2019-10300. Notice of Petition for Partial Waiver: Wabash Valley Power Association, Inc.

Take notice that on May 10, 2019, pursuant to section 292.402 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules and Regulations,^[1] Wabash Valley Power Association, Inc. (WVPA), on behalf of itself and its four participating electric distribution cooperative member-owners (collectively, the Participating Members),^[2] filed a partial waiver of certain obligations imposed on WVPA and the Participating Members under sections 292.303(a) and 292.303(b) of the Commission's regulations ^[3] implementing section 210 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, as amended,^[4] all 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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Comments: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 31, 2019.

Dated: May 13, 2019.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

Footnotes

1.  18 CFR 292.402.

2.  The Participating Members joining in this application include the following electric distribution cooperative member-owners of WVPA who have entered into an all-requirements power supply contract with WVPA to purchase from WVPA substantially all of its electric requirements: Hancock Rural Telephone Corporation, Hendricks County Rural Electric Membership Corporation, Jasper County REMC, and Kankakee Valley REMC.

The Commission has previously granted joint petitions filed by WVPA on behalf of itself and eighteen of its electric distribution cooperative members seeking waiver of WVPA's obligation under section 292.303(b) to make retail sales to qualifying facilities (QFs) and seeking waiver of the members' obligations under section 292.303(a) to make purchases from QFs. See Wabash Valley Power Association, Inc., 161 FERC ¶ 62,142 (2018) (delegated letter order); Wabash Valley Power Association, Inc., 166 FERC ¶ 62,086 (2019) (delegated letter order).

3.  18 CFR 292.303(a) and (b).

4.  16 U.S.C. 824a-3.