[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 51 (Monday, March 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12624-12625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6588]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Fossil Energy
[Docket No. FE C&E 97-01--Certification Notice--154]


Pasadena Cogeneration; 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 February 28, 1997, Pasadena Cogeneration L.P. submitted a 
coal capability self-certification pursuant to section 201 of the 
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, as amended.

ADDRESSES: Copies of self-certification filings are available for 
public inspection, upon request, in the Office of Fuels Programs, 
Fossil Energy, Room

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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 powerplant 
has filed a self-certification in acccordance with section 201(d).

    Owner: Pasadena Cogeneration L.P.
    Operator: Pasadena Cogeneration L.P.
    Location: Harris County, Texas.
    Plant Configuration: Combined cycle, topping-cycle cogeneration.
    Capacity: 240 megawatts.
    Fuel: Natural gas.
    Purchasing Entities: Philips Petroleum Co. and Houston Lighting & 
Power Co.
    In-Service Date: October 31, 1998.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., March 11, 1997.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex, 
Office of Coal & Power systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 97-6588 Filed 3-14-97; 8:45 am]
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