[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68992-68995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29176]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EG01-18-000, et al.]


Handsome Lake Energy, LLC, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate 
Regulation Filings

November 7, 2000.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Handsome Lake Energy, LLC

[Docket No. EG01-18-000]

    Take notice that on October 31, 2000, Handsome Lake Energy, LLC 
(the Applicant), with its principal place of business at 111 Market 
Place, Suite 200, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, 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.
    Comment date: November 28, 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.

2. Electrica Pullinque S.A.

[Docket No. EG01-19-000]

    Take notice that on November 1, 2000, Electrica Pullinque S.A., a 
corporation (sociedad anonima) organized under the laws of the Republic 
of Chile (Applicant) with its principal place of business at Las 
Bellotas No. 199, Oficina No. 104, Providencia, Santiago, Chile, 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.
    Comment date: November 28, 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. Cottonwood Energy Company, Limited Partnership

[Docket No. EG01-23-000]

    Take notice that On November 3, 2000, Cottonwood Energy Company LP 
(Cottonwood), a limited partnership with its principal place of 
business at 909 Fannin, Suite 2222, Houston, Texas 77010, filed with 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) an application 
for determination of exempt wholesale generator status pursuant to Part 
365 of the Commission's regulations.
    Cottonwood states that it will be engaged directly and exclusively 
in the business of owning a 1200 MW natural gas fired, combined cycle 
electric generating facility and related assets to be located on an 
approximately 250 acre site located near the town of Hartburg, Texas. 
Cottonwood will sell its capacity exclusively at wholesale.
    Comment date: November 28, 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. Calpine Construction Finance Company, L.P.

[Docket No. EG01-24-000]

    Take notice that on November 3, 2000, Calpine Construction Finance 
Company, L.P. (CCFC) 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.
    CCFC, a Delaware limited partnership, proposes to own and operate 
several electric generating facilities and sell the output at wholesale 
to electric utilities, an affiliated power marketer and other 
purchasers. The initial facilities consist of natural gas-fired, 
combined cycle generating facilities under development or construction 
in Westbrook, Maine; Edinburg, Texas; Mojave County, Arizona; Yuba 
City, California; Ontelaunee, Pennsylvania; Talapoosa County, Alabama; 
Lowndes County, Mississippi; Auburndale, Florida; and Bastrop County, 
Texas.
    Comment date: November 28, 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. Entergy Services, Inc.

[Docket Nos. EL99-6-002, ER99-231-002, ER99-232-002 and ER99-487-002]

    Take notice that on November 2, 2000, 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 an amended refund report in accordance 
with the Commission orders issued in Docket No. ER99-232-000.
    Comment date: December 4, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

6. Citizens Communications Company

[Docket No. ES01-8-000]

    Take notice that on October 27, 2000, Citizens Communications 
Company submitted an application pursuant to section 204 of the Federal 
Power Act seeking authorization to issue the following securities, 
subject to an overall limitation of $3.65 billion:
    (1) $3.65 billion principal amount of short-term unsecured 
promissory notes outstanding at any one time;
    (2) $3.65 billion principal amount of long-term debt securities, 
with a final maturity of not less than 9 months nor more than 50 years;
    (3) issuance of common stock, including shares issued upon 
conversion of convertible securities, the proceeds of which shall not 
be more than $1 billion and preferred securities having a liquidation 
value of not more than $1 billion, subject to an aggregate limitation 
of $1 billion; and
    (4) assumption of $3.65 billion of obligations and liabilities as 
guarantor of obligations and liabilities of its subsidiaries.

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    Comment date: November 27, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

6. Old Dominion Electric Cooperative

[Docket No. ER01-338-000]

    Take notice that on November 1, 2000, Old Dominion Electric 
Cooperative (Applicant), tendered for filing a Report on Action Taken 
to Support Reliability and Application Submitting Addendum to 
Agreement, Amending Filed Rate Schedule that included an Addendum to 
the Amended and Restated Agreement Between Old Dominion Electric 
Cooperative and Bear Island Paper Company, LLC. This filing was 
submitted pursuant to the Commission's Notice of Interim Procedures to 
Support Industry Reliability Efforts and Request for Comments and 
relates to special, mutually-beneficial demand-side management 
arrangements made with a customer.
    Comment date: November 27, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

7. Wheelabrator Shasta Energy Company, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01-323-000]

    Take notice that on November 1, 2000, Wheelabrator Shasta Energy 
Company, Inc. (Shasta Energy), tendered for filing pursuant to Rule 
205, 18 CFR 385.205, a Notification of Change in Status and code of 
conduct as Supplement No. 1 to FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume 
No. 1. This filing reflects the proposed acquisition of the stock of 
Shasta Energy by BTA Holdings, Inc., which is indirectly 50% owned by 
each of Duke Energy Corporation and an individual.
    Shasta Energy requests that the Commission permit Supplement No. 1 
to become effective on the date on which the Commission takes action on 
Shasta Energy's application for approval of a change in its upstream 
ownership pursuant to Section 203 of the Federal Power Act, filed 
simultaneously with this filing.
    Copies of the filing were served on Pacific Gas and Electric 
Company and the California Public Utilities Commission.
    Comment date: November 27, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

8. San Diego Gas & Electric Company

[Docket No. ER01-322-000]

    Take notice that on November 1, 2000, San Diego Gas & Electric 
Company (SDG&E), tendered for filing certain revised Transmission Owner 
(TO) Tariff sheets to supersede First Revised Original Sheet Nos. i, 
ii, 26, 67, 68, and 71 through 77. SDG&E also tendered a new wholesale 
RMR rate, Original Sheet No. 78. SDG&E requests an effective date of 
January 1, 2001. SDG&E states the instant filing is submitted to revise 
the Reliability Must-Run (RMR) Revenue Requirement and RMR Charges set 
forth in its TO Tariff, and to implement the settlement in Docket No. 
ER00-860-000.
    Copies of this filing were served upon the Public Utilities 
Commission of the State of California, the California Independent 
System Operator and interested parties.
    Comment date: November 27, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

9. Allegheny Energy Service Corporation, on behalf of Monongahela 
Power Company, The Potomac Edison Company and West Penn Power 
Company (Allegheny Power)

[Docket No. ER01-321-000]

    Take notice that on November 1, 2000, Allegheny Energy Service 
Corporation on behalf of Monongahela Power Company, The Potomac Edison 
Company and West Penn Power Company (Allegheny Power) tendered for 
filing Schedule 12, Retail Transmission Service--Ohio to its Pro Forma 
Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT). Changes to Schedules 10 and 11, 
updated customer lists, and miscellaneous changes to the OATT were also 
filed.
    Allegheny Power has requested an effective date for Schedule 12 and 
the other changes proposed in the filing of January 1, 2001.
    Copies of the filing have been provided to Allegheny Power's 
jurisdictional customers, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, the 
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the Maryland Public Service 
Commission, the Virginia State Corporation Commission and the West 
Virginia Public Service Commission.
    Comment date: November 27, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

10. Powerex Corp.

[Docket No. ER01-48-001]

    Take notice that on November 1, 2000, Powerex Corp., tendered for 
filing an amendment to its October 4, 2000, Notice of Succession 
pursuant to 18 CFR 35.16 and 131.51 of the Commission's Regulations. 
Powerex Corp., is succeeding to: (i) Rate Schedule FERC No. 1, Market-
Based Rate Schedule filed by British Columbia Power Exchange 
Corporation in Docket No. ER97-4024-000, effective August 1, 1997; and 
(ii) Rate Schedule No. 2, Mutual Netting/Settlement Agreement with 
PacifiCorp, filed by PacifiCorp in Docket No. ER99-282-000, effective 
September 23, 1998.
    Comment date: November 27, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

11. WPS Resources Operating Companies

[Docket No. ER01-320-000]

    Take notice that on November 1, 2000, WPS Resources Operating 
Companies (WPS), tendered for filing modifications to its Open Access 
Transmission Tariff (OATT), FERC Electric Tariff, First Revised Volume 
No. 1. The purpose of this filing is to add charges for Schedule 2--
Reactive Supply and Voltage Control from Generation Sources Service 
(Schedule 2 Service) for one of the operating companies of WPS, 
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPSC).
    WPS requests that the Commission accept the revised tariff for 
filing and make it effective on January 1, 2001.
    Copies of the filing were served upon WPS's OATT customers, the 
American Transmission Company LLC, the Public Service Commission of 
Wisconsin and the Michigan Public Service Commission.
    Comment date: November 27, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

12. Consumers Energy Company

[Docket No. ER01-318-000]

    Take notice that on November 1, 2000, Consumers Energy Company 
(Consumers) tendered for filing Attachment J (Procedures for Generator 
Interconnection) to be added to its Open Access Transmission Tariff 
(OATT), Consumers FERC Electric Tariff No. 6. Attachment J includes a 
pro forma Generator Interconnection and Operating Agreement.
    Copies of the filing were filed on all customers under Consumers' 
OATT and upon the Michigan Public Service Commission. Consumers 
requests a November 1, 2000 effective date.
    Comment date: November 27, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

13. The Dayton Power and Light Company

[Docket No. ER01-317-000]

    Take notice that on November 1, 2000, The Dayton Power and Light 
Company (DP&L), tendered for filing amendments to DP&L's Open Access

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Transmission Tariff (OATT) to accommodate retail access mandated by 
Ohio Restructuring Law.
    DP&L requests an effective date of January 1, 2001 for the above-
described amendments. Copies of this filing were served upon DP&L's 
jurisdictional customers and the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
    Comment date: November 27, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

14. Southern California Edison Company

[Docket No. ER01-315-000]

    Take notice that on November 1, 2000, Southern California Edison 
Company (SCE), tendered for filing a revision to its Transmission Owner 
Tariff (TO Tariff), FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 6. The 
proposed revision modifies SCE's TO Tariff to establish a rate schedule 
for the recovery of Reliability Services costs billed directly to SCE 
as a Participating Transmission Owner (PTO) by the California 
Independent System Operation (ISO).
    Copies of this filing were served upon the Public Utilities 
Commission of the State of California and mailed to the California ISO, 
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, the 
California ISO-registered Scheduling Coordinators, and the wholesale 
customers with loads in SCE's historic control area.
    Comment date: November 27, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

15. 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 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 para. 61,059 (2000) on 
September 30, 2000.
    PJM requests an effective date of December 27, 2000, for the Small 
Resource Interconnection Procedure Manual amendments to the PJM Tariff. 
Consistent with PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 92 FERC para. 61,059, PJM 
requests an effective date of October 1, 2000 for the cancellation of 
PJM Tariff and Operating Agreement pages setting forth the Customer 
Load Reduction Pilot Program.
    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 27, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

16. The Connecticut Light and Power Company

[Docket No. ER01-293-000]

    Take notice that on October 31, 2000, The Connecticut Light and 
Power Company (CL&P), tendered for filing a Notice of Termination of a 
Bulk Power Supply Service Agreement and supplements thereto with Bozrah 
Light and Power Company and Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy 
Cooperative.
    CL&P requests an effective date of November 1, 2000.
    CL&P states that a copy of this filing was mailed to Bozrah Light 
and Power Company, Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative, 
and the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control.
    Comment date: November 21, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

17. Xcel Energy Operating Companies Northern States Power Company 
(Minnesota)

[Docket No. ER01-278-000]

    Take notice that on October 31, 2000, Northern States Power 
Company, a wholly-owned utility operating company subsidiary of Xcel 
Energy Inc., tendered for filing Connection Agreement Number 61 for the 
Pleasant Valley Generation Plant Point of Connection (Agreement) 
between NSP and Great River Energy. NSP proposes the Agreement be 
included in the Xcel Energy Operating Companies new FERC Joint Open 
Access Transmission Tariff, Original Volume No. 3, as Agreement No. 
535-NSP, all pursuant to Order No. 614.
    NSP requests the Commission accept the Agreement effective October 
1, 2000, or alternatively on November 1, 2000, the date the connection 
facilities are to be placed in service. NSP requests waiver of the 
Commission's notice requirements in order if necessary for the 
Agreement to be accepted for filing on the date requested.
    Comment date: November 21, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

18. Xcel Energy Operating Companies Northern States Power Company 
(Minnesota)

[Docket No. ER01-277-000]

    Take notice that on October 31, 2000, Northern States Power Company 
and Northern States Power Company (Wisconsin) (jointly NSP), wholly-
owned utility operating company subsidiaries of Xcel Energy Inc., 
tendered for filing a Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service 
Agreement between NSP and Madison Gas & Electric Company. NSP proposes 
the Agreement be included in the Xcel Energy Operating Companies new 
FERC Joint Open Access Transmission Tariff, Original Volume No. 2, as 
Service Agreement 138-NSP, all pursuant to Order No. 614.
    NSP requests that the Commission accept the agreement effective 
October 1, 2000, and requests waiver of the Commission's notice 
requirements in order for the agreements to be accepted for filing on 
the date requested.
    Comment date: November 21, 2000, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

19. Central Maine Power Company

[Docket Nos. ER97-1326-003 ER99-238-003 ER99-4534-003 ER00-982-004]

    Take notice that on October 30, 2000, Central Maine Power Company 
(CMP), tendered for filing in compliance with FERC's Order issued on 
July 28, 2000, in the above-referenced dockets, 92 FERC para. 61,272 
(2000), and the terms of the Uncontested Settlement Agreement approved 
by FERC in those dockets, an open access transmission tariff (OATT) 
revised to conform with the formatting requirements of Order No. 614, 
and an informational filing comprised of several worksheets describing 
the rates charged for services under the OATT based on the 1998 and 
1999 test years.
    Comment date: November 20, 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, 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 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

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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. 00-29176 Filed 11-14-00; 8:45 am]
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