[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 8688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4135]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Fossil Energy

[Docket Nos. FE C&E 00-02-184]


Notice of Filing of Coal Capability of Reliant Energy Channelview 
LP Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy; Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Filing.

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SUMMARY: Reliant Energy Channelview LP has submitted a coal capability 
self-certification pursuant to section 201 of the Powerplant and 
Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, as amended.

ADDRESSES: Copies of self-certification filings are available for 
public inspection, upon request, in the Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex, 
Fossil Energy, Room 4G-039, FE-27, Forrestal Building, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Russell at (202) 586-9624.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of the Powerplant and Industrial 
Fuel Use Act of 1978 (FUA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), 
provides that no new baseload electric powerplant may be constructed or 
operated without the capability to use coal or another alternate fuel 
as a primary energy source. In order to meet the requirement of coal 
capability, the owner or operator of such facilities proposing to use 
natural gas or petroleum as its primary energy source shall certify, 
pursuant to FUA section 201(d), to the Secretary of Energy prior to 
construction, or prior to operation as a baseload powerplant, that such 
powerplant has the capability to use coal or another alternate fuel. 
Such certification establishes compliance with section 201(a) as of the 
date filed with the Department of Energy. The Secretary is required to 
publish a notice in the Federal Register that a certification has been 
filed. The following owner/operator of proposed new baseload powerplant 
has filed a self-certification in acccordance with section 201(d).
    Owner: Reliant Energy Channelview LP (C&E 0-04).
    Operator: Reliant Energy Channelview LP.
    Location: Shedon Road in Channelview, Harris County, TX.
    Plant Configuration: Combined-cycle.
    Capacity: 786 MW.
    Fuel: Natural gas.
    Purchasing Entities: Reliant Energy Services, Inc.
    In-Service Date: Late 2001.

    Issued in Washington, DC, February 14, 2000.
Anthony J. Como,
Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/
Ex., Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 00-4135 Filed 2-18-00; 8:45 am]
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