[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 70 (Thursday, April 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 19495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7601]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice Announcing Combined Notice of Initial Market-Based Rate 
Authorization Filings

April 3, 2008.
    Effective April 3, 2008, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(FERC or Commission) will issue a separate combined notice of filing 
separately capturing initial market-based rate authorization filings.
    As of this date, the Secretary of the Commission is making the 
following changes to the filing procedures for initial market-based 
rate authorization filings:
    1. Filers requesting initial market-based rate authorization and 
certain waivers and blanket approvals, particularly including blanket 
approval under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future issuances of securities and 
assumptions of liability by the applicants, must clearly state such 
request in the title or heading of the filing. For example:
    Re: Name of Applicant(s), Docket No. ER08-----, (Title/Description) 
and request for blanket approval under 18 C.F.R. Part 34 of all future 
issuances of securities and assumptions of liability.
    The notices issued under this method for ER dockets will be added 
to eLibrary and published in the Federal Register under the name 
``Combined Notice of Initial Market-Based Rate Filings.'' These notices 
will list initial market-based rate authorization filings added to 
eLibrary since publication of the last notice. Each filing will be 
listed with its identifying details as follows:
    Name of Applicant(s)--This item will show the applicant name as it 
appears on the filing.
    Docket Number--This item will contain a hyperlink to the eLibrary 
docket sheet for the docket number.
    Description--This item will contain a brief description of the 
filing and a hyperlink that will open an image version of the filed 
document in eLibrary.
    Filing Date--This item will show the date on which the document was 
filed with the Commission.
    Accession Number--This item will contain a hyperlink that will open 
the document ``Info'' area of eLibrary for the filed document.
    Comment Date--This item will indicate the comment deadline for the 
filing.
    By this initiative, the Commission seeks to expedite the process 
for noticing initial market-based rate authorizations that also request 
blanket approvals for future issuances of securities and assumptions of 
liabilities, thereby also simplifying the manner in which the 
Commission's staff prepares notices. Consolidating notices in this 
manner also reduces the cost of publishing the notices in the Federal 
Register.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-7601 Filed 4-9-08; 8:45 am]
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