
[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 FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.or 
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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