[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 204 (Monday, October 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53409-53410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26496]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER01-2799-000]


Poquonock River Funding, L.L.C.; Notice of Issuance of Order

October 16, 2001.
    Poquonock River Funding, L.L.C. (PRF) submitted for filing a rate 
schedule under which PRF will engage in wholesale electric power and 
energy transactions at market-based rates. PRF also requested waiver of 
various Commission regulations. In particular, PRF requested that the 
Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR part 34 of all future 
issuances of securities and assumptions of liability by PRF.
    On September 13, 2001, pursuant to delegated authority, the 
Director, OMTR/Tariffs and Rates-East, 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 PRF 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 to be heard in opposition within this period, PRF 
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

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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 PRF'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 October 30, 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). 
Comments, protests, and interventions may be filed electronically via 
the internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 
instructions on the Commission's web site at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-26496 Filed 10-19-01; 8:45 am]
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