23018 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 88 / Monday, May 7, 2001 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. ER01–1178–000, ER01–1178–

001, ER01–1178–002]

Sempra Energy Resources; Notice of

Issuance of Order

May 1, 2001.

Sempra Energy Resources (Sempra)

submitted for filing a rate schedule

under which Sempra will engage in

wholesale electric power and energy

transactions at market-based rates.

Sempra also requested waiver of various

Commission regulations. In particular,

Sempra requested that the Commission

grant blanket approval under 18 CFR

part 34 of all future issuances of

securities and assumptions of liability

by Sempra.

On April 10, 2001, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Corporate Applications,

Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates,

granted requests for blanket approval

under part 34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by Sempra 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).

Absent a request to be heard in

opposition within this period, Sempra is

authorized to issue securities and

assume obligations or liabilities as a

guarantor, indorser, surety, or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issuance or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of the

applicant, and compatible with the

public interest, and is reasonably

necessary or appropriate for such

purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of Sempra’s issuances of

securities or assumptions of liability.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is May 10,

2001.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426. The Order may

also be viewed on the Internet at http:/

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

202–208–2222 for assistance).

Comments, protests, and interventions

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.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–11342 Filed 5–4–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP01–387–000]

Texas Eastern Transmission, LP;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

May 1, 2001.

Take notice that on April 26, 2001,

Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas

Eastern) tendered for filing as part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, Seventh Revised

Volume No. 1 and First Revised Volume

No. 2, revised tariff sheets to be effective

June 1, 2001 as listed on Appendix A to

the filing.

Texas Eastern states that the purpose

of this filing is to increase the ASA

Usage Surcharge from zero to the

various amounts, by zone, shown on

Appendix B. For transportation from the

East La Zone to the M–3 Zone, the ASA

Usage Surcharge is proposed to be set at

$0.0354 per dth. The need to increase

the ASA Usage Surcharge at this time is

the result of the significant increase in

the Applicable Shrinkage Deferred

Account balance from $26,602 as of

August 31, 2000 to $22,625,398 as of

March 31, 2001. In order to ameliorate

the impact on customers’ rates of this

buildup in the Applicable Shrinkage

Deferred Account balance, Texas

Eastern is proposing to commerce

recovery of such costs effective June 1,

2001, rather that waiting until December

1, 2001. The practical result of

commencing recovery of those costs

effective June 1, 2001 is to spread the

recovery of such costs over eighteen

months (June 1, 2001 through November

30, 2002) rather than 12 months

(December 1, 2001 through November

30, 2002) if Texas Eastern waited until

its October 31, 2001 annual ASA filing.

Texas Eastern states that copies of its

filing have been mailed to all affected

customers and interested state

commissions.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with sections

385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission’s

Rules and Regulations. All such motions

or protests must be filed in accordance

with Section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. 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 proceedings.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room. This filing may be viewed on the

web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/

rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance). Comments, protests, and

interventions 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.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–11348 Filed 5–4–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. RP01–236–001, RP00–481–

001, and RP00–553–004]

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation; Notice of Compliance

Filing

May 1, 2001.

Take notice that on April 19, 2001,

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation (Transco) in compliance

with the Commission’s order issued

March 30, 2001 in the referenced

dockets, (March 30 Order), tendered this

filing to explain how its proposed tariff

revisions filed on February 28, 2001, in

Docket No. RP01–236 (February 28

Filing) relate to Transco’s compliance

with Order Nos. 637 and 587–L.

In addition, Transco submits herein,

pursuant to the commission’s directive

in the March 30 Order, certain new and

revised tariff sheets to its FERC Gas

Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1,

which tariff sheets were submitted on a

pro forma basis in Transco’s previous

Order No. 637 compliance filing in

Docket No. RP00–481–000 and were not

superseded by the February 28 Filing.

The enclosed tariff sheets, which are