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[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 183 (Monday, September 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49507-49509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25063]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. ER97-4350-000, et al.]

The Washington Water Power Company, et al.; Electric Rate and 
Corporate Regulation Filings

September 16, 1997.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. The Washington Water Power Company

[Docket No. ER97-4350-000]

    Take notice that on August 26, 1997, The Washington Water Power 
Company (WWP), tendered for filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission an executed Service Agreement for Firm Point-To-Point 
Transmission Service under WWP's Open Access Transmission Tariff--FERC 
Electric Tariff, Volume No. 8. WWP requests the Service Agreement be 
given an effective date of October 1, 1997.
    Comment date: September 30, 1997, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

2. SEMCO Energy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97-4352-000]

    Take notice that on August 26, 1997, SEMCO Energy Services, Inc. 
(SEMCO), tendered for filing, an application for blanket authorizations 
and certain waivers under various regulations of the Commission, and 
for an order accepting its FERC Electric Rate Schedule No. 1 to be 
effective the earlier of October 27, 1997 or the date of a Commission 
order granting approval of this Rate Schedule.
    SEMCO intends to engage in electric power and energy transactions 
as a marketer and a broker. In transactions where SEMCO purchases 
power, including capacity and related services from electric utilities, 
qualifying facilities, and independent power producers, and resells 
such power to other purchasers, SEMCO will be functioning as a 
marketer. In SEMCO's marketing transactions, SEMCO proposes to charge 
rates mutually agreed upon by the parties. In transactions where SEMCO 
does not take title to the electric power and/or energy, SEMCO will be 
limited to the role of a broker and will charge a fee for its services. 
SEMCO is not in the business of producing nor does it contemplate 
acquiring title to any electric power transmission facilities.
    Comment date: September 30, 1997, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

3. Virginia Electric and Power Company

[Docket No. ER97-4353-000]

    Take notice that on August 26, 1997, Virginia Electric and Power 
Company (Virginia Power), tendered for filing an executed Service 
Agreement with Amoco Energy Trading Corporation which it had filed in 
unexecuted form on July 24, 1997 in Docket No. ER97-3851-000.
    Copies of the filing were served upon the Virginia State 
Corporation Commission and the North Carolina Utilities Commission.
    Comment date: September 30, 1997, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

4. Louisville Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER97-4354-000]

    Take notice that on August 26, 1997, Louisville Gas and Electric 
Company (LG&E), tendered for filing an executed Non-Firm Point-to-Point 
Transmission Service Agreement between LG&E and The Energy Authority, 
Inc., under LG&E's Open Access Transmission Tariff.
    Comment date: September 30, 1997, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

5. Interstate Power Company

[Docket No. ER97-4356-000]

    Take notice that on August 26, 1997, Interstate Power Company 
(IPW), tendered for filing a Transmission Service Agreement between IPW 
and Western Area Power Administration (WAPA). Under the Transmission 
Service Agreement, IPW will provide non-firm point-to-point 
transmission service to WAPA.
    Comment date: September 30, 1997, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

6. Northern Indiana Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER97-4357-000]

    Take notice that on August 26, 1997, Northern Indiana Public 
Service Company tendered for filing an executed Standard Transmission 
Service Agreement for Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service 
between Northern Indiana Public Service Company and Constellation Power 
Source, Inc.
    Under the Transmission Service Agreement, Northern Indiana Public 
Service Company will provide Point-to-Point Transmission Service to 
Constellation Power Source, Inc., pursuant to the Transmission Service 
Tariff filed by Northern Indiana Public Service Company in Docket No. 
OA96-47-000 and allowed to become effective by the Commission. Northern 
Indiana Public Service Company has requested that the Service Agreement 
be allowed to become effective as of July 27, 1997.
    Copies of this filing have been sent to the Indiana Utility 
Regulatory Commission and the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer 
Counselor.
    Comment date: September 30, 1997, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

7. Entergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97-4358-000]

    Take notice that on August 26, 1997, Entergy Services, Inc. 
(Entergy Services), 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 Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission 
Service Agreement between Entergy Services, as agent for the Entergy 
Operating Companies, and The Energy Authority, Inc.
    Comment date: September 30, 1997, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

8. Entergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97-4359-000]

    Take notice that on August 26, 1997, Entergy Services, Inc. 
(Entergy Services), 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 Short-Term Firm Point-To-Point 
Transmission Service Agreement

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between Entergy Services, as agent for the Entergy Operating Companies, 
and The Energy Authority, Inc.
    Comment date: September 30, 1997, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

9. Wisconsin Power and Light Company

[Docket No. ER97-4360-000]

    Take notice that on August 26, 1997, Wisconsin Power and Light 
Company (WP&L), tendered for filing Form Of Service Agreement for Non-
Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service establishing Constellation 
Power Source, Inc., as a point-to-point transmission customer under the 
terms of WP&L's transmission tariff.
    WP&L requests an effective date of August 19, 1997, and 
accordingly, seeks waiver of the Commission's notice requirements. A 
copy of this filing has been served upon the Public Service Commission 
of Wisconsin.
    Comment date: September 30, 1997, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

10. San Diego Gas & Electric Company

[Docket No. ER97-4361-000]

    Take notice that on August 26, 1997, San Diego Gas & Electric 
Company (SDG&E), tendered for filing a Notice of Cancellation for Rate 
Schedule FERC No. 123--Coordination Agreement between San Diego Gas & 
Electric Company and Eastex Power Marketing, Inc., executed December 
21, 1995.
    SDG&E requests that this cancellation become effective October 31, 
1997.
    Comment date: September 30, 1997, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
    11. Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation

[Docket No. ER97-4362-000]

    Take notice that on August 26, 1997, Rochester Gas and Electric 
Corporation (RG&E [filed a Service Agreement between RG&E and the 
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company (Customer). This Service Agreement 
specifies that the Customer has agreed to the rates, term and 
conditions of RG&E's FERC Electric Rate Schedule, Original Volume No. 1 
(Power Sales Tariff) accepted by the Commission in Docket No. ER94-
1279-000, as amended by RG&E's December 31, 1996, filing in Docket No. 
OA97-243-000 (pending).
    RG&E requests waiver of the Commission's sixty (60) day notice 
requirements and an effective date of August 20, 1997 for the 
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company Service Agreement. RG&E has served 
copies of the filing on the New York State Public Service Commission 
and on the Customer.
    Comment date: September 30, 1997, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

12. Louisville Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER97-4363-000]

    Take notice that on August 26, 1997, Louisville Gas and Electric 
Company tendered for filing copies of service agreements between 
Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Electric Clearinghouse, Inc., 
under Rate GSS.
    Comment date: September 30, 1997, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

13. PowerCom Corporation

[Docket No. ER97-4364-000]

    Take notice that on August 26, 1997, PowerCom Corporation (PC) 
petitioned the Commission for acceptance of PC Rate Schedule FERC No. 
1; the granting of certain blanket approvals, including the authority 
to sell electricity at market-based rates; and the waiver of certain 
Commission Regulations.
    PC intends to engage in wholesale electric power and energy 
purchases and sales as a marketer. PC is not in the business of 
generating or transmitting electric power.
    Comment date: September 30, 1997, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

14. The Dayton Power and Light Company

[Docket No. ER97-4365-000]

    Take notice that on August 27, 1997, The Dayton Power and Light 
Company (Dayton) submitted service agreements establishing Northeast 
Utilities Service Company, Union Electric Company as a customer under 
the terms of Dayton's Market-Based Sales Tariff.
    Dayton requests an effective date of one day subsequent to this 
filing for the service agreements. Accordingly, Dayton requests waiver 
of the commission's notice requirements. Copies of the filing were 
served upon Northeast Utilities Service Company, Union Electric Company 
and the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
    Comment date: September 30, 1997, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

15. The Dayton Power and Light Co.

[Docket No. ER97-4366-000]

    Take notice that on August 27, 1997, The Dayton Power and Light 
Company (Dayton) submitted service agreements establishing 
Constellation Power Source, Inc., NP Energy Inc., Public Service 
Electric and Gas Company, Southern Energy Trading and Marketing, Inc., 
as customers under the terms of Dayton's Open Access Transmission 
Tariff.
    Dayton requests an effective date of one day subsequent to this 
filing for the service agreements. Accordingly, Dayton requests waiver 
of the commission's notice requirements. Copies of the filing were 
served upon Constellation Power Source, Inc., NP Energy Inc., Public 
Service Electric and Gas Company, Southern Energy Trading and 
Marketing, Inc., and the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
    Comment date: September 10, 1997, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

16. PacifiCorp

[Docket No. ER97-4367-000]

    Take notice that on August 27, 1997, PacifiCorp, tendered for 
filing in accordance with 18 CFR Part 35 of the Commission's Rules and 
Regulations, a Long-Term Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service 
Agreement between Black Hills Power and Light Company and PacifiCorp's 
Transmission Function under PacifiCorp's FERC Electric Tariff, First 
Revised Volume No. 11.
    Copies of this filing were supplied to PacifiCorp's Merchant 
Function, Black Hills Power & Light Company, the Washington Utilities 
and Transportation Commission and the Public Utility Commission of 
Oregon.
    A Copy of this filing may be obtained from PacifiCorp's Regulatory 
Administration Department's Bulletin Board System through, a personal 
computer by calling (503) 464-6122 (9600 baud, 8 bits, no parity, 1 
stop bit).
    Comment date: September 30, 1997, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

17. Duquesne Light Company

[Docket No. ER97-4368-000]

    Take notice that on August 27, 1997, Duquesne Light Company (DLC) 
filed a Service Agreement dated August 22, 1997 with Strategic Energy 
Ltd. under DLC's Open Access Transmission Tariff (Tariff). The Service 
Agreement adds Strategic Energy Ltd., as a customer under the Tariff. 
DLC requests an effective date of August 22, 1997 for the Service 
Agreement.
    Comment date: September 30, 1997, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

18. Duquesne Light Company

[Docket No. ER97-4369-000]

    Take notice that on August 27, 1997, Duquesne Light Company (DLC) 
filed a Service Agreement dated August 13,

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1997 with Constellation Power Source, Inc., under DLC's Open Access 
Transmission Tariff (Tariff). The Service Agreement adds Constellation 
Power Source, Inc. as a customer under the Tariff. DLC requests an 
effective date of August 22, 1997 for the Service Agreement.
    Comment date: September 30, 1997, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

19. Southern Company Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97-4370-000]

    Take notice that on August 27, 1997, Southern Company Services, 
Inc. (SCSI), acting on behalf of Alabama Power Company, Georgia Power 
Company, Gulf Power Company, Mississippi Power Company and Savannah 
Electric and Power Company (collectively referred to as Southern 
Companies) filed one (1) service agreement under Southern Companies' 
Market-Based Rate Power Sales Tariff (FERC Electric Tariff, Original 
Volume No. 4) with the following entity: Municipal Electric Authority 
of Georgia. SCSI states that the service agreement will enable Southern 
Companies to engage in short-term market-based rate transactions with 
this entity.
    Comment date: September 30, 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. 97-25063 Filed 9-19-97; 8:45 am]
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