Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 79 / Monday, April 24, 2000 / Notices 21737

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP00–248–000]

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation; Notice of Tariff Filing

April 18, 2000.

Take notice that on April 13, 2000

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation (Transco) tendered for

filing to become part of its FERC Gas

Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1, the

following tariff sheets:

Effective February 1, 2000

First Revised Fifteenth Revised Sheet No. 27

First Revised Thirty-first Revised Sheet No.

28A

Effective April 1, 2000

Substitute Seventeenth Revised Sheet No. 27

Substitute Thirty-second Revised Sheet No.

28A

Transco states that the purpose of the

instant filing is to track rate changes

attributable to transportation service

purchased from CNG Transmission

Corporation (CNG) under its Rate

Schedule GSS the costs of which are

included in the rates and charges

payable under Transco’s Rate Schedules

GSS and LSS.

Transco states that the filing is being

made pursuant to tracking provisions

under Section 3 of Transco’s Rate

Schedule GSS and Section 4 of the

Transco’s Rate Schedule LSS.

Transco states that included in

Appendix B attached to the filing are

the explanations and details regarding

the computation of the revised Rate

Schedule GSS and LSS rate changes.

Transco states that copies of the filing

are being mailed to each of its GSS and

LSS customers and interested State

Commissions.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with sections

385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission’s

Rules and Regulations. All such motions

or protests must be filed in accordance

with section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. 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 proceedings.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room. This filing may be viewed on the

web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/

rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10108 Filed 4–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP00–246–000]

Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd.;

Notice of Tariff Filing

April 18, 2000.

Take notice that on April 13, 2000,

Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd.

(WIC), tendered for filing to become part

of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised

Volume No. 2, the proposed tariff sheets

listed on Appendix A to the filing, to be

effective June 1, 2000.

WIC states that it is making this filing

to improve the imbalance management

options available to its Shippers. Such

improvements include implementation

of an imbalance cash out procedure and

a Shipper option to trade its imbalances

during the month after flow. Further, a

Shipper may elect to have its

imbalances posted to insure that other

Shippers are aware of the availability of

such imbalances for trade. Additionally,

Shippers will be able to complete trades

electronically. Finally, Shippers may

also elect not to trade and to have their

imbalances cashed out.

To improve the control of its Shipper

imbalances, WIC proposes to establish

an imbalance cash out process based on

the monthly average of a daily posted

index price. Such index will be applied

to all imbalances which are 5% or less

of the larger of transportation receipts or

deliveries. Imbalances above the 5%

limitation will be cashed out at

graduated penalty rates based on the

relative size of the imbalance. Prior to

determining a cash out requirement, all

imbalances on a Shipper’s account will

be netted to the maximum extent

possible.

Further, to support a Shipper

imbalance trade process, WIC will

permit Shippers to elect to trade

imbalances with other Shippers for the

entire month following flow.

Alternatively, Shippers may elect to

cash out without trading. However, to

preclude price arbitrage on the

imbalance quantities, imbalances

remaining at the end of the trade period

which are due to WIC, will be cashed

out at the higher of the production

month’s or the trading month’s Cash

Out Index Price, and remaining

imbalance quantities which are due the

Shipper, will be cashed out at the lesser

of the production month’s or the trading

month’s Cash Out Index Price.

WIC further states that copies of this

compliance filing have been served on

WIC’s jurisdictional customers and

public bodies.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission’s

Rules and Regulations. All such motions

or protests must be filed in accordance

with Section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. 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 proceedings.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room. This filing may be viewed on the

web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/

rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10106 Filed 4–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER00–2159–000, et al.]

Avista Corporation, et al. Electric Rate

and Corporate Regulation Filings

April 14, 2000.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Avista Corporation

[Docket No. ER00–2159–000]

Take notice that on April 11, 2000,

Avista Corporation, tendered for filing

with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission pursuant to Section 35.12

of the Commissions, 18 CFR part 35.12,

an executed Amendment to a Mutual

Netting Agreement with PacifiCorp

Power Marketing, Inc., previously filed

with the FERC under Docket No. ER99–

1763–000, Service Agreement No. 268,

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effective 2/1/99 changing billing and

payment terms.

AVA requests waiver of the prior

notice requirements and requests an

effective date of April 1, 2000 for the

amended terms for net billing of

transactions.

Notice of the filing has been served

upon PacifiCorp Power Marketing, Inc.

Comment date: May 2, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. Arizona Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER00–2160–000]

Take notice that on April 11, 2000,

Arizona Public Service Company,

tendered for filing notice that effective

December 31, 1996, APS FERC Rate

Schedule No. 104, effective date January

1, 1984 and filed with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission by

Public Service Company of Colorado is

to be canceled.

Notice of the proposed cancellation

has been served upon Public Service of

New Mexico, Public Service Company

of Colorado, Tucson Electric Power

Company, El Paso Electric Company,

Arizona Electric Power Cooperative,

Basin Electric Power Cooperative, City

of Colorado Springs, City of Farmington,

Colorado-Ute Electric Association,

Deseret Generation & Transmission

Cooperative, Western Area Power

Administration, Wyoming Municipal

Power Agency, Plains Electric

Generation & Transmission, Platte River

Power Authority, Salt River Project, TriState Generation & Transmission, The

Arizona Corporation Commission and

The New Mexico Public Service

Commission.

Comment date: May 2, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. Arizona Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER00–2161–000]

Take notice that on April 11, 2000,

Arizona Public Service Company (APS),

tendered for filing Service Agreements

to provide Long-Term Firm Point-toPoint Transmission Service to Pinnacle

West Energy under APS’ Open Access

Transmission Tariff.

A copy of this filing has been served

Pinnacle West Energy, and the Arizona

Corporation Commission.

Comment date: May 2, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. Northern Indiana Public Service

Company

[Docket No. ER00–2173–000]

Take notice that on April 11, 2000,

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company (NIPSCO), tendered for filing

a Wholesale Market Based Rate Tariff, a

pro forma Service Agreement, and a

revised Code of Conduct. In addition,

NIPSCO tendered for filing certain

modifications to its currently-effective

Power Sales Tariff.

NIPSCO seeks an effective date of

June 15, 2000 for all of the tariff sheets

submitted with this filing.

NIPSCO states that its Wholesale

Market Based Rate Tariff, pro forma

Service Agreement, and Code of

Conduct are being filed in order to

conform to a pro forma tariff and code

of conduct prepared by a group of

representatives from various segments

of the electric industry. NIPSCO states

that it does not propose to eliminate its

currently-effective Power Sales Tariff

which permits sales of power at market

based rates. However, NIPSCO proposes

to revise the Power Sales Tariff to

provide that NIPSCO will offer service

under that tariff only to customers that

(1) have an existing service agreement

under the Power Sales Tariff (until the

agreement expires) or (2) wish to

purchase power from NIPSCO, but do

not wish to sell power to NIPSCO.

NIPSCO states further that it plans to

replace its currently-effective Standards

of Conduct with the Code of Conduct

filed in this proceeding. NIPSCO states

that its proposed Code of Conduct

comports with recent Commission

decisions regarding standards of

conduct and affiliate transactions.

Copies of this filing have been sent to

the Indiana Utility Regulatory

Commission and the Indiana Office of

Consumer Counselor.

Comment date: May 2, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. Alliant Energy Corporate Services,

Inc.

[Docket No. ER00–2175–000]

Take notice that on April 11, 2000,

Alliant Energy Corporate Services, Inc.,

tendered for filing executed Service

Agreements for short-term firm point-topoint transmission service and non-firm

point-to-point transmission service,

establishing Otter Tail Power Wholesale

Marketing as a point-to-point

Transmission Customer under the terms

of the Alliant Energy Corporate

Services, Inc., transmission tariff.

Alliant Energy Corporate Services,

Inc. requests an effective date of April

3, 2000, and accordingly, seeks waiver

of the Commission’s notice

requirements. A copy of this filing has

been served upon the Illinois Commerce

Commission, the Minnesota Public

Utilities Commission, the Iowa

Department of Commerce, and the

Public Service Commission of

Wisconsin.

Comment date: May 2, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. Jersey Central Power & Light

Company

[Docket No. ER00–2174–000]

Take notice that on April 11, 2000,

Jersey Central Power & Light Company

(doing business as GPU Energy),

tendered for filing a letter amendment to

the Generation Facility Transmission

Interconnection Agreement between

GPU Energy and AES Red Oak, L.L.C.

Comment date: May 2, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. New Hampshire Electric Cooperative,

Inc.

[Docket No. ER00–2176–000]

Take notice that on April 11, 2000,

New Hampshire Electric Cooperative,

Inc. (NHEC), petitioned the Commission

for acceptance of changes to NHEC Rate

Schedule FERC No. 2, pursuant to

which NHEC sells its capacity

entitlement in the Seabrook Nuclear

Generating Station.

NHEC is a consumer-owned electric

generation and distribution cooperative

that provides electric service to 65,000

customers in New Hampshire.

Comment date: May 2, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

8. Rainy River Energy Corporation

[Docket No. ER00–2177–000]

Take notice that on April 10, 2000,

Rainy River Energy Corporation (RREC),

tendered for filing an application for an

order authorizing RREC to make

wholesale sales of electric power at

market-based rates.

Comment date: May 1, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

9. Statoil Energy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER00–2181–000]

Take notice that on April 10, 2000,

Statoil Energy Services, Inc., tendered

for filing notice of name change from

Statoil Energy Services, Inc., to Hess

Energy Inc.

The name change is effective April 1,

2000.

Standard Paragraphs

E. Any person desiring to be heard or

to protest such filing 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

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and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214). All such motions or

protests should be filed on or before the

comment date. 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. Copies

of these filings are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection. This filing may also be

viewed on the Internet at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/ online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10056 Filed 4–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Change in Docketing and

Processing for Market-Based Rate

Quarterly Transaction Reports

April 18, 2000.

Take notice that effective immediately

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission will consider all Quarterly

Transaction Reports submitted by

electric utilities with market-based rate

authority to be informational in nature.

This determination will result in the

following listed modifications to the

processing of these filings.

The Secretary will no longer issue a

public notice of Quarterly Transaction

Reports. The reports will continue to be

available to the public through the

Commission’s Records Information

System (RIMS). To permit logical and

easy access to the filings in RIMS, rather

than being assigned new docket

numbers, these items will be assigned

the same docket number as the

underlying proceeding in which the

Commission granted the market-based

rate authority. To insure the proper

identification by docket number of each

filing, the filing party must prominently

identify on the filing the docket number

in which the Commission granted the

market-based rate authority.

This notice is issued for the

information and aid of all interested

jurisdictional companies, the public and

practitioners before the Commission as

an explanation of the modified handling

procedures for Quarterly Transaction

Reports submitted by electric utilities

with market-based rate authority. For

further information, contact John

Buckley at (202) 208–0275.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10110 Filed 4–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 671–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Ready for

Environmental Analysis and Soliciting

Comments, Recommendations, Terms

and Conditions, and

Recommendations

April 18, 2000.

Take notice that the following

hydroelctric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Major License.

b. Project No.: 2017–011.

c. Date filed: February 26, 1997.

d. Applicant: Southern California

Edison Company.

e. Name of Project: Big Creek No. 4

Hydropower Project.

f. Location: On the San Joaquin River,

near the town of Auberry in Madera,

Tulare, and Fresno Counties. The

project would use lands of the Sierra

National Forest.

g. Filed Pursuant: Federal Power Act,

16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Wesley C.

Moody, Manager of Hydro Generation,

Southern California Edison Company,

2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, P.O. Box

800, Rosemead, CA 91770, (818) 302–

1564.

i. FERC Contact: John Ramer, E-mail

address, John.Ramer@ferc.fed.us, or

telephone (202) 219–2833.

j. Deadline Date: 60 days from the

date of issuance of this notice.

All documents (original and eight

copies) should be filed with: David P.

Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure require all intervenors

filing documents with the Commission

to serve a copy of that document on

each person whose name appears on the

official service list for the project.

Further, if an intervenor files comments

or documents with the Commission

relating to the merits of an issue that

may affect the responsibilities of a

particular resource agency, they must

also serve a copy of the document on

that resource agency.

k. Status of environmental analysis:

This application has been accepted for

filing and is ready for environmental

analysis at this time.

l. Description of the Project: The

proposed project would consist of: (1)

an existing 875-foot-long, 250-foot-high

concrete dam, impounding a 35,033-

acre-foot reservoir; (2) a combination

penstock/pressure tunnel about 11,770

feet long; (3) one powerhouse with a

total installed capacity of 98,882

kilowatts; (4) a 50-mile-long, 220-

kilovolt transmission line; (5) an

approximately 6.3-mile-long bypassed

reach; and (6) appurtenant facilities.

m. Locations of the application: A

copy of the application is available for

inspection and reproduction at the

Commission’s Public Reference Room,

located at 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20246, or by calling

(202) 208–1371. The application may be

viewed on the web at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance). A copy is

also available for inspection and

reproduction at the address in item h.

above.

n. This notice consists of the

following standard paragraph: D10.

Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—The application is ready

for environmental analysis at this time,

and the Commission is requesting

comments, reply comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, and prescriptions.

The Commission directs, pursuant to

Section 4.34(b) of the Regulations (see

Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56

FR 23108, May 20, 1991) that all

comments, recommendations, terms and

conditions and prescriptions concerning

the application be filed with the

Commission within 60 days from the

issuance date of this notice. All reply

comments must be filed with the

Commission within 105 days from the

date of this notice

Anyone may obtain an extension of

time for these deadlines from the

Commission only upon a showing of

good cause or extraordinary

circumstances in accordance with 18

CFR 385.2008.

All filings must (1) bear in all capital

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ ‘‘REPLY

COMMENTS,’’

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS

AND CONDITIONS,’’ or

‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set forth in the

heading the name of the applicant and

the project number of the application to

which the filing responds; (3) furnish

the name, address, and telephone

number of the person submitting the

filing; and (4) otherwise comply with

the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001

through 385.2005. All comments,

recommendations, terms and conditions