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further states that the volumes to be

delivered will be within the contractual

entitlements of the customer.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to Section

157.205 of the Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a

protest to the request. If no protest is

filed within the time allowed therefor,

the proposed activity shall be deemed to

be authorized effective the day after the

time allowed for filing a protest. If a

protest is filed and not withdrawn

within 30 days after the time allowed

for filing a protest, the instant request

shall be treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–28580 Filed 10–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–42–000, et al.]

Louisville Gas and Electric Company,

et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate

Regulation Filings

October 23, 1997

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Louisville Gas and Electric

Company

[Docket No. ER98–42–000]

Take notice that on October 6, 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

AYP Energy, Inc., under LG&E’s Open

Access Transmission Tariff.

Comment date: November 6, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. Washington Water Power

[Docket No. ER98–43–000]

Take notice that on October 6, 1997,

Washington Water Power, tendered for

filing with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission pursuant to 18

CFR 35.13, executed a Service

Agreement and Certificate of

Concurrence under WWP’s FERC

Electric Tariff First Revised Volume No.

9, with Mason County PUD No. 3. WWP

requests waiver of the prior notice

requirement and requests an effective

date of October 1, 1997.

Comment date: November 6, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. Wisconsin Electric Power Company

[Docket No. ER98–44–000]

Take notice that on October 6, 1997,

Wisconsin Electric Power Company

(Wisconsin Electric), tendered for filing

a Transmission Service Agreement

between itself and Entergy Power

Marketing Corporation (Entergy). The

Transmission Service Agreement allows

Entergy to receive transmission service

under Wisconsin Electric’s FERC

Electric Tariff, Volume No. 7, which is

pending Commission consideration in

Docket No. OA97–578.

Wisconsin Electric requests an

effective date coincident with its filing

and waiver of the Commission’s notice

requirements in order to allow for

economic transactions as they appear.

Copies of the filing have been served on

Entergy, the Public Service Commission

of Wisconsin and the Michigan Public

Service Commission.

Comment date: November 6, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. Cleveland Electric Illuminating

Company and The Toledo Edison

Company

[Docket No. ER98–45–000]

Take notice that on October 6, 1997,

the Centerior Service Company as Agent

for The Cleveland Electric Illuminating

Company and The Toledo Edison

Company filed Service Agreements to

provide Non-Firm Point-to-Point

Transmission Service for Constellation

Power Source, Inc., Entergy Power

Marketing Corporation, and NP Energy

Inc., the Transmission Customers.

Services are being provided under the

Centerior Open Access Transmission

Tariff submitted for filing by the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission in

Docket No. OA96–204–000. The

proposed effective date under the

Service Agreement is October 1, 1997.

Comment date: November 6, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER98–46–000]

Take notice that on October 6, 1997,

Illinois Power Company (Illinois

Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur,

Illinois 62526, tendered for filing nonfirm transmission agreements under

which The Dayton Power & Light

Company will take transmission service

pursuant to its open access transmission

tariff. The agreements are based on the

Form of Service Agreement in Illinois

Power’s tariff.

Illinois Power has requested an

effective date of September 27, 1997.

Comment date: November 6, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. Louisville Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER98–47–000]

Take notice that on October 6, 1997,

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

(LG&E), tendered for filing an executed

Purchase and Sales Agreement between

LG&E and Proliance Energy, LLC under

LG&E’s Rate Schedule GSS.

Comment date: November 6, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. Maine Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER98–48–000]

Take notice that on October 6, 1997,

Maine Public Service Company (Maine

Public) filed an executed Service

Agreement for non-firm point-to-point

transmission service under Maine

Public’s open access transmission tariff

with New York State Electric & Gas

Corporation.

Comment date: November 6, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

8. Maine Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER98–49–000]

Take notice that on October 6, 1997,

Maine Public Service Company (Maine

Public) filed an executed Service

Agreement for non-firm point-to-point

transmission service under Maine

Public’s open access transmission tariff

with New Energy Ventures, L.L.C.

Comment date: November 6, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

9. Duquesne Light Company

Pennsylvania Public Utility

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–50–000]

Take notice that on October 6, 1997,

Duquesne Light Company and the

Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

filed a Request for Acceptance of Retail

Transmission Rates Implementing

Duquesne Light Company’s Retail

Access Pilot Program.

Comment date: November 6, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

10. MIECO Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–51–000]

Take notice that on October 6, 1997,

MIECO Inc. (MIECO), petitioned the
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to grant certain blanket authorizations,

to waive certain of the Commissions

Regulations and to issue an order

accepting MIECO’s FERC Electric Rate

Schedule No. 1.

MIECO intends to engage in power

marketing transactions, purchasing and

reselling electricity at wholesale,

through one of its divisions, MIECO

Power Marketing. MIECO does not own

or control electric generating or

transmission facilities or have any

franchised service territories. MIECO is

a petroleum trading company.

Comment date: November 6, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

11. Boston Edison Company

[Docket No. ER98–52–000]

Take notice that on October 6, 1997,

Boston Edison Company (Boston

Edison), tendered for filing a Service

Agreement and Appendix A under

Original Volume No. 6, Power Sales and

Exchange Tariff (Tariff) for Tractebel

Energy Marketing, Inc., (Tractebel).

Boston Edison requests that the Service

Agreement become effective as of

September 11, 1997.

Edison states that it has served a copy

of this filing on Tractebel and the

Massachusetts Department of Public

Utilities.

Comment date: November 6, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

12. Boston Edison Company

[Docket No. ER98–53–000]

Take notice that on October 6, 1997,

Boston Edison Company (Boston

Edison), tendered for filing a Service

Agreement under Original Volume No.

8, FERC Order No. 888 Tariff (Tariff) for

NorAm Energy Services, Inc., (NorAm).

Boston Edison requests that the Service

Agreement become effective as of

September 1, 1997.

Edison states that it has served a copy

of this filing on NorAm and the

Massachusetts Department of Public

Utilities.

Comment date: November 6, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. Northern Indiana Public Service

Company

[Docket No. ER98–54–000]

Take notice that on October 6, 1997,

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company, tendered for filing an

executed Standard Transmission

Service Agreement for Non-Firm Pointto-Point Transmission Service between

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company and Kansas City Power &

Light Company.

Under the Transmission Service

Agreement, Northern Indiana Public

Service Company will provide Point-toPoint Transmission Service to Kansas

City Power & Light Company 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 October 1, 1997.

Copies of this filing have been sent to

the Indiana Utility Regulatory

Commission and the Indiana Office of

Utility Consumer Counselor.

Comment date: November 6, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. PECO Energy Company

[Docket No. ER98–55–000]

Take notice that on October 6, 1997,

PECO Energy Company (PECO) filed a

Service Agreement dated September 30,

1997, with Constellation Power Source,

Inc. (CONSTELLATION), under PECO’s

FERC Electric Tariff Original Volume

No. 1 (Tariff). The Service Agreement

adds CONSTELLATION as a customer

under the Tariff.

PECO requests an effective date of

September 30, 1997, for the Service

Agreement.

PECO states that copies of this filing

have been supplied to

CONSTELLATION and to the

Pennsylvania Public Utility

Commission.

Comment date: November 6, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

15. Louisville Gas and Electric

Company

[Docket No. ER98–56–000]

Take notice that on October 6, 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

Proliance Energy, LLC under LG&E’s

Open Access Transmission Tariff.

Comment date: November 6, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

16. Niagara Mohawk Power

Corporation

[Docket No. ER98–57–000]

Take notice that on October 6, 1997,

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

(NMPC), tendered for filing with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

an executed Transmission Service

Agreement between NMPC and The

Dayton Power and Light Company. This

Transmission Service Agreement

specifies that The Dayton Power and

Light Company has signed on to and has

agreed to the terms and conditions of

NMPC’s Open Access Transmission

Tariff as filed in Docket No. OA96–194–

000. This Tariff, filed with FERC on July

9, 1996, will allow NMPC and The

Dayton Power and Light Company to

enter into separately scheduled

transactions under which NMPC will

provide transmission service for The

Dayton Power and Light Company as

the parties may mutually agree.

NMPC requests an effective date of

September 30, 1997. NMPC has

requested waiver of the notice

requirements for good cause shown.

NMPC has served copies of the filing

upon the New York State Public Service

Commission and The Dayton Power and

Light Company.

Comment date: November 6, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

17. Boston Edison Company

[Docket No. ER98–58–000]

Take notice that on October 6, 1997,

Boston Edison Company (Boston

Edison), tendered for filing a Service

Agreement under Original Volume No.

8, FERC Order No. 888 Tariff (Tariff) for

Sonat Power Marketing L.P.,(Sonat).

Boston Edison requests that the Service

Agreement become effective as of

September 1, 1997.

Edison states that it has served a copy

of this filing on Sonat and the

Massachusetts Department of Public

Utilities.

Comment date: November 6, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

18. Western Resources, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–59–000]

Take notice that on October 6, 1997,

Western Resources, Inc., tendered for

filing a non-firm transmission

agreement between Western Resources

and Avista Energy. Western Resources

states that the purpose of the agreement

is to permit non-discriminatory access

to the transmission facilities owned or

controlled by Western Resources in

accordance with Western Resources’

open access transmission tariff on file

with the Commission. The agreement is

proposed to become effective September

30, 1997.

Copies of the filing were served upon

Avista Energy and the Kansas

Corporation Commission.

Comment date: November 6, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.
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19. New Century Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–60–000]

Take notice that on October 7, 1997,

New Century Services, Inc., on behalf of

Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power

Company, Public Service Company of

Colorado, and Southwestern Public

Service Company tendered for filing a

Service Agreement under their Joint

Open Access Transmission Service

Tariff for Non-Firm Point-to-Point

Transmission Service between Public

Service Company of Colorado and Cook

Inlet Energy Supply.

Comment date: November 6, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

20. Sithe Power Marketing, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–107–000]

Take notice that on October 9, 1997,

Sithe Power Marketing, Inc. (Sithe PM),

petitioned the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission to grant certain

blanket authorizations, to waive certain

of the Commission’s Regulations and to

issue an order accepting Sithe PM’s

FERC Electric Rate Schedule No. 1.

Sithe PM intends to engage in power

marketing transactions, purchasing and

reselling electricity at wholesale. Sithe

PM states that it does not own or control

and is not affiliated with any entity that

owns or controls electric transmission

or distribution facilities in the United

States. Sithe further states that it is not

affiliated with any franchised electric

utility in the United States. Sithe

concludes that any interests that its

affiliates have in domestic electric

generation facilities do not raise any

generation market power concerns.

Comment date: November 5, 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. 97–28674 Filed 10–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Filed With the

Commission

October 23, 1997.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Application Type Modification:

Request for Temporary Minimum Flow.

b. Project No.: 2100–083.

c. Date Filed: September 29, 1997.

d. Applicant: California Department

of Water Resources.

e. Name of Project: Feather River

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: The project is located on

the Feather River Butte County,

California.

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 4.200.

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Jim Snow,

Chief, Operations Scheduling Section,

California Department of Water

Resources, P.O. Box 942836,

Sacramento, CA, (916) 574–2666.

i. FERC Contact: Diane Shannon,

(202) 208–7774.

j. Comment Date: November 17, 1997.

k. Description of Amendment: The

California Department of Water

Resources (licensee) requests Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission

approval to temporarily modify its

minimum flow requirement at the

Themalito Afterbay Outlet (outlet) of the

Feather River Hydroelectric Project.

Article 53 of the project license requires

the licensee to release a minimum flow

of 1,700 cubic feet per second (cfs) from

the outlet from October through March,

depending on runoff. Based on an

agreement with state and federal

resource agencies, the licensee wishes to

temporarily reduce flows at the outlet to

1,500 cfs for a maximum of 75 days,

from January 1 through March 15, 1998,

to help recover water supply lost due to

actions taken in the spring of 1997 to

help fish. The agreement also calls for

the licensee to increase flows to the

‘‘low flow channel’’ of the Feather River

from 600 to 900 cfs from October 15,

1997 through February 28, 1998.

This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: B, C1,

and D2.

B. Comments, Protests, or Motions to

Intervene—Anyone may submit

comments, a protest, or a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.

In determining the appropriate action to

take, the Commission will consider all

protests or other comments filed, but

only those who file a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any comments,

protests, or motions to intervene must

be received on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application.

C1. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS’’,

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS

AND CONDITIONS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, or

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’, as

applicable, and the Project Number of

the particular application to which the

filing refers. Any of the above-named

documents must be filed by providing

the original and the number of copies

provided by the Commission’s

regulations to: The Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

A copy of any motion of intervene must

also be served upon each representative

of the Applicant specified in the

particular application.

D2. Agency Comments—Federal,

state, and local agencies are invited to

file comments on the described

application. A copy of the application

may be obtained by agencies directly

from the Applicant. If an agency does

not file comments within the time

specified for filing comments, it will be

presumed to have no comments. One

copy of an agency’s comments must also

be sent to the Applicant’s

representatives.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Hearings and Appeals

Notice of Cases Filed During the Week

of August 4 Through August 8, 1997

During the Week of August 4 through

August 8, 1997, the appeals,

applications, petitions or other requests

listed in this Notice were filed with the

Office of Hearings and Appeals of the

Department of Energy.