[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9565-9566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3255]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER01-205-000 and ER01-205-001]


Xcel Energy Services, Inc.; Notice of Issuance of Order

February 2, 2001.
    Xcel Energy Services, Inc. (Xcel) submitted for filing a rate 
schedule under which Xcel will engage in wholesale electric power and 
energy transactions at market-based rates. Xcel also requested waiver 
of various Commission regulations. In particular, Xcel requested that 
the Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 34 of all 
future issuances of securities and assumptions of liability by Xcel.
    On January 30, 2001, 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 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 Xcel 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, Xcel 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 Xcel'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 March 1, 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

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http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 for 
assistance).

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-3255 Filed 2-7-01; 8:45 am]
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