[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 118 (Friday, June 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 33641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16296]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. ER97-4345-004 and ER98-2296-000]


Origen Power Corporation, OGE Energy Resources, Inc. and Oklahoma 
Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Issuance of Order

June 15, 1998.
    Origen Power Corporation (Origen) and OGE Energy Resources, Inc. 
(OGE Energy) filed a request for authorization for Origen to engage in 
wholesale sales of electric capacity and energy at market-based rates, 
and for certain waivers and authorizations. In particular, Origen 
requested that the Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 
34 of all future issuances of securities and assumptions of liabilities 
by Origen. On June 2, 1998, the Commission issued an Order Accepting 
For Filing Proposed Market-Based Rates, Amendment To Market-Based Rate 
Schedule, And Authorizing Power Sales To Affiliate (Order), in the 
above-docketed proceedings.
    The Commission's June 2, 1998 Order granted the request for blanket 
approval under Part 34, subject to the conditions found in Ordering 
Paragraphs (C), (D), and (F):
    (C) 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 Origen should 
file a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in 
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214.
    (D) Absent a request to be heard within the period set forth in 
Ordering Paragraph (C) above, Origen is hereby authorizied to issue 
securities 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 Origen, compatible with the 
public interest, and reasonably necessary or appropriate for such 
purposes.
    (F) 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 Origen'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 July 2, 1998.
    Copies of the full text of the Order are available from the 
Commission's Public Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-16296 Filed 6-18-98; 8:45 am]
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