[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 50 (Thursday, March 16, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 13992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05204]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. EL17-47-000]
Pioneer Transmission, LLC: Notice of Petition for Declaratory
Order
Take notice that on March 8, 2017, pursuant to Rule 207 of the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of Practice
and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207(2016), Pioneer Transmission, LLC
(Pioneer) filed a petition seeking a declaratory order from the
Commission finding that the payment by Pioneer of dividends to its
parent companies, out of paid-in capital and retained earnings, will
not violate Section 305(a) of the Federal Power Act,\1\ all as more
fully explained in the petition.
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\1\ It is not clear that under the language of FPA Section
305(a) a public utility is required to submit a petition for
declaratory order seeking the Commission's approval under Section
305(a) in order to make dividends to its parent companies out of
paid-in capital and retained earnings. Pioneer is submitting this
petition for the purpose of obtaining the Commission's assurance
that Pioneer's proposal to make dividends to its parent companies
will not violate Section 305(a).
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Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in this proceeding
must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's
Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests
will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate
action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice
of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices,
motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date.
Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of
that document on the Petitioner.
The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at http://www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet
access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an
intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and
5 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
The filings in the above proceeding are accessible in the
Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link
on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email notification
when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with
any FERC Online service, please email [email protected]
call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on March 29, 2017.
Dated: March 8, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-05204 Filed 3-15-17; 8:45 am]
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