[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 3 (Friday, January 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-31687]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[ Docket No. EL13-33-000]


ENE (Environment Northeast); Greater Boston Real Estate Board; 
National Consumer Law Center; NEPOOL Industrial Customer Coalition; v. 
Bangor Hydro-Electric Company; Central Maine Power Company; New England 
Power Company; New Hampshire Transmission LLC; NSTAR Electric Company; 
Northeast Utilities Service Company; The United Illuminating Company; 
Unitil Energy Systems, Inc.; Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company; 
Vermont Transco, LLC; Notice of Complaint

    Take notice that on December 27, 2012, pursuant to sections 206 and 
306 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) and Rule 206 of the Rules of 
Practice and Procedure of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission), 18 CFR 385.206, ENE (Environment Northeast), Greater 
Boston Real Estate Board, National Consumer Law Center, and NEPOOL 
Industrial Customer Coalition (Complainants) filed a formal complaint 
against Bangor Hydro-Electric Company; Central Maine Power Company; New 
England Power Company; New Hampshire Transmission LLC; NSTAR Electric 
Company; Northeast Utilities Service Company; The United Illuminating 
Company; Unitil Energy Systems, Inc. and Fitchburg Gas and Electric 
Light Company; and Vermont Transco, LLC (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 8.7 percent.
    The Complainant certifies that copies of the complaint were served 
on the contacts for the Respondents as listed on the Commission's list 
of Corporate Officials and on parties and the regulatory agencies the 
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, 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 January 16, 2013.

    Dated: December 28, 2012.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-31687 Filed 1-3-13; 8:45 am]
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