[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 227 (Friday, November 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 70560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29891]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket Nos. FE C&E 00-29, C&E 00-30 and C&E 00-31; Certification 
Notice-192]


Office of Fossil Energy; Notice of Filings of Coal Capability of 
Rumford Power Associates, L.P., Tiverton Power Associates, L.P. and Los 
Medanos Energy Center, LLC Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of filing.

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SUMMARY: Rumford Power Associates, L.P., Tiverton Power Associates, 
L.P. and Los Medanos Energy Center, 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 
accordance with section 201(d).

    Owner: Rumford Power Associates, L.P. (C&E 00-29).
    Operator: Energy Management, Inc.
    Location: Rumford, Maine.
    Plant Configuration: Combined-cycle.
    Capacity: 267 MW.
    Fuel: Natural gas.
    Purchasing Entities: Sold to the regional grid as a merchant plant.
    In-Service Date: October 2000.

    Owner: Tiverton Power Associates, L.P. (C&E 00-30).
    Operator: Energy Management, Inc.
    Location: Tiverton, Rhode Island.
    Plant Configuration: Combined-cycle.
    Capacity: 267 MW.
    Fuel: Natural gas.
    Purchasing Entities: Sold to the regional grid as a merchant plant.
    In-Service Date: August, 2000.

    Owner: Los Medanos Energy Center, LLC (C&E 00-31).
    Operator: Calpine Corporation.
    Location; Contra Costa County, CA.
    Plant Configuration: Combined-cycle.
    Capacity: 508 MW.
    Fuel: Natural gas.
    Purchasing Entities: To be sold on a merchant basis under power 
purchase agreements.
    In-Service Date: July 8, 2001.

    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. 00-29891 Filed 11-22-00; 8:45 am]
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