Document ID: FERC-2012-0049-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Complaints: Powerex Corp. vs. Department of Energy
Posted Date: 2012-01-10T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1482-1483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-196]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL12-21-000]

Powerex Corp. v. United States Department of Energy, Western Area 
Power Administration--Sierra Nevada Region; Notice of Complaint

    Take notice that on December 30, 2011, pursuant to sections 206, 
211A, 306, 307, and 309 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), and 18 CFR 
385.206 (2011), Powerex Corp. (Complainant) filed a complaint against 
United States Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration--
Sierra Nevada Region (Respondent). As further explained in its filed 
complaint, Complainant alleges that the Respondent has violated certain 
provisions of its filed reciprocity open access transmission tariff 
(OATT), business practices under the OATT, applicable Standards of 
Conduct, and the Commission's OASIS regulations (18 CFR 37.6(e)(1)) to 
provide transmission services that comport with the Commission's open 
access principles.
    Complainant certifies that copies of the Complaint were served on 
the contacts for Respondent and MSCG 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 and 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.

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    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on January 11, 2012.

    Dated: January 3, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-196 Filed 1-9-12; 8:45 am]
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