49218 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 182 / Friday, September 19, 1997 / Notices

1This report originally was due on or before

August 4, 1997. The due date was extended to

September 19, 1997, in a notice issued on July 11,

1997.

requests waiver of the Commission’s 60-

day notice requirement.

Waiver is appropriate pursuant to the

Commission’s policy set forth in Central

Hudson Gas & Electric Corp., 60 FERC

¶ 61,106 reh’g denied, 61 FERC ¶ 61,089

(1992). In Central Hudson, the

Commission stated that it would

generally waive the 60-day prior notice

requirement ‘‘for filings that reduce

rates and charges—such as rate

decreases * * *’’ Id., 60 FERC at

61,338. Accordingly, as a rate decrease,

this filing falls squarely within the

standard for waiver enumerated in

Central Hudson.

Comment date: September 26, 1997,

in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

E. Any person desiring to be heard or

to protest said 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 18 CFR 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 this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–24926 Filed 9–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RM95–9–003]

Open Access Same-Time Information

System and Standards of Conduct;

Notice of Extension of Time for Filing

Report on OASIS Phase II

Requirements

September 15, 1997.

On September 12, 1997, the OASIS

How Working Group (How Group) filed

a letter requesting that the Commission

extend the due date for submittal of a

report on OASIS Phase II requirements.

The How Group requests that the report,

previously due on or before September

19, 1997, now be due on or before

October 31, 1997.1

The How Group explains that an

extension until October 31, 1997 is

required because: (1) The Commercial

Practices Working Group has joined the

effort to co-author the report, thus

necessitating greater coordination

efforts; and (2) it hopes to elicit

additional public and industry input on

the draft report, through surveys,

comments and workshops, in the

intervening time.

After consideration of the How

Group’s letter, the requested extension

of time, for filing the OASIS Phase II

report, is hereby granted.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–24872 Filed 9–18–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Western Area Power Administration

Transmission and Ancillary Services

Rates, Loveland Area Projects, Notice

of Proposed Rate Adjustments

AGENCY: Western Area Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rate

adjustments.

SUMMARY: The Western Area Power

Administration (Western) is proposing

transmission service and ancillary

service rate adjustments (proposed

rates) for the Loveland Area Projects

(LAP). This action is necessary because

the existing transmission rate (1993) is

no longer sufficient to recover annual

costs (including interest expense) and

capital requirements.

The Proposed Rates are scheduled to

go into effect April 1, 1998. Western

requests approval of a rate methodology

for each service. Once approved, the

rates will be adjusted on or about

October 1 each year by updating the

revenue requirement and load data to

the most currently available. This

Federal Register notice initiates the

formal process for the proposed rates.

The current firm transmission rate for

LAP expires January 31, 1999, but will

be superseded by this rate adjustment

for new and existing transmission

service. Heretofore, there have been no

rates for the six ancillary services

defined by Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (FERC) Order 888. Please

refer to Table 1 for a summary of the

Proposed Rates and their methodology.

DATES: The consultation and comment

period will begin on the date of

publication of this Federal Register

notice and will end December 18, 1997.

Written comments should be received

by Western by the end of the comment

period to be assured consideration.

Western will present a detailed

explanation of the proposed rate at the

public information forum which will be

held at the following date and time:

1. October 23, 1997—1 p.m. MDT,

Denver, CO.

Western will receive written and oral

comments at the public comment forum

which will be held at the following date

and time:

2. November 18, 1997—1 p.m. MST,

Denver, CO.

ADDRESSES: Western’s public

information forum will be held at the

following place:

1. Fairfield Inn, 6851 Tower Road,

Denver, CO 80249, (303) 576–9640

Western’s public comment forum will

be held at the following place:

2. Fairfield Inn, 6851 Tower Road,

Denver, CO 80249, (303) 576–9640

Written comments are to be sent to:

Regional Manager, Rocky Mountain

Region (RMR), Western Area Power

Administration, P.O. Box 3700,

Loveland, Colorado 80539–3003 or

faxed to the Regional Manager at (970)

490–7213.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Daniel T. Payton, Rates Manager, RMR,

Western Area Power Administration,

P.O. Box 3700, Loveland, CO 80539–

3003, (970) 490–7442, or e-mail

(dpayton@wapa.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

I. Proposed Rates for LAP Transmission

A. Proposed Revenue Requirement for

Transmission Service

B. Network Transmission Service

C. Firm Point-to-Point Transmission

Service

D. Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission

Service

II. Proposed Rates for Ancillary Services

A. Proposed Rate for Scheduling, System

Control, and Dispatch Service

B. Proposed Rate for Reactive Supply and

Voltage Control from Generation Sources

C. Proposed Rate for Regulation and

Frequency Response Service

D. Proposed Rate for Energy Imbalance

Service

E. Proposed Rate for Operating Reserves:

Spinning, Supplemental, and Emergency

Use

III. Table 1—Summary of LAP Proposed

Service Rates

IV. Authorities