Document ID: FERC-2006-1113-0002
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Market-Based Rates for Wholesale Sales of Electric Energy, Capacity and Ancillary Services by Public Utilities
Posted Date: 2006-08-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register: August 21, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 161)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 48496-48497]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Part 35

[Docket No. RM04-7-000]

 
Market-Based Rates for Wholesale Sales of Electric Energy, 
Capacity and Ancillary Services by Public Utilities

August 14, 2006.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Extension of reply comment 
deadline.

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SUMMARY: On May 19, 2006, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) proposing to amend its 
regulations to revise Subpart H to Part 35 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations governing market-based rates for public utilities pursuant 
to the Federal Power Act. 71 FR 33101 (2006). The date for filing

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reply comments on the proposed rule is extended at the request of the 
Edison Electric Institute.

DATES: Reply comments should be filed on or before September 20, 2006.

ADDRESSES: You may submit reply comments, identified by Docket No. 
RM04-7-000, by one of the following methods:
     Agency Web Site: http://www.ferc.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments via the eFiling link found in the 
Comment Procedures Section of the preamble of the NOPR.
     Mail: Commenters unable to file comments electronically 
must mail or hand deliver an original and 14 copies of their comments 
to: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC, 20426. Please refer to the 
Comment Procedures Section of the preamble of the NOPR for additional 
information on how to file paper comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Arnold (Legal Information), 
Office of the General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8818.

Market-Based Rates for Public Utilities; Notice of Extension of Time

    On August 10, 2006, Edison Electric Institute (EEI) filed a motion 
for an extension of time to file reply comments in response to the 
Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued May 19, 2006, in the 
above-docketed proceeding. Market-Based Rates for Public Utilities, 119 
FERC ] 61,210 (2006). EEI states that because of the large number of 
substantive issues that are addressed in the NOPR and the voluminious 
nature of the initial comments that were filed in this docket, 
additional time is needed to prepare and file responsive comments.
    Upon consideration, notice is hereby given that an extension of 
time for filing reply comments is granted to and including September 
20, 2006, as requested by EEI.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-13703 Filed 8-18-06; 8:45 am]

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