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site at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/

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David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–28597 Filed 11–07–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ES01–7–000, et al.]

NorthWestern Corporation, et al.

Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation

Filings

November 1, 2000

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. NorthWestern Corporation

[Docket No. ES01–7–000]

Take notice that on October 25, 2000,

NorthWestern Corporation submitted an

application pursuant to section 204 of

the Federal Power Act seeking

authorization to issue short-term debt

with maturities of one year or less,

including commercial paper, in an

amount not to exceed $500 million at

any one time.

NorthWestern Corporation also

requests a waiver of the Commission’s

competitive bidding and negotiated

placement requirements at 18 CFR 34.2.

Comment date: November 15, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. Dominion Resources, Inc. and

Consolidated Natural Gas Company

[Docket Nos. EC99–81–004 and MG00–6–

004]

Take notice that on October 27, 2000,

Dominion Resources, Inc. and

Consolidated Natural Gas Company

filed a response to an October 17, 2000,

Commission data request that was

issued by Commission staff under

delegated authority.

Comment date: November 17, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. Lee Power Partners, L.L.C.

[Docket No. EG01–12–000]

Take notice that on October 27, 2000,

Lee Power Partners, L.L.C. (Applicant)

filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission an Application for

Determination of Exempt Wholesale

Generator Status pursuant to Part 365 of

the Commission’s Regulations and

Section 32 of the Public Utility Holding

Company Act of 1935, as amended.

Applicant is a Delaware limited

liability company and is owned by an

indirect subsidiary of GPU, Inc. and an

indirect subsidiary of El Paso Energy

Corporation. Applicant is developing a

combined cycle gas-fueled generating

plant with a nominal 715 MW net

capacity in Lee County, Mississippi,

near the city of Saltillo (the Facility) and

will make sales of electric energy and

capacity at wholesale from that Facility.

Applicant’s business offices are located

at 1100 Louisiana Street, Houston, TX

77002.

Copies of the application have been

served upon the Mississippi Public

Service Commission, the New Jersey

Board of Public Utilities, the

Pennsylvania Public Utility

Commission, and the Securities and

Exchange Commission.

Comment date: November 22, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice. The

Commission will limit its consideration

of comments to those that concern the

adequacy or accuracy of the application.

4. MEP Flora Power, L.L.C.

[Docket No. EG01–13–000]

Take notice that on October 30, 2000,

MEP Flora Power, L.L.C., an indirect

wholly owned subsidiary of UtiliCorp

United Inc., tendered for filing an

Application for Determination of

Exempt Wholesale Generator Status.

Comment date: November 22, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice. The

Commission will limit its consideration

of comments to those that concern the

adequacy or accuracy of the application.

5. Duke Energy Washoe, L.L.C.

[Docket No. ER01–241–000]

Take notice that on October 26, 2000,

Duke Energy Washoe, L.L.C. (Duke

Washoe), tendered for filing pursuant to

Section 205 of the Federal Power Act its

proposed FERC Electric Tariff No. 1.

Duke Washoe seeks authority to sell

energy and capacity, as well as ancillary

services, at market-based rates, together

with certain waivers and preapprovals.

Duke Washoe also seeks authority to

sell, assign, or transfer transmission

rights that it may acquire in the course

of its marketing activities.

Duke Washoe seeks an effective date

sixty (60) days from the date of filing for

its proposed rate schedules.

Comment date: November 16, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. Southwest Power Pool, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–242–000]

Take notice that on October 27, 2000,

Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP), on

behalf of its members, tendered for

filing on behalf of its members, submits

revised pages to the currently effective

version of its tariff (SPP Tariff) intended

to reflect a name change from Central &

South West Corporation, Inc. (Public

Service Company of Oklahoma and

Southwestern Electric Power Company)

or Central & South West Services to

Public Service Company and

Southwestern Electric Power Company,

Subsidiaries of American Electric

Power, Inc. (AEP West), as well as a

decrease in the rates, the revenue

requirement, and the loss factor for

service associated with AEP West. In

addition, SPP has submitted the

revisions to its Tariff required by Order

No. 614.

SPP seeks an effective date of

November 1, 2000, for these changes.

Copies of this filing have been served

on all affected state commissions, SPP

customers, and SPP members.

Comment date: November 17, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. Rayburn Country Electric

Cooperative, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–243–000]

Take notice that on October 27, 2000,

Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative,

Inc. (Rayburn Electric), tendered for

filing proposed changes in its FERC

Electric Service Tariff, Rate Schedule

WP–2, Sheet No. 11, that would allow

Rayburn Electric to retain margin

adjustment refund amounts owed to its

Members and use those amounts to

offset future increases in the cost of

purchased power to its Members.

Rayburn Electric proposes this change

to mitigate the rate increase which will

occur as a result of Rayburn Electric’s

obligations under a new purchased

power agreement.

Copies of the filing were served upon

Rayburn Electric’s Members (as

reflected on Attachment C of the filing).

Comment date: November 17, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

8. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

[Docket No. ER01–244–000]

Take notice that on October 27, 2000,

PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM),

tendered for filing amendments to the

PJM Open Access Transmission Tariff

(PJM Tariff) to include in the PJM Tariff

the Small Resource Interconnection

Procedure Manual which contains

expedited procedures pursuant to

Section 36.12 of the PJM Tariff for the

interconnection of generation resources

less than 10 megawatts, and requested

cancellation of pages to the PJM Tariff

and the Amended and Restated

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Operating Agreement of PJM

Interconnection, L.L.C., setting forth the

Customer Load Reduction Pilot Program

that terminated pursuant to PJM

Interconnection, Inc., 92 FERC ¶ 61,059

(2000) on September 30, 2000.

PJM requests an effective date of

December 27, for the amendments and

the cancellation.

Copies of this filing were served upon

all members of PJM and each state

electric utility regulatory commission in

the PJM control area.

Comment date: November 17, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

9. Rockingham Power, L.L.C.

[Docket No. ER01–245–000]

Take notice that on October 27, 2000,

Rockingham Power, L.L.C.

(Rockingham), tendered for filing a

proposed tariff for Emergency

Redispatch Service. The tariff sets forth

the compensation for the dispatch of the

Rockingham generating facility by Duke

Energy Corp., during emergencies.

Rockingham requests that the notice

requirements set forth in Rule 35.3(a) be

waived to the extent required to allow

the tariff to become effective as of

October 28, 2000.

Comment date: November 17, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

10. Green Mountain Power Corporation

[Docket No. ER00–246–000]

Take notice that on October 27, 2000,

Green Mountain Power Corporation

(GMP), tendered a for filing a notice of

cancellation and a service agreement for

Burlington Electric Department to take

service under its Firm Point-to-Point

Transmission Service tariff.

Copies of this filing have been served

on each of the affected parties, the

Vermont Public Service Board and the

Vermont Department of Public Service.

Comment date: November 17, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

11. Virginia Electric and Power

Company

[Docket No. ER01–247–000]

Take notice that on October 27, 2000,

Virginia Electric and Power Company

(Virginia Power or Company), tendered

for filing proposed Attachment N to its

Open Access Transmission Tariff that

prescribes the procedures that Virginia

Power will employ with respect to

requests to interconnect new generators

within the Virginia Power transmission

system or to increase the capacity of

generators that are already

interconnected with the System.

Virginia Power requests that the

Commission waive its notice

requirements to allow the preceding to

become effective on October 27, 2000.

Copies of the filing were served upon

Virginia Power’s jurisdictional

customers and the Virginia State

Corporation Commission.

Comment date: November 17, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

12. Wisconsin Public Service

Corporation

[Docket No. ER01–248–000]

Take notice that on October 27, 2000,

the Wisconsin Public Service

Corporation (WPSC), tendered for filing

Supplement No. 14 to its partial

requirements service agreement with

Manitowoc Public Utilities (MPU).

Supplement No. 14 provides MPU’s

contract demand nominations for

January 2001—December 2005, under

WPSC’s W–2A partial requirements

tariff and MPU’s applicable service

agreement.

The company states that copies of this

filing have been served upon MPU and

to the State Commissions where WPSC

serves at retail.

Comment date: November 17, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. Citizens Communications Company

[Docket No. ER01–249–000]

Take notice that on October 27, 2000,

Citizens Communications Company,

tendered for filing an Agreement to sell

to Select Energy, Inc. a portion of its

energy entitlement pursuant to the Firm

Energy Contract between NEPOOL

Phase II Participants and HydroQuebec,

dated October 4, 1984.

A copy of this filing was served on

Select Energy, Inc. In addition, a copy

of the rate schedule is available for

inspection at the offices of Citizens’

Vermont Electric Division during

regular business hours.

Comment date: November 17, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. Calpine Power Services Company,

Calpine Energy Services, L.P.

[Docket No. ER01–250–000]

Take notice that on October 27, 2000,

Calpine Power Services Company

(CPSC) and Calpine Energy Services,

L.P. (CES), tendered for filing a request

that the applicable rate schedule be

amended to reflect the assignment of

CPSC’s membership in the WSPP to its

affiliate, CES. Such assignment is

allowed under Section 14 of the WSPP

Agreement.

CPSC and CES state that a copy of this

filing was served upon the General

Counsel of the WSPP.

Comment date: November 17, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

15. Engage Energy America Corp.

[Docket No. ER01–251–000]

Take notice that on October 27, 2000,

Engage Energy America Corp. submitted

a Notice of Succession pursuant to 18

CFR 35.16 and 131.51 of the

Commission’s regulations. Westcoast

Gas Services Delaware (America) Inc.

(WGSI Delaware) has changed its name

to Engage Energy America Corp. and

effective September 27, 2000, succeeded

to WGSI Delaware’s Rate Schedule

FERC No. 1, Market-Based Rate

Schedule filed in Docket No. ER00–

3315–000, which was effective

September 1, 2000.

Comment date: November 17, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

16. Edison Sault Electric Company

[Docket No. ER01–252–000]

Take notice that on October 27, 2000,

Edison Sault Electric Company (Edison

Sault), tendered for filing a Certificate of

Concurrence assenting to and

concurring in a Joint Operating

Agreement between Wisconsin Electric

Power Company (Wisconsin Electric),

and Edison Sault. The Joint Operating

Agreement was filed by Wisconsin

Electric on October 27, 2000. The

purpose of the Joint Operating

Agreement is to allow Wisconsin

Electric and Edison Sault to coordinate

their electricity supply activities, and to

authorize Wisconsin Electric to serve as

Edison Sault’s agent with respect to the

provision of certain electricity supply

services.

Copies of this filing were served upon

Cloverland Electric Cooperative, the

Michigan Public Service Commission,

and the Wisconsin Public Service

Commission.

Comment date: November 17, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraphs

E. Any person desiring to be heard or

to protest such filing 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). All such motions or

protests should be filed on or before the

comment date. Protests will be

considered by the Commission in

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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 these filings are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection. This filing may also be

viewed on the Internet at http://

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

202–208–2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–28595 Filed 11–07–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EL01–10–000, et al.]

Puget Sound Energy Inc., et al. Electric

Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings

October 31, 2000.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

[Docket No. EL01–10–000]

1. Puget Sound Energy, Inc.

Take notice that on October 26, 2000,

Puget Sound Energy, Inc. (PSE),

tendered for filing a Complaint against

all jurisdictional sellers of energy and/

or capacity at wholesale into electric

energy and/or capacity markets in the

Pacific Northwest, including parties to

the Western Systems Power Pool

Agreement (the WSPP Agreement).

In its Complaint, PSE petitions the

Commission for an order capping the

prices at which sellers subject to

Commission jurisdiction, including

sellers of energy or capacity under the

WSPP Agreement, may sell capacity or

energy into the Pacific Northwest’s

wholesale power markets. Specifically,

PSE seeks an order that caps the prices

for wholesale sales of energy or capacity

into the Pacific Northwest at a level

equal to the lowest cap on prices

established, ordered, or permitted by the

Commission for wholesale purchases in

or wholesale sales of energy or capacity

to or though markets operated by the

California Independent System Operator

Corporation or the California Power

Exchange Corporation.

The Complaint seeks a refund

effective date, to the extent any refund

is called for, of sixty days after the filing

of the Complaint.

Copies of this filing were served upon

parties to the WSPP, and transmitted

electronically to the WSPP for posting

on its website (www.wspp.org) and for

electronic distribution to all parties to

the WSPP Agreement.

Comment date: November 16, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice. Answers to the

Complaint shall also be filed on or

before November 16, 2000.

2. Madison Windpower, LLC

[Docket No. EG01–11–000]

Take notice that on October 25, 2000,

Madison Windpower, LLC (Madison),

tendered for filing information with

respect to a change in facts relative to

its status as an exempt wholesale

generator and a demonstration that such

change does not affect such status

pursuant to Section 32(a) of the Public

Utility Holding Company Act of 1935,

as amended and Section 365.8 of the

Commission’s regulations.

Comment date: November 21, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice. The

Commission will limit its consideration

of comments to those that concern the

adequacy or accuracy of the application.

3. UtiliCorp United Inc.

[Docket No. ES01–4–001]

Take notice that on October 18, 2000,

UtiliCorp United Inc. submitted an

amendment to its application seeking a

waiver of the Commission’s competitive

bidding and negotiated placement

requirements at 18 CFR 34.2.

Comment date: November 7, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–233–000]

Take notice that on October 26, 2000,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy) and

Continental Energy Services tendered

for filing a request for cancellation of

Service Agreement No. 204, under

Cinergy Operating Companies, CostBased Power Sales Tariff—CB, FERC

Electric Tariff Original Volume No. 6.

Cinergy requests an effective date of

October 13, 2000.

Comment date: November 16, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. Solar Turbines Incorporated

[Docket No. ER00–3400–001]

Take notice that on October 26, 2000,

Solar Turbines Incorporated (Solar),

tendered for filing with the Commission

a Compliance filing intended to comply

with the Commission’s September 26,

2000 Order. That Order required Solar

to file the appropriate Tariff sheets

containing designations in accordance

with Order 614, within thirty (30) days.

Comment date: November 16, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. Arizona Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER01–31–001]

Take notice that on October 26, 2000,

the Arizona Public Service Company

tendered for filing proposed revisions to

Arizona Public Service Company’s fuel

adjustment clause.

A copy of this filing has been served

the all parties on the service list.

Comment date: November 16, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

[Docket No. ER01–240–000]

Take notice that on October 26, 2000,

PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM),

tendered for filing the following

executed agreements: (i) An umbrella

service agreement for network

integration transmission service under

state required retail access programs for

Sempra Energy Solutions (Sempra), (ii)

an umbrella service agreement for shortterm firm point-to-point transmission

service for The New Power Company

(New Power), (iii) an umbrella service

agreement for non-firm point-to-point

transmission service for New Power,

and (iv) an umbrella service agreement

for network integration transmission

service under state required retail access

programs for New Power.

Copies of this filing were served upon

Sempra, New Power, and the state

commissions within the PJM control

area.

Comment date: November 16, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

8. Kansas City Power & Light Company

Docket No.

[Docket No. ER01–239–000]

Take notice that on October 26, 2000,

Kansas City Power & Light Company

(KCPL), tendered for filing a Service

Agreements dated October 20, 2000 by

KCPL. KCPL proposes an effective date

of January 1, 2000. This Agreement

provides for the rates and charges for

Firm Transmission Service by KCPL for

wholesale transactions.

In its filing, KCPL states that the rates

included in the above-mentioned

Service Agreement are KCPL’s rates and

charges in the compliance filing to

FERC Order No. 888–A in Docket No.

OA97–636–000.

Comment date: November 16, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.