[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48219-48220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22470]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL18-9-000]


Xcel Energy Services Inc. v. Southwest Power Pool, Inc.; Notice 
of Complaint

    Take notice that on October 10, 2017, Xcel Energy Services Inc. 
(Complainant), on behalf of its public utility affiliate Southwestern 
Public Service Company (SPS), filed a formal complaint against 
Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP or Respondent) pursuant to sections 206 
and 306 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824(e) and 825(e), 
and Rule 206 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission), 18 CFR 385.206 (2017), 
alleging that SPP has violated its Tariff by assessing Attachment Z2 
credit payment obligations to SPS in a manner that is inconsistent with 
the SPP Tariff, violates the filed rate doctrine, is inconsistent with 
SPS's network transmission service agreements with

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SPP, and is otherwise unjust, unreasonable, all as more fully explained 
in the complaint.
    Complainants certify that copies of the complaint were served on 
the contact 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 (2017). 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 email notification when a 
document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any 
FERC Online service, please email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#82c4c7d0c1cdeceeebece7d1f7f2f2edf0f6c2e4e7f0e1ace5edf4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="99dfdccbdad6f7f5f0f7fccaece9e9f6ebedd9fffcebfab7fef6ef">[email protected]</span></a>, or call 
(866) 208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 30, 2017.

    Dated: October 11, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-22470 Filed 10-16-17; 8:45 am]
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