[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 71 (Tuesday, April 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18191-18194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9732]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. EG98-62-000, et al.]


Hawkeye Power Partners, LLC, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate 
Regulation Filings

April 7, 1998.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Hawkeye Power Partners, LLC

[Docket No. EG98-62-000]

    Take notice that on April 2, 1998, Hawkeye Power Partners, LLC 
(Hawkeye), filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an 
Application for Determination of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status 
pursuant to Part 365 of the Commission's Regulations.
    Hawkeye Power is developing a wind-powered eligible facility with a 
capacity of 42 megawatts (net), powered by approximately fifty-six (56) 
wind turbine generators, which will be located in Cerro Gordo County, 
Iowa.
    Comment date: April 27, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

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2. Cinergy Capital & Trading, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98-1063-001]

    Take notice that on February 23, 1998, Cinergy Capital & Trading, 
Inc., tendered for filing its compliance filing in the above-referenced 
docket.
    Comment date: April 20, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

3. New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Inc.; v. Public Service 
Company of New Hampshire, Public Service Company of New Hampshire 
v. New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Public Service Company 
of New Hampshire v. New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Inc.; 
Public Service Company of New Hampshire

[Docket Nos. EL98-35-000, EL96-53-000, EL95-71-000, and EL97-7-000]

    Take notice that on March 23, 1998, New Hampshire Electric 
Cooperative, Inc., tendered for filing a complaint, motion for summary 
disposition or, in the alternative, motion for expedited resolution of 
issues not addressed summarily, and motion for expeditious action in 
related proceedings of the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Inc.
    Comment date: May 7, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice. Answers to the complaint shall be due on or 
before May 7, 1998.

4. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

[Docket No. ER98-2348-000]

    Take notice that on March 30, 1998, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 
pursuant to Secs. 29.1 and 29.5 of the PJM Open Access Transmission 
Tariff, filed an executed Service Agreement for Network Integration 
Transmission Service with Citizens Power Sales.
    PJM requests a waiver of the Commission's Regulations to allow an 
effective date of March 1, 1998.
    Copies of the filing were served upon Citizens Power Sales, GPU 
Energy, and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
    Comment date: April 21, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

5. Southern California Edison Company

[Docket No. ER98-2359-000]

    Take notice that on March 31, 1998, Southern California Edison 
Company (Edison), tendered for filing unexecuted copies of the Edison-
Azusa Interim Scheduling Coordinator Agreement and the Edison-Banning 
Interim Scheduling Coordinator Agreement (Scheduling Coordinator 
Agreements) between Edison and each of the Cities of Azusa and Banning 
(Cities), California.
    The Scheduling Coordinator Agreements satisfy the requirement set 
forth in Section 6.1.5 of the Cities Restructuring Agreements and allow 
Edison to act as Cities' Scheduling Coordinator in compliance with the 
Independent System Operator (ISO) and Power Exchange scheduling 
protocols.
    Edison is requesting an effective date concurrent with the date the 
ISO assumes operational control of Edison's transmission facilities.
    Copies of this filing were served upon the Public Utilities 
Commission of the State of California and all interested parties.
    Comment date: April 21, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

6. Southern California Edison Company

[Docket No. ER98-2383-000]

    Take notice that on March 31, 1998, Southern California Edison 
Company (Edison), tendered for filing Loss Accounting Procedures for 
Existing Contracts (Procedures) between Edison and the City of Anaheim 
(Anaheim), California.
    The Procedures allow Edison and Anaheim to account for differences 
between losses pursuant to the Independent System Operator's (ISO), 
applicable loss methodology and losses pursuant to existing 
transmission contracts, as required in the Edison-Anaheim 1997 
Restructuring Agreement (Restructuring Agreement). Edison is requesting 
that the Procedures become effective on the date the ISO assumes 
operational control of Edison's transmission facilities, which is 
concurrent with the effective date of the Restructuring Agreement.
    Copies of this filing were served upon the Public Utilities 
Commission of the State of California and all interested parties.
    Comment date: April 21, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

7. Southern California Edison Company

[Docket No. ER98-2386-000]

    Take notice that on March 31, 1998, Southern California Edison 
Company (Edison), tendered for filing the Edison-Anaheim Interim 
Scheduling Coordinator Agreement (Scheduling Coordinator Agreement) 
between Edison and the City of Anaheim (Anaheim), California.
    The Scheduling Coordinator Agreement satisfies the requirement set 
forth in Section 6.2 of the Restructuring Agreement and allows Edison 
to act as Anaheim's Scheduling Coordinator in compliance with the 
Independent System Operator (ISO) and Power Exchange scheduling 
protocols.
    Edison is requesting an effective date concurrent with the date the 
ISO assumes operational control of Edison's transmission facilities.
    Copies of this filing were served upon the Public Utilities 
Commission of the State of California and all interested parties.
    Comment date: April 21, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

8. Southern California Edison Company

[Docket No. ER98-2387-000]

    Take notice that on March 31, 1998, Southern California Edison 
Company (Edison), tendered for filing unexecuted Procedures For The 
Scheduling Of Riverside's Entitlement In The San Onofre Nuclear 
Generating Station And Riverside's Satisfaction Of Its Auxiliary Power 
Obligations (SONGS Procedures) between Edison and the City of Riverside 
(Riverside), California.
    The SONGS Procedures provide for (i) the scheduling of Riverside's 
ownership share of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS); (ii) 
exchanges of information related to the availability of SONGS; and 
(iii) Riverside's satisfaction of its auxiliary power obligations 
pursuant to the Second Amended San Onofre Operating Agreement.
    Edison is requesting an effective date concurrent with the date the 
Independent System Operator assumes operational control of Edison's 
transmission facilities.
    Copies of this filing were served upon the Public Utilities 
Commission of the State of California and all interested parties.
    Comment date: April 21, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

9. MidAmerican Energy Company

[Docket No. ER98-2410-000]

    Take notice that on April 2, 1998, MidAmerican Energy Company 
(MidAmerican), 666 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50303 submitted for 
filing with the Commission a Service Agreement dated March 30, 1998, 
with the City of Denver, IA (Denver) entered into pursuant to 
MidAmerican's Rate Schedule for Power Sales, FERC Electric Tariff, 
Original Volume No. 5 (Tariff), and a Power Sales Agreement dated March 
30, 1998, with the City of Denver, IA, entered into pursuant to the 
Service Agreement and the Tariff.
    MidAmerican requests an effective date of April 1, 1998, for this 
Agreement, and accordingly seeks a waiver of the Commission's notice

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requirement. MidAmerican has served a copy of the filing on Denver, the 
Iowa Utilities Board, the Illinois Commerce Commission and the South 
Dakota Public Utilities Commission.
    Comment date: April 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

10. Virginia Electric and Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-2414-000]

    Take notice that on April 2, 1998, Virginia Electric and Power 
Company (Virginia Power), tendered for filing the Service Agreement 
between Virginia Electric and Power Company and Consumers Energy 
Company 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 Consumers Energy Company under 
the rates, terms and conditions of the applicable Service Schedules 
included in the Tariff. Virginia Power requests an effective date of 
April 2, 1998, for the Service Agreement.
    Copies of the filing were served upon Consumers Energy Company, the 
Michigan Public Service Commission, the Virginia State Corporation 
Commission and the North Carolina Utilities Commission.
    Comment date: April 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

11. Virginia Electric and Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-2415-000]

    Take notice that on April 2, 1998, Virginia Electric and Power 
Company (Virginia Power), tendered for filing the Service Agreement 
between Virginia Electric and Power Company and OGE Energy Resources, 
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 OGE Energy Resources, Inc., 
under the rates, terms and conditions of the applicable Service 
Schedules included in the Tariff. Virginia Power requests an effective 
date of March 26, 1998, for the Service Agreement.
    Copies of the filing were served upon OGE Energy Resources, Inc., 
the Virginia State Corporation Commission and the North Carolina 
Utilities Commission.
    Comment date: April 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

12. Northern States Power Company (Minnesota) and Northern States 
Power Company (Wisconsin)

[Docket No. ER98-2416-000]

    Take notice that on April 2, 1998, Northern States Power Company 
(Minnesota) and Northern States Power Company (Wisconsin) (jointly 
NSP), tendered for filing a Short-Term Firm Transmission Service 
Agreement between NSP and New Ulm Public Utilities.
    NSP requests that the Commission accept the agreement effective 
March 23, 1998, and requests waiver of the Commission's notice 
requirements in order for the agreement to be accepted for filing on 
the date requested.
    Comment date: April 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

13. Northeast Utilities Service Company

[Docket No. ER98-2417-000]

    Take notice that on April 2, 1998, Northeast Utilities Service 
Company (NUSCO), submitted in accordance with Section 205 of the 
Federal Power Act and Part 35 of the Rules and Regulations of the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) 18 CFR Part 35, 
Service Agreements between NUSCO and Select Energy, Inc. (Select), 
under with NUSCO may engage in sales of capacity and energy to its 
retail power marketing affiliate Select.
    Comment date: April 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

14. Northern States Power Company (Minnesota) and Northern States 
Power Company (Wisconsin)

[Docket No. ER98-2418-000]

    Take notice that on April 2, 1998, Northern States Power Company 
(Minnesota) and Northern States Power Company (Wisconsin) (jointly 
NSP), tendered for filing a Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission 
Service Agreement and a Short-Term Firm Transmission Service Agreement 
between NSP and Avista Energy, Inc.
    NSP requests that the Commission accept both the agreements 
effective March 23, 1998, and requests waiver of the Commission's 
notice requirements in order for the agreements to be accepted for 
filing on the date requested.
    Comment date: April 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

15. Duquesne Light Company

[Docket No. ER98-2419-000]

    Take notice that April 2, 1998, Duquesne Light Company (DLC), filed 
a Service Agreement dated March 12, 1998 with Merchant Energy Group of 
the Americas, Inc., under DLC's Open Access Transmission Tariff 
(Tariff). The Service Agreement adds Merchant Energy Group of the 
Americas, Inc., as a customer under the Tariff. DLC requests an 
effective date of March 12, 1998, for the Service Agreement.
    Comment date: April 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

16. Duquesne Light Company

[Docket No. ER98-2420-000]

    Take notice that April 2, 1998, Duquesne Light Company (DLC), filed 
a Service Agreement dated March 12, 1998 with Columbia Power Marketing 
Corp., under DLC's Open Access Transmission Tariff (Tariff). The 
Service Agreement adds Columbia Power Marketing Corp., as a customer 
under the Tariff. DLC requests an effective date of March 12, 1998, for 
the Service Agreement.
    Comment date: April 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

17. Wisconsin Public Service Corporation

[Docket No. ER98-2421-000]

    Take notice that on April 2, 1998, Wisconsin Public Service 
Corporation (WPSC), tendered for filing an executed Transmission 
Service Agreement between WPSC and Amoco Energy Trading Corporation, 
providing for transmission service under the Open Access Transmission 
Service Tariff, FERC Original Volume No. 11, and Revised Attachments E 
and I, indices of customers with agreements under WPSC's Open Access 
Transmission Tariff, FERC Volume No. 11.
    Comment date: April 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

18. Wisconsin Public Service Corporation

[Docket No. ER98-2422-000]

    Take notice that on April 2, 1998, Wisconsin Public Service 
Corporation (WPSC), tendered for filing an executed Transmission 
Service Agreement between WPSC and Amoco Energy Trading Corporation, 
provides for transmission service under the Open Access Transmission 
Service Tariff, FERC Original Volume No. 11.
    Comment date: April 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

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19. The Furst Group, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98-2423-000]

    Take notice that on April 2, 1998, The Furst Group, Inc. (Furst), 
petitioned the Commission for acceptance of Furst 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.
    Furst intends to engage in wholesale electric power and energy 
purchases and sales as a marketer. Furst is not in the business of 
generation or transmitting electric power.
    Comment date: April 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

20. Houston Lighting & Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-2424-000]

    Take notice that on April 2, 1998, Houston Lighting & Power Company 
(HL&P), submitted for filing a notice of cancellation of a transmission 
service agreement with Western Gas Resources Power Marketing, Inc. 
(Western Gas) under HL&P's tariff for transmission service ``to, from 
and over'' certain HVDC Interconnections.
    HL&P states that a copy of the filing has been served on the 
affected customer.
    Comment date: April 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

21. Green Mountain Power Corporation

[Docket No. OA97-709-000]

    Take notice that on July 28, 1998, Green Mountain Power Corporation 
(GMP), tendered for filing a revised open access tariff in accordance 
with FERC Order No. 888-A. GMP states that the revised tariff 
supersedes in its entirety an open access transmission tariff in the 
form prescribed by FERC Order No. 888 that was previously filed in 
Docket no. OA96-37-000. GMP has prosed to make its revised tariff 
effective as of July 14, 1997 or such later date as may be proposed to 
make its revised tariff effective as July 14, 1997 or such later date 
as may be prescribed by the commission for the effectiveness of tariffs 
conforming to FERC Order No. 888-A.
    Comment date: April 17, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

22. Tapoco, Inc.

[Docket No. OA97-615-000]

    Take notice that on July 8, 1997, Tapoco, Inc., filed original and 
revised tariff sheets to its Order No. 888 open access tariff to comply 
with FERC Order No. 888-A. Tapoco states that it has served copies of 
this filing on the Tennessee Public Service Commission and all parties 
listed on the official service list in the above-referenced docket.
    Comment date: April 21, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

23. Northern Lights, Inc.

[Docket No. OA98-10-000]

    Take notice that on February 13, 1998, Northern Lights, Inc., 
tendered for a request for confirmation of non-jurisdictional status 
or, alternatively, for small public utility waiver of the requirements 
of Parts 35 and 37, and request for waiver of reciprocity requirement.
    Comment date: April 20, 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. 98-9732 Filed 4-13-98; 8:45 am]
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