[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 3 (Monday, January 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 552-555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-180]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EG03-25-000, et al.]


PSEG Power Connecticut LLC, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate 
Filings

December 26, 2002.
    The following filings have been made with the Commission. The 
filings are listed in ascending order within each docket 
classification.

1. PSEG Power Connecticut LLC

 Docket No. EG03-25-000.

    Take notice that on December 23, 2002, PSEG Power Connecticut LLC 
(Applicant), filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC 
or the Commission) an amendment to its December 4, 2002 application for 
determination of exempt wholesale generator (EWG) status pursuant to 
part 365 of the Commission's regulations. The amendment requests 
Commission authority to engage in certain additional activities 
incidental to the generation of electricity for sale at wholesale.

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    The Applicant is a limited liability company formed under the laws 
of the State of Delaware. The Applicant is engaged, directly or 
indirectly through an affiliate as defined in section 2(a)(11)(B) of 
the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA), exclusively in 
owning or owning and operating eligible electric facilities and 
participating in certain other activities incidental to such eligible 
electric facilities as authorized under PUHCA. The Applicant owns and 
operates eligible facilities located in Connecticut.
    Comment Date: January 16, 2003.

2. New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Docket No. EL01-50-003.

    Take notice that on December 20, 2002, the New York Independent 
System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) tendered for filing a compliance filing 
in accordance with the Commission's November 22, 2002 order in the 
above-captioned proceedings.
    The NYISO has served a copy of this filing upon all parties 
designated on the official service lists compiled by the Secretary in 
these proceedings. The NYISO has also served a copy of this filing to 
all parties that have executed Service Agreements under the NYISO's 
Open-Access Transmission Tariff or Services Tariff, the New York State 
Public Service Commission and to the electric utility regulatory 
agencies in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
    Comment Date: January 16, 2003.

3. Town of Norwood, Massachusetts, Complainant v. National Grid USA, 
New England Electric, System, New England Power Company, Massachusetts 
Electric Co., and Narragansett, Electric Company, Respondents.

[Docket No. EL03-37-000]

    Take notice that on December 23, 2002, the Town of Norwood, 
Massachusetts (Norwood) filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission) a Complaint under Section 206 of the Federal 
Power Act against National Grid USA, doing business as New England 
Electric System, New England Power Company, Massachusetts Electric Co. 
and Narragansett Electric Company. Norwood complains that these 
companies, through New England Power Company, have demanded, charged, 
and sought to collect from Norwood an alleged ``Contract Termination 
Charge'' that is unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, 
preferential and otherwise unlawful as to Norwood. A copy of this 
complaint was served on these companies through New England Power 
Company.
    Comment Date: January 13, 2003.

4. Occidental Energy Marketing, Inc.

[Docket No. ER02-1947-002]

    Take notice that on December 17, 2002, Occidental Energy Marketing, 
Inc. filed a Notice of Cancellation with regard to Occidental Energy 
Marketing, Inc. FERC Electric Rate Schedule No. 1 to be effective 
February 17, 2003.
    Comment Date: January 7, 2003.

5. Sierra Pacific Power Company Nevada Power Company

[Docket No. ER02-2609-002]

    Take notice that on December 23, 2002, Sierra Pacific Power Company 
and Nevada Power Company (collectively, Applicants ) tendered for 
filing pursuant to Section 205 of the Federal Power Act, Section 35 of 
the Commission's Regulations, and the Commission's November 21, 2002 
Order issued in the above-referenced proceeding, a compliance filing 
consisting of clean and redlined versions of the Applicants' Open 
Access Transmission Tariff (OATT). This compliance filing is being made 
to satisfy the requirement in the Commission's November 21 Order to 
make a compliance filing within 30 days implementing certain specified 
changes in the OATT.
    Comment Date: January 13, 2003.

6. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

[Docket No. ER03-254-001]

    Take notice that on December 20, 2002, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. 
(PJM), amended its December 6, 2002 filing in this docket. As part of 
the December 6, 2002 filing, PJM added a new Schedule 12 to the Amended 
and Restated Operating Agreement of PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. that 
lists all current PJM members. MG Industries, a current member of PJM, 
inadvertently was omitted from the new Schedule 12. Therefore, PJM 
hereby amends its December 6, 2002 filing to include MG Industries in 
Schedule 12.
    PJM states that copies of this filing were served upon all parties 
listed on the official service list compiled by the secretary in this 
proceeding and MG Industries.
    Comment Date: January 10, 2003.

7. New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

[Docket No. ER03-297-000]

    Take notice that on December 23, 2002, the New York Independent 
System Operator, Inc. (NYISO), filed proposed revisions to the NYISO's 
Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) and Market Administration and 
Control Area Services Tariff (Services Tariff). The proposed filing 
would amend the TCC credit policy. The NYISO has requested that the 
Commission make the filing effective on January 10, 2003.
    The NYISO states it has served a copy of this filing to all parties 
that have executed Service Agreements under the NYISO's OATT or 
Services Tariff, the New York State Public Services Commission and to 
the electric utility regulatory agencies in New Jersey and 
Pennsylvania.
    Comment Date: January 13, 2003.

8. Pacific Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER03-299-000]

    Take notice that on December 17, 2002, Pacific Gas and Electric 
Company (PG&E) tendered for filing an annual update filing including 
revisions to its Reliability Must Run Service Agreements (RMR 
Agreements) with the California Independent System Operator Corporation 
(ISO) for Helms Power Plant, PG&E First Revised Rate Schedule FERC No. 
207 and San Joaquin Power Plant, PG&E First Revised Rate Schedule FERC 
No. 211. This filing revises portions of the Rate Schedules to adjust 
the values for Contract Service Limits, Owner's Repair Cost Obligation 
and Prepaid Start-up information. These changes are expressly required 
and/or authorized under the RMR Agreements.
    PG&E states that copies of this filing have been served upon the 
ISO, the California Electricity Oversight Board, and the California 
Public Utilities Commission.
    Comment Date: January 7, 2003.

9. Pacific Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER03-300-000]

    Take notice that on December 20, 2002, Pacific Gas and Electric 
Company (PG&E) tendered for filing changes in rates included in its 
Transmission Owner Tariff (TO Tariff) for the Transmission Revenue 
Balancing Account Adjustment (TRBAA) rate, the Reliability Services 
(RS) rates the Transmission Access Charge Balancing Account Adjustment 
(TACBAA) also set forth in its TO Tariff. With the exception of the 
TACBAA rate, these changes in rates are proposed to become effective 
January 1, 2003.
    Copies of this filing have been served upon the California 
Independent System Operator (ISO), Scheduling Coordinators registered 
with the ISO, Southern California Edison Company, San Diego Gas 
&Electric Company, the California Public Utilities Commission and other 
parties to the official service

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lists in recent TO Tariff rate cases, FERC Docket Nos. ER00-2360-000 
and ER01-66-000.
    Comment Date: January 10, 2003.

10. Southern California Edison Company

[Docket No. ER03-301-000]

    Take notice, that on December 20, 2002, Southern California Edison 
Company (Edison) tendered for filing revisions to its firm transmission 
service agreements (Existing Transmission Contracts) with the following 
entities:

Entity Rate Schedule FERC No.

1. City of Azusa 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377.
2. City of Banning 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383.
3. City of Colton 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366.
4. City of Riverside 390, 391, 392, 393.

    The revised Existing Transmission Contracts specify, among other 
things, the terms, conditions and rates, for transmission service over 
Edison's transmission facilities. Edison requests that the revised 
Existing Transmission Contracts be accepted for filing effective 
January 1, 2003.
    Copies of this filing were served upon the Public Utilities 
Commission of the State of California, the Cities of Azusa, Banning, 
Colton and Riverside, and counsel for the Cities.
    Comment Date: January 10, 2003.

11. North West Rural Electric Cooperative

[Docket No. ER03-302-000]

    Take notice that on December 20, 2002, North West Rural Electric 
Cooperative (North West) filed three rate schedules for service by 
North West to the City of Westfield, Iowa pursuant to section 205 of 
the Federal Power Act and 35.13 of the Regulations of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission), 18 CFR 35.13. These 
agreements are: Rate Schedule dated August 1, 1998 (Initial Rate 
Reduction); Agreement for Wheeling Electric Power dated January 20, 
1999 (Wheeling Agreement); and Agreement for Electric Service dated 
January 1, 2001 (Second Rate Reduction). North West filing is available 
for public inspection at its offices in Orange City, Iowa.
    North West submits the agreements for filing and requests that: (1) 
The Rate Reduction Agreement be permitted to become effective as a rate 
schedule as of August 1, 1998; (2) the Wheeling Agreement be permitted 
to become effective as of January 1, 2000; and (3) the Second Rate 
Reduction be permitted to become effective as of January 1, 2001. North 
West requests waiver of the Commission notice requirements to permit 
these effective dates. Additionally, North West requests that the 
Initial Rate Reduction and the Wheeling Agreement be deemed superseded 
as of January 1, 2000 and January 1, 2001, respectively. North West 
also requests that its Agreement for Purchase of Power Between Plymouth 
Electric Cooperative Association and Town of Westfield, Iowa, currently 
on file with the Commission, be deemed superseded as of August 1, 1998. 
After all approvals, the Second Rate Reduction will be the only 
agreement in effect for North West.
    Comment Date: January 10, 2003.

12. New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

[Docket No. ER03-303-000]

    Take notice that on December 20, 2002, the New York Independent 
System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) filed the following Market Administration 
and Control Area Services Tariff (Services Tariff) revisions to the 
NYCA demand response programs: (I) Extension of the Emergency Demand 
Response Program (EDRP) through October 31, 2005; (ii) establishment of 
EDRP Resource eligibility for participation in the NYCA Energy market 
Locational Based Marginal Pricing price setting mechanism; (iii) 
adoption of a zonal floor bid price for the Day-Ahead Demand Response 
Program; (iv) extension of the time period in which Demand Reduction 
Incentive Payments will be available for Demand Reductions through 
October 31, 2004; (v) de-linking of the Special Case Resource (SCR) 
program and EDRP so that the NYISO may activate each program 
separately; (vi) implementation of a Load reduction Energy payment to 
SCRs that verify Load reduction in response to a Forecast Reserve 
Shortage; and (vii) changes in the NYISO administration of the SCR 
program to facilitate requests for performance by SCRs.
    The NYISO has served a copy of this filing to all parties that have 
executed Service Agreements under the NYISO's Open-Access Transmission 
Tariff or Services Tariff, the New York State Public Service Commission 
and to the electric utility regulatory agencies in New Jersey and 
Pennsylvania.
    Comment Date: January 10, 2003.

13. Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc. and Rockland Electric Company

[Docket No. ER03-304-000]

    Take notice that on December 20, 2002, Consolidated Edison Energy, 
Inc. (CEE) and Rockland Electric Company (RECO) tendered for filing 
requests to (I) permit CEE's participation in the statewide auction 
bidding process approved by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to 
the extent that CEE may bid to supply the electric load requirements of 
its affiliate, RECO, which are not served by alternative power 
suppliers and, if any such bid that CEE may submit is successful, entry 
into the requisite BPU-approved supply agreements with RECO; (ii) 
waive, to the extent necessary, applicable provisions in Petitioners' 
codes of conduct and market-base rate tariffs and the Commission's 
regulations; and (iii) give expedited review and approval to the 
foregoing requests at the earliest possible date in view of the 
February 3, 2003 date for submitting auction bids.
    Comment Date: January 10, 2003.

14. PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

[Docket No. ER03-305-000]

    Take notice that on December 20, 2002, PPL Electric Utilities 
Corporation (PPL Electric) filed a revised Interconnection Agreement 
between PPL Electric and Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc. for 
interconnection at the Renovo/Chapman delivery point.
    Comment Date: January 10, 2003.

15. North West Rural Electric Cooperative

[Docket No. ER03-306-00]

    Take notice that on December 20, 2002, North West Rural Electric 
Cooperative (North West) filed its open access transmission tariff 
(OATT) and accompanying rates pursuant to the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission) Order No. 888 and section 205 of the Federal 
Power Act. North West is submitting the tariff because it has received 
a request for transmission service on its facilities. North West filing 
is available for public inspection at its offices in Orange City, Iowa.
    Comment Date: January 10, 2003.

16. PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

[Docket No. ER03-307-000]

    Take notice that on December 20, 2002, PPL Electric Utilities 
Corporation (PPL Electric) filed a revised Interconnection Agreement 
between PPL Electric and Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc. for 
interconnection at the Fairfield delivery point.
    Comment Date: January 10, 2003.

17. Southern California Edison Company

[Docket No. ER03-308-000]

    Take notice, that on December 20, 2002, Southern California Edison

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Company (Edison) tendered for filing a revised rate for transmission 
service to be provided pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Agreement 
(Agreement) with the Department of Water and Power of the City of Los 
Angeles (DWP), Rate Schedule FERC No. 219. This rate change is made in 
accordance with Section 8.7.6 of the Agreement and is to become 
effective for service rendered on and after January 1, 2003.
    Copies of this filing were served upon the Public Utilities 
Commission of the State of California, and the DWP.
    Comment Date: January 10, 2003.

18. Allegheny Power

[Docket No. ER03-309-000]

    Take notice that on December 19, 2002, Allegheny Power (Allegheny) 
submitted for filing an unexecuted Interconnection and Operating 
Agreement (Agreement) with Duke Energy Fayette, LLC (Duke) and a Letter 
Agreement between Allegheny and Duke.
    Allegheny requests an effective date of December 20, 2002 for the 
Agreement and Letter Agreement and accordingly seeks waiver of the 
Commission's prior notice requirements. Copies of the filing were 
served on Duke and the Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West 
Virginia public utility commissions.
    Comment Date: January 10, 2003.

19. California Independent System Corporation

[Docket No. ER03-310-000] Operator

    Take notice that on December 20, 2002, the California Independent 
System Operator Corporation (ISO) submitted an informational filing as 
to the ISO's updated transmission Access Charge rates effective as of 
January 1, 2003.
    The ISO states that this filing has been served upon the Public 
Utilities Commission of the State of California, the California Energy 
Commission, the California Electricity Oversight Board, the 
Participating Transmission Owners, and upon all parties with effective 
Scheduling Coordinator Service Agreements under the ISO Tariff. In 
addition, the ISO is posting the filing on the ISO Home Page.
    Comment Date: January 10, 2003.

20. Southern Company Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER03-311-000]

    Take notice that on December 20, 2002, Southern Company Services, 
Inc., acting on behalf of Alabama Power Company (APC), filed with the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) a Notice of 
Cancellation of the Interconnection Agreement between Blount County 
Energy, LLC and APC (Service Agreement No. 432 under Southern 
Companies' Open Access Transmission Tariff, Fourth Revised Volume No. 
5). An effective date of November 21, 2002 has been requested.
    Comment Date: January 10, 2003.

Standard Paragraph

    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 ``FERRIS'' link. Enter the docket 
number excluding the last three digits in the docket number filed to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected] or toll-free at (866)208-3676, or for TTY, 
contact (202)502-8659. 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. The Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filings.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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