[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 20 (Monday, February 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4865-4867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2238]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. ER99-1338-000, et al.]


Eastern Utilities Associates, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate 
Regulation Filings

January 22, 1999.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Eastern Utilities Associates

[Docket No. ER99-1338-000]

    Take notice that on January 15, 1999, Eastern Utilities Associates 
tendered for filing notification that the ISO-New England, Inc., and 
the New England Power Pool are responsible for TLR procedures referred 
to in the above-captioned docket.
    Comment date: February 4, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
2. Resale Power Group of Iowa, Inc. v. IES Utilities, Inc.

[Docket No. EL97-17-001]

    Take notice that on January 8, 1999, IES Utilities, Inc. (IES) 
filed a Joint Transmission Agreement pursuant to the Commission's 
December 23, 1998 Order issued in Docket No. EL97-17-000.
    Comment date: February 8, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

3. Vermont Electric Power Company, Inc.

[Docket No. ER99-1339-000]

    Take notice that on January 15, 1999, Vermont Electric Power 
Company, Inc. (VELCO), tendered for filing an amendment to its Open 
Access Transmission Service Tariff to explicitly incorporate the 
transmission loading relief (TLR) procedures developed by the North 
American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) approved by the Commission 
in Docket No. EL98-52-000.
    VELCO requests an effective date coincident with its filing, and 
therefore respectfully requests waiver of the Commission's notice 
requirements.
    Comment date: February 4, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

4. Central Power and Light Company, West Texas Utilities Company, 
Public Service Company of Oklahoma and Southwestern Electric Power 
Company

[Docket No. ER99-1340-000]

    Take notice that on January 15, 1999, Central Power and Light 
Company (CPL), West Texas Utilities Company (WTU), Public Service 
Company of Oklahoma (PSO), and Southwestern Electric Power Company 
(SWEPCO) (collectively, the CSW Operating Companies) tendered for 
filing with the Commission notice indicating that the CSW Operating 
Companies will adopt the transmission loading relief (TLR), procedures 
set forth in Appendix B to the North American Electric Reliability 
Council's (NERC) Petition for Declaratory Order in Docket No. EL98-52-
000, approved by the Commission. The TLR procedures will apply to those 
portions of the CSW Operating Companies' transmission systems that are 
located in the Eastern Interconnection.
    The CSW Operating Companies request an effective date coincident 
with their filing, and therefore respectfully request waiver of the 
Commission's notice requirements.
    The CSW Operating Companies state that a copy of their filing was 
served on all customers under the CSW Operating Companies' Open Access 
Transmission Service Tariff and on the Public Utility Commission of 
Texas, the Arkansas Public Service Commission, the Louisiana Public 
Service Commission, and the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
    Comment date: February 4, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

5. Duke Power, a division of Duke Energy Corporation

[Docket No. ER99-1341-000]

    Take notice that on January 15, 1999, Duke Power, a division of 
Duke Energy Corporation (Duke), tendered for filing a Firm Transmission 
Service Agreement (TSA's), between Duke and Louisville Gas and Electric 
Company, dated as of October 21, 1998.
    Duke requests that the TSA's be made effective as rate schedules as 
of January 1, 1999.
    Comment date: February 4, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

6. Duke Energy Corporation

[Docket No. ER99-1342-000]

    Take notice that on January 15, 1999, Duke Power, a division of 
Duke Energy Corporation (Duke), tendered for filing a Service Agreement 
for Market Rate Sales under Rate Schedule MR, FERC Electric Tariff 
First Revised Volume No. 3 (the MRSAs), between Duke and Entergy Power 
Marketing Corp.
    Comment date: February 4, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

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7. Duke Energy Corporation

[Docket No. ER99-1343-000]

    Take notice that on January 15, 1999, Duke Power, a division of 
Duke Energy Corporation (Duke), tendered for filing a Service Agreement 
for Market Rate Sales under Rate Schedule MR, FERC Electric Tariff 
First Revised Volume No. 3 (the MRSAs), between Duke and OGE Energy 
Resources, Inc.
    Comment date: February 4, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

8. MidAmerican Energy Company

[Docket No. ER99-1344-000]

    Take notice that on January 15, 1999, MidAmerican Energy Company 
(MidAmerican), 666 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309 tendered for 
filling notice of its adoption of the Line Loading Relief Procedure of 
Mid-Continent Area Power Pool (MAPP) and changes to MidAmerican's Open 
Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) to reflect the adoption of such 
procedures. MidAmerican states that this filing is made in accordance 
with the Commission's December 16, 1998, order in North American 
Electric Reliability Council, 85 FERC para. 61,353 (1998) (Docket No. 
EL98-52-000).
    MidAmerican proposes an effective date of January 16, 1999, for the 
OATT changes.
    Copies of the filing were served upon representatives of MAPP, the 
Iowa Utilities Board, the Illinois Commerce Commission, the South 
Dakota Public Utilities Commission and all customers having service 
agreements with MidAmerican under the OATT.
    Comment date: February 4, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

9. Delmarva Power & Light Company and Atlantic City Electric 
Company

[Docket No. ER99-1345-000]

    Take notice that on January 15, 1999, Delmarva Power & Light 
Company (Delmarva) and Atlantic City Electric Company (Atlantic) filed 
revisions to their market-based rate tariffs. The revisions were made 
to reflect the consummation of the merger involving Delmarva and 
Atlantic and to allow Delmarva and Atlantic to engage in power sales 
transactions with one another pursuant to their market-based rate 
tariffs. In particular, the revisions would allow Delmarva and Atlantic 
to transact with one another at the market clearing prices established 
by the PJM Power Exchange.
    Delmarva and Atlantic state that copies of this filing have been 
served upon all the customers under their market-based rate tariffs.
    Comment date: February 4, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

10. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

[Docket No. ER99-1346-000]

    Take notice that on January 15, 1999, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. 
(PJM), tendered for filing notice of amendment of the PJM 
Interconnection L.L.C., Tariff to adopt NERC Transmission Loading 
Relief Procedures.
    Copies of this filing were served upon all PJM members and all 
state electrical regulatory commissions in the PJM control area.
    Comment date: February 4, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

11. Detroit Edison Company and Consumers Energy Company

[Docket No. ER99-1347-000]

    Take notice that on January 15, 1999, Detroit Edison Company and 
Consumers Energy Company tendered for filing notice that they adopt and 
will use the NERC TLR procedures accepted by the Commission in Docket 
No. EL98-52-000 for their joint open access transmission tariff.
    Comment date: February 4, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

12. Consumers Energy Company

[Docket No. ER99-1348-000]

    Take notice that on January 15, 1999, Consumers Energy Company 
tendered for filing notice that it adopts and will use the NERC TLR 
procedures accepted by the Commission in Docket No. EL98-52-000.
    Comment date: February 4, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

13. Detroit Edison Company

[Docket No. ER99-1349-000]

    Take notice that on January 15, 1999, Detroit Edison Company 
tendered for filing notice that it adopts and will use the NERC TLR 
procedures accepted by the Commission in Docket No. EL98-52-000.
    Comment date: February 4, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

14. Constellation Energy Source, Inc.

[Docket No. ER99-1357-000]

    Take notice that on January 15, 1999, Constellation Energy Source, 
Inc., tendered for filing Notice of Cancellation of Constellation 
Energy Source's Rate Schedule FERC No. 1.
    Comment date: February 4, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

15. Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp., Consolidated Edison 
Company of New York, Inc., LIPA, New York Power Authority, New York 
State Electric & Gas Corp., Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, 
Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. and Rochester Gas and Electric 
Corp.)

[Docket No. ER99-1365-000]

    Take notice that on January 15, 1999, Central Hudson Gas & Electric 
Corporation, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., LIPA, New 
York Power Authority, New York State Electric & Gas Corporation, 
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., 
Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation tendered for filing a letter 
notifying FERC that their Open Access Transmission Tariffs shall be 
considered to be modified by the incorporation of the Transmission 
Loading Relief (TLR) procedures of the North American Electric 
Reliability Council (NERC) as specified in NERC's generic amendment 
(Attachment B to the NERC filing of June 5, 1998).
    As indicated in the filing, LIPA is not a ``public utility'' under 
Part II of the Federal Power Act and does not have a transmission 
tariff on file with the FERC. As a Member System of the New York Power 
Pool, however, its curtailment policy is synchronized with other Member 
Systems. Therefore, by its inclusion in the filing, LIPA notifies FERC 
that its open access transmission tariff shall be considered to be 
modified to incorporate NERC's TLR procedure in accordance with the 
action of the other Member Systems. NYPA is also not a ``public 
utility'' under Part II of the Federal Power Act, but also notifies 
FERC that its open access tariff shall be considered to be modified 
accordingly.
    Copies of the filing were served on the official service lists in 
each of the companies open access tariff proceedings.
    Comment date: February 4, 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

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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. 99-2238 Filed 1-29-99; 8:45 am]
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