Document ID: FERC-2019-1274-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Institution of Section 206 Proceeding: ISO New England Inc.; PJM Interconnection, LLC; Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
Posted Date: 2019-10-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 208 (Monday, October 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57726-57727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23489]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Notice of Institution of Section 206 Proceeding and Refund 
Effective Date

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                                                    Docket Nos.
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ISO New England Inc.....................  EL19-90-000
PJM Interconnection, L.L.C..............  EL19-91-000
Southwest Power Pool, Inc...............  EL19-92-000
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    On October 17, 2019, the Commission issued an order in Docket Nos. 
EL19-

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90-000, EL19-91-000, and EL19-92-000, pursuant to section 206 of the 
Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824e (2018), instituting proceedings 
to consider whether the above-captioned entities may be implementing 
exemptions for immediate need reliability projects that the Commission 
permitted to Order No. 1000's \1\ requirement to eliminate provisions 
in Commission-jurisdictional tariffs and agreements that establish a 
federal right of first refusal for an incumbent transmission developer 
with respect to transmission facilities selected in a regional 
transmission plan for purposes of cost allocation in a manner that is 
inconsistent than what the Commission directed, and therefore may be 
unjust and unreasonable, unduly preferential and discriminatory. ISO 
New England Inc., et al., 169 FERC 61,054 (2019).
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    \1\ Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation by Transmission 
Owning and Operating Public Utilities, Order No. 1000, 136 FERC 
61,051 (2011), order on reh'g, Order No. 1000-A, 139 FERC 61,132, 
order on reh'g and clarification, Order No. 1000-B, 141 FERC 61,044 
(2012), aff'd sub nom. S.C. Pub. Serv. Auth. v. FERC, 762 F.3d 41 
(D.C. Cir. 2014).
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    The refund effective date in Docket Nos. EL19-90-000, EL19-91-000, 
and EL19-92-000, established pursuant to section 206(b) of the FPA, 
will be the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
    Any interested person desiring to be heard in Docket Nos. EL19-90-
000, EL19-91-000, and EL19-92-000 must file a notice of intervention or 
motion to intervene, as appropriate, with the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, in accordance 
with Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 
CFR 385.214 (2019), within 21 days of the date of issuance of the 
order.

    Dated: October 18, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-23489 Filed 10-25-19; 8:45 am]
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