[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 213 (Friday, November 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 56532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28066]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. ER96-2830-000]

Washington Gas Energy Services, Inc.; Notice of Issuance of Order
October 29, 1996.
    Washington Gas Energy Services, Inc. (Washington GES) submitted for 
filing a rate schedule under which Washington GES will engage in 
wholesale electric power and energy transactions as a 
marketer.Washington GES also requested waiver of various Commission 
regulations. In particular, Washington GES requested that the 
Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future 
issuances of securities and assumptions of liability by Washington GES.
    On October 18, 1996, the Commission issued a letter order that 
granted requests for blanket approval under Part 34, subject to the 
following:
    Within thirty days of the date of the order, any person desiring to 
be heard or to protest the blanket approval of issuances of securities 
or assumptions of liability by Washington GES should file a motion to 
intervene or protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Rules 211 
and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 
385.211 and 385.214).
    Absent a request for hearing within this period, Washington GES is 
authorized to issue securities and assume obligations or liabilities as 
a guarantor, endorser, surety, or otherwise in respect of any security 
of another person; provided that such issuance or assumption is for 
some lawful object within the corporate purposes of the applicant, and 
compatible with the public interest, and is reasonably necessary or 
appropriate for such purposes.
    The Commission reserves the right to require a further showing that 
neither public nor private interests will be adversely affected by 
continued approval of Washington GES's issuances of securities or 
assumptions of liability.
    Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing motions to 
intervene or protests, as set forth above, is November 18, 1996. Copies 
of the full text of the order are available from the Commission's 
Public Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-28066 Filed 10-31-96; 8:45 am]
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