[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 130 (Friday, July 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35202-35204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17070]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. ER96-2184-000, et al.]


New York State Electric & Gas Corporation, et al.; Electric Rate 
and Corporate Regulation Filings

June 26, 1996.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. New York State Electric & Gas Corporation

[Docket No. ER96-2184-000]

    Take notice that on June 19, 1996, New York State Electric & Gas 
Corporation (NYSEG), tendered for filing pursuant to Sec. 35.12 of the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Regulations, 18 CFR 35.12, as an 
initial rate schedule, an agreement with TransCanada Power Corp. 
(TransCanada). The agreement provides a mechanism pursuant to which the 
parties can enter into separately scheduled transactions under which 
NYSEG will sell to TransCanada and TransCanada will purchase from NYSEG 
either capacity and associated energy or energy only as the parties may 
mutually agree.
    NYSEG requests that the agreement become effective on June 20, 
1996, so that the parties may, if mutually agreeable, enter into 
separately scheduled transactions under the agreement. NYSEG has 
requested waiver of the notice requirements for good cause shown.
    NYSEG served copies of the filing upon the New York State Public 
Service Commission and TransCanada.
    Comment date: July 10, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

2. Boise Cascade Corporation

[Docket No. ER96-2178-000]

    Take notice that on June 18, 1996, Boise Cascade Corporation, 
organized under the laws of Delaware, submitted for filing pursuant to 
18 CFR 35.12(b) initial rates for the sale of capacity and energy to 
Minnesota Power & Light Company (Minnesota Power). A copy of the filing 
has been served on Minnesota Power.

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    Comment date: July 10, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

3. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER96-2181-000]

    Take notice that on June 19, 1996, Cinergy Services, Inc. 
(Cinergy), tendered for filing on behalf of its operating companies, 
The Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company (CG&E) and PSI Energy, Inc. 
(PSI), an Interchange Agreement, dated March 1, 1996 between Cinergy, 
CG&E, PSI and National Gas & Electric L.P. (NG&E).
    The Interchange Agreement provides for the following service 
between Cinergy and NG&E:
    1. Exhibit A--Power Sales by NG&E
    2. Exhibit B--Power Sales by Cinergy
    Cinergy and NG&E have requested an effective date of June 24, 1996.
    Copies of the filing were served on National Gas & Electric L.P., 
the Texas Public Utility Commission, the Kentucky Public Service 
Commission, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and the Indiana 
Utility Regulatory Commission.
    Comment date: July 10, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

4. Long Island Lighting Company

[Docket No. ER96-2182-000]

    Take notice that on June 19, 1996, Long Island Lighting Company 
(LILCO), tendered for filing service agreements entered into as of the 
following dates by LILCO and the following parties:

Date and Purchaser

5/10/96, TransCanada Power Corp.
5/10/96, NorAm Energy Services, Inc.
5/21/96, Northeast Utilities Service Company.

    These service agreements supplement a Power Sales umbrella tariff 
accepted for filing on April 4, 1996 and made effective August 11, 1995 
by the Commission in Docket No. ER95-1518-000.
    In accordance with the policy set forth 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), LILCo requests the Commission to make the 
Agreements effective as of May 21, 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, LILCO has requested waiver of the sixty-day notice period in 
18 CFR 35.2(e).
    A copy of this filing was provided to the customers involved and to 
the New York State Public Service Commission.
    Comment date: July 10, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

5. Coral Power, L.L.C.

[Docket No. ER96-2185-000]

    Take notice that on June 19, 1996, Coral Power, L.L.C. (Coral), 
tendered for filing a letter from the Executive Committee of the 
Western Systems Power Pool (WSPP) indicating that Coral had completed 
all the steps for pool membership. Coral requests that the Commission 
amend the WSPP Agreement to include it as a member.
    Coral requests an effective date of June 17, 1996, for the proposed 
amendment. Accordingly, Coral requests waiver of the Commission's 
notice requirements for good cause shown.
    Copies of the filing were served upon the WSPP Executive Committee.
    Comment date: July 10, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

6. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER96-2188-000]

    Take notice that on June 20, 1996, Illinois Power Company (Illinois 
Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur, Illinois 62526, tendered for 
filing a Power Sales Tariff, Service Agreement under which Minnesota 
Power Company will take service under Illinois Power Company's Power 
Sales Tariff. The agreements are based on the Form of Service Agreement 
in Illinois Power's tariff.
    Illinois Power has requested an effective date of June 15, 1996.
    Comment date: July 10, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

7. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER96-2189-000]

    Take notice that on June 20, 1996, Illinois Power Company (Illinois 
Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur, Illinois 52526, tendered for 
filing firm transmission agreements under which Apogee Coal Company, d/
b/a/ Arch of Illinois will take transmission service pursuant to its 
open access transmission tariff. The agreements are based on the Form 
of Service Agreement in Illinois Power's tariff.
    Illinois Power has requested an effective date of June 1, 1996.
    Comment date: July 10, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

8. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER96-2190-000]

    Take notice that on June 20, 1996, Illinois Power Company (Illinois 
Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur, Illinois 62526, tendered for 
filing a Power Sales Tariff, Service Agreement under which Industrial 
Energy Applications, Inc. will take service under Illinois Power 
Company's Power Sales Tariff. The agreements are based on the Form of 
Service Agreement in Illinois Power's tariff.
    Illinois Power has requested an effective date of June 1, 1996.
    Comment date: July 10, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

9. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER96-2191-000]

    Take notice that on June 20, 1996, Illinois Power Company (Illinois 
Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur, Illinois 62526, tendered for 
filing firm transmission agreements under which PPG Industries, Inc. 
will take transmission service pursuant to its open access transmission 
service pursuant to its open access transmission tariff. The agreements 
are based on the Form of Service Agreement in Illinois Power's tariff.
    Illinois Power has requested an effective date of June 1, 1996.
    Comment date: July 10, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

10. Arizona Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER96-2192-000]

    Take notice that on June 20, 1996, Arizona Public Service Company 
(APS), tendered for filing revised estimated load Exhibits to APS-FERC 
Rate Schedule No. 225 between APS and Citizens Utilities Company 
(Citizens).
    Current rate levels are unaffected, revenue levels are unchanged 
from those currently on file with the Commission, and no other 
significant change in service to these or any other customer results 
from the revisions proposed herein. No new or modifications to existing 
facilities are required as a result of these revisions.
    Copies of this filing have been served on Citizens and the Arizona 
Corporation Commission.
    Comment date: July 10, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

11. Northeast Utilities Service Company

[Docket No. ER96-2193-000]

    Take notice that on June 20, 1996, Northeast Utilities Service 
Company (NUSCO), tendered for filing a Service

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Agreement with Coral Power, L.L.C. (Coral) under the NU System 
Companies' System Power Sales/Exchange Tariff No. 6.
    NUSCO states that a copy of this filing has been mailed to Coral.
    NUSCO requests that the Service Agreement become effective sixty 
(60) days following the Commission's receipt of the filing.
    Comment date: July 10, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

12. Jersey Central Power & Light Company; Metropolitan Edison 
Company; Pennsylvania Electric Company

[Docket No. ER96-2194-000]

    Take notice that on June 20, 1996, GPU Service Corporation (GPU), 
on behalf of Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Metropolitan Edison 
Company and Pennsylvania Electric Company (jointly referred to as the 
GPU Operating Companies), filed an executed Service Agreement between 
GPU and Duke/Louis Dreyfus L.L.C. (D/LD), dated June 14, 1996. This 
Service Agreement specifies that D/LD has agreed to the rates, terms 
and conditions of the GPU Operating Companies' Operating Capacity and/
or Energy Sales Tariff (Sales Tariff) designated as FERC Electric 
Tariff, Original Volume No. 1. The Sales Tariff was accepted by the 
Commission by letter order issued on February 10, 1995 in Jersey 
Central Power & Light Co., Metropolitan Edison Co. and Pennsylvania 
Electric Co., Docket No. ER95-276-000 and allows GPU and D/LD to enter 
into separately scheduled transactions under which the GPU Operating 
Companies will make available for sale, surplus operating capacity and/
or energy at negotiated rates that are no higher than the GPU Operating 
Companies' cost of service.
    GPU requests a waiver of the Commission's notice requirements for 
good cause shown and an effective date of June 14, 1996 for the Service 
Agreement.
    GPU has served copies of the filing on regulatory agencies in New 
Jersey and Pennsylvania.
    Comment date: July 10, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

13. MDU Resources Group, Inc.

[Docket No. ES96-31-000]

    Take notice that on June 20, 1996, MDU Resources Group, Inc. (MDU) 
filed an application, under Sec. 204 of the Federal Power Act, seeking 
authorization to issue up to 1,010,916 additional shares of Common 
Stock, par value $3.33 in connection with MDU's tax deferred 
compensation savings plan for non-bargaining unit employees. MDU 
further requests an exemption from the Commission's competitive bidding 
and negotiated placement requirements.
    Comment date: July 19, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

14. MDU Resources Group, Inc.

[Docket No. ES96-32-000]

    Take notice that on June 20, 1996, MDU Resources Group, Inc. (MDU) 
filed an application, under Sec. 204 of the Federal Power Act, seeking 
authorization to issue up to 743,661 additional shares of Common Stock, 
par value $3.33 in connection with MDU's tax deferred compensation 
savings plan for collective bargaining unit employees. MDU further 
requests an exemption from the Commission's competitive bidding and 
negotiated placement requirements.
    Comment date: July 19, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

15. MDU Resources Group, Inc.

[Docket No. ES96-33-000]

    Take notice that on June 20, 1996, MDU Resources Group, Inc. (MDU) 
filed an application, under Sec. 204 of the Federal Power Act, seeking 
authorization to issue up to 3,273,273 additional shares of Common 
Stock, par value $3.33 in connection with MDU's automatic dividend 
reinvestment and stock purchase plan. MDU further requests an exemption 
from the Commission's competitive bidding and negotiated placement 
requirements.
    Comment date: July 19, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

16. MidAmerican Energy Company

[Docket No. ES96-34-000]

    Take notice that on June 21, 1996, MidAmerican Energy Company 
(MidAmerican) filed an application, under Sec. 204 of the Federal Power 
Act, seeking authorization to issue and sell up to $500 million 
principal amount of bonds, notes, debentures, guarantees or other 
evidences of indebtedness of like kind to bonds, notes or debentures. 
MidAmerican further requests an exemption from the Commission's 
competitive bidding and negotiated placement requirements.
    Comment date: July 19, 1996, 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 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. 96-17070 Filed 7-3-96; 8:45 am]

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