[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20961-20964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9771]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER00-1801-000, et al.]


Sierra Pacific Power Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate 
Regulation Filings

April 12, 2000.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Sierra Pacific Power Company, et al.

[Docket No. ER00-1801-000]

    Take notice that on March 30, 2000 Nevada Power Company (Nevada 
Power) and Sierra Pacific Power Company (Sierra Pacific) tendered for 
filing an amendment to the joint open-access transmission tariff filed 
on March 3, 2000, in Docket No. ER00-1801-000, in anticipation of the 
pending merger among Nevada Power, Sierra Pacific, and Portland General 
Electric Company. The amendment incorporates two transmission loss 
studies also filed on March 30, 2000, by Nevada Power and Sierra 
Pacific, in Docket Nos. ER00-2004-000 and ER00-2003-000 respectively, 
that indicate a change in the factor used to calculate transmission 
service losses under their joint open-access transmission tariff, FERC 
Original Volume No. 1, filed in Docket No. ER99-34-000.
    Copies of this filing have been served upon those persons on the 
Commission's official service list compiled in Docket No. ER00-1801-
000.
    Nevada Power and Sierra Pacific request that the filing be made 
effective in Docket No. ER00-1801-000 as of the effective date of that 
joint tariff.
    Comment date: May 3, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

2. El Paso Energy Corporation and the Coastal Corporation

[Docket No. EC00-73-000]

    Take notice that on April 3, 2000, pursuant to Federal Power Act 
(FPA) Section 203, 16 U.S.C. 824b, and Part 33 of the Commission's 
regulations, 18 CFR part 33, El Paso Energy Corporation (El Paso 
Energy) and The Coastal Corporation (Coastal) on behalf of their 
respective FPA-jurisdictional subsidiaries (collectively, Applicants) 
applied for all Commission approvals necessary to consummate their 
proposed merger. Applicants state that the FPA-jurisdictional 
subsidiaries of El Paso Energy and Coastal are power marketers and 
merchant plants with market-based rate authority.

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    El Paso Energy is an energy holding company whose subsidiary 
operations include interstate and intrastate transportation and storage 
of natural gas; gathering, exploration, production, processing and 
marketing of natural gas; independent power generation; power 
marketing; and the development of energy infrastructure facilities 
worldwide. Coastal is a diversified energy holding company with 
subsidiary operations in natural gas transportation, storage, gathering 
and processing; petroleum refining, marketing and distribution; gas and 
oil exploration and production; coal mining; and power generation and 
marketing.
    Comment date: June 2, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

3. PG&E Dispersed Generating Company, LLC

[Docket No. EG00-124-000]

    Take notice that on April 6, 2000, PG&E Dispersed Generating 
Company, LLC (PG&E Dispersed Gen), a Delaware limited liability company 
with its principal place of business at 7500 Old Georgetown Road, 
Bethesda, MD 20814, filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
an application for determination of exempt wholesale generator status 
pursuant to Part 365 of the Commission's regulations.
    PG&E Dispersed Gen proposes to construct, own or lease and operate 
three additional generating facilities in Ohio. The proposed power 
plants are expected to commence commercial operation on or about July 
1, 2000. All output from the plants will be sold by PG&E Dispersed Gen 
exclusively at wholesale.
    Comment date: May 3, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice. The Commission will limit its consideration 
of comments to those that concern the adequacy or accuracy of the 
application.

4. Orion Power Midwest, L.P.

[Docket No. ER00-2129-000]

    Take notice that on April 4, 2000, Orion Power MidWest, LLC filed a 
letter of name change to Orion Power MidWest, L.P.
    Comment date: April 25, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

5. RS Cogen, L.L.C.

[Docket No. QF00-32-000]

    Take notice that on April 11, 2000, RS Cogen, L.L.C. (RS Cogen) 
located at 1300 PPG Drive, Westlake, Louisiana 70669, filed a 
supplement to its application pursuant to Section 292.207(b) of the 
Commission's regulations for a determination by the Commission that RS 
Cogen's cogeneration facility is a qualifying facility under the Public 
Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 and the Commission's 
regulations thereunder.
    Comment date: May 2, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E 
at the end of this notice.

6. LS Power Marketing, LLC

[Docket No. ER96-1947-015]

    Take notice that on April 7, 2000, LS Power Marketing, LLC (LSPM), 
tendered for filing a Notification of Change in Status and Updated 
Market Power Analysis, notifying the Commission of certain changes in 
its affiliation with various generating companies, as a result of 
indirect acquisitions and dispositions by its affiliates. LSPM also 
noted that it has changed its principal place of business and that none 
of its affiliates currently holds any interests in electric generating 
capacity for which construction commenced on or before July 9, 1996.
    Comment date: April 28, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

7. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

[Docket No. ER00-1745-001]

    Take notice that on April 6, 2000, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. 
(PJM), tendered for filing a supplement to its March 1, 2000, filing of 
an executed umbrella service agreement for network integration 
transmission service under state required retail access programs with 
Total Gas & Electric, Inc., including the specification sheets. The 
specification sheets inadvertently were not included in the March 1, 
2000 filing when the agreement was originally filed.
    PJM reiterated its request for a waiver of the Commission's 60-day 
notice requirement to allow an effective date for the agreement of 
February 1, 2000.
    Copies of this supplemental filing were served upon Total Gas & 
Electric, Inc. and the state commissions within the PJM control area.
    Comment date: April 27, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

8. Texas Electric Marketing, LLC

[Docket No. ER00-1780-001]

    Take notice that on April 7, 2000, Texas Electric Marketing, LLC 
(TEM), tendered for filing supplemental to its March 2, 2000, 
application for blanket authorizations and certain waivers filed with 
the Commission in the above-referenced docket.
    Comment date: April 28, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

9. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

[Docket No. ER00-2079-001]

    Take notice that on April 7, 2000, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. 
(PJM), on behalf of the PJM Reliability Committee, tendered for filing 
amendments to its April 3, 2000 filing in this docket that, among other 
things, amended Schedules 5.2, and 7 of the Reliability Agreement Among 
Load Serving Entities in the PJM Control Area (RAA) to implement Active 
Load Management procedures. The amended filing clarifies certain terms 
in Schedules 5.2 and 7 of the RAA.
    Copies of this filing were served upon all parties to the RAA and 
each state electric utility regulatory commission in the PJM control 
area.
    PJM, on behalf of the PJM Reliability Committee, requests an 
effective date of June 7, 2000 for the amendments filed in this docket 
as revised in the April 7, 2000 filing.
    Comment date: April 28, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

10. Wisconsin Electric Power Company

[Docket No. ER00-2137-000]

    Take notice that on April 6, 2000, Wisconsin Electric Power Company 
(Wisconsin Electric), tendered for filing a revision to Appendix O to 
the Interconnection Agreement between itself and Wisconsin Public 
Service Corporation (WPS). The revision replaces the Thunder Point of 
Interconnection with the new Crivitz Point of Interconnection.
    Wisconsin Electric requests an effective date of May 25, 1999 and 
waiver of the Commission's notice requirements in recognition that the 
extensive negotiations leading to the executed revision have only 
recently been concluded.
    Copies of the filing have been served on WPS, the Public Service 
Commission of Wisconsin and the Michigan Public Service Commission.
    Comment date: April 27, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

11. Allegheny Energy Service Corporation, on behalf of Allegheny 
Energy Supply Company, LLC

[Docket No. ER00-2141-000]

    Take notice that on April 6, 2000, Allegheny Energy Service 
Corporation on behalf of Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC 
(Allegheny Energy Supply), tendered for filing Amendment

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No. 3 to Supplement No. 8 to the Market Rate Tariff to incorporate a 
Settlement Procedures Agreement with PECO Energy Company into the 
tariff provisions.
    Allegheny Energy Supply requests a waiver of notice requirements to 
make the Amendment effective as of March 30, 2000 or such other date as 
ordered by the Commission.
    Copies of the filing have been provided to the Public Utilities 
Commission of Ohio, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the 
Maryland Public Service Commission, the Virginia State Corporation 
Commission, the West Virginia Public Service Commission, and all 
parties of record.
    Comment date: April 27, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

12. Allegheny Energy Service Corporation, on behalf of Monongahela 
Power Company, et al.

[Docket No. ER00-2142-000]

    Take notice that on April 6, 2000, Allegheny Energy Service 
Corporation on behalf of Monongahela Power Company, The Potomac Edison 
Company and West Penn Power Company (Allegheny Power), tendered for 
filing Supplement No. 75 to add MIECO Inc., to Allegheny Power's Open 
Access Transmission Service Tariff which has been accepted for filing 
by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Docket No. ER96-58-000.
    The proposed effective date under the Service Agreements is April 
5, 2000 or a date ordered by the Commission.
    Copies of the filing have been provided to the Public Utilities 
Commission of Ohio, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the 
Maryland Public Service Commission, the Virginia State Corporation 
Commission, and the West Virginia Public Service Commission.
    Comment date: April 27, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

13. Virginia Electric and Power Company

[Docket No. ER00-2143-000]

    Take notice that on April 6, 2000, Virginia Electric and Power 
Company (Virginia Power), tendered for filing Service Agreements for 
Firm and Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service by Virginia 
Electric and Power Company to Statoil Energy Services, Inc.
    The foregoing Service Agreements are filed under the Open Access 
Transmission Tariff to Eligible Purchasers dated July 14, 1997. Under 
the tendered Service Agreements, Virginia Power will provide point-to-
point service to the Transmission Customer under the rates, terms and 
conditions of the Open Access Transmission Tariff.
    Virginia Power requests an effective date of April 6, 2000, the 
date of filing of the Service Agreements.
    Copies of the filing were served upon Statoil Energy Services, 
Inc., the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and the North Carolina 
Utilities Commission.
    Comment date: April 27, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

14. Virginia Electric and Power Company

[Docket No. ER00-2144-000]

    Take notice that on April 6, 2000, Virginia Electric and Power 
Company (Virginia Power) tendered for filing Service Agreements for 
Firm and Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service by Virginia 
Electric and Power Company to The Legacy Energy Group, LLC.
    The foregoing Service Agreements are tendered for filing under the 
Open Access Transmission Tariff to Eligible Purchasers dated July 14, 
1997. Under the tendered Service Agreements, Virginia Power will 
provide point-to-point service to the Transmission Customer under the 
rates, terms and conditions of the Open Access Transmission Tariff.
    Virginia Power requests an effective date of April 6, 2000, the 
date of filing of the Service Agreements.
    Copies of the filing were served upon The Legacy Energy Group, LLC, 
the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and the North Carolina 
Utilities Commission.
    Comment date: April 27, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

15. Virginia Electric and Power Company

[Docket No. ER00-2145-000]

    Take notice that on April 6, 2000, Virginia Electric and Power 
Company (Virginia Power), tendered for filing the Service Agreement 
between Virginia Electric and Power Company and Statoil Energy 
Services, Inc. Under the Service Agreement, Virginia Power will provide 
services to Statoil Energy Services, Inc., under the terms of the 
Company's Revised Market-Based Rate Tariff designated as FERC Electric 
Tariff (Second Revised Volume No. 4), which was accepted by order of 
the Commission dated August 13, 1998 in Docket No. ER98-3771-000.
    Virginia Power requests an effective date of April 6, 2000, the 
date of filing of the Service Agreement.
    Copies of the filing were served upon Statoil Energy Services, 
Inc., the Virginia State Corporation Commission and the North Carolina 
Utilities Commission.
    Comment date: April 27, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

16. Virginia Electric and Power Company

[Docket No. ER00-2146-000]

    Take notice that on April 6, 2000, Virginia Electric and Power 
Company (Virginia Power), tendered for filing Service Agreements for 
Firm and Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service by Virginia 
Electric and Power Company to El Paso Merchant Energy, L.P.
    The foregoing Service Agreements are tendered for filing under the 
Open Access Transmission Tariff to Eligible Purchasers dated July 14, 
1997. Under the tendered Service Agreements, Virginia Power will 
provide point-to-point service to the Transmission Customer under the 
rates, terms and conditions of the Open Access Transmission Tariff.
    Virginia Power requests an effective date of April 6, 2000, the 
date of filing of the Service Agreements.
    Copies of the filing were served upon El Paso Merchant Energy, 
L.P., the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and the North Carolina 
Utilities Commission.
    Comment date: April 27, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

17. New England Power Pool

[Docket No. ER00-2148-000]

    Take notice that on April 7, 2000, the New England Power Pool 
(NEPOOL) Participants Committee and Transmission Owners submitted as a 
supplement to the NEPOOL Open Access Transmission Tariff (the NEPOOL 
Tariff) a rule for implementing Ancillary Service Schedule 2 (Reactive 
Supply and Voltage Control from Generation Sources Service) of the 
NEPOOL Tariff (the Schedule 2 Implementation Rule). The NEPOOL 
Participants Committee and Transmission Owners state that the Schedule 
2 Implementation Rule documents the details for implementing the 
procedure and method for calculating the costs identified in Schedule 2 
of the NEPOOL Tariff.

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    The NEPOOL Participants Committee and Transmission Owners state 
that copies of these materials were sent to the NEPOOL Participants and 
the six New England State governors and regulatory commissions.
    Comment date: April 28, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

18. TXU Electric Company

[Docket No. ER00-2149-000]

    Take notice that, on April 7, 2000, TXU Electric Company (TXU 
Electric), tendered for filing an executed transmission service 
agreement (TSA) with FPL Energy Power Marketing, Inc., for certain 
Planned Service and Unplanned Service transactions under TXU Electric's 
Tariff for Transmission Service To, From and Over Certain HVDC 
Interconnections.
    TXU Electric requests an effective date for the TSA that will 
permit it to become effective as of March 9, 2000. Accordingly, TXU 
Electric seeks waiver of the Commission's notice requirements.
    Copies of the filing were served on FPL Energy Power Marketing, 
Inc., as well as the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
    Comment date: April 28, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

19. Indianapolis Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER00-2150-000]

    Take notice that on April 7, 2000, Indianapolis Power & Light 
Company (IPL), tendered for filing a market-based power sales tariff.
    IPL requests that the tariff supersede the market-based power sales 
tariff filed in Docket No. ER00-1026-001.

Copies of this filing were served on the Indiana Utility Regulatory 
Commission.

    Comment date: April 28, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

20. Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER00-2151-000]

    Take notice that on April 7, 2000, Southern Indiana Gas and 
Electric Company (SIGECO), tendered for filing a Wholesale Energy 
Service Agreement dated March 21, 2000, with Tractebel Energy 
Marketing, Inc., concerning the provision of electric service to 
Tractebel Energy Marketing, Inc., as a umbrella service agreement under 
its market-based Wholesale Power Sales Tariff:
    Comment date: April 28, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

21. Southwest Power Pool, Inc.

[Docket No. ER00-2153-000]

    Take notice that on April 7, 2000, Southwest Power Pool, Inc. 
(SPP), on behalf of its members, tendered for filing changes to its 
open access transmission tariff (Tariff) in order to revise its tariff 
provisions to allow SPP to allow SPP to waive its deposit requirements 
on a non-discriminatory basis for customers that have been determined 
by SPP to be creditworthy.
    SPP requests an effective date of April 8, 2000, for these changes.
    Copies of this filing were served upon all members and customers of 
SPP, and on all affected state commissions.
    Comment date: April 28, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraphs

    E. Any person desiring to be heard or to protest such filing should 
file a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC. 20426, in 
accordance with rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 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. This filing may also be viewed on 
the Internet at http://www.ferc.fed.us/ online/rims.htm (call 202-208-
2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

    Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-9771 Filed 4-18-00; 8:45 am]
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