Document ID: FERC-2015-0221-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Complaints: Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp., et al., v. ALLETE, Inc., et al.
Posted Date: 2015-02-24T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9709-9710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03645]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL15-45-000]

Notice of Complaint

Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation
Mississippi Delta Energy Agency
Clarksdale Public Utilities Commission
Public Service Commission of Yazoo City
Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.

v.

ALLETE, Inc.
Ameren Illinois Company
Ameren Missouri
Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois
American Transmission Company LLC
Cleco Power LLC
Duke Energy Business Services, LLC
Entergy Arkansas, Inc.
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC
Entergy Louisiana, LLC
Entergy Mississippi, Inc.
Entergy New Orleans, Inc.
Entergy Texas, Inc.
Indianapolis Power & Light Company
International Transmission Company
ITC Midwest LLC
Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC
MidAmerican Energy Company
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.
Northern Indiana Public Service Company
Northern States Power Company-Minnesota
Northern States Power Company-Wisconsin
Otter Tail Power Company
Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company

    Take notice that on February 12, 2015, pursuant to sections 206 and 
306 of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824(e) and 825(e) and Rules 206 
and 212 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) 
Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.206 and 385.212, Arkansas 
Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC), Mississippi Delta Energy 
Agency (MDEA), Clarksdale Public Utilities Commission (Clarksdale), 
Public Service Commission of Yazoo City, (Yazoo City), and Hoosier 
Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Hoosier) (collectively, 
Complainants or Joint Customer Complainants) filed a formal complaint 
against ALLETE, Inc. (for its operating division Minnesota Power, Inc. 
and its wholly-owned subsidiary Superior Water Light, and Power 
Company), Ameren Illinois Company, Ameren Missouri, Ameren Transmission 
Company of Illinois, American Transmission Company LLC (ATC), Cleco 
Power LLC, Duke Energy Business Services, LLC, Entergy Arkansas, Inc., 
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC, Entergy Louisiana, LLC, Entergy 
Mississippi, Inc., Entergy New Orleans, Inc., Entergy Texas, Inc., 
Indianapolis

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Power & Light Company, International Transmission Company, ITC Midwest 
LLC, Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC, MidAmerican Energy 
Company, Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., Northern Indiana Public Service 
Company, Northern States Power Company-Minnesota, Northern States Power 
Company Wisconsin, Otter Tail Power Company, and Southern Indiana Gas & 
Electric Company (collectively, Respondents), alleging that the current 
12.38% return on equity applicable to transmission-owning members of 
the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., and the 12.2% ROE 
applicable to ATC are excessive and should be reduced as of the date of 
the Complaint.
    The Joint Customer Complainants certify that copies of the 
complaint were served on the contacts for the Respondents 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 Respondents' 
answer and all interventions, or protests must be filed on or before 
the comment date. The Respondents' 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 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 electronic 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 March 4, 2015.

    Dated: February 13, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-03645 Filed 2-23-15; 8:45 am]
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