Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 194 / Thursday, October 5, 2000 / Notices 59407

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER00–3562–000]

Calpine Energy Services, L.P.; Notice

of Issuance of Order

September 29, 2000.

Calpine Energy Services, L.P.

(Calpine) submitted for filing a rate

schedule under which Calpine will

engage in wholesale electric power and

energy transactions at market-based

rates. Calpine also requested waiver of

various Commission regulations. In

particular, Calpine requested that the

Commission grant blanket approval

under 18 CFR part 34 of all future

issuances of securities and assumptions

of liability by Calpine.

On September 21, 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 Calpine 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).

Absent a request for hearing within

this period, Calpine is 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 reasonable 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 Calpine’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 October

23, 2000.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20426. The Order may

also be viewed on the Internet athttp:/

/www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–25614 Filed 10–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP00–572–000]

Cove Point LNG Limited Partnership;

Notice of Tariff Filing

September 29, 2000.

Take notice that on September 26,

2000, Cove Point LNG Limited

Partnership (Cove Point) tendered for

filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff,

Second Revised Volume 1, First Revised

Sheet No. 111. The proposed effective

date for the revised tariff sheet is

November 1, 2000.

Cove Point states that the purpose of

the instant filing is to comply with the

Commission’s Regulation of Short-Term

Natural Gas Transportation Services and

Regulation of Interstate Natural Gas

Transportation Services in Docket Nos.

RM98–10–000 and RM98–12–000, et al.

(collectively, Order 637). Among other

things, the Commission in Order 637

revised its regulations regarding the

availability of the Right-of-First Refusal

(ROFR). Specifically, 18 CFR

284.221(d)(2)(ii) provides that the ROFR

will be applicable to contracts at the

maximum applicable rate with either (1)

a term of service of at least twelve

consecutive months or (2) for a service

which is not available for 12

consecutive months, a contract term of

more than one year. A Buyer is eligible

for a right of first refusal if the Buyer is

receiving firm service at less than the

maximum applicable rate pursuant to a

service agreement that meets the

foregoing term criteria and was executed

prior to March 26, 2000; however, the

right of first refusal will not apply to

any re-executed service agreement not at

the maximum applicable rate.

Cove Point states that copies of the

instant filing are being mailed to

customers, State Commissions, and

other interested parties.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission’s

Rules and Regulations. All such motions

or protests must be filed in accordance

with Section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. 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 proceedings.

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 in the Public Reference

Room. This filing may be viewed on the

web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/

rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–25509 Filed 10–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EG–00–251–000]

Coyote Springs 2, LLC; Notice of

Amended Application for Commission

Determination of Exempt Wholesale

Generator Status

September 29, 2000.

Take notice that on September 28,

2000, Coyote Springs 2, LLC, P.O. Box

10, 200 Ullman Boulevard, Boardman,

Oregon 97818, filed with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission an

amended application for determination

of exempt wholesale generator status

pursuant to Part 365 of the

Commission’s regulations.

The Applicant proposes to develop

and own a natural gas-fired combinedcycle electric generation plant with a

maximum capacity of 280 megawatts.

The facility will be located in Morrow

County, Oregon. The facility is

scheduled to be completed in June 2002.

All of the electric output of the facility

will be sold at wholesale.

Any person desiring to be heard

concerning the amended application for

exempt wholesale generator status

should file a motion to intervene or

comments 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). The Commission will limit its

consideration of comments to those that

concern the adequacy or accuracy of the

amended application. All such motions

and comments should be filed on or

before October 12, 2000, and must be

served on the applicant. 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