[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 49270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4606]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL05-141-000]


Southern Montana Electric Generation & Transmission Cooperative, 
Inc., Complainant v. NorthWestern Corporation, NorthWestern Energy, and 
Montana First Megawatts I, LLC, Respondents; Notice of Complaint

August 17, 2005.
    Take notice that on August 12, 2005, Southern Montana Electric 
Generation & Transmission Cooperative, Inc. (SME) filed a complaint 
with the Commission, pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Power Act, 
against NorthWestern Corporation, d/b/a NorthWestern Energy (NEW) and 
Montana First Megawatts I, LLC (MMI). The complaint asserts that NEW 
has not complied with the Commission's Large Generator Interconnection 
Policy in the management of its Generation Interconnection Queue with 
respect to its dealings with its affiliate MMI. SME requests that the 
Commission order NEW to process the Interconnection Request for SME's 
Highwood Generating Station as senior to the subordinated queue ranking 
which should have been assigned to MMI.
    SME states that copies of the complaint have been served on NEW and 
MMI.
    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. 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 
[email protected], or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on September 1, 2005.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-4606 Filed 8-22-05; 8:45 am]
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