[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 105 (Monday, June 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 31324]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12637]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL14-54-000]


Great River Energy; Notice of Petition for Partial Waiver

    Take notice that on May 16, 2014, pursuant to section 292.402 of 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) regulations, 18 
CFR 292.402, Great River Energy (Great River), on behalf of itself and 
its twenty ``all-requirements'' electric distribution cooperative 
member-owners (collectively, Participating Members) \1\ filed a 
petition for a partial waiver of certain obligations imposed on Great 
River and the Participating Members under sections 292.303(a) and 
292.303(b) of the Commission's Regulations \2\ implementing section 210 
of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, as amended.\3\
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    \1\ The Participating Members joining in this petition include 
all of Great River's ``all-requirements'' members which members 
purchase substantially all of their electric requirements from Great 
River, including: Arrowhead Cooperative; BENCO Electric Cooperative; 
Brown County Rural Electrical Association, Connexus Energy; 
Cooperative Light & Power; Dakota Electric Association; East Central 
Energy; Goodhue County Cooperative Electric Association; Itasca-
Mantrap Cooperative Electrical Association; Kandiyohi Power 
Cooperative; Lake Country Power; Lake Region Electric Cooperative; 
McLeod Cooperative Power Association; Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative; 
Nobles Cooperative Electric; North Itasca Electric Cooperative; 
Runestone Electric Association; Stearns Electric Association; 
Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric; and Todd-Wadena Electric 
Cooperative. Great River has eight other members who are not ``all-
requirements'' members of Great River and who are not Participating 
Members for the purpose of this petition.
    \2\ 18 CFR 292.303(a) and (b).
    \3\ 16 U.S.C. 824a-3.
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    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 5 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 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: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on June 6, 2014.

    Dated: May 23, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-12637 Filed 5-30-14; 8:45 am]
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