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1SPS states that it submitted the filing pursuant

to agency agreements executed with each of the

following entities: Central & South West Services;

Central Louisiana Electric Co.; Cit Utilities of

Springfield; Empire District Electric Co.; Grand

River Dam Authority; Kansas City Power & Light;

OG&E Electric Services; Southwestern Power

Administration; UtiliCorp United and Western

Resources.

Customer reserved capacity from the

San Juan Generating Station 345 kV

Switchyard (point of receipt) to the

Coronado Generating Station 500 kV

Switchyard (point of Delivery) for the

period beginning December 1, 1997 and

ending April 30, 2001.

Comment date: January 30, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

20. Duke Energy Corporation

[Docket No. ER98–1162–000]

Take notice that on December 19,

1997, Duke Power, a division of Duke

Energy Corporation (Duke), tendered for

filing a Market Rate Service Agreement

(the MRSA) between Duke and NP

Energy, Inc., dated as of December 1,

1997. Duke requests that the MRSA be

made effective as of December 1, 1997.

Comment date: January 30, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

21. Southwest Power Pool

[Docket No. ER98–1163–000]

Take notice that on December 19,

1997, Southwest Power Pool (SPP), as

agent for its participating member

public utilities,1 (Transmission

Providers), and on behalf of all of its

members, tendered for filing a Regional

Open Access Transmission Tariff

(Tariff), to be effective on April 1, 1998.

SPP states that the Tariff will

supplant, in part, the Transmission

Providers’ currently filed tariffs by

providing one-stop shopping for

regional point-to-point short-term firm

and non-firm transmission service at

non-pancaked rates. Each individual

Transmission Provider will continue to

provide long-term firm and network

transmission services under its

individual open access tariff. SPP

further states that the Tariff provides for

rates designed on a MW-mile basis,

using a methodology closely patterned

after the MW-mile methodology that the

Commission has approved for the MidContinent Area Power Pool.

Comment date: January 30, 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. 98–1681 Filed 1–23–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Amendment of License

January 20, 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 allowing the licensee: To

convey 13.7 acres of project lands for

the construction and operation of a

water pumping station on Bouldin

Reservoir, a raw water pipeline, and a

water treatment plant; and to permit the

withdrawal of up to 14 million gallons

per day from Bouldin Reservoir for

municipal water supply.

b. Project No: 2146–079.

c. Date Filed: November 19, 1997.

d. Applicant: Alabama Power

Company.

e. Name of Project: Coosa River

Project.

f. Location: Elmore County, Alabama.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Jim Crew,

Alabama Power Company-Hydro,

Licensing, P.O. Box 2641, Birmingham,

AL 35291–8180, (205) 257–4265.

i. FERC Contact: Jim Haimes, (202)

219–2780.

j. Comment Date: February 21, 1998.

k. Description of Project: The licensee

proposes: (1) To grant an easement to

the Five Star Water Supply District

(District) for the construction of a raw

water pumping station on Bouldin

Reservoir and a 20-inch-diameter, 2,000-

foot-long pipeline; (2) to convey fee title

to a 12.7-acre parcel of project lands to

the District for the construction and

operation of a water treatment plant at

the site; and (3) to implement an

agreement allowing the District to

withdraw up to 14 million gallons per

day from Bouldin Reservoir for

municipal water supply beginning in

the year 2000.

1. 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 protest, 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

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, NE., Washington, DC 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. 98–1754 Filed 1–23–98; 8:45 am]

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