[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 198 (Tuesday, October 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 53328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27053]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. ER97-2460-000, ER97-2462-000, and ER97-2463-000]


Unitil Power Corporation, Unitil Resources, Inc., and Fitchburg 
Gas and Electric Light Company; Notice of Issuance of Order

October 7, 1997.
    Unitil Resources, Inc. (URI) is a power marketing affiliate of 
Unitil Power Corporation, Fitchburg Gas & Electric Light Company, 
Concord Electric Company, and Exeter & Hampton Electric Company. URI is 
a wholly-owned subsidiary of Unitil Corporation, a registered public 
utility holding company. URI filed an application for authorization to 
engage in the sale of capacity and energy for resale at market-based 
rates, and for certain waivers and authorizations. In particular, URI 
requested that the Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 
34 of all future issuances of securities and assumptions of liabilities 
by URI. On September 25, 1997, the Commission issued an Order 
Conditionally Accepting for Filing Proposed Market-Based Rates (Order), 
in the above-docketed proceeding.
    The Commission's September 25, 1997 Order granted the request for 
blanket approval under Part 34, subject to the conditions found in 
Ordering Paragraphs (D), (E), and (G):
    (D) Within 30 days of the date of issuance 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 
URI 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 385.214.
    (E) Absent a request to be heard within the period set forth in 
Ordering Paragraph (D) above, URI is hereby authorized to issue 
securities and assume obligations or liabilities as guarantor, 
indorser, 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 URI, compatible with the public 
interest, and reasonably necessary or appropriate for such purposes.
    (G) 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 URI's 
issuances of securities or assumptions of liabilities * * *.
    Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing motions to 
intervene or protest, as set forth above, is October 27, 1997.
    Copies of the full text of the Order are available from the 
Commission's Public Reference Branch, 888 First Street, N.E., 
Washington, D.C. 20426.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-27053 Filed 10-10-97; 8:45 am]
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