Document ID: FERC-2011-1117-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Complaints: Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co. v. SFPP, L.P.
Posted Date: 2011-07-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 145 (Thursday, July 28, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45246-45247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-19077]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. OR11-19-000]

Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company v. SFPP, L.P.; Notice of 
Complaint

    Take notice that on July 20, 2011, pursuant to Rule 206 of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (Commission), 18 CFR 385.206; the Procedural 
Rules Applicable to Oil Pipeline Proceedings, 18 CFR 343.2; sections 
1(4), 1(5), 8, 9, 13, 15, and 16 of the Interstate Commerce Act (ICA), 
49 U.S.C. App. 1(4), 1(5), 8, 9, 13, 15, and 16 (1988); and section 
1803 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct), Tesoro Refining and 
Marketing Company (Tesoro) filed a formal complaint against SFPP, L.P. 
(SFPP).
    Tesoro alleges that because SFPP has over-recovered its cost of 
service in 2010, and their proposed index-based rate increases exceed 
the actual decrease in the pipeline's previous-year costs in such a 
manner that substantially exacerbate that over-recovery, SFPP is not 
entitled to raise its rates. Tesoro requests that the Commission 
determine that the rates established by SFPP, L.P.

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in FERC Tariff Nos. 194.1.0, 195.1.0, 196.3.0, 197.1.0, 198.3.0, 
199.1.0, and 200.1.0 are unjust and unreasonable; prescribe new just 
and reasonable for the SFPP interstate pipeline system; and order SFPP 
to pay refunds, plus interest, to Tesoro for shipments made by Tesoro 
under each of the tariffs specified above from July 1, 2011 through the 
date on which the Commission resolves the issues presented in this 
docket and related proceedings. Tesoro has also requested that the 
Commission grant such other, different or additional relief as it may 
determine to be appropriate.
    Tesoro certifies that copies of the complaint were served on the 
contacts for SFPP 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 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on August 9, 2011.

    Dated: July 20, 2011.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-19077 Filed 7-27-11; 8:45 am]
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