[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 113 (Monday, June 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36892-36893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14712]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER00-2299-000]


Consumers Energy Company; Notice of Issuance of Order

June 6, 2000.
    Consumers Energy Company (Consumers Energy) submitted for filing a 
rate schedule under which Consumers Energy will engage in wholesale 
electric power and energy transactions as a marketer. Consumers Energy 
also requested waiver of various Commission regulations. In particular, 
Consumers Energy requested that the Commission grant blanket approval 
under 18 CFR part 34 of all future issuances of securities and 
assumptions of liability by Consumers Energy.
    On June 1, 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 Consumers Energy 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, Consumers Energy 
is 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 Consumers 
Energy, and compatible with the public interest, and is reasonably 
necessary or appropriate for such purposes.

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    The Commission reserves the right to require a further showing that 
neither public nor private interests will be adversely affected by 
continued approval of Consumers Energy'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 July 3, 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).

Lindwood A. Watson, Jr.
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-14712 Filed 6-9-00; 8:45 am]
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