[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 142 (Monday, July 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 44323]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18697]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY



Federal Energy Regulatory Commission



[Docket No. EL11-49-000]




National Grid Transmission Services Corporation; Bangor Hydro 

Electric Company; Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order



    Take notice that on July 11, 2011, pursuant to Rule 207 of the 

Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207, National 

Grid Transmission Services Corporation and Bangor Hydro Electric 

Company (collectively, NEL Parties) filed a petition for declaratory 

order to request that the Commission issues a finding that a proposed 

transaction, between the NEL Parties and an undesignated subsidiary of 

First Wind Holdings, Inc. (First Wind) is consistent with the 

Commission's requirements regarding participant-funded transmission 

lines. The NEL Parties seek a determination that a proposed bilateral 

transmission services agreement, under which the NEL Parties will sell 

First Wind up to 1,100 MW of transmission service over a new, 

participant-funded, high voltage direct current transmission line, the 

Northeast Energy Link, in order that First Wind may deliver energy to 

purchasers in New England.

    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. On or 

before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to 

intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant.

    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 p.m. Eastern Time on August 15, 2011.



    Dated: July 18, 2011.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 2011-18697 Filed 7-22-11; 8:45 am]

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