[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 56 (Thursday, March 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16046-16047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7118]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL01-52-000]


Barnet Hydro Company, et al. v. Central Vermont Public Service 
Corp., et al.; Notice of Complaint

March 16, 2001.
    Take notice that on March 15, 2001, Barnet Hydro Company, Comtu 
Falls, Dodge Falls Associates L.P., Emerson Falls Hydro, Inc., Hydro 
Energies Corporation, Killington Hydroelectric Company, Kingsbury 
Hydro, Martinsville Water Power, Moretown Energy Company, Missisquoi 
Associates, Nantanna Mill, Newbury Hydro, Ottauquechee Hydro Company, 
Inc., Ryegate Associates, Springfield Hydroelectric Company, Winooski 
Hydroelectric Company, Winooski One Partnership, Woodside Hydro, 
Worcester Hydro, and Vermont Marble Power Division of OMYA, Inc. 
(collectively, the Vermont QFs) filed a complaint against Central 
Vermont Public Service Corporation, Barton Village Incorporated 
Electric Department, Village of Enosburg Falls Electric Light 
Department, Village of Hyde Park Electric Department, Village of 
Jacksonville Electric Department, Village of Johnson Electric Light 
Department, Village of Ludlow Electric Light Department, Village of 
Lyndonville Electric Department, Village of Morrisville Water & Light 
Department, Northfield Electric Department, Village of Orleans Electric 
Department, Town of Readsboro Electric Department, Stowe Electric 
Department, and Village of Swanton Electric Department (collectively, 
the Vermont Utilities), requesting that the Commission issue an order 
preventing the Vermont Utilities from employing Order 888 to force the 
Vermont QFs, either directly or indirectly, to reserve transmission 
service and pay transmission charges in order to sell the electric 
power they generate to the Vermont Utilities under the regulations 
adopted in the State of Vermont to implement the Public Utility 
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.

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    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest this filing should 
file a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in 
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). All such motions or 
protests must be filed on or before April 4, 2001. 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 motion to 
intervene. Copies of this filing are on file with the Commission and 
are available for public inspection in the Public Reference Room. This 
filing may also be viewed on the Internet at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222) for assistance. Answers to the 
complaint shall also be due on or before April 4, 2001. Comments, 
protests and interventions may be filed electronically via the internet 
in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions 
on the Commission's web site at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-7118 Filed 3-21-01; 8:45 am]
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