[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 229 (Monday, November 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65770-65773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31706]


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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. ER99-609-000, et al.]


Central Maine Power Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate 
Regulation Filings

November 20, 1998.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Central Maine Power Company

[Docket No. ER99-609-000]

    Take notice that on November 16, 1998, Central Main Power Company 
tendered for filing Quarterly Report Transactions for the period ending 
September 30, 1998. This report was filed in compliance with the 
Commission's Order in Docket No. ER97-3390-000 issued August 29, 1997.
    Comment date: December 7, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
    2. California Independent System Operator Corporation

[Docket Nos. EC96-19-044, and ER96-1663-046

    Take notice that on November 16, 1998 (corrected on November 17, 
1998) the California Independent System Operator Corporation filed with 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, in compliance with the 
Commission's October 16, 1998, Order in the above-noted dockets, 
revised Tariff Sheets of the ISO Tariff and Protocols reflecting 
Amendments No. 10 and 11, as approved by the Commission. The revised 
sheets also include one additional change to the Tariff and Protocols 
to require the ISO to provide notice of failed availability tests to 
relevant Scheduling Coordinators and owners and operators of sources of 
Ancillary Services as soon as practicable after such tests.
    Comment date: December 16, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

3. California Independent System Operator Corporation

[Docket Nos. EC96-19-045 and ER96-1663-047

    Take notice that on November 16, 1998, the California Independent 
System Operator Corporation filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, in compliance with the Commission's October 16, 1998, Order 
in the above-noted dockets, revised Tariff Sheets of the ISO Tariff and 
Protocols reflecting Amendments No. 10 and 11, as approved by the 
Commission. The revised sheets also include one additional change to 
the Tariff and Protocols to require the ISO to provide notice of failed 
availability tests to relevant Scheduling Coordinators and owners and 
operators of sources of Ancillary Services as soon as practicable after 
such tests.
    Comment Date: December 4, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

4. City of Las Cruces, New Mexico v. El Paso Electric Company

[Docket No. EL99-10-000]

    Take notice that on November 12, 1998, the City of Las Cruces, New 
Mexico filed a Complaint Requesting an Expedited Commission Order 
Directing El Paso Electric Company to Provide Wholesale Power.
    Comment date: December 4, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

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5. Northwest Power Marketing Company; Calpine Power Services 
Company; Northern/AES Energy, LLC; Industrial Energy Applications; 
J. Anthony & Associates Ltd.; The Montana Power Trading and 
Marketing Company; Cargill-Alliant, LLC; Union Electric Development 
Corporation

[Docket Nos. ER96-688-010; ER94-1545-000; ER98-445-003; ER95-1465-010; 
ER95-784-014; ER97-399-008; ER97-4273-005; and ER97-3663-005]

    Take notice that the following informational filings have been made 
with the Commission and are available for public inspection and copying 
in the Commission's Public Reference Room:
    On November 3, 1998, Northwest Power Marketing Company filed 
certain information as required by the Commission order issued in 
Docket No. ER96-688-000.
    On November 3, 1998, Calpine Power Services Company filed certain 
information as required by the Commission order issued in Docket No. 
ER94-1545-000.
    On November 3, 1998, Northern/AES Energy, LLC filed certain 
information as required by the Commission order issued in Docket No. 
ER98-445-000.
    On November 3, 1998, Industrial Energy Applications, Inc. filed 
certain information as required by the Commission order issued in 
Docket No. ER95-1465-000.
    On November 3, 1998, J. Anthony & Associates Ltd. filed certain 
information as required by the Commission order issued in Docket No. 
ER95-784-000.
    On November 3, 1998, The Montana Power Trading and Marketing 
Company filed certain information as required by the Commission order 
issued in Docket No. ER97-399-000.
    On November 3, 1998, Cargill-Alliant, LLC filed certain information 
as required by the Commission order issued in Docket No. ER97-4273-000.
    On November 3, 1998, Union Electric Development Corporation filed 
certain information as required by the Commission order issued in 
Docket No. ER97-3663-000.

6. Duke Power, a division of Duke Energy Corporation

[Docket No. ER99-610-000]

    Take notice that on November 17, 1998, Duke Power, a division of 
Duke Energy Corporation (Duke), tendered for filing amendments to 
Service Schedule C of the Interconnection Agreement between Duke and 
Yadkin, Inc., FERC Rate Schedule Original Volume No. 282, dated as of 
October 16, 1998.
    Comment date: December 7, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

7. Commonwealth Edison Company

[Docket No. ER99-611-000]

    Take notice that on November 17, 1998, Commonwealth Edison Company 
(ComEd), tendered for filing a Non-Firm Service Agreement and a Short-
Term Firm Service Agreement with Ameren Services Company (AMRN), under 
the terms of ComEd's Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT).
    ComEd requests an effective date of November 11, 1998, for the 
service agreements, and accordingly, seeks waiver of the Commission's 
notice requirements.
    Copies of this filing were served on AMRN and the Illinois Commerce 
Commission.
    Comment date: December 7, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

8. Unitil Power Corp.

[Docket No. ER99-612-000]

    Take notice that on November 17, 1998, Unitil Power Corp. (UPC), 
tendered for filing a service agreement between UPC and Strategic 
Energy Ltd., for service under UPC's Market-Based Power Sales Tariff. 
This Tariff was accepted for filing by the Commission on September 25, 
1997, in Docket No. ER97-2460-000.
    UPC requests an effective date of November 3, 1998, for the service 
agreement with Strategic Energy Ltd.
    Comment date: December 7, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

9. Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company

[Docket No. ER99-613-000]

    Take notice that on November 17, 1998, Fitchburg Gas and Electric 
Light Company (Fitchburg), tendered for filing a service agreement 
between Fitchburg and Strategic Energy, Ltd., for service under 
Fitchburg's Market-Based Power Sales Tariff. This Tariff was accepted 
for filing by the Commission on September 25, 1997, in Docket No. ER97-
2463-000.
    Fitchburg requests an effective date of November 3, 1998, for the 
service agreement with Strategic Energy, Ltd.
    Comment date: December 7, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

10. Southwest Power Pool

[Docket No. ER99-614-000]

    Take notice that on November 17, 1998, Southwest Power Pool (SPP), 
tendered for filing an executed service agreement with El Paso Power 
Services Company (El Paso) for non-firm point-to-point firm 
transmission service under the SPP Open Access Transmission Tariff 
(Tariff), and two executed service agreements with Constellation Power 
Source, Inc. (Constellation), for short-term firm point-to-point and 
non-firm point-to-point firm transmission service under the Tariff.
    SPP requests an effective date of October 15, 1998, for the 
agreement with El Paso, and an effective date of September 28, 1998, 
for the agreements with Constellation.
    Copies of this filing were served upon each of the parties to these 
agreements.
    Comment date: December 7, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

11. Williams Energy Services Company

[Docket No. ER99-615-000]

    Take notice that on November 17, 1998, Williams Energy Marketing & 
Trading Company (formerly Williams Energy Services Company) (Williams), 
tendered with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission a change to its 
Rate Schedule FERC No. 1. The filed change identifies the California 
ancillary and energy services Williams sells and limits the sales of 
such services to either the California Independent System Operator 
Corporation (CAISO) or others that are self-supplying ancillary 
services to the CAISO, as well as reflects the change of corporate 
name.
    Williams requests that such change be made effective November 13, 
1998.
    Comment date: December 7, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

12. Dighton Power Associates Limited Partnership

[Docket No. ER99-616-000]

    Take notice that on November 17, 1998, Dighton Power Associates 
Limited Partnership (Dighton), petitioned the Commission for acceptance 
of Dighton Power Associates Rate Schedule FERC No. 1; the granting of 
certain blanket approvals, including the authority to sell electricity 
generated at its proposed generating facility at market-based rates; 
and the waiver of certain Commission Regulations.
    Dighton intends to engage in wholesale electric power and energy 
generation and sales as a marketer. Dighton is an exempt wholesale 
generator under Section 32 of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 
1935. Neither Dighton nor any affiliate of Dighton is engaged in the 
business of transmitting electric power or has any franchised service 
area for the sale of electricity.
    Comment date: December 7, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

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13. Virginia Electric and Power Company

[Docket No. ER99-617-000]

    Take notice that on November 17, 1998, Virginia Electric and Power 
Company (Virginia Power), tendered for filing the Service Agreement 
between Virginia Electric and Power Company and NorAm Energy 
Management, Inc., under the FERC Electric Tariff (Second Revised Volume 
No. 4), which was accepted by order of the Commission dated August 13, 
1998 in Docket No. ER98-3771-000. Under the tendered Service Agreement, 
Virginia Power will provide services to NorAm Energy Management, Inc., 
under the terms and conditions of the Tariff.
    Virginia Power requests an effective date of November 17, 1998.
    Copies of the filing were served upon NorAm Energy Management, 
Inc., the Virginia State Corporation Commission and the North Carolina 
Utilities Commission.
    Comment date: December 7, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

14. Northeast Utilities Service Company

[Docket No. ER99-618-000]

    Take notice that on November 17, 1998, Northeast Utilities Service 
Company (NUSCO), on behalf of its operating affiliates, The Connecticut 
Light and Power Company, Western Massachusetts Electric Company, 
Holyoke Water Power Company, Holyoke Power and Electric Company, and 
Public Service Company of New Hampshire, tendered for filing Service 
Agreements between NUSCO and Duke/Louis Dreyfus, L.L.C., under the 
Northeast Utilities System Companies' Sale for Resale Tariff No. 7, 
Market Based Rates and System Power Sales/Exchanges Tariff No. 6. Said 
Service Agreements were subsequently assigned to Duke Energy Trading 
and Marketing, L.L.C.
    NUSCO requests an effective date of January 16, 1999, for these 
Service Agreements.
    NUSCO states that copies of its submission have been mailed or 
delivered to Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, L.L.C.
    Comment date: December 7, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

15. Entergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER99-619-000]

    Take notice that on November 17, 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 the First Amendment to the Agreement 
for Wholesale Power Service between Entergy Arkansas, Inc., and the 
City of Prescott, Arkansas.
    Comment date: December 7, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

16. Entergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER99-620-000]

    Take notice that on November 17, 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 Engage Energy US, L.P., for the sale of power under 
Entergy Services' Rate Schedule SP.
    Comment date: December 7, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

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

[Docket No. ER99-621-000]

    Take notice that on November 17, 1998, Allegheny Power Service 
Corporation on behalf of Monongahela Power Company, The Potomac Edison 
Company and West Penn Power Company (Allegheny Power), tendered for 
filing a revised schedule for its Pro Forma Open Access Transmission 
Tariff. Allegheny Power will provide retail transmission services 
pursuant to the schedule as of January 1, 1999.
    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.
    Comment date: December 7, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

18. Texas Utilities Electric Company

[Docket Nos. ER99-622-000]

    Take notice that on November 17, 1998, Texas Utilities Electric 
Company (TU Electric), tendered for filing a revision to the 
distribution level transmission service and transformation rates 
included in TU Electric's Tariff for Transmission Service To, From and 
Over Certain HVDC Interconnections (TFO Tariff).
    TU Electric has requested a waiver to permit the revisions to 
become effective as of November 1, 1998.
    TU Electric states that a copy of this filing has been served on 
the Public Utility Commission of Texas and on all parties receiving 
service under the TFO Tariff.
    Comment date: December 7, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

19. PG&E Energy Trading-Power, L.P.

[Docket No. ER99-631-000]

    Take notice that on November 17, 1998, PG&E Energy Trading-Power, 
L.P. (PGET), 7500 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, filed 
an amended to its Electric Rate Schedule No. 1, related to the sale of 
certain Ancillary Services and Replacement Reserves to either the 
California Independent System Operator Corporation (California ISO) or 
others that are self-supplying ancillary services to the California 
ISO.
    Comment date: December 7, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

20. Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. OA97-308-002]

    Take notice that on November 16, 1998, Southern Indiana Gas and 
Electric Company (SIGECO) tendered for filing revised OASIS Standards 
of Conduct and other requested information in compliance the order 
issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) on 
October 16, 1998 in the above-referenced docket. See Ameren Services 
Company, et al., 85 FERC para. 61,068 (1998).
    Copies of this filing were served on the Indiana Utility Regulatory 
Commission and Indiana Office of the Utility Consumer Counselor and all 
parties designated on the official service list.
    Comment date: December 16, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

21. South Carolina Electric & Gas Company

[Docket No. OA97-416-003]

    Take notice that on November 16, 1998, South Carolina Electric & 
Gas Company tendered for filing a compliance filing revising its 
Standards of Conduct to conform to the Commission's order issued on 
October 16, 1998 in Ameren Services Company, 85 FERC para. 61,068.

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    Comment date: December 16, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

22. Tucson Electric Power Company

[Docket No. OA97-436-002]

    Take notice that on November 16, 1998, Tucson Electric Power 
Company (TEP) tendered for filing revised OASIS Standards of Conduct 
and other requested information in compliance the order issued by the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) on October 16, 1998 
in the above-referenced docket. See Ameren Services Company, et al., 85 
FERC para. 61,068 (1998).
    Copies of this filing were served on the Arizona Corporation 
Commission and all parties designated on the official service list.
    Comment date: December 16, 1998, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

23. Duke Power Company

[Docket No. OA97-450-003]

    Take notice that on November 16, 1998 Duke Energy Corporation, on 
behalf of its divisions, Duke Power and Nantahala Power and Light, 
(Duke) made a Compliance filing in the above-referenced docket.
    Comment date: December 16, 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, 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 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. 98-31706 Filed 11-27-98; 8:45 am]
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