Document ID: FERC-2007-0495-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Twin Buttes Wind LLC et al.
Posted Date: 2007-03-20T04:00Z

[Federal Register: March 20, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 53)]
[Notices]               
[Page 13107]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 
Notice of Issuance of Order

March 14, 2007.

Twin Buttes Wind LLC (Docket Nos. ER07-240-000, ER07-240-001 and ER07-
240-002); MinnDakota Wind LLC (Docket Nos. ER07-242-000, ER07-242-001, 
and ER07-242-002); Klondike Wind Power III, LLC (Docket Nos. ER07-287-
000 and ER07-287-001)

    Twin Buttes Wind, LLC, MinnDakota Wind LLC and Klondike Wind Power 
III LLC (collectively, the ``Applicants'') filed applications for 
market-based rate authority, with an accompanying tariffs. The proposed 
market-based rate tariffs provide for the sale of energy, capacity and 
ancillary services at market-based rates. The Applicants also requested 
waivers of various Commission regulations. In particular, the 
Applicants requested that the Commission grant blanket approval under 
18 CFR Part 34 of all future issuances of securities and assumptions of 
liability by the Applicants.
    On March 13, 2007, pursuant to delegated authority, the Director, 
Division of Tariffs and Market Development--West, granted the requests 
for blanket approval under Part 34. The Director's order also stated 
that the Commission would publish a separate notice in the Federal 
Register establishing a period of time for the filing of protests. 
Accordingly, any person desiring to be heard or to protest the blanket 
approvals of issuances of securities or assumptions of liability by the 
Applicants should file a motion to intervene or protest with the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure. 18 CFR 385.211, 385.214 
(2004).
    Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing motions to 
intervene or protest is April 12, 2007.
    Absent a request to be heard in opposition by the deadline above, 
the Applicants are authorized to issue securities and assume 
obligations or liabilities as a guarantor, indorser, surety, or 
otherwise in respect of any security of another person; provided that 
such issuance or assumption is for some lawful object within the 
corporate purposes of the Applicants, compatible with the public 
interest, and is reasonably necessary or appropriate for such purposes.
    The Commission reserves the right to require a further showing that 
neither public nor private interests will be adversely affected by 
continued approvals of the Applicants' issuances of securities or 
assumptions of liability.
    Copies of the full text of the Director's Order are available from 
the Commission's Public Reference Room, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The Order may also be viewed on the Commission's 
Web site at http://www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary link. Enter the 

docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number 
filed to access the document. Comments, protests, and interventions may 
be filed electronically via the internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's web site 
under the ``e-Filing'' link. The Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filings.

Philis J. Posey,
Acting Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-5011 Filed 3-19-07; 8:45 am]

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