[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 1 (Monday, January 3, 1994)] [Notices] [Pages 76-79] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 93-32011] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: January 3, 1994] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. ER94-273-000, et al.] Cambridge Electric Light Co., et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings December 23, 1993. Take notice that the following filings have been made with the Commission: 1. Cambridge Electric Light Company [Docket No. ER94-273-000] Take notice that on December 14, 1993, Cambridge Electric Light Company tendered for filing its fifth annual informational filing with the Commission to set forth the actual Net Annual Costs of constructing, owning and maintaining its Transmission System for the twelve month period pending December 31, 1992. Comment date: January 10, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 2. PacifiCorp [Docket No. ER94-272-000] Take notice that PacifiCorp, on December 16, 1993, tendered for filing in accordance with Commission's Order pertaining to agreements involving final amnesty for jurisdictional service and waiver of notice, issued July 30, 1993 under Docket No. PL93-2-002, the Letters of Agreement between the City of Ashland (City) and PacifiCorp. Copies of this filing were supplied to the City, the Public Utility Commission of Oregon, and the Utah Public Service Commission. PacifiCorp requests waiver of prior notice requirements be granted. Comment date: January 10, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 3. New England Power Company [Docket No. ER94-271-000] Take notice that on December 16, 1993, New England Power Company (NEP) tendered for filing Amendments to Service Agreements Nos. 9 and 21 under FERC Electric Tariff Original Volume No. 1. Pursuant to the Commission's Final Order in Docket No. PL93-2-000, dated July 31, 1993, NEP requests waiver of the Commission's notice requirements so that the Contracts can be made effective in accordance with their terms. Comment date: January 10, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 4. New York State Electric & Gas Corporation [Docket No. ER94-270-000] Take notice that on December 16, 1993, New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG) tendered for filing an agreement with Otsego Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Cooperative). Pursuant to the agreement, NYSEG agreed to construct a certain tap facilities to facilitate transmission service to the Cooperative. NYSEG requests that the Commission consider the Agreement an expired CIAC agreement. In the alternative, NYSEG is filing the agreement as an initial rate schedule, and NYSEG requests an effective date of February 21, 1973. Accordingly, it has requested waiver of the Commission's notice requirements for good cause shown. NYSEG states that a copy of this filing has been served by mail upon the Cooperative and upon the Public Service Commission of the State of New York. Comment date: January 10, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 5. St. Joseph Light & Power Company [Docket No. ER94-244-000] Take notice that on December 14, 1993, St. Joseph Light & Power Company (St. Joseph) tendered for filing the June 17, 1991, Microwave Communication Agreement By and Among Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc., Midwest Power Systems, Inc. (formerly Iowa Power Inc.), Kansas City Power & Light Company, City of Lincoln, Nebraska Public Power District, Omaha Public Power District, and St. Joseph Light & Power Company (Agreement). St. Joseph states that this Agreement addresses the installation and maintenance by St. Joseph of microwave communication facilities which are required and used to operate the Cooper--Fairport--St. Joseph 345 Kv Interconnection, the coordinating agreement for which was filed in Docket No. ER91-41-000, St. Joseph Rate Schedule FERC No. 19. Comment date: January 10, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 6. PacifiCorp [Docket No. ER94-266-000] Take notice that PacifiCorp on December 16, 1993, tendered for filing in accordance with the Commission's Order pertaining to agreements involving final amnesty for jurisdictional service and waiver of notice, issued July 30, 1993 under Docket No. PL93-2-002, the Transmission Service Agreement between Southern California Edison Company and PacifiCorp, effective October 15, 1993. Copies of this filing were supplied to Southern California Edison Company, the Public Utility Commission of Oregon, and the Utah Public Service Commission. PacifiCorp requests waiver of prior notice requirements be granted. Comment date: January 10, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 7. Tex-La Electric Cooperative of Texas, Inc. [Docket No. TX94-4-000] On December 15, 1993, Tex-La Electric Cooperative of Texas, Inc., filed with the Commission an application requesting that the Commission order Texas Utilities Electric Company (TU Electric) and Southwestern Electric Service Company (SESCO) to provide transmission services pursuant to Sections 211 and 212 of the Federal Power Act. The names of the affected parties are as follows: Affected State regulatory authority: Public Utility Commission of Texas. Affected Federal power marketing agency: Southwestern Power Administration. Affected electric utilities: Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. Central Power & Light Company Southwestern Electric Service Company Texas Utilities Electric Company Tex-La Electric Cooperative of Texas, Inc. West Texas Utilities Company Tex-La currently receives wholesale electric service at 28 points of delivery (PODS) on TU Electric's system and 5 PODs on SESCO's system, all within the load control area of TU Electric. Tex-La seeks transmission services from TU Electric and SESCO which will enable Tex- LA to move the operational control of these 33 PODs from the load control area of TU Electric to the load control area of West Texas Utilities Company (WTU) using remote control telemetry equipment. The proposed date for initiating the requested transmission service is June 29, 1994, or as soon thereafter as the operational control of all Tex-La PODs on TU Electric's and SESCO's systems has been transferred to WTU and service by WTU commences. The proposed date for terminating the requested transmission services is February 1, 2025, except that, as to any such POD which Tex-La transfers prior to such date to the Southwest Power Pool, transmission service shall cease at the time of such transfer. During 1992, the sum of the non-coincident peak demands at the 28 Tex-La PODs on the TU Electric system was 92.5 MW, and a total of 358,760 MWH of energy was delivered to Tex-La by TU Electric at such PODs. At the 5 PODs on SESCO's system, the sum of Tex-La's 1992 non- coincident peak demands was 22.9 MW, and a total of 93,367 MWH of energy was delivered to Tex-La SESCO. The transmission service being requested by Tex-La is firm network transmission service, over the TU Electric and SESCO transmission systems at a level and quantity sufficient for Tex-La to meet its loads at the PODs with (1) 27.5 MW of power and energy sold by the Southwestern Power Administration from the Denison Dam hydroelectric facility, (2) when Denison Dam is unavailable, 27.5 MW of backup power from Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., (3) 6 MW of power sold by Central Power and Light Company, and (4) wholesale power purchased from WTU for the balance of Tex-La's requirements. Comment date: January 17, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 8. PacifiCorp [Docket No. ER94-253-000] Take notice that PacifiCorp, on December 15, 1993, tendered for filing Amendment No. 1, dated November 29, 1993 (Amendment), to the Long-Term Sales Agreement between PacifiCorp and Western Area Power Administration (Western), PacifiCorp Rate Schedule FERC No. 313. The Amendment revises the yearly load factor at which PacifiCorp will make firm energy available to Western. PacifiCorp requests an effective date of November 1, 1993, be assigned to the Amendment. Copies of this filing were supplied to Western, the Public Utility Commission of Oregon and the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California. Comment date: January 10, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 9. Florida Power Corporation [Docket No. ER94-34-000] Take notice that on December 17, 1993, Florida Power Corporation (FPC) tendered for filing an amendment to its October 15, 1993, filing in this docket. This amendment contains the development of the rate charge for transmission related plant, a calculation of portion of Windemere substation breakers assignable to Orlando Cogen, the procedure for calculating contribution in aid of construction and a map of the interconnection. Comment date: January 11, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 10. PacifiCorp [Docket No. ER94-279-000] Take notice that PacifiCorp, on December 17, 1993, tendered for filing in accordance with 18 CFR part 35 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations, a request for a change in rate for energy storage services under the September 5, 1986, Energy Storage Agreement between PacifiCorp and The Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County (Snohomish), PacifiCorp Rate Schedule FERC No. 243. PacifiCorp requests a waiver of prior notice be granted and that an effective date of September 5, 1986, be assigned to the change in rate. Copies of this filing were supplied to Snohomish and the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission. Comment date: January 11, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 11. Northeast Utilities Service Company [Docket Nos. ER93-94-001 and ER93-417-001] Take notice that on December 15, 1993, Northeast Utilities Service Company (NUSCO) tendered for filing a response to a deficiency letter issued by the Commission Staff and Amendments to two Service Agreements regarding service under NUSCO's Transmission Tariff No. 1. These Service Agreements provide for transmission to the NU System Companies for their power sales to Rowley Municipal Lighting Plant and Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company. NUSCO does not foresee the incurrence of Out of Rate Costs associated with this transmission service. NUSCO states that its filing is in accordance with the Commission's filing requirements and that copies of the filing have been mailed to Rowley and Fitchburg. Comment date: January 11, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 12. Canal Electric Company [Docket No. ER94-257-000] Take notice that on December 15, 1993, Canal Electric Company (Canal) filed three documents under Section 205 of the Federal Power Act: (1) A Capacity Disposition Commitment between itself and Commonwealth, which implements the terms of the Capacity Acquisition and Disposition Agreement (FERC Rate Schedule No. 21, Supplement No. 25) with respect to the assignment by Commonwealth to Canal of a portion of Commonwealth's entitlement in Canal Unit No. 2 Canal will sell a portion of Commonwealth's entitlement to the output of Canal Unit No. 2 to Washington Electric Cooperative Incorporated (WEC) over the period January 1, 1994 through January 1, 2000. This entitlement is referred to herein as the ``WEC Quota;'' (2) a Power Contract between itself and Commonwealth, which provides that Canal will credit all revenues from the sale of the WEC Quota to Commonwealth; and (3) a Power Sale Agreement between itself and WEC with respect to the sale of the WEC Quota. Comment date: January 11, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 13. Northern Indiana Public Service Company [Docket No. EL94-15-000] Take notice that on December 15, 1993, Northern Indiana Public Service Company (Northern Indiana), tendered for filing a petition requesting a Commission determination that it will not exercise its jurisdiction, granted by the Federal Power Act (FPA), over service provided by Northern Indiana to Greenfield Mills, Inc. (Greenfield Mills), the owner and operator of a hydroelectric facility in Lagrange County, Indiana. Northern Indiana purchases power generated by Greenfield Mills and, should Greenfield Mills need electricity for its operations, Northern Indiana provides such ``backfeed'' power from its system supply. Northern Indiana will purchase power generated by Greenfield Mills during the 18-hour period from 6 a.m. to midnight at a rate of 7 mills per kilowatt hour (Kwh); power generated during the remaining six hours of the day will be purchased by Northern Indiana at a rate of 3 mills per Kwh. Northern Indiana sells backfeed to Greenfield Mills by offsetting two Kwh of power purchased for every one Kwh of power sold. Northern Indiana seeks a declaratory order regarding Commission jurisdiction due to the de minimis nature of the Greenfield Mills transaction. Over the past 10 years, Northern Indiana's annual revenue from the contract has been about $865 per year and, during the past decade, Northern Indiana has sold only 615,200 Kwh of power to Greenfield Mills, representing only 38 ten-thousandths of one percent of its total sales for resale. Copies of Northern Indiana's petition for declaratory order are on file with the Commission and are available for public inspection. Comment date: January 11, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 14. Public Service Company of New Mexico [Docket No. EC94-5-000] Take notice that on December 21, 1993, Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) filed an application seeking an Order or other appropriate determination approving the sale by PNM to Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) of an undivided ownership interest in a PNM Main Power Transformer (step-up transformer) associated with San Juan Generating Station Unit 4, located in San Juan County, New Mexico. Copies of this filing have been served upon UAMPS and the New Mexico Public Utility Commission. Comment date: January 13, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 15. Kentucky Power Company [Docket No. ER94-61-000] Take notice that on December 16, 1993, Kentucky Power Company (Kentucky Power) filed, as an amendment to the filing made in this Docket on October 28, 1993, a proposed form of service agreement for proposed tariff MRS-D, and a service agreement executed by the City of Olive Hill, Kentucky (Olive Hill). The amendment was submitted in compliance with a request by the Commission's Staff. Kentucky Power requests an effective date of January 1, 1994. Kentucky Power states that a copy of its filing was served upon Olive Hill and the Kentucky Public Service Commission. Comment date: January 11, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 16. Portland General Electric Company [Docket No. ER94-277-000] Take notice that on December 16, 1993, Portland General Electric Company (PGE) tendered for filing a Power Sales Contract under which PGE purchases power from the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). The Power Sales Contract includes provisions under which PGE may, in certain conditions, take energy from BPA and return the energy at a later time. Under the provisions of 18 CFR 35.11, PGE requests that the Commission grant waiver of the notice requirements of 18 CFR 35.3 to allow the Agreement to take effect on August 25, 1982. Comment date: January 11, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 17. Tampa Electric Company [Docket No. ER94-285-000] Take notice that on December 17, 1993, Tampa Electric Company (Tampa Electric) tendered for filing a Service Agreement with the City of St. Cloud, Florida (St. Cloud) under Tampa Electric's FERC Electric Tariff, First Revised Volume No. 1, and a related revised tariff sheet. Tampa Electric proposes that the tendered documents be made effective on February 15, 1994. Copies of the filing have been served on St. Cloud, the other customers under Tampa Electric's tariff, and the Florida Public Service Commission. Comment date: January 11, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 18. PacifiCorp [Docket No. ER94-280-000] Take notice that PacifiCorp, on December 17, 1993, tendered for filing, in accordance with Commission's Order pertaining to agreements involving amnesty for jurisdictional service and waiver of notice, issued July 30, 1993, under Docket No. PL93-2-002, the Operation, Construction and Ownership Agreements of the Jim Bridger Project between Idaho Power Company and PacifiCorp. Copies of this filing were supplied to Idaho Power Company, the Public Utility Commission of Oregon, the Utah Public Service Commission, the Idaho Public Utilities Commission and the Wyoming Public Service Commission. PacifiCorp requests in accordance with 18 CFR 35.11 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations and that a waiver of prior notice requirements be granted. Comment date: January 11, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 19. New England Power Company [Docket No. ER94-278-000] Take notice that on December 17, 1993, New England Power Company (NEP), tendered for filing a supplement to its FPC Rate Schedule No. 77. The supplement, dated August 14, 1967, recognizes an additional pint of interconnection between NEP and Public Service of New Hampshire. NEP seeks waiver of notice under the Commission's guidelines published in Final Order, Docket No. PL93-2-000, so that the supplement may be deemed effective in accordance with its terms. Comment date: January 11, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 20. Entergy Services, Inc. [Docket No. ER94-104-000] Take notice that on November 23, 1993, Entergy Services, Inc., on behalf of Arkansas Power & Light Company, supplemented its earlier filing in this docket by filing Exhibit 2 to the Contract Between the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Energy, acting by and through the Administrator, Southwestern Power Administration, and Arkansas Power & Light Company. Comment date: January 6, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. Standard Paragraphs E. Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should file a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 825 North Capitol Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 18 CFR 385.214). All such motions or protests should be filed on or before the comment date. 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 motion to intervene. Copies of this filing are on file with the Commission and are available for public inspection. Lois D. Cashell, Secretary. [FR Doc. 93-32011 Filed 12-30-93; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P