[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67851-67852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33836]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. ER98-181-000]


Howard/Avista Energy, LLC; Notice of Issuance of Order

December 22, 1997.
    Howard/Avista Energy, LLC (Howard/Avista) filed an application for 
authorization to sell power at market-based rates, and for certain 
waivers and authorizations. In particular, Howard/Avista requested that 
the Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 34 of all 
future issuances of securities and assumptions of liabilities by 
Howard/Avista. On December 15, 1997, the Commission issued an Order 
Conditionally Accepting For Filing Proposed Market-Based Rates (Order), 
in the above-docketed proceeding.
    The Commission's December 15, 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 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 Howard/Avista 
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 (E) above, Howard/Avista is hereby authorized to 
issue securities

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and assume obligations and 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 Howard/Avista, 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 Howard/
Avista'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 January 14, 1998.
    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. 97-33836 Filed 12-29-97; 8:45 am]
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