Document ID: FERC-2018-1180-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Complaints: East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Public Service Co. of Oklahoma, Southwestern Electric Power Co., AEP Oklahoma Transmission Co., AEP Southwestern Transmission Co.
Posted Date: 2018-09-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 179 (Friday, September 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46714-46715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19998]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL18-199-000]

Notice of Complaint; East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. 
Public Service Company of Oklahoma, Southwestern Electric Power 
Company, AEP Oklahoma Transmission Company, AEP Southwestern 
Transmission Company

    Take notice that on September 6, 2018, pursuant to sections 206, 
306, and 309 of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824e and 825h, 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, East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Complainant) filed a 
formal complaint against Public Service Company of Oklahoma, 
Southwestern Electric Power Company, AEP Oklahoma Transmission Company, 
and AEP Southwestern Transmission Company (Respondents or AEP West 
Companies) alleging that the 10.70 percent base return on common equity 
currently included in the formula transmission rates of the AEP West 
Companies is unjust and unreasonable and should be reduced as of the 
date of the complaint, all as more fully explained in the complaint.
    The Complainant certifies that copies of the complaint were served 
on the contacts for the Respondents as listed on the Commission's list 
of Corporate Officials, in accordance with Rule 206(c).
    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 Complainant.
    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,

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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 website 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 
[email protected], or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 16, 2018.

    Dated: September 7, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-19998 Filed 9-13-18; 8:45 am]
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