Otter Tail Power Company v. Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.; Notice of Complaint, 2691 [2015-00731]

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• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 2691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00731]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL15-36-000]


Otter Tail Power Company v. Midcontinent Independent System 
Operator, Inc.; Notice of Complaint

    Take notice that on January 12, 2015, pursuant to sections 206 and 
306 of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824(e) and 825(e) and Rule 206 
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.206, Otter Tail Power Company 
(Complainant), filed a formal complaint against Midcontinent 
Independent System Operator, Inc. (Respondent), alleging that the 
Respondent's Open Access Transmission, Energy and Operating Reserve 
Markets Tariff is unjust and unreasonable to the extent that the pro 
forma Facilities Construction Agreement contained therein does not 
permit an affected system operator to elect to self-fund Network 
Upgrades, as more fully explained in the complaint.
    The Complainant certifies that copies of the complaint were served 
on the contacts for the Respondent 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 https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an 
original and 5 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 https://www.ferc.gov, using the 
``eLibrary'' link and is available for electronic 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 February 2, 2015.

    Dated: January 13, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-00731 Filed 1-16-15; 8:45 am]
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