[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 246 (Friday, December 21, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 65858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31442]


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Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 246 / Friday, December 21, 2001 / 
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Part 35

[Docket No. RM02-1-000]


Standardizing Generator Interconnection Agreements and 
Procedures; Notice of Extension of Time

December 14, 2001.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time.

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SUMMARY: On October 25, 2001, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR) seeking 
comments on a standard generator interconnection agreement and 
procedures that would be applicable to all public utilities that own, 
operate or control transmission facilities under the Federal Power Act, 
66 FR 55140 (November 1, 2001). The date for filing comments is being 
extended at the request of various interested parties.

DATES: Comments on the filing of a single consensus document are 
extended to and including January 11, 2002. Comments on issues posed by 
the ANOPR shall be filed on or before January 25, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linwood A. Watson, Jr., Acting 
Secretary 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 (202) 208-0400.
    On December 14, 2001, the Generator Interconnection Coalition \1\ 
(Coalition), on behalf of its members, filed its Status Report on its 
Consensus Process and (1) an interim draft standard connection 
agreement and (2) an interim draft standard interconnection procedures 
document on which Coalition Members have made substantial progress 
(Status Report), in response to the Commission's Advance Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR) issued October 25, 2001, in the above-
docketed proceeding. With the Status Report, the Coalition also 
requested an extension of time to complete the consensus process and to 
respond fully to the issues raised by the Commission in its ANOPR. In 
its motion, the Coalition states that finalizing consensus documents 
will require the continued significant investment of time and resources 
on the part of the Coalition Members and that an extension would allow 
Coalition Members to integrate and finalize consensus documents that 
are consistent with the Commission's mandate in the ANOPR. The motion 
also states that an extension will allow all stakeholders in the ANOPR 
process to have the opportunity to seek clarification and comment 
orally on the draft documents during the plenary meetings.
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    \1\ The Coalition includes representatives from: generators, 
marketers, transmission owners, industrial power producers, 
transmission dependent utilities, regional transmission 
organizations, independent system operators, distributed resources 
and state commissions. A list of the Coalition Members is included 
in Attachment 1 of the Coalition's Status Report.
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    Upon consideration, notice is hereby given that an extension of 
time to file a single consensus document is granted to and including 
January 11, 2002. Comments on issues posed by the ANOPR shall be filed 
on or before January 25, 2002.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-31442 Filed 12-20-01; 8:45 am]
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