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Comment date: june 17, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

25. Consumers Energy Company

[Docket No. ER98–3144–000]

Take notice that on May 28, 1998,

Consumers Energy Company

(Consumers), tendered for filing a

revision to the annual charges due

Consumers from Northern Indiana

Public Service Company (Northern),

under the terms of the Barton LakeBatavia Interconnection Facilities

Agreement (designated Consumers

Electric Rate Schedule FERC No. 44).

The revised charges are provided for

in Subsection 1.043 of the Agreement,

which provides that the annual charges

may be redetermined effective May 1,

1998 using year-end 1997 data with a

new annual charge rate. As a result of

the redetermination, the monthly

charges to be paid by Northern were

decreased from $15,700 to $15,525.

Consumers requests an effective date of

May 1, 1998, and therefore requests

waiver of the Commission’s notice

requirements.

Copies of the filing were served upon

Northern, the Michigan Public Service

Commission and the Indiana Utility

Regulatory Commission.

Comment date: June 17, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

26. Long Island Lighting Company

[Docket No. ER98–3145–000]

Take notice that on May 28, 1998,

Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO),

filed an Electric Power Service

Agreement between LILCO and Cinergy

Capital & Trading, Inc., entered into on

May 8, 1998.

The Electric Power Service Agreement

listed above was entered into under

LILCO’s Power Sales Umbrella Tariff as

reflected in LILCO’s amended filing on

February 6, 1998, with the Commission

in Docket No. OA98–5–000. The

February 6, 1998, filing essentially

brings LILCO’s Power Sales Umbrella

Tariff in compliance with the

unbundling requirements of the

Commission’s Order No. 888.

LILCO requests waiver of the

Commission’s sixty (60) day notice

requirements and an effective date of

May 8, 1998, for the Electric Power

Service Agreement listed above because

in accordance with the policy

announced in Prior Notice and Filing

Requirements Under Part II of the

Federal Power Act, 64 FERC ¶ 61,139,

clarified and reh’g granted in part and

denied in part, 65 FERC ¶ 61,081 (1993),

service will be provided under an

umbrella tariff and the Electric Power

Service Agreement is being filed either

prior to or within thirty (30) days of the

commencement of service.

LILCO has served copies of this filing

on the customer which is a party to the

Electric Power Service Agreement and

on the New York State Public Service

Commission.

Comment date: June 17, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

27. Great Bay Power Corporation

[Docket No. ER98–3146–000]

Take notice that on May 28, 1998,

Great Bay Power Corporation (Great

Bay), tendered for filing a service

agreement between Vermont Public

Power Supply Authority (VPPSA) and

Great Bay for service under Great Bay’s

revised Tariff for Short Term Sales. This

Tariff was accepted for filing by the

Commission on May 17, 1996, in Docket

No. ER96–726–000. The service

agreement is proposed to be effective

May 7, 1998.

Comment date: June 17, 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. 98–15369 Filed 6–9–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Amendment of License

June 4, 1998.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Amendment

of License.

b. Project No.: 3428–080.

c. Date Filed: May 15, 1998.

d. Applicant: Miller Hydro Group,

Inc.

e. Name of Project: Worumbo Project.

f. Location: On the Androscoggin

River, in Androscoggin County, Maine.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a) -825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mark Isaacson,

Miller Hydro Group, Inc., P.O. Box 97,

Lisbon Falls, ME 04252–0097, (207)

846–3991.

i. FERC Contact: Paul Shannon (202)

219–2866.

j. Comment Date: July 22, 1998.

k. Description of Filings: Miller Hydro

Group, Inc., filed an application for

amendment of license for the Worumbo

Project. The licensee proposes to

increase the normal reservoir surface

elevation from 97.0 feet mean sea level

(msl) to 98.5 ft. msl. The licensee would

install (msl) to 98.5 ft. msl. The licensee

would install pneumatically-operated

hinged crest gates over the Durham-side

dam and hinged conventionallyoperated flashboards over the remainder

of the dam. The licensee also proposes

to operate the project with allowable

reservoir fluctuations between

elevations 97 ft. msl and 98.5 ft. msl.

The licensee indicates it has adequate

property interests for operating the

project at the higher reservoir levels.

l. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: B, C1,

and D2.

B. Comments, Protests, or Motions to

Intervene—Anyone may submit

comments, a project, or a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 211, .214. In

determining the appropriate action to

take, the Commission will consider all

protests or other comments filed, but

only those who file a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any comments,

protests, or motions to intervene must

be received on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application.

C1. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS’’,

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS

AND CONDITIONS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’, OR

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’, as

applicable, and the Project Number of

the particular application to which the

filing refers. Any of the above-named
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documents must be filed by providing

the original and the number of copies

provided by the Commission’s

regulations to: The Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

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

20426. A copy of any motion to

intervene must also be served upon each

representative of the Applicant

specified in the particular application.

D2. Agency Comments—Federal,

state, and local agencies are invited to

file comments on the described

application. A copy of the application

may be obtained by agencies directly

from the Applicant. If an agency does

not file comments within the time

specified for filing comments, it will be

presumed to have no comments. One

copy of an agency’s comments must also

be sent to the Applicant’s

representatives.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–15368 Filed 6–9–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Southwestern Power Administration

Sam Rayburn Dam Project Power Rate

AGENCY: Southwestern Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Extension.

SUMMARY: The Current Sam Rayburn

Dam Project rate was approved by the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

(FERC) on December 7, 1994, Docket

No. EF94–4021–000. These rates are

effective October 1, 1994, through

September 30, 1998. The Administrator,

Southwestern, has prepared Current and

Revised 1998 Power Repayment Studies

for the Sam Rayburn Dam Project which

show the need for a minor rate

adjustment of $3,732 (0.2 percent

decrease) in annual revenues. In

accordance with Southwestern’s rate

adjustment threshold, dated June 23,

1987, the Administrator, Southwestern,

may determine, on a case by case basis,

that for a revenue decrease or increase

in the magnitude of two percent,

deferral of a formal rate filing is in the

best interest of the Government. Also,

the Deputy Secretary of Energy has the

authority to extend rates, previously

confirmed and approved by FERC, on an

interim basis, pursuant to 10 CFR

Sections 903.22(h) and 902.23(a)(3). In

accordance with DOE rate extension

authority and Southwestern’s rate

adjustment threshold, the Administrator

is proposing that the rate adjustment be

deferred and that the current rates be

extended for a one-year period effective

through September 30, 1999.

DATES: Written comments are due on or

before July 10, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be submitted to the Administrator,

Southwestern Power Administration,

U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. Box

1619, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Forrest E. Reeves, Assistant

Administrator, Office of Corporate

Operations, Southwestern Power

Administration, Department of Energy,

P.O. Box 1619, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101,

(918) 595–6696.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.

Department of Energy was created by an

Act of the U.S. Congress, Department of

Energy Organization Act, Pub. L. 95–91,

dated August 4, 1977, and

Southwestern’s power marketing

activities were transferred from the

Department of the Interior to the

Department of Energy, effective October

1, 1977.

Southwestern markets power from 24

multiple-purpose reservoir projects with

power facilities constructed and

operated by the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers. These projects are located in

the States of Arkansas, Missouri,

Oklahoma and Texas. Southwestern’s

marketing area includes these states

plus Kansas and Louisiana. Of the total,

22 projects comprise an Integrated

System and are interconnected through

Southwestern’s transmission system and

exchange agreements with other

utilities. The other two projects (Sam

Rayburn and Robert Douglas Willis) are

not interconnected with Southwestern’s

Integrated System. Instead, their power

is marketed under separate contracts

through which two customers purchase

the entire power output of each of the

projects at the dams. Following

Department of Energy Order Number RA

6120.2, the Administrator,

Southwestern, prepared a 1998 Current

Power Repayment Study (PRS) using the

existing Sam Rayburn Dam Project rate

schedule. The PRS shows the

cumulative amortization through FY

1997 at $12,156,954 on a total

investment of $25,676,015. The FY 1998

Revised PRS indicates the need for a

decrease in annual revenues of $3,732,

or 0.2 percent, lower than the present

annual revenues.

As a matter of practice, Southwestern

would defer an indicated rate

adjustment that falls within

Southwestern’s plus-or-minus two

percent rate adjustment threshold. The

threshold was developed to add

efficiency to the process of maintaining

adequate rates and is consistent with

cost recovery criteria within DOE Order

Number RA 6120.2 regarding rate

adjustment plans. The Sam Rayburn

Dam Project’s FY 1997 (last year’s) PRS

concluded that the annual revenues

needed to be decreased by 0.1 percent.

At that time, it was determined prudent

to defer the decrease in accordance with

the established threshold and the

current rate schedule was continued for

one year. It once again seems prudent to

defer this rate adjustment of 0.2 percent,

or $3,732 per year in accordance with

Southwestern’s rate adjustment

threshold and reevaluate the ability of

the existing rate to provide sufficient

revenues to satisfy costs projected in the

FY 1999 (next year’s) PRS.

On December 7, 1994, the current rate

schedule for the Sam Rayburn Dam

Project was confirmed and approved by

the FERC on a final basis for a period

that will end on September 30, 1998. In

accordance with 10 CFR Sections

903.22(h) and 903.23(a)(3), the Deputy

Secretary may extend existing rates on

an interim basis beyond the period

specified by the FERC. As a result of the

benefits obtained by a rate adjustment

deferral (reduced Federal expense and

rate stability) and the Deputy Secretary’s

authority to extend a previously

approved rate, Southwestern’s

Administrator is proposing to extend

the current Sam Rayburn Dam Project

rate schedule. The schedule is to be

effective for the one-year period

beginning October 1, 1998, and

extending through September 30, 1999.

Opportunity is presented for

customers and interested parties to

receive copies of the study data for the

Sam Rayburn Dam Project. If you desire

a copy of the Repayment Study Data

Package for the Sam Rayburn Dam

Project, please submit your request to:

Mr. Forrest E. Reeves, Assistant

Administrator, Office of Corporate

Operations, P.O. Box 1619, Tulsa, OK

74101, or call (918) 595–6696.

Following review of the written

comments (absent any substantive

reasons to do otherwise), the

Administrator will submit the rate

extension proposal for the Sam Rayburn

Dam Project to the Deputy Secretary of

Energy for confirmation and approval.

Issued in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this 22nd day

of May, 1998.

Michael A. Deihl,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 98–15455 Filed 6–9–98; 8:45 am]

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