Document ID: FERC-2016-0641-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Declaratory Order: Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Posted Date: 2016-05-10T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28859-28860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10907]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 [Docket Nos. EL16-62-000]

Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of Petition for 
Declaratory Order

    Take notice that on April 28, 2016, pursuant to section 292.402 of 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 292.402 (2015), Golden Spread Electric 
Cooperative, Inc., (Golden Spread), on behalf of itself and its sixteen 
(16) distribution cooperative members-owners (collectively, 
Participating Members),\1\ filed a petition for a

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declaratory order requesting a partial waiver of certain obligations 
imposed on Golden Spread and the Participating Members under sections 
292.303(a) and 292.303(b) \2\ of the Commission's regulations 
implementing section 210 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act 
of 1978, all as more fully explained in the petition.
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    \1\ The Participating Members include: Bailey County Electric 
Cooperative Association; Big Country Electric Cooperative, Inc.; 
Coleman County Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Concho Valley Electric 
Cooperative, Inc.; Deaf Smith Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Greenbelt 
Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Lamb County Electric Cooperative, Inc.; 
Lighthouse Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Lyntegar Electric 
Cooperative, Inc.; North Plains Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Rita 
Blanca Electric Cooperative, Inc.; South Plains Electric 
Cooperative, Inc.; Southwest Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.; 
Swisher Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Taylor Electric Cooperative, 
Inc.; and Tri-County Electric Cooperative, Inc.
    \2\ 18 CFR 292.303(a) and 292.303(b).
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    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 and 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.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and 
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an 
original and 5 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 
20426.
    This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 
``eLibrary'' link and is 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 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 May 31, 2016.

    Dated: April 28, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-10907 Filed 5-9-16; 8:45 am]
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