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Docket No. TS11-2-000, et al. - 7 - subdivision of Connecticut, Connecticut Cooperative argues that it falls within the jurisdictional exemption of FPA section 201(1). Connecticut Cooperative's transmission facilities consist of approximately 12 miles of 345 kV and 115 kV electric transmission facilities. 15. Connecticut Cooperative also argues that it has satisfied the three criteria for a waiver of the Standards of Conduct for electric utilities participating in a Commission approved RTO or ISO by (1) turning over operation and control of its transmission system to ISO New England, (2) relinquishing access to information concerning the operation of its facility to Connecticut Light and Power, and (3) committing to obtain information about the operational status of its facility solely through OASIS.22 Discussion 16. Based on the representations in Connecticut Cooperative's filing, we grant Connecticut Cooperative's request for a waiver of the Commission's Standards of Conduct requirements because Connecticut Cooperative meets the three eligibility criteria for electric utilities operators participating in a Commission-approved ISO or RTO. Connecticut Cooperative's Standards of Conduct waiver will remain in effect unless and until the Commission takes action on a complaint by an entity that Connecticut Cooperative has used its access to information to unfairly benefit itself or its affiliate.23 D. Docket No. TS11-7-000 Background 17. On July 15, 2011, Elk River Municipal Utilities (Elk River) 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 Transmission Providers as applicable to municipal electric systems through the reciprocity requirements of the Commission's pro forma OATT.24 Elk River is a municipality that is primarily an electric distribution system and, under FPA section 201(0, not subject to Part II of the FPA. Elk River 22 Id. at 6-7. 23 Connecticut Cooperative must notify the Commission if there is a material change in facts that affect the waiver within 30 days of the date of such change. Material Changes Order, 127 FERC ¶ 61,141 at P 5. 24 Elk River Request at 1-2.