Document ID: FERC-2010-0984-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Declaratory Orders: City of Pella, Iowa v. Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc., et al.
Posted Date: 2010-07-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register: July 14, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 134)]
[Notices]               
[Page 40817-40818]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL10-77-000]

 
City of Pella, Iowa, v. Midwest Independent Transmission System 
Operator, Inc., MidAmerican Energy Company, Inc.; Notice of Petition 
for Declaratory Order and Complaint

July 8, 2010,
    Take notice that on July 2, 2010, pursuant to Rules 206 and 207 of 
the Rules and Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.206 and 385.207, Order 
No.

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888\1\, and sections 205, 206, 211, 212 and 309 of the Federal Power 
Act, 16 U.S.C. 824(e), 824(j), 824(k), and 825(h), City of Pella, Iowa 
(Complainant) filed (1) a petition for declaratory order requesting 
that the Commission confirm that Complainant's 69 kV facilities 
connecting and integrating the transmission of the Complainant, 
MidAmerican Energy Company, Central Iowa Power Cooperative and ITC 
Midwest are ``transmission lines'' under Order No. 888, and (2) a 
formal complaint against Midwest Independent System Operator, Inc. and 
MidAmerican Energy Company, Inc. (Respondents) alleging that the 
Respondents have improperly denied certain of the Complainant's 69 kV 
facilities reclassification as transmission and corresponding 
compensation.
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    \1\ Promoting Wholesale Competition Through Open Access Non-
Discriminatory Transmission Services by Public Utilities; Recovery 
of Stranded Costs by Public Utilities and Transmitting Utilities, 
Order No. 888, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,036 (1996), order on reh'g, 
Order No. 888-A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,048, order on reh'g, Order 
No. 888-B, 81 FERC ] 61,248 (1997), order on reh'g, Order No. 888-C, 
82 FERC ] 61,046 (1998), aff'd in relevant part sub nom. 
Transmission Access Policy Study Group v. FERC, 225 F.3d 667 (D.C. 
Cir. 2000), aff'd sub nom. New York v. FERC, 535 U.S. 1 (2002).
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    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.
    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 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 pm Eastern Time on August 2, 2010.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-17161 Filed 7-13-10; 8:45 am]
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