[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 195 (Friday, October 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62396-62397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25963]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL11-66-000]


Martha Coakley, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts, Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, et 
al. v. Bangor Hydro-Electric Company, Central Maine Power Company, et 
al.; Notice of Complaint

    Martha Coakley, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts, Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, 
Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, New Hampshire Public 
Utilities Commission, George Jepsen, Attorney General of the State 
of Connecticut, Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel, Maine Office 
of the Public Advocate, New Hampshire Office of the Consumer 
Advocate, Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers, 
Vermont Department of Public Service, Massachusetts Municipal 
Wholesale Electric Company, Associated Industries of Massachusetts, 
The Energy Consortium, Power Options, Inc., Industrial Energy 
Consumer Group v. Bangor Hydro-Electric Company, Central Maine Power 
Company, New England Power Company, New Hampshire Transmission LLC, 
Northeast Utilities Service Company, on behalf of its operating 
company affiliates: The Connecticut Light and Power Company, Western 
Massachusetts Electric Company, Public Service Company of New 
Hampshire, NSTAR Electric & Gas Corporation, The United Illuminating 
Company, Unitil Energy

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Systems, Inc., Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company, Vermont 
Transco, LLC, ISO New England Inc.

Notice of Complaint

    Take notice that on September 30, 2011, Pursuant to sections 206 
and 306 of the Federal Power Act (``FPA''), 16 U.S.C. 824e and 825e and 
Rule 206 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (Commission), 18 CFR 385.206 (2011), Martha 
Coakley, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
(Massachusetts Attorney General), Connecticut Public Utilities 
Regulatory Authority (CT PURA), Massachusetts Department of Public 
Utilities (Mass DPU), New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (NH 
PUC), George Jepsen, Attorney General of the State of Connecticut 
(Connecticut Attorney General), Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel, 
Maine Office of the Public Advocate, New Hampshire Office of the 
Consumer Advocate, (NH OCA), Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities 
and Carriers, Vermont Department of Public Service (VDPS), 
Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC), Associated 
Industries of Massachusetts, The Energy Consortium, Power Options, 
Inc., and the Industrial Energy Consumer Group (IECG) (collectively 
Complainants) filed a formal complaint against Bangor Hydro-Electric 
Company (BHE); Central Maine Power Company (CMP), New England Power 
Company, New Hampshire Transmission LLC d/b/a NextEra (NHT); NSTAR 
Electric and Gas Corporation (NSTAR), Northeast Utilities Service 
Company (NUSCO), on behalf of its operating company affiliates: The 
Connecticut Light and Power Company (CL&P), Western Massachusetts 
Electric Company (WMECO), and Public Service Company of New Hampshire 
(PSNH), The United Illuminating Company (UI), Unitil Energy Systems, 
Inc. and Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company (Unitil), Vermont 
Transco, LLC (Vermont Transco) (collectively, New England Transmission 
Owners or TOs) and ISO New England Inc. (ISO-NE or ISO) (collectively 
Respondents) seeking an order to reduce the 11.14 percent base return 
on equity (Base ROE) used in calculating formula rates for transmission 
service under the ISO-NE Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) to a 
just and reasonable level at 9.2 percent.
    Complainants certify that copies of the Complaint were served on 
the contacts for the TOs and ISO-NE as listed on the Commission's list 
of Corporate Officials and on parties and the regulatory agencies the 
State Complainants reasonably expect to be affected by this Complaint.
    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. 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 October 20, 2011.

    Dated: September 30, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-25963 Filed 10-6-11; 8:45 am]
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