[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 105 (Thursday, May 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 24983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-11701]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Certification Notice--252]


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 April 25, 2018, Birdsboro Power LLC, as owner and operator 
of a new baseload electric generating powerplant, submitted a coal 
capability self-certification to the Department of Energy (DOE). The 
FUA and regulations thereunder require DOE to publish a notice of 
filing of self-certification in the Federal Register.

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 April 25, 2018, Birdsboro Power 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)(1) and 10 CFR 501.61(c). Title II of FUA, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), provides that no new baseload 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 baseload 
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: Birdsboro Power LLC
Capacity: 525 megawatts (MW)
Plant Location: Birdsboro, Berks County, PA
In-Service Date: Expected in approximately April 2019

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 24, 2018.
Christopher Lawrence,
Electricity Policy Analyst, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 
Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2018-11701 Filed 5-30-18; 8:45 am]
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