[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39966-39969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14574]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EG02-137-000, et al.]


GNE, LLC, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings

June 4, 2002.
    The following filings have been made with the Commission. The 
filings are listed in ascending order within each docket 
classification.

1. GNE, LLC

[Docket No. EG02-137-000]

    Take notice that on May 30, 2002, GNE, LLC, located at 1024 Central 
Street, Millinocket, Maine, 04462, filed with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (Commission) an application for determination of 
exempt wholesale generator status pursuant to Part 365 of the 
Commission's regulations.
    GNE, LLC is a Delaware limited liability company that will own and 
operate six hydroelectric plants located at or near Berlin, New 
Hampshire with a total nameplate capacity of approximately 30 megawatts 
and certain undivided joint ownership interests in several transmission 
interconnection components that will be part of the eligible facility. 
GNE, LLC states it will be engaged directly and exclusively in the 
business of owning and operating all or part of one or more eligible 
facilities and selling electric energy at wholesale.
    Comment Date: June 25, 2002.

2. Ocean Peaking Power, L.P.

[Docket No. EG02-138-000]

    Take notice that on May 29, 2002, Ocean Peaking Power, L.P. (the 
Applicant), a limited partnership with its principal place of business 
at 111 Broadway, New York, NY 10006, filed with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (Commission) an application for determination of 
exempt wholesale generator status pursuant to Part 365 of the 
Commission's regulations.
    The Applicant proposes to construct, own and operate a natural gas-
fired, simple cycle power plant to be located in the town of Lakewood, 
New Jersey. The proposed power plant will ultimately have a nominally 
rated generating capacity of approximately 500 MW, although at 
commencement of commercial operations it will have a nominally rated 
generating capacity of approximately 333 MW. The power plant is 
expected to commence commercial operation in January 2003. All capacity 
and energy from the power plant will be sold exclusively at wholesale.
    Comment Date: June 25, 2002

3. Buchanan Generation, LLC

[Docket No. EG02-139-000]

    Take notice that on May 30, 2002, Buchanan Generation, LLC 
(Buchanan), filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) an application for determination of exempt wholesale 
generator status pursuant to Part 365 of the Commission's regulations.
    Buchanan, a Virginia limited liability company whose members are 
Buchanan Energy Company of Virginia, LLC and CONSOL Energy Inc., states 
that it is constructing 88 MW of natural gas-fired generation in 
Buchanan County, Virginia.
    Comment Date: June 25, 2002.

4. Sierra Pacific Power Company

[Docket No. ER02-254-002]

    Take notice that on May 29, 2002, Sierra Pacific Power Company 
tendered for filing its compliance filing making the changes to the 
executed Interconnection and Operation Agreement between Sierra Pacific 
Power Company and Duke Energy Washoe, LLC required by the Commission's 
April 30th Order in this docket.
    Comment Date: June 19, 2002.

5. Midwest Independent Transmission System operator, Inc.

[Docket No. ER02-947-002]

    Take notice that on May 29, 2002, the Midwest Independent 
Transmission System Operator, Inc. (Midwest ISO) tendered for filing, 
in compliance with the Order of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission) in Midwest Independent Transmission System 
Operator Inc., 99 FERC ] 61,112 (2002) and pursuant to Section 205 of 
the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 USC 824d (2000) and Section 385.205 of 
the Commission's regulations, 18 CFR 385.205 (2001), proposed revisions 
to Attachment T of the Midwest ISO's Open Access Transmission Tariff, 
FERC Electric Tariff, First Revised Volume No. 1.
    Pursuant to the Commission's regulations, 18 CFR 385.2010 (2001), 
the Midwest ISO has served this filing on

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all parties on the official service list in this proceeding. In 
addition, 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 filing has been electronically posted on the Midwest 
ISO's Web site 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: June 19, 2002.

6. American Electric Power Service Corporation

[Docket No. ER02-1904-000]

    Take notice that on May 24, 2002, the American Electric Power 
Service Corporation (AEPSC) tendered for filing four Service 
Agreements, which include Service Agreements for new customers and 
replacement Service Agreements for existing customers under the AEP 
Companies' Power Sales Tariffs. The Power Sales Tariffs were accepted 
for filing effective October 10, 1997 and have been designated AEP 
Operating Companies' FERC Electric Tariff Original Volume No. 5 
(Wholesale Tariff of the AEP Operating Companies) and FERC Electric 
Tariff Original Volume No. 8, effective January 8, 1998 in Docket No. 
ER98-542-000 (Market-Based Rate Power Sales tariff of the CSW Operating 
Companies) AEPSC respectfully requests waiver of notice to permit the 
attached Service Agreements to be made effective on or prior to May 1, 
2002.
    A copy of the filing was served upon the Parties and the State 
Utility Regulatory Commissions of Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, 
Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and 
West Virginia.
    Comment Date: June 14, 2002.

7. UAE Mecklenburg Cogeneration LP

[Docket No. ER02-1902-000]

    Take notice that on May 24, 2002, UAE Mecklenburg Cogeneration LP 
tendered for filing an application for authorization to sell energy, 
capacity and ancillary services at market-based rates pursuant to 
section 205 of the Federal Power Act.
    Comment Date: June 14, 2002.

8. FPL Energy Marcus Hook, L.P.

[Docket No. ER02-1903-000]

    Take notice that on May 24, 2002, FPL Energy Marcus Hook, L.P. 
tendered for filing an application for authorization to sell energy, 
capacity and ancillary services at market-based rates pursuant to 
section 205 of the Federal Power Act.
    Comment Date: June 14, 2002.

9. New England Power Pool

[Docket No. ER02-1905-000]

    Take notice that on May 24, 2002, the New England Power Pool 
(NEPOOL) Participants Committee tendered for filing with the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) two Service Agreements for 
Non-Firm Through or Out Service pursuant to Section 205 of the Federal 
Power Act and 18 CFR 35.12 of the Commission's regulations.
    Acceptance of these Service Agreements will recognize the provision 
of Non-Firm Through or Out Service to South Eastern Electric 
Development Corporation Development Corporation and South Eastern 
Generating Corporation in accordance with the provisions of the NEPOOL 
Open Access Transmission Tariff, as amended and supplemented. In each 
case, an effective date of July 1, 2002 for commencement of 
transmission service has been requested. Copies of this filing were 
sent to all NEPOOL members, the New England public utility 
commissioners and all parties to the transactions.
    Comment Date: June 14, 2002.

10. The Connecticut Light and Power Company

[Docket No. ER02-1906-000]

    Take notice that on May 28, 2002, Northeast Utilities Service 
Company (NUSCO), on behalf of its affiliate, The Connecticut Light and 
Power Company (CL&P), filed an executed Engineering, Licensing, 
Construction, Interconnection and Equipment Removal Agreement--
Waterside Power Temporary Emergency Generation by and between CL&P and 
Waterside Power, L.L.C. (Waterside), designated as Original Service 
Agreement No. 92 (Service Agreement) under Northeast Utilities System 
Companies' Open Access Transmission Tariff (Tariff No. 9). The Service 
Agreement is a new agreement establishing the terms and conditions 
under which an emergency gas turbine electrical generating facility 
being constructed by Waterside in Stamford, Connecticut will be 
temporarily interconnected to CL&P's transmission system.
    NUSCO states that a copy of this filing has been mailed to 
Waterside, and that Waterside fully consents to and supports this 
filing. NUSCO and Waterside request an effective date for the Service 
Agreement of June 1, 2002, and request any waivers of the Commission's 
regulations that may be necessary to permit such an effective date.
    Comment Date: June 18, 2002.

11. Allegheny Energy Service Corporation, on behalf of Monongahela 
Power Company The Potomac Edison Company, and West Penn Power Company 
(Allegheny Power)

[Docket No. ER02-1907-000]

    Take notice that on May 28, 2002, Allegheny Energy Service 
Corporation on behalf of Monongahela Power Company, The Potomac Edison 
Company and West Penn Power Company (Allegheny Power), submitted a 
Notice of Cancellation of service agreements with Customers under 
Allegheny Power's Open Access TransmissionService Tariff. Allegheny 
Power has requested a waiver of notice to allow the cancellation to be 
effective as of April 1, 2002.
    Copies of the filing have been provided to the Public Utilities 
Commission of Ohio, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the 
Maryland Public Service Commission, the Virginia State Corporation 
Commission, and the West Virginia Public Service Commission.
    Comment Date: June 18, 2002.

12. Progress Energy Inc. on behalf of Progress Ventures, Inc.

[Docket No. ER02-1908-000]

    Take notice that on May 28, 2002, Progress Ventures, Inc. (Progress 
Ventures) tendered for filing executed Service Agreements between 
Progress Ventures and the following eligible buyers, Effingham County 
Power, LLC, Rowan County Power, LLC and MPC Generating, LLC. Service to 
these eligible buyers will be in accordance with the terms and 
conditions of Progress Ventures Market-Based Rates Tariff, FERC 
Electric Tariff No. 1.
    Progress Ventures requests an effective date of May 1, 2002 for 
each Service Agreement. Copies of the filing were served upon the North 
Carolina Utilities Commission, the South Carolina Public Service 
Commission, the Florida Public Service Commission and the Georgia 
Public Service Commission.
    Comment Date: June 18, 2002.

13. New England Power Pool

[Docket No. ER02-1909-000]

    Take notice that on May 28, 2002, the New England Power Pool 
(NEPOOL)

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Participants Committee submitted the Eighty-Fifth Agreement Amending 
New England Power Pool Agreement (the Eighty-Fifth Agreement), which 
proposes to add a Financial Assurance Policy for Non-Participant FTR 
(Financial Transmission Right) Customers, which is Attachment O to the 
NEPOOL Tariff. This Financial Assurance Policy would complement the 
implementation of NEPOOL's FTR markets, projected to occur later this 
year.
    The NEPOOL Participants Committee states that copies of these 
materials were sent to the NEPOOL Participants, Non-Participant 
Transmission Customers and the New England state governors and 
regulatory commissions.
    Comment Date: June 18, 2002.

14. Arizona Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER02-1910-000]

    Take notice that on May 28, 2002, Arizona Public Service Company 
(APS) tendered for filing additions to several Interconnection and 
Operating Agreements under its Open Access Transmission Tariff.
    A copy of this filing has been served on Pinnacle West Energy, 
Reliant Energy Desert Basin, LLC, the Western Electricity Coordinating 
Council and the Arizona Corporation Commission.
    Comment Date: June 18, 2002.

15. Allegheny Power

[Docket No. ER02-1911-000]

    Take notice that on May 24, 2002, West Penn Power Company, 
Monongahela Power Company and The Potomac Edison Company, all doing 
business as Allegheny Power filed requisite copies of executed 
Transition Services Agreements between Allegheny Power and the City of 
New Martinsville, West Virginia, The City of Philippi, West Virginia 
and Harrison Rural Electrification Association. These should be 
substituted for the unexecuted versions contained in the original 
filing filed on March 28, 2002. Allegheny Power recites that the 
Transition Services Agreements are needed to implement the PJM West 
arrangements and divide responsibility for the PJM bill between the 
customers and Allegheny Power.
    Comment Date: June 14, 2002.

16. Entergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER02-1912-000]

    Take notice that on May 28, 2002, Entergy Services, Inc., on behalf 
of Entergy Gulf States, Inc. (Entergy Gulf States), tendered for filing 
six copies of a Notice of Termination of the Interconnection and 
Operating Agreement and Generator Imbalance Agreement between Entergy 
Gulf States and Calcasieu Development Company, L.L.C.
    Comment Date: June 18, 2002.

17. Nevada Power Company

[Docket No. ER02-1913-000]

    Take notice that on May 29, 2002, Nevada Power Company tendered for 
filing an unexecuted Interconnection and Operation Agreement between 
Nevada Power Company and GenWest, LLC.
    Comment Date: June 19, 2002.

18. Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company

[Docket No. ER02-1914-000]

    Take notice that on May 29, 2002, Southern Indiana Gas & Electric 
Company (SIGECO), tendered for filing an executed Service Agreement for 
Generator-Related Ancillary Services between SIGECO and Midwest 
Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. (Midwest ISO) under 
SIGECO's FERC Electric Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 3.
    SIGECO respectfully requests that the Service Agreement become 
effective on February 1, 2002, the date service commenced and the date 
upon which the Commission has previously made the Service Agreement 
effective in Docket No. ER02-997-000. Copies of the filing were served 
upon the above-mentioned company and the Indiana Utility Regulatory 
Commission.
    Comment Date: June 19, 2002.

19. American Electric Power Service Corporation

[Docket No. ER02-1915-000]

    Take notice that on May 28, 2002, the American Electric Power 
Service Corporation (AEPSC) tendered for filing six (6) non-redacted, 
confidential copies and six (6) redacted, non-confidential copies of 
Service Agreements for the sale of power by AEPSC, which are greater 
than one year in length. The Power Sales Tariffs were accepted for 
filing effective October 10, 1997 and has been designated AEP Operating 
Companies' FERC Electric Tariff Original Volume No. 5 (Wholesale Tariff 
of the AEP Operating Companies) and FERC Electric Tariff Original 
Volume No. 8, Effective January 8, 1998 in Docket ER 98-542-000 
(Market-Based Rate Power Sales Tariff of the CSW Operating Companies). 
AEPSC respectfully requests waiver of notice to permit the attached 
Service Agreements to be made effective on or prior to May 1, 2002.
    A copy of the filing was served upon the Parties and the State 
Utility Regulatory Commissions of Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, 
Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and 
West Virginia.
    Comment Date: June 18, 2002.

20. Rainy River Energy Corporation

[Docket No. ER02-1916-000]

    Take notice that on May 28, 2002, the Rainy River Energy 
Corporation (RREC) filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) a Long-Term Capacity and Energy Purchase Contract between 
RREC and Wisconsin Public Power Inc., a Long-Term Capacity and Energy 
Purchase Contract between RREC and Madison Gas and Electric Company, an 
EEI Master Power Purchase and Sale Agreement and Transaction 
Confirmation for the sale of 80 MW for 12.5 months to Wisconsin 
Electric Power Company to be effective May 1, 2002.
    Comment Date: June 18, 2002.

21. Southern Company Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER02-1917-000]

    Take notice that on May 28, 2002, Southern Company Services, Inc. 
(SCS), acting on behalf of Alabama Power Company, Georgia Power 
Company, Gulf Power Company, Mississippi Power Company, and Savannah 
Electric and Power Company (collectively Southern Companies), filed 
three transmission service agreements under the Open Access 
Transmission Tariff of Southern Companies (FERC Electric Tariff, Fourth 
Revised Volume No. 5) (Tariff). Specifically, these agreements are as 
follows: (1) One firm point-to-point transmission service agreement 
with Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc. (Service Agreement No. 450); 
(2) one firm point-to-point transmission service agreement with 
Williams Energy Marketing & Trading Company (Service Agreement No. 
451); and (3) one rollover firm point-to-point transmission service 
agreement with Exelon Generation Company, LLC (First Revised Service 
Agreement No. 397).
    Comment Date: June 18, 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, N.E., Washington, D.C. 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

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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.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-14574 Filed 6-10-02; 8:45 am]
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