[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33534-33536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13049]


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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, LSP-Nelson 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 generation-only 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 Non-Firm 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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