[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-32318]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. FE C&E 94-14--Certification Notice--142]


Houston Lighting & Power Company; Notice of Filing of Coal 
Capability; Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of filing.

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SUMMARY: On December 5, 1994, Houston Lighting & Power Company 
submitted a coal capability self-certification pursuant to section 201 
of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, as amended.

ADDRESSES: Copies of self-certification filings are available for 
public inspection, upon request, in the Office of Fuels Programs, 
Fossil Energy, Room 3F-056, FE-52, Forrestal Building, 1000 
Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Russell at (202) 586-9624.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of the Powerplant and Industrial 
Fuel Use Act of 1978 (FUA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), 
provides that no new baseload electric powerplant may be constructed or 
operated without the capability to use coal or another alternate fuel 
as a primary energy source. In order to meet the requirement of coal 
capability, the owner or operator of such facilities proposing to use 
natural gas or petroleum as its primary energy source shall certify, 
pursuant to FUA section 201(d), to the Secretary of Energy prior to 
construction, or prior to operation as a base load powerplant, that 
such powerplant has the capability to use coal or another alternate 
fuel. Such certification establishes compliance with section 201(a) as 
of the date filed with the Department Of Energy. The Secretary is 
required to publish a notice in the Federal Register that a 
certification has been filed. The following owner/operator of a 
proposed new baseload powerplant has filed a self-certification in 
acccordance with section 201(d).
    Owner: Houston Lighting & Power Company (HL&P) Houston, TX.
    Operator: Houston Lighting & Power Company Houston, TX.
    Location: La Porte, Harris County, TX.
    Plant configuration: Combined cycle Cogeneration.
    Capacity: 162 megawatts.
    Fuel: Natural gas.
    Purchasing entities: Customers of Houston Lighting & Power Company.
    In-service Dates: First Quarter, 1995.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., December 21, 1994.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office of Fuels Programs, 
Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 94-32318 Filed 12-30-94; 8:45 am]
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