Notice2026-07550

Notice Establishing Comment Period

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April 17, 2026

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 74 (Friday, April 17, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20652-20653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-07550]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. EL11-66-001; EL11-66-004; EL11-66-005; EL13-33-000; EL13-
33-002; EL14-86-000; EL16-64-000; EL16-64-002]


Notice Establishing Comment Period

Martha Coakley, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 
Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, Massachusetts 
Department of Public Utilities, New Hampshire Public Utilities 
Commission, George Jepsen, Attorney General of the State of 
Connecticut, Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel, Maine Office of 
the Public Advocate, New Hampshire Office of the Consumer Advocate, 
Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers, Vermont 
Department of Public Service, Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale 
Electric Company, Associated Industries of Massachusetts, The Energy 
Consortium, Power Options, Inc., Industrial Energy Consumer Group v. 
Bangor Hydro-Electric Company, Central Maine Power Company, New England 
Power Company, New Hampshire Transmission LLC, Northeast Utilities 
Service Company, on behalf of its operating company affiliates: The 
Connecticut Light and Power Company, Western Massachusetts Electric 
Company, and Public Service Company of New Hampshire, NSTAR Electric & 
Gas Corporation, The United Illuminating Company, Unitil Energy 
Systems, Inc., Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company, Vermont 
Transco, LLC, ISO New England Inc.
ENE (Environment Northeast), Greater Boston Real Estate Board, National 
Consumer Law Center, NEPOOL Industrial Customer Coalition v. Bangor 
Hydro-Electric Company, Central Maine Power Company, New England Power 
Company, New Hampshire Transmission LLC, NSTAR Electric Company, 
Northeast Utilities Service Company, The United Illuminating Company, 
Unitil Energy Systems, Inc., Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company, 
Vermont Transco, LLC
Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Connecticut 
Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, Massachusetts Municipal 
Wholesale Electric Company, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Inc., 
Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, New Hampshire Public 
Utilities Commission, George Jepsen, Attorney General of the State of 
Connecticut, Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel, Maine Office of 
the Public Advocate, New Hampshire Office of the Consumer Advocate, 
Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers, Vermont 
Department of Public Service, Associated Industries of Massachusetts, 
The Energy Consortium, Power Options, Inc., Western Massachusetts 
Industrial Group, Environment Northeast, National Consumer Law Center, 
Greater Boston Real Estate Board, Industrial Energy Consumer Group v.  
Bangor Hydro-Electric Company, Central Maine Power Company, New England 
Power Company, New Hampshire Transmission LLC, Northeast Utilities 
Service Company, on behalf of its operating company affiliates: The 
Connecticut Light and Power Company, Western Massachusetts Electric 
Company, and Public Service Company of New Hampshire, NSTAR Electric 
Company, The United Illuminating

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Company, Unitil Energy Systems, Inc., Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light 
Company, Vermont Transco, LLC
Belmont Municipal Light Department, Braintree Electric Light 
Department, Concord Municipal Light Plant, Georgetown Municipal Light 
Department, Groveland Electric Light Department, Hingham Municipal 
Lighting Plant, Littleton Electric Light & Water Department, 
Middleborough Gas & Electric Department, Middleton Electric Light 
Department, Reading Municipal Light Department, Rowley Municipal 
Lighting Plant, Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant, Wellesley Municipal 
Light Plant v. Central Maine Power Company, Emera Maine (formerly known 
as Bangor Hydro-Electric Company), Eversource Energy Service Company 
and its operating company affiliates: The Connecticut Light and Power 
Company, Western Massachusetts Electric Company, Public Service Company 
of New Hampshire, and NSTAR Electric Company, New England Power 
Company, New Hampshire Transmission LLC, The United Illuminating 
Company, Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company, Vermont Transco, LLC

    On April 2, 2026, the New England Transmission Owners (Indicated 
NETOs) \1\ filed a Motion for Stay (Motion) of the refund obligations 
in Opinion No. 594 \2\ associated with the period from October 16, 
2014, through March 19, 2026. Included in the Motion was a request that 
the Commission shorten the period for comments in response to the 
Motion to three business days. The Connecticut Public Utilities 
Regulatory Authority and the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office 
collectively, and the New England States Committee on Electricity filed 
answers opposing Indicated NETOs' request for a shortened comment 
period.
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    \1\ The ``Indicated NETOs'' are Central Maine Power Company, 
Eversource Energy Service Company (on behalf of its operating 
company affiliates: The Connecticut Light and Power Company; NSTAR 
Electric Company; and Public Service Company of New Hampshire, each 
of which is doing business as Eversource Energy), and The United 
Illuminating Company.
    \2\ Coakley v. Bangor Hydro-Elec. Co., Opinion No. 594, 194 FERC 
] 61,208 (2026).
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    Upon consideration, notice is hereby given that comments in 
response to Indicated NETOs' Motion are due by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time 
on April 17, 2026.

(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1.)

    Dated: April 14, 2026.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-07550 Filed 4-16-26; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P


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