A licensee must file a Notice of Intent (NOI) to seek a new license not less than five years before expiration of the original license.1 In an ILP proceeding, a license applicant can issue an NOI anytime between 5.5 and 5 years prior to license expiration. The NOI is the public notice whether the licensee intends to relicense or decommission the project. It triggers all of the steps that follow in the licensing proceeding.
Ensure you are notified of the Notice of Intent for any project in which you have an interest. In an ILP process, the licensee files the NOI at any time in the 6-month period between 5.5 and 5 years prior to license expiration. In the TLP or ALP, the licensee typically files the NOI just over 5 years prior to license expiration. In advance, file a letter with FERC, copied to the licensee, asking to be put on the mailing list for the NOI and subsequent notices. (Bear in mind that the formal service list for a proceeding is compiled only after the proceeding starts, as discussed in Section 3.2.4(B)). You should also subscribe to notices for that project via eSubscription, as discussed in Section 3.2.2(G).
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See 18 C.F.R. ยง 5.5.
