[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 150 (Wednesday, August 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 46571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19201]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL15-87-000]


Starwood Energy Group Global, L.L.C., Beaver Falls, L.L.C., 
Syracuse, L.L.C., Hazleton Generation, L.L.C., Startrans IO, LLC, 
Gainesville Renewable Energy Center, LLC; Notice of Petition for 
Declaratory Order

    Take notice that on July 29, 2015, pursuant to Rules 207 and 212 of 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of 
Practice and Procedure,18 CFR 385.207 and 385.212, Starwood Energy 
Group Global, L.L.C, Beaver Falls, L.L.C., Syracuse, L.L.C., Hazleton 
Generation, L.L.C., Startrans IO, LLC, and Gainesville Renewable Energy 
Center, LLC filed a petition for a Declaratory Order (petition) 
requesting the Commission determine that: (1) Current and future 
Limited Partnerships (LP) Interests are passive investments that do not 
allow the LP Investors to manage, direct, or control the activities of 
the Starwood Funds, the Project Companies or future Commission 
jurisdictional public utilities; (2) Transactions resulting in the 
purchase and sale of LP Interests do not require case specific approval 
pursuant to section 203 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) and, to the 
extent relevant, qualify for the benefit of blanket authorization with 
respect to non-voting securities under 18 CFR 33.1(c)(2)(i); (3) the 
Starwood Funds or their affiliates do not need to identify the LP 
Investors in any future FPA section 203 application, FPA section 205 
market-based rate application, notice of change in status or updated 
market power analysis; and (4) the Commission does not have 
jurisdiction under FPA section 201 over the Starwood Funds and the LP 
Investors are not holding companies under the Public Utility Holding 
Company Act of 205 (PUHCA), as more fully explained in its petition.
    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. 
Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of 
that document on the Petitioner.
    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 August 28, 2015.

    Dated: July 30, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-19201 Filed 8-4-15; 8:45 am]
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