[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16582-16585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7715]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EC00-64-000, et al.]


Cobisa-Person Limited Partnership, et al.; Electric Rate and 
Corporate Regulation Filings

March 22, 2000.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Cobisa-Person Limited Partnership

[Docket No. EC00-64-000]

    Take notice that on March 16, 2000, Cobisa-Person Limited 
Partnership (Cobisa-Person), 820 Gessner, Suite 930, Houston, Texas 
77024, submitted for filing an application for approval under Section 
203 of the Federal Power Act of the acquisition of Cobisa-Person by 
affiliates of Delta Power Company, LLC and John Hancock Life Insurance 
Company. No determination has been made that the submittal constitutes 
a complete filing.
    According to the applicant, Cobisa-Person is developing an 
approximately 140 MW natural gas and oil-fired

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generation facility in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. Cobisa-Person 
will sell all energy and capacity produced by the facility to Public 
Service Company of New Mexico at market-based rates pursuant to a long-
term power purchase agreement that has been accepted for filing by the 
Commission.
    Comment date: April 17, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

2. Orion Power MidWest, LLC

[Docket No. EG00-115-000]

    Take notice that on March 17, 2000, Orion Power MidWest, LLC, with 
an office located at c/o Orion Power Holdings, Inc., 7 E. Redwood 
Street, 10th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, 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.
    Comment date: April 12, 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.

3. Western New York Wind Corp.

[Docket No. EG00-116-000]

    Take notice that on March 21, 2000, Western New York Wind Corp. 
(Western Wind), a New York corporation with its headquarters in Wyoming 
County, New York, filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
an application for determination of exempt wholesale generator (EWG) 
status pursuant to Part 365 of the Commission's regulations.
    Western Wind is a New York corporation with no affiliates or 
subsidiaries. Western Wind will construct, own and operate wind power 
generators in upper New York state. No state EWG findings are required.
    Comment date: April 12, 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. Consolidated Edison Energy Massachusetts, Inc.

[Docket No. ER99-3248-003]

    Take notice that on March 17, 2000, Consolidated Edison Energy 
Massachusetts, Inc. (CEEMI) tendered for filing its compliance filing 
with respect to Consolidated Edison Energy Massachusetts FERC Electric 
Tariff No. 1, Market Based Rates Tariff.
    CEEMI states that a copy of this filing has been served by mail 
upon The New York State Public Service Commission.
    Comment date: April 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

5. Unicom Investments, Inc.

[Docket No. EL00-54-000]

    Take notice that on March 17, 2000, Unicom Investments, Inc. (UII), 
on behalf of itself and certain grantor trusts, business trusts or 
limited liability companies or partnerships of limited liability 
companies of which UII would be the sole beneficiary or member filed 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission a petition for 
declaratory order disclaiming jurisdiction and request for expedited 
consideration.
    The Applicants are seeking a disclaimer of jurisdiction on 
connection with a lease/leaseback financing involving three Facilities.
    Comment date: April 17, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

6. Southwestern Electric Power Company

[Docket No. ER00-1748-001]

    Take notice that on March 17, 2000, Southwestern Electric Power 
Company (SWEPCO) tendered for filing a revised final return on common 
equity (Final ROE) to be used in redetermining or ``truing-up'' cost-
of-service formula rates for wholesale service in Contract Year 1999 to 
Northeast Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc., the City of Bentonville, 
Arkansas, Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative, Inc., Cajun Electric 
Power Cooperative, Inc., Tex-La Electric Cooperative of Texas, Inc., 
the City of Hope, Arkansas, and East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. 
SWEPCO provides service to these Customers under contracts which 
provide for periodic changes in rates and charges determined in 
accordance with cost-of-service formulas, including a formulaic 
determination of the return on common equity. The revised lower Final 
ROE reflects a minor adjustment to the original filing on March 1, 2000 
in this proceeding.
    SWEPCO continues to request an effective date of January 1, 1999.
    Copies of the filing were served upon the affected wholesale 
Customers, the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Louisiana Public 
Service Commission and the Arkansas Public Service Commission.
    Comment date: April 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

7. Avista Corporation

[Docket No. ER00-1903-000]

    Take notice that on March 17, 2000, Avista Corporation, tendered 
for filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pursuant to 
section 35.12 of the Commissions, 18 CFR Part 35.12, an executed 
Amendment to a Mutual Netting Agreement with Tractebel Energy 
Marketing, Inc., previously filed with the FERC under Docket No. ER99-
61-000, Service Agreement No. 259, effective 10/1/98 changing billing 
and payment terms.
    AVA requests waiver of the prior notice requirements and requests 
an effective date of March 1, 2000 for the amended terms for net 
billing of transactions.
    Notice of the filing has been served upon the following: Mr. Trey 
Nixon, Tractebel Energy Marketing, Inc., 1177 West Loop South, Suite 
800, Houston, TX 77027.
    Comment date: April 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

8. PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

[Docket No. ER00-1904-000]

    Take notice that on March 17, 2000, PPL Electric Utilities 
Corporation (PPL) filed a Service Agreement in substitution for the 
prior Service Agreement filed on July 14, 1999. The Service Agreement 
adds Edison Mission Marketing & Trading, Inc. (EMMT) as an eligible 
customer under the Tariff.
    PPL states that copies of this filing have been supplied to EMMT 
and to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
    Comment date: April 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

9. PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

[Docket No. ER00-1905-000]

    Take notice that on March 17, 2000, PPL Electric Utilities 
Corporation d/b/a PPL Utilities (formerly known as PP&L, Inc.) (PPL) 
filed a Service Agreement dated February 29, 2000, with The Detroit 
Edison Company (DEC) under PPL's Market-Based Rate and Resale of 
Transmission Rights Tariff, FERC Electric Tariff, Revised Volume No. 5. 
The Service Agreement adds DEC as an eligible customer under the 
Tariff.
    PPL requests an effective date of March 17, 2000 for the Service 
Agreement.
    PPL states that copies of this filing have been supplied to DEC and 
to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
    Comment date: April 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

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10. PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

[Docket No. ER00-1906-000]

    Take Notice that on March 17, 2000, PPL Electric Utilities 
Corporation d/b/a PPL Utilities (formerly known as PP&L, Inc.) (PPL) 
filed a Service Agreement dated February 16, 2000 with ONEOK Power 
Marketing Company (ONEOK) under PPL's Market-Based Rate and Resale of 
Transmission Rights Tariff, FERC Electric Tariff, Revised Volume No. 5. 
The Service Agreement adds ONEOK as an eligible customer under the 
Tariff.
    PPL requests an effective date of March 17, 2000 for the Service 
Agreement.
    PPL states that copies of this filing have been supplied to ONEOK 
and to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
    Comment date: April 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

11. PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

[Docket No. ER00-1907-000]

    Take notice that on March 17, 2000, PPL Electric Utilities 
Corporation d/b/a PPL Utilities (formerly known as PP&L, Inc.) (PPL) 
filed a Service Agreement dated March 6, 2000 with Citizens Power Sales 
LLC (Citizens) under PPL's Market-Based Rate and Resale of Transmission 
Rights Tariff, FERC Electric Tariff, Revised Volume No. 5. The Service 
Agreement adds Citizens as an eligible customer under the Tariff.
    PPL requests an effective date of March 17, 2000 for the Service 
Agreement.
    PPL states that copies of this filing have been supplied to 
Citizens and to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
    Comment date: April 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

12. Allegheny Energy Service Corporation on Behalf of Allegheny 
Energy Supply Company, LLC

[Docket No. ER00-1908-000]

    Take notice that on March 17, 2000, Allegheny Energy Service 
Corporation on behalf of Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC 
(Allegheny Energy Supply) filed Supplement No. 27 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 January 17, 2000 or on a date as 
determined by the Commission to El Paso Merchant Energy, 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: April 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

13. Allegheny Energy Service Corporation, on Behalf of Allegheny 
Energy Supply Company, LLC

[Docket No. ER00-1909-000]

    Take notice that on March 17, 2000, Allegheny Energy Service 
Corporation on behalf of Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC 
(Allegheny Energy Supply) filed Supplement No. 28 to add one (1) new 
Customer to the Market Rate Tariff under which Allegheny Energy Supply 
Company offers generation services; and filed Amendment No. 1 to 
Supplement No. 28 to incorporate a Netting Agreement with Tenaska Power 
Services Company into the tariff provisions.
    Allegheny Energy Supply requests a waiver of notice requirements to 
make service available as of January 31, 2000 to Tenaska Power Services 
Company and make the Netting Agreement effective as of March 13, 2000.
    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: April 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

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

[Docket No. ER00-1910-000]

    Take notice that on March 17, 2000, Allegheny Energy Service 
Corporation on behalf of Monongahela Power Company, The Potomac Edison 
Company and West Penn Power Company (Allegheny Power), filed Supplement 
No. 74 to add Statoil Energy Services, Inc. to Allegheny Power Open 
Access Transmission Service Tariff which has been accepted for filing 
by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Docket No. ER96-58-000.
    The proposed effective date under the Service Agreement is April 1, 
2000.
    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, and the West Virginia Public Service Commission.
    Comment date: April 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

15. South Carolina Electric & Gas Company

[Docket No. ER00-1911-000]

    Take notice that on March 17, 2000, South Carolina Electric & Gas 
Company (SCE&G) submitted a service agreement establishing Allegheny 
Energy Supply Company, LLC as a customer under the terms of SCE&G's 
Negotiated Market Sales Tariff.
    Copies of this filing were served upon Allegheny Energy Supply 
Company, LLC and the South Carolina Public Service Commission.
    Comment date: April 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

16. San Joaquin Cogen Limited

[Docket No. ER00-1912-000]

    Take notice that on March 17, 2000, San Joaquin Cogen Limited (San 
Joaquin), an Exempt Wholesale Generator that owns and operates a 49 MW 
gas-filed electric generation plant in Lathrop, California, tendered 
for filing a Power Purchase and Sale Agreement between San Joaquin and 
El Paso Merchant Energy, L.P.
    San Joaquin requests that the Agreement be permitted to become 
effective February 17, 2000.
    Comment date: April 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

17. Deseret Generation & Transmission Co-operative

[Docket No. ER00-1913-000]

    Take notice that on March 17, 2000, Deseret Generation & 
Transmission Co-operative, Inc. (Deseret), tendered for filing an 
executed umbrella non-firm point-to-point service agreement with 
American Electric Power Service Corporation, as agent for the utility 
subsidiaries of American Electric Power Company, Inc.(AEP) under its 
open access transmission tariff.
    Deseret requests a waiver of the Commission's notice requirements 
for an effective date of February 24, 2000.
    AEP has been provided a copy of this filing.

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

18. Deseret Generation & Transmission Co-operative

[Docket No. ER00-1914-000]

    Take notice that on March 17, 2000, Deseret Generation & 
Transmission Co-operative, Inc. (Deseret), tendered for filing an 
executed umbrella short-term firm point-to-point service agreement with 
American Electric Power Service Corporation, as agent for the utility 
subsidiaries of American Electric Power Company, Inc.(AEP) under its 
open access transmission tariff.
    Deseret requests a waiver of the Commission's notice requirements 
for an effective date of February 24, 2000.
    AEP has been provided a copy of this filing.
    Comment date: April 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

19. PECO Energy Company

[Docket No. ER00-1915-000]

    Take notice that on March 17, 2000, PECO Energy Company (PECO) 
filed under Section 205 of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. S 792 et 
seq., an Agreement dated March 16, 2000 with NRG Power Marketing, Inc. 
(NRGPM) under PECO's FERC Electric Tariff Original Volume No. 1 
(Tariff).
    PECO requests an effective date of March 20, 2000 for the 
Agreement.
    PECO states that copies of this filing have been supplied to NRG 
Power Marketing, Inc. and to the Pennsylvania Public Utility 
Commission.
    Comment date: April 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

20. New Century Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER00-1916-000]

    Take notice that on March 17, 2000, New Century Services, Inc. on 
behalf of Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power Company, Public Service 
Company of Colorado, and Southwestern Public Service Company (the 
Companies) tendered for filing a service agreement under their Joint 
Open Access Transmission Service Tariff for Firm Point-to-Point 
Transmission Service between the Companies and Public Service Company 
of Colorado--Wholesale Merchant Function.
    Comment date: April 7, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

21. Puget Sound Energy, Inc.

[Docket No. ER00-1926-000]

    Take notice that on March 9, 2000, Puget Sound Energy, Inc. filed a 
quarterly report for the quarter ended December 31, 1999.
    Comment date: April 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, 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. 00-7715 Filed 3-28-00; 8:45 am]
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