[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 156 (Friday, August 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44206-44208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20925]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. ER97-1523-011, et al.]


Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, et al.; Electric Rate 
and Corporate Regulation Filings

August 6, 1999.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation

[Docket Nos. ER97-1523-011; OA97-470-010; and ER97-4234-008]

    Take notice that on August 3, 1999, the Member Systems of the New 
York Power Pool (Member System), tendered for filing under sections 205 
and 206 of the Federal Power Act amendments to the transmission 
agreement in effect between and among the individual Member Systems 
and/or various third parties consistent with the Commission's Order 
dated January 27, 1999. See Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp., et 
al., 86 FERC 61,062 (1999).
    The Member Systems request all necessary waivers to make the 
amendments effective upon implementation of the New York Independent 
System Operator (NYISO) on September 1, 1999.
    A copy of this filing was served upon all persons on the 
Commission's official service list(s) in the captioned proceeding(s), 
and the respective electric utility regulatory agencies in New York, 
New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
    Comment date: August 20, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

2. New Energy Ventures, Inc.; Competitive Utility Services 
Corporation; C.C. Pace Resources, Inc., Hartford Power Sales, 
L.L.C.; CL Power Sales Seven, L.L.C., FirstEnergy Trading Services, 
Inc.; CinCap V, LLC

[Docket Nos. ER97-4636-007; ER97-1932-010; ER94-1181-020; ER95-393-024; 
ER96-2652-036; ER95-1295-013; and ER98-4055-004]

    Take notice that on July 30, 1999, the above-mentioned power 
marketers/or public utilities tendered for filing quarterly reports 
with the Commission in above-referenced proceedings for information 
only. These filing are available for public inspection and copying in 
the Public Reference Room or on the web at www.ferc.fed.us/online/
rims.htm for viewing and downloading (call 202-208-2222 for 
assistance).

3. Calpine Power Services Company

[Docket No. ER94-1545-019]

    Take notice that on August 2, 1999, Calpine Power Services Company 
(Calpine Power Services), tendered for filing an updated market 
analysis in compliance with the Commission's March 9, 1995 order in 
Docket No. ER94-1545-000.
    Comment date: August 20, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

4. Gregory L. Nesbitt

[Docket No. ID-3150-001]

    Take notice that on August 2, 1999, Cleco Evangeline LLC, tendered 
for filing abbreviated applications for Gregory L. Nesbitt, David M. 
Eppler, Thomas J. Howlin and Darrell Dubroc now holding or may hold 
interlocking positions involving Cleco Evangeline LLC.
    Comment date: September 1, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

5. California Independent System Operator Corporation

[Docket Nos. ER98-899-003; ER98-1923-001; and ER98-1923-003]

    Take notice that on August 2, 1999, the California Independent 
System Operator Corporation (California ISO), tendered for filing a 
Compliance Report as required by the Letter Order issued by the 
Commission on May 28, 1998.
    Copies of the filing have been served upon each person designated 
on the restricted service list compiled by the Presiding Judge in this 
proceeding.
    Comment date: August 20, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

6. Heard County Power, L.L.C.

[Docket No. EG99-210-000]

    Take notice that on August 2, 1999, Heard County Power, L.L.C., 
1000 Louisiana, Suite 5800, Houston, Texas tendered for filing with the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an application for determination 
of exempt wholesale generator status pursuant to part 365 of the 
Commission's Regulations.
    Heard County Power, L.L.C., is a limited liability company, 
organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, and engaged directly 
and exclusively in owning and operating the Heard County Power, L.L.C., 
electric generating facility (the Facility) to be located in Heard 
County, Georgia, and selling electric energy and related ancillary 
services at wholesale from the Facility. The Facility will consist of 
three gas turbine generators that are nominally rated at approximately 
166.87 MW each, for a total of approximately 500 MW, a metering 
station, and associated transmission interconnection components.
    Comment date: August 20, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice. The Commission will limit its 
consideration of comments to those that concern the adequacy or 
accuracy of the application.

7. DTE Energy Trading, Inc.; CL Power Sales Ten, L.L.C.; CL Power 
Sales Eight, L.L.C.; CL Power Sales Nine, L.L.C.; CL Power Sales 
Six, L.L.C.; Coral Power, L.L.C.; CL Power Sales Two, L.L.C.; 
Southern Energy Retail Trading; and Marketing, Inc.; Niagara Mohawk 
Energy Marketing, Inc.; and Constellation Power Source, Inc.

[Docket Nos. ER97-3834-007; ER96-2652-033; ER96-2652-035; ER96-2652-
032; ER96-2652-034; ER96-25-017; ER95-892-044; ER98-1149-004; ER96-
2525-012; and ER97-2261-011.

    Take notice that on July 30, 1999, the above-mentioned power 
marketers/or public utilities tendered for filing quarterly reports 
with the Commission in above-referenced proceedings for information 
only. These filings are available for public inspection and copying in 
the Public Referenced Room or on the web at www.ferc.fed.us/online/
rims.htm for viewing and downloading (call 202-208-2222 for 
assistance).

8. Edison Source; Duke Energy; Citizens Power Sales; DTE Edison 
America, Inc.; PG&E Power Service Company; CMS Marketing, Services 
and Trading; Sonat Power Marketing L.P.; Sonat Power Marketing 
Inc.; and Koch Energy Trading, Inc.

[Docket Nos. ER96-2150-014; ER96-108-018; ER94-1685-026; ER98-3026-004; 
ER94-1394-021; ER96-2350-018; ER96-2343-012; ER95-1050-018; and ER95-
218-018]

    Take notice that on July 30, 1999, the above-mentioned power 
marketers/or public utilities tendered for filing quarterly reports 
with the Commission in above-referenced proceedings for information 
only. These filings are available for public inspection and copying in 
the Public Referenced Room or on the web at www.ferc.fed.us/

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online/rims.htm for viewing and downloading (call 202-208-2222 for 
assistance).

9. American Electric Power Service Corporation

[Docket No. EL99-82-000]

    Take notice that on August 2, 1999, American Electric Power Service 
Corporation, on behalf of the operating companies of the American 
Electric Power System (AEP) submitted a Petition for Declaratory Order 
requesting that the Commission rule that discounted non-firm 
transmission services offered by AEP are consistent with AEP's open-
access transmission tariff (OATT) and the Commission's pro forma 
transmission tariff. In the alternative, AEP requests that the 
Commission accept for filing revisions to Schedule 8 of AEP's OATT, 
which set forth additional terms for the discounting of Non-Firm Point-
To-Point Transmission Service.
    Comment date: September 1, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

10. Tampa Electric Company

[Docket No. ER99-3930-000]

    Take notice that on August 2, 1999, Tampa Electric Company (Tampa 
Electric), tendered for filing a service agreement with Morgan Stanley 
Capital Group Inc. (MSCG) under Tampa Electric's market-based sales 
tariff.
    Tampa Electric proposes that the service agreement be made 
effective on July 6, 1999.
    Copies of the filing have been served on MSCG and the Florida 
Public Service Commission.
    Comment date: August 20, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

11. New York State Electric & Gas Corporation

[Docket No. ER99-3931-000]

    Take notice that on August 2, 1999, New York State Electric & Gas 
Corporation (NYSEG), tendered for filing Service Agreements between 
NYSEG and Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, L.L.C. (DETM) and NRG 
Power Marketing, Inc., (Customer). These Service Agreements specify 
that the Customer has agreed to the rates, terms and conditions of the 
NYSEG open access transmission tariff filed July 9, 1997 and effective 
on November 27, 1997, in Docket No. ER97-2353-000.
    NYSEG requests waiver of the Commission's sixty-day notice 
requirements and an effective date of July 30, 1999 for the Service 
Agreements. NYSEG has served copies of the filing on The New York State 
Public Service Commission and on the Customer.
    Comment date: August 20, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

12. CL Power Sales One, L.L.C.; CL Power Sales Three, L.L.C.; CL 
Power Sales Four, L.L.C.; CL Power Sales Five, L.L.C.; TXU Energy 
Trading; Mid-American Power,L.L.C.; WPS Power Development, Inc.; 
Unitil Resources, Inc.; Engage Energy US, L.P.; and NEV East, 
L.L.C.

[Docket No. ER95-892-045; Docket Nos. ER98-895-006; ER96-1858-013; 
ER96-1088-026; ER97-2462-008; ER97-654-011; and ER97-4652-007]

    Take notice that on July 30, 1999, the above-mentioned power 
marketers/or public utilities tendered for filing quarterly reports 
with the Commission in above-referenced proceedings for information 
only. These filing are available for public inspection and copying in 
the Public Referenced Room or on the web at www.ferc.fed.us/online/
rims.htm for viewing and downloading (call 202-208-2222 for 
assistance).

13. Virginia Electric and Power Company

[Docket No. ER99-3932-000]

    Take notice that on August 2, 1999, Virginia Electric and Power 
Company (Virginia Power), tendered for filing a Service Agreements for 
Non-Firm and Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service to Consumers 
Energy Company under the Open Access Transmission Tariff to Eligible 
Purchasers dated July 14, 1997. Under the Service Agreements, Virginia 
Power will provide point-to-point service to the Transmission Customer 
under the rates, terms and conditions of the Open Access Transmission 
Tariff.
    Virginia Power requests an effective date of August 2, 1999, the 
date of filing of the Service Agreements.
    Copies of the filing were served upon Consumers Energy Company, the 
Virginia State Corporation Commission and the North Carolina Utilities 
Commission.
    Comment date: August 20, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

14. MidAmerican Energy Company

[Docket No. ER99-3935-000]

    Take notice that on August 2, 1999, MidAmerican Energy Company 
tendered for filing a proposed change in its Rate Schedule for Power 
Sales, FERC Electric Rate Schedule, Original Volume No. 5. The proposed 
change consists of certain reused tariff sheets consistent with the 
quarterly filing requirement.
    MidAmerican states that it is submitting these tariff sheets for 
the purpose of complying with the requirements set forth in Southern 
Company Services, Inc., 75 FERC 61,130 (1996), relating to quarterly 
filings by public utilities of summaries of short-term market-based 
power transactions. The tariff sheets contain summaries of such 
transactions under the Rate Schedule for Power Sales for the applicable 
quarter.
    MidAmerican proposes an effective date of the first day of the 
applicable quarter for the rate schedule change. Accordingly, 
MidAmerican requests a waiver of the 60-day notice requirement for this 
filing. MidAmerican states that this date is consistent with the 
requirements of the Southern Company Services, Inc., order and the 
effective date authorized in Docket No. ER96-2459-000.
    Copies of the filing were served upon MidAmerican's customers under 
the Rate Schedule for Power Sales and the Iowa Utilities Board, the 
Illinois Commerce Commission and the South Dakota Public Utilities 
Commission.
    Comment date: August 20, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

15. Cleco Energy LLC

[Docket No. ER99-3947-000]

    Take notice that on August 2, 1999, Cleco Energy LLC (Cleco 
Energy), Cleco Evangeline LLC (Cleco Evangeline), Cleco Marketing, & 
Trading LLC (CMT), tendered for filing their petition to the Commission 
for acceptance of Amendment No. 1 to Rate Schedule FERC No. 1 (Market-
Based Rate Schedule), Supplement No. 1, Original Sheet Nos. 1-2, which 
the Commission accepted in its Order, issued February 17, 1998, in the 
captioned docket. In Cleco Energy's proposed amendment, Cleco Energy 
proposes to supersede Original Sheet Nos. 1-2 with Revised Sheet No. 1.
    Comment date: August 20, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

16. South Carolina Electric & Gas Company

[Docket No. ER99-3929-000]

    Take notice that on August 2, 1999, South Carolina Electric & Gas 
Company (SCE&G), tendered for filing a service agreement establishing 
Alabama Municipal Electric Authority (AMEA) as a customer under the 
terms of SCE&G's Negotiated Market Sales Tariff.

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    SCE&G requests an effective date of one day subsequent to the date 
of filing. Accordingly, SCE&G requests waiver of the Commission's 
notice requirements.
    Copies of this filing were served upon AMEA and the South Carolina 
Public Service Commission.
    Comment date: August 20, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

17. Cleco Energy LLC

[Docket No. ER99-3946-000]

    Take notice that on August 2, 1999, Cleco Energy LLC (formerly 
CLECO ENERGY, L.L.C.) (Cleco Energy), petitioned the Commission for 
acceptance of Amendment No. 1 to Rate Schedule FERC No. 1, Original 
Sheet Nos. 1-9, which the Commission accepted in its Order, issued 
February 17, 1998, in the captioned docket. In Cleco Energy's proposed 
amendment, Cleco Energy proposes to supersede Original Sheet Nos. 1-9 
with Revised Sheet Nos. 1-2.
    Comment date: August 20, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

18. InPower Marketing Corp.

[Docket No. ER99-3964-000]

    Take notice that on August 2, 1999, InPower Marketing Corp. 
(InPower), tendered for filing a petition for Commission acceptance of 
InPower's Rate Schedule No. 1; the granting of certain blanket 
approvals, including the authority to sell electricity at market-based 
rates, and the waiver of certain Commission Regulations.
    InPower intends to engage in wholesale electric power and energy 
purchases and sales as a marketer. InPower is not in the business of 
generating or transmitting electric power.
    Comment date: August 20, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

19. Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Metropolitan Edison 
Company and Pennsylvania Electric Company

[Docket No. ER99-2388-001]

    Take notice that on August 2, 1999, Jersey Central Power & Light 
Company, Metropolitan Edison Company and Pennsylvania Electric Company 
(collectively, GPU Energy), tendered for filing a compliance filing in 
response to the Commission's letter order dated July 1, 1999 in the 
above-referenced docket. (Green Power Partners I LLC, et al., 88 FERC 
para. 61,005 (1999)).
    Comment date: August 20, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

20. Avista Corp.

[Docket No. ER99-3408-000]

    Take notice that on August 2, 1999, Avista Corp., tendered for 
filing a clarification of the rates under an executed service agreement 
with Cogentrix Energy Power Marketing, Inc., for Dynamic Capacity and 
Energy Service at cost-based rates under Avista Corp.'s FERC Electric 
Tariff, Original Volume No. 10. The service agreement was filed with 
the Commission on June 29, 1999.
    Comment date: August 20, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

21. Citizens Utilities Company

[Docket No. ES99-55-000]

    Take notice that on August 2, 1999, Citizens Utilities Company 
(Applicant), tendered for filing an application pursuant to Section 204 
of the Federal Power Act requesting an order authorizing, for the 
maximum period, the issuance by the Applicant of: (I) Up to (a) 
$1,000,000,000 principal amount of unsecured promissory notes 
outstanding at any one time (Promissory Notes), (b) $1,000,000,000 
aggregate principal amount of debt securities (Longer Term Debt 
Securities) with a final maturity or maturities of not less than nine 
months nor more than 50 years, (c) 80,000,000 shares of common stock of 
Applicant (Common Stock) (subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock 
dividends, recapitalizations and similar changes after the date of this 
Application), and $400,000,000 liquidation value of preferred stock of 
Applicant (Preferred Stock), and (d) $1,000,000,000 of assumption of 
obligations and liabilities as guarantor of obligations of its 
subsidiaries subject to an overall limitation, at any time, of the 
securities to be issued under (a), (b), (c) and (d) of $1,000,000,000, 
and; (II) up to an additional $3,000,000,000 principal amount of 
unsecured promissory notes outstanding at any one time for the purposes 
of temporary bridge financing that may be required for Applicant to 
meet its obligations arising under agreements for the acquisition of 
local exchange telephone access lines.
    Applicant also requests, upon the issuance of authorization, that 
the Applicant's authority under Docket No. ES98-21-000 be canceled. The 
Applicant further requests that the foregoing be exempted from the 
competitive bidding and negotiated placement requirements of 18 CFR 
Part 34.
    Comment date: August 20, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

22. Atlanta Gas Light Services, Inc.; Calpine Power Services 
Company; Watts Works, L.L.C.; PP&L EnergyPlus Co., LLC; OST Energy 
Trading Inc.; Southern Energy Trading and Marketing, Inc.; Southern 
Company Energy Marketing L.P.; PG&E Energy Trading--Power; Cinergy 
Capital & Trading, Inc.; British Columbia Power Exchange 
Corporation; CinCap IV, LLC; Strategic Energy L.L.C.; Hinson Power 
Company; Progress Power Marketing, Inc.; Western Systems Power 
Pool; and NEV California, L.L.C.

[Docket Nos. ER97-542-008; ER94-1545-018; ER98-4608-004; ER95-976-017; 
ER97-4024-009; ER91-195-039; and

    Take notice that on July 30, 1999, the above-mentioned power 
marketers/or public utilities tendered for filing quarterly reports 
with the Commission in above-referenced proceedings for information 
only. These filings are available for public inspection and copying in 
the Public Referenced Room or on the web at www.ferc.fed.us/online/
rims.htm for viewing and downloading (call 202-208-2222 for 
assistance).

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).
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-20925 Filed 8-12-99; 8:45 am]
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