Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 84 / Friday, May 1, 1998 / Notices 24169

1CSWS is acting as agent for Central Power and

Light Company, West Texas Utilities Company, and

Southwestern Electric Power Company.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–1965–000]

West Texas Wind Energy Partners,

LLC; Notice of Issuance of Order

April 28, 1998.

West Texas Wind Energy Partners,

LLC (WTWEP) filed an application

requesting that the Commission accept a

power purchase agreement authorizing

it to engage in wholesale power sales at

market-based rates to Central and South

West Services, Inc. (CSWS),1 and for

certain waivers and authorizations. In

particular, WTWEP requested that the

Commission grant blanket approval

under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future

issuances of securities and assumptions

of liabilities by WTWEP. On April 23,

1998, the Commission issued an Order

Conditionally Accepting For Filing

Proposed Market-Based Rates (Order), in

the above-docketed proceeding.

The Commission’s April 23, 1998

Order granted the request for blanket

approval under Part 34, subject to the

conditions found in Ordering

Paragraphs (F), (G), and (I):

(F) Within 30 days of the date of this

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the Commission’s blanket

approval of issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities by WTWEP

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.

(G) Absent a request to be heard

within the period set forth in Ordering

Paragraph (F) above, WTWEP is hereby

authorized to issue securities and

assume obligations and liabilities as

guarantor, indorser, surety or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issue or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of

WTWEP, compatible with the public

interest, and reasonably necessary or

appropriate for such purposes.

(I) The Commission reserves the right

to modify this order to require a further

showing that neither public nor private

interests will be adversely affected by

continued Commission approval of

WTWEP’s issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities * * * .

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is May 26,

1998.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–11618 Filed 4–30–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket no. ER98–1617–000, et al.]

Northern States Power Company et al.

Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation

Filings

April 27, 1998.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Northern States Power Company

(Minnesota) and Northern States Power

Company (Wisconsin)

[Docket Nos. ER98–1617–000, ER98–1618–

000, ER98–1656–000, ER98–1657–000,

ER98–1658–000, ER98–1659–000, and ER98–

1660–000]

Take notice that on April 22, 1998,

Northern States Power Company

(Minnesota) and Northern States Power

Company (Wisconsin) (jointly NSP),

tendered for filing an amendment to its

filing of seven Firm Point-to-Point

Transmission Service Agreements

between NSP and NSP Wholesale.

NSP is in response to the

Commission’s deficiency letter dated

March 23, 1998. NSP is requesting that

the filed Firm Point-to-Point

Transmission Service Agreements, as

corrected by this filing, be accepted for

filing effective January 1, 1998. NSP

requests waiver of the Commission’s

notice requirements in order for the

Agreements to be accepted for filing on

the date requested.

Comment date: May 12, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. Central Power and Light Company,

West Texas Utilities Company, Public

Service Company of Oklahoma, and

Southern Electric Power Company

[Docket No. ER98–1944–000]

Take notice that on April 22, 1998,

Central Power and Light Company, West

Texas Utilities Company, Public Service

Company of Oklahoma, and

Southwestern Electric Power Company

(collectively, the CSW Operating

Companies), submitted an amended

filing in the above captioned

proceeding.

The CSW Operating Companies state

that a copy of this amended filing has

been served on the Public Utility

Commission of Texas, the Louisiana

Public Service Commission, the

Arkansas Public Service Commission,

the Oklahoma Corporation Commission

and all parties to this proceeding.

Comment date: May 12, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER98–2107–000]

Take notice that on April 22, 1998,

Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company,

tendered for filing an amendment to its

March 9, 1998, filing in the above

referenced docket. Oklahoma Gas and

Electric Company states that the

amendment is to notify the Commission

that Oklahoma Gas and Electric

Company finds the conditions attached

to the Commission’s March 13, 1998,

SPP order acceptable and no longer

finds it necessary to condition its

submittal in this docket upon the

outcome of the Southwest Power Pool

Regional Transmission Tariff (Docket

No. ER98–1163–000). In addition,

Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company

has proposed that the effective date of

its tariff change submitted in this docket

be revised from April 1, 1998 to June 1,

1998 to match the effective date of the

SPP Regional Tariff.

Copies of the filing were served upon

all parties shown on the official service

list in this docket.

Comment date: May 12, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. Louisville Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER98–2536–000]

Take notice that on April 13, 1998,

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

(LG&E), tendered for filing an executed

Short-Term Firm Point-To-Point

Transmission Service Agreement

between LG&E and Allegheny Power

Service Corporation under LG&E’s Open

Access Transmission Tariff.

Comment date: May 14, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

[Docket No. ER98–2540–000]

Take notice that on April 14, 1998,

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

tendered for filing a Notice of

Cancellation of FERC Rate Schedule No.

245 and any supplements thereto, with

Toledo Edison Company.