[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 53687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21790]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. EL10-82-000]
Southern Montana Electric Generation & Transmission Cooperative,
Inc. v. NorthWestern Corporation; Notice of Complaint
August 25, 2010.
Take notice that on August 20, 2010, pursuant to section 206 of the
Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824c, and Rule 206 of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of Practice and Procedure,
18 CFR 385.206, Southern Montana Electric Generation & Transmission
Cooperative, Inc. (Complainant) filed a complaint against NorthWestern
Corporation (Respondent), alleging that the Respondent violated
Commission policies and its Open Access Transmission Tariff by (1)
using an ``umbrella'' or ``enabling'' agreement as the contractual
basis for a long-term point-to-point transmission service and (2)
billing the Complainant with respect to a transmission service for
which they had not contracted.
Complainant certifies that copies of the complaint were served on
the contacts listed for Respondent 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 online 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 p.m. Eastern Time on September 9, 2010.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-21790 Filed 8-31-10; 8:45 am]
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