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Docket No. TS11-2-000, et al. - 3 - equally to small non-jurisdictional electric utilities that follow these requirements under their reciprocity obligations.5 4. In Black Hills, we also clarified that when an electric utility transmission owner or operator participates in a Commission-approved Independent System Operator (ISO) or Regional Transmission Organization (RTO), membership in a tight power pool is not relevant to whether the Commission will grant or deny a waiver of the Standards of Conduct or OASIS requirements.6 Rather, the utility is eligible for a waiver if it (1) has turned over operation or control of its transmission system to the ISO/RTO, (2) has no access to information concerning the operation of the transmission facilities it has turned over to the ISO/RTO, and (3) obtains information about such matters only by viewing the ISO/RTO's pertinent OASIS postings. 5. For small electric utilities that have not relinquished control over the operation of their transmission systems to an ISO/RTO, the Commission may also grant a waiver of the Commission's Standards of Conduct or OASIS requirements where the applicant demonstrates that (1) it is a small electric utility with energy sales below four million MWh, and (2) no other circumstances are present to indicate that a waiver is not justified.' Additionally, the Commission may also grant a waiver where an entity can demonstrate that its transmission facilities are limited, discrete, and do not form an integrated transmission grid.8 B. Docket No. TS11-2-000 Background 6. On March 18, 2011, the City Utility Commission of the City of Owensboro, Kentucky (Owensboro) filed a request for a waiver of the requirements to maintain and establish an OASIS and to comply with the Commission's Standards of Conduct for 5 Kansas City Board, 140 FERC ¶ 61,113 at P 11. 6 Black Hills Power, Inc., 135 FERC ¶ 61,058, at PP 2, 8 & n.12 (2011) (Black Hills). 'Kansas City Board, 140 FERC if 61,113 at P 10; Black Hills, 135 FERC 1161,058 at P 8. 8 Black Hills, 135 FERC ¶ 61,058 at P 7.