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unnecessary for Water Power to appear

or be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–28033 Filed 10–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. OA96–79–001]

Wisconsin Public Service Corporation;

Notice of Filing

October 17, 1997.

Take notice that on August 15, 1997

Wisconsin Public Service Corporation

tendered for filing revised indices of its

service agreements under its open

access transmission tariff pursuant to

the Commission’s order in Allegheny

Power System, Inc., 80 FERC ¶ 61,143

(1997).

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

October 27, 1997. Protests will be

considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make the

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. 97–28048 Filed 10–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EC98–3–000, et al.]

Black Hills Corporation, et al.; Electric

Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings

October 16, 1997.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Black Hills Corporation

[Docket No. EC98–3–000]

Take notice that on October 9, 1997,

Black Hills Corporation, which operates

its electric utility under the assumed

name of Black Hills Power and Light

Company (BHC), pursuant to Section

203(a) of the Federal Power Act, 16

U.S.C. 824b, tendered for filing an

application for an order authorizing

BHC (I) to sell an undivided interest in

the Yellow Creek-to-Osage 230 kV

Addition (approximately 43.18 miles of

230 kV electric transmission line

located in Lawrence County, South

Dakota, referred to herein as the 230 kV

Addition) to Basin Electric Power

Cooperative (BEPC), a rural electric

generation and transmission

cooperative; and (ii) to sell an

undivided interest in the Spearfish-toYellow Creek 69 kV Underbuild

(approximately 5.7 miles of 69 kV

electric transmission line underbuild

located in Lawrence County, South

Dakota, referred to herein as the 69 kV

Underbuild) to Black Hills Electric

Cooperative, Inc. (BHEC), and Butte

Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (BEC),

both rural electric distribution

cooperatives. The 230 kV Addition and

the 69 kV Underbuild are new additions

to BHC’s 230 kV and 69 kV transmission

systems which are used by BHC, BEPC,

BHEC and BEC to serve their respective

customers in the transmission area

consisting of the Black Hills area of

western South Dakota, the northeastern

area of Wyoming and a small area in

southeastern Montana.

BHC has requested that further notice

be waived and the application be

expedited.

Comment date: October 29, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. Louisville Gas and Electric Company,

LG&E Energy Marketing Inc., and

Kentucky Utilities Company

[Docket Nos. EC98–2–000 and ER98–111–

000]

Take notice that on October 9, 1997,

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

(LG&E) and LG&E Energy Marketing Inc.

(LEM), on behalf of themselves and their

non-utility parent holding company,

LG&E Energy Corp. (LEC), and Kentucky

Utilities Company (KU), on behalf of

itself and its non-utility parent holding

company, KU Energy Corporation (KEC)

(LG&E, LEM and KU, being hereinafter

referred to collectively as the

Applicants), tendered for filing pursuant

to Section 203 of the Federal Power Act

(the FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824b, Part 33 of the

Commission’s Regulations, 18 CFR Part

33, and 18 CFR 2.26, an Application for

an order approving the proposed merger

of LG&E’s non-utility holding company

parent, LEC, with KU’s non-utility

holding company parent, KEC, and any

consequent transfer of control over KU,

LG&E, and LEM resulting from such

merger.

Applicants state that pursuant to an

Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as

of May 20, 1997, KEC will merge into

LEC, with LEC surviving the merger and

KEC ceasing to exist. After

consummation of the merger, KU will

become, and LG&E and LEM will

remain, wholly-owned subsidiaries of

LEC. The merger will result in no sale,

assignment, pledge, or transfer of

LG&E’s or LEM’s public utility assets or

franchises. Subject to Commission

approval, at the time of the merger KU

and LG&E will enter into: (1) A Power

Supply System Agreement pursuant to

which they will jointly dispatch their

power supply resources, jointly plan for

new generation, and establish the terms

for intercompany exchanges of capacity

and energy, and (2) a Transmission

Coordination Agreement pursuant to

which they will plan and operate their

combined transmission facilities as a

single integrated system. Simultaneous

with this filing, the Applicants also filed

with the Commission, pursuant to

Section 205 of the FPA, a single system

Open Access Transmission Tariff.

The Applicants state that they have

submitted the information required by

Part 33 of the Commission’s

Regulations, and by the Commission’s

Merger Policy Statement (Inquiry

Concerning the Commission’s Merger

Policy Under the Federal Power Act;

Policy Statement, Order No. 592, 61 FR

68,595 (1996), to be codified at 18 CFR

2.26), in support of the Application. The

Applicants also represent that, as

required by 18 CFR 33.6, copies of the

Application and related testimony and

exhibits have been served on each of the

wholesale sales and firm transmission

customers of LG&E and KU, and on the

Kentucky Public Service Commission,

the Virginia State Corporation

Commission, and the Tennessee

Regulatory Authority.

Comment date: December 8, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration

Partners, L.P.

[Docket No. EG98–3–000]

On October 8, 1997, Brooklyn Navy

Yard Cogeneration Partners, L.P., 366

Madison Avenue, Suite 1103, New

York, New York 10017, filed with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

an application for determination of

exempt wholesale generator status

pursuant to section 32(a)(1) of the

Public Utility Holding Company Act of

1935, as amended by section 711 of the

Energy Policy Act of 1992.