[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 49120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23883]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. FE C&E 96-05 & 96-06; Certification Notice 153]


Southwestern Public Service Company (Cunningham Unit #3--C&E 96-
05) and (Cunningham Unit #4--C&E 96-06); Notice of Filing of Coal 
Capability Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of filing.

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SUMMARY: On August 27, 1996, Southwestern Public Service Company 
submitted two coal capability self-certifications pursuant to section 
201 of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, as amended.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the self-certification filings are available for 
public inspection, upon request, in the Office of Fuels Programs, 
Fossil Energy, Room 3F-056, FE-52, Forrestal Building, 1000 
Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Russell at (202) 586-9624.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of the Powerplant and Industrial 
Fuel Use Act of 1978 (FUA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), 
provides that no new baseload electric powerplant may be constructed or 
operated without the capability to use coal or another alternate fuel 
as a primary energy source. In order to meet the requirement of coal 
capability, the owner or operator of such facilities proposing to use 
natural gas or petroleum as its primary energy source shall certify, 
pursuant to FUA section 201(d), to the Secretary of Energy prior to 
construction, or prior to operation as a base load powerplant, that 
such powerplant has the capability to use coal or another alternate 
fuel. Such certification establishes compliance with section 201(a) as 
of the date filed with the Department of Energy. The Secretary is 
required to publish a notice in the Federal Register that a 
certification has been filed. The following owner/operator of the 
proposed new baseload powerplants has filed self-certifications in 
acccordance with section 201(d).
    1. Cunningham Unit #3 (Cert 153).
    2. Cunningham Unit #4 (Cert 154).
    Owner: Southwestern Public Service Company.
    Operator: Southwestern Public Service Company.
    Location: Hobbs, New Mexico.
    Plant Configuration: Simple cycle combustion turbine.
    Capacity: 100 megawatts each.
    Fuel: Natural gas.
    Purchasing Entities: Customers of Southwestern Public Service 
Company.
    In-service Date: June 1, 1997.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., September 10, 1996.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office of Fuels Programs, 
Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 96-23883 Filed 9-17-96; 8:45 am]
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