2018-05101. T.E.S. Filer City Station Limited Partnership; Consumers Energy Company; Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order

Take notice that on March 5, 2018, pursuant to Rule 207(a)(2) of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207(a)(2), T.E.S. Filer City Station Limited Partnership (Filer City) and Consumers Energy Company (Consumers) (jointly Petitioners) submitted a Petition for Declaratory Order requesting confirmation that, pursuant to 18 CFR 292.601(c), sales of energy and capacity from the T.E.S. Filer City Station Plant (Facility), pursuant to a 1988 power purchase agreement between Filer City and Consumers (PPA), will continue to be exempt from Federal Power Act sections 205 and 206, 16 U.S.C. 824d, 824e, after the PPA is amended in connection with a plan to repower and modernize the Facility, as more fully explained in the petition.

Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 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 eFiling link at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 5 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.

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Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on April 4, 2018.

Dated: March 6, 2018.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.