[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 62660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2860]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL02-77-001]


Puget Sound Energy, Inc.; Notice of Technical Conference

October 20, 2004.
    Parties are invited to attend a technical conference in the above-
referenced Puget Sound Energy, Inc. (Puget) proceeding on Tuesday 
November 9, 2004 at 10 a.m. (EST) in a room to be designated at the 
offices of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The purpose of the conference is to identify the issues raised in 
this proceeding, develop information for use by Commission staff in 
preparing an order on Puget's October 10, 2003 request for rehearing of 
the Commission's September 11, 2003 Order,\1\ and to facilitate any 
possible settlements in this proceeding. Specifically, the parties will 
discuss, among other things, Puget's request for clarification that the 
Commission's September 11, 2003 Order authorizes the following: (1) 
Puget will provide wholesale transmission service over the facilities 
described as transmission facilities in its petition for declaratory 
order (Petition) under Puget's Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT), 
at the rates approved in the Commission's February 15, 2002 order;\2\ 
(2) Puget will provide ``wholesale distribution'' service over the 
facilities described as ``distribution'' in its Petition (primarily 
facilities 34.5 kV to 115 kV) at the rates and terms of service 
approved in the February 15 Order; (3) Puget will provide unbundled 
retail transmission service over the facilities described as 
transmission facilities in Puget's Petition to customers participating 
in its state-approved retail access program, at OATT rates, in 
accordance with the service agreements accepted by the Commission in 
Docket No. ER01-2149;\3\ (4) Puget will provide ``unbundled retail 
distribution service'' over the facilities described as 
``distribution'' in Puget's Petition (primarily facilities 34.5 kV to 
115 kV) to customers participating in its state-approved retail access 
program at the rates and terms of service approved by the Washington 
Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC); and (5) Puget will 
continue to account for its transmission and ``local distribution'' 
facilities as proposed in Docket ER02-605; that filing was accepted in 
part in the February 10 Order.
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    \1\ Puget Sound Energy, Inc., 104 FERC ]61,272 (2003) (September 
11 Order).
    \2\ Puget Sound Energy, Inc., 98 FERC ] 61,168 at 61,622 (2002) 
(February 15 Order), reh'g denied, 99 FERC ] 61,134 (2002).
    \3\ Those service agreements were accepted for filing by 
Commission letter order on July 11, 2001.
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    Questions about the conference should be directed to: Sarah H. 
McWane, Office of the General Counsel--Markets, Tariffs and Rates, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8372, [email protected].

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E4-2860 Filed 10-26-04; 8:45 am]
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