[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 122 (Friday, June 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39137-39138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15908]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket Nos. FE C&E 00-11, C&E 00-12 and C&E 00-13 Certification 
Notice--187]


Office of Fossil Energy; Notice of Filings of Coal Capability of 
Newington Energy, LLC, Lakefield Junction, L.P and Ouachita Power, LLC 
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.

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ACTION: Notice of filing.

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SUMMARY: Newington Energy, LLC, Lakefield Junction, L.P and Ouachita 
Power, LLC submitted coal capability self-certifications 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 base load 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 owners/operators of the 
proposed new baseload powerplants have filed a self-certification in 
acccordance with section 201(d).

Owner: Newington Energy, LLC (C&E 00-11).
Operator: Newington Energy, LLC.
Location: Newington, NH.
Plant Configuration: Combined-cycle.
Capacity: 525 MW.
Fuel: Natural gas.
Purchasing entities: The New England wholesale market.
In-Service date: May 2002.

Owner: Lakefield Junction, L.P. (C&E 00-12).
Operator: Lakefield Junction, L.P.
Location: Martin County, Minnesota.
Plant configuration: Simple-cycle combustion turbines.
Capacity: 534 MW.
Fuel: Natural gas.
Purchasing entities: Great River Energy.
In-Service date: June 2001.

Owner: Ouachita Power, LLC (C&E 00-13).
Operator: Indirect subsidiary of Cogentrix Energy, Inc.
Location: Sterlington, Louisiana.
Plant configuration: Combined-cycle.
Capacity: 800 MW.
Fuel: Natural gas.
Purchasing entities: A power marketer.
In-Service date: July 1, 2002.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., June 19, 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. 00-15908 Filed 6-22-00; 8:45 am]
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