[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1943-1944]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00604]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. EL16-29-000]
North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation, North Carolina
Municipal Power Agency Number 1, Piedmont Municipal Power Agency, City
of Concord, NC, City of Kings Mountain, NC v. Duke Energy Carolinas,
LLC; Notice of Complaint
Take notice that on January 7, 2016, pursuant to Sections 206, 306,
and 309 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824e, 825e, and 825h
(2012), and Rules 206 and 212 of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission's (Commission) Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR
385.206 and 385.212 (2015), North Carolina Electric Membership
Corporation, North Carolina Municipal Power Agency Number 1, Piedmont
Municipal Power Agency, the City of Concord, North Carolina, and the
City of Kings Mountain, North Carolina (Complainants) filed a formal
complaint against Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (DEC--Respondent) alleging
that the 10.2% base return on common equity currently used to calculate
DEC's annual transmission revenue requirement pursuant to Attachment H
of the Joint Open Access Transmission Tariff of DEC, Duke Energy
Florida, LLC, and Duke Energy Progress, LLC is unjust and unreasonable.
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Complainants certify that copies of the complaint were served on
the contacts for DEC as listed on the Commission's list of Corporate
Officials as well as the North Carolina Utilities Commission and the
South Carolina Public Service Commission.
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 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 January 27, 2016.
Dated: January 8, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-00604 Filed 1-13-16; 8:45 am]
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