Document ID: FERC-2015-0535-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions: Benjamin Riggs v. Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission; Enforcement
Posted Date: 2015-04-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 23525]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09809]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL15-61-000]

Benjamin Riggs v. Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Notice 
of Petition For Enforcement

    Take notice that on April 21, 2015, Benjamin Riggs (Petitioner) 
filed a Petition for Enforcement, pursuant to section 210(h)(2) of the 
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA), requesting the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) to exercise its 
authority and initiate enforcement action against the Rhode Island 
Public Utilities Commission to ensure that PURPA regulations are 
properly and lawfully implemented. Petitioner alleges that the Rhode 
Island Public Utility Commission on August 16, 2010, as directed by the 
Rhode Island General Assembly, approved a 20-year Purchase Power 
Agreement between Deepwater Wind Block Island, LLC and National Grid 
that 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 Supremacy Clause 
of the U.S. Constitution.
    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. Such notices, 
motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. 
Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of 
that document on the Petitioner.
    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 5 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 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 May 12, 2015.

    Dated: April 22, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-09809 Filed 4-27-15; 8:45 am]
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