[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 95776-95777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28251]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. AD25-4-000]
Interregional Transfer Capability Study: Strengthening
Reliability Through the Energy Transformation; Notice of Request for
Comments
On November 19, 2024, the North American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC) submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission) an Interregional Transfer Capability Study (ITC
Study) pursuant to section 322 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
(Fiscal Responsibility Act).\1\ All interested persons are invited to
file comments on this ITC Study no later than 60 days after the date of
publication in the Federal Register. We request the public to submit
comments in the format indicated below.
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\1\ Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, Public Law 118-5, 137
Stat 10, sec. 322 (2023).
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In June 2023, Congress passed the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which
requires the Commission-approved Electric Reliability Organization
(i.e., NERC),\2\ in consultation with each regional entity and each
transmitting utility \3\ that has facilities interconnected with a
transmitting utility in a neighboring transmission planning region, to
conduct a study of total transfer capability \4\ between
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transmission planning regions. The Fiscal Responsibility Act requires
the ITC Study to include:
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\2\ Federal Power Act (FPA) section 215 provides that the
Commission may certify an Electric Reliability Organization, the
purpose of which is to develop mandatory and enforceable Reliability
Standards, subject to Commission review and approval. 16 U.S.C.
824o(c). The Commission subsequently certified NERC as the Electric
Reliability Organization. N. Am. Elec. Reliability Corp., 116 FERC ]
61,062, order on reh'g and compliance, 117 FERC ] 61,126 (2006),
aff'd sub nom. Alcoa, Inc. v. FERC, 564 F.3d 1342 (D.C. Cir. 2009).
\3\ Transmitting utility is defined in 16 U.S.C. 796 as ``an
entity (including an entity described in section 824(f) of [title
16]) that owns, operates, or controls facilities used for the
transmission of electric energy--(A) in interstate commerce; (B) for
the sale of electric energy at wholesale.''
\4\ 18 CFR 37.6(b)(1)(vi) (2024).
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(1) Current total transfer capability between each pair of
neighboring transmission planning regions.
(2) A recommendation of prudent additions to total transfer
capability between each pair of neighboring transmission planning
regions that would demonstrably strengthen reliability within and among
such neighboring transmission planning regions.
(3) Recommendations to meet and maintain total transfer capability
together with such recommended prudent additions to total transfer
capability between each pair of neighboring transmission planning
regions.
The Fiscal Responsibility Act requires NERC to submit the ITC Study
to the Commission no later than 18 months after the date of enactment
of the Act (i.e., by December 2, 2024). After the ITC Study is
submitted to the Commission, the Commission must publish the study for
public comment and, no later than 12 months after the end of the public
comment period, submit a report on its conclusions to Congress and
include recommendations, if any, for statutory changes.\5\
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\5\ Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, Public Law 118-5, 137
Stat 10, sec. 322 (2023).
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Comments may be filed electronically via the internet.\6\
Instructions are available on the Commission's website https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact
FERC Online Support at [email protected] or toll free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission
strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-
filed. To paper-file, submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must
be addressed to: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of the
Secretary, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent
via any other carrier must be addressed to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Office of the Secretary, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville,
Maryland 20852.
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\6\ See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) (2024).
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For more information about this Notice, please contact Jessica L.
Cockrell at [email protected] or 202-502-8190. For legal
information, please contact Gonzalo E. Rodriguez at
[email protected] or 202-502-8568.
Dated: November 25, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-28251 Filed 12-2-24; 8:45 am]
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