[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 79078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30562]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL09-20-000]


Northeast Utilities Service Company; NSTAR Electric Company; 
Notice of Filing

December 17, 2008.
    Take notice that on December 12, 2008, pursuant to Rule 207 of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.207), 
Northeast Utilities Service Company and NSTAR Electric Company 
(collectively, Petitioners) filed a petition for declaratory order 
requesting that the Commission determine whether Petitioners may enter 
into a proposed bilateral transmission service agreement under which 
H.Q. Energy Services Inc. would sell firm transmission service over a 
new, participant-funded, Direct Current transmission tie line 
connecting New England with the Hydro-Quebec system.
    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. Such notices, 
motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. On or 
before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to 
intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant.
    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 January 12, 2009.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-30562 Filed 12-23-08; 8:45 am]
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