[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 93 (Friday, May 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 30580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11926]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER00-1783-000, et al.]


Duke Energy Vermillion, LLC and Duke Energy Madison, LLC; Notice 
of Issuance of Order

May 8, 2000.
    Duke Energy Vermillion, LLC (Duke Vermillion) and Duke Energy 
Madison, LLC (Duke Madison) submitted for filing rate schedules under 
which Duke Vermillion and Duke Madison will engage in wholesale 
electric power and energy transactions as marketers. Duke Vermillion 
and Duke Madison also requested waiver of various Commission 
regulations. In particular, Duke Vermillion and Duke Madison requested 
the Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR part 34 of all 
future issuances of securities and assumptions of liability by Duke 
Vermillion or Duke Madison.
    On May 4, 2000, pursuant to delegated authority, the Director, 
Division of Corporate Applications, Office of Markets, Tariffs and 
Rates, granted requests for blanket approval under Part 34, subject to 
the following:
    Within thirty days of the date of the order, any person desiring to 
be heard or to protest the blanket approval of issuances of securities 
or assumptions of liability by Duke Vermillion or Duke Madison 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).
    Absent a request for hearing within this period, Duke Vermillion 
and Duke Madison are authorized to issue securities and assume 
obligations or liabilities as a guarantor, indorser, surety, or 
otherwise in respect of any security of another person; provided that 
such issuance or assumption is for some lawful object within the 
corporate purposes of the applicants, and compatible with the public 
interest, and is reasonably necessary or appropriate for such purposes.
    The Commission reserves the right to require a further showing that 
neither public nor private interests will be adversely affected by 
continued approval of Duke Vermillion's or Duke Madison's issuances of 
securities or assumptions of liability.
    Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing motions to 
intervene or protests, as set forth above, is June 5, 2000.
    Copies of the full text of the Order are available from the 
Commission's Public Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, 
DC 20426. The Order 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. 00-11926 Filed 5-11-00; 8:45 am]
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