2023-08157. Bellflower Solar 1, LLC Notice of Institution of Section 206 Proceeding and Refund Effective Date

On March 30, 2023, the Commission issued an order in Docket No. EL23–25–000, pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824e, instituting an investigation into whether Bellflower Solar 1, LLC's proposed Rate Schedule ^[1] setting forth the revenue requirement of its 152.5 MW solar generating facility for Reactive Supply and Voltage Control from Generation Sources Services, as defined in Schedule 2 of the PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) Open Access Transmission Tariff (Tariff) ^[2] is unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory or preferential, or otherwise unlawful. Bellflower Solar 1, LLC, 182 FERC ¶ 61,219 (2023).

The refund effective date in Docket No. EL23–25–000, established pursuant to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register .

Any interested person desiring to be heard in Docket No. EL23–25–000 must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate, with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, in accordance with Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.214 (2022), within 21 days of the date of issuance of the order.

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) using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at [e-mail] or call toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 502–8659.

The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFile” link at http://www.ferc.gov. In lieu of electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

Dated: March 30, 2023.

Debbie-Anne A. Reese,

Deputy Secretary.

Footnotes

1. Bellflower Solar 1, LLC, Rate Schedule Tariff, Rate Schedule FERC No. 1, Reactive Supply and Voltage Control (0.0.0).

2. PJM, Intra-PJM Tariffs, OATT, Schedule 2 (4.0.0). Bellflower is a new seller that has not previously provided reactive power services to PJM and has no prior transactions and no prior customers. See Chehalis Power Generating, LP, 152 FERC ¶ 61,050, at P 14 (2015) (“In order for a rate to be considered an initial rate, it must provide for a new service to a new customer.”) (citing Sw. Elec. Power Co., 39 FERC ¶ 61,099, at 61,293 (1987)).