[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 33 (Thursday, February 17, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9348-9349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3621]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 [Docket No. EL11-19-000]


Southern California Edison Company, Pacific Gas and Electric 
Company, San Diego Gas & Electric Company; Notice of Petition

    Take notice that on January 31, 2011, pursuant to section 210(h)(2) 
of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA),\1\ 
Southern California Edison Company (SCE), Pacific Gas and Electric 
Company (PG&E), and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) filed a 
petition requesting that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) enforce the requirements of PURPA against the Public 
Utilities Commission of the State of California (CPUC), and find that 
the CPUC's AB 1613 Decisions \2\ violate PURPA and the Commission's 
Regulations implementing PURPA.
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    \1\ 16 U.S.C. 824a-3(h)(2) (2006).
    \2\ The AB 1613 Decisions consist of the following CPUC 
decisions issued in rulemaking docket R.08-06-024: (1) Decision 
Adopting Policies and Procedures for Purchase of Excess Electricity 
Under Assembly Bill 1613, D.09-12-042 (Dec. 21, 2009), (2) Order 
Dismissing Motion for Stay of Decision (D.) 09-12-042, Modifying 
D.09-12-042, and Denying Rehearing of D.09-12-042, as Modified, 
D.10-04-055 (Apr. 26, 2010), and (3) Decision Granting, in Part, and 
Denying in Part, Joint Petition of Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 
Southern California Edison Company, and San Diego Gas & Electric 
Company for Modification of Decision 09-12-042, D.10-12-055 (Dec.17, 
2010), rehearing pending. Page citations to CPUC Decisions are to 
the .pdf versions posted on the CPUC Web site.
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    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

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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 p.m. Eastern Time on February 22, 2011.

    Dated: February 10, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-3621 Filed 2-16-11; 8:45 am]
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