70560 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 227 / Friday, November 24, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket Nos. FE C&E 00–29, C&E 00–30

and C&E 00–31; Certification Notice–192]

Office of Fossil Energy; Notice of

Filings of Coal Capability of Rumford

Power Associates, L.P., Tiverton

Power Associates, L.P. and Los

Medanos Energy Center, LLC

Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy,

Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of filing.

SUMMARY: Rumford Power Associates,

L.P., Tiverton Power Associates, L.P.

and Los Medanos Energy Center, LLC

submitted coal capability selfcertifications pursuant to section 201 of

the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use

Act of 1978, as amended.

ADDRESSES: Copies of self-certification

filings are available for public

inspection, upon request, in the Office

of Coal & Power Im/Ex, Fossil Energy,

Room 4G–039, FE–27, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Russell at (202) 586–9624.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of

the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use

Act of 1978 (FUA), as amended (42

U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), provides that no

new baseload electric powerplant may

be constructed or operated without the

capability to use coal or another

alternate fuel as a primary energy

source. In order to meet the requirement

of coal capability, the owner or operator

of such facilities proposing to use

natural gas or petroleum as its primary

energy source shall certify, pursuant to

FUA section 201(d), to the Secretary of

Energy prior to construction, or prior to

operation as a base load powerplant,

that such powerplant has the capability

to use coal or another alternate fuel.

Such certification establishes

compliance with section 201(a) as of the

date filed with the Department of

Energy. The Secretary is required to

publish a notice in the Federal Register

that a certification has been filed. The

following owners/operators of the

proposed new baseload powerplants

have filed a self-certification in

accordance with section 201(d).

Owner: Rumford Power Associates,

L.P. (C&E 00–29).

Operator: Energy Management, Inc.

Location: Rumford, Maine.

Plant Configuration: Combined-cycle.

Capacity: 267 MW.

Fuel: Natural gas.

Purchasing Entities: Sold to the

regional grid as a merchant plant.

In-Service Date: October 2000.

Owner: Tiverton Power Associates,

L.P. (C&E 00–30).

Operator: Energy Management, Inc.

Location: Tiverton, Rhode Island.

Plant Configuration: Combined-cycle.

Capacity: 267 MW.

Fuel: Natural gas.

Purchasing Entities: Sold to the

regional grid as a merchant plant.

In-Service Date: August, 2000.

Owner: Los Medanos Energy Center,

LLC (C&E 00–31).

Operator: Calpine Corporation.

Location; Contra Costa County, CA.

Plant Configuration: Combined-cycle.

Capacity: 508 MW.

Fuel: Natural gas.

Purchasing Entities: To be sold on a

merchant basis under power purchase

agreements.

In-Service Date: July 8, 2001.

Issued in Washington, DC, November 16,

2000.

Anthony J. Como,

Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation,

Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex, Office of Coal

& Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EC01–4–000]

Consumers Energy Company; Notice

of Filing

November 15, 2000.

Take notice that on November 2,

2000, Consumers Energy Company

(CECo) filed an amendment to their

Application For Authorization to

Transfer Jurisdictional Transmission

Assets To Michigan Electric

Transmission Company pursuant to

Section 203 of the Federal Power Act,

which was filed on October 13, 2000 in

the above-captioned docket. CECo and

Michigan Transco are requesting that

the existing one-page pro forma Bill of

Sale be removed from Exhibit H(4) and

be replaced with the two-page amended

pro forma Bill of Sale.

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 and protests

should be filed on or before November

29, 2000. Protests will be considered by

the Commission to determine 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. This

filing may also be viewed on the

Internet at http://www.ferc.fed.us/

online/rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance). Comments and protests may

be filed electronically via the internet in

lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s web site at http:/

/www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–29946 Filed 11–22–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project Nos. 1975–014, 2061–004, 2777–

007, 2778–005–Idaho]

Idaho Power Company; Notice of

Extension of Time

November 15, 2000.

By letter dated November 8, 2000, the

Department of the Interior (Interior)

requested an extension of time for the

filing of comments in response to the

Commission’s Notice of Ready for

Environmental Analysis and Soliciting

Comments, Recommendations, Terms

and Conditions, and Prescriptions

issued July 14, 2000, and extended

August 9, 2000. Interior stated that

because of the scope of the projects, staff

limitations, and time constraints,

additional time is needed in order to

prepare and file its comments.

Upon consideration, notice is hereby

given that an extension of time for the

filing of comments, recommendations,

terms and conditions, and prescriptions

is granted to and including November

17, 2000.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–29947 Filed 11–22–00; 8:45 am]

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