Xcel Energy Southwest Transmission Company, LLC; Notice of Institution of Proceeding and Refund Effective Date

On June 23, 2016, the Commission issued an order in Docket No. EL16-73-000, pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824e (2012), instituting an investigation into whether the formula rate protocols of Xcel Energy Southwest Transmission Company, LLC may be unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory or preferential. Xcel Energy Southwest Transmission Company, LLC, 155 FERC ¶ 61,300 (2016).

The refund effective date in Docket No. EL16-73-000, established pursuant to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.