Document ID: FERC-2017-0014-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Declaratory Orders: Nogales Transmission, LLC; Nogales Frontier Operations, LLC
Posted Date: 2017-01-05T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1334-1335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-32021]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL17-30-000]

Nogales Transmission, L.L.C., Nogales Frontier Operations, 
L.L.C.; Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order

    Take notice that on December 21, 2016, pursuant to Rule 207(a)(2) 
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of 
Practice and Procedure,\1\ Nogales Transmission, L.L.C. (Nogales 
Transmission) and Nogales Frontier Operations, L.L.C. (Nogales 
Operations) filed a petition for declaratory order: (1) Finding that 
Nogales Transmission is a passive entity and therefore not a ``public 
utility'' under the Federal Power Act, or an ``electric utility 
company'' under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005; (2) 
granting Nogales Operations negotiated rate authority; (3) approving 
Nogales Operations' capacity allocation methodology; and (4) granting 
certain waivers of Commission regulations, all as more fully explained 
in the petition.
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    \1\ 18 CFR 385.207(a)(2) (2016).
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    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in this proceeding 
must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or 
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests 
will be considered by the

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Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will 
not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person 
wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion 
to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must 
be filed on or before the comment date. Anyone filing a motion to 
intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the 
Petitioner.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and 
interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at http://www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet 
access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an 
intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the 
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the 
intervention or protests.
    Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 
5 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The filings in the above proceeding are accessible in the 
Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the 
above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's 
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link 
on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email notification 
when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with 
any FERC Online service, please email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.or 
call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on January 20, 2017.

    Dated: December 28, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-32021 Filed 1-4-17; 8:45 am]
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