[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 245 (Friday, December 19, 2008)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 77560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30235]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Part 40

[Docket No. RM08-16-000; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking]


Electric Reliability Organization Interpretations of Specific 
Requirements of Frequency Response and Bias and Voltage and Reactive 
Control Reliability Standards

December 15, 2008.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of time for filing 
comments.

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SUMMARY: On November 20, 2008, the Commission issued a Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) proposing to accept North American Electric 
Reliability Corporation's (NERC) interpretation of certain specific 
requirements of one Commission-approved Reliability Standard, BAL-003-
0, Frequency Response and Bias; and to remand NERC's proposed 
interpretation of VAR-001-1, Voltage and Reactive Control, for 
reconsideration. (73 FR 71971). This document extends the time for 
filing comments in response to the Commission's NOPR.

DATES: Effective Date: The date for comments on the NOPR in this 
proceeding is extended to January 7, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard M. Wartchow (Legal 
Information), Office of the General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-
8744.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Extension of Time

    On November 20, 2008, the Commission issued a Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (NOPR) in the above-referenced proceeding. The document was 
published in the Federal Register on November 26, 2008.\1\ The NOPR 
requested comments to be submitted 30 days following publication in the 
Federal Register, which date would fall on December 29, 2008.\2\ To 
provide interested persons additional time to consider the technical 
issues raised in the NOPR, and in light of the press of other business, 
including the intervening holiday period, the Commission, acting sua 
sponte, hereby extends the time to prepare and file comments on the 
NOPR.
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    \1\ Electric Reliability Organization Interpretations of 
Specific Requirements of Frequency Response and Bias and Voltage and 
Reactive Control Reliability Standards, NOPR, Docket No. RM08-16-
000, 73 FR 71971 (Nov. 26, 2008), 125 FERC ] 61,204 (2008).
    \2\ Accounting for the effect of the Executive Order, Closing of 
Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on 
Friday, December 26, 2008 (Dec. 12, 2008).
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    Upon consideration, notice is hereby given that an extension of 
time for filing comments in response to the NOPR is granted until and 
including January 7, 2009.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-30235 Filed 12-18-08; 8:45 am]
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