[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 186 (Thursday, September 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60151-60152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21040]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Request for Public Comment on the 2020 National Electric 
Transmission Congestion Study

AGENCY: Office of Electricity, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (Department) invites public comment 
on the 2020 National Electric Transmission Congestion Study (2020 
Congestion Study) and is seeking comments on all aspects of the 2020 
Congestion Study.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 23, 2020.

ADDRESSES: The study is available for review at http://energy.gov/oe/congestion-study. Written comments may be submitted electronically to 
[email protected]. All comments will be posted and 
available to the public at http://energy.gov/oe/congestion-study. 
Written comments may also be delivered by conventional mail to David 
Meyer, Office of Electricity, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20585. In light of the national 
emergency and personnel limitations, commenters are encouraged to 
submit comments electronically. Commenters are further cautioned that 
all conventional mail to the Department is subject to an automatic 
security screening process that may take several weeks and sometimes 
renders mailed material illegible.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David Meyer, Division of 
Transmission Permitting and Technical Assistance, Office of 
Electricity, at [email protected], 202-586-3118.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 216(a) of the Federal Power Act, 
codified at 16 U.S.C. 824p(a), directs the Secretary of Energy to 
conduct an electric transmission congestion study every three years, 
and to prepare it in consultation with affected states and regional 
reliability organizations. Section 216(a) authorizes the Secretary to 
designate a geographic area in which a congestion study shows that 
consumers are being adversely affected

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by transmission constraints or congestion as a national interest 
electric transmission corridor. In the 2020 Congestion Study, the 
Department has not identified conditions that would merit proposing the 
designation of such a corridor (or corridors). Commenters, however, may 
believe that congestion is occurring in a specific area, and may wish 
to bring the area (or areas) to the Department's attention through 
their comments. The study is available for review at http://energy.gov/oe/congestion-study. All comments received will be made publicly 
available on http://energy.gov/oe/congestion-study. After reviewing and 
considering the public comments, the Department will prepare a report 
summarizing the comments and its responses to them, and indicating 
whether one or more national interest electric transmission corridors 
will be proposed.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on September 
18, 2020, by Bruce J. Walker, Assistant Secretary, Office of 
Electricity, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of 
Energy. That document with the original signature and date is 
maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance 
with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the 
undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to 
sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as 
an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative 
process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon 
publication in the Federal Register.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on September 18, 2020.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2020-21040 Filed 9-23-20; 8:45 am]
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