[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 141 (Monday, July 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 43071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17773]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL12-84-000]


MPS Customer Group v. Maine Public Service Company; Notice of 
Complaint

    Take notice that on July 13, 2012, pursuant to sections 206 and 306 
of the Federal Power Act, 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, MPS Customer Group 
(Complainant) filed a formal complaint against Maine Public Service 
Company (MPS or Respondent) seeking an order to reduce the return on 
equity (ROE) used in calculating formula rates for transmission service 
under the MPS Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT). Complainant 
asserts that the current ROE under the OATT is unjust and unreasonable.
    The Complainant certifies that copies of the complaint were served 
on the contacts for the Respondent.
    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 email 
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For 
assistance with any FERC Online service, please email 
[email protected], or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 2, 2012.

    Dated: July 16, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-17773 Filed 7-20-12; 8:45 am]
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