[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 243 (Monday, December 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 79097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32131]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER01-434-000]


Wisconsin Public Service Corporation; Notice of Issuance of Order

December 12, 2000.
    Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPSC) submitted for filing a 
rate schedule under which WPSC will engage in wholesale electric power 
and energy transactions at market-based rates. WPSC also requested 
waiver of various Commission regulations. In particular, WPSC requested 
that the Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 34 of all 
future issuances of securities and assumptions of liability by WPSC.
    On December 7, 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 WPSC 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, WPSC 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 WPSC'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 January 8, 2001.
    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).

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-32131 Filed 12-15-00; 8:45 am]
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