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endof calendar year 2000 and a

negotiated settlement does not appear to

be imminent, El Paso will file, no later

than January 15, 2001, pro forma tariff

sheets that assume the continuation of

pro rata allocation of El Paso’s capacity.

El Paso requests that the Commission

act expeditiously on its motion for

extension of time. El Paso states that it

is currently in the process of preparing

its June 15 compliance filing, and it

must proceed to formulate a

segmentation proposal to include in that

filing if this motion is not granted.

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 on or before

June 1, 2000. 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).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–13629 Filed 5–31??–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. ER00–2074–000 and ER00–

2093–000 (Not consolidated)

Elkem Metals Company, Elkem Metals

Company-Alloy, Inc.; Notice of

Issuance of Order

May 25, 2000.

Elkem Metals Company and Elkem

Metals Company-Alloy, Inc. (hereafter,

‘‘the Applicants’’) filed with the

Commission rate schedules in the

above-captioned proceedings,

respectively, under which the

Applicants will engage in wholesale

electric power and energy transactions

at market-based rates, and for certain

waivers and authorizations. In

particular, certain of the Applicants may

also have requested in their respective

applications that the Commission grant

blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 34

of all future issuances of securities and

assumptions of liabilities by the

Applicants. On May 17, 2000, the

Commission issued an order that

accepted the rate schedules for sales of

capacity and energy at market-based

rates (Order), in the above-docketed

proceedings.

The Commission’s May 17, 2000

Order granted, for those Applicants that

sought such approval, their request for

blanket approval under Part 34, subject

to the conditions found in Appendix B

in Ordering Paragraphs (2), (3), and (5):

(2) Within 30 days of the date of this

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the Commission’s blanket

approval of issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities by the

Applicants 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.

(3) Absent a request to be heard

within the period set forth in Ordering

Paragraph (2) above, if the Applicants

have requested such authorization, the

Applicants are hereby authorized to

issue securities and assume obligations

and liabilities as guarantor, indorser,

surety or otherwise in respect of any

security of another person; provided

that such issue or assumption is for

some lawful object within the corporate

purposes of the Applicants, compatible

with the public interest, and reasonably

necessary or appropriate for such

purposes.

(5) The Commission reserves the right

to modify this order to require a further

showing that neither public nor private

interests will be adversely affected by

continued Commission approval of the

Applicants’ issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities* * *.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is June 16,

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. This issuance

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.

[FR Doc. 00–13635 Filed 5–31–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER00–2248–000]

Energy Trading Company, Inc.; Notice

of Issuance of Order

May 25, 2000.

Energy Trading Company, Inc.

(Energy Trading) submitted for filing a

rate schedule under which Energy

Trading will engage in wholesale

electric power and energy transactions

as a marketer. Energy Trading also

requested waiver of various Commission

regulations. In particular, Energy

Trading requested that the Commission

grant blanket approval under 18 CFR

part 34 of all future issuances of

securities and assumptions of liability

by Energy Trading.

On May 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 Energy Trading 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, Energy Trading 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 Energy Trading’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 June 19,

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