[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 1, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 29308-29310] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-13783] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. EF99-5041-000, et al.] Western Area Power Administration, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings May 25, 1999. Take notice that the following filings have been made with the Commission: 1. Western Area Power Administration [Docket No. EF99-5041-000] Take notice that on May 21, 1999, Western Area Power Administration tendered for filing an amendment to its May 3, 1999, filing in the above-referenced docket. Comment date: June 10, 1999, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 2. North American Electric Reliability Council [Docket No. ER99-2012-001] Take notice that on May 14, 1999, North American Electric Reliability Council tendered for filing a description and procedures for a market redispatch pilot program to be in effect for the Eastern Interconnection during the period June 1,1999 through September 30, 1999. Comment date: June 14, 1999, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 3. California Independent System Operator Corporation [Docket Nos. ER99-2988-000] Take notice that on May 20, 1999, the California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO), tendered for filing a Participating Generator Agreement between Riverside Canal Power Company (Riverside Canal) and the ISO for acceptance by the Commission. The ISO states that this filing has been served on Riverside Canal and the California Public Utilities Commission. The ISO is requesting waiver of the 60-day notice requirement to allow the Participating Generator Agreement to be made effective as of May 7, 1999. Comment date: June 9, 1999, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 4. California Independent System Operator Corporation [Docket No. ER99-2989-000] Take notice that on May 20, 1999, the California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO), tendered for filing a Meter Service Agreement for ISO Metered Entities (Meter Service Agreement) between the ISO and Riverside Canal Power Company (Riverside Canal) for acceptance by the Commission. The ISO states that this filing has been served on Riverside Canal and the California Public Utilities Commission. The ISO is requesting waiver of the 60-day notice requirement to allow the Meter Service Agreement to be made effective as of May 7, 1999. Comment date: June 9, 1999, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 5. California Independent System Operator Corporation [Docket No. ER99-2990-000] Take notice that on May 20, 1999, the California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO), tendered for filing a Participating Generator Agreement between Mountainview Power Company (Mountainview Power) and the ISO for acceptance by the Commission. The ISO states that this filing has been served on Mountainview Power and the California Public Utilities Commission. The ISO is requesting waiver of the 60-day notice requirement to allow the Participating Generator Agreement to be made effective as of May 7, 1999. Comment date: June 9, 1999, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 6. California Independent System Operator Corporation [Docket No. ER99-2991-000] Take notice that on May 20, 1999, the California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO), tendered for filing a Meter Service Agreement for ISO Metered Entities (Meter Service Agreement) between the ISO and Mountainview Power Company (Mountainview Power) for acceptance by the Commission. The ISO states that this filing has been served on Mountainview Power and the California Public Utilities Commission. The ISO is requesting waiver of the 60-day notice requirement to allow the Meter Service Agreement to be made effective as of May 7, 1999. Comment date: June 9, 1999, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 7. Tenaska Gateway Partners, Ltd. [Docket No. ER99-2992-000] Take notice that on May 20, 1999, Tenaska Gateway Partners, Ltd., 1044 North 115th Street, Suite 400, Omaha, Nebraska 68154 (Tenaska Gateway), which will own and operate a natural gas fired electric generating facility to be [[Page 29309]] constructed in Rusk County, Texas, submitted for filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission its initial FERC Electric Rate Schedule No. 1, which will enable Tenaska Gateway to engage in the sale of electric energy and capacity at market-based rates. Comment date: June 9, 1999, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 8. Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Metropolitan Edison Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company [Docket No. ER99-2993-000] Take notice that on May 20, 1999, Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Metropolitan Edison Company and Pennsylvania Electric Company (d/b/a GPU Energy), tendered for filing an executed Service Agreement between GPU Energy and Horizon Energy Company d/b/a Exelon Energy (Exelon Energy), dated May 19, 1999. This Service Agreement specifies that Exelon Energy has agreed to the rates, terms and conditions of GPU Energy's Market-Based Sales Tariff (Sales Tariff) designated as FERC Electric Rate Schedule, Second Revised Volume No. 5. The Sales Tariff allows GPU Energy and Exelon Energy to enter into separately scheduled transactions under which GPU Energy will make available for sale, surplus capacity and/or energy. GPU Energy requests a waiver of the Commission's notice requirements for good cause shown and an effective date of May 19, 1999, for the Service Agreement. GPU Energy has served copies of the filing on regulatory agencies in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Comment date: June 9, 1999, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 9. Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Metropolitan Edison Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company [Docket No. ER99-2994-000] Take notice that on May 20, 1999, Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Metropolitan Edison Company and Pennsylvania Electric Company (d/b/a GPU Energy), tendered for filing an executed Service Agreement between GPU Energy and Edison Mission Marketing and Trading, Inc. (Edison Mission Marketing), dated April 21, 1999. This Service Agreement specifies that Edison Mission Marketing has agreed to the rates, terms and conditions of GPU Energy's Market-Based Sales Tariff (Sales Tariff) designated as FERC Electric Rate Schedule, Second Revised Volume No. 5. The Sales Tariff allows GPU Energy and Edison Mission Marketing to enter into separately scheduled transactions under which GPU Energy will make available for sale, surplus capacity and/or energy. GPU Energy requests a waiver of the Commission's notice requirements for good cause shown and an effective date of April 21, 1999, for the Service Agreement. GPU Energy has served copies of the filing on regulatory agencies in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Comment date: June 9, 1999, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 10. Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Metropolitan Edison Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company [Docket No. ER99-2995-000] Take notice that on May 20, 1999, Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Metropolitan Edison Company and Pennsylvania Electric Company (d/b/a GPU Energy), tendered for filing an executed Service Agreement between GPU Energy and DTE Edison America, Inc. (DTE Edison), dated March 1, 1999. This Service Agreement specifies that DTE Edison has agreed to the rates, terms and conditions of GPU Energy's Market-Based Sales Tariff (Sales Tariff) designated as FERC Electric Rate Schedule, Second Revised Volume No. 5. The Sales Tariff allows GPU Energy and DTE Edison to enter into separately scheduled transactions under which GPU Energy will make available for sale, surplus capacity and/or energy. GPU Energy requests a waiver of the Commission's notice requirements for good cause shown and an effective date of March 1, 1999, for the Service Agreement. Comment date: June 9, 1999, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 11. Wisvest-Connecticut, L.L.C. [Docket No. ER99-2996-000] Take notice that on May 20, 1999, Wisvest-Connecticut, L.L.C. (Wisvest-Connecticut), tendered for filing to the Commission copies of documents confirming the assignment of five wholesale power sales agreements from The United Illuminating Company to Wisvest-Connecticut pursuant to the Commission's order dated February 24, 1999. The United Illuminating Company, 86 FERC para. 62,160 (1999). Parties to the assigned agreements include Unitil Power Corporation, PECO Energy Company--Power Team, Bangor Hydroelectric Company, The Connecticut Light & Power Company, and Citizens Utilities Company. Wisvest-Connecticut requests waiver of the prior notice filing requirement to permit the assignments to become effective April 16, 1999, the date the assignments occurred. Comment date: June 9, 1999, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 12. North American Electric Reliability Council [Docket No. ER99-2997-000] Take notice that on May 20, 1999, the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC), tendered for filing amendments to the portions of NERC's Operating Policy 9, that set forth NERC's Transmission Loading Relief Procedures and that are on file with the Commission as North American Electric Reliability Council, FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 1. The purpose of these amendments is to incorporate a Transaction Contribution Factor and the Constrained Path Method into NERC's transmission loading relief procedures. NERC requests that the amendments be made effective June 1, 1999. Comment date: June 9, 1999, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 13. Tampa Electric Company [Docket No. ER99-2998-000] Take notice that on May 20, 1999, Tampa Electric Company tendered for filing certain new and revised tariff sheets for inclusion in its open access transmission tariff. Tampa Electric states that the tariff sheets conform the text of Tampa Electric's tariff under Order No. 888- A, as recently accepted for filing, with established provisions of its former tariff under Order No. 888. Tampa Electric proposes effective dates of January 15, 1999, for one of the tariff sheets and February 15, 1999, for the others, and therefore requests waiver of the Commission's notice requirement. Copies of the filing have been served on Tampa Electric's transmission service customers under the tariff and the Florida Public Service Commission. Comment date: June 9, 1999, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 14. Central Illinois Light Company [Docket No. ER99-2999-000] Take notice that on May 20, 1999, Central Illinois Light Company (CILCO), 300 Liberty Street, Peoria, Illinois 61202, tendered for filing with the Commission an Index of Customers under its Market Rate Power Sales Tariff and two service agreements with one [[Page 29310]] new customer, Illinois Power Company (IPCO). CILCO requested an effective date of May 17, 1999. Copies of the filing were served on the affected customer and the Illinois Commerce Commission. Comment date: June 9, 1999, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 15. Astoria Gas Turbine Power LLC [Docket No. ER99-3000-000] Take notice that on May 20, 1999, Astoria Gas Turbine Power LLC, tendered for filing a letter advising that the name of Astoria Power LLC has been changed to Astoria Gas Turbine Power LLC. Comment date: June 9, 1999, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 16. Florida Power Corporation [Docket No. ER99-3001-000] Take notice that on May 20, 1999, Florida Power Corporation (FPC), tendered for filing a service agreement between Columbia Energy Power Marketing Corporation and FPC for service under FPC's Market-Based Wholesale Power Sales Tariff (MR-1), FERC Electric Tariff, Volume No. 8, as amended. This Tariff was accepted for filing by the Commission on June 26, 1997, in Docket No. ER97-2846-000. The service agreement is proposed to be effective May 17, 1999. Comment date: June 9, 1999, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 17. Florida Power Corporation [Docket No. ER99-3002-000] Take notice that on May 20, 1999, pursuant to Section 35.15, 18 CFR 35.15, of the Commission's Regulations, Florida Power Corporation (Florida Power), tendered for filing a notice of termination of the Contract for Interchange Service dated December 26, 1984, between Florida Power and Fort Pierce Utilities Authority (Fort Pierce), Florida Power's Rate Schedule FERC No. 100. Fort Pierce requested that Florida Power file to terminate the agreement. Florida Power has requested waiver of the Commission's 60-day prior notice requirement to permit the termination to be effective as of the date of filing. Comment date: June 9, 1999, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 18. Anna M. Schwarz, Stephen P. Strait, Donald T. Krom, Eric M. Markell [Docket No. ID-3317-000; Docket No. ID-3318-000; Docket No. ID-3319- 000; Docket No. ID-3320-000] Take notice that on May 21, 1999, applications for authority to hold interlocking positions pursuant to Part 45 of the Commission's Regulations, were filed in the above-mentioned proceedings. Comment date: June 21, 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 such filing 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). 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. This filing may also be viewed on the Internet at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202- 208-2222 for assistance). David P. Boergers, Secretary. [FR Doc. 99-13783 Filed 5-28-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P