[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30678-30679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11241]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER02-557-001, et al.]


Reliant Energy Desert Basin, LLC, et al.; Electric Rate and 
Corporate Regulation Filings

April 30, 2002.
    The following filings have been made with the Commission. The 
filings are listed in ascending order within each docket 
classification.

1. Reliant Energy Desert Basin, LLC

[Docket No. ER02-557-001]

    Take notice that on April 24, 2002, pursuant to the Letter Order 
issued March 29, 2002 in the captioned docket, Reliant Energy Desert 
Basin, LLC tendered for filing a long-term service agreement under its 
market-based rate tariff, with the service agreement designated as 
required by Order No. 614.

Comment Date: May 15, 2002.

2. Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.

[Docket No. ER02-1422-001]

    Take notice that on April 16, 2002, the Midwest Independent 
Transmission System Operator, Inc. ( the Midwest ISO) tendered for 
filing corrections to certain errata contained in the Joint Open Access 
Transmission Tariff for the Midwest Independent Transmission System 
Operator, Inc for the Transmission System (Michigan), FERC Electric 
Tariff, Original Volume No. 2, which was filed on March 29, 2002, in 
the above referenced docket.
    The Midwest ISO has electronically served copies of its 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 
filing 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.
Comment Date: May 13, 2002.

3. Reliant Energy Aurora, LP, Reliant Energy Coolwater, LLC, 
Reliant Energy Desert Basin, LLC, Reliant Energy Ellwood, LLC, 
Reliant Energy Etiwanda, LLC, Reliant Energy Indian River, LLC, 
Reliant Energy Mandalay, LLC, Reliant Energy Maryland Holdings, 
LLC, Reliant Energy Mid-Atlantic Power Holdings, LLC, Reliant 
Energy New Jersey Holdings, LLC, Reliant Energy Ormond Beach, LLC, 
Reliant Energy Osceola, LLC, Reliant Energy Services, Inc., Reliant 
Energy Shelby County, LP, El Dorado Energy, LLC, Astoria Generating 
Company, L.P., Carr Street Generating Station, L.P., Erie Boulevard 
Hydropower, L.P., Liberty Electric Power, LLC, Orion Power MidWest, 
L.P., Twelvepole Creek, LLC

[Docket No. ER02-1635-000]

    Take notice that on April 22, 2002, Astoria Generating Company, 
L.P., Carr Street Generating Station, L.P., Erie

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Boulevard Hydropower, L.P., Liberty Electric Power, LLC, Orion Power 
MidWest, L.P., and Twelvepole Creek, LLC (collectively, the Orion 
Entities) tendered for filing pursuant to Section 205 of the Federal 
Power Act, and Part 35 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's 
(Commission) regulations, 18 CFR 35 revised market-based rate tariffs 
in connection with the recent merger of Reliant Energy Power Generation 
Merger Sub, Inc. (Merger Sub) and the Orion Entities' parent company, 
Orion Power Holdings, Inc. (Orion Power). In addition, Reliant Energy 
Aurora, LP, Reliant Energy Coolwater, LLC, Reliant Energy Desert Basin, 
LLC, Reliant Energy Ellwood, LLC, Reliant Energy Etiwanda, LLC, Reliant 
Energy Indian River, LLC, Reliant Energy Mandalay, LLC, Reliant Energy 
Maryland Holdings, LLC, Reliant Energy Mid-Atlantic Power Holdings, 
LLC, Reliant Energy New Jersey Holdings, LLC, Reliant Energy Ormond 
Beach, LLC, Reliant Energy Osceola, LLC, Reliant Energy Services, Inc., 
Reliant Energy Shelby County, LP and El Dorado Energy, LLC 
(collectively, the Reliant Affiliates), amended their market-based rate 
tariffs to remove restrictions applicable only while the merger of 
Merger Sub and Orion Power was pending.
    The Reliant Affiliates and the Orion Entities request waiver of the 
prior notice requirements of Section 35.3 of the Commission's 
regulations, 18 CFR 35.3, to permit their filing to become effective 
February 19, 2002.

Comment Date: May 13, 2002.

4. LG&E Capital Corporation

[Docket No. ER02-1636-000]

    Take notice that on April 24, 2002, LG&E Capital Corporation 
tendered for filing a Notice of Cancellation pursuant to 18 CFR 35.15 
in order to reflect the cancellation of its Market Rate Tariff, 
designated as FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 1, originally 
accepted for filing in Docket No. ER99-2108-000.
Comment Date: May 15, 2002.

5. California Independent System Operator Corporation

[Docket No. ER02-1637-000]

    Take notice that on April 24, 2002, the California Independent 
System Operator Corporation (ISO) submitted for filing Amendment No. 43 
to the ISO Tariff. Amendment No. 43 would modify Section 11.2.4.1 of 
the ISO Tariff such that, through September 30, 2002, the ISO will 
settle Energy imported into the ISO Control Area by Scheduling 
Coordinators for each BEEP interval during the operating hour at the 
ISO Instructed Imbalance Energy Market Clearing Price. The ISO requests 
that these modifications be made effective immediately upon Commission 
approval.
    The proposed modification will make participation in the ISO Real 
Time Market more attractive for importers of Energy.
    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 ISOs 
Home Page.
Comment Date: May 15, 2002.

6. New England Power Pool

[Docket No. OA97-237-012]

    Take notice that on April 24, 2002, the New England Power Pool 
(NEPOOL) Participants Committee and ISO New England Inc. (ISO-NE) have 
jointly filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) for acceptance, materials reflecting compliance with the 
requirement of a certain settlement agreement approved by the 
Commission by order dated July 30, 1999, New England Power Pool, 88 
FERC para. 61,140, that an audit of the charges for regional network 
service (RNS) under the formula rate provisions of the NEPOOL Tariff 
for charges in effect for the NEPOOL rate years June 1, 1997 through 
May 31, 2000 be performed by or under the direction of ISO-NE, and that 
the results of that audit be submitted to the Commission as an 
informational filing.
    The Participants Committee states that copies of these materials 
were sent to the New England state governors and regulatory 
commissions, the NEPOOL Participants and to the parties who executed 
the settlement agreement.

Comment Date: May 24, 2002.

7. Avista Corporation; Bonneville Power Administration; Idaho Power 
Company; The Montana Power Company; Nevada Power Company; 
PacifiCorp; Portland General Electric Company; Puget Sound Energy, 
Inc.; Sierra Pacific Power Company

[Docket No. RT01-35-007]

    Take notice that on April 22, 2002, Avista Corporation, the 
Bonneville Power Administration, Idaho Power Company, Nevada Power 
Company, NorthWestern Energy, L.L.C. (formerly the Montana Power 
Company), PacifiCorp, Portland General Electric Company, Puget Sound 
Energy, Inc., and Sierra Pacific Power Company, joined by British 
Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, a nonjurisdictional Canadian 
utility, (collectively, the filing utilities) filed with the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission (the Commission), an Errata Filing 
Relating to Stage 2 Filing and Request For Declaratory Order Pursuant 
to Order 2000. This filing corrects certain errors in the Stage 2 
Filing and Request for Declaratory Order Pursuant to Order 2000, 
submitted to the Commission on March 29, 2002.

Comment Date: May 30, 2002.

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    E. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing 
should file 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). 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. All such motions or protests 
should be filed on or before the comment date, and, to the extent 
applicable, must be served on the applicant and on any other person 
designated on the official service list. This filing is available for 
review at the Commission or may be viewed on the Commission's web site 
at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``RIMS'' link, select ``Docket #'' and 
follow the instructions (call 202-208-2222 for assistance). 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-11241 Filed 5-6-02; 8:45 am]
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