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Section 210(d) on its own motion in

Docket No. EL01–72–000. In this

proceeding, the Commission will

consider whether and to what extent it

may need to order the provision of

interconnection, transmission, and

related services under Section 210(d) to

alleviate generation capacity supply

shortages in California.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest such filing should file a motion

to intervene, comments 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, comments

and protests should be filed on or before

May 10, 2001. Protests will be

considered by the Commission to

determine the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceedings.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of the filings are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection. The filings may also be

viewed on the Internet at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance). Motions

to intervene, comments and protests

may be filed electronically via the

internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR

385.2001(A)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s web site at http:

//www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

Documents previously filed in Docket

Nos. EL00–95–020 and EL00–98–019

and EL00–47–000, including those filed

by the California Public Utilities

Commission, Southern California

Edison Company, and Pacific Gas and

Electric Company, need not be refiled to

be considered in these proceedings and

serve to make those entities parties to

these proceedings.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–11574 Filed 5–7–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–161–000]

Southern Natural Gas Company;

Notice of Application

April 30, 2001.

Take notice that on April 20, 2001,

Southern Natural Gas Company

(Southern), Post Office Box 2563,

Birmingham, Alabama 35202–2563,

filed in Docket No. CP01–161–000, an

application, pursuant to Sections 7(b)

and (c) of the Natural Gas Act and Part

157 of the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s Regulations for

abandonment authorization and a

certificate of public convenience and

necessity authorizing the construction

and operation of certain pipeline,

compression and appurtenant facilities

in Alabama and Mississippi, all as more

fully set forth in the application which

is on file with the Commission and open

to public inspection.

Southern proposes to construct and

operate the facilities in order to

accommodate deliveries to Calhoun

Power Company (Calhoun), Alabama

Gas Corporation (Alagasco), and the City

of Sylacauga, Alabama (Sylacauga). It is

stated that Calhoun proposes to

construct an electric power generation

plant in Calhoun County, Alabama, and

Southern proposes to provide firm

transportation service for Calhoun,

delivering 85,000 Mcf of natural gas per

day to Calhoun’s plant for a 10-year

term in the months June through

September. It is stated that Alagasco and

Sylacauga have contracted with

Southern to provide natural gas

deliveries on a firm basis for a 10-year

term in the months October through

May. Southern proposes to deliver

30,000 Mcf per day to Alagasco and

3,000 Mcf per day to Sylacauga.

Southern proposes to construct and

operate pipeline facilities consisting of

approximately 4.6 miles of pipeline

loop on its 24-inch mainline in Pickens

County, Alabama; approximately 11

miles of replacement line of various

diameters on various Southern pipelines

in Alabama and Mississippi. Southern

proposes to install one 6,000

horsepower compressor at its existing

Pell City Compression Station in St.

Clair, County, Alabama. Southern

proposes to construct and operate dual

18-inch taps on its North Main Line and

North Main Line Loop in Calhoun

County, Alabama, to facilitate deliveries

to Calhoun. Southern estimates the total

cost of the proposed facilities at $24.9

million.

Southern states that Calhoun intends

to construct nonjurisdictional facilities

consisting of a meter station and 2900

feet of connecting pipeline to facilitate

the deliveries to its power plant. It is

stated that Alabama Power Company,

which has contracted to purchase the

electric output produced by Calhoun’s

plan, will construct a nonjurisdictional

connecting line to connect its facilities

to Southern’s Pell City Compressor

Station.

Southern explains that, in

conjunction with the replacement of

various segments of the North Main

Line and the Bessemer-Calera Line and

Loop, these lines will be tested

hydrostatically in order to increase their

Maximum Allowable Operating

Pressure (MAOP) to 750 psig and 600

psig, respectively. It is further explained

that, as a result, 3 segments of 12-inch

pipeline, which constitute a river

crossing of the Tombigbee River, will be

abandoned, because they cannot be

uprated to operate at higher pressures.

Any questions regarding this

application should be directed to R.

David Hendrickson, Associate General

Counsel, at (205) 325–714, Southern

Natural Gas Company, Post Office Box

2563, Birmingham, Alabama 35202–

2563.

There are two ways to become

involved in the Commission’s review of

this project. First, any person wishing to

obtain legal status by becoming a party

to the proceedings for this project

should, on or before May 21, 2001, file

with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426, a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of the Commission’s Rules

of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.211 and 385.214) and the

regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.10). A person obtaining

party status will be placed on the

service list maintained by the Secretary

of the Commission and will receive

copies of all documents filed by the

applicant and by all other parties. A

party must submit 14 copies of filings

made with the Commission and must

mail a copy to the applicant and to

every other party in the proceeding.

Only parties to the proceeding can ask

for court review of Commission orders

in the proceeding. Comments and

protests may be filed electronically via

the internet in lieu of paper. See 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the Commission’s

website at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/

doorbell.htm.

Persons who wish to comment only

on the environmental review of this

project should submit an original and

two copies of their comments to the

Secretary of the Commission.

Environmental commenters will be

placed on the Commission’s

environmental mailing list, will receive

copies of environmental documents,

and will be able to participate in

meetings associated with the

Commission’s environmental review

process. Commenters will not be

required to serve copies of filed

documents on all other parties.

However, Commenters will not receive

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copies of all documents filed by other

parties or issued by the Commission,

and will not have the right to seek

rehearing or appeal the Commission’s

final order to a Federal court.

The Commission will consider all

comments and concerns equally,

whether filed by commenters or those

requesting intervenor status.

The Commission may issue a

preliminary determination on nonenvironmental issues prior to the

completion of its review of the

environmental aspects of the project.

This preliminary determination

typically considers such issues as the

need for the project and its economic

effect on existing customers of the

applicant, on other pipelines in the area,

and on landowners and communities.

For example, the Commission considers

the extent to which the applicant may

need to exercise eminent domain to

obtain rights-of-way for the proposed

project and balances that against the

non-environmental benefits to be

provided by the project. Therefore, if a

person has comments on community

and landowner impacts from this

proposal, it is important to file

comments or to intervene as early in the

process as possible.

If the Commission decides to set the

application for a formal hearing before

an Administrative Law Judge, the

Commission will issue another notice

describing that process. At the end of

the Commission’s review process, a

final Commission order approving or

denying a certificate will be issued.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–11476 Filed 5–4–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ES01–31–000, et al.]

American Transmission Company LLC,

et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate

Regulation Filings

May 1, 2001.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. American Transmission Company

LLC

[Docket No. ES01–31–000]

Take notice that on April 23, 2001,

American Transmission Company LLC

(American Transmission) submitted an

application pursuant to section 204 of

the Federal Power Act requests

authorization to issue ownership

interests totaling approximately 8.62%

of its total ownership shares. American

Transmission also requests

authorization to issue additional

ownership interests in an amount not to

exceed 3% of American Transmission’s

total ownership per transaction over a

two-year period. Alternatively,

American Transmission requests

authorization no more than an

additional 5% of its cumulative

ownership interests over a two-year

period.

American Transmission also requests

a waiver of the Commission’s

competitive bidding and negotiated

placement requirements at 18 CFR 34.2.

Comment date: May 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. Southern California Edison Company

[Docket No. ER01–1874–000]

Take notice that on April 26, 2001,

Southern California Edison Company

(SCE) tendered for filing a Service

Agreement For Wholesale Distribution

Service under SCE’s Wholesale

Distribution Access Tariff and an

Interconnection Facilities Agreement

(Agreements) between SCE and Alta

Mesa Power Partners, LLC (AMPP).

These Agreements specify the terms

and conditions under which SCE will

interconnect AMPP’s generating facility

to its electrical system and provide

Distribution Service for up to 40 MW of

power produced by the generating

facility.

Copies of this filing were served upon

the Public Utilities Commission of the

State of California and AMPP.

Comment date: May 17, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. Southern Company Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–1868–000]

Take notice that on April 25, 2001,

Southern Company Services, Inc. (SCS)

acting on behalf of Alabama Power

Company, Georgia Power Company,

Gulf Power Company, Mississippi

Power Company (MPC), and Savannah

Electric and Power Company

(collectively referred to as Southern

Company), tendered for filing two (2)

service agreements for Network

Integration Transmission Service

between Southern Companies and

Energy Marketing, a department of SCS,

as agent for MPC, under the Open

Access Transmission Tariff of Southern

Companies (FERC Electric Tariff, Fourth

Revised Volume No. 5). Under these two

(2) agreements, power will be

respectively delivered to (i) Singing

River EPA’s North Lucedale Delivery

Point and (ii) Singing River EPA’s Joe

Batt Road Delivery Point. These

agreements are being filed in

conjunction with a power sale by SCS,

as agent for MPC, to South Mississippi

Electric Power Association under

Southern Companies’ Market-Based

Rate Power Sales Tariff.

Comment date: May 16, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. Mirant Delta, LLC, Mirant Potrero,

LLC

[Docket No. ER01–1876–000]

Take notice that, on April 26, 2001,

Mirant Delta, LLC (Mirant Delta) and

Mirant Potrero, LLC (Mirant Potrero)

tendered for filing certain revised tariff

sheets to the Must-Run Service

Agreements between Mirant Delta,

Mirant Potrero, and the California

Independent System Operator

Corporation in order to (1) revise the

agreements to reflect the January 19,

2001 name changes of the Mirant Parties

from Southern Energy Delta, L.L.C. and

Southern Energy Potrero, L.L.C. to

Mirant Delta, LLC and Mirant Potrero,

LLC, respectively, and (2) change the

persons identified in Schedule J of the

RMR Agreements to receive notices on

behalf of the Mirant Parties.

Comment date: May 17, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. San Diego Gas & Electric Company

[Docket No. ER01–1878–000]

Take notice that on April 26, 2001,

San Diego Gas & Electric Company

(SDG&E) tendered for filing as service

agreements to its FERC Electric Tariff,

First Revised Volume No. 6, two

interconnection agreements. Both

agreements relate to the interconnection

of a new generation plant to be owned

by RAMCO, Inc. (RAMCO). The plant,

with a capacity of approximately 49.5

megawatts, is being constructed on an

expedited basis to meet potential

shortfalls this summer in the Western

states’ electricity supplies. It will be

located in Escondido, San Diego

County, California and is expected to

begin service on or about July 8, 2001.

Service Agreement No. 5 is an

Expedited Interconnection Facilities

Agreement dated April 26, 2001

between SDG&E and RAMCO, under

which SDG&E will construct, operate,

and maintain the proposed

interconnection facilities. Service

Agreement No. 6, the Interconnection

Agreement between SDG&E and

RAMCO dated April 12, 2001,

establishes interconnection and