[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 4263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01413]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Certification Notice--231;]


Notice of Filing of Self-Certification of Coal Capability Under 
the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

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

ACTION: Notice of filing.

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SUMMARY:  On December 18, 2014, Calpine Mid Merit II, LLC, York Energy 
Center--Block 2, as owner and operator of an additional new base load 
electric powerplant, submitted a coal capability self-certification to 
the Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to Sec.  201(d) of the 
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 (FUA), as amended, and 
DOE regulations in 10 CFR 501.60, 61. FUA and regulations thereunder 
require DOE to publish a notice of filing of self-certification in the 
Federal Register. 42 U.S.C. 8311(d) and 10 CFR 501.61(c).

ADDRESSES:  Copies of coal capability self-certification filings are 
available for public inspection, upon request, in the Office of 
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Mail Code OE-20, Room 8G-
024, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 
20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Christopher Lawrence at (202) 586-
5260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  Title II of FUA, as amended (42 U.S.C. 8301 
et seq.), provides that no new base load electric powerplant may be 
constructed or operated without the capability to use coal or another 
alternate fuel as a primary energy source. Pursuant to FUA in order to 
meet the requirement of coal capability, the owner or operator of such 
a facility proposing to use natural gas or petroleum as its primary 
energy source shall certify to the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) 
prior to construction, or prior to operation as a base load electric 
powerplant, that such powerplant has the capability to use coal or 
another alternate fuel. Such certification establishes compliance with 
FUA section 201(a) as of the date it is filed with the Secretary. 42 
U.S.C. 8311.
    The following owner of a proposed additional new base load electric 
powerplant has filed a self-certification of coal-capability with DOE 
pursuant to FUA section 201(d) and in accordance with DOE regulations 
in 10 CFR 501.60, 61:

Owner: Calpine Mid Merit II, LLC, York Energy Center--Block 2
Capacity: 760 megawatts (MW)
Plant Location: York County, Peach Bottom Township, Pennsylvania
In-Service Date: On or before June 1, 2017

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 22, 2015.
Brian Mills,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2015-01413 Filed 1-26-15; 8:45 am]
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