[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 82 (Friday, April 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 18552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08861]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL18-140-000]


Consumers Energy Company, Interstate Power and Light Company, 
Midwest Municipal Transmission Group, Missouri River Energy Services, 
Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, WPPI Energy v. International 
Transmission Company, ITC Midwest, LLC, Michigan Electric Transmission 
Company; Notice of Complaint

    Take notice that on April 20, 2018, pursuant sections 206 and 306 
of the Federal Power Act \1\ and Rule 206 of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of Practice and 
Procedure,\2\ Consumers Energy Company, Interstate Power and Light 
Company, Midwest Municipal Transmission Group, Missouri River Energy 
Services, Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, and WPPI Energy 
(collectively, Complainants) filed a formal complaint (complaint) 
against International Transmission Company, ITC Midwest, LLC, and 
Michigan Electric Transmission Company (collectively, Respondents) 
alleging that Respondents are no longer entitled to collect the 
Independence return on equity adder because they are now affiliated 
with Eastern-Interconnection Market Participants, all as more fully 
explained in the complaint.
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    \1\ 16 U.S.C. 791a-828c, 824e, and 825e.
    \2\ 18 CFR 385.206.
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    Complainants certify that copies of the complaint were served on 
contacts for Respondents.
    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 Respondents' 
answer and all interventions, or protests must be filed on or before 
the comment date. The Respondents' 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 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 electronic review in the 
Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an 
eSubscription link on the website 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 May 10, 2018.

    Dated: April 23, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-08861 Filed 4-26-18; 8:45 am]
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