[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 198 (Monday, October 16, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48069-48070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22314]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Certification Notice--250; 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 September 12, 2017, NTE Carolinas II, LLC, as owner and 
operator of a new baseload electric generating powerplant, submitted a 
coal capability self-certification to the Department of Energy (DOE) to 
Sec.  201(d) of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 
(FUA), as amended, and DOE regulations. The FUA and regulations 
thereunder require DOE to publish a notice of filing of self-
certification in the Federal Register.

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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: On September 12, 2017, NTE Carolinas II, 
LLC, as owner and operator of a new baseload electric generating 
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. The 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). 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 the 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 new baseload electric generating 
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: NTE Carolinas II, LLC
Capacity: 500 megawatts (MW)
Plant Location: Reidsville, NC 27320
In-Service Date: Early as November 2020

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 10, 2017.
Christopher Lawrence,
Electricity Policy Analyst, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 
Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2017-22314 Filed 10-13-17; 8:45 am]
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