[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 443-447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-167]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. ER00-702-000, et al.]


Sierra Pacific Power Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate 
Regulation Filings

December 27, 1999
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Sierra Pacific Power Company

[Docket No. ER00-702-000]

    Take notice that on December 20, 1999, Sierra Pacific Power Company 
(Sierra), tendered for filing an amendment to the General Transfer 
Agreement with the Bonneville Power Administration filed with the 
Commission on November 30, 1999.
    Sierra states that an incorrect version of Attachment 1 (Exhibit F) 
was included in the original filing. The corrected Attachment 1 
accurately reflects the reduction in the monthly facilities charge as 
described in the original filing.
    Copies of this filing were served upon the Public Utilities 
Commission of Nevada, the Public Utilities Commission of California, 
the Nevada Bureau of Consumer Protection and Bonneville Power 
Administration.
    Comment date: January 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

2. Allegheny Energy Service Corporation on behalf of Allegheny 
Energy Supply Company, LLC

[Docket No. ER00-814-000]

    Take notice that on December 16, 1999, Allegheny Energy Service 
Corporation on behalf of Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC 
(Allegheny Energy Supply), tendered for filing Supplement No. 1 to add 
one (1) new Customer to the Market Rate Tariff under which Allegheny 
Energy Supply offers generation services. Allegheny Energy Supply also 
tenders for filing Notice of Succession to adopt, ratify and make its 
own, in every respect, all applicable rate schedules and supplements 
thereto previously filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
by Allegheny Energy Supply Company, effective November 18, 1999.
    Allegheny Energy Supply requests a waiver of notice requirements to 
make service available as of November 19, 1999 to Monongahela Power 
Company, The Potomac Edison Company and West Penn Power Company 
(Allegheny Power).

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    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 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

3. Ameren Services, Co., on behalf of Ameren Generating Company, 
and Marketing Company

[Docket No. ER00-816-000]

    Take notice that on December 20, 1999, Ameren Services, Co., 
tendered for filing supplemental information to its December 16, 1999, 
filing of an order of the Illinois Commerce Commission proceeding 
Illinois Commerce Commission v. Central Illinois Public Service 
Company, ICC Docket No. 99-0398, Order issued October 12, 1999, which 
had been omitted inadvertently from its December 16, 1999 application.
    Ameren Services further noted that its correct corporate name is 
Ameren Services Co., not Ameren Services, Inc.
    Comment date: January 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

4. Western Resources, Inc.

[Docket No. ER00-844-000]

    Take notice that on December 17, 1999, Western Resources, Inc., 
tendered for filing notice that effective January 1, 2000, Service 
Schedule T/WSM-10/89 is to be canceled. Western Resources, Inc., also 
tenders for filing revisions to the Contract between WR and the City of 
Lindsborg, Kansas (City). WR states that the filing makes revisions to 
the rate schedule currently in effect between WR and the City.
    WR requests an effective date of January 1, 2000 for these rate 
schedule changes.
    Notice has been served upon the City of Lindborg, Kansas and the 
Kansas Corporation Commission.
    Comment date: January 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

5. Sierra Pacific Power Company

[Docket No. ER00-848-000]

    Take notice that on December 20, 1999, Sierra Pacific Power Company 
(Sierra) tendered for filing Service Agreements (Service Agreements) 
with the following entities for Point-to-Point Transmission Service 
under Sierra Pacific Resources Operating Companies FERC Electric Tariff 
Original Volume No. 1, Open Access Transmission Tariff (Tariff):
    For Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service:

1. City of Seattle, City Light Department
2. Deseret Generation & Transmission Cooperative--Marketing

    For Short-Term Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service:

1. City of Seattle, City Light Department
2. Deseret Generation & Transmission Cooperative--Marketing
3. Public Service Company of Colorado

    Sierra filed the executed Service Agreements with the Commission in 
compliance with Sections 13.4 and 14.4 of the Tariff and applicable 
Commission regulations. Sierra also submitted revised Sheet No. 173 
(Attachment E) to the Tariff, which is an updated list of all current 
subscribers.
    Sierra requests waiver of the Commission's notice requirements to 
permit and effective date of December 21, 1999 for Attachment E, and to 
allow the Service Agreements to become effective according to their 
terms.
    Copies of this filing were served upon the Public Utilities 
Commission of Nevada, the Public Utilities Commission of California and 
all interested parties.
    Comment date: January 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

6. Puget Sound Energy, Inc.

[Docket No. ER00-849-000]

    Take notice that on December 20, 1999, Puget Sound Energy, Inc. 
(PSE), as Transmission Provider, tendered for filing an executed 
Agreement for Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service, an executed 
Agreement for Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service with City of 
Seattle, Seattle City Light (SCL), as Transmission Customer, and a 
letter countersigned by SCL and PSE regarding the Agreements.
    A copy of the filing was served upon SCL.
    Comment date: January 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

7. Pacific Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER00-851-000]

    Take notice that on December 20, 1999, Pacific Gas and Electric 
Company (PG&E), tendered for filing a revision to its Transmission 
Owner Tariff (TO Tariff). The Revised TO Tariff will allow PG&E to 
recover costs billed to it by the California Independent System 
Operator (CAISO) for out-of-market dispatch calls due to locational 
reliability needs or transmission outages from its TO Tariff customers 
through the Transmission Revenue Balancing Account Adjustment (TRBAA) 
mechanism.
    PG&E proposes that such revision become effective on the date when 
the CAISO Tariff Amendment No. 23, filed in Docket No. ER00-555-000, is 
made effective.
    Copies of this filing were served upon the Public Utilities 
Commission of the State of California and all interested parties.
    Comment date: January 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

8. Allegheny Energy Service Corporation on behalf of Allegheny 
Energy Supply Company, LLC

[Docket No. ER00-852-000]

    Take notice that on December 20, 1999, Allegheny Energy Service 
Corporation on behalf of Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC 
(Allegheny Energy Supply), tendered for filing Supplement No. 6 to add 
two (2) new Customers to the Market Rate Tariff under which Allegheny 
Energy Supply offers generation services.
    Allegheny Energy Supply requests a waiver of notice requirements to 
make service available as of November 19, 1999 to Enron Power 
Marketing, Inc. and Southern Company Energy Marketing L.P.
    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 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

9. Allegheny Energy Service Corporation on behalf of Allegheny 
Energy Supply Company, LLC

[Docket No. ER00-853-000 ]

    Take notice that on December 20, 1999, Allegheny Energy Service 
Corporation on behalf of Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC 
(Allegheny Energy Supply), tendered for filing Supplement No. 7 to add 
one (1) new Customer to the Market Rate Tariff under which Allegheny 
Energy Supply offers generation services.
    Allegheny Energy Supply requests a waiver of notice requirements to 
make service available as of November 20, 1999 to FirstEnergy Corp.
    Copies of the filing have been provided to the Public Utilities 
Commission of Ohio, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the

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Maryland Public Service Commission, the Virginia State Corporation 
Commission, the West Virginia Public Service Commission, and all 
parties of record.
    Comment date: January 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

10. Allegheny Energy Service Corporation on behalf of Allegheny 
Energy Supply Company, LLC

[Docket No. ER00-854-000]

    Take notice that on December 20, 1999, Allegheny Energy Service 
Corporation on behalf of Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC 
(Allegheny Energy Supply), tendered for filing Supplement No. 5 to add 
seven (7) new Customers to the Market Rate Tariff under which Allegheny 
Energy Supply offers generation services.
    Allegheny Energy Supply requests a waiver of notice requirements to 
make service available as of November 18, 1999 to Niagara Mohawk Energy 
Marketing, Inc., Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Dynegy Power 
Marketing, Inc., Koch Energy Trading, Inc., American Municipal Power-
Ohio, Inc., Constellation Power Source, Inc. and American Electric 
Power Service Corporation.
    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 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

11. Ameren Services Company

[Docket No. ER00-855-000]

    Take notice that on December 20, 1999, Ameren Services Company 
(ASC), the transmission provider, tendered for filing a Service 
Agreement for Long-Term Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service. ASC 
asserts that the purpose of the Agreement is for ASC when it takes 
transmission service for itself in accordance with FERC Regulations, 
and pursuant to its Open Access Transmission Tariff filed in Docket No. 
ER96-677-004.
    Comment date: January 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

12. CP Power Sales Five, L.L.C.

[Docket No. ER00-856-000]

    Take notice that on December 20, 1999, CL Power Sales Five, L.L.C., 
tendered for filing Notice of Succession on behalf of CL Power Sales 
Five, L.L.C., effective December 1, 1999, CL Power Sales Five, L.L.C., 
changed its name to CP Power Sales Five, L.L.C.
    Comment date: January 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

13. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER00-857-000]

    Take notice that on December 20, 1999, Cinergy Services, Inc. 
(Services), tendered for filing on behalf of its operating company, PSI 
Energy, Inc. (PSI), an Eighth Amendment, dated December 1, 1999, to the 
Power Coordination Agreement, dated August 27, 1982, as amended, 
between PSI and Indiana Municipal Power Agency (IMPA).
    IMPA and PSI have agreed to a few sections to the current language 
being used and to transfer the Town of Pittsboro, Indiana (Pittsboro) 
from the PSI FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 1 to the Power 
Coordination Agreement as a member IMPA.
    Copies of the filing were served on IMPA, Pittsboro and the Indiana 
Utility Regulatory Commission.
    Comment date: January 10, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

14. San Diego Gas & Electric Company

[Docket No. ER00-858-000]

    Take notice that on December 21, 1999, San Diego Gas & Electric 
(SDG&E), tendered for filing certain revised Transmission Owner (TO) 
Tariff sheets to supersede First Revised Sheet Nos. 67 and 71 through 
77. SDG&E requests an effective date of January 1, 2000. SDG&E states 
the instant filing is submitted to revise the Reliability Must-Run 
(RMR) Revenue Requirement and RMR Charges set forth in its TO Tariff.
    Copies of this filing were served upon the Public Utilities 
Commission of the State of California and all interested parties.
    Comment date: January 10, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

15. MidAmerican Energy Company

[Docket No. ER00-859-000]

    Take notice that on December 21, 1999, MidAmerican Energy Company 
(MidAmerican), 666 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309, tendered for 
filing with the Commission a Network Integration Transmission Service 
Agreement with Central Illinois Light Company (CILCO), dated November 
23, 1999, and a Network Operating Agreement with CILCO, dated November 
23, 1999, entered into pursuant to MidAmerican's Open Access 
Transmission Tariff.
    MidAmerican requests an effective date of December 1, 1999 for the 
Agreements with CILCO, and accordingly seeks a waiver of the 
Commission's notice requirement.
    MidAmerican has served a copy of the filing on CILCO, the Iowa 
Utilities Board, the Illinois Commerce Commission and the South Dakota 
Public Utilities Commission.
    Comment date: January 10, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

16. San Diego Gas & Electric Company

[Docket No. ER00-860-000]

    Take notice that on December 21, 1999, San Diego Gas & Electric 
Company (SDG&E), tendered for filing a revision to its Transmission 
Owner Tariff (TO Tariff). The Revised TO Tariff will allow SDG&E to 
recover costs billed to it by the California Independent System 
Operator (ISO) for out-of-market dispatch calls due to locational 
reliability needs or transmission outages from its TO Tariff customers 
through the Transmission Revenue Balancing Account Adjustment (TRBAA) 
mechanism.
    SDG&E proposes that such revision become effective on the date when 
the ISO Tariff Amendment No. 23, filed in Docket No. ER00-555-000, is 
made effective.
    Copies of this filing were served upon the Public Utilities 
Commission of the State of California and all interested parties.
    Comment date: January 10, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

17. Alrus Consulting, LLC

[Docket No. ER00-861-000]

    Take notice that on December 21, 1999, Alrus Consulting, LLC 
(Alrus), tendered petitions to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
for acceptance of Alrus Rate Schedule FERC 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.
    Alrus also requested waiver of the 60-day prior notice requirement 
to allow Alrus Rate Schedule FERC No. 1 to become effective January 15, 
2000.
    Alrus intends to engage in wholesale electric power and energy 
purchases and sales as a marketer. Alrus is not in the business of 
generating or transmitting electric power. Alrus is a Nevada limited 
liability corporation

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with its principal place of business in Reno, Nevada. Alrus is involved 
in a wide range of consulting services with a special emphasis on 
utility businesses and services.
    Comment date: January 10, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

18. Allegheny Energy Service Corporation on behalf of Allegheny 
Energy Supply Company, LLC

[Docket No. ER00-862-000]

    Take notice that on December 21, 1999, Allegheny Energy Service 
Corporation on behalf of Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC 
(Allegheny Energy Supply), tendered for filing Supplement No. 8 to add 
three (3) new Customers to the Market Rate Tariff under which Allegheny 
Energy Supply offers generation services.
    Allegheny Energy Supply requests a waiver of notice requirements to 
make service available as of November 22, 1999 to Engage Energy US, 
L.P., Statoil Energy Trading, Inc. and PECO Energy Company.
    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 10, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

19. Allegheny Energy Service Corporation on behalf of Allegheny 
Energy Supply Company, LLC

[[Docket No. ER00-863-000]

    Take notice that on December 21, 1999, Allegheny Energy Service 
Corporation on behalf of Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC 
(Allegheny Energy Supply), tendered for filing Supplement No. 9 to add 
four (4) new Customers to the Market Rate Tariff under which Allegheny 
Energy Supply offers generation services.
    Allegheny Energy Supply requests a waiver of notice requirements to 
make service available as of November 24, 1999 to Cinergy Services, 
Inc., Strategic Energy L.L.C., Virginia Electric and Power Company, and 
Williams Energy Marketing & Trading Company.
    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 10, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

20. New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

[Docket No. ER00-864-000]

    Take notice that on December 21, 1999, the New York Independent 
System Operator, Inc. (NYISO), tendered for filing 62 Service 
Agreements for Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service, 57 Service 
Agreements for Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service, and 68 
Service Agreements for service under the New York Independent System 
Operator Market Administration and Control Area Services Tariff.
    Except as otherwise noted, the NYISO requests an effective date of 
November 18, 1999 and waiver of the Commission's notice requirements.
    Copies of this filing were served on the Commission's Service List 
in Docket Nos. ER97-1523-000 et al., on the parties to the Service 
Agreements and on the respective electric utility regulatory agencies 
in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
    Comment date: January 10, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

21. Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc. and Northeast Utilities 
Service Company

[Docket No. ER00-865-000]

    Take notice that on December 21, 1999, Consolidated Edison Energy, 
Inc. (Con Edison Energy) and Northeast Utilities Service Company 
(NUSCO), on behalf of Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECO), 
tendered for filing a request for limited waiver of the code of conduct 
provisions which require prior authorization by the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) pursuant to Section 205 of 
the Federal Power Act (FPA) for market-based electricity sales 
transactions among affiliates.
    Con Edison Energy and NUSCO also provisionally request waiver of 
any prohibition on the sharing of certain load information. The request 
was filed pursuant to Rule 207(a)(5) of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure. 18 CFR 385.207(a)(5). The requested effective 
date for the waivers is January 1, 2000.
    Petitioners state that copies of this filing have been sent to the 
Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy.
    Comment date: January 10, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

22. California Independent System Operator Corporation

[Docket No. ER00-866-000]

    Take notice that on December 21, 1999, the California Independent 
System Operator Corporation (ISO), tendered for filing a proposed 
amendment (Amendment No. 24) to the ISO Tariff. Amendment No. 24 
includes proposed revisions to the ISO Tariff to implement the two-step 
long-term grid planning process developed by stakeholders and the ISO.
    The ISO states that this filing has been served upon the Public 
Utilities Commission of California, the California Energy Commission, 
the California Electricity Oversight Board, and all parties with 
effective Scheduling Coordinator Service Agreements under the ISO 
Tariff.
    Comment date: January 10, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

23. Southwest Power Pool

[Docket No. ER00-867-000]

    Take notice that on December 21, 1999, Southwest Power Pool (SPP), 
tendered for filing 6 executed service agreements with Ameren Services, 
Board of Municipal Utilities, City Water & Light, Duke Energy Trading 
and Marketing, L.L.C., Merchant Energy Group of the Americas, Inc., and 
Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority for loss compensation service under 
the SPP Tariff.
    SPP requests an effective date of January 1, 2000, for each of 
these agreements.
    Copies of this filing were served upon all signatories.
    Comment date: January 10, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

24. Southern Company Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER00-869-000]

    Take notice that on December 21, 1999, Southern Company Services, 
Inc. (SCS), acting on behalf of Alabama Power Company (APCo), tendered 
for filing an Interconnection Agreement (IA) by and between APCo and 
Mobile Energy LLC. (Mobile). The IA will interconnect Mobile's 
generating facility to be located in Mobile County, Alabama to APCo's 
electric system.
    An effective date of December 21, 1999 has been requested.
    Comment date: January 10, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

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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.
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