[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 110 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26452-26453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12263]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Certification Notice--253; 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 May 17, 2018, Clean Energy Future--Lordstown, 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

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public inspection, upon request, in the Office of Electricity, 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 May 17, 2018, Clean Energy Future--
Lordstown, 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: Clean Energy Future--Lordstown, LLC.
Capacity: 962 megawatts (MW).
Plant Location: Lordstown, OH 44481.
In-Service Date: June 1, 2018.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 31, 2018.
Brian Mills,
Electricity Policy Analyst, Office of Electricity.
[FR Doc. 2018-12263 Filed 6-6-18; 8:45 am]
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