[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16492-16494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8716]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. ER98-831-000, et al.]


Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, et al.; Electric Rate and 
Corporate Regulation Filings

March 25, 1998.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

[Docket No. ER98-831-000]

    Take notice that on March 20, 1998, Niagara Mohawk Power 
Corporation (Niagara Mohawk), tendered for its response to the 
Commission's Deficiency Notice in the above-captioned docket.
    Copies of the filing have been served on Plum Street Energy 
Marketing, Inc., and the Public Service Commission of the State of New 
York.
    Comment date: April 9, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

2. Pacific Gas and Electric Co., San Diego Gas & Electric Co., and 
Southern California Edison Company

[Docket Nos. EC96-19-021 and ER96-1663-022]

    Take notice that on March 23, 1998, as amended on March 24, 1998, 
the California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO), filed for 
Commission acceptance in this docket, pursuant to Section 205 of the 
Federal Power Act, an application to amend the ISO Operating Agreement 
and Tariff, including the ISO Protocols (ISO Tariff) (Tariff Amendment 
No. 6). The ISO requests that the Tariff Amendment No. 6, be accepted 
for filing and be made effective as of the ISO Operations Date.
    The ISO states that Amendment No. 6, addresses issues identified 
during the recent coupled market demonstration testing. The proposed 
changes consist of (A) temporary changes to the Real-Time Market for 
Imbalance Energy; (B) temporary changes respecting physical constraints 
on Schedules;  changes to provisions respecting 
System Reliability; (D) changes in regard to Overgeneration Management; 
(E) changes to give Load and implicit priority in Congestion 
Management, (F) changes to the default Usage Charge; (G) changes to 
Reliability Must-Run Unit settlements; (H) changes to Settlement 
calculations; (I) changes to contingency measures; (J) changes 
respecting neutrality adjustments; (K) change to the ISO Schedule 
validation tolerance; (L) temporary liability and exclusion provisions; 
and (M) temporary changes to Ancillary Services penalties.
    Comment date: April 9, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

3. Kentucky Utilities Company

[Docket No. ER98-1152-000]

    Take notice that on March 20, 1998, Kentucky Utilities Company 
(KU), submitted an amended filing in the above captioned proceeding. 
The amended filing revises the Contract For Electric Service between KU 
and the Borough of Pitcairn in response to a February 5, 1998, letter 
from the Director of the Commission's Office of Rate Applications.
    KU states that a copy of this filing has been served on Borough 
Manager of the Borough of Pitcairn and all parties to this proceeding.
    Comment date: April 9, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

4. Kansas City Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER98-2256-000]

    Take notice that on March 20, 1998, Kansas City Power & Light 
Company (KCPL), tendered for filing a Service Agreement dated February 
27, 1998, between KCPL and EnerZ Corporation. KCPL proposes an 
effective date of March 13, 1998, and requests waiver of the 
Commission's notice requirement. This Agreement provides for the rates 
and charges for Non-Firm Transmission Service. In its filing, KCPL 
states that the rates included in the above-mentioned Service Agreement 
are KCPL's rates and charges in the compliance filing to FERC Order No. 
888-A in Docket No. OA97-636.
    Comment date: April 9, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

5. Virginia Electric and Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-2257-000]

    Take notice that on March 19, 1998, Virginia Electric and Power 
Company (Virginia Power), tendered for filing the Service Agreement 
between Virginia Electric and Power Company and AVISTA Energy, Inc., 
under the FERC Electric Tariff (First Revised Volume No. 4), which was 
accepted by order of the Commission dated November 6, 1997 in Docket 
No. ER97-3561-001. Under the tendered Service Agreement, Virginia Power 
will provide services to AVISTA Energy, Inc., under the rates, terms 
and conditions of the applicable Service Schedules included in the 
Tariff. Virginia Power requests an effective date of March 20, 1998, 
for the Service Agreement.
    Copies of the filing were served upon AVISTA Energy, Inc., the 
Virginia State Corporation Commission and the North Carolina Utilities 
Commission.
    Comment date: April 9, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

6. Wisconsin Public Service Corporation

[Docket No. ER98-2258-000]

    Take notice that on March 20, 1998, Wisconsin Public Service 
Corporation

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(WPSC), tendered for filing Supplement No. 1, to its partial 
requirements service agreement with Washington Island Electric 
Cooperative (WIEC), Door County, Wisconsin. Supplement No. 1, provides 
WIEC's contract demand nominations for January 1998--December 2002, 
under WPSC's W-2A partial requirements tariff and WIEC's applicable 
service agreement.
    The company states that copies of this filing have been served upon 
WIEC and to the State Commissions where WPSC serves at retail.
    Comment date: April 9, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

7. LSP Energy Limited Partnership

[Docket No. ER98-2259-000]

    Take notice that LSP Energy Limited Partnership (LSP), on March 20, 
1998, tendered for filing an initial rate schedule and request for 
certain waivers and authorizations pursuant to Section 35.12 of the 
regulations of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the 
Commission). The initial rate schedule provides for the sale to 
wholesale purchasers of the output of the Batesville Generation 
Facility, an electric power generation facility to be developed by LSP 
in Batesville, Mississippi.
    LSP requests that the Commission set an effective date for the rate 
schedule on the date which is sixty (60) days from the date of this 
filing, or the date the Commission issues an order accepting the rate 
schedule, whichever first occurs.
    A copy of the filing was served upon the Public Service Commission 
of Mississippi.
    Comment date: April 9, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

8. New York State Electric & Gas Corporation

[Docket No. ER98-2260-000]

    Take notice that on March 20, 1998, New York State Electric & Gas 
Corporation (NYSEG), filed Service Agreements between NYSEG and Eastern 
Power Distribution, Inc., (Customer). These Service Agreements specify 
that the Customer has agreed to the rates, terms and conditions of the 
NYSEG open access transmission tariff filed and effective on June 11, 
1997, in Docket No. OA97-571-000.
    NYSEG requests waiver of the Commission's sixty-day notice 
requirements and an effective date of March 23, 1998, for the Service 
Agreements. NYSEG has served copies of the filing on The New York State 
Public Service Commission and on the Customer.
    Comment date: April 9, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

9. Carolina Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER98-2261-000]

    Take notice that on March 20, 1998, Carolina Power & Light Company 
(CP&L), tendered for filing Service Agreements for Non-Firm Point-to-
Point Transmission Service executed between CP&L and the following 
Eligible Transmission Customers: Illinois Power Company and Tennessee 
Power Company; and Service Agreements for Short-Term Firm Point-to-
Point Transmission Service with Illinois Power Company and Tennessee 
Power Company. Service to each Eligible Customer will be in accordance 
with the terms and conditions of Carolina Power & Light Company's Open 
Access Transmission Tariff.
    Copies of the filing were served upon the North Carolina Utilities 
Commission and the South Carolina Public Service Commission.
    Comment date: April 9, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

10. PacifiCorp

[Docket No. ER98-2262-000]

    Take notice that PacifiCorp, on March 20, 1998, tendered for filing 
in accordance with 18 CFR Part 35 of the Commission's Rules and 
Regulations, a Service Agreement with Citizens Power Sales under 
PacifiCorp's FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 12.
    Copies of this filing were supplied to the Public Utility 
Commission of Oregon and the Washington Utilities and Transportation 
Commission.
    A copy of this filing may be obtained from PacifiCorp's Regulatory 
Administration Department's Bulletin Board System through a personal 
computer by calling (503) 464-6122 (9600 baud, 8 bits, no parity, 1 
stop bit).
    Comment date: April 9, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

11. Florida Power Corporation

[Docket No. ER98-2265-000]

    Take notice that on March 20, 1998, Florida Power Corporation 
(FPC), tendered for filing a supplement to Service Agreement No. 10, 
under FPC's FERC Electric Tariff, First Revised Volume No. 3. Service 
Agreement No. 10 was accepted for filing by the Commission on September 
12, 1997, in Docket No. ER97-4578-000. The supplement to the Service 
Agreement with Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia is proposed to 
be effective March 20, 1998.
    Comment date: April 9, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

12. Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98-2266-000]

    Take notice that on March 20, 1998, Chickasaw Nation Industries, 
Inc. (Chickasaw), petitioned the Commission for acceptance of 
Chickasaw's Rate Schedule FERC No. 1; the granting of certain blanket 
approvals, including the authority to sell electricity at market-based 
rates; and the waiver of certain Commission Regulations.
    Chickasaw intends to engage in wholesale electric power and energy 
purchases and sales as a marketer. Chickasaw is not in the business of 
generating or transmitting electric power. Chickasaw is a Federal 
Tribal Corporation under 25 U.S.C., Section 503, wholly-owned by the 
Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, a federally recognized Indian Tribe.
    Comment date: April 9, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

13. Delmarva Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER98-2267-000]

    Take notice that on March 20, 1998, Delmarva Power & Light Company 
(Delmarva), tendered for filing an Application for Approval of 
Modifications to its Market-based Rate Tariff and Request for Waiver. 
The Application modifies Delmarva's market-based tariff to remove a 
geographic limitation on its authority to sell power at market-based 
rates within the Delmarva Peninsula and to provide that payments are 
due within 10 days of an invoice. Included in the filing are 
modifications to the market-based sales tariff to become effective May 
20, 1998, and modifications to a form of service agreement.
    Comment date: April 9, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

14. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98-2268-000]

    Take notice that on March 20, 1998, Cinergy Services, Inc. 
(Cinergy), tendered for filing on behalf of its operating companies, 
The Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company (CG&E) and PSI Energy, Inc. 
(PSI), a First Supplemental Agreement, dated February 1, 1998, between 
Sonat Power Marketing L.P. and Cinergy.
    The First Supplemental Agreement revises the current language for 
rates,

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terms and conditions of service, provides for the unbundling language 
for the point of sale, adds language for reliability guidelines, 
interface capacity available and credit worthiness, and adds Market 
Based Power Service.
    Cinergy requests an effective date of one day after the filing of 
this First Supplemental Agreement of the Interchange Agreement.
    Copies of the filing were served on Sonat Power Marketing L.P., the 
Alabama Public Service Commission, the Kentucky Public Service 
Commission, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and the Indiana 
Utility Regulatory Commission.
    Comment date: April 9, 1998, 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 these filings are on file with 
the Commission and are available for public inspection.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-8716 Filed 4-2-98; 8:45 am]
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