[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40817-40818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17161]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. EL10-77-000]
City of Pella, Iowa, v. Midwest Independent Transmission System
Operator, Inc., MidAmerican Energy Company, Inc.; Notice of Petition
for Declaratory Order and Complaint
July 8, 2010,
Take notice that on July 2, 2010, pursuant to Rules 206 and 207 of
the Rules and Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.206 and 385.207, Order
No.
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888\1\, and sections 205, 206, 211, 212 and 309 of the Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 824(e), 824(j), 824(k), and 825(h), City of Pella, Iowa
(Complainant) filed (1) a petition for declaratory order requesting
that the Commission confirm that Complainant's 69 kV facilities
connecting and integrating the transmission of the Complainant,
MidAmerican Energy Company, Central Iowa Power Cooperative and ITC
Midwest are ``transmission lines'' under Order No. 888, and (2) a
formal complaint against Midwest Independent System Operator, Inc. and
MidAmerican Energy Company, Inc. (Respondents) alleging that the
Respondents have improperly denied certain of the Complainant's 69 kV
facilities reclassification as transmission and corresponding
compensation.
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\1\ Promoting Wholesale Competition Through Open Access Non-
Discriminatory Transmission Services by Public Utilities; Recovery
of Stranded Costs by Public Utilities and Transmitting Utilities,
Order No. 888, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,036 (1996), order on reh'g,
Order No. 888-A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,048, order on reh'g, Order
No. 888-B, 81 FERC ] 61,248 (1997), order on reh'g, Order No. 888-C,
82 FERC ] 61,046 (1998), aff'd in relevant part sub nom.
Transmission Access Policy Study Group v. FERC, 225 F.3d 667 (D.C.
Cir. 2000), aff'd sub nom. New York v. FERC, 535 U.S. 1 (2002).
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The Complainant certifies that copies of the complaint were served
on the contacts for the Respondents as listed on the Commission's list
of Corporate Officials.
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 Respondent's
answer and all interventions, or protests must be filed on or before
the comment date. The Respondent's 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.
Comment Date: 5 pm Eastern Time on August 2, 2010.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-17161 Filed 7-13-10; 8:45 am]
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