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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2302-085]

Brookfield White Pine Hydro LLC; Notice of Application Accepted
for Filing, Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Proceeding: Amendment of License.
    b. Project No.: 2302-085.
    c. Date Filed: February 24, 2017.
    d. Licensee: Brookfield White Pine Hydro LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Lewiston Falls Project.
    f. Location: The project is located on the Androscoggin River in
the town of Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a-825r.
    h. Licensee Contact: Mr. Nate Stevens, Brookfield White Pine Hydro
LLC, 150 Main Street, Lewiston, ME 99156,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    i. FERC Contact: Ms. Rebecca Martin,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    j. Deadline for filing comments, interventions, and protests is
April 13, 2017. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing.
Please file motions to intervene, protests and comments using the
Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000
characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your
name and contact information at the end of your comments. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>(866)

208-3676 (toll free), or<PHONE_NUMBER> (TTY). In lieu of electronic
filing, please send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. The
first page of any filing should include docket number P-2302-085.
    k. Description of Request: The licensee requests to remove the
Canal System and its four non-operating canal generating facilities
from the Lewiston Falls Project and convey the canals and the
conveyance facilities to the City of Lewiston for non-hydropower
redevelopment and public use. This would reduce the project's installed
capacity from 35.6 MW to 28 MW, but the operation of the project would
remain unchanged.
    l. This filing may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number
excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access
the document. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance,
call 1-866-208-3676 or email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>for TTY, call
(202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and
reproduction in the Commission's Public Reference Room located at 888
First Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling (202)
502-8371.
    m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing
list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission.
    n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene: Anyone may submit
comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the
requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211,
.212 and .214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the
Commission will consider all protests or other comments filed, but only
those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the
Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments,
protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or before the
specified comment date for the particular application.
    o. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents: Any filing must (1)
bear in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS'', ``PROTEST'', or
``MOTION TO INTERVENE'' as applicable; (2) set forth in the heading the
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone
number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All
comments, motions to intervene, or protests must set forth their
evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR
4.34(b). All comments, motions to intervene, or protests should relate
to project works which are the subject of the license amendment.
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the
applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served
upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular
application. If an intervener files comments or documents with the
Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the
responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve
a copy of the document on that resource agency. A copy of all other
filings in reference to this application must be accompanied by proof
of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared by the
Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and
385.2010.

    Dated: March 13, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Investment Company Act Release No. 34422; File No. 812-15222]

Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc., et al.

November 22, 2021.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'').

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice of application for an order under sections 17(d) and 57(i)
of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') and rule 17d-1
under the Act to permit certain joint transactions otherwise prohibited
by sections 17(d) and 57(a)(4) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act.

Summary of Application: Applicants request an order to permit business
development companies (``BDCs'') to co-invest in portfolio companies
with each other and with certain affiliated investment funds and
accounts.

Applicants: Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. (``BCSF''); BCSF
Advisors, LP (``BCSFA''), on behalf of itself and its successors; \1\
Bain Capital Credit (Asia), Limited, Bain Capital Credit (Australia)
Pty. Ltd, Bain Capital Credit CLO Advisors, LP, Bain Capital Credit, LP
(``Bain''), Bain Capital Credit, Ltd., Bain Capital Investments
(Europe) Limited, Bain Capital Investments (Ireland) Limited (together
with BCSFA, the ``Existing Bain Advisers''), on behalf of themselves
and their successors; Avery

Point III CLO, Limited, Avery Point IV CLO, Limited, Avery Point V CLO,
Limited, Avery Point VI CLO, Limited, Avery Point VII CLO, Limited,
Bain Capital COPS CV Holdings, L.P., Bain Capital COPS II Continuation
Vehicle, L.P., Bain Capital COPS III Continuation Vehicle, L.P., Bain
Capital Credit Asian Opportunities, L.P., Bain Capital Credit CLO 2016-
2, Limited, Bain Capital Credit CLO 2017-1, Limited, Bain Capital
Credit CLO 2017-2, Limited, Bain Capital Credit CLO 2018-1, Limited,
Bain Capital Credit CLO 2018-2, Limited, Bain Capital Credit CLO 2019-
1, Limited, Bain Capital Credit CLO 2019-2, Limited, Bain Capital
Credit CLO 2019-3, Limited, Bain Capital Credit CLO 2019-4, Limited,
Bain Capital Credit CLO 2020-1, Limited, Bain Capital Credit CLO 2020-
2, Limited, Bain Capital Credit CLO 2020-3, Limited, Bain Capital
Credit CLO 2020-4, Limited, Bain Capital Credit CLO 2020-5, Limited,
Bain Capital Credit CLO 2021-1, Limited, Bain Capital Credit
Dislocation Fund (B), L.P., Bain Capital Credit Managed Account (BC),
L.P., Bain Capital Credit Managed Account (Blanco), L.P., Bain Capital
Credit Managed Account (CalPERS), L.P., Bain Capital Credit Managed
Account (CLO), L.P., Bain Capital Credit Managed Account (DERP), L.P.,
Bain Capital Credit Managed Account (E), L.P., Bain Capital Credit
Managed Account (FSS), L.P., Bain Capital Credit Managed Account (G),
SCSp, Bain Capital Credit Managed Account (Iditarod), L.P., Bain
Capital Credit Managed Account (L), L.P., Bain Capital Credit Managed
Account (NZSF), L.P., Bain Capital Credit Managed Account (Pegasus),
L.P., Bain Capital Credit Managed Account (PPF), L.P., Bain Capital
Credit Managed Account (PSERS), L.P., Bain Capital Credit Managed
Account (Q), L.P., Bain Capital Credit Managed Account (Re Special
Situations), L.P., Bain Capital Credit Managed Account (TCCC), L.P.,
Bain Capital Credit Managed Account (UCAL), L.P., Bain Capital Credit
Managed Account (VFMC), L.P., Bain Capital Credit Rio Grande FMC, L.P.,
Bain Capital Direct Lending 2015 (L), L.P., Bain Capital Direct Lending
2015 (U), L.P., Bain Capital Distressed and Special Situations 2013
(A), L.P., Bain Capital Distressed and Special Situations 2013 (A2
Master), L.P., Bain Capital Distressed and Special Situations 2013 (AIV
I), L.P., Bain Capital Distressed and Special Situations 2013 (AIV II
Master), L.P., Bain Capital Distressed and Special Situations 2013 (B),
L.P., Bain Capital Distressed and Special Situations 2013 (D), L.P.,
Bain Capital Distressed and Special Situations 2013 (E Master), L.P.,
Bain Capital Distressed and Special Situations 2013 (E2 Master), L.P.,
Bain Capital Distressed and Special Situations 2016 (A), L.P., Bain
Capital Distressed and Special Situations 2016 (B Master), L.P., Bain
Capital Distressed and Special Situations 2016 (EU Master), L.P., Bain
Capital Distressed and Special Situations 2016 (F), L.P., Bain Capital
Distressed and Special Situations 2016 (F-EU), L.P., Bain Capital
Distressed and Special Situations 2016 (G), L.P., Bain Capital
Distressed and Special Situations 2019 ICAV, Bain Capital Distressed
and Special Situations 2019 (A), L.P., Bain Capital Distressed and
Special Situations 2019 (B Master), L.P., Bain Capital Distressed and
Special Situations 2019 (F), L.P., Bain Capital Euro CLO 2017-1
Designated Activity Company, Bain Capital Euro CLO 2018-1 Designated
Activity Company, Bain Capital Euro CLO 2018-2 Designated Activity
Company, Bain Capital Euro CLO 2019-1 Designated Activity Company, Bain
Capital Euro CLO 2020-1 Designated Activity Company, Bain Capital
Global Direct Lending 2021 (L Master), L.P., Bain Capital Global Direct
Lending 2021 (U Master), SCSp, Bain Capital High Income Partnership,
L.P., Bain Capital I ICAV--Global Loan Fund, Bain Capital Middle Market
Credit 2010 (Offshore II Master), L.P., Bain Capital Middle Market
Credit 2010 (Offshore Master), L.P., Bain Capital Middle Market Credit
2010, L.P., Bain Capital Middle Market Credit 2014 (A Master), L.P.,
Bain Capital Middle Market Credit 2014 (F), L.P., Bain Capital Middle
Market Credit 2014, L.P., Bain Capital Middle Market Credit 2018 (A),
L.P., Bain Capital Middle Market Credit 2018 (B Master), L.P., Bain
Capital Middle Market Credit 2018 (F), L.P., Bain Capital Senior Loan
Fund (SRI), L.P., Bain Capital Senior Loan Fund, L.P., Bain Capital
Special Situations Asia II, L.P., Bain Capital Special Situations Asia,
L.P., Bain Capital Special Situations Europe ICAV, Bain Capital
Structured Credit Fund, L.P., Bain Capital Total Return Credit, L.P.,
Barnstable Ltd., BCIS Fund (LV), LP, Cape Schanck Direct Lending Trust,
Centerville Ltd., Sankaty CLO Opportunities Coinvestment Fund, L.P.,
Cmac Fund 1, L.P., Holly Issuer Designated Activity Company, Newhaven
CLO, Designated Activity Company, Newhaven II CLO, Designated Activity
Company, Prospect Harbor Designated Investments, L.P., QCT, Queenscliff
Trust, Race Point IX CLO, Limited, Race Point VIII CLO, Ltd., Race
Point X CLO, Limited, Rye Harbour CLO, Designated Activity Company,
Sankaty Beacon Investment Partners, L.P., Sankaty Credit Opportunities
(Offshore Master) IV, L.P., Sankaty Credit Opportunities Grantor Trust,
Sankaty Credit Opportunities II Grantor Trust, Sankaty Credit
Opportunities III Grantor Trust, Sankaty Credit Opportunities IV, L.P.,
Sorrento Trust (collectively, the ``Existing Affiliated Funds'').
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    \1\ The term ``successor,'' as applied to each Adviser (defined
below), means an entity that results from a reorganization into
another jurisdiction or change in the type of business organization.

Filing Dates: The application was filed on April 23, 2021, and amended
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on July 30, 2021 and November 9, 2021.

Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An order granting the requested
relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing.
Interested persons may request a hearing by emailing the Commission's
Secretary at [email protected] and serving applicants with a
copy of the request by email. Hearing requests should be received by
the Commission by 5:30 p.m. on December 17, 2021, and should be
accompanied by proof of service on applicants, in the form of an
affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of service. Pursuant to rule
0-5 under the Act, hearing requests should state the nature of the
writer's interest, any facts bearing upon the desirability of a hearing
on the matter, the reason for the request, and the issues contested.
Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing may request notification
by emailing the Commission's Secretary.

ADDRESSES: The Commission: [email protected]. Applicants:
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Toner at<PHONE_NUMBER> or Marc
Mehrespand at<PHONE_NUMBER> (Chief Counsel's Office, Division of
Investment Management).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The following is a summary of the
application. The complete application may be obtained via the
Commission's website by searching for the file number, or for an
applicant using the Company name box, at http://www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by calling<PHONE_NUMBER>.

Applicants' Representations

    1. BCSF is a Delaware corporation organized as a closed-end
management investment company that has elected to be regulated as a BDC
under Section 54(a) of the Act.\2\ BCSF's Objectives and

Strategies \3\ are to provide risk-adjusted returns and current income
to investors. BCSF invests primarily in middle-market companies with
between $10 million and $150 million in annual earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. BCSF intends to focus
on senior investments with a first or second lien on collateral and
strong structures and documentation intended to protect the lender.
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    \2\ Section 2(a)(48) defines a BDC to be any closed-end
investment company that operates for the purpose of making
investments in securities described in sections 55(a)(1) through
55(a)(3) of the Act and makes available significant managerial
assistance with respect to the issuers of such securities.
    \3\ ``Objectives and Strategies'' means a Regulated Fund's
investment objectives and strategies, as described in the Regulated
Fund's registration statement on Form 10, other filings the
Regulated Fund has made with the Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933 (the ``Securities Act''), or under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the Regulated Fund's reports to shareholders.
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    2. GIACF is a Delaware statutory trust organized as a closed-end
investment management company that has elected to operate as an
interval fund pursuant to Rule 23c-3 under the Act. GIACF's Objectives
and Strategies are to generate a return comprised of both current
income and capital appreciation with an emphasis on current income with
low volatility and low correlation to the broader markets. GIACF
pursues its investment objective by investing primarily in secured debt
(including senior secured, unitranche and second lien debt) and
unsecured debt (including senior unsecured and subordinated debt)
issued by private or public U.S. companies. GIACF's portfolio will
consist of a core of syndicated high yield bonds and bank loans.
    3. The board of directors of BCSF is comprised of seven directors,
five of whom are not ``interested persons,'' within the meaning of
Section 2(a)(19) of the Act (the ``Non-Interested Directors'') \4\ and
the board of trustees of GIACF (together with the board of directors of
BCSF, the ``Board'') \5\ is comprised of five trustees, three of whom
are Non-Interested Directors.
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    \4\ The term ``Non-Interested Directors'' refers to the
directors or trustees of any Regulated Fund who are not interested
persons within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the Act.
    \5\ The term ``Board'' refers to the board of directors or
trustees of any Regulated Fund.
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    4. BCSFA is registered as an investment adviser under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the ``Advisers Act''). BCSFA serves as
investment adviser to BCSF and sub-adviser to GIACF. It is a wholly-
owned subsidiary of Bain.
    5. Griffin is registered an investment adviser under the Advisers
Act. Griffin serves as investment adviser to GIACF. Griffin is an
indirect majority-owned subsidiary of Griffin Capital Company, LLC.
    6. Bain is registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers
Act. Bain serves as investment adviser to certain Existing Affiliated
Funds and either it or another Bain Adviser will serve as the
investment adviser to any Future Affiliated Funds (defined below).
    7. Bain Capital Credit (Australia), Pty. Ltd., an Australian
proprietary company formed in 2012, is authorized and regulated by the
Australian Securities and Investments Commission. It is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Bain.
    8. Bain Capital Investments (Europe), Limited, a United Kingdom
private limited company formed in 2014, and Bain Capital Credit, Ltd.,
a United Kingdom private limited company formed in 2005, are authorized
and regulated by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority. Bain Capital
Investments (Europe) Limited is a subsidiary of Bain Capital, LP. Bain
Capital Credit, Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bain.
    9. Bain Capital Investments (Ireland), Limited is based in Dublin
and provides consulting advice to BCSFA and its subsidiaries. It is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Bain.
    10. Bain Capital Credit (Asia), Limited is registered with the
Securities & Futures Commission in Hong Kong and provides consulting
services to BCSFA and its subsidiaries. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Bain.
    11. Bain Capital Credit CLO Advisors, LP is a limited partnership
organized in the State of Delaware and is registered with the
Commission under the Advisers Act. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Bain.
    12. Bain Capital Credit Managed Account (Pegasus), L.P. and Bain
Capital Credit Managed Account (Iditarod), L.P. are existing Bain
Proprietary Accounts (defined below), and are Delaware limited
partnerships that are indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of Bain. The
Bain Proprietary Accounts will hold various financial assets in a
principal capacity. Bain Proprietary Accounts may operate through
wholly- or majority-owned subsidiaries. Any Bain Proprietary Accounts
are entities or accounts that are controlling, controlled by, or under
common control with a Bain Adviser.
    13. Applicants state that the Bain Advisers and the Griffin
Advisers are not affiliated persons, or affiliated persons of
affiliated persons (as defined in the Act), except for the affiliation
that arises as a result of serving as the advisers of any Regulated
Fund that is advised by a Griffin Adviser and sub-advised by a Bain
Adviser.
    14. As Bain Capital, LP controls Bain, and will control any other
Bain Adviser, it may be deemed to control the Regulated Funds and the
Affiliated Funds. Applicants state that Bain Capital, LP is a holding
company and does not currently offer investment advisory services to
any person and is not expected to do so in the future. Applicants state
that as a result, Bain Capital, LP has not been included as an
Applicant.
    15. Applicants seek an order (``Order'') to permit a Regulated Fund
\6\ and one or more Regulated Funds and/or one or more Affiliated Funds
\7\ to participate in the same investment opportunities through a
proposed co-investment program (the ``Co-Investment Program'') where
such participation would otherwise be prohibited under section 57(a)(4)
and rule 17d-1 by (a) co-investing with each other in securities issued
by issuers in private placement transactions in which an Adviser \8\
negotiates terms in addition to price; \9\ and (b) making additional
investments in securities of such issuers, including through the
exercise of warrants, conversion privileges, and other rights to
purchase securities of the issuers (``Follow-On Investments''). ``Co-
Investment Transaction'' means any transaction in which a Regulated
Fund (or its Wholly-Owned Investment Sub, as defined

below) participated together with one or more other Regulated Funds
and/or one or more Affiliated Funds in reliance on the requested Order.
``Potential Co-Investment Transaction'' means any investment
opportunity in which a Regulated Fund (or its Wholly-Owned Investment
Sub, as defined below) could not participate together with one or more
Affiliated Funds and/or one or more other Regulated Funds without
obtaining and relying on the Order.\10\ The Order sought by this
application will supersede the Prior Order,\11\ dated March 22, 2018,
with the result that no person will continue to rely on the Prior
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    \6\ ``Regulated Fund'' means Existing Regulated Funds and any
Future Regulated Fund. ``Future Regulated Fund'' means any closed-
end management investment company (a) that is registered under the
Act or has elected to be regulated as a BDC, (b)(i) whose investment
adviser (and sub-adviser(s), if any) is a Bain Adviser or (ii) whose
investment adviser is a Griffin Adviser and whose sub-adviser is a
Bain Adviser, and (c) that intends to participate in the Co-
Investment Program.
    The term ``Adviser'' means any Bain Adviser or Griffin Adviser.
The term ``Bain Adviser'' means any Existing Bain Adviser and any
future investment adviser that (i) controls, is controlled by or is
under common control with Bain Capital, LP, and (ii) is registered
as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act and (iii) is not a
Regulated Fund or a subsidiary of a Regulated Fund.
    \7\ ``Affiliated Fund'' means the Existing Affiliated Funds, any
Future Affiliated Fund or any Bain Proprietary Account. ``Future
Affiliated Fund'' means any entity (a) whose investment adviser (and
sub-adviser(s), if any) is a Bain Adviser, (b) that would be an
investment company but for section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Act,
and (c) that intends to participate in the Co-Investment Program.
``Bain Proprietary Account'' means any account of a Bain Adviser or
its affiliates or any company that is a direct or indirect, wholly-
or majority-owned subsidiary of the Bain Adviser or its affiliates,
which, from time to time, may hold various financial assets in a
principal capacity.
    \8\ The term ``Adviser'' means any Bain Adviser or Griffin
Adviser.
    \9\ The term ``private placement transactions'' means
transactions in which the offer and sale of securities by the issuer
are exempt from registration under the Securities Act.
    \10\ All existing entities that currently intend to rely upon
the requested Order have been named as applicants. Any other
existing or future entity that subsequently relies on the Order will
comply with the terms and conditions of the application.
    \11\ Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc., et al. (File No. 812-
14766) Investment Company Act Release No. 33031 (Feb. 23, 2018)
(notice) and 33051 (Mar. 22, 2018) (order). Certain of the
applicants to the Prior Order have been named as Applicants to the
Order.
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    16. Applicants state that a Regulated Fund may, from time to time,
form one or more Wholly-Owned Investment Subs.\12\ Such a subsidiary
would be prohibited from investing in a Co-Investment Transaction with
any Affiliated Fund or Regulated Fund because it would be a company
controlled by its parent Regulated Fund for purposes of section
57(a)(4) and rule 17d-1. Applicants request that each Wholly-Owned
Investment Sub be permitted to participate in Co-Investment
Transactions in lieu of its parent Regulated Fund and that the Wholly-
Owned Investment Sub's participation in any such transaction be
treated, for purposes of the requested Order, as though the parent
Regulated Fund were participating directly. Applicants represent that
this treatment is justified because a Wholly-Owned Investment Sub would
have no purpose other than serving as a holding vehicle for the
Regulated Fund's investments and, therefore, no conflicts of interest
could arise between the Regulated Fund and the Wholly-Owned Investment
Sub. The Regulated Fund's Board would make all relevant determinations
under the conditions with regard to a Wholly-Owned Investment Sub's
participation in a Co-Investment Transaction, and the Regulated Fund's
Board would be informed of, and take into consideration, any proposed
use of a Wholly-Owned Investment Sub in the Regulated Fund's place. If
the Regulated Fund proposes to participate in the same Co-Investment
Transaction with any of its Wholly-Owned Investment Subs, the Board
will also be informed of, and take into consideration, the relative
participation of the Regulated Fund and the Wholly-Owned Investment
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    \12\ The term ``Wholly-Owned Investment Sub'' means an entity
(i) that is wholly-owned by a Regulated Fund (with the Regulated
Fund at all times holding, beneficially and of record, 100% of the
voting and economic interests); (ii) whose sole business purpose is
to hold one or more investments on behalf of the Regulated Fund;
(iii) with respect to which the Regulated Fund's Board has the sole
authority to make all determinations with respect to the entity's
participation under the conditions of the Application; and (iv) that
would be an investment company but for section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of
the Act.
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    17. Applicants note that Griffin is responsible for the overall
management of GIACF's activities, and BCSFA is responsible for the day-
to-day management of GIACF's investment portfolio, in each case
consistent with their fiduciary duties. A Griffin Adviser will serve as
the investment adviser to any Regulated Fund with a Bain Adviser as its
sub-adviser. In the case of a Regulated Fund with a Bain Adviser as
sub-adviser, the Bain Adviser will identify and recommend the Potential
Co-Investment Transactions for the Regulated Fund, and the applicable
sub-advisory agreement will require the Bain Adviser to present such
Potential Co-Investment Transaction to the applicable Griffin Adviser,
which will have the authority to approve or reject it for the Regulated
Fund.
    18. When considering Potential Co-Investment Transactions for any
Regulated Fund, the applicable Adviser will consider only the
Objectives and Strategies, investment policies, investment positions,
capital available for investment, and other pertinent factors
applicable to that Regulated Fund. The Regulated Fund Advisers expect
that any portfolio company that is an appropriate investment for a
Regulated Fund should also be an appropriate investment for one or more
other Regulated Funds and/or one or more Affiliated Funds, with certain
exceptions based on available capital or diversification.\13\
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    \13\ The Regulated Funds, however, will not be obligated to
invest, or co-invest, when investment opportunities are referred to
them.
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    19. Other than pro rata dispositions and Follow-On Investments as
provided in conditions 7 and 8, and after making the determinations
required in conditions 1 and 2(a), the Advisers will present each
Potential Co-Investment Transaction and the proposed allocation to the
directors of the Board eligible to vote under section 57(o) of the Act
(``Eligible Directors''), and the ``required majority,'' as defined in
section 57(o) of the Act (``Required Majority'') \14\ will approve each
Co-Investment Transaction prior to any investment by the participating
Regulated Fund.
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    \14\ In the case of a Regulated Fund that is a registered
closed-end fund, the Board members that make up the Required
Majority will be determined as if the Regulated Fund were a BDC
subject to Section 57(o).
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    20. Applicants state that a Bain Adviser has an investment
committee through which it will carry out its obligation under
condition 1 to make a determination as to the appropriateness of the
Potential Co-Investment Transaction for any Regulated Fund. Applicants
represent that in the case of a Potential Co-Investment Transaction,
the Bain Adviser would apply its allocation policies and procedures in
determining the proposed allocation for the Regulated Fund consistent
with the requirements of condition 2(a). Applicants further note that
each Griffin Adviser and Bain Adviser has adopted its own allocation
policies and procedures that take into account the allocation policies
and procedures for the Regulated Funds. Applicants believe that while
each Bain Adviser client may not participate in each investment
opportunity, over time each Bain Adviser client would participate in
investment opportunities fairly and equitably.
    21. With respect to the pro rata dispositions and Follow-On
Investments provided in conditions 7 and 8, a Regulated Fund may
participate in a pro rata disposition or Follow-On Investment without
obtaining prior approval of the Required Majority if, among other
things: (i) The proposed participation of each Regulated Fund and
Affiliated Fund in such disposition is proportionate to its outstanding
investments in the issuer immediately preceding the disposition or
Follow-On Investment, as the case may be; and (ii) the Board of the
Regulated Fund has approved that Regulated Fund's participation in pro
rata dispositions and Follow-On Investments as being in the best
interests of the Regulated Fund. If the Board does not so approve, any
such disposition or Follow-On Investment will be submitted to the
Regulated Fund's Eligible Directors. The Board of any Regulated Fund
may at any time rescind, suspend or qualify its approval of pro rata
dispositions and Follow-On Investments with the result that all
dispositions and/or Follow-On Investments must be submitted to the
Eligible Directors.
    22. No Non-Interested Director of a Regulated Fund will have a
financial interest in any Co-Investment Transaction, other than through
share

ownership in one of the Regulated Funds.

Applicants' Legal Analysis

    1. Section 57(a)(4) of the Act prohibits certain affiliated persons
of a BDC from participating in joint transactions with the BDC or a
company controlled by a BDC in contravention of rules as prescribed by
the Commission. Under section 57(b)(2) of the Act, any person who is
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common
control with a BDC is subject to section 57(a)(4). Applicants submit
that each of the Regulated Funds and Affiliated Funds be deemed to be a
person related to each Regulated Fund in a manner described by section
57(b) by virtue of being under common control. In addition, section
57(b) applies to any investment adviser to a Regulated Fund that is a
BDC and to any section 2(a)(3)(C) affiliates of the investment adviser,
including GIACF and the Affiliated Funds (including the Bain
Proprietary Accounts). Section 57(i) of the Act provides that, until
the Commission prescribes rules under section 57(a)(4), the
Commission's rules under section 17(d) of the Act applicable to
registered closed-end investment companies will be deemed to apply to
transactions subject to section 57(a)(4). Because the Commission has
not adopted any rules under section 57(a)(4), rule 17d-1 also applies
to joint transactions with Regulated Funds that are BDCs. Section 17(d)
of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act are applicable to Regulated
Funds that are registered closed-end investment companies.
    2. Section 17(d) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act prohibit
affiliated persons of a registered investment company from
participating in joint transactions with the company unless the
Commission has granted an order permitting such transactions. In
passing upon applications under rule 17d-1, the Commission considers
whether the company's participation in the joint transaction is
consistent with the provisions, policies, and purposes of the Act and
the extent to which such participation is on a basis different from or
less advantageous than that of other participants.
    3. Applicants state that in the absence of the requested relief,
the Regulated Funds would be, in some circumstances, limited in their
ability to participate in attractive and appropriate investment
opportunities. Applicants believe that the proposed terms and
conditions will ensure that the Co-Investment Transactions are
consistent with the protection of each Regulated Fund's shareholders
and with the purposes intended by the policies and provisions of the
Act. Applicants state that the Regulated Funds' participation in the
Co-Investment Transactions will be consistent with the provisions,
policies, and purposes of the Act and on a basis that is not different
from or less advantageous than that of other participants.
    4. Applicants also represent that if the Advisers, certain
employees and principals of Bain and its affiliated advisers
(collectively, the ``Principals''), any person controlling, controlled
by, or under common control with the Advisers or the Principals, and
the Affiliated Funds (collectively, the ``Holders'') own in the
aggregate more than 25 percent of the outstanding voting securities of
a Regulated Fund (``Shares''), then the Holders will vote such Shares
as required under Condition 14. Applicants believe that this condition
will ensure that the Non-Interested Directors will act independently in
evaluating the Co-Investment Program, because the ability of the
Advisers or the Principals to influence the Non-Interested Directors by
a suggestion, explicit or implied, that the Non-Interested Directors
can be removed will be limited significantly.

Applicants' Conditions

    Applicants agree that the Order will be subject to the following
conditions:
    1. Each time a Bain Adviser considers a Potential Co-Investment
Transaction for an Affiliated Fund or another Regulated Fund that falls
within a Regulated Fund's then-current Objectives and Strategies, each
Adviser to a Regulated Fund will make an independent determination of
the appropriateness of the investment for such Regulated Fund in light
of the Regulated Fund's then-current circumstances.
    2. (a) If each Adviser to a Regulated Fund deems the Regulated
Fund's participation in any Potential Co-Investment Transaction to be
appropriate for the Regulated Fund, the Adviser (or Advisers if there
are more than one) will then determine an appropriate level of
investment for the Regulated Fund.
    (b) If the aggregate amount recommended by the Adviser (or Advisers
if there are more than one) to a Regulated Fund to be invested by the
Regulated Fund in the Potential Co-Investment Transaction, together
with the amount proposed to be invested by the other participating
Regulated Funds and Affiliated Funds, collectively, in the same
transaction, exceeds the amount of the investment opportunity, the
amount of the investment opportunity will be allocated among the
Regulated Funds and Affiliated Funds pro rata based on each
participant's capital available for investment in the asset class being
allocated, up to the amount proposed to be invested by each. The
Adviser (or Advisers if there are more than one) to a Regulated Fund
will provide the Eligible Directors of each participating Regulated
Fund with information concerning each participating party's available
capital to assist the Eligible Directors with their review of the
Regulated Fund's investments for compliance with these allocation
procedures.
    (c) After making the determinations required in conditions 1 and
2(a)above, the Adviser to the Regulated Fund (or Advisers if there are
more than one) will distribute written information concerning the
Potential Co-Investment Transaction (including the amount proposed to
be invested by each participating Regulated Fund and Affiliated Fund)
to the Eligible Directors for their consideration. A Regulated Fund
will co-invest with one or more other Regulated Funds and/or one or
more Affiliated Funds only if, prior to the Regulated Funds' and
Affiliated Funds' participation in the Potential Co-Investment
Transaction, a Required Majority concludes that:
    (i) the terms of the Potential Co-Investment Transaction, including
the consideration to be paid, are reasonable and fair to the Regulated
Fund and its shareholders and do not involve overreaching in respect of
the Regulated Fund or its shareholders on the part of any person
concerned;
    (ii) the Potential Co-Investment Transaction is consistent with:
    (A) the interests of the Regulated Fund's shareholders; and
    (B) the Regulated Fund's then-current Objectives and Strategies;
    (iii) the investment by any other Regulated Funds or Affiliated
Funds would not disadvantage the Regulated Fund, and participation by
the Regulated Fund would not be on a basis different from or less
advantageous than that of any other Regulated Fund or Affiliated Fund;
provided that, if any other Regulated Fund or Affiliated Fund, but not
the Regulated Fund itself, gains the right to nominate a director for
election to a portfolio company's board of directors or the right to
have a board observer or any similar right to participate in the
governance or management of the portfolio company, such event shall not
be interpreted to prohibit the Required Majority from reaching the
conclusions required by this condition 2(c)(iii), if:

    (A) The Eligible Directors will have the right to ratify the
selection of such director or board observer, if any;
    (B) the Adviser to the Regulated Fund (or Advisers if there are
more than one) agrees to, and does, provide periodic reports to the
Regulated Fund's Board with respect to the actions of such director or
the information received by such board observer or obtained through the
exercise of any similar right to participate in the governance or
management of the portfolio company; and
    (C) any fees or other compensation that any Affiliated Fund or any
Regulated Fund or any affiliated person of any Affiliated Fund or any
Regulated Fund receives in connection with the right of an Affiliated
Fund or a Regulated Fund to nominate a director or appoint a board
observer or otherwise to participate in the governance or management of
the portfolio company will be shared proportionately among the
participating Affiliated Funds (who each may, in turn, share its
portion with its affiliated persons) and the participating Regulated
Funds in accordance with the amount of each party's investment; and
    (iv) the proposed investment by the Regulated Fund will not benefit
the Adviser to the Regulated Fund (or Advisers if there are more than
one), the Affiliated Funds or the other Regulated Funds or any
affiliated person of any of them (other than the parties to the Co-
Investment Transaction), except (A) to the extent permitted by
condition 13, (B) to the extent permitted by sections 17(e) or 57(k) of
the Act, as applicable, (C) indirectly, as a result of an interest in
the securities issued by one of the parties to the Co-Investment
Transaction, or (D) in the case of fees or other compensation described
in condition 2(c)(iii)(C).
    3. Each Regulated Fund has the right to decline to participate in
any Potential Co-Investment Transaction or to invest less than the
amount proposed.
    4. The Adviser to the Regulated Fund (or Advisers if there are more
than one) will present to the Board of each Regulated Fund, on a
quarterly basis, a record of all investments in Potential Co-Investment
Transactions made by any of the other Regulated Funds or Affiliated
Funds during the preceding quarter that fell within the Regulated
Fund's then-current Objectives and Strategies that were not made
available to the Regulated Fund, and an explanation of why the
investment opportunities were not offered to the Regulated Fund. All
information presented to the Board pursuant to this condition will be
kept for the life of the Regulated Fund and at least two years
thereafter, and will be subject to examination by the Commission and
its staff.
    5. Except for Follow-On Investments made in accordance with
condition 8,\15\ a Regulated Fund will not invest in reliance on the
Order in any issuer in which another Regulated Fund, Affiliated Fund,
or any affiliated person of another Regulated Fund or an Affiliated
Fund is an existing investor.
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Regulated Fund in issuers in which that Regulated Fund already holds
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    6. A Regulated Fund will not participate in any Potential Co-
Investment Transaction unless the terms, conditions, price, class of
securities to be purchased, settlement date, and registration rights
will be the same for each participating Regulated Fund and Affiliated
Fund. The grant to an Affiliated Fund or another Regulated Fund, but
not the Regulated Fund, of the right to nominate a director for
election to a portfolio company's board of directors, the right to have
an observer on the board of directors or similar rights to participate
in the governance or management of the portfolio company will not be
interpreted so as to violate this condition 6, if conditions
2(c)(iii)(A), (B) and (C) are met.
    7. (a) If any Affiliated Fund or any Regulated Fund elects to sell,
exchange or otherwise dispose of an interest in a security that was
acquired by one or more Regulated Funds and/or Affiliated Funds in a
Co-Investment Transaction, the applicable Adviser(s) \16\ will:
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    \16\ Any Bain Proprietary Account that is not advised by a Bain
Adviser is itself deemed to be an Adviser for purposes of Conditions
7(a)(i) and 8(a)(i).
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    (i) Notify each Regulated Fund that participated in the Co-
Investment Transaction of the proposed disposition at the earliest
practical time; and
    (ii) formulate a recommendation as to participation by the
Regulated Fund in the disposition.
    (b) Each Regulated Fund will have the right to participate in such
disposition on a proportionate basis, at the same price and on the same
terms and conditions as those applicable to the participating
Affiliated Funds and any other Regulated Fund.
    (c) A Regulated Fund may participate in such disposition without
obtaining prior approval of the Required Majority if: (i) The proposed
participation of each Regulated Fund and each Affiliated Fund in such
disposition is proportionate to its outstanding investments in the
issuer immediately preceding the disposition; (ii) the Board of the
Regulated Fund has approved as being in the best interests of the
Regulated Fund the ability to participate in such dispositions on a pro
rata basis (as described in greater detail in the application); and
(iii) the Board of the Regulated Fund is provided on a quarterly basis
with a list of all dispositions made in accordance with this condition.
In all other cases, the Adviser to the Regulated Fund (or Advisers if
there are more than one) will provide their written recommendation as
to the Regulated Fund's participation to the Eligible Directors, and
the Regulated Fund will participate in such disposition solely to the
extent that a Required Majority determines that it is in the Regulated
Fund's best interests.
    (d) Each Affiliated Fund and each Regulated Fund will bear its own
expenses in connection with any such disposition.
    8. (a) If any Affiliated Fund or any Regulated Fund desires to make
a Follow-On Investment in a portfolio company whose securities were
acquired by the Regulated Fund and the Affiliated Fund in a Co-
Investment Transaction, the applicable Adviser(s) will:
    (i) Notify each Regulated Fund that participated in the Co-
Investment Transaction of the proposed transaction at the earliest
practical time; and
    (ii) formulate a recommendation as to the proposed participation,
including the amount of the proposed Follow-On Investment, by each
Regulated Fund.
    (b) A Regulated Fund may participate in such Follow-On Investment
without obtaining prior approval of the Required Majority if: (i) The
proposed participation of each Regulated Fund and each Affiliated Fund
in such investment is proportionate to its outstanding investments in
the issuer immediately preceding the Follow-On Investment; and (ii) the
Board of the Regulated Fund has approved as being in the best interests
of the Regulated Fund the ability to participate in Follow-On
Investments on a pro rata basis (as described in greater detail in the
application). In all other cases, the Adviser to the Regulated Fund (or
Advisers if there are more than one) will provide their written
recommendation as to such Regulated Fund's participation to the
Eligible Directors, and the Regulated Fund will participate in such
Follow-On Investment solely to the extent that the Required Majority
determines that it is in such Regulated Fund's best interests.
    (c) If, with respect to any Follow-On Investment:

    (i) The amount of the opportunity is not based on the Regulated
Funds' and the Affiliated Funds' outstanding investments immediately
preceding the Follow-On Investment; and
    (ii) the aggregate amount recommended by the Adviser (or Advisers
if there are more than one) to a Regulated Fund to be invested by the
Regulated Fund in the Follow-On Investment, together with the amount
proposed to be invested by the other participating Regulated Funds and
the Affiliated Funds in the same transaction, exceeds the amount of the
opportunity; then the amount invested by each such party will be
allocated among them pro rata based on each participant's capital
available for investment in the asset class being allocated, up to the
amount proposed to be invested by each.
    (d) The acquisition of Follow-On Investments as permitted by this
condition will be considered a Co-Investment Transaction for all
purposes and subject to the other conditions set forth in the
application.
    9. The Non-Interested Directors of each Regulated Fund will be
provided quarterly for review all information concerning Potential Co-
Investment Transactions and Co-Investment Transactions, including
investments made by other Regulated Funds or Affiliated Funds that a
Regulated Fund considered but declined to participate in, so that the
Non-Interested Directors may determine whether all investments made
during the preceding quarter, including those investments that the
Regulated Fund considered but declined to participate in, comply with
the conditions of the Order. In addition, the Non-Interested Directors
will consider at least annually the continued appropriateness for such
Regulated Fund of participating in new and existing Co-Investment
Transactions.
    10. Each Regulated Fund will maintain the records required by
section 57(f)(3) of the Act as if each of the Regulated Funds were a
BDC and each of the investments permitted under these conditions were
approved by the Required Majority under section 57(f) of the Act.
    11. No Non-Interested Director of a Regulated Fund will also be a
director, general partner, managing member or principal, or otherwise
an ``affiliated person'' (as defined in the Act), of any Affiliated
Fund.
    12. The expenses, if any, associated with acquiring, holding or
disposing of any securities acquired in a Co-Investment Transaction
(including, without limitation, the expenses of the distribution of any
such securities registered for sale under the Securities Act) will, to
the extent not payable by the applicable Adviser(s) under their
respective investment advisory agreements with the Affiliated Funds and
the Regulated Funds, be shared by the Regulated Funds and the
Affiliated Funds in proportion to the relative amounts of the
securities held or to be acquired or disposed of, as the case may be.
    13. Any transaction fee \17\ (including break-up or commitment fees
but excluding broker's fees contemplated by section 17(e) or 57(k) of
the Act, as applicable) received in connection with a Co-Investment
Transaction will be distributed to the participating Regulated Funds
and Affiliated Funds on a pro rata basis based on the amounts they
invested or committed, as the case may be, in such Co-Investment
Transaction. If any transaction fee is to be held by an Adviser pending
consummation of the transaction, the fee will be deposited into an
account maintained by the Adviser at a bank or banks having the
qualifications prescribed in section 26(a)(1) of the Act, and the
account will earn a competitive rate of interest that will also be
divided pro rata among the participating Regulated Funds and Affiliated
Funds based on the amounts they invest in such Co-Investment
Transaction. None of the Affiliated Funds, the applicable Adviser(s),
the other Regulated Funds or any affiliated person of the Regulated
Funds or Affiliated Funds will receive additional compensation or
remuneration of any kind as a result of or in connection with a Co-
Investment Transaction (other than (a) in the case of the Regulated
Funds and the Affiliated Funds, the pro rata transaction fees described
above and fees or other compensation described in condition
2(c)(iii)(C); and (b) in the case of the Advisers, investment advisory
fees paid in accordance with the Regulated Funds' and the Affiliated
Funds' investment advisory agreements).
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providing any relief for transaction fees received in connection
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    14. If the Holders own in the aggregate more than 25 percent of the
Shares of a Regulated Fund, then the Holders will vote such Shares in
the same percentages as the Regulated Fund's other shareholders (not
including the Holders) when voting on (1) the election of directors;
(2) the removal of one or more directors; or (3) any other matter under
either the Act or applicable State law affecting the Board's
composition, size or manner of election.
    15. Each Regulated Fund's chief compliance officer, as defined in
rule 38a-1(a)(4), will prepare an annual report for its Board each year
that evaluates (and documents the basis of that evaluation) the
Regulated Fund's compliance with the terms and conditions of the
application and the procedures established to achieve such compliance.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management,
under delegated authority.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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Subpart WWWW--[Amended]

    47. Table 15 to subpart WWWW of part 63 is amended by adding an
entry for Sec.  63.1(c)(6) to read as follows:

Table 15 to Subpart WWWW of Part 63.--Applicability of General Provisions (Subpart A) to Subpart WWWW of Part 63
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The general provisions  reference . .    That addresses . . .    And applies to subpart    following additional
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Sec.   63.1(c)(6)....................  Becoming an area source  Yes....................

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Subpart AAAAA--[Amended]

    48. Table 8 to subpart AAAAA of part 63 is amended by adding an
entry for Sec.  63.1(c)(6) to read as follows:

           Table 8 to Subpart AAAAA of Part 63.--Applicability of General Provisions to Subpart AAAAA
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Sec.   63.1(c)(6)....................  Becoming an area source  Yes....................

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Subpart PPPPP--[Amended]

    49. Table 7 to subpart PPPPP of part 63 is amended by adding an
entry for Sec.  63.1(c)(6) to read as follows:

           Table 7 to Subpart PPPPP of Part 63.--Applicability of General Provisions to Subpart PPPPP
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               Citation                        Subject             Brief description              PPPPP
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Sec.   63.1(c)(6)....................  Applicability..........  Becoming an area source  Yes.

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 48 (Monday, March 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 15389]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER23-1241-000]

IP Oberon, LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-Based
Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section 204 Authorization

    This is a supplemental notice in the above-referenced proceeding of
IP Oberon, LLC's application for market-based rate authority, with an
accompanying rate tariff, noting that such application includes a
request for blanket authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of future
issuances of securities and assumptions of liability.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest should file with the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington,
DC 20426, in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's
Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Anyone
filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that
document on the Applicant.
    Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing protests with
regard to the applicant's request for blanket authorization, under 18
CFR part 34, of future issuances of securities and assumptions of
liability, is March 27, 2023.
    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 may mail similar pleadings to
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426. Hand delivered submissions in docketed
proceedings should be delivered to Health and Human Services, 12225
Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    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) using
the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three
digits in the docket number field to access the document. At this time,
the Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public
Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency
concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), issued by the
President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission at [email protected] or call toll-free,
(886) 208-3676 or TYY,<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: March 6, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
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