[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 1880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-826]


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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER97-399-000 and Docket No. ER97-449-000


MP Energy, Inc. and Montana Power Company; Notice of Issuance of 
Order

January 8, 1997.
    On November 7, 1996, MP Energy, Inc. (MP Energy) filed an 
application for authorization to sell power at market-based rates, and 
for certain waivers and authorizations. In particular, MP Energy 
requested that the Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 
34 of all future issuances of securities and assumptions of liabilities 
by MP Energy. On January 6, 1997, the Commission issued an Order 
Conditionally Accepting For Filing Proposed Market-Based Rates (Order), 
in the above-docketed proceedings.
    The Commission's January 7, 1997 Order granted the request for 
blanket approval under Part 34, subject to the conditions found in 
Ordering Paragraphs (E), (F), and (H):
    (E) Within 30 days of the date of this order, any person desiring 
to be heard or to protest the Commission's blanket approval of 
issuances of securities or assumptions of liabilities by MP Energy 
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 (1996).
    (F) Absent a request to be heard within the period set forth in 
Ordering Paragraph (E) above, MP Energy is hereby authorized to issue 
securities and assume obligations and liabilities as guarantor, 
endorser, surety or otherwise in respect of any security of another 
person; provided that such issue or assumption is for some lawful 
object within the corporate purposes of the MP Energy, compatible with 
the public interest, and reasonably necessary or appropriate for such 
purposes.
    (H) The Commission reserves the right to modify this order to 
require a further showing that neither public nor private interests 
will be adversely affected by continued Commission approval of MP 
Energy's issuances of securities or assumptions of liabilities. * * *
    Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing motions to 
intervene or protests, as set forth above, is February 5, 1997.
    Copies of the full text of the Order are available from the 
Commission's Public Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-826 Filed 1-13-97; 8:45 am]
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