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as Rate Schedule No. 140. This letter

agreement extends the termination date

of Rate Schedule No. 140.

Niagara Mohawk has served copies of

the filing upon New York Public Service

Commission and American Municipal

Power-Ohio, Inc.

Comment date: May 30, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

19. Commonwealth Edison Company

and Commonwealth Edison Company

of Indiana

[Docket No. ER00–2461–000]

Take notice that on May 10, 2000,

Commonwealth Edison Company and

Commonwealth Edison Company of

Indiana (collectively ComEd), tendered

for filing an amendment to ComEd’s

OATT so as to remove time frames set

forth in ComEd’s Form of Service

Agreement for Short-Term Firm Pointto-Point Transmission Service (Form of

Service Agreement) that are inconsistent

with the reservation timing

requirements adopted by the

Commission on February 25, 2000 in its

‘‘Open Access Same-Time Information

System and Standards of Conduct,

Order No. 638,’’ Docket No. RM95–9–

003, FERC Regulations Preambles

¶ 31,093 (Order No. 638). Accordingly,

ComEd is amending the Form of Service

Agreement to provide that Transmission

Customers must confirm accepted

requests for service within the

reservation timing requirements found

in the Business Practice Standards for

Open Access Same-Time Information

System (OASIS) Transactions document

adopted by the Commission. ComEd is

also updating the Form of Service

Agreement to reflect personnel changes.

ComEd requests an effective date of

May 30, 2000 to coincide with the

effective date of Order No. 638 and

accordingly seeks waiver of the

Commission’s notice requirements.

Copies of the filing were served upon

ComEd’s jurisdictional customers and

interested state commissions.

Comment date: May 30, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

20. Cleco Utility Group Inc.

[Docket No. ER00–2462–000]

Take notice that on May 10, 2000,

Cleco Utility Group Inc. (Cleco),

tendered for filing proposed changes in

its Rate Schedule FERC No. 13, which

would amend its Electric System

Interconnection Agreement with

Louisiana Generating LLC.

The proposed rate change amends and

adds stated points of delivery under the

Electric System Interconnection

Agreement between Cleco and

Louisiana Generating LLC.

Copies of the filing were served upon

the Louisiana Generating LLC and the

Louisiana Public Service Commission.

21. Entergy Services, Inc.

[Docket Nos. OA97–337–001, OA97–342–

001, OA97–346–001, OA97–348–001, OA97–

570–001, OA97–574–001, OA97–614–001,

OA97–625–001, OA97–627–001, OA97–632–

001 and OA97–646–001]

Take notice that on May 8, 2000,

Entergy Services, Inc. filed with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission) a compliance report in

compliance with the Commission’s

order in Allegheny Power Service Co., et

al., 90 FERC ¶ 61,224 (2000).

Comment date: June 14, 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).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EC00–86–000, et al.]

DTE Energy Company, et al.; Electric

Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings

May 16, 2000.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. DTE Energy Company, The Detroit

Edison Company, International

Transmission Company

[Docket No. EC00–86–000]

Take notice that on May 4, 2000, DTE

Energy Company, The Detroit Edison

Company and International

Transmission Company filed a joint

application for authorization to transfer

jurisdictional transmission assets

pursuant to Section 203 of the Federal

Power Act.

Comment date: June 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. Adirondack Hydro Development

Corporation, Hudson Falls, LLC

[Docket No. EC00–88–000]

Take notice that on May 8, 2000,

Adirondack Hydro Development

Corporation and Hudson Falls, LLC,

tendered for filing a joint application

under Section 203 of the Federal Power

Act for authorization to sell half of their

limited and general partnership

interests in Northern Electric Power Co.,

L.P. (Northern) to Bloomfield Hudson

Falls, Inc. Northern is a public utility

that owns a 36.1 MW qualifying facility

located in upstate New York.

Comment date: June 7, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. LSP-Nelson Energy, LLC

[Docket No. EG00–147–000]

Take notice that on May 9, 2000, LSPNelson Energy, LLC (Applicant), a

Delaware limited liability company with

a principal place of business at Two

Tower Center, 20th Floor, East

Brunswick, New Jersey 08816, filed

with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission), an

application for determination of exempt

wholesale generator status pursuant to

Part 365 of the Commission’s

regulations. The Applicant will begin

constructing a natural gas-fired

combined cycle electric generation

facility with a nominal capacity of

approximately one thousand one

hundred (1,100) megawatts in Nelson

Township, Lee County, Illinois (the

Facility). The Facility is scheduled to

commence commercial operation in the

Spring of 2003. The Applicant is

engaged directly, or indirectly through

one or more affiliates as defined in

Section 2(a)(11)(B) of the Public Utility

Holding Company Act of 1935, and

exclusively in the business of owning or

operating, or both owning and

operating, all or part of one or more

eligible facilities and selling electric

energy from the Facility at wholesale.

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Comment date: June 6, 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.

4. Midwest Electric Power, Inc.

[Docket No. EG00–149–000]

Take notice that on May 11, 2000,

Midwest Electric Power, Inc. (MEP),

2100 Portland Road, P.O. Box 165,

Joppa, IL 62953 filed with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission an

application for determination of exempt

wholesale generator status pursuant to

part 365 of the Commission’s

regulations.

MEP is a wholly-owned subsidiary of

Electric Energy, Inc. (EEInc.), which

owns and operates a coal-fired

generating plant in Joppa, IL. MEP

intends to own and/or operate

combustion turbines with a total

generating capacity of approximately

260 MW to be located at the site of the

existing EEInc. generating facilities. All

of the capacity and energy available

from those units will be sold at

wholesale.

Comment date: June 6, 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.

5. Williams Flexible Generation, LLC

[Docket No. EG00–150–000]

Take notice that on May 11, 2000,

Williams Flexible Generation, LLC

(WFG) tendered for filing pursuant to

Part 365 of the Commission’s

Regulations (18 CFR 365), its

application for determination of exempt

wholesale generator status.

WFG is a wholly owned subsidiary of

Williams Distributed Power Services,

Inc. and initially will own the ‘‘Georgia

Project,’’ which consists of generating

units at eighteen separate sites, as

follows: DeWitt, located in Brooks

County, Georgia; Bryant, located in Tift

County, Georgia; Farmer’s Gin, located

in Colquitt County, Georgia; Doerun,

located in Colquitt County, Georgia;

Moultrie Station, located in Colquitt

County, Georgia; Dublin, located in

Laurens County, Georgia; Danville,

located in Twiggs County, Georgia;

Wrens, located in Jefferson County,

Georgia; Louisville, located in Jefferson

County, Georgia; Hammonds Crossing,

located in Gwinnett County, Georgia;

Highway 141, located in Gwinnett

County, Georgia; Highway 20, located in

Gwinnett County, Georgia; Baker

Highway, located in Coffee County,

Georgia; Pine Grove, located in Appling

County, Georgia; Hawkinsville #1,

located in Pulaski County, Georgia;

Bratcher Creek, located in Dooly

County, Georgia; Smith, located in

Barrow County, Georgia; and Walnut

Grove, located in Walton County,

Georgia.

Comment date: June 6, 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.

6. Ameren Energy Development

Company

[Docket No. EG00–151–000]

Take notice that on May 11, 2000,

Ameren Energy Development Company

(Development Co.), c/o Ameren

Services, 1901 Chouteau Avenue, St.

Louis, MO 63166, filed with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission an

application for determination of exempt

wholesale generator status pursuant to

Part 365 of the Commission’s

regulations.

Development Co. is the corporate

parent of Ameren Energy Generating

Company (Generating Co.), a generationonly company which recently acquired

five electric generating stations from

Central Illinois Public Service Company

(AmerenCIPS) with approximately 2900

MW of generating capacity. In addition

to owning the common stock of

Generating Co., Development Co. will

acquire and finance certain new

combustion turbine generators to be

owned and operated by Generating Co.

All of the capacity and energy available

to Generating Co. is sold exclusively to

wholesale purchasers.

Comment date: June 6, 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.

7. Ameren Services Company

[Docket No. ER00–1762–001]

Take notice that on May 11, 2000,

Ameren Services Company (ASC),

tendered for filing an executed Network

Integration Transmission Service

Agreement and an executed Network

Operating Agreement, between ASC and

the City of Fredericktown. ASC asserts

that the purpose of the agreements is to

permit ASC to provide service over its

transmission and distribution facilities

to the City of Fredericktown pursuant to

the Ameren Open Access Tariff. The

executed agreements supersede an

unexecuted Network Service Agreement

and an unexecuted Network Operating

Agreement previously filed on March 1,

2000.

Comment date: June 1, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

8. NorthWestern Public Service, a

division of NorthWestern Corporation

[Docket No. ER00–2464–000]

Take notice that on May 11, 2000,

NorthWestern Public Service, division

of NorthWestern Corporation, tendered

for filing a Petition under Commission

Rules 205 and 207 and 35.14 of the

Regulations of the Commission under

the Federal Power Act, requesting that

the Commission enter its order adopting

the plan for Arbitration Case damage

and interest crediting to NorthWestern’s

wholesale electric customers through

NorthWestern’s adjustment clause and

waiving any provisions of such

adjustment clause that might be

inconsistent with such crediting plan.

NorthWestern proposes to credit

$5,860.58 to its wholesale electric

customers in the State of South Dakota,

representing arbitration award damages

and interest, less certain costs incurred

by NorthWestern in obtaining such

damages and other coal agreement

contract changes.

Comment date: June 1, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

9. Western Resources, Inc.

[Docket No. ER00–2465–000]

Take notice that on May 11, 2000,

Western Resources, Inc., tendered for

filing a change to Service Schedule 6

under its FERC Electric Tariff, Original

Volume No. 1. Western Resources states

that the change is to realign

transmission capacity available to

Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority.

Notice of the filing has been served

upon Oklahoma Municipal Power

Authority and the Kansas Corporation

Commission.

Comment date: June 1, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

10. PacifiCorp

[Docket No. ER00–2466–000]

Take notice that on May 11, 2000,

PacifiCorp tendered for filing in

accordance with 18 CFR 35 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations,

the fully executed to Amendment No. 3

to Contract No. 91–SAO–30005 between

PacifiCorp and Western Area Power

Administration.

Copies of this filing were supplied to

the Washington Utilities and

Transportation Commission and the

Public Utility Commission of Oregon.

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Comment date: June 1, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

11. Commonwealth Edison Company

[Docket No. ER00–2467–000]

Take notice that on May 11, 2000,

Commonwealth Edison Company

(ComEd) tendered for filing four NonFirm Transmission Service Agreements

with the City of St. Charles, Illinois (St.

Charles), the City of Batavia, Illinois

(Batavia), InPower Marketing Corp.

(IPMC), and Dynegy Energy Services,

Inc. (DESY), and four Short-Term Firm

Transmission Service Agreements with

DESY, Merchant Energy Group of the

Americas, Inc. (MEGA), NewEnergy,

Inc. (NEI), and IPMC under the terms of

ComEd’s Open Access Transmission

Tariff (OATT). ComEd requests that the

Commission substitute the Service

Agreement with MEGA for the

unexecuted agreement with MEGA

previously filed under the OATT in

Docket No. ER00–2260–000 on April 21,

2000.

ComEd also submits for filing an

updated Index of Customers reflecting

the addition of St. Charles, Batavia,

IPMC, DESY, and NEI, and name

changes for current customers PP&L,

Inc, renamed PPL Electric Utilities

Corporation d/b/a PPL Utilities (PPL);

PP&L EnergyPlus Co, LLC, renamed

PP&L EnergyPlus LLC. (EPLUS).

ComEd requests an effective date of

and accordingly, seeks waiver of the

Commission’s notice requirements.

Copies of this filing were served on St.

Charles, Batavia, IPMC, DESY, MEGA,

NEI, PPL and EPLUS.

Comment date: June 1, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

12. Portland General Electric Company

[Docket No. ER00–2468–000]

Take notice that on May 11, 2000,

Portland General Electric Company

(PGE), on May 9, 2000, tendered for

filing proposed changes in its FERC

Electric Service Tariff No. 11 to reflect

its affiliation with PG&E Energy

Services Corporation (PG&E ES). PGE

also filed a revised Code of Conduct that

will generically restrict the relationship

of PGE with all of its affiliates with

market-based rate authority, including

PG&E ES.

Copies of the filing were served upon

the Oregon Public Utility Commission,

the California Public Utility

Commission, the California Independent

System Operator Corporation, and PG&E

Energy Services Corporation.

Comment date: June 1, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. Northeast Utilities Services

Company

[Docket No. ER00–2471–000]

Take notice that on May 9, 2000,

Northeast Utilities Service Company

(NUSCO), on behalf of its affiliate, The

Connecticut Light and Power Company

(CL&P), tendered for filing Notice of

Cancellation of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC) rate

schedules and supplements thereto for

Unit Contract Connecticut Yankee, Rate

Schedule FERC No. CL&P 225, by and

between CL&P and the Connecticut

Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative

(CMEEC).

NUSCO requested that the

cancellation become effective as of April

30, 2000.

The termination of this contract is

part of a larger settlement of disputes

between CL&P and CMEEC, including

disputes related to the operation,

shutdown and decommissioning of the

Connecticut Yankee nuclear plant.

Copies of the filing were served upon

the jurisdictional customer, CMEEC, as

well as upon CL&P and the Connecticut

Department of Public Utilities Control.

Comment date: May 30, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. Williams Flexible Generation, LLC

[Docket No. ER00–2469–000]

Take notice that on May 11, 2000,

Williams Flexible Generation, LLC

tendered for filing pursuant to Section

205 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.205,

its application for waivers and blanket

approvals under various regulations of

the Commission and for an order

accepting its Electric Rate Schedule

FERC No. 1.

Comment date: June 1, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

15. Electric Energy, Inc.

[Docket No. EG00–148–000]

Take notice that on May 11, 2000,

Electric Energy, Inc. (EEInc.), 2100

Portland Road, P.O. Box 165, Joppa, IL

62953 filed with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission an application

for determination of exempt wholesale

generator status pursuant to Part 365 of

the Commission’s regulations.

EEInc. is a generation-only company,

the stock of which is owned by Union

Electric Company (40%), Central Illinois

Public Service Company (20%), Illinova

Generating Company (20%), and

Kentucky Utilities Company (20%)

(collectively, the Sponsors). EEInc.

owns and operates a six-unit coal-fired

generating plant in Joppa, IL that has a

total generating capacity of 1,086 MW

(the ‘‘Joppa Plant’’). All of the electricity

available from the Joppa Plant is sold at

wholesale either to the U.S. Department

of Energy, to the Sponsors, or to other

wholesale purchasers. EEInc. also owns

all of the outstanding common stock of

Midwest Electric Power, Inc., which

will own and/or operate 260 MW of

combustion turbine generating capacity

to be installed at the site of the Joppa

Plant and sell electricity exclusively at

wholesale.

Comment date: June 6, 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, N.E., Washington, D.C.

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).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 420–009, Alaska]

City of Ketchikan and Ketchikan Public

Utilities; Notice of Availability of Final

Environmental Assessment

May 18, 2000.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (Commission)

regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No.

486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy

Projects has reviewed the application

for a new license for the Ketchikan

Lakes Hydroelectric Project, and has

prepared a Final Environmental