[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 91 (Monday, May 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25939-25942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12287]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. EG97-61-000, et al.]


Tapal Energy Limited, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate 
Regulation Filings

May 5, 1997.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Tapal Energy Limited

[Docket No. EG97-61-000]

    On April 28, 1997, Tapal Energy Limited, a public limited company 
incorporated and existing under the laws of the Islamic Republic of 
Pakistan, having its registered office at 6th Floor, Building No. 3, 
Lakson Square, Sanwar Shaheed Road, Karachi, Pakistan (the Applicant), 
filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an application for 
determination of exempt wholesale generator (EWG) status pursuant to 
Part 365 of the Commission's Regulations.
    The Applicant will be engaged directly in owning an eligible 
facility located near Karachi, Province of Sindh, Pakistan (the Plant). 
The Plant will consist of a 126 MW simple-cycle power plant, fueled by 
heavy fuel oil.
    Comment date: May 23, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice. The Commission will limit its consideration 
of comments to those that concern the adequacy or accuracy of the 
application.

2. EPEM Marketing Company and El Paso Marketing Services Company

[Docket No. EC97-29-000]

    Take notice that on April 14, 1997, EPEM Marketing Company (EPEM) 
and El Paso Energy Marketing Services Company (El Paso Energy 
Marketing)(collectively, the Applicants) filed an application for 
approval to transfer wholesale power agreements from El Paso Energy 
Marketing to EPEM.
    Comment date: May 23, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

3. Commonwealth Edison Company

[Docket No. ER97-1368-001]

    Take notice that on April 22, 1997, Commonwealth Edison Company 
(ComEd) tendered for filing the compliance filing ordered by the 
Commission's March 25, 1997, order in this docket.
    Copies of this filing have been served on the Illinois Commerce 
Commission and all customers served under ComEd's PSRT-1 Tariff.
    Comment date: May 19, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

4. Minnesota Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER97-2069-000]

    Take notice that on April 14, 1997, Minnesota Power & Light Company 
tendered for filing an amendment in the above-referenced docket.
    Comment date: May 19, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

5. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

[Docket No. ER97-2573-000]

    Take notice that on April 14, 1997, Niagara Mohawk Power 
Corporation (NMPC) tendered for filing with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission an executed Transmission Service Agreement 
between NMPC and CMS Marketing, Services and Trading Company. This 
Transmission Service Agreement specifies that CMS Marketing, Services 
and Trading Company has signed on to and has agreed to the terms and 
conditions of NMPC's Open Access Transmission Tariff as filed in Docket 
No. OA96-194-000. This Tariff, filed with FERC on July 9, 1996, will 
allow NMPC and CMS Marketing, Services and Trading Company to enter 
into separately scheduled transactions under which NMPC will provide 
transmission service for CMS Marketing, Services and

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Trading Company as the parties may mutually agree.
    NMPC requests an effective date of April 3, 1997. NMPC has 
requested waiver of the notice requirements for good cause shown.
    NMPC has served copies of the filing upon the New York State Public 
Service Commission and CMS Marketing, Services and Trading Company.
    Comment date: May 19, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

6. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97-2628-000]

    Take notice that on April 22, 1997, Cinergy Services, Inc. 
(Cinergy), tendered for filing a service agreement under Cinergy's 
Power Sales Standard Tariff (the Tariff) entered into between Cinergy 
and Maine Public Service Company.
    Cinergy and Maine Public Service Company are requesting an 
effective date of April 17, 1997.
    Comment date: May 19, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

7. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97-2629-000]

    Take notice that on April 22, 1997, Consolidated Edison Company of 
New York, Inc. (Con Edison), tendered for filing an amendment to Rate 
Schedule 122, an agreement with Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation for 
the sale and purchase of energy and capacity.
    Con Edison states that a copy of this filing has been served by 
mail upon Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation.
    Comment date: May 19, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

8. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97-2630-000]

    Take notice that on April 22, 1997, Consolidated Edison Company of 
New York, Inc. (Con Edison), tendered for filing a service agreement to 
provide non-firm transmission service pursuant to its Open Access 
Transmission Tariff to Delmarva Power & Light Company.
    Con Edison states that a copy of this filing has been served by 
mail upon Delmarva Power & Light Company.
    Comment date: May 19, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

9. Wisconsin Power and Light Company

[Docket No. ER97-2631-000]

    Take notice that on April 22, 1997, Wisconsin Power and Light 
Company (WP&L), tendered for filing Form Of Service Agreements for Firm 
and Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service establishing Equitable 
Power Services Company as a point-to-point transmission customer under 
the terms of WP&L's transmission tariff.
    WP&L requests an effective date of March 23, 1997, and accordingly, 
seeks waiver of the Commission's notice requirements. A copy of this 
filing has been served upon the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin.
    Comment date: May 19, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

10. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97-2632-000]

    Take notice that on April 22, 1997, Cinergy Services, Inc. 
(Cinergy), tendered for filing a service agreement under Cinergy's 
Power Sales Standard Tariff (the Tariff) entered into between Cinergy 
and Duquesne Light Company.
    Cinergy and Duquesne Light Company are requesting an effective date 
of April 17, 1997.
    Comment date: May 19, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

11. Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation

[Docket No. ER97-2633-000]

    Take notice that on April 23, 1997, Rochester Gas and Electric 
Corporation (RG&E), filed a Service Agreement between RG&E and the 
Equitable Power Services Company (Customer). This Service Agreement 
specifies that the Customer has agreed to the rates, terms and 
conditions of RG&E's FERC Electric Rate Schedule, Original Volume No. 1 
(Power Sales Tariff) accepted by the Commission in Docket No. ER94-
1279-000, as amended by RG&E's December 31, 1996, filing in Docket No. 
OA97-243-000.
    RG&E requests waiver of the Commission's sixty (60) day notice 
requirements and an effective date of March 17, 1997, for the Equitable 
Power Services Company Service Agreement. RG&E has served copies of the 
filing on the New York State Public Service Commission and on the 
Customer.
    Comment date: May 19, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

12. Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation

[Docket No. ER97-2634-000]

    Take notice that on April 23, 1997, Rochester Gas and Electric 
Corporation (RG&E), filed a Service Agreement between RG&E and the 
Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc. (Customer). This Service Agreement 
specifies that the Customer has agreed to the rates, terms and 
conditions of RG&E's FERC Electric Rate Schedule, Original Volume No. 1 
(Power Sales Tariff) accepted by the Commission in Docket No. ER94-
1279-000, as amended by RG&E's December 31, 1996, filing in Docket No. 
OA97-243-000.
    RG&E requests waiver of the Commission's sixty (60) day notice 
requirements and an effective date of March 17, 1997, for the Morgan 
Stanley Capital Group, Inc. Service Agreement. RG&E has served copies 
of the filing on the New York State Public Service Commission and on 
the Customer.
    Comment date: May 19, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

13. Virginia Electric and Power Company

[Docket No. ER97-2635-000]

    Take notice that on April 22, 1997, Virginia Electric and Power 
Company (Virginia Power), tendered for filing an executed Service 
Agreement with AIG Trading Corporation which it had filed in unexecuted 
form on January 31, 1997. Also tendered for filing are executed Service 
Agreements with Illinova Power Marketing, Inc. and Federal Energy 
Sales, Inc., which it had filed in unexecuted form on February 6, 1997.
    Copies of the filing were served upon the Virginia State 
Corporation Commission and the North Carolina Utilities Commission.
    Comment date: May 19, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

14. Virginia Electric and Power Company

[Docket No. ER97-2636-000]

    Take notice that on April 22, 1997, Virginia Electric and Power 
Company (Virginia Power), tendered for filing Service Agreements for 
Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service with Western Power 
Services, Inc., WAS Energy Services, Inc., C.G. Power Services 
Corporation, and The Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company, PSI Energy, 
Inc. and Cinergy Services, Inc. under the Open Access Transmission 
Tariff to eligible purchasers dated July 9, 1996. Under the tendered 
Service Agreement Virginia Power will provide non-firm point-to-point 
service to the Transmission Customers as agreed to by the parties under 
the rates, terms and conditions of the Open Access Transmission Tariff.
    Copies of the filing were served upon the Virginia State 
Corporation

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Commission, the North Carolina Utilities Commission, and the Ohio 
Public Utilities Commission.
    Comment date: May 19, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

15. American Electric Power Service Corporation

[Docker No. ER97-2637-000]

    Take notice that on April 22, 1997, the American Electric Power 
Service Corporation (AEPSC), tendered for filing executed service 
agreements under the AEP Companies' Point-to-Point Transmission Service 
Tariffs. The Transmission Tariff has been designated as FERC Electric 
Tariff Original Volume No. 4, effective July 9, 1996. AEPSC requests 
waiver of notice to permit the Service Agreements to be made effective 
for service billed on and after March 15, 1997.
    A copy of the filing was served upon the Parties and the State 
Utility Regulatory Commissions of Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, 
Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
    Comment date: May 19, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

16. ERI Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97-2638-000]

    Take notice that on April 22, 1997, ERI Services, Inc. (ERI 
Services) tendered for filing pursuant to Part 35 of the Commission's 
Regulations and Rule 205, 18 CFR 385.205, a petition for waivers and 
blanket approvals under various regulations of the Commission and for 
an order accepting its FERC Electric Rate Schedule No. 1 to be 
effective no later than June 21, 1997.
    ERI Services intends to engage in electric power and energy 
transactions as a marketer and a broker. In transactions where ERI 
Services sells electric energy it proposes to make such sales on rates, 
terms, and conditions to be mutually agreed to with the purchasing 
party. ERI Services is not in the business of generating, transmitting, 
or distributing electric power.
    Comment date: May 19, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

17. Northeast Utilities Service Company

[Docket No. ER97-2639-000]

    Take notice that on April 23, 1997, Northeast Utilities Service 
Company (NUSCO), tendered for filing, a Service Agreement with PECO 
Energy under the NU System Companies' Sale for Resale, Tariff No. 7.
    NUSCO states that a copy of this filing has been mailed to the PECO 
Energy.
    NUSCO requests that the Service Agreement become effective February 
1, 1997.
    Comment date: May 19, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

18. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97-2641-000]

    Take notice that on April 22, 1997, Consolidated Edison Company of 
New York, Inc. (Con Edison), tendered for filing a service agreement to 
provide non-firm transmission service pursuant to its Open Access 
Transmission Tariff to CMS Marketing, Services and Trading Co.
    Con Edison states that a copy of this filing has been served by 
mail upon CMS Marketing, Services and Trading Co.
    Comment date: May 19, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

19. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97-2642-000]

    Take notice that on April 22, 1997, Consolidated Edison Company of 
New York, Inc. (Con Edison), tendered for filing an amendment to Rate 
Schedule 192, an agreement with Williams Energy Services Company for 
the sale and purchase of energy and capacity.
    Con Edison states that a copy of this filing has been served by 
mail upon Williams Energy Services Company.
    Comment date: May 19, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

20. Portland General Electric Company

[Docket No. ER97-2643-000]

    Take notice that on April 22, 1997, Portland General Electric 
Company (PGE), tendered for filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission pursuant to 18 CFR 35.15, a Notice of Termination for Rate 
Schedule FERC No. 159, Firm Power Sale Agreement between PGE and the 
Modesto Irrigation District (MID).
    PGE respectfully requests the Commission to accept this filing and 
terminate the Agreement on or before June 20, 1997.
    A copy of the filing was served upon MID as noted in the body of 
the filing letter.
    Comment date: May 19, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

21. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97-2644-000]

    Take notice that on April 22, 1997, Cinergy Services, Inc. 
(Cinergy), tendered for filing a service agreement under Cinergy's 
Power Sales Standard Tariff (the Tariff) entered into between Cinergy 
and Minnesota Power & Light Company.
    Cinergy and Minnesota Power & Light Company are requesting an 
effective date of April 17, 1997.
    Comment date: May 19, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

22. C. Lee Cox

[Docket No. ID-2995-000]

    Take notice that on April 14, 1997, C. Lee Cox, Applicant, filed an 
application pursuant to Section 305(b) of the Federal Power Act and 
Part 45 of the Commission's Regulations to hold the following 
positions:

Director, Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Director, AirTouch Communications, Inc.

    Comment date: May 19, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

23. Dixie Escalante Rural Electric Association, Inc.

[Docket No. OA97-577-000]

    Take notice that on April 16, 1997, Dixie Escalante Rural Electric 
Association, Inc. (Dixie Escalante) submitted for filing a Request for 
Waiver of the Application of the Requirements of Order Nos. 888 and 
889, in accordance with Section 35.28(d) of the Rules of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission), 18 CFR 35.28(d).
    Dixie Escalante states that it owns, operates, or controls only 
limited and discrete transmission facilities that do not constitute an 
integrated grid. Dixie Escalante states that it thus qualifies for a 
waiver of application of the requirements of Orders No. 888 and 889 to 
it, as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with 
the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Comment date: May 19, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

24. Wisconsin Electric Power Company

[Docket No. OA97-578-000]

    Take notice that Wisconsin Electric Power Company (Wisconsin 
Electric) on April 21, 1997, tendered for filing revisions to its FERC 
Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 7. The revisions are submitted in 
compliance with Order No. 888-A. Wisconsin Electric respectfully 
requests an effective date coincident with its filing, in order that 
the changes stemming from Order No.

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888-A are implemented as soon as possible.
    Copies of the filing have been served on all Wisconsin Electric 
transmission service customers, the Michigan Public Service Commission, 
and the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin.
    Comment date: May 23, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

25. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

[Docket No. OA97-584-000]

    Take notice that on April 22, 1997, Consolidated Edison Company of 
New York, Inc. (Con Edison), tendered for filing an amendment to Rate 
Schedule 194, an agreement with Federal Energy Sales, Inc. for the sale 
and purchase of energy and capacity.
    Con Edison states that a copy of this filing has been served by 
mail upon Federal Energy Sales, Inc.
    Comment date: May 19, 1997, 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. 97-12287 Filed 5-9-97; 8:45 am]
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