[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73034-73037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33747]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. ER00-773-000, et al.]


New England Power Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate 
Regulation Filings

December 21, 1999.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. New England Power Company

[Docket No. ER00-773-000]

    Take notice that on December 10, 1999, New England Power Company 
(NEP) tendered a Stipulation and Agreement (Massachusetts Agreement) 
among NEP, the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, the Attorney 
General of Massachusetts, the Division of Energy Resources, The Energy 
Consortium, and Massachusetts Electric Company (Mass. Electric). The 
Massachusetts Agreement

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resolves all issues presented by NEP's December 1, 1998 
``Reconciliation of Contract Termination Charges'' to Mass. Electric.
    Comment date: January 10, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

2. Nordic Marketing, L.L.C.

[Docket No. ER00-774-000]

    Take notice that on December 10, 1999, Nordic Marketing, L.L.C. 
(Nordic Marketing or Applicant) petitioned the Commission to: (1) 
accept for filing Nordic Marketing Rate Schedule FERC No. 1, which will 
permit Nordic Marketing to sell electric energy and capacity to 
wholesale customers at market-based rates; and (2) grant such other 
waivers and blanket authorizations as have been granted to other power 
marketers.
    Nordic Marketing intends to engage in wholesale electric power and 
energy purchases and sales as a marketer. Neither Nordic Marketing nor 
any of its affiliates owns or controls any transmission or operating 
generation facilities, or has a franchised service area for the sale of 
electricity to captive customers.
    Nordic Marketing does not currently sell power to any person 
pursuant to the proposed rate schedule. A copy of its filing, however, 
has been served on the Michigan Public Service Commission as a 
courtesy.
    Comment date: December 30, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

3. Aquila Energy Marketing Corporation

[Docket No. ER00-775-000]

    Take notice that on December 10, 1999, Aquila Energy Marketing 
Corporation, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of UtiliCorp United 
Inc., tendered for filing a revised code of conduct.
    Comment date: December 30, 1999, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

4. Duquesne Light Company and FirstEnergy Operating Companies, The 
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, Ohio Edison Company and 
Pennsylvania Power Company

[Docket No. ER00-776-000]

    Take notice that on December 13, 1999, Duquesne Light Company and 
the FirstEnergy Operating Companies (The Cleveland Electric 
Illuminating Company, Ohio Edison Company and Pennsylvania Power 
Company) (collectively, Parties), tendered for filing under Federal 
Power Act Section 205 an Interchange Agreement that is a result of the 
Parties recent generation exchange. The Parties request waiver of the 
Commission's regulations to permit the Interchange Agreement to become 
effective on December 3, 1999, the closing date of the generation 
exchange.
    A copy of the filing was served upon the Pennsylvania Public 
Utility Commission and the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
    Comment date: January 6, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

5. Duquesne Light Company and FirstEnergy Operating Companies

[Docket No. ER00-777-000]

    Take notice that on December 13, 1999, Duquesne Light Company and 
the FirstEnergy Operating Companies tendered for filing under Section 
205 of the Federal Power Act a reactive supply and voltage control 
service agreement. The agreement is a result of the generation exchange 
previously approved by the Commission, and Duquesne's ownership of 
baseload generating units located within FirstEnergy's control area.
    Copies of the filing were served upon the Pennsylvania Public 
Utility Commission and the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
    Comment date: January 6, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

6. Northern States Power Company (Minnesota Company)

[Docket No. ER00-778-000]

    Take notice that on December 13, 1999, Northern States Power 
Company (Minnesota) (NSP), tendered for filing the Amendment No. 2, 
Revision No. 2 to Exhibit A, and Revision No. 11 to Exhibit B to the 
Interconnection Contract No. 6-07-60-P0236 (Contract) between the 
United States Department of Energy Western Area Power Administration 
(Western) and NSP.
    NSP requests that the Commission accept the Agreements effective 
October 14, 1999, and requests waiver of the Commission's notice 
requirements in order for the Amendment and Revisions to be accepted 
for filing on the date requested.
    Comment date: January 6, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

7. Ameren Services Company

[Docket No. ER00-779-000]

    Take notice that on December 13, 1999, Ameren Services Company 
(AMS), tendered for filing an Interconnection Agreement between AMS and 
Ameren Intermediate Holding Company (AIHC). AMS asserts that the 
purpose of the Agreement is to, among other things, establish the 
rights and obligations of AIHC, the point of interconnection and 
Corporate Guaranty.
    Comment date: January 6, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

8. Ameren Services Company

[Docket No. ER00-780-000]

    Take notice that on December 13, 1999, Ameren Services Company 
(ASC), tendered for filing a Service Agreement for Non-Firm Point-to-
Point Transmission Service between ASC and MidAmerican Energy Company--
Retail (MEC). ASC asserts that the purpose of the Agreement is to 
permit ASC to provide transmission service to MEC pursuant to Ameren's 
Open Access Transmission Tariff filed in Docket No. ER96-677-004.
    Comment date: January 6, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

9. Ameren Services Company

[Docket No. ER00-781-000]

    Take notice that on December 13, 1999, Ameren Services Company 
(ASC), tendered for filing a Service Agreement for Firm Point-to-Point 
Transmission Services between ASC and MidAmerican Energy Company-Retail 
(MEC). ASC asserts that the purpose of the Agreement is to permit ASC 
to provide transmission service to MEC pursuant to Ameren's Open Access 
Transmission Tariff filed in Docket No. ER 96-677-004.
    Comment date: January 6, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

10. New Century Services Inc.

[Docket No. ER00-782-000]

    Take notice that on December 13, 1999, New Century Services Inc. 
(NCS), on behalf of Public Service Company of Colorado (Public 
Service), tendered for filing the Master Power Purchase and Sale 
Agreement between Public Service and Utah Municipal Power Agency 
(UMPA), which is an umbrella service agreement under the Public 
Service's Rate Schedule for Market-Based Power Sales (Public Service 
FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 6).
    NCS requests that this agreement become effective on October 24, 
1999.
    Comment date: January 6, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

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11. PP&L Colstrip II

Docket No. ER00-783-000

    Take notice that on December 13, 1999, PP&L Colstrip II, LLC, 
tendered for filing an amendment to the Colstrip Project Transmission 
Agreement dated May 6, 1981, to the Montana Intertie Agreement dated 
April 6, 1981, to the Ownership and Operation Agreement, Colstrip Units 
3 and 4 dated May 6, 1981, and to the Common Facilities Agreement dated 
May 6, 1981. Portland General Electric Company executed a certificate 
of concurrence to the amendment.
    Comment date: January 6, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

12. Public Service Company of Oklahoma

[Docket No. ER00-784-000]

    Take notice that on December 13, 1999, Public Service Company of 
Oklahoma (PSO), tendered for filing a revised Exhibit A to the Contract 
for Electric Service, dated September 29, 1992, as amended, between PSO 
and the City of Collinsville, Oklahoma (``Collinsville''). Revised 
Exhibit A reflects the addition of a temporary point of delivery.
    PSO requests an effective date of December 14, 1999 and, 
accordingly, seeks waiver of the Commission's notice requirements. 
Copies of the filing have been served on Collinsville and on the 
Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
    Comment date: January 6, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

13. Entergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER00-785-000]

    Take notice that on December 13, 1999, Entergy Services, Inc. 
(Entergy), on behalf of Entergy Arkansas, Inc. (Entergy Arkansas), 
tendered for filing an Amended Interconnection and Operating Agreement 
between Entergy Arkansas and Pine Bluff Energy LLC (Pine Bluff).
    Comment date: January 6, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

14. Allegheny Power Service Corporation, on behalf of Monongahela 
Power Company, The Potomac Edison Company and West Penn Power 
Company (Allegheny Power)

[Docket No. ER00-786-000]

    Take notice that on December 13, 1999, 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. 45 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 10, 1999 to Allegheny Energy Supply 
Company, LLC.
    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, and all 
parties of record.
    Comment date: January 6, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

15. PEC Energy Marketing, Inc.

[Docket No. ER00-787-000]

    Take notice that on December 13, 1999 in the above-referenced 
proceeding, PEC Energy Marketing, Inc., tendered for filing Notice of 
Cancellation of its Supplement No. 3 to Rate Schedule FERC No. 1.
    Comment date: January 6, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

16. Cabrillo Power I LLC, Cabrillo Power II LLC, El Segundo Power, 
LLC

[Docket Nos. ER00-817-000, ER00-818-000 and ER00-819-000]

    Take notice that on December 13, 1999, the above-mentioned 
affiliated power producers and/or public utilities filed their 
quarterly reports for the quarter ended September 30, 1999.
    Comment date: January 11, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

17. Long Beach Generation LLC

[Docket No. ER00-820-000]

    Take notice that on December 10, 1999, Long Beach Generation LLC 
filed their quarterly report for the quarter ended September 30, 1999.
    Comment date: January 11, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

18. Portland General Electric Co.

[Docket No. ER98-1643-002]

    On December 13, 1999, Portland General Electric Co. (PGE), tendered 
for filing notification of change in status to reflect certain 
departures from the facts the Commission relied upon in granting 
market-based rate authority. PGE informed the Commission of an 
agreement between Enron Corp., the parent company of PGE, and Sierra 
Pacific Resources, pursuant to which Sierra Pacific Resources will 
acquire PGE.
    Comment date: January 6, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

19. TransAlta Centralia Generation LLC

[Docket No. EG00-49-000]

    Take notice that on December 13, 1999, TransAlta Centralia 
Generation LLC (TACG) tendered for filing an application for 
determination of exempt wholesale generator status pursuant to Part 365 
of the Commission's regulations.
    Comment date: January 11, 2000, 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.

20. Heartlands Power Limited

[Docket No. EG00-50-000]

    Take notice that on December 14, 1999, Heartlands Power Limited 
(Applicant) filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an 
application for Commission determination of exempt wholesale generator 
status pursuant to part 365 of the Commission's regulations.
    Applicant is organized under the Companies act of England and Wales 
and is now constructing, and will own, a 98 MW net gas-fired electrical 
generating facility in Fort Dunlap, Birmingham, England (the Facility). 
Construction of the Facility began in March, 1997, and the Facility is 
expected to be placed in operation in the fall of 2000. Upon 
completion, Applicant will sell all of the Facility's net electrical 
output at wholesale to the Electricity Pool of England and Wales. 
Catamount Heartlands Limited is scheduled to assume ownership of 50 per 
cent of Applicant's common stock. Catamount Heartlands Limited is a 
wholly-owned subsidiary of Catamount Energy Corporation, which is a 
wholly-owned subsidiary of Central Vermont Public Service Corporation, 
a public utility within the meaning of Part II of the Federal Power 
Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 824 et seq., and a holding company exempt from 
regulation as a holding company pursuant to Section 3(a)(2) of the 
Public Utility Holding Company Act. Applicant will be engaged directly 
and exclusively in the business of owning the Facility, which is an 
eligible facility as defined in Section 32(a)(2) of the 1935 Act, and 
which will sell electric energy at wholesale only. No electric energy 
produced by the Facility will be resold to any customer within the 
United States.

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    Copies of the application have been served upon the Vermont Public 
Service Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
    Comment date: January 11, 2000, 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.

21. Catamount Heartlands Limited

[Docket No. EG00-51-000]

    Take notice that on December 14, 1999, Catamount Heartlands Limited 
(Applicant) filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an 
application for Commission determination of exempt wholesale generator 
status pursuant to Part 365 of the Commission's regulations.
    Applicant is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Catamount Energy 
Corporation, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Central Vermont 
Public Service Corporation, a public utility within the meaning of Part 
II of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 824 et seq., and a holding 
company exempt from regulation as a holding company pursuant to Section 
3(a)(2) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (the 1935 
Act).
    The Applicant is organized under the Companies act of England and 
Wales and is scheduled to own a 50 per cent interest in Heartlands 
Power Limited (HPL). HPL is now constructing, and will own, a 98 MW net 
gas-fired electrical generating facility in Fort Dunlap, Birmingham, 
England (the Facility).
    Construction of the Facility began in March, 1997, and the Facility 
is expected to be placed in operation in the fall of 2000. Applicant 
will be engaged indirectly, through its affiliate (as defined in 
Section 2(a)(11)(B) of the 1935 Act) HPL, exclusively in the business 
of owning part of the Facility, which is an eligible facility as 
defined in Section 32(a)(2) of the 1935 Act, and which will sell 
electric energy at wholesale only. No electric energy produced by the 
Facility will be resold to any customer within the United States.
    Copies of the application have been served upon the Vermont Public 
Service Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
    Comment date: January 11, 2000, 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, 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 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. 99-33747 Filed 12-28-99; 8:45 am]
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