[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52349-52350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-20802]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. EL08-86-000]
Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. and PEAK Wind Development,
LLC, Complainants, v. Otter Tail Power Company and Minnkota Power
Cooperative, Inc., Respondents; Notice of Complaint
September 2, 2008.
Take notice that on August 29, 2008, pursuant to sections 206 and
212 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.206 and 385.212
and section 206 of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824e (1994),
Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. and PEAK Wind Development, LLC
(Complainants) filed a formal complaint against Otter Tail Power
Company and Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc. (Respondents) alleging
that (1) the Respondents are building a 60-mile, 230 kV transmission
line connecting Otter Tail's wind generation project to Minnkota's
transmission system thereby ``jumping over'' Complainants' prior-queued
interconnection request; (2) Minnkota has denied access to the
transmission line; (3) and energy from the wind being constructed by
Otter Tail and its generation partner will overload transmission
facilities operated by the Midwest Independent Transmission System
Operator, Inc. but Otter Tail and its generation partner are not
accepting responsibility for the necessary physical upgrades, thereby
threatening reliability. Complainants seek relief from the undue
preference afforded Otter Tail's generation project, the undue
discrimination against Complainants' generation project, and the
Respondents' failure to comply with open access transmission
requirements.
The Complainants state that a copy of the complaint has been served
on the Respondents.
Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be
considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to
be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. The Respondents'
answer and all interventions, or protests must be filed on or before
the comment date. The Respondents' answer, motions to intervene, and
protests must be served on the Complainants.
The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an
original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426.
This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the
``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription''
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For
assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail
[email protected], or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
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Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on September 18, 2008.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-20802 Filed 9-8-08; 8:45 am]
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