2012-1080. PPL Electric Utilities Corporation; Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order

Take notice that on December 30, 2011, pursuant to section 219 of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824s, Order No. 679, and 207 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission), 18 CFR 385.207 (2011), PPL Electric Utilities Corporation (PPL Electric) filed a Petition for Declaratory Order, requesting that the Commission find that PPL Electric is entitled to an integrated and tailored incentive rate package that includes: (1) A 100 basis point incentive adder to PPL Electric's base return on equity; and (2) authorization for 100 percent prudently incurred construction work in progress (CWIP) to be included in rate base, subject to the use of appropriate accounting methodologies to prevent double recovery.

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.

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Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on January 30, 2012.

Dated: January 12, 2012.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.