Rio Grande LNG, LLC, Rio Grande LNG Train 4, LLC, Rio Grande LNG Train 5, LLC; Notice of Request for Extension of Time

• Citation: 91 FR 24222
• Published date: 05 May 2026
• FR Document: 2026-08707
• Pages: 24222-24223
• Section: Notices
• Issuer: Energy Department,Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

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Rio Grande LNG, LLC & Rio Bravo Pipeline

Company, LLC, 169 FERC ¶61,131 (2019).

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Rio Grande LNG, LLC, 181 FERC ¶61,032

(2022).

3

D.C. Circuit remands 2019 Order to FERC,

August 3, 2021; FERC issues FirstRemand Order,

April 21, 2023; FERC issues order addressing

arguments raised in opposing parties’ request for

rehearing October 27, 2023; D.C. Circuit remands

First Remand Order to FERC August 6, 2024, as

modified on March 18, 2025; FERC issues Second

Remand Order, August 29, 2025; Opposing parties’

challenge to the Second Remand Order currently

pending in the D.C. Circuit.

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Contested proceedings are those where an

intervenor disputes any material issue of the filing.

18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1).

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Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC

¶61,144, at P 40 (2020).

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Id. at P 40.

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Similarly, the Commission will not re-litigate

the issuance of an NGA section 3 authorization,

including whether a proposed project is not

inconsistent with the public interest and whether

the Commission’s environmental analysis for the

permit order complied with NEPA.

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Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC

¶61,144, at P 40 (2020).

of the Commission’s Regulations (18

CFR 385.211, 385.214, or 385.206) on or

before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the

specified comment date. Protests may be

considered, but intervention is

necessary to become a party to the

proceeding.

Filings in Existing Proceedings

Docket Numbers: RP20–1042–006.

Applicants: Northern Natural Gas

Company.

Description: Compliance filing:

20260430 Operational Purchases and

Sales Report to be effective N/A.

Filed Date: 4/30/26.

Accession Number: 20260430–5128.

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 5/12/26.

Any person desiring to protest in any

the above proceedings must file in

accordance with Rule 211 of the

Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR

385.211) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern

time on the specified comment date.

The filings are accessible in the

Commission’s eLibrary system (https://

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/

fercgensearch.asp) by querying the

docket number.

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed

information relating to filing

requirements, interventions, protests,

service, and qualifying facilities filings

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For

other information, call (866) 208–3676

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.

For public inquiries and assistance

with making filings such as

interventions, comments, or requests for

rehearing, contact the Office of Public

Participation at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@

ferc.gov.

Dated: April 30, 2026.

Carlos D. Clay,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 2026–08716 Filed 5–4–26; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. CP16–454–010, CP24–70–002]

Rio Grande LNG, LLC, Rio Grande LNG

Train 4, LLC, Rio Grande LNG Train 5,

LLC; Notice of Request for Extension

of Time

Take notice that on April 24, 2026,

Rio Grande LNG, LLC, Rio Grande LNG

Train 4, LLC, and Rio Grande LNG Train

5, LLC (collectively Rio Grande Entities)

requested that the Commission grant an

extension of time, until November 22,

2031, to construct and place into service

its Rio Grande LNG Terminal (Terminal)

located in Cameron County, Texas as

authorized in the Order Granting

Authorizations Under Sections 3 and 7

of the Natural Gas Act (2019 Order).

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The 2019 Order required the Rio Grande

Entities to complete construction of the

Terminal and make it available for

service within seven years of the date of

the Order, or by November 22, 2026.

On October 14, 2022, the Commission

granted Rio Grande LNG, LLC an

extension of time, until November 22,

2028, to complete construction of the

Terminal and make it available for

service (Extension Order).

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Rio Grande Entities state that, in the

time since the Commission issued the

Extension Order, NextDecade

Corporation (NextDecade), a parent

company of the Rio Grande Entities,

reached a positive final investment

decision (FID) for all project facilities

and construction is well underway for

all five trains. However, Rio Grande

Entities explains that given intervening

events,

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completion of Train 1 is not

anticipated until the fourth quarter of

2027, and the four remaining trains will

be placed in service sequentially

thereafter, with Train 5 scheduled to be

placed in service in the second quarter

of 2031.

Despite the efforts of the Rio Grande

Entities and the progress made to date,

the Rio Grande Entities state that they

have encountered unforeseen

circumstances, such as rehearing and

remands orders from FERC that have

impacted timely financing and

construction progress at the Terminal.

Further, Rio Grande Entities state that

the issuance of the remand orders

prevented NextDecade from reaching a

FID for Trains 4 and 5 due to the lack

of regulatory certainty and clarity which

resulted in preventing Rio Grande

Entities from meeting the Commission’s

in-service deadline and therefore

request a three year extension of time

until November 22, 2031, to construct

and place into service its Rio Grande

LNG Terminal facilities.

This notice establishes a 15-calendar

day intervention and comment period

deadline. Any person wishing to

comment on Rio Grande Entities’

request for an extension of time may do

so. No reply comments or answers will

be considered. If you wish to obtain

legal status by becoming a party to the

proceedings for this request, you

should, on or before the comment date

stated below, file a motion to intervene

in accordance with the requirements of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211)

and the Regulations under the Natural

Gas Act (NGA) (18 CFR 157.10).

As a matter of practice, the

Commission itself generally acts on

requests for extensions of time to

complete construction for NGA facilities

when such requests are contested before

order issuance. For those extension

requests that are contested,

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the

Commission will aim to issue an order

acting on the request within 45 days.

5

The Commission will address all

arguments relating to whether the

applicant has demonstrated there is

good cause to grant the extension.

6

The

Commission will not consider

arguments that re-litigate the issuance of

the certificate order, including whether

the Commission properly found the

project to be in the public convenience

and necessity and whether the

Commission’s environmental analysis

for the certificate complied with the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA).

7

At the time a pipeline requests

an extension of time, orders on

certificates of public convenience and

necessity are final and the Commission

will not re-litigate their issuance.

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The

Director of the Office of Energy Projects,

or his or her designee, will act on all of

those extension requests that are

uncontested.

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). From the Commission’s

Home Page on the internet, this

information is available on eLibrary.

The full text of this document is

available on eLibrary in PDF and

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printing, and/or downloading. To access

this document in eLibrary, type the

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digits of this document in the docket

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User assistance is available for

eLibrary and the Commission’s website

during normal business hours from

FERC Online Support at (202) 502–6652

(toll free at 1–866–208–3676) or email at

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or the

Public Reference Room at (202) 502–

8371, TTY (202) 502–8659. Email the

Public Reference Room at

public.referenceroom@ferc.gov.

The Commission strongly encourages

electronic filings of comments in lieu of

paper using the ‘‘eFile’’ link at http://

www.ferc.gov. In lieu of electronic filing,

you may submit a paper copy which

must reference the Project docket

number.

To file via USPS: Debbie-Anne A.

Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street

NE, Washington, DC 20426.

To file via any other courier: Debbie-

Anne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland

20852.

For public inquiries and assistance

with making filings such as

interventions, comments, or requests for

rehearing, contact the Office of Public

Participation at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@

ferc.gov.

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern

Time on May 15, 2026.

(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)

Dated: April 30, 2026.

Carlos D. Clay,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 2026–08707 Filed 5–4–26; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. AD26–3–000]

Review of Cost Submittals by Other

Federal Agencies for Administering

Part I of the Federal Power Act; Notice

Requesting Questions and Comments

on Fiscal Year 2025 Other Federal

Agency Cost Submissions

In its Order On Rehearing

Consolidating Administrative Annual

Charges Bill Appeals And Modifying

Annual Charges Billing Procedures, 109

FERC ¶ 61,040 (2004) (October 8 Order),

the Commission set forth an annual

process for Other Federal Agencies

(OFAs) to submit their costs related to

Administering Part I of the Federal

Power Act. Pursuant to the established

process, the Chief of Financial

Operations, Financial Management

Division, Office of the Executive

Director, on October 29, 2025, issued a

letter requesting the OFAs to submit

their costs by December 31, 2025, using

the OFA Cost Submission Form. This

deadline was extended to February 20,

2026.

Upon receipt of the agency

submissions, the Commission posted

the information in eLibrary, and issued,

on April 8, 2026, a notice announcing

the date for a technical conference to

review the submitted costs. On April 23,

2026, the Commission held the

technical conference. Technical

conference transcripts, submitted cost

forms, and detailed supporting

documents are all available for review

under Docket No. AD26–3. 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). From

the Commission’s Home Page on the

internet, this information is available on

eLibrary. The full text of this document

is available on eLibrary in PDF and

Microsoft Word format for viewing,

printing, and/or downloading. To access

this document in eLibrary, type the

docket number excluding the last three

digits of this document in the docket

number field.

User assistance is available for

eLibrary and the Commission’s website

during normal business hours from

FERC Online Support at 202–502–6652

(toll free at 1–866–208–3676) or email at

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or the

Public Reference Room at (202) 502–

8371, TTY (202) 502–8659. Email the

Public Reference Room at

public.referenceroom@ferc.gov.

Interested parties may file specific

questions and comments on the FY 2025

OFA cost submissions with the

Commission under Docket No. AD26–3,

no later than May 21, 2026. Once filed,

the Commission will forward the

questions and comments to the OFAs

for response.

Anyone with questions pertaining to

the technical conference or this notice

should contact Raven A. Rodriguez at

(202) 502–6276 (via email at

raven.rodriguez@ferc.gov).

Dated: April 30, 2026.

Carlos D. Clay,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 2026–08711 Filed 5–4–26; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 15426–000]

Marine Renewable Energy

Collaborative of New England, Inc.;

Notice of Preliminary Permit

Application Accepted for Filing and

Soliciting Comments, Motions To

Intervene, and Competing Applications

On April 3, 2026, Marine Renewable

Energy Collaborative of New England,

Inc., filed an application for a

preliminary permit, pursuant to section

4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing

to study the feasibility of the Cuttyhunk

Test Range Project (Cuttyhunk Project or

project), to be located in Vinyard Sound,

approximately 2,000 feet off the south

coast of Cuttyhunk Island, near the

Town of Gosnold, Dukes County,

Massachusetts. The sole purpose of a

preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant

the permit holder priority to file a

license application during the permit

term. A preliminary permit does not

authorize the permit holder to perform

any land-disturbing activities or

otherwise enter upon lands or waters

owned by others without the owners’

express permission.

The proposed Cuttyhunk Project

would consist of the following new

features: (1) a wave energy converter

structure with buoy; (2) a second buoy

for a data acquisition system; (3) a three-

anchored catenary mooring system; (4) a

5,280 foot buried submarine cable; (5) a

communications hub on Cuttyhunk

Island for monitoring the test range and

receiving data; (6) a small solar

photovoltaic system and battery; and (7)

a cellular and satellite communications

system for receiving data from the data

acquisition system. The proposed

project would have an estimated average

annual generation of 200 megawatt-

hours.

Applicant Contact: Stephen Barrett,

Barrett Energy Resources Group, 10

River Run, Williamstown, MA 01267;

phone: (339) 234–2696; email: steve@

barrettenergygroup.com.

FERC Contact: Robert Haltner; phone:

(202) 502–8612, or by email at

robert.haltner@ferc.gov.

Deadline for filing comments, motions

to intervene, competing applications

(without notices of intent), or notices of

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