[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 240 (Friday, December 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 71130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24232]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Certification Notice-215]


Office Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability; Notice of 
Filings of Self-Certifications of Coal Capability Under the Powerplant 
and Industrial Fuel Use Act

AGENCY: Office Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Filings.

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SUMMARY: On October 23, 2007, The WCM Group, Inc., on behalf of three 
owners and operators of new base load electric powerplants, submitted 
coal capability self-certifications to the Department of Energy (DOE) 
pursuant to section 201(d) of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use 
Act of 1978 (FUA), as amended, and DOE regulations in 10 CFR 501.60, 
61. Section 201(d) of FUA requires DOE to publish a notice of receipt 
of self-certifications in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Copies of coal capability self-certification filings are 
available for public inspection, upon request, in the Office of 
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Mail Code OE-20, Room 8G-
024, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Russell at (202) 586-9624.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of FUA, as amended (42 U.S.C. 8301 
et seq.), provides that no new base load electric powerplants may be 
constructed or operated without the capability to use coal or another 
alternate fuel as a primary energy source. Pursuant to FUA section 
201(d), in order to meet the requirement of coal capability, the owner 
or operator of such facilities proposing to use natural gas or 
petroleum as its primary energy source shall certify to the Secretary 
of Energy (Secretary) prior to construction, or prior to operation as a 
base load electric powerplant, that such powerplant has the capability 
to use coal or another alternate fuel. Such certification establishes 
compliance with FUA section 201(a) as of the date it is filed with the 
Secretary. The Secretary is required to publish a notice in the Federal 
Register reciting that the certification has been filed.
    The following owners of proposed new base load electric powerplants 
have filed self-certifications of coal-capability with DOE pursuant to 
FUA section 201(d) and in accordance with DOE regulations in 10 CFR 
501.60, 61:

Owner: Nueces Bay WLE, LP
Capacity: 700 MW
Plant Location: Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas
In-Service Date: June, 2009

Owner: Laredo WLE, LP
Capacity: 200 MW
Plant Location: Laredo, Webb County, Texas
In-Service Date: June, 2008

Owner: Barney M. Davis, LP
Capacity: 700 MW
Plant Location: Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas
In-Service Date: June, 2009

    Issued in Washington, DC, on December 3, 2007.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
 [FR Doc. E7-24232 Filed 12-13-07; 8:45 am]
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