[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 213 (Wednesday, November 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59554-59555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29507]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. ER98-4400-000]


Pittsfield Generating Company, L.P.; Notice of Issuance of Order

October 30, 1998.
    Pittsfield Generating Company, L.P. (Pittsfield), an affiliate of 
Pacific Gas & Electric Company, filed an application for Commission 
authorization to engage in wholesale power sales at market-based rates, 
and for certain waivers and authorizations. In particular, Pittsfield 
requested that the Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 
34 of all future issuances of securities and assumptions of liabilities 
by Pittsfield. On October 29, 1998, the Commission issued an Order 
Accepting For Filing Proposed Market-Based Rates (Order), in the above-
docketed proceeding.
    The Commission's October 29, 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 Pittsfield 
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 385.214.
    (D) Absent a request to be heard within the period set forth in 
Ordering Paragraph (C) above, Pittsfield is hereby authorized, pursuant 
to section 204 of the FPA, 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 
Pittsfield, 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 
Pittsfield's issuances of securities or assumptions of liabilities. . . 
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    Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing motions to 
intervene or protests, as set forth above, is November 30, 1998.
    Copies of the full text of the Order are available from the 
Commission's Public

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Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-29507 Filed 11-3-98; 8:45 am]
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