[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39930-39931]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16746]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Sunflower Electric Power Corporation, Xcel Energy Inc.; Notice of 
Alternative Dispute Resolution Meeting

June 26, 2003.
    The Commission's Dispute Resolution Service has been asked to 
mediate an informal Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) meeting on 
Monday, July 14 and Tuesday, July 15, 2003, to discuss Sunflower 
Electric Power Corporation's (Sunflower) proposal to Xcel Energy Inc. 
(Xcel) to relocate a High Voltage Direct Current converter station in 
connection with Xcel's construction of a DC tie line. Current plans 
call for construction of the converter station at Lamar, Colorado, but 
both Sunflower and Xcel recently have been discussing and negotiating 
the possibility of locating the converter station near Holcomb, Kansas. 
Sunflower and Xcel have agreed to participate in the meeting. The 
purpose of this notice is to invite others who have a significant 
interest in this matter to also attend.

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    The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, July 14, and will 
be held in the law offices of Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, 
at Suite 2300, 1225 17th Street, Denver, Colorado, 80202 . Please plan 
for the meeting to flow over, as necessary, into Tuesday, July 15, 
2003.
    Steven A. Rothman, a mediator with the Commission's Dispute 
Resolution Service, will chair the meeting. He will be joined by 
Darrell Blakeway, a member of the Commission's Office of Markets and 
Investigations staff, as a co-mediator. Mr. Rothman and Mr. Blakeway 
are available to communicate in private with any interested person 
prior to the meeting. Questions about the meeting may be referred to 
Mr. Rothman at (202) [email protected]., or Mr. 
Blakeway at (202) [email protected]. Please let Mr. 
Rothman or Mr. Blakeway know by Thursday, July 10, 2003, if you plan to 
attend the meeting.
    Parties may also communicate with Richard Miles, the Director of 
the Commission's Dispute Resolution Service at 1 877 FERC ADR (337-
2237) or (202) 502-8702. Mr. Miles is also available at 
[email protected].

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-16746 Filed 7-2-03; 8:45 am]
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