[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 250 (Thursday, December 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 81928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33306]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. TS12-1-000]


Kansas City, KS, Board of Public Utilities; Notice of Petition 
for Waiver

    Take notice that on November 15, 2011, The Board of Public 
Utilities of Kansas City, Kansas (KCBPU) tendered for filing a request 
for waiver of the requirements to establish an open access same-time 
information system (OASIS) and adhere to the Commission's Standard of 
Conduct for Transmission Providers established in Order Nos. 889 \1\, 
2004 \2\ and 717 \3\ as such requirements apply to municipal electric 
system through reciprocity obligation in Section 6 of the Commission's 
pro forma Open Access Transmission Tariff \4\, as adopted and 
implemented by public utilities.
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    \1\ Open Access Same-Time Information System and Standards of 
Conduct, Order No. 889, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,035 (1996), order 
on reh'g, Order No. 889-A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,049 (1997), 
reh'g denied, Order No. 889-B, 81 FERC ] 61,253 (1997), aff'd in 
relevant part sub nom. Transmission Access Policy Study Group v. 
FERC, 225 F.3d 667 (DC Cir. 2000).
    \2\ Standards of Conduct for Transmission Providers, Order No. 
2004, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,155 (2003), order on reh'g, Order No. 
2004-A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,161 (2004), order on reh'g, Order 
No. 2004-B, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,166 (2004), order on reh'g, 
Order No. 2004-C, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,172 (2004), order on 
reh'g, Order No. 2004-D, 110 FERC ] 61,320 (2005), vacated and 
remanded as it applies to natural gas pipelines sub nom. National 
Fuel Gas Supply Corp. v. FERC, 468 F.3d 831 (DC Cir. 2006).
    \3\ Standards of Conduct for Transmission Providers, Order No. 
717, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,280 (2008), order on reh'g, Order No. 
717-A, 129 FERC ] 61,043 (2009), order on reh'g, Order No. 717-B, 
129 FERC ] 61,123 (2009), order on reh'g, Order No. 717-C, 131 FERC 
] 61,045 (2010).
    \4\ Preventing Undue Discrimination and Preference in 
Transmission Service, Order No. 890, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,241 
(2007), order on reh'g, Order No. 890-A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 
31,261 (2007), order on reh'g, Order No. 890-B, 123 FERC ] 61,299, 
Appendix B at Original Sheet No. 33 (2008), order on reh'g, Order 
No. 890-C, 126 FERC ] 61,228 (2009).
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    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in the above 
referenced proceeding must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 
385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment 
date. 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. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or 
protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. In 
reference to filings initiating a new proceeding, interventions or 
protests submitted on or before the comment deadline need not be served 
on persons other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and 
interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at http://www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet 
access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an 
intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the 
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the 
intervention or protests.
    Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 
14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First St. NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The filing in the above proceeding are accessible in the 
Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the 
above list. They are also 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 email notification 
when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with 
any FERC Online service, please email [email protected]. or 
call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, December 30, 2011.

    Dated: December 21, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-33306 Filed 12-28-11; 8:45 am]
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