Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 23 / Thursday, February 4, 2010 / Notices 5779 

1Wholesale Competition in Regions with 

Organized Electric Market, Order No. 719, 73 FR 

64,100 (Oct. 28, 2008), FERC Stats & Regs. ¶ 31,281 

(2008); order onreh’g, 74 FR 37,772 (July 29, 2009), 

128 FERC ¶ 61,059 (2009) (Order No. 719–A). 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Emergency Agency 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Department 

of Energy (DOE) invites public comment 

on a proposed emergency collection of 

information that DOE is developing for 

management of financial assistance 

grants funded under the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before February 18, 

2010. If you anticipate difficulty in 

submitting comments within that 

period, contact the person listed in 

ADDRESSES as soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to: Matthew Grosso, U.S. 

Department of Energy, OE/Forrestal 

Building, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20585 or by fax at 202– 

586–5860, or by e-mail at 

matthew.grosso@hq.doe.gov and DOE 

Desk Officer, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 

725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Matthew Grosso at 

matthew.grosso@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

emergency information collection 

request contains: (1) OMB No.: New; (2) 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability Recovery Act Smart Grid 

Grant Program Status Report; (3) Type of 

Review: Emergency; (4) Purpose: To 

collect information on the status of 

grantee activities, expenditures, and 

results, to ensure that program funds are 

being used appropriately, effectively 

and expeditiously (especially important 

for Recovery Act funds); (5) Annual 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 132; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total 

Responses: 1,656; (7) Annual Estimated 

Number of Burden Hours: 3,312; (8) 

Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $621,000 

for the first year, $138,000 each 

subsequent year. 

Authority: Title V, Subtitle E of the Energy 

Independence and Security Act of 2007 

(EISA; Pub. L. 110–140). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 28, 

2010. 

Terri T. Lee, 

Chief Operating Officer, Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2422 Filed 2–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice Providing Agenda for Technical 

Conference on RTO/ISO 

Responsiveness 

January 27, 2010. 

California Independent System Operator Corporation ............................. Docket No. ER09–1048–000. 

Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc ..................... Docket No. ER09–1049–000. 

Southwest Power Pool, Inc ...................................................................... Docket Nos. ER09–1050–000, ER09–1192–000. 

ISO New England, Inc. and New England Power Pool ........................... Docket No. ER09–1051–000. 

PJM Interconnection, LLC ........................................................................ Docket No. ER09–1063–000. 

New York Independent System Operator, Inc ......................................... Docket No. ER09–1142–000. 

On November 13, 2009, the 

Commission issued a notice announcing 

that the Commission staff would hold a 

technical conference in the near future 

to address issues raised in the abovereferenced Order No. 719 compliance 

proceedings.1 The notice indicated that 

the date, time, and agenda for the 

conference would be announced in a 

subsequent notice. On January 8, 2010, 

the Commission issued a notice 

providing an agenda for the conference. 

The notice indicated that the panelists 

were subject to change. Attached is an 

up-dated agenda with the panelists as of 

the date of this notice. 

The staff technical conference will be 

held on Thursday, February 4, 2010, 

from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (EST) in 

the Commission Meeting Room at the 

Commission’s Washington, D. 

headquarters, 888 First Street, NE. 

This conference will be webcast. All 

interested parties are invited, and there 

is no registration fee to attend. 

FERC conferences are accessible 

under section 508 of the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973. For accessibility 

accommodations please send an e-mail 

to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 

(866) 208–3372 (voice) or (202) 502– 

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

2106 with the required 

accommodations. 

Questions about the technical 

conference may be directed to Kurt 

Longo at kurt.longo@ferc.gov, (202) 

502–8048. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

Agenda—Technical Conference on 

RTO/ISO Responsiveness 

February 4, 2010 

12:30 Panel 1—Stakeholder Process 

Bill Fields, Maryland Office of 

People’s Counsel 

Paul Williams, Portland Cement 

Association (Industrial Consumers) 

John Anderson, Electric Consumers 

Resource Council 

Patrick E. McCullar, Delaware 

Municipal Electric Corporation, on 

behalf of American Public Power 

Association 

Tamara Linde, Public Service Electric 

& Gas 


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5780 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 23 / Thursday, February 4, 2010 / Notices 

1Oxbow Power Marketing, Inc., 76 FERC ¶ 61, 

031 (1996) and Oxbow Power Marketing, Inc., 79 

FERC ¶ 61, 193. 

2Promoting Wholesale Competition Through 

Open Access Non-Discriminatory Transmission 

Servs. by Pub. Utils.; Recovery of Stranded Costs by 

Pub. Utils. and Transmitting Utilities, Order No. 

888, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,036 (1996), order on 

reh’g, Order No. 888–A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 

31,048 (1997), order on reh’g, Order No. 888–B, 81 

FERC ¶ 61,248 (1997), order on reh’g, Order No. 

888–C, 82 FERC ¶ 61,046 (1998), aff’d in part and 

rev’d in part sub nom. Transmission Access Policy 

Study Group, et al. v. FERC, 225 F.3d 667 (D.C. Cir. 

2000), cert. granted in part and denied in part, New 

York v. FERC, 535 U.S. 1 (2002); see also Preventing 

Undue Discrimination and Preference in 

Transmission Serv., Order No. 890, FERC Stats. & 

Regs. ¶ 31,241, order on reh’g, Order No. 890–A, 

FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,261 (2007), order on reh’g 

and clarification, Order No. 890–B, 123 FERC ¶ 

61,299 (2008), order on reh’g and clarification, 

Order No. 890–C, 126 FERC ¶ 61,228 (2009), order 

on reh’g and clarification, Order No. 890–D, 129 

FERC ¶ 61,126 (2009). 

Don Fuller, California Independent 

System Operator Corporation 

Stephen Kozey, Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc. 

Stacy Duckett, Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Ray Hepper, ISO New England, Inc. 

Andrew Ott, PJM Interconnection, 

LLC 

Robert Fernandez, New York 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

2:15 Break 

2:30 Panel 2—Board Process and other 

Governance Issues 

Janine Migden-Ostrander, Office of 

the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel 

Randy Rismiller, Illinois Commerce 

Commission 

Lisa Fink, Maine Public Utilities 

Commission 

Jed Nosal, Assistant Attorney General 

for the State of Massachusetts 

Tamara Linde, Public Service Electric 

& Gas 

Don Fuller, California Independent 

System Operator Corporation 

Stephen Kozey, Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc. 

Stacy Duckett, Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Ray Hepper, ISO New England, Inc. 

Vincent Duane, PJM Interconnection, 

LLC 

Robert Fernandez, New York 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

4:15 Closing Remarks 

* Panelists subject to change. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2265 Filed 2–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13653–000] 

Claverack Creek, LLC; Notice of 

Preliminary Permit Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Competing Applications 

January 27, 2010. 

On January 11, 2010, Claverack Creek, 

LLC filed an application, pursuant to 

section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 

proposing to study the feasibility of the 

Claverack Creek Hydroelectric Project 

No. 13653, to be located on Claverack 

Creek, in Columbia County, New York. 

The proposed project would consist 

of: (1) The existing 16-foot-high, 170- 

foot-long Stottville Mill Dam; (2) an 

existing 11.4-acre impoundment with a 

normal water surface elevation of 106 

feet mean sea level; (3) an existing 

turbine with a new generator and a new 

turbine-generator with a total capacity 

of 450 kilowatts; (4) an existing 10-footwide, 8-foot-deep intake canal; (5) new 

trash racks, head gates, and stop log 

structure; (6) an existing 6-footdiameter, 10-foot-long penstock and a 

new 10-foot-long penstock extension; (7) 

a new 40-foot-wide, 60-foot-long 

powerhouse; (8) an existing 10-footwide, 20-foot-long tailrace; (9) a new 

approximately 200-foot-long, 13.2- 

kilovolt transmission line from the 

powerhouse to a nearby distribution 

line; (10) a redeveloped 100-foot-long 

access road; (11) and appurtenant 

facilities. The project would have an 

estimated annual generation of 2,182 

megawatt-hours. 

Applicant Contact: William Fay, 189 

River Road, Ware, MA 01082, (413) 

244–6445. 

FERC Contact: Brandon Cherry, (202) 

502–8328. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing application: 60 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

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 under the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link. If unable to be filed 

electronically, documents may be paperfiled. To paper-file, an original and eight 

copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For 

more information on how to submit 

these types of filings please go to the 

Commission’s Web site located at 

http://www.ferc.gov/filingcomments.asp. 

More information about this project 

can be viewed or printed on the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link of the Commission’s 

Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket 

number (P–13653) in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, call toll-free 1–866–208– 

3372. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2264 Filed 2–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL10–36–000] 

Green Borders Geothermal, LLC, 

Complainant, v. Terra-Gen Dixie Valley, 

LLC, Respondent; Notice of Complaint 

January 28, 2010. 

Take notice that on January 25, 2010, 

Green Borders Geothermal, LLC (Green 

Borders) filed a formal complaint 

against Terra-Gen Dixie Valley, LLC (f/ 

k/a Caithness Dixie Valley, LLC) (TerraGen) pursuant to section 206 of the 

Federal Power Act, and 18 CFR 385.206, 

alleging that Terra-Gen violated prior 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission) Orders 1 and the 

Commission’s open access policies 2

when it failed to file an Open Access 

Transmission Tariff and Large Generator 

Interconnection Agreement with the 

Commission once Green Borders 

requested open access interconnection 

and transmission service on Terra-Gen’s 

Dixie Valley Line that extends from 

Churchill County, Nevada through 

Mineral County, Nevada and ultimately 

interconnects with Southern California 

Edison Company’s (‘‘SCE’’) transmission 

system at SCE’s Control Substation 

within the California Independent 

System Operator Corp.’s Control Area. 

Green Borders certifies that copies of 

the complaint were served on the 

contacts for Terra-Gen, 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 


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