Document ID: FERC-2013-0300-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Complaints: Citizens Energy Task Force, et al. v. Midwest Reliability Organization, et al.
Posted Date: 2013-03-07T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 45 (Thursday, March 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 14783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05275]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL13-49-000]

Citizens Energy Task Force, Save Our Unique Lands (Complainants) 
v. Midwest Reliability Organization, Midwest Independent Transmission 
System Operator, Inc., Xcel Energy, Inc., Great River Energy, Dairyland 
Power Cooperative, Wisconsin Public Power Inc., (Respondents); Notice 
of Complaint

    Take notice that on February 28, 2013, pursuant to section 306 of 
the Federal Power Act (FPA) and Rule 206 of the Rules of Practice and 
Procedures of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission), 18 
CFR 385.206, Citizens Energy Task Force (CETF) and Save Our Unique 
Lands (SOUL) filed a complaint requesting that the Commission order: 
(1) That the MTEP 08 addition of the Hampton-Rochester-La Crosse 
transmission line is prohibited because electrical impacts of the 
addition of this project to the grid were not considered, and that 
instead of improving the reliability of the system, it contributes to 
and/or causes electrical system instability; (2) that the Midwest 
Reliability Organization has neglected its duty to preserve the 
reliability of the system, and (3) that the Commission order revocation 
of the Midwest Independent Transmission Service Operator approval of 
the CapX 2020 Hampton-La Crosse transmission project because the 
addition of the Hampton-Rochester-La Crosse transmission line 
contributes to and/or causes system instability.
    The Complainants certify that copies of the complaint were served 
on the contacts for the Respondents as listed on the commission's list 
of Corporate Officials and on parties and the regulatory agencies the 
Complainants reasonably expect to be affected by this complaint.
    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 21, 2013.

    Dated: March 1, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-05275 Filed 3-6-13; 8:45 am]
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