[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13487-13490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7431]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. ER94-1488-005, et al.]
Excell Energy Services, Inc., et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate
Regulation Filings
March 20, 1996.
Take notice that the following filings have been made with the
Commission:
1. Excell Energy Services, Inc., National Power Exchange, Corp.,
Energy Services, Inc.
[Docket Nos. ER94-1488-005, ER94-1593-005, and ER95-1021-002 (not
consolidated)]
Take notice that the following informational filings have been made
with the Commission and are on file and available for inspection and
copying in the Commission's Public Reference Room:
On March 1, 1996, Excell Energy Services, Inc. filed certain
information as required by the Commission's September 29, 1994, order
in Docket No. ER94-1488-000.
On March 6, 1996, National Power Exchange Corporation filed certain
information as required by the Commission's October 7, 1994, order in
Docket No. ER94-1593-000.
On March 4, 1996, Energy Services, Inc. filed certain information
as required by the Commission's June 13, 1995, order in Docket No.
ER95-1021-000.
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2. Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company
[Docket No. ER96-1073-000]
Take notice that on March 12, 1996, Cleveland Electric Illuminating
Company tendered for filing an amendment to its February 15, 1996,
filing in the above-referenced docket.
Comment date: April 3, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
3. PacifiCorp
[Docket No. ER96-1288-000]
Take notice that on March 11, 1996, PacifiCorp, tendered for filing
in accordance with 18 CFR Part 35 of the Commission's Rules and
Regulations, a Restated and Amended Power Sales Agreement dated January
31, 1996 (Sales Agreement) between PacifiCorp and Public Utility
District No. 1 of Clark County, Washington (Clark). The Sales Agreement
replaces in its entirety the December 28, 1996, Power Sales Agreement,
PacifiCorp Rate Schedule FERC No. 416.
Copies of this filing were supplied to Clark, the Public Utility
Commission of Oregon and the Washington Utilities and Transportation
Commission.
A copy of this filing may be obtained from PacifiCorp's Regulatory
Administration Department's Bulletin Board System through a personal
computer by calling (503) 464-6122 (9600 baud, 8 bits, no parity, 1
stop bit).
Comment date: April 3, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
4. Madison Gas and Electric Company
[Docket No. ER96-1289-000]
Take notice that on March 11, 1996, Madison Gas and Electric
Company (MGE), tendered for filing a service agreement with FEDERAL
Energy Sales Inc. under MGE's Power Sales Tariff. MGE requests an
effective date 60 days from the filing date.
Comment date: April 3, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
5. Louisville Gas and Electric Company
[Docket No. ER96-1290-000]
Take notice that on March 11, 1996, Louisville Gas and Electric
Company, tendered for filing copies of a service agreement between
Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Entergy Services, Inc. under
Rate GSS.
Comment date: April 3, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
6. Commonwealth Edison Company
[Docket No. ER96-1291-000]
Take notice that on March 11, 1996, Commonwealth Edison Company
(ComEd) submitted four Service Agreements, establishing Southern
Company Services (Southern), dated September 15, 1995; CNG Power
Services Corp. (CNG), dated January 15, 1996; Northern Indiana Public
Service Company (NIPSCO), dated January 25, 1996; and Illinois Power
Company (IP), dated January 29, 1996, as customers under the terms of
ComEd's Power Sales Tariff PS-1 (PS-1 Tariff). ComEd also submitted two
additional Service Agreements, establishing Illinois Power Company,
(IP), dated January 29, 1996, and Sonat Power Marketing (Sonat), dated
February 1, 1996, as customers under the terms of ComEd's Flexible
Transmission Service Tariff (FTS-1 Tariff). The Commission has
previously designated the PS-1 Tariff as FERC Electric Tariff, Original
Volume No. 2, and the FTS-1 Tariff as FERC Electric Tariff, Second
Revised Volume No. 3.
ComEd requests an effective date of February 11, 1996, for all six
Service Agreements and accordingly seeks waiver of the Commission's
requirements. Copies of this filing were served upon Southern, CNG,
NIPSCO, IP, Sonat and the Illinois Commerce Commission.
Comment date: April 3, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
7. Florida Power Corporation
[Docket No. ER96-1302-000]
Take notice that on March 13, 1996, Florida Power Corporation
(FPC), tendered for filing a contract for the provision of interchange
service between itself and Eastern Power Marketing, Inc. The contract
provides for service under Schedule J, Negotiated Interchange Service
and OS, Opportunity Sales. Cost support for both schedules has been
previously filed and approved by the Commission. No specifically
assignable facilities have been or will be installed or modified in
order to supply service under the proposed rates.
FPC requests Commission waiver of the 60-day notice requirement in
order to allow the contract to become effective as a rate schedule on
March 14, 1996. Waiver is appropriate because this filing does not
change the rate under these two Commission accepted, existing rate
schedules.
Comment date: April 3, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
8. Minnesota Power & Light Company
[Docket No. ER96-1303-000]
Take notice that on March 13, 1996, Minnesota Power & Light
Company, tendered for filing a signed Service Agreement and reciprocal
Letter Agreement with Sonat Power Marketing, Inc. under its Wholesale
Coordination Sales Tariff to satisfy its filing requirements under this
tariff.
Comment date: April 3, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
9. Pennsylvania Power & Light Company
[Docket No. ER96-1304-000]
Take notice that on March 13, 1996, Pennsylvania Power & Light
Company (PP&L), tendered for filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Service Agreements (the Agreements) between PP&L and Aquila
Power Corporation, dated February 14, 1996, and between PP&L and Morgan
Stanley Capital Group, Inc., dated February 28, 1996.
The Agreements supplement a Short Term Capacity and Energy Sales
umbrella tariff approved by the Commission in Docket No. ER95-782-000
on June 21, 1995.
In accordance with the policy announced in Prior Notice and Filing
Requirements Under Part II of the Federal Power Act, 64 FERC para.
61,139, clarified and reh'g granted in part and denied in part, 65 FERC
para. 61,081 (1993), PP&L requests the Commission to make the
Agreements effective as of March 13, 1996, because service will be
provided under an umbrella tariff and each service agreement is filed
within 30 days after the commencement of service. In accordance with 18
CFR 35.11, PP&L has requested waiver of the sixty-day notice period in
18 CFR 35.2(e). PP&L has also requested waiver of certain filing
requirements for information previously filed with the Commission in
Docket No. ER95-782-000.
PP&L states that a copy of its filing was provided to the customers
involved and to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
Comment date: April 3, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
10. Montaup Electric Company
[Docket No. ER96-1305-000]
Take notice that on March 13, 1996, Montaup Electric Company
(Montaup), filed a Notice of Cancellation of a service agreement
between Montaup and New England Power Company, Montaup Rate Schedule
No. 100 and Supplement No. 1 thereto. Montaup
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requests that the Notice be allowed to become effective February 23,
1996.
Comment date: April 3, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
11. Montaup Electric Company
[Docket No. ER96-1306-000]
Take notice that on March 13, 1996, Montaup Electric Company
(Montaup) filed 1) executed unit sales service agreements under
Montaup's FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. III, and 2)
executed service agreements for the sale of system capacity and
associated energy under Montaup's FERC Electric Tariff Original Volume
No. IV. The service agreements under both tariffs are between Montaup
and the following companies:
1. Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC)
2. Bangor Hydro-Electric Company (BHE)
3. New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG)
4. New England Power Company (NEP)
The service agreements under Original Volume No. IV allow them,
through certificates of concurrence, to provide capacity from one of
their units, in order to enable Montaup to make a system sale while
maintaining its minimum monthly system capability required under the
present NEPOOL agreement.
The transactions under the service agreements are purely voluntary
and will be entered into only if mutually beneficial and agreeable.
Montaup requests a waiver of the sixty-day notice requirement so that
the service agreement may become effective January 3, 1996 for the
MMWEC agreements, January 19, 1996 for the BHE agreements, and February
23, 1996 for the NYSEG and the NEP agreements.
Comment date: April 3, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
12. Atlantic City Electric Company
[Docket No. ER96-1307-000]
Take notice that on March 13, 1996, Atlantic City Electric Company
(ACE), tendered for filing an Agreement for Short-Term Energy
Transactions between ACE and USGenPS Power Services, L.P. (USGenPS).
ACE requests that the Agreement be accepted to become effective
December 19, 1995.
Copies of the filing were served on USGenPS and the New Jersey
Board of Regulatory Commissioners.
Comment date: April 3, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
13. Kentucky Utilities Company
[Docket No. ER96-1308-000]
Take notice that on March 13, 1996, Kentucky Utilities Company
(KU), tendered for filing a service agreement between KU and KN
Marketing, Inc. under its TS Tariff. KU requests an effective date of
February 23, 1996.
Comment date: April 3, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
14. PECO Energy Company
[Docket No. ER96-1311-000]
Take notice that on March 14, 1996, PECO Energy Company (PECO)
filed a Service Agreement dated February 14, 1996, with Entergy Power
Marketing Corporation (EPMC) under PECO's FERC Electric Tariff Original
Volume No. 1 (Tariff). The Service Agreement adds EPMC as a customer
under the Tariff.
PECO requests an effective date of February 14, 1996, for the
Service Agreement.
PECO states that copies of this filing have been supplied to EPCM
and to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
Comment date: April 3, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
15. PECO Energy Company
[Docket No. ER96-1312-000]
Take notice that on March 14, 1996, PECO Energy Company (PECO)
filed a Service Agreement dated February 14, 1996, with Entergy Power,
Inc. (Entergy Power) under PECO's FERC Electric Tariff Original Volume
No. 1 (Tariff). The Service Agreement adds Entergy Power as a customer
under the Tariff.
PECO requests an effective date of February 14, 1996, for the
Service Agreement.
PECO states that copies of this filing have been supplied to
Entergy Power and to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
Comment date: April 3, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
16. American Electric Power Service Corporation
[Docket No. ER96-1313-000]
Take notice that on March 14, 1996, the American Electric Power
Service Corporation (AEPSC), tendered for filing a number of umbrella-
type agreements for service under the AEP Companies' Power Sales and
Point-to-Point Transmission Service Tariffs. The agreements were
executed by AEPSC, on behalf of the AEP Companies and the following
parties: Alpena Power Company, Aquila Power Corporation, Electric
Clearinghouse, Inc., Entergy Power Corporation, InterCoast Power
Marketing Co., Ohio Edison Company, and Tennessee Power.
The Point-to-Point Transmission Tariff has been accepted to replace
AEPSC FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 1, effective August 15,
1995. The Power Sales Tariff has been designated as FERC Electric
Tariff, Original Volume No. 2, effective October 1, 1995. AEPSC
requests waiver of notice to permit the Service Agreements to be made
effective for service billed on and after February 13, 1996.
A copy of the filing was served upon the parties listed above and
the State Utility Regulatory Commissions of Indiana, Kentucky,
Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
Comment date: April 3, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
17. LSP-Cottage Grove, L.P.
[Docket No. QF94-142-002]
On March 4, 1996, LSP-Cottage Grove, L.P., of 402 East Main Street,
Bozeman, Montana 59715 submitted for filing an application for
recertification of a facility as a qualifying cogeneration facility
pursuant to Section 292.207(b) of the Commission's Regulations. No
determination has been made that the submittal constitutes a complete
filing.
The cogeneration facility, to be located in Washington County,
Minnesota, was previously certified as a qualifying cogeneration
facility, LSP-Cottage Grove, L.P., 69 FERC para. 62,130 (1994). The
instant request for recertification is due to a change in the ownership
structure and internal description of the facility.
Comment date: Within 30 days after the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E
at the end of this notice.
Standard Paragraph
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, 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 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
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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. 96-7431 Filed 3-26-96; 8:45 am]
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