[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 120 (Thursday, June 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31512-31513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15690]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. QF95-328-001]


EcoElectrica, L.P.; Notice of Application for Commission 
Certification of Qualifying Status of a Cogeneration Facility

June 14, 1996.
    On May 28, 1996, as supplemented on June 13, 1996, EcoElectrica, 
L.P. (Applicant) of Plaza Scotiabank, Suite 902, Avenida Ponce de Leon 
273, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00917, submitted for filing an application 
for certification 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.
    According to the Applicant, the topping-cycle cogeneration facility 
will be located at Punta Guayanilla, in the Municipality of Penuelas, 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and will consist of two combustion turbine 
generators, two heat recovery boilers, an extraction/condensing steam 
turbine generator and two miles of 230 kV transmission line. Steam 
recovered from the facility will be used by the Applicant for the 
production of distilled water. The distilled water will be sold to 
Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer

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Authority, an unaffiliated entity, for distribution and sale to 
residential, commercial and industrial customers. The maximum net 
electric power production capacity of the facility will be 
approximately 525 MW. The primary energy source will be natural gas. 
Construction of the facility is expected to commence in the third 
quarter of 1996. The electric utility which will purchase the electric 
output of the facility is Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.
    Any person who wishes to be heard or to object to granting 
qualifying status 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. A motion of protest must 
be filed within 15 days after the date of publication of this notice 
and must be served on the applicant. 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. A person who 
wishes to become a party must file a motion to intervene. Copies of 
these filings are on file with the Commission and are available for 
public inspection.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-15690 Filed 6-19-96; 8:45 am]
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