Document ID: FERC-2007-0469-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Complaints filed: Dakota Wind Harvest, LLC, et al.
Posted Date: 2007-03-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register: March 15, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 50)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL07-44-000]

 
Complainant: Dakota Wind Harvest, LLC, vs. Respondents: Midwest 
Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc., Montana-Dakota 
Utilities Company, Western Area Power Administration; Notice of 
Complaint

March 9, 2007.
    Take notice that on March 8, 2007, Dakota Wind Harvest, LLC (Dakota 
Wind) pursuant to Rule 206 of the Rules of Practice and Procedures of 
the Commission, 18 CFR 385.206 and sections 206 and 215 of the Federal 
Power Act, hereby submits the Complaint Requesting Fast Track 
Processing against Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, 
Inc. (Midwest ISO), Montana-Dakota Utilities Company (MDU) and Western 
Area Power Administration (Western). Dakota Wind is required to file 
this Complaint due to: (i) Midwest ISO's refusal to allow Dakota Wind's 
wind-powered electricity generation facility currently under 
development to commence operations without first having a Balancing 
Authority designated; (ii) MDU's and Western's refusal to serve as 
Balancing Authority despite the fact that the Project will be 
interconnected to the transmission system owned by MDU and located in 
the geographic area in which Western is the designated Balancing 
Authority; and (iii) Midwest ISO's and MDU's refusal to act to ensure 
that a Balancing Authority agrees to provide balancing serviced to 
Dakota Wind.
    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

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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. There is an ``eSubscription'' 
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail 
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For 
assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 

TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on March 23, 2007.

Philis J. Posey,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-4714 Filed 3-14-07; 8:45 am]

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