[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 27527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13537]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL09-56-000]


Notice of Complaint

June 3, 2009.
    People of the State of California, ex rel., Edmund G. Brown, Jr. 
Attorney General of the State of California, Complainant, v. Powerex 
Corp. (f/k/a British Columbia Power Exchange Corp.), Sempra Energy 
Trading, LLC (f/k/a Sempra Energy Trading Corp.), Allegheny Energy 
Supply Company, LLC, TransAlta Energy Marketing (US), Inc., Public 
Service Company of New Mexico, MIECO, Inc., Shell Energy North 
America (U.S.), L.P. (successor by merger to Coral Power LLC), 
Merrill Lynch Capital Services, TransCanada Energy Ltd. (f/k/a 
TransCanada Power Corp.), Commerce Energy Corp. (f/k/a Commonwealth 
Energy Corp.), Nevada Power Company, Tucson Electric Power Company, 
American Electric Power Service Corp., Comision Federal de 
Electricidad, Sierra Pacific Power Company, Sierra Pacific 
Industries, Avista Corp. (f/k/a Washington Water Power Power 
Company), Avista Energy, Inc., Sempra Energy Solutions LLC, 
Respondents.

Notice of Complaint

    Take notice that on May 22, 2009, pursuant to section 206 of the 
Rules and Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.206 and sections 205, 206, 
306, and 309 of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824(d), 824(e), 
825(e), and 825(h), the People of the California, ex rel. Edmond G. 
Brown Jr., Attorney General of the State of California (Complainant) 
filed a formal complaint against the Respondents alleging that the 
named Respondents, public utility sellers of short-term bilateral 
energy to the California Energy Resources Scheduling Division of the 
California Department of Water Resources (CERS) during the period 
January 18, 2001 to June 20, 2001, owe refunds to California ratepayers 
on sales to CERS because those sales were made at unjust and 
unreasonable prices.
    The Attorney General certifies that copies of the complaint were 
served upon the named Respondents or their authorized representatives 
via individual e-mails, by e-mails to the Docket EL00-95-000 and Docket 
EL02-71-000 Listserv, by e-mail to the E-mail service list in Docket 
EL01-10, and by express delivery service.
    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 August 20, 2009.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-13537 Filed 6-9-09; 8:45 am]
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