[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68986-68987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29173]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER00-3454-000, ER00-3454-001]


Duke Power, a Division of Duke Energy Corporation; Notice of 
Issuance of Order

November 7, 2000.
    Duke Power, a Division of Duke Energy Corporation (Duke Power) 
submitted for filing a rate schedule under which Duke Power will engage 
in wholesale electric power and energy transactions at market-based 
rates. Duke Power also requested waiver of various Commission 
regulations. In particular, Duke Power requested that the Commission 
grant blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future issuances of 
securities and assumptions of liability by Duke Power.
    On October 24, 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 Power 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 Power 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 the applicant, 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 Power'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 November 24, 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

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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. 00-29173 Filed 11-14-00; 8:45 am]
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