[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 65 (Monday, April 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 16771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8936]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Fossil Energy
[Docket No. FE C&E 98-01 and 98-02--Certification Notices--157]


Millennium Power Partners, L.P. and LSP Energy Limited 
Partnership 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: Millennium Power Partners, L.P. and LSP Energy Limited 
Partnership have submitted coal capability self-certifications 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 Coal & Power Im/Ex, 
Fossil Energy, Room 4G-039, FE-27, 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 owners/operators of the 
proposed new baseload powerplants have filed self-certifications in 
accordance with section 201(d).

FE-C&E 98-01

    Owner:  Millennium Power Partners, L.P.
    Operator:  Millennium Power Partners, L.P.
    Location:  Charlton, MA.
    Plant Configuration: Combined-cycle.
    Capactiy:  360 megawatts.
    Fuel:  Natural gas.
    Purchasing Entities:  New England Power Pool.
    In-Service Date:  3rd Quarter of 2000.

FE-C&E 98-02

    Owner:  LSP Energy Limited Partnership.
    Operator:  LSP Energy Limited Partnership.
    Location:  Batesville, Panola County, Mississippi.
    Plant Configuration: Combined-cycle.
    Capacity:  800 megawatts.
    Fuel:  Natural gas.
    Purchasing Entities:  Wholesale power purchasers.
    In-Service Date:  Summer of 2000.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., March 26, 1998.
Anthony J. Como,
Manager, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex, 
Office of Coal & Power systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 98-8936 Filed 4-3-98; 8:45 am]
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