[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 56 (Friday, March 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 17653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06603]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. EL13-54-000; QF11-141-002]


Gadwall Wind LLC; Notice of Petition for Enforcement

    Take notice that on March 18, 2013, pursuant to section 210(h) of 
the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA), 16 U.S.C. 
824a-3(h), Gadwall Wind LLC (Petitioner) filed a Petition for 
Enforcement, requesting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) to initiate enforcement action against the Minnesota 
Public Utilities Commission to remedy the State of Minnesota's improper 
implementation of PURPA by establishing an avoided cost rule that does 
not provide for the payment of a utility's full avoided costs to a new 
renewable energy qualifying facility (QF). In the alternative, 
Petitioner requests that the Commission make specific findings with 
respect to Minn. Stat. 216B.164, as would allow Petitioner to pursue 
enforcement action in a US Federal District Court.
    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 5 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 April 8, 2013.

    Dated: March 18, 2013.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-06603 Filed 3-21-13; 8:45 am]
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