[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 175 (Monday, September 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 53430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14965]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER06-1230-000; Docket No. ER06-1231-000; Docket Nos. ER06-
1232-000 and ER06-1232-001; Docket No. ER06-1233-000]


EPIC Merchant Energy NE, L.P.; EPIC Merchant Energy NY, L.P.; 
EPIC NJ/PA, L.P.; EPIC Merchant Energy Midwest, L.P.; Notice of 
Issuance of Order

September 5, 2006.
    EPIC Merchant Energy NE, L.P., EPIC Merchant Energy NY, L.P., EPIC 
NJ/PA, L.P. and EPIC Merchant Energy Midwest, L.P. (EPIC Applicants) 
filed an application for market-based rate authority, with accompanying 
rate schedules. The proposed market-based rate schedules provide for 
the sale of energy, capacity and ancillary services at market-based 
rates. EPIC Applicants also requested waivers of various Commission 
regulations. In particular, EPIC Applicants requested that the 
Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR part 34 of all future 
issuances of securities and assumptions of liability by EPIC 
Applicants.
    On August 23, 2006, pursuant to delegated authority, the Director, 
Division of Tariffs and Market Development--West, granted the requests 
for blanket approval under part 34. The Director's order also stated 
that the Commission would publish a separate notice in the Federal 
Register establishing a period of time for the filing of protests. 
Accordingly, any person desiring to be heard or to protest the blanket 
approvals of issuances of securities or assumptions of liability by 
EPIC Applicants should file a motion to intervene or protest 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, 385.214 
(2004).
    Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing motions to 
intervene or protest is September 22, 2006.
    Absent a request to be heard in opposition by the deadline above, 
EPIC Applicants are authorized to issue securities and assume 
obligations or liabilities as a guarantor, indorser, surety, or 
otherwise in respect of any security of another person; provided that 
such issuance or assumption is for some lawful object within the 
corporate purposes of EPIC Applicants, compatible with the public 
interest, and is reasonably necessary or appropriate for such purposes.
    The Commission reserves the right to require a further showing that 
neither public nor private interests will be adversely affected by 
continued approvals of EPIC Applicants' issuances of securities or 
assumptions of liability.
    Copies of the full text of the Director's Order are available from 
the Commission's Public Reference Room, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The Order may also be viewed on the Commission's 
Web site at http://www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary link. Enter the 
docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number 
filed to access the document. Comments, 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.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-14965 Filed 9-8-06; 8:45 am]
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