Document ID: FERC-2012-1694-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Complaints: American Transmission Company LLC v. Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc., et al.
Posted Date: 2012-10-10T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61592-61593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24907]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL13-9-000]

American Transmission Company LLC v. Midwest Independent 
Transmission System Operator, Inc., Xcel Energy Services Inc,. Northern 
States Power Company, a Wisconsin Corporation, Northern States Power 
Company, a Minnesota Corporation; Notice of Complaint

    Take notice that on October 1, 2012, American Transmission Company 
LLC (ATC), by its corporate manager, ATC Management Inc. (collectively, 
ATCLLC) (Complainant) filed a formal complaint against Midwest 
Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. (MISO) and Xcel Energy 
Services Inc., on behalf of its operating company affiliates Northern 
States Power Company Wisconsin (NSPW) and Northern States Power Company 
Minnesota (NSPM) (collectively, Xcel Energy) (Respondent), pursuant to 
section 306 of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 825e (2006), and Rule 
206 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.206 
(2012). The complaint alleges that, pursuant to relevant provisions of 
the MISO Tariff and the MISO Transmission Owners Agreement, ATC and the 
Xcel Energy

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(on behalf of NSPM and NSPW) are each entitled to own and construct 
fifty percent of the 345 kV facilities from the Twin Cities area in 
Minnesota to the Madison area in Wisconsin.
    ATCLLC certifies that copies of the complaint were served on the 
contacts for Xcel Energy and the state public utility commissions of 
Minnesota and Wisconsin.
    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. 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 p.m. Eastern Time on October 22, 2012.

    Dated: October 3, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-24907 Filed 10-9-12; 8:45 am]
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