Document ID: FERC-2012-0291-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Rule
Title: Certification of Qualifying Facility Status for a Small Power Production or Cogeneration Facility
Posted Date: 2012-02-21T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 21, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 9842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3811]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Part 292

[Docket No. RM09-23-000]

Revisions to Form, Procedures and Criteria for Certification of 
Qualifying Facility Status for a Small Power Production or Cogeneration 
Facility

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the final regulations 
(Docket No. RM09-23-000) which were published in the Federal Register 
of Tuesday, March 30, 2010 (75 FR 15950). The final rule document 
adopted revisions to FERC Form 556 and to Commission procedures and 
criteria for the certification of qualifying status for a small power 
production or cogeneration facility.

DATES: Effective date: February 21, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: S.L. Higginbottom (Legal Information), 
Office of the General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. Telephone: 202-502-8561, 
Email: samuel.higginbottom@ferc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final regulations that are the subject 
of these regulations amended 18 CFR 292.602(c) and affect the 
Commission's grant of exemption of qualifying small power production 
facilities and cogeneration facilities from certain Federal and State 
laws and regulations.
    As published, the final regulations contained errors which involved 
the removal of subparagraphs from 18 CFR 292.602(c)(1). These 
subparagraphs contain critical information concerning which state laws 
apply to qualifying small power production facilities and qualifying 
cogeneration facilities.

List of Subjects in 18 CFR Part 292

    Electric power, Electric power plants, Electric utilities.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.

    Accordingly, 18 CFR part 292 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendment:

Subchapter K--Regulations Under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies 
Act of 1978

PART 292--REGULATIONS UNDER SECTION 201 AND 210 OF THE PUBLIC 
UTILITY REGULATORY POLICIES ACT OF 1978 WITH REGARD TO SMALL POWER 
PRODUCTION AND COGENERATION

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1. The authority citation for part 292 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 791a-825r, 2601-2645; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 42 
U.S.C. 7101-7352.

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2. Section 292.602(c) is amended by adding paragraphs (c)(1)(i) and 
(c)(1)(ii) to read as follows:

Sec.  292.602  Exemption to qualifying facilities from the Public 
Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 and certain State laws and 
regulations.

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    (c) * * *
    (1) * * *
    (i) The rates of electric utilities; and
    (ii) The financial and organizational regulation of electric 
utilities.
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