June 2, The documents submitted with this filing consist of this letter of transmittal, and all attachments thereto.

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1 James A. Cuillier Director FERC Rates & Regulation June 2, 2014 Ms. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street, N.E. Washington, DC Dear Ms. Bose: In accordance with Section and pursuant to Section of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission s ( Commission or FERC ) regulations under the Federal Power Act (18 C.F.R and 35.15), Southern California Edison Company ( SCE ) tenders for filing Notices of Cancellation for a Small Generator Interconnection Agreement ( SGIA ) and a Service Agreement for Wholesale Distribution Service ( Service Agreement ) between SCE ( Distribution Provider ) and Lancaster Little Rock D, LLC ( Interconnection Customer ) (collectively, the Parties ), Service Agreement Nos. 499 and 500, respectively, under SCE s Wholesale Distribution Access Tariff, FERC Electric Tariff, Volume No. 5 ( WDAT ). The documents submitted with this filing consist of this letter of transmittal, and all attachments thereto. Background The GIA sets forth the terms and conditions pursuant to which the Distribution Provider will design, engineer, construct, own, operate, and maintain the Distribution Provider s interconnection facilities required to interconnect the Interconnection Customer s generation project at a facility named the Lancaster Little Rock D Project ( Project ), to the Distribution Provider s Distribution System. The Service Agreement sets forth SCE s agreement to provide distribution service for the Project s generation. P.O. Box Walnut Grove Ave. Rosemead, CA 91770

2 Ms. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Page 2 June 2, 2014 The Commission accepted the GIA and Service Agreement for filing in a letter order dated July 10, 2013 in Docket No. ER Section of the SGIA states that the Interconnection Customer may terminate the agreement at any time by giving the Distribution Provider 20 business days written notice. Section 4 of the Service Agreement provides, among other things, that service under the agreement shall terminate following the termination date of the SGIA. On April 22, 2014, the Distribution Provider received a letter from Interconnection Customer requesting termination of the SGIA and Service Agreement. A copy of the letter is provided in Attachment A to this filing letter. In accordance with Article of the SGIA, service for this Project was terminated on May 21, All costs for the Project has been finalized and there are no charges pending under this Project. Waiver SCE respectfully requests, pursuant to Section (18 C.F.R ) of the Commission s regulations, waiver of the 60-day prior notice requirements specified in Section 35.3 (18 C.F.R. 35.3), and requests the Commission to assign an effective date of May 21, 2014 to the Notices of Cancellation, which date is 20 business days from the Interconnection Customer s written notice for termination. Such waiver would be consistent with the Commission s policy set forth in Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp., et al., 60 FERC 61,106 (1992), reh g denied, 61 FERC 61,089 (1992), that waiver of the 60-day prior notice requirement will generally be granted for uncontested filings that do not change rates, such as notices of cancellation. The granting of this waiver will not have any impact on SCE s other rate schedules.

3 Ms. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Page 3 June 2, 2014 Other Filing Requirements No expenses or costs included in the rates tendered herein have been alleged or judged in any administrative or judicial proceeding to be illegal, duplicative, or unnecessary costs that are demonstrably the product of discriminatory employment practices. SCE believes that the information contained in this letter provides sufficient information for the Commission to accept this filing; however, to the extent necessary, SCE further requests that the Commission waive its filing requirements contained in Sections 35.5 and (18 C.F.R and 35.13) of the Commission s regulations. SCE believes that this filing conforms to any rule of general applicability and to any Commission order specifically applicable to SCE, and has made copies of this letter and all enclosures available for public inspection in SCE s principal office located in Rosemead, California. SCE has mailed copies of this filing to those persons whose names appear on the enclosed mailing list. SCE requests that all correspondence, pleadings, and other communications concerning this filing be served upon: Gary Chen Senior Attorney Southern California Edison Company P.O. Box Walnut Grove Avenue Rosemead, California Gary.Chen@sce.com

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5 FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION Mailing List NAME ADDRESS Public Utilities Commission State of California Legal Division State Building 505 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco, California Lancaster Little Rock D LLC afoltz@spower.com 2 Embarcadero Center, Suite 410 San Francisco, CA 94111

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7 Lancaster Little Rock D LLC 2 Embarcadero Center, Suite 410 San Francisco, CA Phone: (415) Fax: (415) April 22, 2014 Ralph Holley Southern California Edison 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue Rosemead, CA RE: Notice of Termination of SGIA&DSA for WDT641 To whom it may concern: This is to notify you that we have elected to terminate the following written contracts between Southern California Edison and Lancaster Little Rock D LLC, WDT641, effective December 17 th, Small Generator Interconnection Agreement Distribution Service Agreement If you have any questions, please contact me at (415) or by at, afoltz@spower.com. Sincerely, Adam Foltz Director of Interconnection and Transmission spower (managing member of Lancaster Little Rock D LLC)