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Original Sheet No. 97

Sheet No. 98

Transwestern states that the purpose

of this filing is to provide that

Transwestern may contract for natural

gas transportation services on Public

Service Company of New Mexico (PNM)

in order to expand and enhance its own

transportation service.

Transwestern further states that

copies of the filing have been mailed to

each of its 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, 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. 00–10338 Filed 4–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–1055–010, et al.]

Merchant Energy Group of the

Americas, Inc., et al.; Electric Rate and

Corporate Regulation Filings

April 19, 2000.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Merchant Energy Group of the

Americas, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–1055–010]

Take notice that on April 14, 2000,

Merchant Energy Group of the

Americas, Inc. (MEGA), tendered for

filing a Notification of Change in Status

to reflect its new affiliation with a

Canadian utility. The change in status

will occur upon completion of a

transaction whereby TransAlta USA

Inc., will acquire 50 percent of the

capital stock of MEGA. The filing

concludes that this transaction does not

alter the characteristics that the

Commission relied upon in approving

the market-based pricing for MEGA.

Comment date: May 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. Potomac Electric Power Company

[Docket No. ER00–2202–000]

Take notice that on April 14, 2000,

Potomac Electric Power Company

(Pepco), tendered for filing a service

agreement pursuant to Pepco FERC

Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 5,

entered into between Pepco and

Tractebel Energy Marketing, Inc., an

effective date of June 28, 1999 for this

service agreement, with waiver of

notice, is requested.

Comment date: May 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. New England Power Pool

[Docket No. ER00–2203–000]

Take notice that on April 14, 2000,

the New England Power Pool

Participants Committee submitted

changes to Market Rule 4 and Request

for Expedited Acceptance.

The NEPOOL Participants Committee

states that copies of these materials were

sent to the New England state governors

and regulatory commissions and the

Participants in the New England Power

Pool.

Comment date: May 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. New York State Electric & Gas

Corporation

[Docket No. ER00–2204–000]

Take notice that on April 14, 2000,

New York State Electric & Gas

Corporation (NYSEG), tendered for

filing as an initial rate schedule

pursuant to Part 35 of the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission’s

Regulations, 18 CFR Part 35, an

Interconnection Agreement (IA) with

Canal Emirates Power International,

Inc., (Canal).

The IA provides for interconnection

service to Canal at the rates, terms,

charges, and conditions set forth

therein. NYSEG is requesting that the IA

becomes effective as of April 3, 2000.

Copies of this filing have been served

upon the New York State Public Service

Commission and Canal.

Comment date: May 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. California Independent System

Operator Corporation

[Docket No. ER00–2205–000]

Take notice that on April 14, 2000,

the California Independent System

Operator Corporation (ISO), tendered for

filing a Meter Service Agreement for ISO

Metered Entities between the ISO and

ARCO CQC Kiln (ARCO) for acceptance

by the Commission.

The ISO states that this filing has been

served on ARCO and the California

Public Utilities Commission.

The ISO is requesting waiver of the

60-day notice requirement to allow the

Meter Service Agreement for ISO

Metered Entities to be made effective

March 17, 2000.

Comment date: May 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. California Independent System

Operator Corporation

[Docket No. ER00–2206–000]

Take notice that on April 14, 2000,

the California Independent System

Operator Corporation (ISO), tendered for

filing a Participating Generator

Agreement between the ISO and ARCO

CQC Kiln (ARCO) for acceptance by the

Commission.

The ISO states that this filing has been

served on ARCO and the California

Public Utilities Commission.

The ISO is requesting waiver of the

60-day notice requirement to allow the

Participating Generator Agreement to be

made effective March 17, 2000.

Comment date: May 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. PPL Montana, LLC, PPL Colstrip I,

LLC and PPL Colstrip II, LLC

[Docket No. ER00–2207–000]

Take notice that on April 14, 2000,

PPL Montana, LLC, PPL Colstrip I, LLC

and PPL Colstrip II, LLC tendered for

filing a Request for Waiver of FERC

Reporting Requirements and for

Expedited Consideration.

Comment date: May 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

8. California Independent System

Operator Corporation

[Docket No. ER00–2208–000]

Take notice that on April 14, 2000,

the California Independent System

Operator Corporation (ISO), tendered for

filing a proposed amendment

(Amendment No. 28) to the ISO Tariff.

Amendment No. 28 includes proposed

changes to the ISO Tariff that provide

for the recovery of costs incurred in

contracts executed pursuant to Section

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2.3.5.1 of the ISO Tariff, in connection

with the implementation of a trial

demand participation program for the

summer of 2000.

The ISO states that this filing has been

served upon the Public Utilities

Commission of California, the California

Energy Commission, the California

Electricity Oversight Board, and all

parties with effective Scheduling

Coordinator Agreements under the ISO

Tariff.

Comment date: May 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

9. Deseret Generation & Transmission

Co-operative

[Docket No. ER00–2209–000]

Take notice that on April 14, 2000,

Deseret Generation & Transmission Cooperative, Inc. (Deseret), tendered for

filing an executed umbrella non-firm

point-to-point service agreement and an

executed umbrella short term firm

point-to-point service agreement with

PPL Montana, LLC (PPL Montana)

under Deseret’s open access

transmission tariff.

Deseret requests a waiver of the

Commission’s notice requirements for

an effective date of April 5, 2000.

Deseret’s open access transmission tariff

is currently on file with the Commission

in Docket No. OA97–487–000.

PPL Montana has been provided a

copy of this filing.

Comment date: May 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

10. Merchant Energy Group of the

Americas, Inc.

[Docket No. ER00–2210–000]

Take notice that on April 14, 2000,

Merchant Energy Group of the

Americas, Inc. (MEGA), tendered for

filing an amendment to its FERC

Electric Rate Schedule No. 1 to reflect

(1) a change in the prohibition on

certain affiliate transactions; and (2)

other minor editing changes.

Accompanying the Rate Schedule,

MEGA also submitted a Code of

Conduct to govern MEGA’s new affiliate

relationship with a Canadian utility,

TransAlta Utilities Corporation.

Comment date: May 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

11. Great Bay Power Corporation

[Docket No. ER00–2211–000]

Take notice that on April 14, 2000,

Great Bay Power Corporation (Great

Bay), tendered for filing revisions to its

Market-Based Rate Power Sales Tariff

and for certain waivers typically granted

to market-based rate sellers such as

Great Bay. Great Bay’s Market-Based

Rate Power Sales Tariff is on file with

the Commission as Great Bay Power

Corporation Tariff No. 2. The version of

Great Bay’s Market-Based Rate Power

Sales Tariff currently on file was

accepted for filing by the Commission

by letter order dated July 22, 1998,

effective as of July 24, 1998, in Docket

No. ER98–3470–000.

Great Bay requests an effective date of

May 14, 2000, for its revised tariff.

Comment date: May 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

12. Entergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER00–2212–000]

Take notice that on April 14, 2000,

Entergy Services, Inc., on behalf of

Entergy Arkansas, Inc., Entergy Gulf

States, Inc., Entergy Louisiana, Inc.,

Entergy Mississippi, Inc., and Entergy

New Orleans, Inc., tendered for filing

compliance generator imbalance

agreements, in accordance with the

Commission’s order in Entergy Services,

Inc., 90 FERC ¶ 61,272 (2000).

Comment date: May 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. Idaho Power Company

[Docket No. ER00–2213–000]

Take notice that on April 14, 2000,

Idaho Power Company (IPC), tendered

for filing with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission a Service

Agreement for Firm Point-to-Point

Transmission Service between Idaho

Power Company and Southern

Company Energy Marketing L.P.

Comment date: May 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. Delmarva Power & Light Company

and Conectiv Delmarva Generation,

LLC

[Docket No. EC00–77–000]

Take notice that on April 13, 2000,

Delmarva Power & Light Company

(Delmarva) and Conectiv Delmarva

Generation, LLC (CDG) (collectively, the

Applicants) submitted a joint

application under Section 203 of the

Federal Power Act to request

authorization and approval for

Delmarva to transfer by assignment to

CDG rights in two interconnection

agreements related to the Keystone and

Conemaugh generating plants and

related transmission facilities, which

will also be transferred to CDG. The

Applicants’ proposed closing date for

the assignment is June 1, 2000. The

Applicants request approval of the

assignment during May 2000.

The Applicants have stated that this

filing is related to the filing which they

made on March 31, 2000 in Docket No.

EC00–69–000 for the transfer of

Delmarva’s ownership interest in the

Keystone and Conemaugh generating

facilities and appurtenant transmission

facilities from Delmarva to CDG. The

applicants state that they rely on the

filing in Docket No. EC00–69–000 to

show that the transfer of the two

interconnection agreements is

consistent with the public interest.

The Applicants state that copies of

this joint application have been served

upon Delmarva’s wholesale

requirements customers, the

transmission dependent utilities with

whom Delmarva has interconnection

agreements, the signatories to the two

interconnection agreements and the

state regulatory commissions of

Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and

Virginia and on the PJM

Interconnection, LLC.

Comment date: May 15, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

15. Merchant Energy Group of the

Americas, Inc.; Gener S.A. and

TransAlta USA Inc.

[Docket No. EC00–78–000]

Take notice that on April 13, 2000,

Merchant Energy Group of the

Americas, Inc. (MEGA), Gener S.A.

(Gener), and TransAlta USA Inc.

(TAUSA) tendered for filing a joint

application pursuant to Section 203 of

the Federal Power Act (FPA) for

authorization of a transaction whereby

Gener will sell 50 percent of the capital

stock in MEGA to TAUSA. MEGA, a

wholly-owned subsidiary of Gener, has

a nationwide business in electricity,

natural gas coal and fuel oil, and is a

power marketer subject to the

Commission’s jurisdiction under

Section 201 of the FPA.

Comment date: May 15, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

16. Duke Energy St. Lucie, LLC

[Docket No. EG00–132–000]

Take notice that on April 17, 2000,

Duke Energy St. Lucie, LLC (Duke St.

Lucie) filed an application with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

(the Commission) for determination of

exempt wholesale generator status

pursuant to Section 32 of the Public

Utility Holding Company Act of 1935,

as amended, and Part 365 of the

Commission’s Regulations.

Duke St. Lucie is a Delaware limited

liability company that will be engaged

directly and exclusively in the business

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of owning and operating all or part of

one or more eligible facilities to be

located in St. Lucie County, Florida.

The eligible facilities will consist of an

approximately 608 MW gas-fired,

combined-cycle electric generation

plant and related interconnection

facilities. The output of the eligible

facilities will be sold exclusively at

wholesale.

Comment date: May 10, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice. The

commission will limit its consideration

of comments to those that concern the

adequacy or accuracy of the application.

17. Midwest Independent

Transmission; System Operator, Inc.

[Docket No. ES00–25–000]

Take notice that on April 17, 2000,

Midwest Independent Transmission

System Operator, Inc. submitted an

application under Section 204 of the

Federal Power Act seeking Commission

authorization to issue notes in an

amount not to exceed $200 million.

Comment date: May 2, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

18. Daniel L. Mineck

[Docket No. ID–3456–001]

Take notice that on April 6, 2000,

Daniel L. Mineck (the Applicant) filed

an Amendment to his Application for

Authority to Hold Interlocking Positions

in the above-referenced docket.

Comment date: May 8, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

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 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. 00–10328 Filed 4–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER00–1796–000]

Roswell Energy, Inc.; Notice of

Issuance of Order

April 20, 2000.

Roswell Energy, Inc. (Roswell)

submitted for filing a rate schedule

under which Roswell will engage in

wholesale electric power and energy

transactions as a marketer. Roswell also

requested waiver of various Commission

regulations. In particular, Roswell

requested that the Commission grant

blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 34

of all future issuances of securities and

assumptions of liability by Roswell.

On April 18, 2000, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Corporate Applications,

Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates,

granted requests for blanket approval

under Part 34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by Roswell 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 and

385.214).

Absent a request for hearing within

this period, Roswell is 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 the applicant, and

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

approval of Roswell’s issuances of

securities or assumptions of liability.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is May 18,

2000.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20426. The Order 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. 00–10332 Filed 4–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application to Amend

License, and Soliciting Comments,

Motions to Intervene, and Protests

April 20, 2000.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Application Type: Amendment of

license for non-project use of project

lands and waters for the Middle

Chattahoochee Project.

b. Project No: 2177–039.

c. Dated Filed: March 31, 2000.

d. Applicant: Georgia Power

Company.

e. Name of Project: Middle

Chattahoochee Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: On the Chattahoochee

River, in Harris and Muscogee Counties,

Georgia and Lee and Russell Counties,

Alabama.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Larry Wall,

Georgia Power, 241 Ralph McGill

Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30308–3374,

(404) 506–2054.

i. FERC Contact: Any questions on

this notice should be addressed to R.

Feller at (202) 219–2796 or by e-mail at

rainer.feller@ferc.fed.us.

j. Deadline for filing comments and/

or motions: 30 days from the issuance

date 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.

Please include the project number

(2177–039) on any comments or

motions filed.

k. Description of Filing: Georgia

Power proposes to withdraw up to 32

million gallons of water per day from

the Goat Rock Development

impoundment. The water would be