[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 31 (Thursday, February 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6917-6919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3639]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER99-705-001, et al.]


Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc., et al.; Electric Rate 
and Corporate Regulation Filings

February 7, 2002.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission. Any comments should be submitted in accordance with 
Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

1. Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc.

[Docket No. ER99-705-001]

    Take notice that on January 31, 2002 Golden Spread Electric 
Cooperative, Inc. (Golden Spread) tendered for filing with the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) its triennial updated market 
analysis (Triennial Analysis) in accordance with the Commission's 
January 14, 1999 Order in Docket No. ER99-705-000, which authorized 
Golden Spread to sell power at market-based rates. Golden Spread also 
has filed a motion for leave to file its Triennial Analysis out-of-
time.
    Comment Date: February 21, 2002.

2. Puget Sound Energy, Inc.

[Docket No. ER99-845-003]

    Take notice that on January 29, 2002, Puget Sound Energy, Inc. 
(Puget) filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission its three-
year updated market analysis. Puget is an investor-owned public utility 
established and organized under the laws of the State of Washington, 
with its principal offices located in Bellevue, Washington. Puget 
engages in, among other things, generating, transmitting, and marketing 
electric power.
    Comment Date: February 19, 2002.

3. American Electric Power Service Corporation

[Docket No. ER01-2215-001]

    Take notice that on February 1, 2002, the American Electric Power 
Service Corporation (AEPSC) tendered for filing an executed amended 
Interconnection and Operation Agreement between Indiana Michigan Power 
Company and Duke Energy Vigo, LLC. The agreement is pursuant to the AEP 
Companies' Open Access Transmission Service Tariff (OATT) that has been 
designated as the Operating Companies of the American Electric Power 
System FERC Electric Tariff Second Revised Volume No. 6, effective June 
15, 2000.
    AEP requests an effective date of August 2, 2001. A copy of the 
filing was served upon the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission and 
the Michigan Public Service Commission.
    Comment Date: February 22, 2002.

4. GWF, LLC

[Docket Nos. ER02-42-002]

    Take notice that on January 29, 2002, GWF Energy LLC filed a refund 
report in compliance with the Commission's Order published at 97 FERC 
para. 61,297 (December 19, 2001) related to revenues collected prior to 
the Effective Date of the long-term power sales agreement between GWF 
Energy LLC and the California Department of Water Resources.
    Comment Date: February 19, 2002.

5. Split Rock Energy LLC

[Docket No. ER02-349-001]

    Take notice that on January 31, 2002, Split Rock Energy LLC 
submitted revised Pricing Methodology--Energy Transfer Pricing and 
Capacity Cost-Sharing Principles for Split Rock Energy LLC.
    Comment Date: February 21, 2002.

6. Southwestern Electric Power Company

[Docket No. ER02-381-001]

    Take notice that on January 31, 2002 Southwestern Electric Power 
Company (SWEPCO) submitted for filing in compliance with the 
requirements of the Commission's January 16, 2002 ``Order Accepting, as 
Modified, Restated Agreement'' in Docket No. ER02-381-000 revisions to 
the Restated and Amended Power Supply Agreement between SWEPCO and 
Northeast Texas Electric Cooperatives, Inc.
    SWEPCO states that a copy of this filing has been served on each 
person designated on the official service list in Docket No. ER02-381-
000 and the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
    Comment Date: February 21, 2002.

7. Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.

[Docket No. ER02-484-001]

    Take notice that on January 31, 2002, the Midwest Independent 
Transmission System Operator, Inc., (Midwest ISO) and the Midwest ISO 
Transmission Owners jointly submitted for filing a substitute page of 
the Midwest ISO Agreement regarding the implementation of the revenue 
distribution for revenues from the Regional Through and Out Rate 
surcharge. The substitute page states the percentages for revenue 
distribution without rounding to the next full percentage point.
    The Midwest ISO seeks waiver of the Commission's regulations, 18 
CFR 385.2010 (2001), with respect to service on all parties on the 
official service list in this proceeding. The Midwest ISO has 
electronically served a copy of this filing, with attachments, upon all 
Midwest ISO Members, Member representatives of Transmission Owners and 
Non-Transmission Owners, the Midwest ISO Advisory Committee 
participants, Policy Subcommittee participants, as well as all state 
commissions within the region. In addition, the filings has been 
electronically posted on the Midwest ISO's website at 
www.midwestiso.org under the heading ``Filings to FERC'' for other 
interested parties in this matter. The Midwest ISO will provide hard 
copies to any interested parties upon request.
    Comment Date: February 21, 2002.

8. The Dayton Power and Light Company

[Docket No. ER02-504-001]

    Take notice that on February 4, 2002, The Dayton Power and Light 
Company (Dayton) submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) service agreements establishing The Dayton Power & Light 
Company (Energy Services) as customers under the terms of Dayton's Open 
Access Transmission Tariff.
    Dayton requests an effective date of one day subsequent to this 
filing for the service agreements. Accordingly, Dayton requests waiver 
of the Commission's notice requirements. Copies of this filing were 
served upon Energy Services and the Public Utilities Commission of 
Ohio.
    Comment Date: February 25, 2002.

9. California Independent System Operator Corporation

[Docket No. ER02-599-001]

    Take notice that on January 30, 2002, the California Independent 
System

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Operator Corporation (ISO), submitted a revised informational filing as 
to its transmission Access Charge rates. The ISO states that the 
revised filing was necessary because Pacific Gas and Electric Company 
and San Diego Gas and Electric Company submitted revised data to the 
Commission which affects the Access Charge formula rates. The ISO has 
requested that the revised rates be effective as of January 1, 2002.
    The ISO states that this filing has been served the Public 
Utilities Commission of California, the California Energy Commission, 
the California Electricity Oversight Board, and all parties with 
effective Scheduling Coordinator Agreements under the ISO Tariff, as 
well as the parties listed on the Commission's service list.
    Comment Date: February 20, 2002.

10. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

[Docket No. ER02-729-001]

    Take notice that on January 29, 2002, Consolidated Edison Company 
of New York, Inc. (Con Edison) tendered for filing an amendment to its 
filing of a Supplement to its Rate Schedule FERC 117, an agreement to 
provide interconnection and transmission service to the Long Island 
Power Authority (LIPA).
    Con Edison states that a copy of this filing has been served by 
mail upon LIPA.
    Comment Date: February 19, 2002.

11. Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative, Inc.

[Docket No. ER02-791-001]

    Take notice that on January 29, 2002, Wolverine Power Supply 
Cooperative, Inc., amended its January 17, 2002 filing of four Amended 
and Consolidated Wholesale Power Contracts (Contract) between Wolverine 
Power Supply Cooperative, Inc. (Wolverine) and Cherryland Electric 
Cooperative (Cherryland), HomeWorks Tri-County Electric Cooperative 
(HomeWorks), Great Lakes Energy Cooperative (Great Lakes), Presque Isle 
Electric and Gas Co-op, Inc. (Presque Isle) by submitting attachments 
that were inadvertently excluded from the initial Contract filing. 
Wolverine requests an effective date of March 15, 2002 for these 
Contracts.
    Wolverine states that a copy of this filing has been served upon 
its member cooperatives: Cherryland Electric Cooperative, Great Lakes 
Energy, Presque Isle Electric & Gas Cooperative, HomeWorks Tri-County 
Electric Cooperative, Wolverine Power Marketing Cooperative, and the 
Michigan Public Service Commission.
    Comment Date: February 19, 2002.

12. Entergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER02-819-001]

    Take notice that on January 31, 2002, Entergy Services, Inc. 
(Entergy Services), on behalf of Entergy Arkansas, Inc (Entergy 
Arkansas), tendered for filing a substitute page to the First Revised 
Long-Term Market Rate Sales Agreement between Entergy Arkansas and City 
of Benton, Arkansas for the sale of power under Entergy Services' Rate 
Schedule SP.
    Comment Date: February 21, 2002.

13. Otter Tail Power Company

[Docket No. ER02-912-000]

    Take notice that on January 31, 2002 and as amended on February 4, 
2002, Otter Tail Power Company submitted corrections to its proposal to 
implement a Control Area Services and Operations Tariff and terminate 
its Open Access Transmission Tariff in order to accommodate the start-
up of Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. The 
corrections concern the table of contents to the Control Area Services 
and Operations Tariff, Attachments D-1 through D-4 of the Control Area 
Services and Operations Tariff, the service list, and the revised 
tariff sheets regarding the termination of the Open Access Transmission 
Tariff.
    Comment Date: February 25, 2002.

14. California Independent System Operator Corporation

[Docket No. ER02-922-000]

    Take notice that on January 31, 2002, the California Independent 
System Operator Corporation (ISO) submitted for filing Amendment No. 42 
to the ISO Tariff and on February 1, 2002 submitted an errata 
concerning Amendment No. 42. Amendment No. 42 would modify the Tariff 
to provide for the following: new provisions to facilitate 
participation in the ISO markets by eligible intermittent resources 
(e.g., wind); changes in the allocation for settlement Charge Type 487; 
Changes in the management of Intra-zonal Congestion; and Changes in the 
calculation of the Target Price for incremental and decremental 
Imbalance Energy bids. The ISO requests that each of these 
modifications be made effective April 1, 2002.
    The ISO has served copies of this filing upon the Public Utilities 
Commission of the State of California, the California Energy 
Commission, the California Electricity Oversight Board, and on all 
parties with effective Scheduling Coordinator Service Agreements under 
the ISO Tariff. In addition, the ISO is posting this filing on the 
ISO's Home Page.
    Comment Date: February 21, 2002.

15. Western Massachusetts Electric Company

[Docket No. ER02-959-000]

    Take notice that on February 4, 2002, Northeast Utilities Service 
Company (NUSCO), on behalf of its affiliate, Western Massachusetts 
Electric Company (WMECO), filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission) an executed Supplement No. 1 to Interconnection 
and Operation Agreement (Supplement) dated December 10, 2001, between 
WMECO and Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc. (CEE) that establishes the 
terms and conditions under which certain modifications will be made to 
the existing interconnection facilities between WMECO transmission and 
distribution system and CEEI's West Springfield Station, located in 
West Springfield, Massachusetts. The Supplement relates to WMECO's Rate 
Schedule FERC No. 432.
    NUSCO states that a copy of this filing has been mailed to CEEI, 
and that CEEI consents to and supports its filing. NUSCO and CEEI 
request expedited acceptance of the Supplement, and further request 
that the Supplement be permitted to become effective on December 10, 
2001, or as soon thereafter as the Commission permits.
    Comment Date: February 25, 2002.

16. Progress Energy on Behalf of Carolina Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER02-960-000]

    Take notice that on February 4, 2002, Carolina Power & Light 
Company (CP&L) tendered for filing a Service Agreement for Firm Point-
to-Point Transmission Service with Central Power & Lime, Inc. Service 
to this Eligible Customer will be in accordance with the terms and 
conditions of the Open Access Transmission Tariff filed on behalf of 
CP&L.
    CP&L is requesting an effective date of February 1, 2002 for this 
Service Agreement. A copy of the filing was served upon the North 
Carolina Utilities Commission, the South Carolina Public Service 
Commission and the Florida Public Service Commission.
    Comment Date: February 25, 2002.

17. California Independent System Operator Corporation

[Docket No. ER02-961-000]

    Take notice that on February 4, 2002, the California Independent 
System Operator Corporation (ISO) submitted for Commission filing and 
acceptance

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an amendment (Amendment No. 2) to the Utility Distribution Company 
Operating Agreement (UDC Operating Agreement) between the ISO and the 
City of Pasadena, California, as well as the revised UDC Operating 
Agreement incorporating the terms of Amendment No. 2 to the UDC 
Operating Agreement. The ISO requests that the filing be made effective 
as of January 9, 2002. The ISO requests privileged treatment, pursuant 
to 18 CFR 388.112, with regard to portions of the filing.
    The ISO has served copies of this filing upon the City of Pasadena, 
California, the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California, 
and all parties in Docket Nos. ER99-3619 and ER01-967.
    Comment Date: February 25, 2002.

18. Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., a Division of MDU Resources 
Group, Inc.

[Docket No. ER02-962-000]

    Take notice that on February 4, 2002, Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. 
a Division of MDU Resources Group, Inc. filed a proposal to cancel 
parts of its Open Access Transmission Tariff and submitted an executed 
service agreement with the Midwest ISO for generation related ancillary 
services. Such cancellation is proposed in order to accommodate the 
start-up of Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. Open 
Access Transmission Tariff administration.
    Comment Date: February 25, 2002.

19. Kansas Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ES02-22-000]

    Take notice that on January 30, 2002, Kansas Gas and Electric 
Company submitted an application pursuant to section 204 of the Federal 
Power Act seeking authorization to (1) issue not more than $1.0 billion 
in short-term or medium-term securities, and (2) pledge first mortgage 
bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1.0 billion to 
secure such short-term and medium-term indebtedness.
    Comment Date: February 28, 2002.

20. Western Resources, Inc.

[Docket No. ES02-23-000]

    Take notice that on January 30, 2002, Western Resources, Inc. 
(Western) submitted an application pursuant to section 204 of the 
Federal Power Act seeking authorization to (1) issue not more than $1.5 
billion in short-term or medium-term securities, and (2) pledge first 
mortgage bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1.5 
billion to secure such short-term and medium-term indebtedness.
    Western also requests a waiver of the Commission's competitive 
bidding and negotiated placement requirements at 18 CFR 34.2.
    Comment Date: February 28, 2002.

Standard Paragraph

    E. Any person desiring to be heard or to protest such filing 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). All such motions or 
protests should be filed on or before the comment date. Protests will 
be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action 
to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the 
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a motion to 
intervene. Copies of this filing are on file with the Commission and 
are available for public inspection. This filing may also be viewed on 
the web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``RIMS'' link, select 
``Docket#'' and follow the instructions (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 
under the ``e-Filing'' link.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-3639 Filed 2-13-02; 8:45 am]
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