[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 9 (Thursday, January 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2151-2156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. EG00-62-000, et al.]
Lake Worth Generation L.L.C., et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate
Regulation Filings
January 5, 2000.
Take notice that the following filings have been made with the
Commission:
1. Lake Worth Generation L.L.C.
[Docket No. EG00-62-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1999, Lake Worth Generation L.L.C.
(LWG), with its principal office c/o Thermo Ecotek Corporation, 245
Winter Street, Waltham, MA 02154, filed with the Commission an
application for determination of exempt wholesale generator status
pursuant to Part 365 of the Commission's regulations.
LWG states that it is a limited liability company organized under
the laws of the State of Delaware. LWG will be engaged directly and
exclusively in the business of owning and operating an approximately
217.5 MW electric generating facility located at 117 College Street,
Lake Worth, Florida. Electric energy produced by the facility will be
sold at wholesale.
Comment date: January 26, 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.
2. Montana OL1 L.L.C.
[Docket No. EG00-65-000]
Take notice that on December 30, 1999, Montana OL1 L.L.C. (the
Applicant) filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an
application for determination of exempt wholesale generator status
pursuant to Part 365 of the Commission's regulations.
The Applicant is a Delaware limited liability company which has
been formed to purchase an undivided interest in the Colstrip Project,
an approximately 2276 megawatt four unit, coal-fired steam electric
generating complex located near Colstrip, Rosebud County, Montana.
Comment date: January 26, 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.
3. Montana OP1 L.L.C.
[Docket No. EG00-66-000]
Take notice that on December 30, 1999, Montana OP1 L.L.C. (the
Applicant) filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an
application for determination of exempt wholesale generator status
pursuant to Part 365 of the Commission's regulations.
The Applicant is a Delaware limited liability company which has
been formed to hold the sole membership interest in Montana OL1 L.L.C.,
a Delaware limited liability company formed to purchase an undivided
interest in the Colstrip Project, an approximately 2276 megawatt four
unit, coal-fired steam electric generating complex located near
Colstrip, Rosebud County, Montana.
Comment date: January 26, 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.
4. Montana OL3 L.L.C.
[Docket No. EG00-67-000]
Take notice that on December 30, 1999, Montana OL3 L.L.C. (the
Applicant) filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an
application for determination of exempt wholesale generator status
pursuant to Part 365 of the Commission's regulations.
The Applicant is a Delaware limited liability company which has
been formed to purchase an undivided interest in the Colstrip Project,
an approximately 2276 megawatt four unit, coal-fired steam electric
generating complex located near Colstrip, Rosebud County, Montana.
Comment date: January 26, 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.
5. Montana OL2 L.L.C.
[Docket No. EG00-68-000]
Take notice that on December 30, 1999, Montana OL2 L.L.C. (the
Applicant) filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an
application for determination of exempt wholesale generator status
pursuant to Part 365 of the Commission's regulations.
The Applicant is a Delaware limited liability company which has
been formed to purchase an undivided interest in the Colstrip Project,
an approximately 2276 megawatt four unit, coal-fired steam electric
generating complex located near Colstrip, Rosebud County, Montana.
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Comment date: January 26, 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.
6. Montana OP4 L.L.C.
[Docket No. EG00-69-000]
Take notice that on December 30, 1999, Montana OP4 L.L.C. (the
Applicant) filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an
application for determination of exempt wholesale generator status
pursuant to Part 365 of the Commission's regulations.
The Applicant is a Delaware limited liability company which has
been formed to hold the sole membership interest in Montana OL4 L.L.C.,
a Delaware limited liability company formed to purchase an undivided
interest in the Colstrip Project, an approximately 2276 megawatt four
unit, coal-fired steam electric generating complex located near
Colstrip, Rosebud County, Montana.
Comment date: January 26, 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.
7. Montana OL4 L.L.C.
[Docket No. EG00-70-000]
Take notice that on December 30, 1999, Montana OL4 L.L.C. (the
Applicant) filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an
application for determination of exempt wholesale generator status
pursuant to Part 365 of the Commission's regulations.
The Applicant is a Delaware limited liability company which has
been formed to purchase an undivided interest in the Colstrip Project,
an approximately 2276 megawatt four unit, coal-fired steam electric
generating complex located near Colstrip, Rosebud County, Montana.
Comment date: January 26, 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.
8. Montana OP3 L.L.C.
[Docket No. EG00-71-000]
Take notice that on December 30, 1999, Montana OP3 L.L.C. (the
Applicant) filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an
application for determination of exempt wholesale generator status
pursuant to Part 365 of the Commission's regulations.
The Applicant is a Delaware limited liability company which has
been formed to hold the sole membership interest in Montana OL3 L.L.C.,
a Delaware limited liability company formed to purchase an undivided
interest in the Colstrip Project, an approximately 2276 megawatt four
unit, coal-fired steam electric generating complex located near
Colstrip, Rosebud County, Montana.
Comment date: January 26, 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.
9. Montana OP2 L.L.C.
[Docket No. EG00-72-000]
Take notice that on December 30, 1999, Montana OP2 L.L.C. (the
Applicant) filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an
application for determination of exempt wholesale generator status
pursuant to Part 365 of the Commission's regulations.
The Applicant is a Delaware limited liability company which has
been formed to hold the sole membership interest in Montana OL2 L.L.C.,
a Delaware limited liability company formed to purchase an undivided
interest in the Colstrip Project, an approximately 2276 megawatt four
unit, coal-fired steam electric generating complex located near
Colstrip, Rosebud County, Montana.
Comment date: January 26, 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.
10. Duke Energy Hidalgo, L.P.
[Docket No. EG00-73-000]
Take notice that on December 30, 1999, Duke Energy Hidalgo, L.P.
(Duke Energy Hidalgo) filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission) an application for determination of exempt
wholesale generator status pursuant to Part 365 of the Commission's
regulations.
Duke Energy Hidalgo is a Texas limited partnership and an indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of Duke Energy Corporation. Duke Energy
Hidalgo's facility will be a natural gas-fired, combined cycle
generating facility with a combined generating capacity of
approximately 500 MW. Commercial operations are expected to commence in
the Summer of 2000.
Duke Energy Hidalgo further states that copies of the application
were served upon the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Public
Utility Commission of Texas.
Comment date: January 26, 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.
11. Entergy Services, Inc.
[Docket No. ER91-569-009]
Take notice that on December 30, 1999, Entergy Services, Inc.,
tendered for filing an updated market power analysis on behalf of the
Entergy Operating Companies and their affiliates.
Comment date: January 19, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
12. New England Power Pool
[Docket Nos. ER99-2335-000; ER00-984-000; and ER00-985-000 (not
consolidated)]
Take notice that on December 30, 1999, the New England Power Pool
(NEPOOL) Participants Committee tendered for filing: (1) an
informational filing identifying the status of its efforts to develop a
Congestion Management System (CMS) and Multi-Settlement System (MSS);
(2) the Forty-Ninth Agreement Amending the NEPOOL Agreement (the Forty-
Ninth Agreement), which would extend by sixty days the time period for
Participants to amend NEPOOL arrangements relating to the allocation of
congestion costs; and (3) the Fiftieth Agreement Amending the NEPOOL
Agreement (the Fiftieth Agreement), which would eliminate NEPOOL's
Operable Capability market as of March 1, 2000.
The NEPOOL Participants Committee states that copies of these
materials were sent to all entities on the service lists in the
captioned dockets, to the participants in the New England Power Pool,
and to the New England state governors and regulatory commissions.
Comment date: January 19, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
13. Mid-Continent Area Power Pool
[Docket No. ER99-2649-001]
Take notice that on December 30, 1999, the Mid-Continent Area Power
Pool (MAPP), tendered for filing on behalf of its members that are
subject to Commission jurisdiction as public utilities under Section
201(e) of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 824(e), its request to
continue using the procedures for curtailing unscheduled generation-to-
load deliveries that currently are in effect as part of MAPP's line
loading relief procedure. This filing is made in accordance with the
Commission's order in Mid-Continent
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Area Power Pool, 87 FERC para. 61,333 (1999).
Comment date: January 19, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
14. Vermont Electric Power Company, Inc.
[Docket No. ER99-4535-001]
Take notice that on December 29, 1999, Vermont Electric Power
Company, Inc. (VELCO), tendered for filing before the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission pursuant to Section 205 of the Federal Power Act,
16 U.S.C. Sec. 824d, revised tariff sheets to its open access
transmission tariff in the above reference docket.
Comment date: January 18, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
15. Southern California Edison Company
[Docket No. ER00-931-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1999, Southern California Edison
Company (SCE), tendered for filing an unexecuted Service Agreement for
Wholesale Distribution Service and an unexecuted copy of an
Interconnection Facilities Agreement between Delano Energy Company,
Inc. (Delano) and SCE.
These agreements specify the terms and conditions pursuant to SCE
will interconnect Delano's generation to its electrical system and
provide up to 49.9 MW of Distribution Service to Delano.
Comment date: January 18, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
16. American Electric Power Service Corporation
[Docket No. ER00-932-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1999, American Electric Power
Service Corporation (AEPSC), tendered for filing blanket service
agreements by the AEP Companies under the Wholesale Market Tariff of
the AEP Operating Companies (Power Sales Tariff). The Power Sales
Tariff was accepted for filing effective October 10, 1997 and has been
designated AEP Operating Companies' FERC Electric Tariff Original
Volume No. 5.
AEPSC respectfully requests waiver of notice to permit the service
agreements to be made effective as specified in the submittal letter to
the Commission with this filing.
A copy of the filing was served upon the Parties and the State
Utility Regulatory Commissions of Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio,
Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
Comment date: January 18, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
17. Southern Energy Delta, L.L.C.
[Docket No. ER00-936-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1999, Southern Energy Delta,
L.L.C. (Southern Delta), tendered for filing two revised Must-Run
Service Agreements (RMR Agreements) between Southern Delta and the
California Independent System Operator Corporation. These agreements
reflect: (1) the transfer of ownership of facilities from Pacific Gas &
Electric Company to Southern Delta; and (2) Unit Characteristics,
Contract Service Limits, and Unit Hourly Cap Heat Inputs for the year
beginning January 1, 2000.
Comment date: January 18, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
18. Southern Energy Potrero, L.L.C.
[Docket No. ER00-937-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1999, Southern Energy Potrero,
L.L.C. (Southern Potrero), tendered for filing a revised Must-Run
Service Agreement (RMR Agreement) between Southern Potrero and the
California Independent System Operator Corporation. This agreement
reflects: (1) the transfer of ownership of facilities from Pacific Gas
& Electric Company to Southern Potrero; and (2) Unit Characteristics,
Contract Service Limits, and Unit Hourly Cap Heat Inputs for the year
beginning January 1, 2000.
Comment date: January 18, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
19. Montaup Electric Company
[Docket No. ER00-942-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1999, Montaup Electric Company
tendered for filing an executed Service Agreement with Constellation
Power Source. Montaup will provide the Non-Firm Point-To-Point
transmission service and Constellation will pay for the service in
accordance with the provisions of Part II of Montaup's Open Access
Transmission Tariff No. 7.
Montaup requests that the Service Agreement be effective as of
December 20, 1999, the date on which service commenced.
Comment date: January 18, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
20. Blackstone Valley Electric Company
[Docket No. ER00-943-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1999 Blackstone Valley Electric
Company tendered for filing an Acknowledgment and Consent Agreement
among Blackstone Valley Electric Company, Lake Road Generating Company,
L.P., Lake Road Trust Ltd., and Citibank, N.A. The Acknowledgment and
Consent Agreement provides for transfer by Lake Road Generating
Company, L.P. of its rights and obligations under the Related
Transmission Facilities Agreement to Lake Road Trust Ltd., and
Citibank, N.A. and Blackstone Valley Electric Company's consent to the
transfer.
Comment date: January 18, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
21. Public Service Company of Oklahoma
[Docket No. ER00-944-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1999, Public Service Company of
Oklahoma (PSO), tendered for filing the Second Amendment and the Third
Amendment to the Interconnection Agreement between PSO and Grand River
Dam Authority (GRDA).
PSO requests an effective date of June 1, 1998 for the Second
Amendment and an effective date of January 1, 2000 for the Third
Amendment. Accordingly, PSO requests waiver of the Commission's notice
requirements.
PSO states that a copy of the filing was served on GRDA and the
Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
Comment date: January 18, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
22. Central Power and Light Company
[Docket No. ER00-945-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1999, Central Power and Light
Company (CPL) tendered for filing an Interconnection Agreement between
CPL and Sharyland Utilities, L.P. (Sharyland).
CPL requests an effective date for the Interconnection Agreement of
January 1, 2000. Accordingly, CPL requests waiver of the Commission's
notice requirements.
CPL states that a copy of the filing was served on Sharyland and
the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
Comment date: January 18, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
23. Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
[Docket No. ER00-946-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1999, Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
(SPP), tendered for filing executed service agreements for firm point-
to-point transmission service, non-firm point-to-
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point transmission service and loss compensation service under the SPP
Tariff with Western Resources, TransAlta Energy Marketing (U.S.) Inc.
(TEMUS) and Calpine Power Services Company (Calpine).
Copies of this filing were served upon Calpine, TEMUS and Western
Resources.
Comment date: January 18, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
24. Oswego Harbor Power LLC
[Docket No. ER00-947-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1999, Oswego Harbor Power LLC,
tendered for filing under its market-based rate tariff a long-term
service agreement with Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation and a long-term
service agreement with NRG Power Marketing, Inc.
Comment date: January 18, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
25. Select Energy, Inc., and Northeast Utilities Service Company
[Docket No. ER00-952-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1999, Select Energy, Inc. (Select
Energy) and Northeast Utilities Service Company (NUSCO), on behalf of
The Connecticut Light and Power Company (CL&P) and Western
Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECO), requested that the Commission
waive certain provisions of their market-based sales tariffs and codes
of conduct or, in the alternative, that the Commission accept for
filing a ``Wholesale Requirements Service Sales Agreement For
Interruptible Contract Customers' (the Interruptible Supply Agreement).
Select Energy and NUSCO state that the Interruptible Supply Agreement
was entered into as a result of a Request For Proposals (RFP) issued by
NUSCO to obtain a wholesale power supply for interruptible customers
for the period January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2000.
The requested effective date is January 1, 2000.
Select Energy and NUSCO state that copies of this filing have been
sent to the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control and the
Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy.
Comment date: January 18, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
26. MidAmerican Energy Company
[Docket No. ER00-964-000]
Take notice that on December 30, 1999, MidAmerican Energy Company
(MidAmerican), 666 Grand Avenue, 2900 Ruan Center, Des Moines, Iowa
50309 tendered for filing amendments to Network Integration
Transmission Service Agreements, Network Operating Agreements and/or
Firm Transmission Service Agreements with the Municipal Electric
Utility of Waverly, Iowa (Waverly); the City of Denver, Iowa (Denver);
the City of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa (Sergeant Bluff); the City of Geneseo,
Illinois (Geneseo); the City of Eldridge, Iowa (Eldridge); and the Ames
Municipal Electric System (Ames).
MidAmerican states that the amendments were executed by MidAmerican
pursuant to its Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) for the purpose
of revising direct assignment facility (DAF) charges as a result of the
reclassification of MidAmerican's transmission and local distribution
facilities under the seven-indicator test of Order No. 888 as filed in
Docket No. ER99-3887-000.
MidAmerican requests an effective date of January 1, 2000 for each
of the amendments.
Copies of the filing were served on Waverly, Denver, Sergeant
Bluff, Geneseo, Eldridge, Ames, the Iowa Utilities Board, the Illinois
Commerce Commission, the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission and
all parties to Docket No. ER99-3887-000.
Comment date: January 19, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
27. FirstEnergy Operating Companies
[Docket No. ER00-965-000]
Take note that on December 30, 1999, the FirstEnergy Operating
Companies (The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, Ohio Edison
Company, Pennsylvania Power Company, and The Toledo Edison Company),
tendered for filing a Service Agreement and Operating Agreement for
Network Integration Transmission Service to be provided by the
FirstEnergy Operating Companies to American Municipal Power-Ohio, Inc.
(AMP-Ohio) on behalf of certain designated municipal electric systems
in Ohio and Pennsylvania. These Agreements are designed to supercede
the existing Network Agreements between the FirstEnergy Operating
Companies and AMP-Ohio.
FirstEnergy Operating Companies request an effective date of
December 1, 1999 for these Agreements. A revised Index of Network
Customers is also submitted as part of this filing.
Copies of this filing have been served on the utility commissions
in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Comment date: January 19, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
28. ISO New England Inc.
[Docket No. ER00-971-000]
Take notice that on December 30, 1999 ISO New England Inc. (the
ISO), tendered for filing, pursuant to Section 205 of the Federal Power
Act, a Request for Expedited Approval of Revisions to NEPOOL Market
Rules 6, 8 and 9.
Copies of said filing have been served upon the Participants in the
New England Power Pool, non-Participant transmission customers and to
the New England State Governors and Regulatory Commissions.
Comment date: January 19, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
29. Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
[Docket No. ER00-975-000]
Take notice that on December 30, 1999, Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
(SPP), tendered for filing a request for Commission recognition as an
Independent System Operator and Regional Transmission Organization.
SPP requests the Commission to act on this request on or before
March 1, 2000.
Copies of this filing were served upon all SPP Members and
customers, as well as on all state commissions within the region.
Comment date: January 19, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
30. Vermont Electric Power Company, Inc.
[Docket No. ER00-979-000]
Take notice that on December 30, 1999, Vermont Electric Power
Company, Inc. (VELCO), tendered for filing pursuant to Section 205 of
the Federal Power Act, revisions to the rates and non-rate terms of
service for transmission and related ancillary services taken under its
open access transmission tariff.
VELCO proposes to implement a formula rate for transmission service
and Ancillary Service No. 1 (Scheduling, System Control and Dispatch
Service). The formula is based on many of the same variables and
calculations used in the NEPOOL formula. On a monthly basis, the
charges assessed pursuant to the formula will be updated using data
from the VELCO's General Account Ledger from the month prior.
Incorporated into the formula is a rate of return on equity of 11.5
percent. In addition, VELCO proposes to make various typographical and
format corrections.
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VELCO requests that these revisions become effective on March 1,
2000, and that the Commission grant waiver of any and all applicable
requirements to the extent necessary to establish such effective date.
VELCO served copies of the filing upon the Vermont Department of
Public Service, and upon those persons listed in the letter submitted
with the filing.
Comment date: January 19, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
31. Bangor Hydro-Electric Company
[Docket No. ER00-980-000]
Take notice that on December 30, 1999, Bangor Hydro-Electric
Company (Bangor Hydro), tendered for filing pursuant to Section 205 of
the Federal Power Act and Part 35 of the Commission's Regulations,
revisions to its Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) to implement
retail open access in the state of Maine and to propose a rate formula
for the rates charged under the OATT.
Bangor Hydro proposes that the filing become effective March 1,
2000.
Copies of this filing were served on the current customers under
the OATT, current wholesale requirements customers that will become
transmission customers on March 1, 2000, participants in MPUC Docket
No. 99-185, and the state commission within whose jurisdiction Bangor
Hydro transmits electricity under the OATT.
Comment date: January 19, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
32. New England Power Pool
[Docket No. ER00-981-000]
Take notice that on December 30, 1999, the New England Power Pool
(NEPOOL) Participants Committee submitted the Forty-Eighth Agreement
Amending the New England Power Pool Agreement (Forty-Eighth Agreement)
which continues the restructuring and refinement of the NEPOOL
committee process.
The NEPOOL Participants Committee states that copies of these
materials were sent to the New England state governors and regulatory
commissions and the NEPOOL Participants.
Comment date: January 19, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
33. Central Maine Power Company
[Docket No. ER00-982-000]
Take notice that on December 30, 1999, Central Maine Power Company
(Central Maine or CMP), tendered for filing pursuant to Section 205 of
the Federal Power Act, and Part 35 of the Regulations of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, revisions to the rates and non-rate terms
of service for transmission and related services taken under its open
access transmission tariff (OATT).
Central Maine proposes to implement a formula rate for transmission
service and Ancillary Service No. 1 (Scheduling, System Control and
Dispatch Service). The formula is based on many of the same variables
and calculations used in the NEPOOL formula. Each June 1, the charges
assessed pursuant to the formula will be updated using data from the
CMP's most recently filed FERC Form 1. Incorporated into the formula is
a rate of return on equity of 12.1 percent.
Comment date: March 1, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
34. Yankee Atomic Electric Company
[Docket No. ER00-983-000]
Take notice that on December 30, 1999, Yankee Atomic Electric
Company (Yankee), tendered for filing, pursuant to Section 205 of the
Federal Power Act and Section 35.13 of the Commission's Regulations, a
revised decommissioning cost estimate and funding schedule for Yankee's
nuclear generating plant.
Yankee states that the rate change proposed would reduce
decommissioning charges during the year 2000, the last year of
scheduled decommissioning collections, by $650,500, and would reduce
total wholesale charges during the year 2000 by $11.7 million.
Comment date: January 19, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
35. California Independent System Operator Corporation
[Docket No. ER00-997-000]
Take notice that on December 30, 1999, the California Independent
System Operator Corporation (ISO), tendered for filing with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission its ``Market Power in the San Diego Basin:
Addendum to Annual Report on Market Issues and Performance'' (ISO
Addendum), prepared by the Department of Market Analysis of the ISO.
The ISO Addendum presents a preliminary analysis of market power in
electric generation in the San Diego Basin, background on regulatory
and policy decisions relating to market power, an overview of demand
and supply conditions, the methodology used in the Addendum to assess
market power, and the implications of issues and trends identified in
the Addendum.
The ISO states that copies of the ISO Addendum have been served
upon the California Public Utilities Commission, the California Energy
Commission, and the California Electricity Oversight Board. The ISO is
also posting the ISO Addendum on its Home Page, www.caiso.com.
Comment date: January 19, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
36. Public Service Company of New Hampshire
[Docket No. ER00-930-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1999, Public Service Company of
New Hampshire (PSNH) tendered for filing an information statement
concerning PSNH's fuel and purchased power adjustment clause charges
and credits for the following periods:
January 1, 1999 to June 30, 1999
July 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999
January 1, 2000 to June 30, 2000
This information statement is submitted pursuant to a settlement
agreement approved by the Commission in Publ Serv. Co. of New
Hampshire, 57 FERC para. 61, 068 (1991), and a settlement stipulation
approved by the Commission by Letter Order in Docket Nos. ER91-143-000,
ER91-235-000 and EL91-15-000, dated July 22, 1992.
Copies of this filing were served upon the Town of Ashland Electric
Company, the New Hampton Village Precinct, and the New Hampshire
Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Comment date: January 18, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
37. Commonwealth Edison Company
[Docket No. ER00-933-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1999, Commonwealth Edison Company
(ComEd) submitted for filing two long-term agreements between ComEd and
Entergy Power Marketing Corporation (Entergy). Under the first
agreement, ComEd is providing negotiated capacity under its Power Sales
and Reassignment of Transmission Rights Tariff and control area
services purchased under ComEd's Open Access Transmission Tariff. Under
the second agreement, ComEd agreed to provide certain back-up energy
supply services under ComEd's Market Based Rate Schedule.
ComEd requests that the Commission establish a January 2, 2000
effective date.
A copy of this filing was served on Entergy.
Comment date: January 18, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
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38. New England Power Pool
[Docket No. ER00-934-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1999, the New England Power Pool
Participants Committee submitted changes to a number of Market Rules
and Procedures approved by the Participants Committee over the last
several months.
The NEPOOL Participants Committee states that copies of these
materials were sent to the New England state governors and regulatory
commissions and the Participants in the New England Power Pool.
Comment date: January 18, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
39. Southern Company Services, Inc.
[Docket No. ER00-935-000]
Take notice that on December 28, 1999, Southern Company Services,
Inc. (SCS), as agent for Alabama Power Company, Georgia Power Company,
Gulf Power Company, Mississippi Power Company and Savannah Electric and
Power Company (the Southern Companies), tendered for filing information
pertaining to Southern Companies' recovery of Post-Retirement Benefits
Other Than Pensions (PBOPs).
Comment date: January 18, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
40. New Century Services, Inc.
[Docket No. ER00-938-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1999, New Century Services, Inc.
(NCS), on behalf of Public Service Company of Colorado (Public
Service), submitted for filing the following agreements under Public
Service's Rate Schedule for Market-Based Power Sales (Public Service
FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 6): 1) the Master Power
Purchase and Sale Agreement between Public Service and Municipal Energy
Agency of Nebraska (MEAN), which is an umbrella service agreement under
the Public Service's market-based rate schedule, and 2) four separate
transaction agreements for specific sales by Public Service to MEAN of
capacity and associated energy for durations of longer than one year.
Comment date: January 26, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
41. Lake Worth Generation L.L.C.
[Docket No. ER00-939-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1999, Lake Worth Generation L.L.C.
(LWG) tendered for filing a petition for waiver and blanket approvals
under various regulations of the Commission and for an order accepting
its proposed tariff governing negotiated market-based capacity and
energy sales. If accepted for filing, LWG will use the market rate
tariff to sell power from its generation facility.
A copy of this filing was served on the Florida Public Service
Commission.
Comment date: January 18, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
42. Commonwealth Edison Company
[Docket No. ER00-940-000]
Take notice that Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) on December
29, 1999 submitted for filing an Agreement for Dynamic Scheduling of
Transmission Service under ComEd's Open Access Transmission Tariff for
service provided by ComEd to supply the requirements for Ormet
Corporation's load within the service territory of American Electric
Power Corporation.
ComEd requests an effective date of January 1, 2000.
Comment date: January 18, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
43. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
[Docket No. ER00-941-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1999, pursuant to the Commission's
direction in PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 87 FERC para. 61,299 (1999),
PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM), submitted for filing amendments to
the PJM Open Access Tariff and Schedule 1 of the Amended and Restated
Operating Agreement of PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. to provide
Interconnection Customers that have cost responsibility for the
construction of transmission facilities or upgrades necessary to
accommodate their Interconnection Requests with rights to Incremental
Fixed Transmission Rights.
PJM requests an effective date of February 27, 2000.
Copies of this filing were served upon all PJM Members and the
electric regulatory commissions in the PJM control area.
Comment date: January 18, 2000, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
44. Minnesota Power, Inc.
[Docket No. ER00-929-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1999, Minnesota Power, Inc. (MP)
tendered for filing its Amendment No. 3 of the Electric Service
Agreement with the Dahlberg Light & Power Company (Dahlberg). MP states
the term of the Agreement is from January 1, 2000 through the existing
ending date.
Copies of this filing have been served on the Dahlberg Company and
the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.
Comment date: January 18, 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, 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. 00-814 Filed 1-12-00; 8:45 am]
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