[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70335-70336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29890]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. FE C&E 00-32; Certification Notice--193]


Office of Fossil Energy; Notice of Filing of Coal Capability of 
Jackson County Power, LLC, Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Filing.

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SUMMARY: Jackson County Power, LLC submitted a coal capability self-
certification 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.

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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 owner/operator of the proposed new baseload 
powerplant has filed a self-certification in accordance with section 
201(d).
    Owner: Jackson County Power, LLC (C&E 00-33).
    Operator: An indirect subsidiary of Cogentrix Energy, Inc.
    Location: Jackson County, OH.
    Plant Configuration: Combined-cycle.
    Capacity: 1,070 MW.
    Fuel: Natural gas.
    Purchasing Entities: Power marketer.
    In-Service Date: June 1, 2003.

    Issued in Washington, DC, November 16, 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. 00-29890 Filed 11-21-00; 8:45 am]
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