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1Briar Hydro Associates (Penacook Upper Falls

Project and Briar Project), Errol Hydroelectric

Limited Partnership, Gregg Falls Hydroelectric

Associates and Pembroke Hydro Associates.

that the waiver is needed because of

difficulties encountered in

implementing the administrative

processes needed to track such

transactions.

Comment date: June 18, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

25. Bangor Hydro-Electric Company

[Docket No. ER98–3159–000]

Take notice that on May 29, 1998,

Bangor Hydro-Electric Company filed an

Executed Service Agreement for nonfirm point-to-point transmission service

with Worcester Energy.

Comment date: June 18, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

26. Southwest Power Pool

[Docket No. ER98–3160–000]

Take notice that on May 29, 1998,

Southwest Power Pool (SPP), tendered

for filing 55 Executed Service

Agreements for short-term firm point-topoint firm transmission service and

non-firm point-to-point firm

transmission service under the SPP

Open Access Transmission Tariff.

Copies of this filing were served upon

each of the parties to these agreements.

Comment date: June 18, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

27. Public Service Company of New

Mexico

[Docket No. ER98–3161–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998,

Public Service Company of New Mexico

(PNM), submitted for filing an update to

its May 29, 1998, filing submittal of an

executed service agreement, for nonfirm point-to-point transmission service

under the terms of PNM’s Open Access

Transmission Service Tariff, with TexasNew Mexico Power Company. PNM

requests that the effective date of the

service agreement be changed from May

2, 1998 (originally requested effective

date), to May 1, 1998. PNM’s filing is

available for public inspection at its

offices in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Comment date: June 18, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

28. Central Vermont Public Service

Corporation

[Docket No. ER98–3162–000]

Take notice that on May 29, 1998,

Central Vermont Public Service

Corporation (Central Vermont),

requested an extension of a previouslyfiled supplement to its FERC Rate

Schedule No. 135 in order to allow for

uninterrupted participation in a retail

electric competition pilot program (the

Pilot Program) established by the New

Hampshire Public Utilities Commission

(NHPUC). In Order No. 22,945, issued

May 20, 1998, the NHPUC extended the

Pilot Program until such time as the

NHPUC orders otherwise.

Comment date: June 18, 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. 98–15510 Filed 6–10–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–917–000, et al.]

Southwest Reserve Sharing Group, et

al.; Electric Rate and Corporate

Regulation Filings

June 3, 1998.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Southwest Reserve Sharing Group

[Docket No. ER98–917–000]

Take notice that on May 8, 1998, the

Southwest Reserve Sharing Group

tendered for filing an amendment in the

above-referenced docket.

Comment date: June 12, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. Granite State Hydropower Ass. and

Certain Listed Projects

[Docket Nos. EL98–50–000, QF85–230–002,

QF86–713–001, QF85–659–001, QF85–619–

001 and QF85–620–001]

Take notice that on May 28, 1998,

Granite State Hydropower Associates

and Certain Listed Projects filed a

Petition for Declaratory Order or, in the

Alternative, Waiver of Ownership

Standard and Request for Expedition.1

Comment date: June 26, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. Central and South West Services,

Inc., as agent for Central Power and

Light Company, West Texas Utilities

Company, Public Service Company of

Oklahoma, Southwestern Electric

Power Company, and CSW Energy

Services, Inc.

[Docket Nos. ER98–542–003 and ER98–2075–

001]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998,

Central and South West Services, Inc.

(CSW Services), as agent for Central

Power and Light Company, West Texas

Utilities Company, Public Service

Company of Oklahoma, and

Southwestern Electric Power Company,

and CSW Energy Services, Inc. (ESI),

submitted for filing revised codes of

conduct in compliance with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission’s May 1,

1998, order in the above captioned

proceedings.

CSW Services and ESI state that a

copy of the filing has been served on all

parties to the above captioned

proceedings.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. Consolidated Edison Company Of

New York, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–2159–001]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998,

Consolidated Edison Company of New

York, Inc. (CECONY), tendered for filing

a revised tariff sheet in compliance with

the letter order which issued on April

30, 1998 in this proceeding. The April

30, order accepted for filing a pro forma

agreement authorizing sales of capacity

and energy by CECONY to its corporate

affiliates pursuant to CECONY’s Electric

Rate Schedule No. 2. The revised tariff

sheet reflects the deletion from a pro

forma service agreement of a provision

relating to customer-supplied generation

fuel.

Con Edison states that a copy of this

filing has been served by mail upon the

New York State Public Service

Commission (PSCNY) and the parties to

this proceeding.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.
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5. Northern States Power Company

(Minnesota)

[Docket No. ER98–2749–000]

Take notice that on May 28, 1998,

Northern States Power Company

(Minnesota), tendered for filing a letter

requesting that the filing filed in the

above-referenced docket on April 30,

1998, be withdrawn.

Comment date: June 17, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. Rainbow Power USA LLC

[Docket No. ER98–3012–000]

Take notice that on May 28, 1998,

Rainbow Power USA LLC (Rainbow),

amended its petition dated May 12,

1998, to the Commission for acceptance

of Rainbow Rate Schedule FERC No. 1,

the granting of certain blanket

approvals, including the authority to

sell electricity at market-based rates and

the waiver of certain Commission

Regulations.

Rainbow intends to engage in

wholesale and retail electric power and

energy transactions as a power marketer.

Rainbow is not in the business of

generating or transmitting electric

power. Rainbow is not a subsidiary of

any other organization, nor does it have

any affiliates.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. New York State Electric & Gas

Company

[Docket No. ER98–3029–000]

Take notice that on May 15, 1998, the

New York State Electric & Gas Company

tendered for filing its Quarterly Activity

Report for the calendar year ending

March 31, 1998.

Comment date: June 16, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

8. Southern Company Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–3132–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998,

Southern Company Services, Inc. (SCS),

acting on behalf of Alabama Power

Company, Georgia Power Company,

Gulf Power Company, Mississippi

Power Company (MPCO), and Savannah

Electric and Power Company

(collectively referred to as Southern

Company) filed a service agreement for

network integration transmission

service between SCS, as agent for

Southern Company, and Southern

Wholesale Energy, a Department of SCS,

as agent for MPCO; three (3) umbrella

service agreements for short-term firm

point-to-point transmission service

between SCS, as agent for Southern

Company, and i) PP&L, Inc.; ii) Electric

Clearinghouse, Inc., and iii) Koch

Energy Trading; and two (2) service

agreements for non-firm point-to-point

transmission service executed between

SCS, as agent for Southern Company,

and i) Tractebel Energy Marketing, Inc.,

and ii) Amoco Energy Trading

Corporation under the Open Access

Transmission Tariff of Southern

Company.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

9. Public Service Company of New

Mexico

[Docket No. ER98–3161–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998,

Public Service Company of New Mexico

(PNM), submitted for filing an update to

its May 29, 1998, filing submittal of an

executed service agreement, for nonfirm point-to-point transmission service

under the terms of PNM’s Open Access

Transmission Service Tariff, with TexasNew Mexico Power Company. PNM

requests that the effective date of the

service agreement be changed from May

2, 1998 (originally requested effective

date), to May 1, 1998. PNM’s filing is

available for public inspection at its

offices in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

10. AIE Energy, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–3164–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998, AIE

Energy, Inc. (AIE), petitioned the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission) for acceptance of AIE’s

FERC Electric Rate Schedule No.1; the

granting of certain blanket approvals,

including the authority to sell electricity

at market-based rates; and the waiver of

certain Commission Regulations.

AIE intends to engage in transactions

in which AIE will sell electricity at

wholesale, at rates and on terms and

conditions that are negotiated with the

purchasing party. AIE may engage in

reassignment of transmission capacity.

AIE is not in the business of generating

or transmitting electric power.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

11. American Electric Power Service

Corporation

[Docket No. ER98–3166–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998, the

American Electric Power Service

Corporation (AEPSC), tendered for filing

executed service agreements under the

AEP Companies’ Open Access

Transmission Service Tariff (OATT).

The OATT has been designated as FERC

Electric Tariff Original Volume No. 4,

effective July 9, 1996. AEPSC requests

waiver of notice to permit the Service

Agreements to be made effective for

service billed on and after May 1, 1998.

A copy of the filing was served upon

the Parties and the State Utility

Regulatory Commissions of Indiana,

Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee,

Virginia and West Virginia.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

12. The Washington Water Power

[Docket No. ER98–3167–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998, The

Washington Water Power Company

(WWP), tendered for filing with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Service Agreements for Short-Term

Firm and Non-Firm Point-To-Point

Transmission Service under WWP’s

Open Access Transmission Tariff—

FERC Electric Tariff, Volume No. 8,

with American Electric Power Service

Corporation, Arizona Public Service

Company, and Morgan Stanley Capitol

Group, Inc. WWP requests the Service

Agreements be given respective effective

date of May 1, 1998, May 21, 1998, and

May 11, 1998.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. Consolidated Edison Company of

New York, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–3168–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998,

Consolidated Edison Company of New

York, Inc. (Con Edison), tendered for

filing a service agreement to provide

firm transmission service pursuant to its

Open Access Transmission Tariff to the

New York Power Authority (NYPA).

Con Edison states that a copy of this

filing has been served by mail upon

NYPA.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. Consolidated Edison Company of

New York, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–3169–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998,

Consolidated Edison Company of New

York, Inc. (Con Edison), filed its

proposed Market Power Mitigation

Measures. Con Edison states that these

Mitigation Measures will facilitate its

proposed divestiture of fossil fuel

electric generating capacity located in

New York City. Con Edison requests

that the Commission approve the
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Mitigation Measures by September 15,

1998.

A copy of this filing has been served

on the New York Public Service

Commission.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

15. American Electric Power Service

Corporation

[Docket No. ER98–3170–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998, the

American Electric Power Service

Corporation (AEPSC), tendered for filing

executed service agreements under the

Wholesale Market Tariff of the AEP

Operating Companies (Power Sales

Tariff). The Wholesale Market Tariff was

accepted for filing effective October 10,

1997 and has been designated AEP

Operating Companies’ FERC Electric

Tariff Original Volume No. 5. AEPSC

respectfully requests waiver of notice to

permit the service agreements to be

made effective for British Columbia

Power Exchange Corporation on April 1,

1998; FirstEnergy Trading & Power

Marketing, Inc., on April 1, 1998; Idaho

Power Company on April 1, 1998;

Merchant Energy of the Americas, Inc.,

on May 8, 1998; Potomac Electric Power

Company on April 2, 1998; Snohomish

Public Utility District on May 2, 1998;

and Washington Water & Power on

April 13, 1998.

A copy of the filing was served upon

the Parties and the State Utility

Regulatory Commissions of Indiana,

Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee,

Virginia and West Virginia.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

16. Electrion, Incorporated

[Docket No. ER98–3171–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998,

Electrion, Incorporated (ELECTRION),

petitioned the Commission for

acceptance of ELECTRION Rate

Schedule FERC No.1; the granting of

certain blanket approvals, including the

authority to sell electricity at marketbased prices; and the waiver of certain

Commission Regulations.

ELECTRION intends to engage in

wholesale electric power and energy

purchases and sales as a marketer.

ELECTRION is not in the business of

generating or transmitting electric

power. ELECTRION is a new

corporation which is affiliated with

Telecom Network, Inc., of Deerfield

Beach, Florida.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

17. Consolidated Edison Company of

New York, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–3172–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998,

Consolidated Edison Company of New

York, Inc. (Con Edison), tendered for

filing a service agreement to provide

firm transmission service pursuant to its

Open Access Transmission Tariff to the

New York Power Authority (NYPA).

Con Edison states that a copy of this

filing has been served by mail upon

NYPA.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

18. New England Power Company

[Docket No. ER98–3173–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998, New

England Power Company (NEP),

tendered replacement tariff sheets for its

FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume

No. 1, to implement a rate freeze

commitment. NEP requests an effective

date for the revised tariff sheets of the

later of August 1, 1998, and the first day

of the calender month in which the

closing of the sale of certain NEP assets

to USGen New England, Inc., takes

place.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

19. Southwest Power Pool

[Docket No. ER98–3174–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998,

Southwest Power Pool (SPP), tendered

for filing 17 executed service

agreements for short-term firm point-topoint transmission service and non-firm

point-to-point firm transmission service

under the SPP Open Access

Transmission Tariff.

Copies of this filing were served upon

each of the parties to these agreements.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

20. Central Power and Light Company,

West Texas Utilities Company, Public

Service Company of Oklahoma, and

Southwestern Electric Power Co.

[Docket No. ER98–3175–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998,

Central Power and Light Company,

Public Service Company of Oklahoma,

Southwestern Electric Power Company

and West Texas Utilities Company

(collectively, the CSW Operating

Companies), tendered for filing a service

agreement establishing Equitable Power

Services Company (Equitable) as a

customer under the CSW Operating

Companies’ market based rate power

sales tariff. The CSW Operating

Companies request an effective date of

May 1, 1998, for the service agreement

and, accordingly, seek waiver of the

Commission’s notice requirements.

The CSW Operating Companies state

that a copy of the filing was served on

Equitable.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

21. The United Illuminating Company

[Docket No. ER98–3176–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998, The

United Illuminating Company (UI),

tendered for filing for informational

purposes all individual Purchase

Agreements and Supplements to

Purchase Agreements executed under

UI’s Wholesale Electric Sales Tariff,

FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume

No. 2, as amended, during the sixmonth period November 1, 1997

through April 30, 1997.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

22. Southwestern Electric Power

Company

[Docket No. ER98–3177–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998,

Southwestern Electric Power Company

(SWEPCO), tendered for filing a

proposed fixed return on common

equity to be used in establishing

estimated and final redetermined

formula rates for wholesale service in

Contract Year 1999 (and Contract Years

thereafter until changed by Commission

order) to Northeast Texas Electric

Cooperative, Inc., the City of

Bentonville, Arkansas, the City of Hope,

Arkansas, Rayburn Country Electric

Cooperative, Inc., Cajun Electric Power

Cooperative, Inc., Tex-La Electric

Cooperative of Texas, Inc., and East

Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.

SWEPCO currently provides service to

these Customers under contracts which

provide for periodic changes in rates

and charges determined in accordance

with cost-of-service formulas, including

a formulaic determination of the return

on common equity which SWEPCO

proposes to replace with a fixed return

on common equity. SWEPCO proposes

no other changes to the formula rates.

Copies of the filing were served on the

affected wholesale Customers, the

Public Utility Commission of Texas, the

Louisiana Public Service Commission

and the Arkansas Public Service

Commission.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.
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23. Consolidated Edison Company Of

New York, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–3178–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998,

Consolidated Edison Company of New

York, Inc. (Con Edison), tendered for

filing a service agreement to provide

non-firm transmission service pursuant

to its Open Access Transmission Tariff

to the New York Power Authority

(NYPA).

Con Edison states that a copy of this

filing has been served by mail upon

NYPA.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

24. New York State Electric & Gas

Corporation

[Docket No. ER98–3179–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998, New

York State Electric & Gas Corporation

(NYSEG), tendered for filing an

Agreement with Delaware County

Electric Cooperative, Inc., of New York

(Delaware), for facilities Agreement.

NYSEG has served copies of the filing

on The New York State Public Service

Commission and on the Customer.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

25. New York State Electric & Gas

Corporation

[Docket No. ER98–3180–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998, New

York State Electric & Gas Corporation

(NYSEG), filed Service Agreements

between NYSEG and Tractebel Energy

Marketing, 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

June 1, 1998, for the Tractebel Energy

Marketing, Inc., Service Agreements.

NYSEG has served copies of the filing

on The New York State Public Service

Commission and on the Customer.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

26. New York State Electric & Gas

Corporation

[Docket No. ER98–3181–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998, New

York State Electric & Gas Corporation

(NYSEG), filed Service Agreements

between NYSEG and Vitol Gas &

Electric (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

June 1, 1998, for the Vitol Gas & Electric

Service Agreements. NYSEG has served

copies of the filing on The New York

State Public Service Commission and on

the Customer.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

27. Consolidated Edison Company Of

New York, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–3182–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998,

Consolidated Edison Company of New

York, Inc. (Con Edison), tendered for

filing a Supplement to Con Edison Rate

Schedule FERC No. 112 for transmission

service for New York State Electric &

Gas Corporation (NYSEG). Con Edison

has requested a waiver so that the

supplement can be effective as of April

1, 1998, consistent with the terms of

Rate Schedule 112.

Con Edison states that a copy of this

filing has been served by mail upon

NYSEG.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

28. The Washington Water Power

Company

[Docket No. ER98–3183–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998, The

Washington Water Power Company

(WWP), tendered for filing with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

and unsigned Service Agreement for

Short-Term Firm and Non-Firm PointTo-Point Transmission Service under

WWP’s Open Access Transmission

Tariff—FERC Electric Tariff, Volume

No. 8 with PacifiCorp. WWP requests

the Service Agreement be given an

effective date of May 1, 1998.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

29. TransAlta Energy Marketing (US),

Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–3184–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998,

TransAlta Energy Marketing (US) Inc.

(TEMUS), tendered for filing an

application for an order accepting its

FERC Electric Rate Schedule No. 1,

which will permit TEMUS to make

wholesale sales of electric power to

eligible customers at market-based rates.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

30. UtiliCorp United Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–3185–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998,

UtiliCorp United Inc., tendered for filing

on behalf of its operating division,

Missouri Public Service, a Service

Agreement under its Power Sales Tariff,

FERC Electric Tariff Original Volume

No. 12, with Kansas Municipal Energy

Agency. The Service Agreement

provides for the sale of capacity and

energy by Missouri Public Service to

Kansas Municipal Energy Agency

pursuant to the tariff, and for the sale of

capacity and energy by Kansas

Municipal Energy Agency to Missouri

Public Service.

UtiliCorp requests waiver of the

Commission’s Regulations to permit the

Service Agreement to become effective

in accordance with its terms.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

31. UtiliCorp United Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–3186–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998,

UtiliCorp United Inc. tendered for filing

on behalf of its operating division,

WestPlains Energy-Colorado, a Service

Agreement under its Power Sales Tariff,

FERC Electric Tariff Original Volume

No. 11, with Kansas Municipal Energy

Agency. The Service Agreement

provides for the sale of capacity and

energy by WestPlains Energy-Colorado

to Kansas Municipal Energy Agency

pursuant to the tariff, and for the sale of

capacity and energy by Kansas

Municipal Energy Agency to WestPlains

Energy-Colorado.

UtiliCorp requests waiver of the

Commission’s Regulations to permit the

Service Agreement to become effective

in accordance with its terms.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

32. UtiliCorp United Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–3187–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998,

UtiliCorp United Inc., tendered for filing

on behalf of its operating division,

Missouri Public Service, a Service

Agreement under its Power Sales Tariff,

FERC Electric Tariff Original Volume

No. 10, with Kansas Municipal Energy

Agency. The Service Agreement

provides for the sale of capacity and

energy by Missouri Public Service to

Kansas Municipal Energy Agency

pursuant to the tariff, and for the sale of
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capacity and energy by Kansas

Municipal Energy Agency to Missouri

Public Service.

UtiliCorp requests waiver of the

Commission’s Regulations to permit the

Service Agreement to become effective

in accordance with its terms.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

33. Alliant Services Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–3188–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998,

Alliant Services, Inc., on behalf of IES

Utilities Inc. (IES), Interstate Power

Company (IPC) and Wisconsin Power

and Light Company (WPL), tendered for

filing three executed Service

Agreements for long-term firm point-topoint transmission service between

Wisconsin Power and Light Company,

an Alliant Utility, and Alliant Services,

Inc.

Alliant Services, Inc., requests an

effective date of May 1, 1998, and

accordingly, seeks waiver of the

Commission’s notice requirements.

A copy of this filing has been served

upon the Public Service Commission of

Wisconsin.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

34. MDU Resources Group, Inc.

[Docket No. ES98–33–000]

Take notice that on May 19, 1998,

MDU Resources Group, Inc., filed an

Application under Section 204 of the

Federal Power Act, seeking

authorization to issue additional shares

of Common Stock, par value $3.33, in

connection with a three-for-two

Common Stock split to be effected in the

form of a fifty percent (50%) stock

dividend. It is proposed that the stock

split will become effective July 13, 1998,

and stock certificates for the additional

shares resulting from the split would be

mailed on or about July 13, 1998.

Comment date: June 29, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

35. Big Rivers Electric Corporation

[Docket No. NJ98–5–000]

Take notice that on May 29, 1998, Big

Rivers Electric Corporation (Big Rivers),

submitted for filing an Open Access

Transmission Services Tariff and a

request for a declaratory order which

would find that Big Rivers’

Transmission Tariff meets the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission’s

comparability standards and is therefore

an acceptable reciprocity tariff pursuant

to the provisions of Order No. 888 and

888–A, B & C. Big Rivers is currently in

bankruptcy, but has received

bankruptcy court approval of a Plan of

Reorganization. Elements of this Plan of

Reorganization have been approved by

the Kentucky Public Service

Commission (KPSC), to enable Big

Rivers emerge from bankruptcy. The

Open Access Transmission Tariff for

which approval is requested will not

become effective until the closing date

of the Bankruptcy Plan’s contemplated

two-phased lease agreement between

Big Rivers, LG&E Energy Corp. (LEC),

and certain subsidiaries of LEC,

including Western Kentucky Energy

Corp. (WKEC) and LG&E Energy

Marketing, Inc. (LEM), (collectively the

LG&E Parties). Due to a number of

closing conditions therein, Big Rivers

cannot predict with any certainty when

this closing date will occur and when

the requested Open Access

Transmission Tariff will need to go into

effect, although Big Rivers expects other

conditions to closing to be satisfied by

July 1, 1998. Thus, Big Rivers requests

that it be allowed to file this tariff for

expedited review with the effective date

to be established as the closing date of

the proposed transaction.

Comment date: June 29, 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. 98–15565 Filed 6–10–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 3267–010]

Bellows-Tower Hydro, Inc.; Notice of

Availability of Environmental

Assessment

June 5, 1998.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s regulations, 18 CFR Part

380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47910), the

Office of Hydropower Licensing (OHL)

has prepared an environmental

assessment (EA) for an application to

amend the license to delete an old,

unused powerhouse from the project.

This is required by the Commission to

reflect the as-built condition of the

project. The license must be amended

because the installed capacity and

number of turbine generator units are

less than authorized in the license. In

the EA, staff concludes that approval of

the licensee’s proposal would not

constitute a major Federal action

significantly affecting the quality of the

human environment. The Ballard-Mill

Project is located on the Salmon River

in Franklin County, New York.

The EA was written by staff in the

Office of Hydropower Licensing,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Copies of the EA are available for review

at the Commission’s Reference and

Information Center, Room 2–A, 888

First Street, NW., Washington, DC

20426.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–15526 Filed 6–10–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. CP98–49–000 and CP98–49–

001]

K N Wattenberg Transmission Limited

Liability Company; Notice of

Availability of the Environmental

Assessment for the Proposed Front

Runner Pipeline System

June 5, 1998.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) has prepared an

environmental assessment (EA) on the

natural gas pipeline facilities proposed

by K N Wattenberg Transmission