[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 870-873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-262]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. EL99-23-000, et al.]


Western Systems Coordinating Council, et al.; Electric Rate and 
Corporate Regulation Filings

December 30, 1998.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Western Systems Coordinating Council

[Docket No. EL99-23-000]

    Take notice that on December 28, 1999, the Western Systems 
Coordinating Council (WSCC), tendered for filing with the Commission a 
petition for declaratory order, requesting that the Commission issue a 
declaratory order (1) asserting jurisdiction over the WSCC's proposed 
Reliability Management System (RMS), (2) concluding that the RMS, as 
described in the petition and in the model contracts attached thereto, 
is just and reasonable and consistent with Commission requirements, and 
(3) concluding that the Commission is willing to undertake the 
appellate role specified for the Commission in the RMS alternative 
dispute resolution procedures. The filing is available on the WSCC's 
web site (www.wscc.com).
    The WSCC requests that the Commission act on the petition by March 
31, 1999.
    Comment date: January 22, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

2. San Diego Gas & Electric Company v. Public Service Company of 
New Mexico

[Docket No. EL99-21-000]

    Take notice that on December 23, 1998, San Diego Gas and Electric 
Company (SDG&E), tendered for filing a complaint with the Commission 
against Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM). In the complaint, 
SDG&E states that the demand rate charged SDG&E by PNM under a long-
term 100-megawatt system power sale is unjust, unreasonable, and unduly 
discriminatory.
    SDG&E asks the Commission to initiate a proceeding under Section 
206(b) of the Federal Power Act to investigate the rate and establish a 
refund effective date of February 22, 1999. SDG&E asks that the 
complaint be consolidated for hearing and decision with the proceeding 
in Docket Nos. EL94-5-000, EL96-40-000, and EL97-54-000.
    Comment date: January 22, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

3. Mid-Continent Area Power Pool

[Docket No. ER99-993-000]

    Take notice that on December 23, 1998, the Mid-Continent Area Power 
Pool (MAPP), on behalf of its members that are subject to Commission 
jurisdiction as public utilities under Section 201(e) of the Federal 
Power Act, filed amendments to MAPP Schedule F. Among other things, 
these amendments change the scheduling and reservation deadlines for 
transmission service and apply the charge for Hourly Non-Firm 
Coordination Transmission Service to reserved capacity rather than 
scheduled capacity.
    MAPP requests an effective date of March 1, 1999.
    Comment date: January 13, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

4. Southern Energy Canal, L.L.C.

[Docket No. ER99-1024-000]

    Take notice that on December 23, 1998, Southern Energy Canal, 
L.L.C. (Southern Canal), tendered for filing the following agreements 
as long-term service agreements under its Market Rate Tariff accepted 
by the Commission in the Docket No. ER98-4115-000:
    1. Amended and Restated Power Sales Contract by and between 
Southern Energy Canal, L.L.C. and Cambridge Electric Light Company and 
Commonwealth Electric Company.
    2. Amended and Restated Power Sales Contract by and between 
Southern Energy Canal, L.L.C. and Montaup Electric Company.
    3. Amended and Restated Power Sales Contract by and between 
Southern Energy Canal, L.L.C. and Boston Edison Company.
    In addition, Southern Canal tendered for filing certain assignments 
related to the agreements.
    Comment date: January 13, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

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5. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER99-1025-000]

    Take notice that on December 23, 1998, Illinois Power Company 
tendered for filing an updated market analysis in compliance with the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's order issued on December 26, 
1995, in Docket No. ER96-185-000.
    Comment date: January 13, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

6. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

[Docket No. ER99-1026-000]

    Take notice that on December 24, 1998,, Niagara Mohawk Power 
Corporation (NMPC), tendered for filing with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission an executed, amended Transmission Service 
Agreement between NMPC and the Power Authority of the State of New York 
(NYPA) to permit NYPA to deliver power and energy from NYPA's 
FitzPatrick Plant, Bid Process Suppliers and Substitute Suppliers to 
the points where NMPC's transmission system connects to its retail 
distribution system west of NMPC's constrained Central-East Interface. 
This Transmission Service Agreement specifies that NYPA has signed on 
to and has agreed to the terms and conditions of NMPC's Open Access 
Transmission Tariff as filed in Docket No. OA96-194-000.
    NMPC requests an effective date of December 1, 1998. NMPC has 
requested waiver of the notice requirements for good cause shown.
    NMPC has served copies of the filing upon New York Public Service 
Commission and NYPA.
    Comment date: January 14, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

7. Washington Water Power Company

[Docket No. ER99-1027-000]

    Take notice that on December 24, 1998, Washington Water Power 
Company (WWP), tendered for filing, with the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission pursuant to 18 CFR 35.13, an executed Mutual Netting 
Agreement allowing for arrangements of amounts which become due and 
owing to one Party to be set off against amounts which are due and 
owing to the other Party with Statoil Energy Trading, Inc.
    WWP requests waiver of the prior notice requirement and requests an 
effective date of December 1, 1998.
    Comment date: January 14, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

8. Duquesne Light Company

[Docket No. ER99-1028-000]

    Take notice that on December 24, 1998, Duquesne Light Company 
(DLC), tendered for filing a Service Agreement for Retail Network 
Integration Transmission Service and a Network Operating Agreement for 
Retail Network Integration Transmission Service dated December 23, 
1998, NorAm Energy Management, Inc., under DLC's Open Access 
Transmission Tariff (Tariff). The Service Agreement and Network 
Operating Agreement adds NorAm Energy Management, Inc., as a customer 
under the Tariff.
    DLC requests an effective date of December 23, 1998, for the 
Service Agreement.
    Comment date: January 14, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

9. Duquesne Light Company

[Docket No. ER99-1029-000]

    Take notice that on December 24, 1998, Duquesne Light Company 
(DLC), tendered for filing a Service Agreement for Retail Network 
Integration Transmission Service and a Network Operating Agreement for 
Retail Network Integration Transmission Service dated December 23, 
1998, Nicole Energy Services under DLC's Open Access Transmission 
Tariff (Tariff). The Service Agreement and Network Operating Agreement 
adds Nicole Energy Services as a customer under the Tariff.
    DLC requests an effective date of December 23, 1998, for the 
Service Agreement.
    Comment date: January 14, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

10. Duquesne Light Company

[Docket No. ER99-1030-000]

    Take notice that on December 24, 1998, Duquesne Light Company 
(DLC), tendered for filing a Service Agreement for Retail Network 
Integration Transmission Service and a Network Operating Agreement for 
Retail Network Integration Transmission Service dated December 23, 
1998, Worley & Obetz, Inc., under DLC's Open Access Transmission Tariff 
(Tariff). The Service Agreement and Network Operating Agreement adds 
Worley & Obetz, Inc., as a customer under the Tariff.
    DLC requests an effective date of December 23, 1998, for the 
Service Agreement.
    Comment date: January 14, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

11. Duquesne Light Company

[Docket No. ER99-1031-000]

    Take notice that December 24, 1998, Duquesne Light Company (DLC), 
tendered for filing a Service Agreement dated December 23, 1998 with 
TransAlta Energy Marketing (U.S.) Inc., under DLC's Open Access 
Transmission Tariff (Tariff). The Service Agreement adds TransAlta 
Energy Marketing (U.S.) Inc., as a customer under the Tariff.
    DLC requests waiver of the Commission's sixty-day notice 
requirement and an effective date of December 23, 1998, for the Service 
Agreement.
    Comment date: January 14, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
12. Duquesne Light Company

[Docket No. ER99-1032-000]

    Take notice that on December 24, 1998, Duquesne Light Company 
(DLC), tendered for filing a Service Agreement for Retail Network 
Integration Transmission Service and a Network Operating Agreement for 
Retail Network Integration Transmission Service dated December 23, 
1998, DTE-CoEnergy, L.L.C., under DLC's Open Access Transmission Tariff 
(Tariff). The Service Agreement and Network Operating Agreement adds 
DTE-CoEnergy, L.L.C., as a customer under the Tariff.
    DLC requests an effective date of December 23, 1998, for the 
Service Agreement.
    Comment date: January 14, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

13. Texas-New Mexico Power Company

[Docket No. ER99-1033-000]

    Take notice that on December 23, 1998, Texas-New Mexico Power 
Company (TNMP), tendered for filing a service agreement (including 
appended power sale agreement) for the sale to Southwestern Public 
Service Company of capacity and energy in accordance with TNMP's rate 
schedule for sales of electricity at market-based rates.
    Comment date: January 13, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

14. Commonwealth Electric Company Cambridge Electric Light Company

[Docket No. ER99-1034-000]

    Take notice that on December 23, 1998, Commonwealth Electric 
Company (Commonwealth) and Cambridge Electric Light Company 
(Cambridge), collectively referred to as the Companies, tendered for 
filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

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executed Service Agreements between the Companies and the following 
Market-Based Power Sales Customers (collectively referred to herein as 
the Customers), Southern Energy New England L.L.C. and Strategic Energy 
Ltd.
    These Service Agreements specify that the Customers have signed on 
to and have agreed to the terms and conditions of the Companies' 
Market-Based Power Sales Tariffs designated as Commonwealth's Market-
Based Power Sales Tariff (FERC Electric Tariff Original Volume No. 7) 
and Cambridge's Market-Based Power Sales Tariff (FERC Electric Tariff 
Original Volume No. 9). These Tariffs, accepted by the FERC on February 
27, 1997, and which have an effective date of February 28, 1997, will 
allow the Companies and the Customer to enter into separately scheduled 
short-term transactions under which the Companies will sell to the 
Customers capacity and/or energy as the parties may mutually agree.
    The Companies request an effective date as specified on each 
Service Agreement.
    Comment date: January 13, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

15. Pacific Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER99-1035-000]

    Take notice that on December 22, 1998, Pacific Gas and Electric 
Company (PG&E), tendered for filing a change in its California 
Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO) Grid Management Charge 
(GMC) Pass-Through rate from $0.7831 per MWh to $0.7781 per MWh. The 
reduction in rate is necessary to keep PG&E's ISO GMC Pass-Through rate 
in conformity with the ISO's GMC. This filing is part of the 
comprehensive restructuring proposal for the California electric power 
industry that is before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    PG&E requests that its filing be made effective January 1, 1999.
    Copies of this filing have been served upon the California Public 
Utilities Commission and all other parties on the Service List to this 
proceeding.
    Comment date: January 12, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

16. Allegheny Power Service Corp., on behalf of Monongahela Power 
Co.; The Potomac Edison Company and West Penn Power Company 
(Allegheny Power)

[Docket No. ER99-1036-000]

    Take notice that on December 22, 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 Supplement No. 11 to add one (1) new Customer to the Market Rate 
Tariff under which Allegheny Power offers generation services.
    Allegheny Power requests a waiver of notice requirements to make 
service available as of December 21, 1998, to FirstEnergy Trading and 
Power Marketing Inc.
    Comment date: January 12, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

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

[Docket No. ER99-1037-000]

    Take notice that on December 22, 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 Supplement No. 41 to add PP&L EnergyPlus Co., to Allegheny 
Power's Open Access Transmission Service Tariff which has been 
submitted for filing by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in 
Docket No. OA96-18-000.
    The proposed effective date under the Service Agreement is December 
21, 1998.
    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: January 12, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

18. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

[Docket No. ER99-1038-000]

    Take notice that on December 22, 1998, Consolidated Edison Company 
of New York, Inc. (Con Edison), tendered for filing pursuant to Section 
205 of the Federal Power Act and Part 35 of the Commission's 
Regulations to proposed revisions to Attachment A to the Localized 
Market Power Mitigation Measures Applicable to Sales of Capacity, 
Energy and Certain Ancillary Services from Specified Generating Units 
in New York City.
    Con Edison states that a copy of this filing was served on the New 
York Public Service Commission.
    Comment date: January 12, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

19. Idaho Power Company

[Docket No. ER99-1039-000]

    Take notice that on December 23, 1998, Idaho Power Company (IPC), 
tendered for filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
Service Agreements for Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service and 
Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service with Statoil Energy Trading, 
Inc., under Idaho Power Company's FERC Electric Tariff No. 5, Open 
Access Transmission Tariff.
    IPC requests that the Commission accept these Service Agreements 
for filing, designate an effective date of December 1, 1998, and a rate 
schedule number.
    Comment date: January 13, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

20. San Diego Gas & Electric Company

[Docket No. ER99-1040-000]

    Take notice that on December 23, 1998, San Diego Gas & Electric 
Company (SDG&E), tendered for filing a change in rate for the 
Transmission Revenue Balancing Account Adjustment set forth in its 
Transmission Owner Tariff (TO Tariff). The effect of this rate change 
is to reduce rates for jurisdictional transmission service utilizing 
that portion of the California Independent System Operator's Controlled 
Grid owned by SDG&E.
    SDG&E requests this rate change be made effective January 1, 1999.
    Copies of this filing were served upon the Public Utilities 
Commission of the State of California and all interested parties.
    Comment date: January 13, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

21. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

[Docket No. ER99-1041-000]

    Take notice that on December 24, 1998, Niagara Mohawk Power 
Corporation (NMPC), tendered for filing with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission an executed, amended Transmission Service 
Agreement between NMPC and the Power Authority of the State of New York 
(NYPA) to permit NYPA to deliver power and energy from NYPA's 
FitzPatrick Plant, Bid Process Suppliers and Substitute Suppliers to 
the points where NMPC's transmission system connects to its retail 
distribution system East of NMPC's constrained Central-East Interface. 
This Transmission Service

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Agreement specifies that NYPA has signed on to and has agreed to the 
terms and conditions of NMPC's Open Access Transmission Tariff as filed 
in Docket No. OA96-194-000.
    NMPC requests an effective date of December 1, 1998. NMPC has 
requested waiver of the notice requirements for good cause shown.
    NMPC has served copies of the filing upon New York Public Service 
Commission and NYPA.
    Comment date: January 14, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

22. Midway-Sunset Cogeneration Company

[Docket No. QF86-433-004]

    Take notice that on December 24, 1998, Midway-Sunset Cogeneration 
Company (MSCC), tendered for filing an application for recertification 
of its facility as a qualifying cogeneration facility pursuant to 
Section 292.207 of the Commission's Regulations.
    The topping-cycle cogeneration facility is located in Kern County, 
California. The facility consists of three combustion turbine 
generating units with three waste heat recovery steam generators. Steam 
produced by the facility will be used by Aera Energy LLC in enhanced 
oil recovery operations.
    The net electric power production capacity of the facility is 219 
MW. The primary energy source is natural gas. The cogeneration facility 
interconnects with Pacific Gas & Electric Company and has power 
purchase agreements with both Pacific Gas and Electric Company and 
Southern California Edison Company.
    By order issued October 11, 1994, the Director of the Division of 
Applications granted recertification of the facility as a cogeneration 
facility under Docket No. QF86-433-003 (69 FERC 62,018). The 
recertification is requested because of a change in ownership of the 
facility. All other facility characteristics remain unchanged.
    Comment date: January 25, 1999, 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-262 Filed 1-5-99; 8:45 am]
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