[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1418-1419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-49]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL06-27-000]


The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; Notice of Filing

December 20, 2005.
    Take notice that on December 12, 2005, The Goldman Sachs Group, 
Inc. (GS Group) tendered for filing a Petition

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for Declaratory Order stating that section 203 of the Federal Power 
Act, as amended, will not apply to certain acquisitions of utility and 
holding company securities. GS Group further states that accompanying 
this filing is an Application for Blanket Authorization to Acquire 
Utility and/or Holding Company Securities, pursuant to, amended section 
203(a)(2) of the Federal Power Act, but that the Commission need not 
act on this latter Application if the Commission grants the declaratory 
relief.
    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, 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 Applicant and all the parties in this proceeding.
    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 14 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 e-mail 
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For 
assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail 
[email protected], or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: 5 pm Eastern Time on January 11, 2006.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-49 Filed 1-6-06; 8:45 am]
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