[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 11557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3286]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Part 40

[Docket Nos. RM06-8-000 and AD05-7-000]


Long-Term Firm Transmission Rights in Organized Electricity 
Markets; Long-Term Transmission Rights in Markets Operated by Regional 
Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators; Notice of 
Extension of Time

March 2, 2006.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On February 2, 2006, the Commission issued a Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking which proposed to amend its regulations to require 
transmission organizations that are public utilities with organized 
electricity markets to make available long-term firm transmission 
rights that satisfy certain guidelines established in this proceeding. 
71 FR 6693 (Feb. 9, 2006). The Commission is extending the date for 
filing reply comments on the proposed rule at the request of the 
American Public Power Association, the National Rural Electric 
Cooperative Association and the Transmission Access Policy Study Group.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published at 71 FR 
6693, February 9, 2006, is extended to April 3, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffery S. Dennis (Legal Information), 
Office of the General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. (202) 502-6027.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 27, 2006, the American Public 
Power Association (APPA), the National Rural Electric Cooperative 
Association (NRECA), and the Transmission Access Policy Study Group 
(TAPS) filed a joint motion for an extension of time to file reply 
comments in response to the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NOPR) issued February 2, 2006, in the above-docketed proceeding. Long-
Term Firm Transmission in Organized Electricity Markets, 114 FERC ] 
61,097 (2006). The motion states that due to the complexity of the 
issues addressed in the NOPR and the substantive number of initial 
comments that were filed in this docket, additional time is needed to 
prepare reply comments.
    Upon consideration, notice is hereby given that an extension of 
time for filing reply comments is granted to and including April 3, 
2006, as requested by APPA, NRECA and TAPS.
    The Commission will publish a separate notice in the Federal 
Register announcing the extension of time to file reply comments in 
this proceeding.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-3286 Filed 3-7-06; 8:45 am]
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