[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 57 (Friday, March 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11822-11823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6912]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. ER96-553-000]


QST Energy Trading, Inc.; Notice of Issuance of Order

March 18, 1996.
    On December 8, 1995, as completed on January 25, 1996, QST Energy 
Trading, Inc. (QST Trading) filed an application for authorization to 
see energy and capacity at market-based rates, and for certain waivers 
and authorizations. In particular, QST Trading requested that the 
Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future 
issuances of securities and assumptions of liabilities by QST Trading. 
On March 14, 1996, the Commission issued an Order Conditionally 
Accepting For Filing Market-Based Rates And Granting And Denying 
Requests For Waivers And Authorizations (Order), in the above-docketed 
proceeding.

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    The Commission's March 14, 1996 Order granted the request for 
blanket approval under Part 34, subject to the conditions found in 
Ordering Paragraphs (F), (G), and (I):
    (F) Within 30 days of the date of this order, any person desiring 
to be heard or to protest the Commission's blanket approval of 
issuances of the securities or assumptions of liabilities by QST 
Trading should file a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 
20426, in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules 
of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214.
    (G) Absent a request to be heard within the period set forth in 
Ordering Paragraph (F) above, QST Trading is hereby authorized, 
pursuant to section 204 of the FPA, to issue securities and to assume 
obligations or liabilities as guarantor, endorser, surety, or otherwise 
in respect of any security of another person; provided that such issue 
or assumption is for some lawful object within the corporate purposes 
of QST Trading, compatible with the public interest, and reasonably 
necessary or appropriate for such purposes.
    (I) The Commission reserves the right to modify this order to 
require a further showing that neither public nor private interests 
will be adversely affected by continued Commission approval of QST 
Trading's issuances of securities or assumptions of liabilities * * *
    Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing motions to 
intervene or protests, as set forth above, is April 15, 1996.
    Copies of the full test of the Order are available from the 
Commission's Public Reference Branch, 888 First Street, N.E., 
Washington, D.C. 20426.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-6912 Filed 3-21-96; 8:45 am]
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