[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 249 (Thursday, December 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 67133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31421]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Fossil Energy
[Docket No. FE C&E 95-01--Certification Notice--147]


Panda Brandywine, Limited Partnership, 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 11, 1995, Panda Brandywine, Limited Partnership, 
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, SW., Washington, DC 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 
accordance with section 201(d).

Owner: Panda Brandywine, Limited Partnership.
Operator: Panda Brandywine, Limited Partnership.
Location: Brandywine, Maryland.
Plant Configuration: Combined cycle, cogeneration facility.
Capacity: 230 megawatts.
Fuel: Natural gas.
Purchasing Entities: Potomac Electric Power Company.
In-Service Date: October 31, 1996.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., December 19, 1995.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office of Fuels Programs, 
Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 95-31421 Filed 12-27-95; 8:45 am]
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