[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14816-14817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8044]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Northeast Energy Alliance Joint Research 
Venture

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 27, 1996, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301, et seq. (``the Act''), Boston Edison 
Company, on behalf of the members of a cooperative venture entitled the 
Northeast Energy Alliance (the ``Alliance''), has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and with the 
Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties 
to the Alliance and (2) the nature and objectives of the research 
program to be performed in accordance with the joint venture. The

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notifications were filed for the purpose of invoking the Act's 
provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual 
damages under specified circumstances. Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 
Act, the identities of the current parties participating in the 
Northeast Energy Alliance are: Boston Edison Company, Boston, MA; 
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., New York, NY; GPU 
Nuclear Corporation, Parsippany, NJ; Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co., 
Brunswick, ME; Power Authority of the State of New York, New York, NY; 
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, Syracuse, NY; Northeast Utilities 
System, Berlin, CT; Rochester Gas and Electric Corp., Rochester, NY; 
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation, Brattleboro, VT; and Yankee 
Atomic Electric Company, Bolton, MA.
    The nature and objective of the Northeast Energy Alliance joint 
research venture is to identify and facilitate efficiencies in the 
operation and management of nuclear generating stations in the 
northeastern United States in order to improve the quality and 
efficiency and reduce the cost of service to consumers of electricity 
in that region. The general areas of activity of the Alliance will 
include identifying common issues in the management or operation of 
nuclear generation plants, including engineering and support services 
issues, and jointly investigating, developing and implementing common 
solutions to such issues.
    Additional information about the Northeast Energy Alliance may be 
obtained by contacting Mr. John Fulton, Boston Edison Company, Boston, 
MA.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-8044 Filed 4-2-96; 8:45 am]
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