[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 183 (Tuesday, September 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50562-50564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25231]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. EC98-53-000, et al.]


Northeast Empire Limited Partnership #1, et al.; Electric Rate 
and Corporate Regulation Filings

September 14, 1998.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Northeast Empire Limited Partnership #1

[Docket No. EC98-53-000]

    Take notice that on September 10, 1998, Northeast Empire Limited 
Partnership #1, C/O Thomas D. Emergo, Twenty South Street, P. O. Box 
407, Bangor, Maine, 04402-0407, tendered for filing a Supplement to 
their Application for Approval of Disposition of Jurisdictional 
Facilities pursuant to Part 33 of the Commission's Rules.
    Comment date: October 5, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

2. Minnesota Power Inc.

[Docket No. ER98-3891-001]

    Take notice that on September 9, 1998, Minnesota Power Inc., 
(Minnesota Power), tendered for filing a Revised Exhibit A, indicating 
Minnesota Power's unbundled transmission rate for the City of Pierz, 
Minnesota based on Minnesota Power's open access transmission rate. 
Exhibit A and Attachment No. 1, as submitted also reflect Minnesota 
Power, Inc.'s corporate name change which became effective May 27, 
1998.
    Comment date: September 29, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

3. Minnesota Power, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98-4096-000]

    Take notice that on September 9, 1998, Minnesota Power, Inc., 
(formerly known as Minnesota Power and Light Company) (MP), tendered 
for filing a report of short-term transactions that occurred during the 
quarter ending June 30, 1998, under MP's WCS-2 Tariff which was 
accepted for filing by the Commission in Docket No. ER96-1823-000.
    MP states that it is submitting this report for the purpose of 
complying with the Commission's requirements relating to quarterly 
filings by public utilities of summaries of short-term market-based 
power transactions. The report contains summaries of such transactions 
under the WCS-2 Tariff for the applicable quarter with confidential 
price and quantity information removed.
    Comment date: September 29, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

4. Sempra Energy Trading Corp.

[Docket No. ER98-4497-000]

    Take notice that on September 9, 1998, Sempra Energy Trading Corp. 
(SET), tendered for filing pursuant to 18 CFR 285.205, a petition for 
blanket waivers and blanket approvals under various regulations of the 
Commission and for an order accepting its FERC Electric Rate Schedule 
No. 2 (Ancillary Services) to be effective immediately.
    SET intends to buy and sell ancillary services at wholesale 
nationwide or, in the alternative, in the California market. SET 
proposes to sell four of these services subject to rates, terms and 
conditions to be negotiated with the buyer. Rate Schedule No. 2 
(Ancillary Services), provides for the sale of Regulation and Frequency 
Control, Spinning Reserve Service, and Supplemental Reserve Service at 
market-based rates.
    Comment date: September 29, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

5. San Diego Gas & Electric Co.

[Docket No. ER98-4498-000]

    Take notice that on September 9, 1998, San Diego Gas & Electric 
Company (SDG&E), tendered for filing pursuant to 18 CFR 285.205, a 
petition for blanket waivers and blanket approvals under various 
regulations of the Commission and for an order accepting its FERC 
Electric Rate Schedule No. 2 (Ancillary Services) to be effective 
immediately.
    SDG&E intends to sell ancillary services at wholesale from electric 
generating plants and from combustion turbines located throughout its 
service territory, as well as from capacity to which it has contract 
rights. SDG&E proposes to sell four of these services subject to rates, 
terms and conditions to be negotiated with the buyer. Rate Schedule No. 
2 (Ancillary Services) provides for the sale of regulation, spinning 
reserve, non-spinning reserve, and replacement reserve at market-based 
rates.
    Comment date: September 29, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

6. Ocean State Power; Ocean State Power II

[Docket No. ER98-4499-000]

    Take notice that on September 9, 1998, Ocean State Power (OSP) and 
Ocean State Power II (OSP II) (collectively, Ocean State) tendered for 
filing the following supplements (the Supplements) to their rate 
schedules with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the 
Commission) for OSP Supplement No. 20 to Rate Schedule FERC No. 2, for 
OSP II Supplement No. 22 to Rate Schedule FERC No. 6.
    Copies of the Supplements have been served upon Ocean State's power 
purchasers, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, and the 
Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission.
    Comment date: September 29, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

7. San Diego Gas & Electric Company

[Docket No. ER98-4500-000]

    Take notice that on September 9, 1998, San Diego Gas & Electric 
Company (SDG&E), filed for Commission approval in this docket, pursuant 
to Section 205 of the Federal Power Act, an amendment to the Master 
Must Run Agreement (MMRA) relating to SDG&E's combustion turbine 
facilities, to be entered into between SDG&E and the California 
Independent System Operator (ISO), originally filed on October 31, 1997 
in Docket No. ER98-496-000, and modified by SDG&E's filing of March 11, 
1998 in Docket No. ER98-2160-000. The

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amendments will allow either SDG&E or the ISO to terminate the must-run 
contract for a facility under certain circumstances in which continued 
operation of the facility has been rendered impossible or impractical 
by the termination, expiration, or limitation of a governmental 
authorization required by the Owner to site, operate, or obtain access 
to the facility. SDG&E notes that the contract under which occupies 
certain and owned by the United States Navy for use as a turbine site, 
expires on September 29, 1998.
    SDG&E requests that proposed amended MMRA be made effective as of 
September 29, 1998, so that the MMRA may terminate if negotiations to 
extend the contract are unsuccessful.
    SDG&E has served this filing on all parties listed on the official 
service list in Docket Nos. ER98-496-000 and ER98-2160-000.
    Comment date: September 29, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

8. Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER98-4501-000]

    Take notice that on September 9, 1998, Southern Indiana Gas and 
Electric Company (SIGECO), tendered for filing one (1) service 
agreement for firm transmission service under Part II of its 
Transmission Services Tariff with Enron Power Marketing, Inc.
    Copies of the filing were served upon each of the parties to the 
service agreement.
    Comment date: September 29, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

9. Columbus Southern Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-4502-000]

    Take notice that on September 9, 1998, Columbus Southern Power 
Company (CSP), tendered for filing with the Commission a Facilities, 
Operations, Maintenance and Repair Agreement (Agreement) dated July 22, 
1998, between CSP and South Central Power Company, (hereinafter called 
SCP) and Buckeye Power, Inc. (hereinafter called Buckeye).
    Buckeye has requested CSP provide a delivery point, pursuant to 
provisions of the Power Delivery Agreement between CSP, Buckeye Power, 
Inc. (hereinafter called Buckeye), The Cincinnati Gas & Electric 
Company, The Dayton Power and Light Company, Monongahela Power Company, 
Ohio Power Company and Toledo Edison Company, dated January 1, 1968.
    CSP requests an effective date of November 1, 1998, for the 
tendered agreements.
    CSP states that copies of its filing were served upon South Central 
Power Company, Buckeye Power, Inc., and the Public Utilities Commission 
of Ohio.
    Comment date: September 29, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

10. Wisconsin Electric Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-4503-000]

    Take notice that on September 9, 1998, Wisconsin Electric Power 
Company (Wisconsin Electric), tendered for filing a short-term firm 
Transmission Service Agreement and a non-firm Transmission Service 
Agreement between itself and OGE Energy Resources, Inc., (OGE). The 
Transmission Service Agreements allow OGE to receive transmission 
services under Wisconsin Energy Corporation Operating Companies' FERC 
Electric Tariff, Volume No. 1.
    Wisconsin Electric requests an effective date coincident with its 
filing and waiver of the Commission's notice requirements in order to 
allow for economic transactions as they appear.
    Copies of the filing have been served on OGE, the Public Service 
Commission of Wisconsin and the Michigan Public Service Commission.
    Comment date: September 29, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

11. Maine Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER98-4504-000]

    Take notice that on September 9, 1998, Maine Public Service Company 
(Maine Public), filed an executed Service Agreement with Burlington 
Electric Department.
    Maine Public requests waiver of the Commission's 60-day notice 
requirements that the attached service agreement can become effective 
on June 17, 1998.
    Comment date: September 29, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

12. Entergy Services, Inc

[Docket No. ER98-4505-000]

    Take notice that on September 9, 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 the City Water and Light Plant of the City of Jonesboro 
(Arkansas) for the sale of power under Entergy Services' Rate Schedule 
SP.
    Comment date: September 29, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

13. Washington Water Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-4509-000]

    Take notice that on September 9, 1998, Washington Water Power 
tendered for filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
pursuant to 18 CFR Section 35.13, an executed Service Agreement under 
WWP's FERC Electric Tariff First Revised Volume No. 9, and Certificate 
of Concurrence with Arizona Public Service Company, (which replaces 
unexecuted Service Agreement No. 20 previously filed with the 
Commission under Docket No. ER97-1252-000, effective December 15, 1996 
and an executed Service Agreement under WWP's FERC Electric Tariff 
First Revised Volume No. 9, with DuPont Power Marketing, Inc.
    WWP requests waiver of the prior notice requirement and requests 
that the Service Agreement for DuPont Power Marketing, Inc., be 
accepted for filing effective September 1, 1998.
    Comment date: September 29, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

14. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. and Orange and 
Rockland Utilities, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98-4510-000]

    Take notice that on September 9, 1998, Consolidated Edison Company 
of New York, Inc. (Con Edison), and Orange and Rockland Utilities, 
Inc., and its jurisdictional subsidiaries (Orange and Rockland) filed a 
joint open access transmission tariff (joint OATT) pursuant to which 
Con Edison and Orange and Rockland will provide open access 
transmission service across their transmission systems at single-
system, non-pancaked rates.
    This filing is in conjunction with the filing of the Application of 
Con Edison and Orange and Rockland for Approval of Merger and Related 
Authorizations. Con Edison and Orange and Rockland state that the joint 
OATT will become effective only if the open access transmission tariff 
filed by the New York Independent System Operator is not in effect as 
of the consummation date of the merger.
    Comment date: September 29, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

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15. Louisville Gas And Electric Co. Kentucky Utilities Company

[Docket No. ER98-4511-000]

    Take notice that on September 9, 1998, Louisville Gas and Electric 
Company/Kentucky Utilities (LG&E/KU), tendered for filing an unexecuted 
Service Agreement for Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service between 
LG&E/KU and Constellation Power Source, Inc., under LG&E/KU's Open 
Access Transmission Tariff.
    Comment date: September 29, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

16. Prairieland Energy, Inc.

[Docket No. TX98-4-000]

    Take notice that on September 10, 1998, Prairieland Energy, Inc. 
(Prairieland) filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission requesting the Commission to order Commonwealth Edison 
Company (Edison) to provide transmission service pursuant to Section 
211 of the Federal Power Act.
    Prairieland has requested 12 Megawatts (MW) of firm point-to-point 
transmission service for a term of five years commencing October 1, 
1998.
    Copies of Prairieland's application were served upon 
representatives of Edison and the Illinois Commerce Commission.
    Comment date: October 14, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraphs

    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,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-25231 Filed 9-21-98; 8:45 am]
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