[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 241 (Wednesday, December 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69269-69270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33289]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. FE C&E 98-09--Certification Notice--164]


Office of Fossil Energy; Gregory Power Partners, L.P.; Notice of 
Filing of Coal Capability; Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of filing.

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SUMMARY: On November 24, 1998, Gregory Power Partners, L.P. submitted a 
coal capability self-certification pursuant to section 201 of the 
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, as amended.

ADDRESSES: Copies of self-certification filings are available for 
public inspection, upon request, in the Office of Coal & Power IM/Ex, 
Fossil Energy, Room 4G-039, FE-27, Forrestal Building, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Russell at (202) 586-9624.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of the Powerplant and Industrial 
Fuel Use Act of 1978 (FUA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), 
provides that no new baseload electric powerplant may be constructed or 
operated without the capability to use coal or another alternate fuel 
as a primary energy source. In order to meet the requirement of coal 
capability, the owner or operator of such facilities proposing to use 
natural gas or petroleum as its primary energy source shall certify, 
pursuant to FUA section 201(d), to the Secretary of Energy prior to 
construction, or prior to operation as a base load powerplant, that 
such powerplant has the capability

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to use coal or another alternate fuel. Such certification establishes 
compliance with section 201(a) as of the date filed with the Department 
of Energy. The Secretary is required to publish a notice in the Federal 
Register that a certification has been filed. The following owner/
operator of the proposed new baseload powerplant has filed a self-
certification in accordance with section 201(d).

Owner: Gregory Power Partners, L.P.
Operator: LG&E Power Services
Location: Gregory, TX
Plant configuration: Combined-cycle with steam extraction to process
Capacity: 401.1 megawatts
Fuel: Natural gas
Purchasing entities: Merchant power production facility may have power 
sales contracts with a variety of purchasers. Initially output will be 
sold to Reynolds Metals (25MW) and a power marketer (350).
In-service date: June 1, 2000

    Issued in Washington, DC, December 10, 1998.
Anthony J. Como,
Manager, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex, 
Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 98-33289 Filed 12-15-98; 8:45 am]
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