[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51598-51599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14381]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL06-101-000]


Xcel Energy Services Inc. Complainants, v. Midwest Independent 
Transmission System Operator, Inc. Respondent; Notice of Complaint

August 22, 2006.
    Take notice that on August 18, 2006, pursuant to sections 206 and 
306 of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.C.S. 824E and 825E, and Rule 206 of 
the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission), 18 CFR 385.206, Xcel Energy Services Inc. on 
behalf of Northern States Power Company (Minnesota) and Northern States 
Power Company (Wisconsin) wholly owned subsidiaries of Xcel Energy 
Inc., (Complainants) filed a formal complaint against Midwest 
Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. (Respondent) seeking an 
order from the Commission requiring the Respondent to refund to the 
Complainants for: (1) $124,750 (plus interest) in Real-Time replacement 
energy charges; and (2) $368,035 (plus interest) in Revenue Sufficiency 
Guarantee ``uplift'' charges

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assessed to the Complainants under the Midwest ISO Open Access 
Transmission and Energy Markets Tariff (TEMT) as a result of outages 
that occurred from April 14, 2005 to April 17, 2005, and from April 18, 
2005 to May 1 2005, at the Complainant's Sherco Unit 3 generation 
facility in Becker, Minnesota, jointly owned with the Southern 
Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (SMMPA). The Complainants allege that 
the penalties result from the Respondent's violation of the TEMT and 
governing business practices.
    The Complainants state that a copy of the Complaint has been served 
on the Respondent and SMMPA.
    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 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 7, 2006.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-14381 Filed 8-29-06; 8:45 am]
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