[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 3699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01504]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. FA15-16-000]


Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Paper Hearing 
Procedure

    Take notice that on December 8, 2017, Dominion Energy Transmission, 
Inc. (Dominion) filed a request for Commission review of certain 
findings and recommendations in the November 8, 2017 audit report \1\ 
issued in this docket by the Director of the Office of Enforcement 
under authority delegated to him by section 375.311 of the Commission's 
regulations (Audit Report).\2\ In accordance with section 158.3 of the 
Commission's regulations,\3\ Dominion notified the Commission that it 
requested review of contested issues by means of a shortened procedure. 
Pursuant to section 158.3, we direct the commencement of a paper 
hearing.
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    \1\ Audit of Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc.'s compliance 
with its FERC Gas Tariff; the accounting requirements of the Uniform 
System of Accounts Prescribed for Natural Gas Companies; and the 
reporting requirements of the FERC Form No. 2, Annual Report, 
Commission Office of Enforcement Division of Audits and Accounting 
(filed Nov. 8, 2017) (Audit Report).
    \2\ 18 CFR 375.311 (2017).
    \3\ 18 CFR 158.3 (2017).
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    The Audit Report summarizes Enforcement's review, first announced 
in this docket on April 15, 2015, of Dominion's compliance with the 
Uniform System of Accounts, the reporting requirements of the FERC Form 
No. 2, and Dominion's own gas tariff. The Audit Report states that, 
while Dominion agreed not to contest certain of Enforcement's findings 
and recommendations in the report, it does contest the Audit Report's 
findings and recommendations pertaining to the Allowance for Funds Used 
During Construction (AFUDC). The scope of the paper hearing is limited 
to these challenged findings and recommendations.
    In accordance with section 158.3, Dominion and any other interested 
entity, including the Commission staff, shall file, within 45 days of 
this notice, an initial memorandum that addresses the relevant facts 
and applicable law that support the position or positions taken 
regarding the matters at issue. Reply memoranda may be filed by 
participants who filed initial memoranda. Reply memoranda must be filed 
within 20 days of the due date for initial memoranda. Pursuant to 
section 158.3, subpart T of Part 385 of the Commission's regulations 
shall apply to all filings. Further, pursuant to section 158.4, each 
entity's memorandum should set out the facts and argument as prescribed 
for briefs in Rule 706 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure.\4\ Section 158.5 also requires that the facts stated in the 
memorandum must be sworn to by persons having knowledge thereof, which 
latter fact must affirmatively appear in the affidavit.\5\
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    \4\ 18 CFR 158.4 (2017) (citing 18 CFR 385.706 (2017)).
    \5\ 18 CFR 158.5 (2017).
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    eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing 
requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying 
facilities filings can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call (866) 208-3676 
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502-8659.

    Dated: January 22, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-01504 Filed 1-25-18; 8:45 am]
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