Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 121 / Thursday, June 22, 2000 / Notices 38819

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER00–2469–000]

Williams Flexible Generation, LLC;

Notice of Issuance of Order

June 19, 2000.

Williams Flexible Generation, LLC

(Williams Flexible) submitted for filing

a rate schedule under which Williams

Flexible will engage in wholesale

electric power and energy transactions

as a marketer. Williams Flexible also

requested waiver of various Commission

regulations. In particular, Williams

Flexible requested that the Commission

grant blanket approval under 18 CFR

Part 34 of all future issuances of

securities and assumptions of liability

by Williams Flexible.

On June 9, 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 Williams Flexible 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).

Absent a request for hearing within

this period, Williams Flexible

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 Williams Flexible’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 July 10,

2000.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 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. 00–15789 Filed 6–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EC00–100–000, et al.]

Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 3, LLC, et

al.; Electric Rate and Corporate

Regulation Filings

June 14, 2000.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 3, LLC

and Entergy Nuclear FitzPatrick, LLC

[Docket No. EC00–100–000]

Take notice that on June 7, 2000,

Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 3, LLC and

Entergy Nuclear Fitzpatrick, LLC

tendered for filing an application

requesting all necessary authorizations

under Section 203 of the Federal Power

Act to acquire certain transmission

facilities associated with the sale by

New York Power Authority of the James

A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Station

and Indian Point 3 Nuclear Power

Station.

Copies of this filing have been served

on the New York Public Service

Commission, Arkansas Public Service

Commission, Mississippi Public Service

Commission, Louisiana Public Service

Commission, Texas Public Utility

Commission, Council of the City of New

Orleans and on the New York Power

Authority.

Comment date: July 7, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. The FirstEnergy Operating

Companies

[Docket No. ER99–2609–004]

Take notice that on June 9, 2000, The

FirstEnergy Operating Companies

tendered for filing a compliance refund

report pursuant to the Commission’s

March 16, 2000 Letter Order in this

proceeding.

The FirstEnergy Operating Companies

state that a copy of the filing has been

served on the customers receiving

refunds and the public utilities

commissions of Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Comment date: June 30, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. North American Electric Reliability

Council

[Docket No. ER00–2790–000]

Take notice that on June 6, 2000,

Consumers Energy Company (CECo),

tendered for filing a compliance filing in

the above-referenced docket involving

the North American Electric Reliability

Council’s transmission loading relief

procedures.

Comment date: June 27, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. Commonwealth Edison Company

[Docket No. ER00–2795–000]

Take notice that on June 9, 2000,

Commonwealth Edison Company

(ComEd), tendered for filing an

amended service agreement to remove

the market index rate cap for sales from

ComEd to PECO.

ComEd requests waiver of the notice

period to grant the amended service

agreement an effective date of June 10,

2000 and expedited acceptance of the

filing by the Commission.

Comment date: June 30, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. Central Illinois Light Company

[Docket No. ER00–2781–000]

Take notice that on June 9, 2000

Central Illinois Light Company (CILCO),

300 Liberty Street, Peoria, Illinois

61202, tendered for filing with the

Commission an amendment of its Open

Access Transmission Tariff to explicitly

incorporate the revised transmission

loading relief (TLR) procedures

developed by the North American

Electric Reliability Council (NERC) and

approved by the Commission in Docket

No. ER00–1666–000.

CILCO requested the same effective

date granted to NERC, March 1, 2000

and therefore respectfully requested

waiver of the Commission’s notice

requirements.

Copies of the filing were served on the

affected customers and the Illinois

Commerce Commission.

Comment date: June 30, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. Cleco Utility Group Inc.

[Docket No. ER00–2782–000]

Take notice that on June 9, 2000 Cleco

Utility Group, Inc., tendered for filing

Non-Firm and Short Term Firm Pointto-Point transmission service

agreements under its Open Access

Transmission Tariff with Western

Resources, Inc.

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Comment date: June 30, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. Pacific Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER00–2783–000]

Take notice that on June 9, 2000,

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (the

Company), tendered for filing a request

for termination of the Interim Short

Term Coordination Agreement, as

amended, between Pacific Gas and

Electric Company and Sacramento

Municipal Utility District (SMUD),

dated July 28, 1998, initially accepted

by the Commission on August 28, 1998

and designated as Company Rate

Schedule FERC No. 201.

Copies of this filing have been served

upon SMUD and the California Public

Utilities Commission.

Comment date: June 30, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

8. Alliant Energy Corporate Services,

Inc.

[Docket No. ER00–2784–000]

Take notice that on June 9, 2000,

Alliant Energy Corporate Services, Inc.,

tendered for filing executed Network

Service and Network Operating

Agreements, establishing Missouri Basin

Municipal Power Agency doing

business as Missouri River Energy as a

Network Transmission Customer under

the terms of the Alliant Energy

Corporate Services, Inc. transmission

tariff.

Alliant Energy Corporate Services,

Inc., requests an effective date of

December 1, 2000 and accordingly,

seeks waiver of the Commission’s notice

requirements. A copy of this filing has

been served upon the Illinois Commerce

Commission, the Minnesota Public

Utilities Commission, the Iowa

Department of Commerce, and the

Public Service Commission of

Wisconsin.

Comment date: June 30, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

9. Lakefield Junction, L.P.

[Docket No. ER00–2785–000]

Take notice that on June 9, 2000,

Lakefield Junction, L.P. (Seller), a

limited partnership organized under the

laws of the State of Delaware, petitioned

the Commission for an order: (1)

accepting Seller’s proposed FERC

Electric Tariff (Market-Based Rate

Tariff); (2) granting waiver of certain

requirements under Subparts B and C of

Part 35 of the Regulations, and (3)

granting the blanket approvals normally

accorded sellers permitted to sell at

market-based rates. Seller is developing

a 550MW generating facility in Trimont,

Minnesota.

Comment date: June 30, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

10. Texas-New Mexico Power Company

[Docket No. ER00–2786–000]

Take notice that on June 9, 2000,

Texas-New Mexico Power Company

(TNMP) tendered for filing an executed

Firm Point-to-Point Service Agreement

entered into between TNMP and El Paso

Electric Company (EPE).

TNMP and EPE have requested an

effective date of May 1, 2000 for

capacity and energy sales by TNMP to

EPE under this Agreement. Service to be

provided under this Agreement is for

one month.

A copy of this filing was served upon

EPE.

Comment date: June 30, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

11. Mississippi Power Company

[Docket No. ER00–2787–000]

Take notice that on June 9, 2000,

Mississippi Power Company (MPC),

tendered for filing proposed changes to

Rates Schedule MRA–18 of FERC

Electric Tariff, First Revised Volume No.

1 (Tariff) of Mississippi Power

Company. The proposed changes will

provide a rate decrease to all customers

under the Tariff. In addition, the filing

provides for a moratorium on unilateral

changes in rates under the Tariff until

January 1, 2002.

MPC has requested an effective date

of January 1, 2000. The filing also

contains corresponding Settlement

Agreement and Statement of Consents

for each of the customers served under

the Tariff.

The rate decrease is being filed as a

result of agreements reached between

each of the customers under the Tariff

and MPC, which agreements are set

forth in the separate Settlement

Agreement and Statement of Consents

between each customer and MPC.

Copies of the filing were provided to

each of the customers under the Tariff,

to the Mississippi Public Service

Commission, and to the Mississippi

Public Utilities Staff.

Comment date: June 30, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

12. Central Illinois Light Company

[Docket No. ER00–2788–000]

Take notice that on June 9, 2000,

Central Illinois Light Company (CILCO),

300 Liberty Street, Peoria, Illinois

61602, tendered for filing with the

Commission an amendment to CILCO’s

Open Access Transmission Tariff to put

into effect a procedure for establishing

a new generation facility connection to

CILCO’s system.

CILCO requested an effective date of

June 12, 2000, for these amendments.

Copies of the filing were served on all

affected customers, the Illinois

Commerce Commission, and the service

list in this docket.

Comment date: June 30, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. Allegheny Energy Service

Corporation, on behalf of Allegheny

Energy Supply Company, LLC

[Docket No. ER00–2801–000]

Take notice that on June 9,, 2000,

Allegheny Energy Service Corporation

on behalf of Allegheny Energy Supply

Company, LLC (Allegheny Energy

Supply), tendered for filing Amendment

No. 2 to Supplement No. 12 to the

Market Rate Tariff to incorporate a

Netting Agreement with Merchant

Energy Group of the Americas, Inc. into

the tariff provisions.

Allegheny Energy Supply Company

requests a waiver of notice requirements

to make the Amendment effective as of

May 31, 2000.

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 30, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. Avista Corporation

[Docket No. ER00–2802–000]

Take notice that on June 9, 2000,

Avista Corporation (Avista), tendered

for filing notice that Rate Schedule

FERC No. 109, previously filed with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

by Avista Corporation, formerly known

as The Washington Water Power

Company, under the Commission’s

Docket No. ER97–1483–000 and Rate

Schedule FERC No. 92, previously filed

with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission by Avista Corporation,

formerly known as The Washington

Water Power Company, under the

Commission’s Docket No. ER97–1252–

000 with Sonat Power Marketing (now

known as El Paso Merchant Energy,

L.P.) is to be terminated, effective June

15, 2000 by the request of El Paso

Merchant Energy, L.P. per its letter

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dated June 7, 2000. FERC Rate Schedule

No. 109 replaced an unsigned tariff

previously filed with the FERC in

Docket No. ER97–1252–000.

Comment date: June 30, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

15. Deepwater Power LLC, B.L. England

Power LLC, Indian River Power LLC,

Vienna Power LLC, Keystone Power

LLC, and Conemaugh Power LLC

[Docket Nos. ER00–2805–000, ER00–2806–

000 ER00–2807–000, ER00–2808–000, ER00–

2809–000, and ER00–2810–000]

Take notice that on June 9, 2000,

Deepwater Power LLC, B.L. England

Power LLC, Indian River Power LLC,

Vienna Power LLC, Keystone Power

LLC, and Conemaugh Power LLC

(Sellers), limited liability companies

organized under the laws of the State of

Delaware, petitions the Commission for

an order: (1) Accepting Sellers’

proposed FERC Electric Tariffs (MarketBased Rate Tariffs); (2) granting waiver

of certain requirements under Subparts

B and C of Part 35 of the regulations,

and (3) granting the blanket approvals

normally accorded sellers permitted to

sell at market-based rates. Sellers are

indirect subsidiaries of Northern States

Power Company.

Comment date: June 30, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

16. The United Illuminating Company

[Docket No. ER00–2804–000]

Take notice that on June 9, 2000, The

United Illuminating Company (UI),

tendered for filing for informational

purposes its report regarding all

individual Purchase Agreements,

Supplements to Purchase Agreements

and related agreements executed under

UI’s Wholesale Electric Sales Tariff,

FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume

No. 2, as amended, during the sixmonth period November 1, 1999

through April 30, 2000. UI reports that

it entered into the following agreements

during this period: PPA Entitlements

Transfer Agreement between UI and

Enron Power Marketing, Inc. (EPMI),

dated as of December 28, 1999; Letter

Agreement amending Section 5.1 of the

foregoing PPA Entitlements Transfer

Agreement, dated December 28, 1999;

Letter Agreement between UI and EPMI

regarding the sale by UI and the

purchase by EPMI of Installed

Capability, Operable Capability and

other ancillary products and services

associated with Millstone Station Unit

No. 3 and Seabrook Station, dated as of

December 28, 1999; Wholesale Power

Supply Agreement between UI and

EPMI, dated as of December 28, 1999

(the WPSA); and a Letter Agreement

between UI and EPMI relating to a

contract for differences based upon the

output of UI’s nuclear plant interests,

dated as of December 28, 1999 (the

Nuclear Output Agreement). Public and

confidential versions of the WPSA and

Nuclear Output Agreement have been

submitted for filing, as EPMI has

requested confidential treatment of

certain information in these agreements.

Comment date: June 30, 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. 00–15731 Filed 6–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EG00–169–000, et al.]

GenPower Dell, LLC, et al.; Electric

Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings

June 16, 2000.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. GenPower Dell, LLC

[Docket No. EG00–169–000]

Take notice that on June 13, 2000,

GenPower Dell, LLC (Applicant), a

Delaware limited liability company,

whose address is 1040 Great Plain

Avenue, Needham, MA, tendered for

filing with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission an application

for determination of exempt wholesale

generator status pursuant to Part 365 of

the Commission’s Regulations.

Applicant intends to construct an

approximate 600 MW natural gas-fired

combined cycle independent power

production facility in Dell, Arkansas

(the Facility). The Facility is currently

under development and will be owned

by Applicant. Electric energy produced

by the Facility will be sold by Applicant

to the wholesale power market in the

southern United States.

Comment date: July 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. GenPower McAdams, LLC

[Docket No. EG00–170–000]

Take notice that on June 12, 2000,

GenPower McAdams, LLC (Applicant),

a Delaware limited liability company,

whose address is 1040 Great Plain

Avenue, Needham, MA, tendered for

filing with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission an application

for determination of exempt wholesale

generator status pursuant to Part 365 of

the Commission’s Regulations.

Applicant intends to construct an

approximate 640 MW natural gas-fired

combined cycle independent power

production facility in Sallis, Mississippi

(the Facility). The Facility is currently

under development and will be owned

by Applicant. Electric energy produced

by the Facility will be sold by Applicant

to the wholesale power market in the

southern United States.

Comment date: July 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. Central Power and Light Company,

West Texas Utilities Company, Public

Service Company of Oklahoma,

Southwestern Electric Power Company

[Docket No. ER99–897–002]

Take notice that on June 13, 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 a refund

report pursuant to the Commission’s

March 30, 2000 order in the abovecaptioned docket regarding refunds

under the CSW Operating Companies’

open access transmission service tariff.

A copy of this filing has been served

on each person designated on the

official service list compiled by the