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[FR Doc. 2025–03108 Filed 2–25–25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket Nos. RD25–1–000; RD25–2–000;
RD25–3–000 (not consolidated)]

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In Reply Refer To: North American
Electric Reliability Corporation
North American Electric Reliability
Corporation
1401 H Street NW
Suite 410
Washington, DC 20005
Attention: Lauren Perotti
Alain Rigaud
Sarah P. Crawford
Dear Ms. Perotti, Mr. Rigaud, and Ms.
Crawford:
1. On November 4, 2024, the North
American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC), the Commissioncertified Electric Reliability
Organization, submitted three petitions
seeking approval of: (1) a proposed
definition of an inverter-based resource
(IBR) for inclusion in the NERC Glossary
of Terms Used in NERC Reliability
Standards (NERC Glossary); 1 (2)
proposed Reliability Standards PRC–
1 NERC Petition, Docket No. RD25–1–000 (NERC
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028–1 (Disturbance Monitoring and
Reporting Requirements for InverterBased Resources) and PRC–002–5
(Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting
Requirements); 2 and (3) proposed
Reliability Standard PRC–030–1
(Unexpected Inverter-Based Resource
Event Mitigation).3 NERC also requested
approval of the associated
implementation plans, violation risk
factors, and violation severity levels, as
well as the retirement of currently
effective Reliability Standard PRC–002–
4. For the reasons discussed below,
pursuant to section 215(d)(2) of the
Federal Power Act (FPA),4 we grant the
requested approvals.
2. In Order No. 901, pursuant to
section 215(d)(5) of the FPA, the
Commission directed NERC to submit
new or modified Reliability Standards
to, among other things, address
disturbance monitoring data sharing,
performance requirements, and postevent performance validation for
registered IBRs.5 The Commission
directed NERC to consider the burden
on IBR owners to collect and provide
data collected by disturbance
monitoring equipment while assuring
that Bulk-Power System operators and
planners have the data they need for
accurate disturbance monitoring and
analysis.6 The Commission also directed
NERC to submit new or modified
Reliability Standards that ‘‘require
generator owners to communicate to the
relevant planning coordinators,
transmission planners, reliability
coordinators, transmission operators,
and balancing authorities the actual
post-disturbance ramp rates.’’ 7 The
Commission directed NERC to submit
new or modified Reliability Standards
addressing these directives to the
Commission no later than November 4,
2024.8
3. In the IBR Definition Petition,
NERC proposes to define an IBR as ‘‘[a]
plant/facility consisting of individual
devices that are capable of exporting
Real Power through a power electronic
interface(s) such as an inverter or
converter, and that are operated together
as a single resource at a common point
of interconnection to the electric
2 NERC Petition, Docket No. RD25–2–000 (NERC
PRC–028–1 Petition).
3 NERC Petition, Docket No. RD25–3–000 (NERC
PRC–030–1 Petition).
4 16 U.S.C. 824o.
5 Reliability Standards to Address Inverter-Based
Res., Order No. 901, 185 FERC ¶ 61,042, at P 229
(2023).
6 Id. P 86.
7 Id. P 208.
8 Id. P 229.

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system.’’ 9 NERC explains that while
developing its proposed IBR definition,
it considered the Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2800–
2022 IBR definition, as well as other IBR
definitions identified in various NERC
and Commission documents.10
According to NERC, the ‘‘capable of
exporting real power’’ phrase in the
proposed IBR definition clarifies that
IBRs are considered generation
resources that provide real power to
load.11 NERC states that the proposed
IBR definition will promote consistency
in the application of Reliability
Standards, help avoid confusion, and
facilitate efficiency for future standards
drafting teams when addressing
outstanding IBR issues. NERC’s
proposed implementation plan states
that the proposed IBR definition would
become effective on the first day of the
first calendar quarter after Commission
approval.12
4. In the NERC PRC–028–1 Petition,
NERC explains that proposed Reliability
Standards PRC–028–1 and PRC–002–5
comply in part with the Commission’s
directives in Order No. 901 regarding
disturbance monitoring requirements for
IBRs 13 and would improve reliability by
ensuring the availability of data from
synchronous generating resources and
IBRs necessary to facilitate the analysis
of disturbances on the Bulk-Power
System.14 NERC states that although
Reliability Standard PRC–002–4
generally serves the purpose of
capturing event data to analyze system
disturbances, the disturbance
monitoring requirements of the existing
Standard do not apply to many IBRs,
given their technical and operational
characteristics.15 NERC explains that
proposed Reliability Standard PRC–
028–1 would address this reliability gap
by extending disturbance monitoring
and reporting requirements to all IBRs
that are or will be subject to the
Reliability Standards.16
9 NERC IBR Definition Petition at 9 (‘‘Examples
include, but are not limited to plants/facilities with
solar photovoltaic (PV), Type 3 and Type 4 wind,
battery energy storage system (BESS), and fuel cell
devices.’’).
10 Id. at 9–10.
11 Id. at 11. In its petition, NERC appears to use
the terms ‘‘generating resource’’ and ‘‘generation
resource’’ interchangeably. See id. at 10–11.
12 Id. at 14.
13 NERC states that proposed Reliability Standard
PRC–028–1 does not address the Commission’s
Order No. 901 directive regarding the validation of
registered IBR models using disturbance monitoring
data, which NERC intends to address during
Milestone 3 of its Order No. 901 Work Plan. See
NERC PRC–028–1 Petition at 35–36.
14 Id. at 19.
15 Id. at 21–22.
16 Id. at 2.

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5. Proposed Reliability Standard PRC–
028–1 applies to generator owners that
own bulk-electric system IBRs, as well
as generator owners that own non-bulk
electric system IBRs that NERC will
register under NERC’s registry criteria
for IBR generator owners and generator
operators.17 The proposed Standard
would require applicable entities to
install disturbance monitoring
equipment on their IBRs in order to
collect sequence of event recording,
fault recording, and dynamic
disturbance recording data.18 NERC
explains that data collected under the
proposed Standard would be used to
evaluate IBR ride-through performance
during system disturbances and provide
data for IBR model validation to assist
operators and planners in better
accounting for IBR performance in the
future.19 Additionally, the proposed
Standard would require IBR generator
owners to address failures of
disturbance monitoring recording
capabilities by either restoring function
within specified timeframes or
submitting corrective action plans
indicating how and when recording
capabilities would be restored.20
6. Proposed Reliability Standard PRC–
002–5 would replace Reliability
Standard PRC–002–4 and clarify its
applicability to non-IBR bulk electric
system elements.21 Further, proposed
Reliability Standard PRC–002–5 adds
data collection and sharing
requirements, as well as data formatting
requirements, similar to those in
proposed Reliability Standard PRC–
028–1.22
7. NERC describes its proposed
implementation plan for Reliability
Standards PRC–028–1 and PRC–002–5
as ‘‘a risk-based, phased-in compliance
approach’’ that would require generator
owners to implement disturbance
monitoring equipment by no later than
2030.23 NERC further proposes a
process by which generator owners may
request an extension to implementation
deadlines because of potential
constraints outside of a generator
owner’s control, such as supply chain
delays.24
8. The NERC PRC–030–1 Petition
explains that proposed Reliability
Standard PRC–030–1 was developed as
17 Id. at 22; see also NERC, Rules of Procedure,
App. 5B (Statement of Compliance Registry Criteria)
(June 27, 2024), https://www.nerc.com/AboutNERC/
Pages/Rules-of-Procedure.aspx.
18 NERC PRC–028–1 Petition at 23–31.
19 Id. at 2.
20 Id. at 34–35.
21 Id. at 38.
22 See id.
23 Id. at 39.
24 Id.

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part of a set of Reliability Standards in
response to directives in Order No. 901
to develop requirements that address
IBR ride-through settings and
performance, data recording, and
analysis and mitigation of unexpected
IBR performance.25 The purpose of
proposed Reliability Standard PRC–
030–1 is to ‘‘[i]dentify, analyze, and
mitigate unexpected [IBR] change of
power output.’’ 26 The proposed
Reliability Standard covers both bulk
electric system IBRs and non-bulk
electric system IBRs 27 and is applicable
to generator owners that own: (1) IBRs
that meet the bulk electric system
definition criteria, and (2) non-bulk
electric system IBRs that NERC will
register in accordance with its Rules of
Procedure.28
9. Proposed Reliability Standard PRC–
030–1 requires applicable entities to
implement a documented process for
the identification of any ‘‘complete
facility loss of output or certain changes
of real power output’’ and contains both
thresholds 29 for identification and
exclusions from identification
measures.30 Further, the Standard
requires applicable entities in certain
circumstances to conduct and report, if
requested, an analysis of a real power
change event.31 When identified as
necessary by the required analysis, a
generator owner must develop and
implement a corrective action plan to
address performance issues or provide a
technical justification 32 as to why
25 See NERC PRC–030–1 Petition at 1; see also
Order No. 901, 185 FERC ¶ 61,042 at P 208.
26 NERC PRC–030–1 Petition at 16.
27 Applicable non-bulk electric system IBRs
include those non-bulk electric system IBRs that
either have or contribute to an aggregate nameplate
capacity of greater than or equal to 20 MVA,
connected through a system designed primarily for
delivering such capacity to a common point of
connection at a voltage greater than or equal to 60
kV. See id. at 17, 32.
28 See N. Am. Elec. Reliability Corp., 183 FERC
¶ 61,116, at P 52 (2023) (citing Registration of
Inverter-based Res., 181 FERC ¶ 61,124, at P 33
(2022) (directing NERC to ensure IBR owners and
operators are registered and required to comply
with applicable Reliability Standards within 36
months of Commission approval of the NERC
Registration Work Plan (May 18, 2026))).
29 Proposed Reliability Standard PRC–030–1
establishes a minimum threshold of at least 20 MW
and at least 10% of the plant’s gross nameplate
rating, occurring within a four second period, that
NERC states would make the self-identification of
events manageable for both small and large
facilities. See NERC PRC–030–1 Petition at 19.
30 Id. at 18, 21 (describing those slower changes
in Real Power that are excluded from the
identification requirements in Requirement R1
because they are anticipated with normal
operations or expected responses).
31 Id. at 22–24.
32 Primary characteristics of an acceptable
technical justification for not performing corrective
actions include ‘‘interconnection requirements on
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corrective actions will not be
implemented.33 Proposed PRC–030–1
further requires generator owners to
update corrective action plans if
corrective actions or schedules change,
and notify associated reliability
coordinators of completion of or
changes to the corrective action plan.
According to NERC, proposed PRC–
030–1 is responsive to the Commission’s
directive in Order No. 901 requiring
NERC to develop Reliability Standards
that require generator owners to
communicate actual post-disturbance
ramp rates to relevant planning
coordinators, transmission planners,
reliability coordinators, transmission
operators, and balancing authorities.34
10. NERC’s proposed implementation
plan states that proposed Reliability
Standard PRC–030–1 will become
effective on the later of the first day of
the first calendar quarter that is 12
months after the effective date of the
Commission’s order approving (1)
Reliability Standard PRC–030–1 or (2)
Reliability Standard PRC–029–1
(Frequency and Voltage Ride-through
Requirements for Inverter-Based
Generating Resources).35 NERC’s
proposed implementation plan further
provides a phased-in compliance
approach where bulk electric system
IBRs must comply with all four
requirements of Reliability Standard
PRC–030–1 no later than the effective
date of the Standard. Applicable nonbulk electric system IBRs must comply
with all four requirements by the later
of January 1, 2027, or the effective date
of Reliability Standard PRC–030–1.
NERC asserts that this phased-in
implementation approach satisfies the
Commission’s directive in Order No.
901 for all directed Reliability Standards
to be effective and enforceable prior to
2030.36
11. Notice of NERC’s three November
4, 2024, petitions were published in the
Federal Register, 89 FR 88993 (Nov. 12,
2024), with interventions and protests
due on or before December 4, 2024.
Calpine Corporation, North Carolina
Electric Membership Corporation, Solar
Energy Industries Association,
American Clean Power Association,
Orsted Wind Power North America LLC,
Invenergy Renewables, LLC, Dominion
Energy Virginia, Eversource Energy
Service Company, and RENEW
Northeast, Inc. all filed timely motions
to intervene in all or one of the dockets
at the time of interconnection’’ and corrective
actions would require significant material
modifications or a qualified change. See id. at 26.
33 Id. at 24.
34 See Order No. 901, 185 FERC ¶ 61,042 at P 208.
35 See NERC PRC–030–1 Petition at 32.
36 See Order No. 901, 185 FERC ¶ 61,042 at P 226.

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addressed in this order. Pursuant to
Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.214
(2024), the timely, unopposed motions
to intervene serve to make the entities
that filed them parties to the
proceedings in which they were filed.
No comments or protests were
submitted in any of the three dockets.
12. Pursuant to section 215(d)(2) of
the FPA, we approve the proposed IBR
definition for inclusion in the NERC
Glossary, as well as proposed Reliability
Standards PRC–028–1, PRC–002–5, and
PRC–030–1, as just and reasonable and
not unduly discriminatory or
preferential and in the public interest.37
We also approve the proposed
Reliability Standards’ associated
violation risk factors and violation
severity levels, as well as the proposed
implementation plans. Finally, we
approve the retirement of Reliability
Standard PRC–002–4 immediately prior
to the effective date of proposed
Reliability Standard PRC–002–5.
13. We determine that the proposed
IBR definition and proposed Reliability
Standards PRC–028–1, PRC–002–5, and
PRC–030–1 satisfy many of the
Commission’s relevant directives from
Order No. 901 to establish performance
requirements and requirements for
sharing disturbance monitoring data and
post-disturbance ramp rates for
registered IBRs.38 Given the increase in
37 16

U.S.C. 824o(d)(2).
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the amount of IBRs connecting to the
Bulk-Power System, as well as the
importance of the new IBR definition
and Reliability Standards PRC–028–1
and PRC–030–1 to maintaining the
reliable operation of the Bulk-Power
System, we strongly encourage entities
that are capable of complying earlier
than the mandatory and enforceable
date to do so.
Information Collection Statement
14. The FERC–725G information
collection requirements are subject to
review by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) under section 3507(d) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
OMB’s regulations require approval of
certain information collection
requirements imposed by agency rules.
Upon approval of a collection of
information, OMB will assign an OMB
control number and expiration date.
Respondents subject to the filing
requirements will not be penalized for
failing to respond to these collections of
information unless the collections of
information display a valid OMB
control number. The Commission
solicits comments on the need for this
information, whether the information
will have practical utility, the accuracy
of the burden estimates, ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected or
retained, and any suggested methods for
minimizing respondents’ burden,
including the use of automated
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15. The Commission bases its
paperwork burden estimates on the
additional paperwork burden presented
by the proposed revisions to Reliability
Standard PRC–002–5 and new
Reliability Standards PRC–028–1 and
PRC–030–1. The new glossary term
Inverter-Based Resource (IBR) is not
expected to generate any new burden as
it is a definition used within the body
of Reliability Standards. Reliability
Standards are objective-based and allow
entities to choose compliance
approaches best tailored to their
systems. As of November 20, 2024, the
NERC Compliance Registry identified 12
reliability coordinators, 325
transmission owners, and 1,238
generator owners as unique U.S. entities
that are subject to mandatory
compliance with Reliability Standard
PRC–002–5. Additionally, these entities
will have additional burdens given that
the revisions to Reliability Standard
PRC–002–5 will focus on synchronous
generation and updates to SER, FR, and
DDR data being supplied to the
reliability coordinator, regional entity,
or NERC. Burden estimates for the
unique U.S. entities for new PRC–028–
1 and PRC–030–1 are taken from
numbers supplied by NERC, with 591
registered generator owners that own
bulk electric system solar and wind
facilities and a median 755 generator
owners that own non bulk electric
system facilities. Based on these
assumptions, we estimate the following
reporting burden:

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PROPOSED CHANGES IN BURDEN PRC–002–5 DOCKET NO. RD25–2

Reliability standard

Type and
number of
entity 39

Number
of annual
responses
per entity

Total number
of responses

Average number of
burden hours
per response 40

Total burden hours

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

Annual Collection PRC–002–5 FERC–725G
Annual review and record retention.
Total for PRC–002–5 ...........

12 (RC) .......................................
325 (TO) .....................................
1,238 (GO) ..................................

1
1
1

12
325
1,238

8 hrs. $70.67/hr ........
8 hrs. $70.67/hr. .......
8 hrs. $70.67/hr ........

96 hrs $6,784.32
2,600 hrs. $183,742.00.
9.904 hrs. $699,915.68.

.....................................................

....................

1,575

...................................

12,600 hrs. $890,442.00.

PROPOSED BURDEN PRC–028–1 DOCKET NO. RD25–2
Reliability standard

Type and
number of
entity 41

Number
of annual
responses
per entity

Total number
of responses

Average number of
burden hours
per response 42

Total burden hours

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

Annual Collection PRC–028–1 FERC–725G
Annual review and record retention.
Total for PRC–028–1 ...........

591 (BES IBR GO) .....................
755 (Non-BES IBR GO) .............

1
1

591
755

80 hrs. $70.67/hr ......
80 hrs. $70.67/hr ......

47,280 hrs. $3,341,277.60.
60,400 hrs. $4,268,468.00.

.....................................................

....................

1,346

...................................

107,680 hrs. $7,609,745.60.

PROPOSED BURDEN PRC–030–1 DOCKET NO. RD25–3
Reliability standard

Type and
number of
entity 43

Number
of annual
responses
per entity

Total number
of responses

Average number of
burden hours
per response 44

Total burden hours

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

Annual Collection PRC–030–1 FERC–725G
Annual review and record retention.
Total for PRC–030–1 ...........

591 (BES IBR GO) .....................
755 (Non-BES IBR GO) .............

0.5
0.5

296
378

40 hrs. $70.67/hr ......
40 hrs. $70.67/hr ......

11,840 hrs. $836,732.80.
15,120 hrs. $1,068,530.40.

.....................................................

....................

674

...................................

26,960 hrs. $1,905,263.20.

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16. The responses and burden hours
for Years 1–3 will total respectively as
follows:
39 The ‘‘Number of Entity’’ data is compiled from
the November 20, 2024, edition of the NERC
Compliance Registry.
40 The estimated hourly cost (salary plus benefits)
is a combination of the following categories from
the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) website, http://
www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm: 75% of the
average of an Electrical Engineer (17–2071) $79.31/
hr., $79.31 × 0.75 = $59.4825 ($59.48/hour); and
25% of an Information and Record Clerk (43–4199)
$44.74/hr., $44.74 × 0.25 = 11.185 ($11.19/hour); for
a total of ($59.48 + $11.19 = $70.67/hour).
41 The ‘‘Number of Entity’’ data is compiled from
the November 20, 2024, edition of the NERC
Compliance Registry.
42 The estimated hourly cost (salary plus benefits)
is a combination of the following categories from
the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) website, http://
www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm: 75% of the
average of an Electrical Engineer (17–2071) $79.31/
hr., $79.31 × 0.75 = $59.4825 ($59.48/hour); and
25% of an Information and Record Clerk (43–4199)
$44.74/hr., $44.74 × 0.25 = $11.185 ($11.19/hour);
for a total of ($59.48 + $11.19 = $70.67/hour).
43 The ‘‘Number of Entity’’ data is compiled from
the November 20, 2024, edition of the NERC
Compliance Registry.
44 The estimated hourly cost (salary plus benefits)
is a combination of the following categories from

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• Year 1–3 each: for proposed
Reliability standard PRC–002–5 will be
1,575 responses; 12,600 hours;
• Year 1–3 each: for proposed
Reliability Standard PRC–028–1 will be
1,346 responses; 107,680 hours; and
• Year 1–3 each: for proposed
Reliability Standard PRC–030–1 will be
674 responses; 26,960 hours.
• The annual cost burden for each
Year 1–3 is $890,442.00 for proposed
Reliability Standard PRC–002–5;
$7,609,745.60 for Proposed Reliability
Standard PRC–028–1; and $1,905,263.20
for proposed Reliability Standard PRC–
030–1.
17. Title: Mandatory Reliability
Standards, Revised Protection and
Control Reliability Standards.
18. Action: Revision to FERC–725G
information collection.
the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) website, http://
www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm: 75% of the
average of an Electrical Engineer (17–2071) $79.31/
hr., 79.31 × 0.75 = 59.4825 ($59.48/hour); and 25%
of an Information and Record Clerk (43–4199)
$44.74/hr., $44.74 × 0.25% = 11.185 ($11.19/hour);
for a total of ($59.48 + $11.19 = $70.67/hour).

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19. OMB Control No.: 1902–0252.
20. Respondents: Businesses or other
for-profit institutions; not-for-profit
institutions.
21. Frequency of Responses: On
Occasion.
22. Necessity of the Information: This
order approves the Reliability Standards
pertaining to disturbance monitoring
and reporting requirements for IBRs and
unexpected IBR event mitigation as well
as the IBR definition. As discussed
above, the Commission approves the
proposed IBR definition and Reliability
Standards PRC–028–1, PRC–002–5, and
PRC–030–1 pursuant to section
215(d)(2) of the FPA because the
definition and the Standards help
ensure the availability of data from
synchronous generating resources and
IBRs; the Standards also create
requirements for a documented process
to identify unexpected IBR events and
to develop corrective action plans, as
needed.
23. Internal Review: The Commission
has reviewed the proposed Reliability

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Standards and made a determination
that its action is necessary to implement
section 215 of the FPA.
24. Interested persons may obtain
information on the reporting
requirements by contacting the
following: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426 [Attention: Kayla
Williams, Office of the Executive
Director, email: DataClearance@
ferc.gov, phone: (202) 502–8663, fax:
(202) 273–0873].
25. For submitting comments
concerning the collection(s) of
information and the associated burden
estimate(s), please send your comments
to the Commission, and to the Office of
Management and Budget, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Washington, DC 20503 [Attention: Desk
Officer for the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, phone: (202)
395–4638, fax: (202) 395–7285]. For
security reasons, comments to OMB
should be submitted by email to: oira_
[email protected]. Comments
submitted to OMB should include
Docket Number RM25–3–000 and OMB
Control Number 1902–0252.
26. In addition to publishing the full
text of this document in the Federal
Register, the Commission provides all
interested persons an opportunity to
view and/or print the contents of this
document via the internet through the
Commission’s Home Page (http://
www.ferc.gov).
27. From the Commission’s Home
Page on the internet, this information is
available on eLibrary. The full text of
this document is available on eLibrary
in PDF and Microsoft Word format for
viewing, printing, and/or downloading.
To access this document in eLibrary,
type the docket number excluding the
last three digits of this document in the
docket number field.
28. User assistance is available for
eLibrary and the Commission’s website
during normal business hours from the
Commission’s Online Support at (202)
502–6652 (toll free at 1–866–208–3676)
or email at [email protected],
or the Public Reference Room at (202)
502–8371, or (202) 502–8659 for TTY.
Email the Public Reference Room at
[email protected].
29. All submissions must be formatted
and filed in accordance with submission
guidelines at: http://www.ferc.gov/help/
submission-guide.asp. For user
assistance, contact FERC Online
Support by email at ferconlinesupport@
ferc.gov, or by phone at: (866) 208–3676
(toll-free), or (202) 502–8659 for TTY.
By direction of the Commission.

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Dated: February 20, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.

Dated: February 20, 2025.
Carlos D. Clay,
Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 2025–03126 Filed 2–25–25; 8:45 am]

[FR Doc. 2025–03109 Filed 2–25–25; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission

Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission

Combined Notice of Filings

[Project No. 3451–047]

Take notice that the Commission has
received the following Natural Gas
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:
Filings Instituting Proceedings
Docket Numbers: AC25–52–000.
Applicants: Midway Pipeline LLC.
Description: Plains Pipeline, L.P.
submits proposed journal entries re
membership interest in Midway
Pipeline, LLC acquired on 12/23/2024.
Filed Date: 2/19/25.
Accession Number: 20250219–5099.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/12/25.
Any person desiring to intervene, to
protest, or to answer a complaint in any
of the above proceedings must file in
accordance with Rules 211, 214, or 206
of the Commission’s Regulations (18
CFR 385.211, 385.214, or 385.206) on or
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the
specified comment date. Protests may be
considered, but intervention is
necessary to become a party to the
proceeding.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system (https://
elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/
fercgensearch.asp) by querying the
docket number.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
The Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
members of the public, including
landowners, community organizations,
Tribal members and others, access
publicly available information and
navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with
making filings such as interventions,
comments, or requests for rehearing, the
public is encouraged to contact OPP at
(202) 502–6595 or [email protected].

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Beaver Falls Municipal Authority;
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Assessment
On August 1, 2022,1 Beaver Falls
Municipal Authority filed a relicense
application for the 5-megawatt
Townsend Water Power Project No.
3451. The project is located on the
Beaver River in the Borough of New
Brighton in Beaver County,
Pennsylvania.
In accordance with the Commission’s
regulations, on December 12, 2024,
Commission staff issued a notice that
the project was ready for environmental
analysis (REA Notice). Based on the
information in the record, including
comments filed on the REA Notice, staff
does not anticipate that licensing the
project would constitute a major Federal
action significantly affecting the quality
of the human environment. Therefore,
staff intends to prepare an
Environmental Assessment (EA) on the
application to relicense the project.2
The EA will be issued and circulated
for review by all interested parties. All
comments filed on the EA will be
analyzed by staff and considered in the
Commission’s final licensing decision.
The Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
members of the public, including
landowners, community organizations,
Tribal members, and others, access
publicly available information and
navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with
making filings such as interventions,
comments, or requests for rehearing, the
1 The Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure provide that if a deadline falls on a
Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or other day when the
Commission is closed for business, the deadline
does not end until the close of business on the next
business day. 18 CFR 385.2007(a)(2). Because the
deadline for filing a license application fell on a
Sunday (i.e., July 31, 2022), the deadline was
extended until the close of business on Monday,
August 1, 2022.
2 For tracking purposes under the National
Environmental Policy Act, the unique identification
number for documents relating to this
environmental review is EAXX–019–20–000–
1739953194. 40 CFR 1501.5(c)(4) (2024).

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