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UNITED STATES of AMERICA BEFORE the FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION NRG Power Marketing LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2265 20151230-5304 FERC PDF (Unofficial) 12/30/2015 10:49:27 AM UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEFORE THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION NRG Power Marketing LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2265-___ Agua Caliente Solar, LLC ) Docket No. ER12-21-___ Alta Wind I, LLC ) Docket No. ER11-2211-___ Alta Wind II, LLC ) Docket No. ER11-2209-___ Alta Wind III, LLC ) Docket No. ER11-2210-___ Alta Wind IV, LLC ) Docket No. ER11-2207-___ Alta Wind V, LLC ) Docket No. ER11-2206-___ Alta Wind X, LLC ) Docket No. ER13-1150-___ Alta Wind XI, LLC ) Docket No. ER13-1151-___ Arthur Kill Power LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2783-___ Astoria Gas Turbine Power LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2784-___ Avenal Park LLC ) Docket No. ER11-2855-___ Bayou Cove Peaking Power, LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2791-___ Bendwind, LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2333-__ Big Cajun I Peaking Power LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2792-___ Boston Energy Trading and Marketing LLC ) Docket No. ER14-1818-___ Broken Bow Wind, LLC ) Docket No. ER12-1238-___ Cabrillo Power I LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2260-___ Cabrillo Power II LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2261-___ CL Power Sales Eight, L.L.C. ) Docket No. ER10-2337-___ Community Wind North 1 LLC ) Docket No. ER14-1668-___ Community Wind North 2 LLC ) Docket No. ER14-1669-___ Community Wind North 3 LLC ) Docket No. ER14-1674-___ Community Wind North 5 LLC ) Docket No. ER14-1670-___ Community Wind North 6 LLC ) Docket No. ER14-1671-___ Community Wind North 7 LLC ) Docket No. ER14-1675-___ Community Wind North 8 LLC ) Docket No. ER14-1673-___ Community Wind North 9 LLC ) Docket No. ER14-1676-___ Community Wind North 10 LLC ) Docket No. ER14-1677-___ Community Wind North 11 LLC ) Docket No. ER14-1678-___ Community Wind North 13 LLC ) Docket No. ER14-1679-___ Community Wind North 15 LLC ) Docket No. ER14-1672-___ Conemaugh Power LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2795-___ Connecticut Jet Power LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2798-___ Cottonwood Energy Company LP ) Docket No. ER10-1575-___ CP Power Sales Nineteen, L.L.C. ) Docket No. ER10-2338-___ CP Power Sales Twenty, L.L.C. ) Docket No. ER10-2340-___ Crofton Bluffs Wind, LLC ) Docket No. ER12-1239-___ DeGreeff DP, LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2336-___ DeGreeffpa, LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2335-___ Desert Sunlight 250, LLC ) Docket No. ER13-1991-___ Desert Sunlight 300, LLC ) Docket No. ER13-1992-___ 20151230-5304 FERC PDF (Unofficial) 12/30/2015 10:49:27 AM Devon Power LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2799-___ Dunkirk Power LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2801-___ Elkhorn Ridge Wind, LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2385-___ El Segundo Energy Center LLC ) Docket No. ER11-3727-___ El Segundo Power, LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2262-___ Energy Alternatives Wholesale, LLC ) Docket No. ER12-2413-___ Energy Plus Holdings LLC ) Docket No. ER11-2062-___ Forward WindPower LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2346-___ GenConn Devon LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2812-___ GenConn Energy LLC ) Docket No. ER10-1291-___ GenConn Middletown LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2843-___ GenOn Energy Management, LLC ) Docket No. ER11-2508-___ GenOn Mid-Atlantic, LLC ) Docket No. ER11-2863-___ Green Mountain Energy Company ) Docket No. ER11-4307-___ Groen Wind, LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2347-___ High Lonesome Mesa, LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2348-___ High Plains Ranch II, LLC ) Docket No. ER12-1711-___ Hillcrest Wind, LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2350-___ Huntley Power LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2846-___ Independence Energy Group LLC ) Docket No. ER12-261-___ Indian River Power LLC ) Docket No. ER10-3223-___ Jeffers Wind 20, LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2351-___ Keystone Power LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2875-___ Laredo Ridge Wind, LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2368-___ Larswind, LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2352-___ Long Beach Generation LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2264-___ Long Beach Peakers LLC ) Docket No. ER10-1581-___ Lookout WindPower, LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2353-___ Louisiana Generating LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2876-___ Middletown Power LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2878-___ Midway-Sunset Cogeneration Company ) Docket No. ER10-2354-___ Midwest Generation, LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2355-___ Montville Power LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2879-___ Mountain Wind Power, LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2384-___ Mountain Wind Power II LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2383-___ NEO Freehold-Gen LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2880-___ North Community Turbines LLC ) Docket No. ER11-2107-___ North Wind Turbines LLC ) Docket No. ER11-2108-___ Norwalk Power LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2888-___ NRG Bowline LLC ) Docket No. ER13-1745-___ NRG California South LP ) Docket No. ER13-1803-___ NRG Canal LLC ) Docket No. ER13-1788-___ NRG Chalk Point CT LLC ) Docket No. ER16-10-___ NRG Chalk Point LLC ) Docket No. ER13-1789-___ NRG Delta LLC ) Docket No. ER13-1790-___ NRG Energy Center Dover LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2896-___ 20151230-5304 FERC PDF (Unofficial) 12/30/2015 10:49:27 AM NRG Energy Center Paxton LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2913-___ NRG Florida LP ) Docket No. ER13-1791-___ NRG Marsh Landing LLC ) Docket No. ER13-1746-___ NRG Potomac River LLC ) Docket No. ER13-1799-___ NRG Power Midwest LP ) Docket No. ER13-1801-___ NRG REMA LLC ) Docket No. ER13-1802-___ NRG Rockford LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2916-___ NRG Rockford II LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2915-___ NRG Solar Alpine LLC ) Docket No. ER12-1525-___ NRG Solar Avra Valley LLC ) Docket No. ER12-2019-___ NRG Solar Blythe LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2266-___ NRG Solar Borrego I LLC ) Docket No. ER12-2398-___ NRG Solar Roadrunner LLC ) Docket No. ER11-3459-___ NRG Sterlington Power LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2931-___ NRG Wholesale Generation LP ) Docket No. ER13-1965-___ Oswego Harbor Power LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2969-___ Pinnacle Wind, LLC ) Docket No. ER11-4351-___ Reliant Energy Northeast LLC ) Docket No. ER11-4308-___ RRI Energy Services, LLC ) Docket No. ER11-2805-___ Saguaro Power Company, a Limited Partnership ) Docket No. ER10-1580-___ San Juan Mesa Wind Project, LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2382-___ Sand Drag LLC ) Docket No. ER11-2856-___ Sierra Wind, LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2356-___ Sleeping Bear, LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2357-___ Solar Partners I, LLC ) Docket No. ER13-2107-___ Solar Partners II, LLC ) Docket No. ER13-2020-___ Solar Partners VIII, LLC ) Docket No. ER13-2050-___ Spring Canyon Energy II LLC ) Docket No. ER14-2820-___ Spring Canyon Energy III LLC ) Docket No. ER14-2821-___ Sun City Project LLC ) Docket No. ER11-2857-___ Sunrise Power Company, LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2359-___ TAIR Windfarm, LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2360-___ Taloga Wind, LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2369-___ Vienna Power LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2947-___ Walnut Creek Energy, LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2381-___ Watson Cogeneration Company ) Docket No. ER10-2575-___ Wildorado Wind, LLC ) Docket No. ER10-2361-___ NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE IN STATUS Pursuant to Section 35.42 of the regulations of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the “Commission”),1 Desert Sunlight 250, LLC and Desert Sunlight 300, LLC 1 18 C.F.R. § 35.42 (2015). 3 20151230-5304 FERC PDF (Unofficial) 12/30/2015 10:49:27 AM (together, the “Desert Sunlight MBR Sellers”) and the other above-captioned subsidiaries and affiliates of NRG Energy, Inc. (“NRG”) with market-based rate authority (the “NRG MBR Sellers” and together with the Desert Sunlight MBR Sellers, the “Indicated MBR Sellers”) hereby submit this notification of change in status with respect to their affiliation with two generation-owning entities not identified in their prior market-based rate filings. As discussed below, these changes in status do not materially alter the facts upon which the Commission relied in granting market-based rate authorization to the Indicated MBR Sellers. I. COMMUNICATIONS Please address all correspondence, communications, pleadings, and other documents related to these proceedings to the following persons: For the NRG MBR Sellers: Abraham H. Silverman Cortney Madea Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory NRG Energy, Inc. NRG Energy, Inc. 211 Carnegie Center 211 Carnegie Center Princeton, NJ 08540 Princeton, NJ 08540 (609) 524-4696 (609) 524-5422 (609) 524-4501 (facsimile) (609) 524-4501 (facsimile) [email protected] [email protected] David G. Tewksbury KING & SPALDING LLP 1700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20006 (202) 626-5454 (202) 626-3737 (facsimile) [email protected] 4 20151230-5304 FERC PDF (Unofficial) 12/30/2015 10:49:27 AM For the Desert Sunlight MBR Sellers: Joel D. Newton Senior Attorney NextEra Energy Resources, LLC 801 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 220 Washington, DC 20004 (202) 347-7126 [email protected] II. CHANGES IN STATUS The Indicated MBR Sellers are submitting this notification of change in status to report their affiliation through NRG with two generation-owning entities not previously identified in their prior market-based rate filings: (1) NRG Chalk Point CT LLC (“Chalk Point CT”), and (2) NRG Solar Oasis LLC (“Solar Oasis”). Chalk Point CT became a generation-owning entity on December 1, 2015 with the consummation of a transaction (the “Transaction”), approved by the Commission, whereby it acquired ownership and control of an approximately 77 MW combustion turbine generating unit (the “CT”).2 As explained in the EC15-198 Application, which is incorporated by reference herein pursuant to Section 35.19 of the Commission’s regulations,3 the Transaction had no effect on competition, because the CT was already controlled by Chalk Point CT’s affiliate, NRG Chalk Point LLC (“NRG Chalk Point”), under a lease arrangement.
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