mounts, 

each supporting three turbine-generator 

units; (c) 480-volt underwater cables 

from each triframe mount to five 

shoreline switchgear vaults that 

interconnect to a control room and 

interconnection points; and (d) 

appurtenant facilities for navigation 

safety and operation. 

On October 22, 2020, Verdant 

installed three turbine-generator units 

attached to one tri-frame mount under 

the existing pilot project license. 

Between October 2020 and January 

2021, the pilot project generated about 

90 megawatt-hours. Under the current 

pilot project license, Verdant is required 

to remove all project facilities, including 

triframe mounts and turbines, prior to 

the expiration of its pilot project license. 

The proposed project would consist of 

a maximum of fifteen 35-kilowatt, 5- 

meter-diameter axial flow turbinegenerator units with a total installed 

capacity of 0.525 megawatt, with 

underwater cables connecting five 

triframe mounts to two shoreline 

switchgear vaults. The project would 

operate using the natural tidal currents 

of the East River, during both ebb and 

flood tidal periods. As the direction of 

tidal flow changes, each turbinegenerator unit would rotate (or yaw) to 

align the rotor to the direction of flow, 

through a passive system caused by 

hydrodynamic forces on the turbinegenerator unit. The annual generation is 

expected to be from 840 to 1,200 

megawatt-hours. 

m. A copy of the application can be 

viewed on the Commission’s website 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 

Online Support. 

All filings must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ ‘‘REPLY 

COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS 

AND CONDITIONS,’’ or 

‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (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 submitting the 

filing; and (4) otherwise comply with 

the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 

through 385.2005. All comments, 

recommendations, terms and conditions 

or prescriptions must set forth their 

evidentiary basis and otherwise comply 

with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). 

Agencies may obtain copies of the 

application directly from the applicant. 

Each filing must be accompanied by 

proof of service on all persons listed on 

the service list prepared by the 

Commission in this proceeding, in 

accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 

385.2010. 

You may also register online at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 


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