[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 107 (Thursday, June 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30489-30491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14819]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. ER98-2729-000, et al.]


Carolina Power & Light Company, et al. Electric Rate and 
Corporate Regulation Filings

May 28, 1998.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Carolina Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER98-2729-000]

    Take notice that on May 22, 1998, Carolina Power & Light Company 
(CP&L), tendered for filing a notice of withdrawal of its April 29, 
1998, filing to revise its Tariff No. 1, for sales of capacity energy 
by CP&L. Pursuant to Rule 216, CP&L requests that its April 29, 1998, 
filing be withdrawn.
    CP&L states that copies of this filing have served upon North 
Carolina Utilities Commission, Public Service Commission of South 
Carolina and All Sales Tariff Customers.
    Comment date: June 11, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

2. Ohio Edison Company and Pennsylvania Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-3098-000]

    Take notice that on May 26, 1998, Ohio Edison Company tendered for 
filing on behalf of itself and Pennsylvania Power Company, a Service 
Agreement with Tractebel Energy Marketing, Inc., under Ohio Edison's 
Power Sales Tariff. This filing is made pursuant to Section 205 of the 
Federal Power Act.
    Comment date: June 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

3. Kansas Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER98-3099-000]

    Take notice that on May 26, 1998, Kansas Gas and Electric Company 
(KGE), tendered for filing an amendment to the Electric Interconnection 
Agreement (the Operating Agreement) between KGE and Western Resources, 
Inc., (Western Resources). KGE states that the amendment modifies the 
amount of capacity made available to Western Resources under the 
Operative Agreement. The change is proposed to become effective June 1, 
1998.
    Copies of the filing were served upon Western Resources, Inc., and 
the Kansas Corporation Commission.
    Comment date: June 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

4. American Electric Power Service Corporation

[Docket No. ER98-3100-000]

    Take notice that on May 26, 1998, the American Electric Power 
Service Corporation (AEPSC), tendered for filing executed service 
agreements under the Power Sales Tariff of the AEP Operating Companies 
(Power Sales Tariff). The Power Sales Tariff was accepted for filing 
effective October 10, 1995 and has been designated AEP Operating 
Companies' FERC Electric Tariff First Revised Volume No. 2. AEPSC 
respectfully requests waiver of notice to permit the service agreements 
to be made effective for Arkansas Electric Cooperative on January 28, 
1998; City of Austin, Texas on March 18, 1998; Enserch Energy Services, 
Inc., on March 1, 1998; Texas-New Mexico Power Company on March 31, 
1998, and Public Service Electric & Gas Company on August 27, 1997.
    A copy of the filing was served upon the Parties and the State 
Utility Regulatory Commissions of Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, 
Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
    Comment date: June 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

5. PP&L, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98-3101-000]

    Take Notice that on May 26, 1998, PP&L, Inc. (formerly known as 
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company) (PP&L), filed a Service Agreement 
dated May 14, 1998 with Enserch Energy Services, Inc. (Enserch), under 
PP&L's FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 5. The Service 
Agreement adds Enserch as an eligible customer under the Tariff.
    PP&L requests an effective date of May 26, 1998, for the Service 
Agreement.
    PP&L states that copies of this filing have been supplied to 
Enserch and to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
    Comment date: June 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

6. PP&L, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98-3102-000]

    Take Notice that on May 26, 1998, PP&L, Inc. (formerly known as 
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company) (PP&L), filed a Service Agreement 
dated April 30, 1998, with Public Service Electric and Gas Company 
(PSE&G) under PP&L's FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 5. The 
Service Agreement adds PSE&G as an eligible customer under the Tariff.
    PP&L requests an effective date of May 26, 1998, for the Service 
Agreement.
    PP&L states that copies of this filing have been supplied to PSE&G 
and to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
    Comment date: June 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

7. American Electric Power Service Corporation

[Docket No. ER98-3103-000]

    Take notice that on May 26, 1998, the American Electric Power 
Service Corporation (AEPSC), tendered for filing executed service 
agreements under the Wholesale Market Tariff of the AEP Operating 
Companies (Power Sales Tariff). The Power Sales Tariff was accepted for 
filing effective October 10, 1997 and has been designated AEP Operating 
Companies' FERC Electric Tariff Original Volume No. 5. AEPSC 
respectfully requests waiver of notice to permit the service agreements 
to be made effective for service billed on and after May 1, 1998.

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    A copy of the filing was served upon the Parties and the State 
Utility Regulatory Commissions of Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, 
Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
    Comment date: June 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

8. Allegheny Power Service Corporation on behalf of Monongahela 
Power Co., The Potomac Edison Company, and West Penn Power Company 
(Allegheny Power)

[Docket No. ER98-3104-000]

    Take notice that on May 26, 1998, Allegheny Power Service 
Corporation on behalf of Monongahela Power Company, The Potomac Edison 
Company and West Penn Power Company (Allegheny Power) filed Amendment 
No. 1 to its a market rate tariff to permit affiliated sales pursuant 
to the Commission's Regulations. Allegheny Power seeks a June 22, 1998, 
effective date for Amendment No. 1.
    Copies of the filing have been provided to the Public Utilities 
Commission of Ohio, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the 
Maryland Public Service Commission, the Virginia State Corporation 
Commission, the West Virginia Public Service Commission, and all 
parties of record.
    Comment date: June 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

9. Williams Energy Services Company

[Docket No. ER98-3106-000]

    Take notice that on May 26, 1998, Williams Energy Services Company 
(WESCO), filed a Report of Change of Facts, Revised Market Power 
Analyses, and Application for Authority To Sell Ancillary Services at 
Market Based Rates. WESCO states that effective June 1, 1998, it will 
become the marketer of the electrical output of three must-run 
generating stations in southern California owned by AES Alamitos, 
L.L.C., AES Huntington Beach, L.L.C., and AES Redondo Beach, L.L.C. 
(AES Companies), to the extent capacity and energy are available after 
the stations' must-run obligations to the California ISO are met. To 
the extent considered necessary, WESCO requests waiver of the 
Commission's prior notice requirements to authorize sales of ancillary 
services at market-based rates as of June 1, 1998.
    WESCO states that in order to expedite review by potentially 
interested parties, it has served copies of the filing on the Public 
Utilities Commission of California, the California Independent System 
Operator, the California Power Exchange, all parties of record in 
Docket Nos. ER95-305-000 through -015, and all parties in Docket Nos. 
ER98-2184, -2185, -2186 and ER98-2843, -2844 and -2883, which involve 
related market-based pricing applications by the AES Companies.
    Comment date: June 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

10. Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities 
Company

[Docket No. ER98-3107-000]

    Take notice that on May 21, 1998, Louisville Gas and Electric 
Company (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Company (KU) filed with the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission a request for inclusion of their 
respective Service Agreements under their pre-merger Open Access 
Transmission Tariffs under their post-merger Joint Open Access 
Transmission Tariff, which was accepted by the Commission for filing 
and suspended in Louisville Gas and Electric Company, LG&E Energy 
Marketing Inc., and Kentucky Utilities Company, Docket Nos. EC98-2-000 
et al., 82 FERC para. 61,308 (1998). LG&E and KU further request that 
certain Service Agreements of KU be deemed superseded and that the 
remaining Service Agreements be redesignated. LG&E and KU have also 
filed a Notice of Succession in Ownership and Operation in conjunction 
with the foregoing.
    Comment date: June 10, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

11. Rocky Mountain Natural Gas & Electric LLC

[Docket No. ER98-3108-000]

    Take notice that on May 26, 1998, Rocky Mountain Natural Gas & 
Electric LLC, tendered for filing Waivers, Blanket Approvals, and Order 
Approving Rate Schedule dated January 21, 1998, for an Electric 
License. Rocky Mountain Natural Gas & Electric LLC, seeks approval of 
an initial rate schedule, to be effective 60 days after the date of 
filing, or the date the Commission issues an order in this proceeding.
    In its filing Rocky Mountain Natural Gas & Electric LLC, states 
that the rates included in the above-mentioned Service Agreement are 
Rocky Mountain Natural Gas & Electric LLC's rates and requests in the 
compliance filing to FERC Order No. 888-A.
    Comment date: June 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

12. Entergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98-3109-000]

    Take notice that on May 26, 1998, Entergy Services, Inc. (Entergy 
Services), on behalf of Entergy Arkansas, Inc., Entergy Gulf States, 
Inc., Entergy Louisiana, Inc., Entergy Mississippi, Inc., and Entergy 
New Orleans, Inc. (collectively, the Entergy Operating Companies), 
tendered for filing a Short-Term Market Rate Sales Agreement between 
Entergy Services, as agent for the Entergy Operating Companies, and 
City of Ruston, Louisiana for the sale of power under Entergy Services' 
Rate Schedule SP.
    Comment date: June 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

13. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

[Docket No. ER98-3110-000]

    Take notice that on May 26, 1998, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. 
(PJM), tendered for filing an amendment to its umbrella agreements for 
short-term firm point-to-point service.
    The amendments provide for a confirmation period during which an 
applicant for short-term firm point-to-point transmission service must 
confirm, following PJM's approval of its request for service, that it 
will commence service in accordance with its request.
    PJM requests an effective date of August 1, 1998, for the 
amendments.
    Comment date: June 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

14. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-3111-000]

    Take notice that on May 26, 1998, Illinois Power Company (Illinois 
Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur, Illinois 62526, tendered for 
filing a Power Sales Tariff, Service Agreement under which Northern/AES 
Energy, L.L.C., will take service under Illinois Power Company's Power 
Sales Tariff. The agreements are based on the Form of Service Agreement 
in Illinois Power's tariff.
    Illinois Power has requested an effective date of May 18, 1998.
    Comment date: June 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

15. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-3112-000]

    Take notice that on May 26, 1998, Illinois Power Company (Illinois 
Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur, Illinois 62526, tendered for 
filing firm and non-firm transmission agreements under which Southern 
Illinois Power

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Cooperative will take transmission service pursuant to its open access 
transmission tariff. The agreements are based on the Form of Service 
Agreement in Illinois Power's tariff.
    Illinois Power has requested an effective date of May 15, 1998.
    Comment date: June 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

16. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-3113-000]

    Take notice that on May 26, 1998, Illinois Power Company (Illinois 
Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur, Illinois 62526, tendered for 
filing firm and non-firm transmission agreements under which PP&L, 
Inc., will take transmission service pursuant to its open access 
transmission tariff. The agreements are based on the Form of Service 
Agreement in Illinois Power's tariff.
    Illinois Power has requested an effective date of May 15, 1998.
    Comment date: June 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

17. Wisconsin Electric Power Company & Edison Sault Electric 
Company, Wisconsin Energy Corporation, Inc. and ESELCO, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98-3114-000]

    Take notice that on May 26, 1998, Wisconsin Electric Power Company 
(WEPCO) and Edison Sault Electric Company (Edison Sault) filed a single 
system tariff (Joint Open Access Transmission Tariff), required to be 
on file prior to the consummation of the merger approved in Wisconsin 
Energy Corporation, Inc., and ESELCO, Inc., 83 FERC para. 61,069 
(1998). The Joint Open Access Transmission Tariff supersedes the WEPCO 
tariff previously filed in Docket Nos. OA97-578, ER97-3299, and ER98-
93, and the Edison Sault tariff previously filed in Docket No. OA97-
718.
    This compliance filing has been served upon all wholesale customers 
for both WEPCO and Edison Sault, as well as the Michigan Public Service 
Commission, the Public Service of Wisconsin, and the parties to Docket 
No. EC98-8.
    Comment date: June 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

18. Statoil Energy Trading Inc.

[Docket No. ER98-3115-000]

    Take notice that on May 22, 1998, Eastern Power Distribution, Inc. 
(EPDI), tendered for filing a correction to the May 21, 1998, notice of 
name change.
    Comment date: June 10, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

19. Statoil Energy Trading Inc.

[Docket No. ER98-3115-000]

    Take notice that on May 22, 1998, Eastern Power Distribution, Inc. 
(EPDI), tendered for fililng a correction to the May 21, 1998, notice 
of name change.
    Comment date: June 11, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

20. Statoil Energy Services Inc.

[Docket No. ER98-3116-000]

    Take notice that on May 21, 1998, Eastern Energy Marketing, Inc. 
(EEM), a power marketer licensed by the FERC in Docket No. ER97-4381-
000, tendered for filing a notice of company name change to Statoil 
Energy Services, Inc. (SESI), effective May 20, 1998.
    Comment date: June 10, 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.
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