[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 94 (Friday, May 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27066-27068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12932]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. ER98-2884-000, et al.]


Illinois Power Company, et al. Electric Rate and Corporate 
Regulation Filings

May 7, 1998.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-2884-000]

    Take notice that on May 4, 1998, Illinois Power Company (Illinois 
Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur, Illinois 62526, tendered for 
filing firm transmission agreements under which PPG Industries, Inc., 
will take transmission service pursuant to its open access transmission 
tariff. The agreements are based on the Form of Service Agreement in 
Illinois Power's tariff.
    Illinois Power has requested an effective date of May 1, 1998.
    Comment date: May 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

2. IES Utilities Inc., Interstate Power Company, Wisconsin Power & 
Light Company, South Beloit Water, Gas & Electric Company Heartland 
Energy Services and Industrial Energy Applications, Inc.

[Docket Nos. EC96-13-000, ER96-1236-000, and ER96-2560-000]

    Take notice that on May 4, 1998, Alliant Services, Inc. (Alliant), 
on its own behalf and on behalf of IES Utilities Inc., Interstate Power 
Company, Wisconsin Power & Light Company, South Beloit Water, Gas & 
Electric Company, Heartland Energy Services and Industrial Energy 
Applications, Inc. (the IEC Operating Companies), submitted an 
amendment to its filing in these dockets.
    Comment date: May 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

3. Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation

[Docket No. ER98-2886-000]

    Take notice that on May 4, 1998, Rochester Gas and Electric 
Corporation (RG&E), filed a Service Agreement between RG&E and the 
SCANA Energy Marketing, Inc., (Customer). This Service Agreement 
specifies that the Customer has agreed to the rates, terms and 
conditions of the RG&E open access transmission tariff filed on July 9, 
1996 in Docket No. OA96-141-000.
    RG&E requests waiver of the Commission's sixty (60) day notice 
requirements and an effective date of April 28, 1998, for the SCANA 
Energy Marketing, Inc., Service Agreement. RG&E has served copies of 
the filing on the New York State Public Service Commission and on the 
Customer.
    Comment date: May 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

4. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-2887-000]

    Take notice that on May 4, 1998, Illinois Power Company (Illinois 
Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur, Illinois 62526, tendered for 
filing a Power Sales Tariff, Service Agreement under which NGE 
Generation, Inc., will take service under Illinois Power Company's 
Power Sales Tariff. The agreements are based on the Form of Service 
Agreement in Illinois Power's tariff.
    Illinois Power has requested an effective date of April 27, 1998.

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    Comment date: May 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

5. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-2888-000]

    Take notice that on May 4, 1998, Illinois Power Company (Illinois 
Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur, Illinois 62526, tendered for 
filing firm and non-firm transmission agreements under which Archer 
Daniels Midland Company will take transmission service pursuant to its 
open access transmission tariff. The agreements are based on the Form 
of Service Agreement in Illinois Power's tariff.
    Illinois Power has requested an effective date of April 30, 1998.
    Comment date: May 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

6. Idaho Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-2889-000]

    Take notice that on May 4, 1998, Idaho Power Company (IPC), 
tendered for filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
Service Agreements under Idaho Power Company FERC Electric Tariff No. 
6, Market Rate Power Sales Tariff, between Idaho Power Company and 
Black Hills Power & Light Co.
    Comment date: May 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

7. Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation

[Docket No. ER98-2890-000]

    Take notice that on May 4, 1998, Rochester Gas and Electric 
Corporation (RG&E), filed a Market Based Service Agreement between RG&E 
and Cinergy Capital & Trading Marketing Inc., (Customer). This Service 
Agreement specifies that the Customer has agreed to the rates, term and 
conditions of RG&E's FERC Electric Rate Schedule, Original Volume No. 3 
(Power Sales Tariff) accepted by the Commission in Docket No. ER97-
3556-000 (80 FERC para. 61,284).
    RG&E requests waiver of the Commission's sixty (60) day notice 
requirements and an effective date of April 20th, Strategic Energy 
Ltd's Service Agreement. RG&E has served copies of the filing on the 
New York State Public Service Commission and on the Customer.
    Comment date: May 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

8. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-2891-000]

    Take notice that on May 4, 1998, Illinois Power Company (Illinois 
Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur, Illinois 62526, tendered for 
filing non-firm transmission agreements under which VTEC Energy, Inc., 
will take transmission service pursuant to its open access transmission 
tariff. The agreements are based on the Form of Service Agreement in 
Illinois Power's tariff.
    Illinois Power has requested an effective date of May 1, 1998.
    Comment date: May 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

9. Wisconsin Electric Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-2892-000]

    Take notice that on May 4, 1998, Wisconsin Electric Power Company 
(Wisconsin Electric), tendered for filing a short term firm 
transmission service agreement between itself and Pennsylvania Power 
and Light Company, Inc. (PP&L), under Wisconsin Electric's FERC 
Electric Tariff, Volume No. 7, which is pending Commission 
consideration in Docket No. OA97-578. Wisconsin Electric respectfully 
requests an effective date coincident with its filing. Wisconsin 
Electric is authorized to state that PP&L joins in the requested 
effective date.
    Copies of the filing have been served on PP&L, the Michigan Public 
Service Commission, and the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin.
    Comment date: May 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

10. South Carolina Electric & Gas Company

[Docket No. ER98-2893-000]

    Take notice that on May 4, 1998, South Carolina Electric & Gas 
Company (SCE&G), submitted service agreements establishing Equitable 
Power Services Company (EPSC) and Federal Energy Sales, Inc. (FES), as 
customers under the terms of SCE&G's Negotiated Market Sales Tariff.
    SCE&G requests an effective date of one day subsequent to the 
filing of the service agreements. Accordingly, SCE&G requests waiver of 
the Commission's notice requirements. Copies of this filing were served 
upon EPSC, FES, and the South Carolina Public Service Commission.
    Comment date: May 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

11. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-2894-000]

    Take notice that on May 4, 1998, Illinois Power Company (Illinois 
Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur, Illinois 62526, tendered for 
filing firm and non-firm transmission agreements under which Central 
Illinois Light Company will take transmission service pursuant to its 
open access transmission tariff. The agreements are based on the Form 
of Service Agreement in Illinois Power's tariff.
    Illinois Power has requested an effective date of April 15, 1998.
    Comment date: May 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

12. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-2895-000]

    Take notice that on May 4, 1998, Illinois Power Company (Illinois 
Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur, Illinois 62526, tendered for 
filing firm and non-firm transmission agreements under which Tenneco 
Packaging, Inc., will take transmission service pursuant to its open 
access transmission tariff. The agreements are based on the Form of 
Service Agreement in Illinois Power's tariff.
    Illinois Power has requested an effective date of April 30, 1998.
    Comment date: May 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

13. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-2896-000]

    Take notice that on May 4, 1998, Illinois Power Company (Illinois 
Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur, Illinois 62526, tendered for 
filing firm transmission agreements under which Illinois State 
University will take transmission service pursuant to its open access 
transmission tariff. The agreements are based on the Form of Service 
Agreement in Illinois Power's tariff.
    Illinois Power has requested an effective date of May 1, 1998.
    Comment date: May 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

14. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-2897-000]

    Take notice that on May 4, 1998, Illinois Power Company (Illinois 
Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur, Illinois 62526, tendered for 
filing firm transmission agreements under which Caterpillar, Inc., will 
take transmission service pursuant to its open access transmission 
tariff. The agreements are

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based on the Form of Service Agreement in Illinois Power's tariff.
    Illinois Power has requested an effective date of April 23, 1998.
    Comment date: May 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

15. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-2898-000]

    Take notice that on May 4, 1998, Illinois Power Company (Illinois 
Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur, Illinois 62526, tendered for 
filing firm transmission agreements under which Granite City Steel 
Corporation will take transmission service pursuant to its open access 
transmission tariff. The agreements are based on the Form of Service 
Agreement in Illinois Power's tariff.
    Illinois Power has requested an effective date of April 22, 1998.
    Comment date: May 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

16. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-2902-000]

    Take notice that on May 4, Illinois Power Company (Illinois Power), 
500 South 27th Street, Decatur, Illinois 62526, tendered for filing 
non-firm transmission agreements under which AYP Energy, Inc., will 
take transmission service pursuant to its open access transmission 
tariff. The agreements are based on the Form of Service Agreement in 
Illinois Power's tariff.
    Illinois Power has requested an effective date of April 27, 1998.
    Comment date: May 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

17. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-2903-000]

    Take notice that on May 4, 1998, Illinois Power Company (Illinois 
Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur, Illinois 62526, tendered for 
filing a Power Sales Tariff, Service Agreement under which Old Dominion 
Electric Cooperative will take service under Illinois Power Company's 
Power Sales Tariff. The agreements are based on the Form of Service 
Agreement in Illinois Power's tariff.
    Illinois Power has requested an effective date of April 15, 1998.
    Comment date: May 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

18. New York State Electric & Gas Corporation

[Docket No. ER98-2904-000]

    Take notice that on May 4, 1998, New York State Electric & Gas 
Corporation (NYSEG), filed Service Agreements between NYSEG and AYP 
Energy, Inc., (Customer). These Service Agreements specify that the 
Customer has agreed to the rates, terms and conditions of the NYSEG 
open access transmission tariff filed and effective on June 11, 1997, 
in Docket No. OA97-571-000.
    NYSEG requests waiver of the Commission's sixty-day notice 
requirements and an effective date of May 4, 1998, for the AYP Energy, 
Inc., Service Agreements. NYSEG has served copies of the filing on The 
New York State Public Service Commission and on the Customer.
    Comment date: May 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

19. Wisconsin Public Service Corporation

[Docket No. ER98-2905-000]

    Take notice that on May 4, 1998, Wisconsin Public Service 
Corporation (WPSC), tendered for filing an executed Short Term Firm 
Transmission Service Agreement between WPSC and Wisconsin Public Power 
Inc., providing for transmission service under the Open Access 
Transmission Service Tariff, FERC Original Volume No. 11.
    Comment date: May 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

20. Wisconsin Public Service Corporation

[Docket No. ER98-2906-000]

    Take notice that on May 4, 1998, Wisconsin Public Service 
Corporation (WPSC), tendered for filing an executed Transmission 
Service Agreement between WPSC and Wisconsin Public Power Inc., 
provides for transmission service under the Open Access Transmission 
Service Tariff, FERC Original Volume No. 11.
    Comment date: May 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

21. Western Resources, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98-2907-000]

    Take notice that on May 4, 1998, Western Resources, Inc., (Western 
Resources), on its behalf and on behalf of Kansas Gas and Electric 
Company (KGE), tendered for filing revised exhibits and service 
schedules to the Electric Power, Transmission and Service contracts 
between Western Resources and Kansas Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. 
(KEPCo), and between KGE and KEPCo. Western Resources states that these 
revisions more closely align KEPCo's transmission and ancillary service 
schedules with Western Resources' open-access tariff for such services.
    Copies of the filing were served upon Kansas Electric Power 
Cooperative, Inc., and the Kansas Corporation Commission.
    Comment date: May 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

22. Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation

[Docket No. ER98-2909-000]

    Take notice that on May 4, 1998, Rochester Gas and Electric 
Corporation (RG&E), filed a Market Based Service Agreement between RG&E 
and Federal Energy Sales, Inc., (Customer). This Service Agreement 
specifies that the Customer has agreed to the rates, terms and 
conditions of RG&E's FERC Electric Rate Schedule, Original Volume No. 3 
(Power Sales Tariff) accepted by the Commission in Docket No. ER97-
3553-000, et al. (80 FERC para. 61,284).
    RG&E requests waiver of the Commission's sixty (60) day notice 
requirements and an effective date of April 29th, Federal Energy Sales, 
Inc., Service Agreement. RG&E has served copies of the filing on the 
New York State Public Service Commission and on the Customer.
    Comment date: May 22, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

    E. Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said 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 18 CFR 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 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.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-12932 Filed 5-14-98; 8:45 am]
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