83 FR 41072 - North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation v. Duke Energy Progress, LLC; Notice of Complaint

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 160 (August 17, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 160 (Friday, August 17, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 41072]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17761]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL18-192-000]


North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation v. Duke Energy 
Progress, LLC; Notice of Complaint

    Take notice that on August 10, 2018, pursuant to section 206 of the 
Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824e, Rule 206 of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of Practice and Procedure, 
18 CFR 385.206 (2018), and section 16.1 of the Fifth Amended and 
Restated Power Supply and Coordination Agreement between Duke Energy 
Progress, LLC (DEP or Respondent) and the North Carolina Electric 
Membership Corporation (NCEMC or Complainant), FERC Rate Schedule No. 
182, NCEMC filed a formal complaint against DEP alleging that the 
Respondent's Fixed Demand Rate, Variable Demand Rate, and the formula 
production rate that will go into effect January 1, 2020, are 
excessive, unjust and unreasonable, and not cost-based as required by 
the Respondent's Market-Based Rate Tariff, as more fully explained in 
the complaint.
    The Complainant certifies that copies of the complaint were served 
on the contacts for the Respondent listed on the Commission's list of 
Corporate Officials and on 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 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 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 August 30, 2018.

    Dated: August 13, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-17761 Filed 8-16-18; 8:45 am]
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