Document ID: FERC-2012-1833-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Complaints: Southwestern Public Service Co. v. Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
Posted Date: 2012-11-06T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 66600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27011]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL13-15-000]

Southwestern Public Service Company v. Southwest Power Pool, 
Inc.; Notice of Complaint

    Take notice that on October 26, 2012, pursuant to sections 206 and 
309 of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824(e) and 825(h) (2006); and 
Rule 206 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) 
Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 206 (2012), Xcel Energy 
Services Inc. on behalf of Southwestern Public Service Company 
(Complainant) filed a formal complaint against Southwest Power Pool, 
Inc. (SPP or Respondent), alleging that (1) the transmission rates for 
SPP Zone 11 are unjust and unreasonable due to the inclusion of the 
costs of Tri-County Electric Cooperative, Inc.'s (Tri-County) 
facilities that are not transmission facilities under the SPP Open 
Access Transmission Tariff (OATT); and (2) SPP's filing of transmission 
rates that included the costs of the Tri-County facilities violated the 
express terms and conditions of Attachment AI of the SPP OATT and the 
SPP Member Agreement. The Complainant requests a refund effective date 
of April 1, 2012.
    The Complainant certifies that copies of the complaint were served 
on the contacts for SPP 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 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: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on November 15, 2012.

    Dated: October 31, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-27011 Filed 11-5-12; 8:45 am]
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