81 FR 66960 - Vote Solar Initiative, Montana Environmental Information Center v. Montana Public Service Commission; Notice of Complaint

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 189 (September 29, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 189 (Thursday, September 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66960-66961]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23517]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL16-117-000]


Vote Solar Initiative, Montana Environmental Information Center 
v. Montana Public Service Commission; Notice of Complaint

    Take notice that on September 19, 2016, pursuant to Rule 206 of the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of Practice 
and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.206, Vote Solar Initiative and Montana 
Environmental Information Center (collectively, Vote Solar) filed a 
formal complaint against Montana Public Service Commission (Respondent) 
alleging that Respondent violated

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section 210 of Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 
U.S.C. 824a-3, by suspending the standard rate for solar qualifying 
facilities with a nameplate capacity between 100 kW and 3 MW, all as 
more fully explained in the complaint.
    Vote Solar certifies that copies of the complaint were served on 
the contacts for the Montana Public Service Commission, on contacts for 
North Western Energy as listed on the Commission's list of Corporate 
Officials, and on other persons who may be affected by the 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 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 Complainant.
    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 October 11, 2016.

    Dated: September 22, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-23517 Filed 9-28-16; 8:45 am]
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