
[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 185 (Monday, September 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 58828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23422]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL12-102-000]


Northern Indiana Public Service Company; Notice of Petition for 
Declaratory Order

September 17, 2012.
    Take notice that on September 12, 2012, Northern Indiana Public 
Service Company, pursuant to section 207 of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of Practice and Procedure 18 
CFR 385.207, Section 219 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) \1\ and Order 
No. 679,\2\ filed a petition for declaratory order requesting 
authorization for transmission rate incentives related to: (1) Its 
portion of a new 765 kV transmission line from the Reynolds substation 
to the Greentown substation and (2) substation upgrades at Reynolds 
substation, including a 765 kV/345kV transformer, a Multi-Value Project 
approved under the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, 
Inc. Transmission Expansion Plan process.
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    \1\ 16 U.S.C. 824e, 824s(a) (2006). FPA Section 219 was added as 
part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109-58, 119Stat. 
594, 315 and 1283 (2005).
    \2\ Promoting Transmission Investment Through Pricing Reform, 
Order No. 679, FERC Stats. & Regs. 31,222 (Order No. 679), order on 
reh'g, Order No. 679-A, FERC Stats. & Regs. 31,236 (2006) (Order No. 
679-A), reh'g denied 119 FERC 61,062 (2007), appeal dismissed sub 
nom., Am. Pub. Power Ass'n. v. FERC, No. 07-1050, 2007 U.S.App. 
LEXIS 11908 (D.C. Cir. May 14, 2007).
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    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 14 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 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on October 12, 2012.

    Dated: September 17, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-23422 Filed 9-21-12; 8:45 am]
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