Document ID: FERC-2007-0527-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Complaints filed: CAlifornians for Renewable Energy, Inc., et al.
Posted Date: 2007-03-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register: March 26, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 57)]
[Notices]               
[Page 14093]
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. EL07-49-000]

 
CAlifornians for Renewable Energy, Inc. (CARE), Complainant v. 
California Public Utilities Commission, California Department of Water 
Resources, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, City and County of San 
Francisco, Respondents; Notice of Complaint

March 20, 2007.
    Take notice that on March 16, 2007, pursuant to section 205 of the 
Federal Power Act (FPA), CAlifornians for Renewable Energy, Inc. 
(complainant) filed a formal complaint against California Public 
Utilities Commission for authorizing on December 15, 2005, City and 
County of San Francisco to enter in a power purchase agreement with 
Pacific Gas and Electric Company by assuming contractual obligations of 
the California Department of Water Resources, in violation of the FPA 
under the ``filed rate doctrine''. The Complainant requests the 
contract be subject to the Commission's review as required under remand 
to the Commission on December 16, 2006 by the United State Court of 
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in a pair of opinions, Public Utility 
Dist. No. 1 v. FERC, 471 F.3d 1053 (9th Cir. 2006) and Public Utility 
Commission of California v. FERC, 474 F.3d 587 (9th Cir. Dec. 19, 
2006).
    The Complainant states that copies of this Complaint were served 
upon the Respondents and other interested parties.
    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 p.m. Eastern Time on April 5, 2007.

Philis J. Posey,
Acting Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-5457 Filed 3-23-07; 8:45 am]

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