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Wisconsin Electric requests an

effective date coincident with its filing

and waiver of the Commission’s notice

requirements in order to allow for

economic transactions as they appear.

Copies of the filing have been served

on NewEnergy, the Public Service

Commission of Wisconsin and the

Michigan Public Service Commission.

Comment date: June 2, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

12. Wisconsin Electric Power Company

[Docket No. ER00–2481–000]

Take notice that on May 12, 2000,

Wisconsin Electric Power Company

(Wisconsin Electric), tendered for filing

a short-term firm Transmission Service

Agreement and a non-firm Transmission

Service Agreement between itself and

Calpine Power Services Company

(Calpine). The Transmission Service

Agreements allow Calpine to receive

transmission services under Wisconsin

Energy Corporation Operating

Companies’ FERC Electric Tariff,

Volume No. 1.

Wisconsin Electric requests an

effective date coincident with its filing

and waiver of the Commission’s notice

requirements in order to allow for

economic transactions as they appear.

Copies of the filing have been served

on Calpine, the Public Service

Commission of Wisconsin and the

Michigan Public Service Commission.

Comment date: June 2, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. Central Power and Light Company,

West Texas Utilities Company, Public

Service Company of Oklahoma,

Southwestern Electric Power Company

[Docket No. ER00–2482–000]

Take Notice that on May 12, 2000,

Central Power and Light Company, West

Texas Utilities Company, Public Service

Company of Oklahoma and

Southwestern Electric Power Company

(collectively, the CSW Operating

Companies), tendered for filing revised

pages to the CSW Operating Companies’

open access transmission service tariff

(CSW OATT).

The CSW Operating Companies state

that a copy of the filing was served on

the Public Utility Commission of Texas,

the Oklahoma Corporation Commission,

the Arkansas Public Service

Commission, the Louisiana Public

Service Commission, and on all persons

with whom the CSW Operating

Companies have entered into service

agreements under the CSW OATT.

Comment date: June 2, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. New Century Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER00–2483–000]

Take notice that on May 12, 2000,

New Century Services, Inc. (NCS), on

behalf of Public Service Company of

Colorado (Public Service), tendered for

filing the Master Power Purchase and

Sale Agreement between Public Service

and Sempra Energy Trading Corp.,

which is an umbrella service agreement

under Public Service’s Rate Schedule

for Market-Based Power Sales (Public

Service FERC Electric Tariff, Original

Volume No. 6).

NCS requests that this agreement

become effective on April 14, 2000.

Comment date: June 2, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

15. Tucson Electric Power Company

[Docket No. ER00–2484–000]

Take notice that on May 12, 2000,

Tucson Electric Power Company

tendered for filing an Umbrella

Agreement for Short-Term Firm Pointto-Point Transmission Service dated as

of May 4, 2000 by and between Tucson

Electric Power Company and Southern

California Edison Company. No service

has commenced at this time, and also a

Non-Firm Service Agreement dated as of

May 4, 2000 by and between Tucson

Electric Power Company and Southern

California Edison Company. Service

commenced on April 13, 2000.

Comment date: June 2, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

16. Allegheny Energy Service

Corporation, on behalf of Allegheny

Energy Supply Company, LLC

[Docket No. ER00–2499–000]

Take notice that on May 12, 2000,

Allegheny Energy Service Corporation

on behalf of Allegheny Energy Supply

Company, LLC (Allegheny Energy

Supply), tendered for filing Amendment

No. 3 to Supplement No. 23 to the

Market Rate Tariff to incorporate a

Netting Agreement with New York State

Electric & Gas Corporation into the tariff

provisions.

Allegheny Energy Supply requests a

waiver of notice requirements to make

the Amendment effective as of May 3,

2000 or such other date as ordered by

the Commission.

Copies of the filing have been

provided to the Public Utilities

Commission of Ohio, the Pennsylvania

Public Utility Commission, the

Maryland Public Service Commission,

the Virginia State Corporation

Commission, the West Virginia Public

Service Commission, and all parties of

record.

Comment date: June 2, 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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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER00–2212–001, et al.]

Entergy Services. Inc., et al. Electric

Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings

May 18, 2000.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Entergy Services, Inc.

Docket No. ER00–2212–001]

Take notice that on May 12, 2000,

Entergy Services, Inc., acting as agent

for Entergy Arkansas, Inc. and Entergy

Gulf States, Inc., tendered for filing an

amendment to its April 14, 2000, filing

of Generator Imbalance Agreements

with Pine Bluff Energy LLC (Pine Bluff)

and Carville Energy LLC (Carville), and

amendments to the Interconnection and

Operating Agreements with Pine Bluff

and Carville.

Comment date: June 2, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

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2. Wisconsin Public Service

Corporation

[Docket No. ER00–2495–000]

Take notice that on May 15, 2000,

Wisconsin Public Service Corporation

(WPSC), tendered for filing an

amendment to its Coordination Sales

Tariff (CST), FERC Electric Tariff, First

Revised Volume No. 5. WPSC filed this

amendment to change the definition of

‘‘out-of-pocket cost’’ for purposes of

Service Schedule A—Negotiated

Capacity and Energy, Service Schedule

B—General Purpose Energy and Service

Schedule C—Emergency Energy. This

filing also reformats the CST to comply

with the Commission’s new tariff sheet

designation policy.

Copies of the filing were served upon

the public utility’s customers under the

CST Tariff, the Public Service

Commission of Wisconsin and the

Michigan Public Service Commission.

Comment date: June 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. Allegheny Energy Service

Corporation, on behalf of Allegheny

Energy Supply Company, LLC

[Docket No. ER00–2494–000]

Take notice that on May 15, 2000,

Allegheny Energy Service Corporation

on behalf of Allegheny Energy Supply

Company, LLC (Allegheny Energy

Supply), tendered for filing Supplement

No. 41 to add one (1) new Customer to

the Market Rate Tariff under which

Allegheny Energy Supply Company

offers generation services; and filed

Amendment No. 1 to Supplement No.

41 to incorporate a Netting Agreement

with FirstEnergy Trading Services, Inc.

into the tariff provisions.

Allegheny Energy Supply requests a

waiver of notice requirements both to

make service available to the Customer

and to make the Netting Agreement

effective as of April 16, 2000 or on a

date as determined by the Commission.

Copies of the filing have been

provided to the Public Utilities

Commission of Ohio, the Pennsylvania

Public Utility Commission, the

Maryland Public Service Commission,

the Virginia State Corporation

Commission, the West Virginia Public

Service Commission, and all parties of

record.

Comment date: June 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. Maine Electric Power Company

[Docket No. ER00–2493–000]

Take notice that on May 15, 2000,

Maine Electric Power Company

(MEPCO) tendered for filing a service

agreement for Non-Firm Point-to-Point

Transmission service entered into with

Duke Energy Trading and Marketing.

Service will be provided pursuant to

MEPCO’s Open Access Transmission

Tariff, designated rate schedule

MEPCO—FERC Electric Tariff, Original

Volume No. 1, as supplemented.

Comment date: June 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. Public Service Company of New

Mexico

[Docket No. ER00–2127–000]

Take notice that on May 15, 2000,

Public Service Company of New Mexico

(PNM), tendered for filing an

amendment to its April 5, 2000, filing of

Notices of Cancellation of various

Electric Power Sale, Purchase, and

Tariff Service Agreements. In the

amendment, PNM withdraws the Notice

of Cancellation for the Service

Agreement between PNM and

Washington Water Power Company

(now known as Avista Corporation)

dated June 1, 1992 under Avista

Corporation’s FERC Electric Rate Tariff

Original Volume No. 4. PNM’s filing is

available for public inspection at its

offices in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Comment date: June 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. Commonwealth Edison Company

[Docket No. ER00–2487–000]

Take notice that on May 15, 2000,

Commonwealth Edison Company

(ComEd), tendered for filing a Sales

Agreement to sell power and energy to

Central Illinois Light Company (CILCO).

ComEd requests an effective date of

May 16, 2000 for the agreements and

accordingly seeks waiver of the

Commission’s notice requirements.

Copies of the filing were served on

CILCO.

Comment date: June 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. Commonwealth Edison Company

[Docket No. ER00–2486–000]

Take notice that on May 15, 2000,

Commonwealth Edison Company

(ComEd), tendered for filing MBR Sales

Agreements establishing Dynegy Energy

Services, Inc., MidAmerican Energy

Company and Nicor Energy, L.L.C. as

customers under ComEd’s FERC Electric

Market Based-Rate Schedule for power

sales.

ComEd requests an effective date of

May 16, 2000 for the agreements and

accordingly seeks waiver of the

Commission’s notice requirements.

Copies of the filing were served on

Dynegy Energy Services, Inc.,

MidAmerican Energy Company and

Nicor Energy L.L.C.

Comment date: June 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

8. Reliant Energy Mid-Atlantic Power

Holdings, LLC

[Docket No. ER00–2508–000]

Take notice that on May 15, 2000,

Reliant Energy Mid-Atlantic Power

Holdings, LLC (Reliant Energy MidAtlantic), tendered for filing a Notice of

Succession pursuant to Section 35.16 of

the Commission’s Regulations, 18 CFR

35.16. Reliant Energy Mid-Atlantic is

succeeding to the FERC Electric Tariff,

First Revised Volume No. 1 of Reliant

Energy Pennsylvania Holdings, LLC,

effective May 12, 2000.

Comment date: June 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

9. Allegheny Energy Service

Corporation, on behalf of Monongahela

Power Company, The Potomac Edison

Company and West Penn Power

Company (Allegheny Power)

[Docket No. ER00–1262–000]

Take notice that on May 12, 2000,

Allegheny Energy Service Corporation

on behalf of Monongahela Power

Company, The Potomac Edison

Company and West Penn Power

Company (Allegheny Power), tendered

for filing filed revisions to its Open

Access Transmission Tariff in

compliance with the Commission’s

Order of Aril 13, 2000 at Docket No.

ER00–1262–000, 91 FERC ¶ 61,044.

Copies of the filing have been

provided to jurisdictional customers,

the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio,

the Pennsylvania Public Utility

Commission, the Maryland Public

Service Commission, the Virginia State

Corporation Commission, the West

Virginia Public Service Commission and

all parties of record.

Comment date: June 2, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

10. MidAmerican Energy Company

[Docket No. ER00–2503–000]

Take notice that on May 15, 2000,

MidAmerican Energy Company

(MidAmerican), tendered for filing with

the Commission a Notice of

Cancellation of its Service Agreement

dated July 11, 1962, between Iowa

Power and Light Company (a

predecessor company of MidAmerican)

and the City of Neola, Iowa, pursuant to

Section 35.15 of the Commission’s

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Regulations. This Agreement has been

designated as MidAmerican Rate

Schedule No. 33.

MidAmerican requests a waiver of

Section 35.15 to the extent that this

Notice of Cancellation has not been filed

within the time required by such

section. MidAmerican inadvertently

failed to submit the Notice of

Cancellation upon expiration of the

agreement under its own terms.

MidAmerican requests that the

following rate schedule be canceled

effective as of 11:59 p.m. on March 31,

1999:

MidAmerican has mailed a copy of

this filing to City of Neola, Iowa, the

Iowa Utilities Board, the Illinois

Commerce Commission and the South

Dakota Public Utilities Commission.

Comment date: June 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

11. PacifiCorp, Portland General

Electric Company, Puget Sound Energy,

Inc., Avista Corporation; TransAlta

Centralia Generation LLC

[Docket No. EC00–87–001]

Take notice that on May 11, 2000,

PacifiCorp, Portland General Electric

Company, Puget Sound Energy, Inc.,

and Avista Corporation, and TransAlta

Centralia Generation LLC (TACG)

(collectively, the Applicants) filed as

part of Exhibit H to their Application

filed on Friday, May 5, 2000 pursuant

to Section 203 of the Federal Power Act,

an unexecuted version of the

Assignment and Assumption Agreement

for the transfer of the Standby Service

Agreement.

Comment date: June 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

12. PacifiCorp; Portland General

Electric Company; Puget Sound Energy,

Inc.; Avista Corporation; TransAlta

Centralia Generation LLC

[Docket No. EC00–87–000]

Take notice that on May 5, 2000,

PacifiCorp, Portland General Electric

Company, Puget Sound Energy, Inc.,

Avista Corporation (collectively, the

Joint Parties), and TransAlta Centralia

Generation LLC (TACG) (together, the

Applicants) submitted for filing an

application pursuant to Section 203 of

the Federal Power Act (FPA) seeking

authorization to assign the rights and

obligations of the Joint Parties under the

Centralia Standby Service Agreement

between Bonneville Power

Administration (BPA) and the Joint

Parties from the Joint Parties to TACG.

On May 8, 2000, the applicants filed

an errata to their application correcting

footnote one on page one of the

application. It incorrectly stated that the

Joint parties and certain other nonjurisdictional public entities are the

joint owners of the Centralia Steam

Electric Generating Plant (the Centralia

Facility). The Applicants would like to

clarify that these parties interests in the

Centralia Facility were conveyed to

TACG in a transaction which was

approved by the Commission and

consummated on May 4, 2000.

Comment date: June 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. Madison Gas & Electric Company

[Docket No. EC00–89–000]

Take notice that on May 9, 2000,

Madison Gas & Electric Company

(MGE), pursuant to Section 203 of the

Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. § 824b,

filed an Application for approval to

transfer operational control over certain

identified transmission facilities to the

Midwest Independent Transmission

System Operator, Inc. (Midwest ISO).

MGE states that this filing is intended to

reflect the fact that it has joined the

Midwest ISO, and to allow for the

transfer of control of the identified

facilities to the Midwest ISO.

MGE states that the filing has been

served on all affected state commissions

and all parties in Docket Nos. ER98–

1438 and EC98–24.

Comment date: June 8, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. P&L Coal Holdings Corporation;

Edison Mission Energy; Citizens Power

LLC

[Docket No. EC00–90–000]

Take notice that on May 12, 2000,

P&L Coal Holdings Corporation, Edison

Mission Energy, and Citizens Power

LLC filed an application for an order

authorizing the proposed sale to Edison

Mission Energy, of certain of P&L Coal

Holdings Corporation’s indirect equity

interests in the following power

marketing entities: Citizens Power Sales

LLC, Hartford Power Sales, L.L.C., CL

Power Sales One, L.L.C., CL Power Sales

Two, L.L.C., CP Power Sales Five,

L.L.C., CL Power Sales Six, L.L.C., CL

Power Sales Seven, L.L.C., CL Power

Sales Eight, L.L.C., CL Power Sales

Nine, L.L.C., CL Power Sales Ten,

L.L.C., CP Power Sales Twelve, L.L.C.,

CP Power Sales Thirteen, L.L.C., CP

Power Sales Fourteen, L.L.C., CP Power

Sales Fifteen, L.L.C., CP Power Sales

Seventeen, L.L.C., CP Power Sales

Eighteen, L.L.C., CP Power Sales

Nineteen, L.L.C., and CP Power Sales

Twenty, L.L.C.

Comment date: June 12, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

15. Conectiv; NRG Energy, Inc.

[Docket No. EC00–91–000]

Take notice that on May 15, 2000,

Conectiv and NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG

Energy) (collectively, the Applicants)

submitted on behalf of certain of their

respective subsidiaries a joint

application under Section 203 of the

Federal Power Act and Part 33 of the

Commission’s regulations to request

authorization and approval for the sale

of certain jurisdictional transmission

facilities (and the appurtenant

generating facilities) and for the

assignment of interests in the Keystone

and Conemaugh Interconnection

Agreements to NRG Energy.

The Conectiv subsidiaries involved in

the sale of the facilities and interests are

Delmarva Power & Light Company,

Atlantic City Electric Company, and

Conectiv Delmarva Generation, Inc. The

NRG Energy subsidiaries who will

acquire the Conectiv facilities and

interests are Deepwater Power LLC; B.

L. England Power LLC; Indian River

Power LLC; Vienna Power LLC;

Keystone Power LLC; and Conemaugh

Power LLC. The NRG Energy

subsidiaries who will participate in the

ownership of those six companies are

MidAtlantic Generation Holding LLC;

NRG Atlantic LLC; and NRG

MidAtlantic Generating LLC.

The Applicants’ proposed closing

date for the sale and assignment is on

or about September 1, 2000. The

Applicants request approval of the

transaction by or about August 1, 2000.

The Applicants state that copies of

their joint application have been served

upon the state regulatory commissions

of New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland,

Pennsylvania and Virginia; the

signatories to the Keystone and

Conemaugh Interconnection

Agreements; the PJM Interconnection,

LLC; Delmarva’s wholesale

requirements customers; and the

wholesale electric systems dependent

on Atlantic or Delmarva for access to the

PJM transmission grid.

Comment date: June 14, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

16. New England Power Pool

[Docket No. ER00–2485–000]

Take notice that on May 15, 2000, the

New England Power Pool (NEPOOL)

Participants Committee and

Transmission Owners submitted the

Fifty-Fifth Agreement Amending the

New England Power Pool Agreement

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(Fifty-Fifth Agreement) which provides

for the addition of System Restoration

and Planning Services to the NEPOOL

Tariff, including both requirements and

compensation for the provision of those

services. The NEPOOL Participants

Committee and Transmission Owners

could not agree on the effective date for

the Agreement and have requested the

Commission determine the effective

date provided such date is not later than

July 14, 2000.

The NEPOOL Participants Committee

and Transmission Owners state that

copies of these materials were sent to

the NEPOOL Participants and the six

New England state governors and

regulatory commissions.

Comment date: June 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

17. Commonwealth Edison Company

[Docket No. ER00–2488–000]

Take notice that on May 15, 2000,

Commonwealth Edison Company

(ComEd) tendered for filing a Sales

Agreement to sell power and energy to

Unicom Energy, Inc. (UEI).

ComEd requests an effective date of

May 16, 2000 for the agreements and

accordingly seeks waiver of the

Commission’s notice requirements.

Copies of the filing were served on

UEI.

Comment date: June 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

18. Louisville Gas And Electric

Company; Kentucky Utilities Company

[Docket No. ER00–2489–000]

Take notice that on May 15, 2000,

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

(LG&E)/Kentucky Utilities (KU)

(hereinafter Companies) tendered for

filing executed unilateral Service Sales

Agreement between Companies and

Connectiv Energy Supply, Inc. under

the Companies’ Rate Schedule MBSS.

This filing replaces previous filing of

unexecuted agreement filed on April 18,

2000 and designated Docket No. ER00–

2231–000.

Comment date: June 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

19. Louisville Gas And Electric

Company; Kentucky Utilities Company

[Docket No. ER00–2490–000]

Take notice that on May 15, 2000,

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

(LG&E)/Kentucky Utilities (KU)

(hereinafter Companies) tendered for

filing an executed Netting Agreement

between the Companies and Connectiv

Energy Supply, Inc.

Comment date: June 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

20. Louisville Gas And Electric

Company; Kentucky Utilities Company

[Docket No. ER00–2491–000]

Take notice that on May 15, 2000,

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

(LG&E)/Kentucky Utilities (KU)

(hereinafter Companies) tendered for

filing AN executed Netting Agreement

between the Companies and DTE Energy

Trading.

Comment date: June 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

21. PPL Montana, LLC

[Docket No. ER00–2492–000]

Take notice that on May 15, 2000, PPL

Montana, LLC (PPL Montana) filed a

Service Agreement dated May 1, 2000

with PPL EnergyPlus, LLC (PPL

EnergyPlus) under PPL Montana’s

Market-Based Rate Tariff, FERC Electric

Tariff, Original Volume No. 1. The

Service Agreement adds PPL EnergyPlus

as an eligible customer under the Tariff.

PPL Montana requests an effective

date of May 1, 2000 for the Service

Agreement.

PPL Montana states that PPL

EnergyPlus has been served with a copy

of this filing.

Comment date: June 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

22. Consumers Energy Company

[Docket No. ER00–2496–000]

Take notice that on May 15, 2000,

Consumers Energy Company

(Consumers) tendered for filing a service

agreement for unbundled wholesale

power service pursuant to the

Consumers’ cost-based Power Sales

Tariff accepted for filing on September

12, 1997 in Docket No. ER97–964–000

with British Columbia Power Exchange

Corporation.

Copies of the filed agreement were

served upon the Michigan Public

Service Commission and the customer.

Comment date: June 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

23. Entergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER00–2497–000]

Take notice that on May 15, 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., (collectively, the

Entergy Operating Companies) tendered

for filing a Long-Term Firm Point-toPoint Transmission Service Agreement

Entergy Services, Inc. as agent for the

Entergy Operating Companies, and

PECO Energy Company—Power Team.

Entergy Services requests that the

agreement be made effective no later

than May 3, 2000.

Comment date: June 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

24. Golden Spread Electric Cooperative,

Inc.

[Docket No. ER00–2498–000]

Take notice that on May 15, 2000,

Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc.

(Golden Spread) tendered for filing

Revisions to its FERC Rate Schedule

Nos. 23–33.

Copies of this filing were served upon

each of Golden Spread’s Member

Cooperatives taking service under such

rate schedules and the Public Utility

Commission of Texas.

Comment date: June 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

25. Deseret Generation & Transmission

Co-operative, Inc.

[Docket No. ER00–53–000]

Take notice that on May 15, 2000,

Deseret Generation & Transmission Cooperative, Inc. filed an informational

filing, attached as Appendix A,

providing the exact amount paid as a

Supplemental 1999 Rate Rebate to each

of its six member cooperatives.

Comment date: June 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

26. NorthWestern Corporation

[Docket No. ES00–35–001]

Take notice that on May 12, 2000,

NorthWestern Corporation submitted an

amendment to its original application in

this proceeding pursuant to Section 204

of the Federal Power Act. The

amendment seeks authorization to issue

(iii) not more than 1,000,000 shares of

its Common Stock, par value $1.75 per

share, including related Common Stock

Purchase Rights, for its Dividend

Reinvestment and Director Stock

Purchase Plan; (iv) not more than

100,000 shares of its Common Stock, par

value $1.75 per share, including related

Common Stock Purchase Rights to be

issued for the purpose of making

charitable contributions to qualifying

organizations; (v) not more than 500,000

shares of its Cumulative Preferred Stock,

par value $100 per share; and (vi) not

more than 500,000 shares of its

Preference Stock, par value $50 per

share.

NorthWestern Corporation also

requests an exemption from the

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Commission’s competitive bidding and

negotiated placement requirements of

18 CFR 34.2.

Comment date: June 7, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

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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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EG00–152–000, et al.]

Lone Star Steel Sales Company, et al.;

Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation

Filings

May 17, 2000.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Lone Star Steel Sales Company

[Docket No. EG00–152–000]

Take notice that on May 15, 2000,

Lone Star Steel Sales Company (LSSS),

P.O. Box 803546, Dallas, Texas 75380,

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.

LSSS is a Delaware corporation with

its principal place of business in Dallas,

Texas. LSSS is engaged exclusively in

the business of owning or operating an

eligible facility selling electric energy at

wholesale. The eligible facility consists

of 15 MW of gas-fired generation located

in Northeast Texas that is entirely

within the certificated service area of

Southwestern Electric Power Company

(SWEPCO).

Comment date: June 7, 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.

2. Twelvepole Creek, LLC

[Docket No. EG00–153–000]

Take notice that on May 15, 2000,

Twelvepole Creek, LLC, with its

principal place of business c/o

Columbia Electric Company, 13880

Dulles Corner Lane, Herndon, VA,

20171, 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.

Twelvepole Creek, LLC intends to

construct, own or lease, and operate an

approximately 504 MW natural gas-fired

generating facility located in Wayne

County, West Virginia. All output from

the facility will be sold at wholesale.

Comment date: June 7, 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.

3. MidAmerican Energy Company

[Docket No. EL99–92–002]

Take notice that on May 11, 2000,

MidAmerican Energy Company

(MidAmerican), 666 Grand Avenue,

2900 Ruan Center, Des Moines, Iowa

50309 tendered for filing a Refund

Report as required by the March 17,

2000 Letter Order in Docket No. EL99–

92–000.

MidAmerican states that the last

billings at non-settlement rates were

rendered for the month of February

2000 and that all subsequent billings

have been based on the settlement rates

and charges approved by the Letter

Order. MidAmerican further states that

interest on the refunds was calculated in

accordance with 18 CFR 35.19a and that

all refunds with interest required to be

paid pursuant to the Letter Order were

transmitted electronically to customers

on April 28, 2000.

Copies of the filing were served on all

parties to Docket Nos. EL99–92–000 and

ER99–3887–000.

Comment date: June 12, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. Lyon Rural Electric Cooperative

[Docket No. ES00–34–000]

Take notice that on May 10, 2000,

Lyon Rural Electric Cooperative (Lyon)

filed an application pursuant to Section

204 of the Federal Power Act seeking

authorization to borrow money under a

long-term loan agreement in the form of

secured promissory notes in an amount

not to exceed $2,400,000. Lyon seeks

authorization to borrow money under a

short-term line of credit agreement in

the form of promissory notes in an

amount not to exceed $900,000. Lyon

requests authorization for the long-term

loan agreement and the short-term line

of credit over a two-year period

commencing June 30, 2000.

Lyon also seeks a waiver of the

Commission’s competitive bidding and

negotiated placement requirements of

18 CFR 34.2 regarding both the longterm loan agreement and the short-term

line of credit.

Comment date: June 7, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. Northwestern Corporation

[Docket No. ES00–35–000]

Take notice that on May 8, 2000,

Northwestern Corporation filed an

application pursuant to Section 204 of

the Federal Power Act seeking

authorization to issue

(i) not more than 5,000,000 shares of

its Common Stock, par value $1.75 per

share, including related Common Stock

Purchase Rights; and

(ii) not more than $140,000,000 of its

mortgage bonds, notes, debentures,

subordinated debentures, guarantees or

other evidences of indebtedness.

NorthWestern also requests an

exemption from the Commission’s

competitive bidding and negotiated

placement requirements of 18 CFR 34.2.

Comment date: June 7, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. Electric Energy, Inc.

[Docket No. ES00–36–000]

Take notice that on May 11, 2000,

Electric Energy, Inc. submitted an

application pursuant to the Federal

Power Act seeking authorization to

issue from time to time (a) not more

than $120 million of new long-term debt

with a maturity of up to 15 years, and

(b) new short-term debt in an amount

not to exceed $70 million at any time.

Comment date: June 7, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.