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###### Department of Energy

          - [Certification Notice—226]

# AGENCY:

Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE.

# ACTION:

 Notice of filing.

# SUMMARY:

                         On September 5, 2014, Panda Liberty LLC, as owner and operator of a new base load electric generating plant, submitted a coal capability self-certification to the Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to § 201(d) of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 (FUA), as amended, and DOE regulations in 10 CFR 501.60, 61. FUA and regulations thereunder require DOE to publish a notice of filing of self-certification in the                         **Federal Register**                        . 42 U.S.C. 8311(d) and 10 CFR 501.61(c).                    

# ADDRESSES:

 Copies of coal capability self-certification filings are available for public inspection, upon request, in the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Mail Code OE-20, Room 8G-024, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585.

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

 Christopher Lawrence at (202) 586-5260.

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

                     Title II of FUA, as amended (42 U.S.C. 8301*et seq.*), provides that no new base load electric powerplant may be constructed or operated without the capability to use coal or another alternate fuel as a primary energy source. Pursuant to FUA in order to meet the requirement of coal capability, the owner or operator of such a facility proposing to use natural gas or petroleum as its primary energy source shall certify to the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) prior to construction, or prior to operation as a base load electric powerplant, that such powerplant has the capability to use coal or another alternate fuel. Such certification establishes compliance with FUA section 201(a) as of the date it is filed with the Secretary. 42 U. S. C. 8311.                

The following owner of a proposed new base load electric powerplant has filed a self-certification of coal-capability with DOE pursuant to FUA section 201(d) and in accordance with DOE regulations in 10 CFR 501.60, 61:

Owner: Panda Liberty LLC

Capacity: 829 megawatts (MW)

Plant Location: Towanda, PA

In-Service Date: March 5, 2016

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 10, 2014.

Brian Mills,

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.

[FR Doc. 2014-24905 Filed 10-17-14; 8:45 am]

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