[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14366-14367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6054]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket Nos. FE C&E 01-48, C&E 01-49, C&E 01-50 and C&E 01-51, 
Certification Notice--197]


Office of Fossil Energy; Notice of Filings of Coal Capability of 
GenPower McIntosh, LLC, FPLE Rhode Island State Energy, L.P., Freestone 
Power Generation, L.P., and Carville Energy, LLC, Powerplant and 
Industrial Fuel Use Act

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of filing.

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SUMMARY: GenPower McIntosh, LLC, FPLE Rhode Island State Energy, L.P., 
Freestone Power Generation, L.P., and Carville Energy, 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: GenPower McIntosh, LLC, (C&E 01-48).
    Operator: General Electric International, Inc.
    Location: Effingham County, Georgia.
    Plant Configuration: Combined-cycle.
    Capacity: 529 MW.
    Fuel: Natural gas.
    Purchasing Entities: Wholesale power market.
    In-Service Date: January 2004.

    Owner: Rhode Island State Energy Partners, L.P., (C&E 01-49).
    Operator: FPLE Rhode Island State Energy, L.P.
    Location: Johnston, Rhode Island.
    Plant Configuration: Combined-cycle.
    Capacity: 535 MW.
    Fuel: Natural gas.
    Purchasing Entities: The New England wholesale energy market..
    In-Service Date: July 1, 2002.

    Owner: Freestone Power Generation, L.P., (C&E 01-50).
    Operator: Freestone Power Generation, L.P.
    Location: Freestone County, Texas.
    Plant Configuration: Combined-cycle.
    Capacity: 1,050 MW.
    Fuel: Natural gas.

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    Purchasing Entities: Calpine Energy Services, L.P. and other 
wholesale purchasers.
    In-Service Date: May 1, 2002.

    Owner: Carville Energy LLC, (C&E 01-51).
    Operator: Calpine Central, L.P.
    Location: Carville, Louisiana.
    Plant Configuration: Combined-cycle.
    Capacity: 508 MW.
    Fuel: Natural gas.
    Purchasing Entities: Wholesale market.
    In-Service Date: June 2002.

    Issued in Washington, DC, February 28, 2001.
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. 01-6054 Filed 3-9-01; 8:45 am]
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