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- 10 - transmission interconnects with the substation, transmission requests from new sources are not anticipated. Given Elk River is a small utility that relies on a single staff member for both transmission and market expertise, the additional costs involved in imposing a separation of functions would increase Elk River's costs significantly, but, in view of Elk River's limited and discrete transmission facilities,would not create public benefits. Consistent with Commission precedent, Elk River commits to notify the Commission within 30 days of any material change in facts affecting the basis for the waiver that Elk River seeks.l3 IV. CONCLUSIONS For the foregoing reasons, Elk River respectfully requests that the Commission grant this request for waiver of OASIS and standards of conduct requirements that otherwise might be imposed under the reciprocity requirements of Order Nos. 888, 889 and later orders. 13 See Material Changes in Facts Underlying Waiver of Order No. 889 and Part 358 of the Commission's Regulations, 127 FERC¶61,141,P 5 and Ordering Paragraph(A)(2009);see also Wolverine Power Supply Coop., Inc., 127 FERC¶61,159,P 14 n.21 (2009). Absent a change in the underlying facts establishing eligibility,"[a] waiver of the Standards of Conduct remains in effect unless and until the Commission takes action on a complaint by an entity alleging that Applicants used access to transmission information to unfairly benefit one of their own sales,or an affiliate's sales."See, e.g., Goshen Phase IL LLC, 133 FERC¶61,090,P 17. "A waiver of the requirement to establish and maintain an information system(Le.,an OASIS)remains effective until the Commission takes action in response to any complaint by an entity alleging that, in evaluating its transmission needs,the entity could not obtain from Goshen 11 information necessary to complete its evaluation."Id. P 16 n.23.