Document ID: FERC-2017-0210-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Complaints: California Public Utilities Commission, Northern California Power Agency, State Water Contractors, Transmission Agency of Northern California v. Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Posted Date: 2017-02-14T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 14, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 10569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02947]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL17-45-000]

California Public Utilities Commission; Northern California Power 
Agency; State Water Contractors; Transmission Agency of Northern 
California v. Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Complaint

    Take notice that on February 2, 2017, pursuant to sections 206 and 
306 of the Federal Power Act \1\ and Rules 206 and 212 of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of Practice and 
Procedure,\2\ California Public Utilities Commission, Northern 
California Power Agency, State Water Contractors and Transmission 
Agency of Northern California (collectively, the Complainants), filed a 
formal complaint against Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E or 
Respondent) alleging that PG&E has violated its obligation under Order 
No. 890 to conduct an open, coordinated, and transparent transmission 
planning process by approving more than 80 percent of its transmission 
projects on an entirely internal basis, as more fully explained in the 
complaint.
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    \1\ 16 U.S.C. 824e and 825e.
    \2\ 18 CFR 385.206 and 385.212.
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    Complainants certify that copies of the Complaint were served on 
contacts for Pacific Gas and Electric Company 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 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 February 22, 2017.

    Dated: February 3, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-02947 Filed 2-13-17; 8:45 am]
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