[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 16, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 50663]
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[FR Doc No: 2011-20751]
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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 158 / Tuesday, August 16, 2011 /
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
18 CFR Part 292
[Docket No. RM09-23-000]
Revisions to Form, Procedures and Criteria for Certification of
Qualifying Facility Status for a Small Power Production or Cogeneration
Facility
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Correcting amendment.
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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to final regulations which
were published in the Federal Register of Tuesday, March 30, 2010. The
final rule document adopted revisions to FERC Form 556 and to
Commission procedures and criteria for the certification of qualifying
facility status for a small power production or cogeneration facility.
DATES: August 16, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: S.L. Higginbottom (Legal Information),
Office of the General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, Telephone: 202-502-8561,
E-mail: samuel.higginbottom@ferc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final regulations amended 18 CFR 292.205
and affect the Commission's criteria and procedures for the
certification of qualifying facility status for small power production
or cogeneration facilities.
As published, the final regulations contained errors; they
incorrectly removed paragraphs from 18 CFR 292.205(d). These paragraphs
contain critical criteria for new cogeneration facilities.
List of Subjects in 18 CFR Part 292
Electric power, Electric power plants, Electric utilities.
Accordingly, 18 CFR part 292 is corrected by making the following
correcting amendment:
Subchapter K--Regulations Under The Public Utility Regulatory Policies
Act of 1978
PART 292--REGULATIONS UNDER SECTION 201 AND 210 OF THE PUBLIC
UTILITY REGULATORY POLICIES ACT OF 1978 WITH REGARD TO SMALL POWER
PRODUCTION AND COGENERATION
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1. The authority citation for part 292 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 791a-825r, 2601-2645; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 42
U.S.C. 7101-7352.
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2. Section 292.205 is amended by adding paragraphs (d)(1) through (5)
to read as follows:
Sec. 292.205 Criteria for qualifying cogeneration facilities.
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(d) * * *
(1) The thermal energy output of the cogeneration facility is used
in a productive and beneficial manner; and
(2) The electrical, thermal, chemical and mechanical output of the
cogeneration facility is used fundamentally for industrial, commercial,
residential or institutional purposes and is not intended
fundamentality for sale to an electric utility, taking into account
technological, efficiency, economic, and variable thermal energy
requirements, as well as state laws applicable to sales of electric
energy from a qualifying facility to its host facility.
(3) Fundamental use test. For the purpose of satisfying paragraph
(d)(2) of this section, the electrical, thermal, chemical and
mechanical output of the cogeneration facility will be considered used
fundamentally for industrial, commercial, or institutional purposes,
and not intended fundamentally for sale to an electric utility if at
least 50 percent of the aggregate of such output, on an annual basis,
is used for industrial, commercial, residential or institutional
purposes. In addition, applicants for facilities that do not meet this
safe harbor standard may present evidence to the Commission that the
facilities should nevertheless be certified given state laws applicable
to sales of electric energy or unique technological, efficiency,
economic, and variable thermal energy requirements.
(4) For purposes of paragraphs (d)(1) and (2) of this section, a
new cogeneration facility of 5 MW or smaller will be presumed to
satisfy the requirements of those paragraphs.
(5) For purposes of paragraph (d)(1) of this section, where a
thermal host existed prior to the development of a new cogeneration
facility whose thermal output will supplant the thermal source
previously in use by the thermal host, the thermal output of such new
cogeneration facility will be presumed to satisfy the requirements of
paragraph (d)(1).
Dated: August 9, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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