Document ID: FERC-2012-1469-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Complaints: Benjamin Riggs v. Rhode Island Public Utility Commission
Posted Date: 2012-09-04T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53883-53884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21663]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL12-100-000]

Benjamin Riggs v. Rhode Island Public Utility Commission; Notice 
of Complaint

    Take notice that on August 22, 2012, pursuant to Rule 206 of the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of Practice 
and Procedure and Rule 206 of the Federal Power Act, Benjamin Riggs 
(Complainant) filed a formal complaint against the Rhode Island Public 
Utility Commission (Respondent) alleging that the Respondent approved a 
20-year Purchase Power Agreement between Deepwater Wind Block Island, 
LLC and National Grid on August 16, 2010, as directed by the Rhode 
Island General Assembly; which appears to constitute a violation of the 
Federal Power Act, to include 16 U.S.C. 791 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 824, and 
the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
    The Complainant certifies that copies of the complaint were served 
on the contacts for the 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.

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    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 email 
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For 
assistance with any FERC Online service, please email 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on September 12, 2012.

    Dated: August 28, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-21663 Filed 8-31-12; 8:45 am]
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