26168 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 91 /Tuesday, May 12, 1998 / Notices

(Columbia) tendered for filing as part of

its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised

Volume No. 1, the following revised

tariff sheets bearing a proposed effective

date of June 1, 1998:

Twenty-seventh Revised Sheet No. 25

Twenty-seventh Revised Sheet No. 26

Twenty-seventh Revised Sheet No. 27

Twenty-seventh Revised Sheet No. 28

Eleventh Revised Sheet No. 30A

Eleventh Revised Sheet No. 31

Columbia states that the purpose of

this filing is to make a downward

adjustment to its Rate Schedule FTS

base rate demand determinants as

provided for in Stipulation II, Article III,

Section H(2) of the Docket No. RP95–

408 et al. rate case settlement. The

settlement provision authorizes such

adjustments associated with contract

demand reductions recognizing the loss

of direct firm transportation deliveries

to customers from gathering facilities

sold since the settlement up to 15,000

Dth/day. This filing reflects the loss in

firm transportation demand

determinants (and associated

commodity determinants) for two Rate

Schedule FTS customers.

Columbia states that copies of its

filing have been mailed to all firm

customers, interruptible customers, and

affected state commissions.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such motions or protests must be

filed as provided in 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.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–12484 Filed 5–11–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–2075–000]

CSW Energy Services, Inc.; Notice of

Issuance of Order

May 6, 1998.

CSW Energy Services, Inc. (ESI), a

power marketer, is wholly-owned by

Central & Southwest Corporation, which

owns public utilities engaged in the

generation, transmission, distribution

and sale of electric power at wholesale

and retail. ESI filed an application for

authorization to engage in wholesale

power sales at market-based rates, and

for certain waivers and authorizations.

In particular, ESI requested that the

Commission grant blanket approval

under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future

issuances of securities and assumptions

of liabilities by ESI. On May 1, 1998, the

Commission issued an Order

Conditionally Accepting For Filing

Proposed Tariff For Market Based Power

Sales And Reassignment of

Transmission Capacity And Directing

Filing Of Revised Codes Of Conduct

(Order), in the above-docketed

proceeding.

The Commission’s May 1, 1998 Order

granted the request for blanket approval

under Part 34, subject to the conditions

found in Ordering Paragraphs (G), (H),

and (J):

(G) 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 ESI 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.

(H) Absent a request to be heard

within the period set forth in Ordering

Paragraph (G) above, ESI 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 ESI,

compatible with the public interest, and

reasonably necessary or appropriate for

such purposes.

(J) 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

ESI’s issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities* * *.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protest, as set forth above, is June 1,

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. 98–12487 Filed 5–11–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–287–017]

El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas

Tariff

May 6, 1998.

Take notice that on May 1, 1998, El

Paso Natural Gas Company (El Paso)

tendered for filing to become part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised

Volume No. 1–A, the following tariff

sheet to become effective May 1, 1998:

Fifteenth Revised Sheet No. 30

Eighth Revised Sheet No. 31

El Paso states that the above tariff

sheets are being filed to implement six

negotiated rate contracts pursuant to the

Commission’s Statement of Policy on

Alternatives to Traditional Cost-ofService Ratemaking for Natural Gas

Pipelines and Regulation of Negotiated

Transportation Services of Natural Gas

Pipelines issued January 31, 1996 at

Docket Nos. RM95–6–000 and RM96–7–

000.

Any person desiring to protest this

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such protests must be

filed as provided in 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.

Copies of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–12476 Filed 5–11–98; 8:45 am]

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