[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 155 (Friday, August 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 47189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4368]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2114-127]


Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, WA; Notice of 
Application for Approval of Contracts for the Sale of Power for a 
Period Extending Beyond the Term of the License

August 5, 2005.
    Take notice that on July 8, 2005, Public Utility District No. 2 of 
Grant County, Washington (Grant PUD) filed with the Commission an 
application for approval of contracts for the sale of power from its 
licensed Priest Rapids Project No. 2114, for a period from the 
expiration of its existing license on October 31, 2005 through the term 
of any new license issued to it for the project. The project is located 
on the Columbia River in Chelan, Douglas, Kittitas, Grant, Yakima, and 
Benton Counties, Washington.
    Section 22 of the FPA, 16 U.S.C. 815, provides that contracts for 
the sale and delivery of power for periods extending beyond the 
termination date of a license may be entered into upon the joint 
approval of the Commission and the appropriate State public service 
commission or other similar authority in the State in which the sale or 
delivery of power is made. Grant PUD has submitted for Commission 
approval two contracts for the sale of power from the project, pursuant 
to section 22 and the Commission's orders in Kootenai Electric 
Cooperative, et al. v. P.U.D. No. 2 of Grant County, Washington, 82 
FERC ] 61,112 (1998), reh'g denied, 83 FERC ] 61,289 (1998), which 
would extend beyond the term of the existing license (Open-Market Sale 
Contract and Meaningful Priority Sale Contract). Grant PUD asserts that 
approval of the submitted contract is in the public interest.
    Comments and the request for approval of the power sales contract 
or motions to intervene may be filed with the Commission no later than 
August 15, 2005, and replies to comments no later than August 21, 2005. 
The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing 
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each 
person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an 
intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to 
the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a 
particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document 
on that resource agency.
    All documents (an original and eight copies) must be filed with: 
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Please put the project name 
``Priest Rapids Project 2114'' on the first page of all documents.
    Comments may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of 
paper. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site http://www.ferc.gov under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    A copy of the application is available for review in the 
Commission's Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's 
Web site 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. For assistance, contact FERC Online 
Support at [email protected] or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, 
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this project or other pending projects. For 
assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-4368 Filed 8-11-05; 8:45 am]
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