Document ID: FERC-2020-1218-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Petition for Rulemaking of Bloom Energy Corp.
Posted Date: 2020-09-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 182 (Friday, September 18, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 58300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20590]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Part 292

[Docket No. RM18-20-000]

Petition for Rulemaking of Bloom Energy Corporation

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Petition for rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: Take notice that on August 19, 2020, pursuant to the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of Practice and 
Procedure, Bloom Energy Corporation submitted a petition for rulemaking 
requesting that the Commission clarify that the thermal energy output 
produced by a topping-cycle facility's solid oxide fuel cell system 
when used to reform methane and produce hydrogen for fuel for 
electricity generation by that facility is useful thermal energy output 
that would enable the facility powered by such fuel cells to be 
certified as a qualifying cogeneration facility, all as more fully 
explained in the petition.

DATES: Comments due 5 p.m. Eastern time on September 8, 2020.

ADDRESSES: The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing of 
comments in lieu of paper using the eFile link at http://www.ferc.gov. 
In lieu of electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions 
sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. 
Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 
NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other 
carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 
20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lawrence Greenfield, Office of the 
General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 
NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6415, Lawrence.Greenfield@ferc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 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.
    In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the 
internet through the Commission's Home Page (http://www.ferc.gov) using 
the eLibrary link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three 
digits in the docket number field to access the document. At this time, 
the Commission has suspended access to Commission's Public Reference 
Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning 
the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), issued by the President on 
March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or TYY, 
(202) 502-8659.

    Dated: August 21, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-20590 Filed 9-17-20; 8:45 am]
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