Document ID: FERC-2013-0324-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Complaints Welch Motel, Inc. et al. v. Midland Power Cooperative, et al.
Posted Date: 2013-03-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15714-15715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05623]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL13-50-000]

Welch Motel, Inc., Welch Oil, Inc., Boondocks USA Truck Stop, Bob 
Welch v. Midland Power Cooperative, Corn Belt Power Cooperative; Notice 
of Complaint

    Take notice that on March 4, 2013, pursuant to section 210(h)(2)(A) 
292.304 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) 
and Rule 206 of the Rules of Practice and Procedures of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission), 18 CFR 385.206, Welch Motel, 
Inc., Welch Oil, Inc., Boondocks USA Truck Stop, and Bob Welch 
(collectively, Complainants) filed a complaint against Midland Power 
Cooperative (Midland) and Corn Belt Power Cooperative (collectively, 
Respondents) requesting that the Commission issue an order (1) Allowing 
the Complainants to enter into a contract to consume all of the 
electric energy and capacity generated by

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Complainant's wind turbine located at 3065 220th Street, Williams, IA 
50271-7518 before drawing power from Midland, (2) require Midland to 
install a mechanical meter without any blockers or detents to allow 
parallel operation, and (3) use this mechanical meter for registering 
and keeping track of the KWH consumed or generated for the billing 
month.
    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 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 March 25, 2013.

    Dated: March 5, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-05623 Filed 3-11-13; 8:45 am]
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