[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 50 (Friday, March 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14671-14672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05168]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Certification Notice--256; Notice of Filing of Self-Certification 
of Coal Capability Under the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

AGENCY: Office of Electricity, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of filing.

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SUMMARY: On February 26, 2020, CPV Three Rivers, LLC (CPV Three 
Rivers), as owner and operator of a new baseload power plant, submitted 
a coal capability self-certification to the Department of Energy (DOE). 
The Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, as amended, 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, 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 
or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 26, 2020, CPV Three Rivers, as 
owner and operator of a new baseload power plant, submitted a coal 
capability self-certification to the Department of Energy (DOE) 
pursuant to section 201(d) of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use 
Act of 1978 (FUA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 8311(d)), and DOE regulations 
at 10 CFR 501.61(a). The FUA and regulations thereunder require DOE to 
publish a notice of filing of self-certification in the Federal 
Register within fifteen days. See 42 U.S.C. 8311(d)(1); 10 CFR 
501.61(c). Section 201(a) of the FUA provides that ``no new electric 
powerplant may be constructed or operated as a base load powerplant 
without the capability to use coal or another alternate fuel as a 
primary energy source.'' See 42 U.S.C. 8311(a). Pursuant to section 
201(d) of the FUA, in order to meet the requirement of coal capability, 
the owner or operator of such a facility

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proposing to use natural gas or petroleum as its primary energy source 
must 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. 
See 42 U.S.C. 8311(d)(1). Such certification establishes compliance 
with FUA section 201(a) as of the date it is filed with the Secretary. 
Id.; 10 CFR 501.61(b).
    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 
at 10 CFR 501.61:

Owner: CPV Three Rivers, LLC
Design Capacity: 1,250 megawatts (MW)
Plant Location: Morris, IL 60450
In-Service Date: January 2023

    Signed in Washington, DC, on March 9, 2020.
Christopher Lawrence,
Program Management Analyst, Office of Electricity.
[FR Doc. 2020-05168 Filed 3-12-20; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6450-01-P