[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 24, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 52945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21635]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. PP-230-4]


Notice of Supplemental Filing; International Transmission 
Company, d/b/a ITC Transmission.

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Supplemental Filing.

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SUMMARY: International Transmission Company, d/b/a ITCTransmission 
(ITC), filed supplemental documents in an ongoing Presidential permit 
proceeding regarding the ITC application to amend Presidential Permit 
No. PP-230-3.

DATES: Comments must be submitted and received by DOE on or before 
September 23, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to: Christopher Lawrence, 
Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Mail Code: OE-
20, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20585-0350. Because of delays in handling conventional 
mail, it is recommended that documents be transmitted by overnight 
mail, by electronic mail to [email protected], or by 
facsimile to 202-586-8008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Lawrence (Program Office) 
at 202-586-5260, or by e-mail to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 5, 2009, ITC applied to the DOE 
to amend Presidential Permit No. PP-230-3 by authorizing ITC to replace 
a failed 675-MVA transformer with two 700-MVA phase-shifting 
transformers connected in series at ITC's Bunce Creek Station in 
Marysville, Michigan.
    DOE issued a notice of ITC's application in the Federal Register on 
February 10, 2009 (74 FR 6607), requesting that any comments, protests, 
or motions to intervention be filed by March 12, 2009. Numerous 
responsive documents were filed, including late requests to intervene. 
The filings raised various issues, including the need to review the 
operational protocols for the facilities with the installation of the 
new transformers, also known as phase angle regulators (PARs).
    On August 9, 2011, DOE received Supplemental Reply Comments from 
ITC, which completed the ITC response to earlier comments filed in the 
proceeding by the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator 
(MISO), Inc. and the Independent Electricity System Operator of 
Ontario. According to ITC, the supplemental filing provided the 
operational agreements required to complete ITC's application in the 
amendment proceeding, including a letter of agreement between ITC and 
MISO assigning functional control of the subject facilities at the 
Bunce Creek Station to MISO.
    ITC requested that DOE accept this filing as sufficient to allow 
DOE to approve its application to amend the ITC Presidential permit on 
an expedited basis without further notice so that the transformers can 
be placed into service and benefits from controlling the Lake Erie loop 
flow can be begin. ITC has also indicated that placing the PARs into 
service now will also allow the parties to better assess the various 
impacts of PARs operations and thus, better determine if the current 
operational procedures would need to be modified.
    However, DOE is interested in receiving comments from prior 
participants in this proceeding and other interested persons on this 
most recent filing by ITC before deciding on how to proceed on ITC's 
amendment application. In particular, DOE is interested in obtaining 
the views of other affected utilities and system operators on the 
sufficiency of the operating principles provided by ITC.
    Procedural Matters: Any person desiring to be heard in response to 
this notice should file written comments with DOE. Fifteen copies of 
such comments should be sent to the address provided above on or before 
the date listed above.
    Additional copies of such petitions to intervene or protests also 
should be filed directly with: Stephen J. Videto, ITCTransmission, 
27175 Energy Way, Novi, MI 48377 and AND John R. Staffier, Stuntz, 
Davis & Staffier, P.C., 555 Twelfth Street, NW., Suite 630, Washington, 
DC.
    Copies of the supplemental filing will be made available, upon 
request, for public inspection and copying at the address provided 
above or it may be reviewed or downloaded electronically at http://energy.gov/node/292291. All of the documents filed in the OE Docket No. 
PP-230-4 proceeding may be viewed by going to the pending permits page 
at http://energy.gov/node/11845 and scrolling to the Docket No. PP-230-
4 section.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 18, 2011.
Brian Mills,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2011-21635 Filed 8-23-11; 8:45 am]
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