2005/10/05 Council Agenda Packet

5 Exhibit A , 2005 Magalie Roman Salas Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street,N.E. Washington, D.C. 20426 Re: Henry M. Jackson Hydroelectric Project,FERC Project No. 2157 Application for Non-Capacity Related License Amendment for Transmission Line Removal from the Project Boundary Dear Secretary Salas: Pursuant to 18 C.F.R. § 4.200 et seq., Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County("PUD")hereby submits the attached application to amend the license of the Henry M. Jackson Hydroelectric Project("Jackson Project"), FERC Project No. 2157, on behalf of itself and co-licensee City of Everett, Washington. As detailed in the attached application, the PUD seeks to amend the license to delete a single-circuit 115 kilovolt ("kV")transmission line("South Line") from the license. The South Line is no longer used solely to transmit power from the Jackson Project to the interconnected grid and would be part of the PUD's interconnected transmission system even if the Jackson Project were not to exist. Consequently,the South Line is not a "primary line"under § 3(11)of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. § 796(11) (2000). In accordance with 18 C.F.R. § 388.112, the application is filed as follows: 1. Volume 1: This volume consists of the application with Critical Energy Infrastructure Information ("CEII")removed. An original and fourteen (14)public copies of this Volume 1 are submitted. See 18 C.F.R. § 388.112(b)(2)(i). 2. Volume 2: This volume contains the CEII that has been removed from the public version of the application. Pursuant to instructions developed by the Commission's Secretary, this volume, as well as the information contained therein, has been marked"Contains Critical Energy Infrastructure Information—Do Not Release." See How-to File Non- Internet Public, CEII or Privileged Material, http://www.ferc.gov/help/ how-to/file-material.asp; CEII-Related Document Classes (table), http://www.ferc.govilegaliceii-foia/ceii/classes.asp; 18 C.F.R. § 11