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Utilities Commission, the California

Energy Commission, and the California

Electricity Oversight Board.

Comment date: May 25, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

12. Gray County Wind Energy, LLC

[Docket No. ER01–1972–000]

Take notice that on May 4, 2001, Gray

County Wind Energy, LLC (Gray

County), tendered for filing an

application for authorization to sell

capacity, energy and ancillary services

at market-based rates pursuant to

Section 205 of the Federal Power Act.

Gray County also requests that the

Commission accept for filing two longterm power purchase agreements for the

sale of power from Gray County to

UtiliCorp United Inc. as service

agreements under Gray County’s

proposed market-based rate tariff.

Comment date: May 25, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

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).

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.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER01–1558–000]

NEO California Power LLC; Notice of

Issuance of Order

May 9, 2001.

NEO California Power LLC (NEO)

submitted for filing a rate schedule

under which NEO will engage in

wholesale electric power and energy

transactions at market-based rates. NEO

also requested waiver of various

Commission regulations. In particular,

NEO requested that the Commission

grant blanket approval under 18 CFR

Part 34 of all future issuances of

securities and assumptions of liability

by NEO.

On April 27, 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 NEO 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, NEO 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 NEO’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 29,

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.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ES01–32–000, et al.]

North West Rural Electric Cooperative,

et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate

Regulation Filings

May 8, 2001.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. North West Rural Electric

Cooperative

[Docket No. ES01–32–000]

Take notice that on April 30, 2001,

North West Rural Electric Cooperative

(North West) submitted an application

pursuant to section 204 of the Federal

Power Act seeking authorization to

make long-term borrowings in an

amount not to exceed $13,500,000

under a revolving line of credit

agreement with the National Rural

Utilities Cooperative Finance

Corporation.

North West also requests a waiver of

the Commission’s competitive bidding

and negotiated placement requirements

at 18 CFR 34.2.

Comment date: May 25, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. Allegheny Energy Service

Corporation on behalf on Monongahela

Power Company, The Potomac Edison

Company and West Penn Power

Company (Allegheny)

[Docket No. ER01–1223–001]

Take notice that on May 3, 2001,

Allegheny Energy Service Corporation

on behalf on Monongahela Power

Company, The Potomac Edison

Company and West Penn Power

Company (Allegheny Power) tendered

for filing Revisions to its Open Access

Transmission Tariff in compliance with

the Commission’s Order of April 12,

2001 at Docket No. ER01–1223–000, 95

FERC 61,045.

Copies of the filing have been

provided to jurisdictional customers the

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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: May 24, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. Cinergy Capital & Trading, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–1337–002]

Take notice that on May 3, 2001,

Cinergy Capital & Trading, Inc. tendered

for filing a compliance filing to its

notice of change in status to reflect its

pending acquisition of Brownsville

Power I, L.L.C. and Caledonia Power I,

L.L.C., and amendments to its marketbased rate tariff and code of conduct.

Comment date: May 24, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–1820–001]

Take notice that on May 3, 2001,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy

Services), on behalf of The Cincinnati

Gas & Electric Co. (CG&E) and PSI

Energy, Inc. (PSI) (together, the

Operating Companies) tendered for

filing an errata filing to its April 18,

2001 short-form market-based rate tariff

(Proposed MR Tariff) filing. The

proposed market based rate tariff does

not replace Cinergy Services’s existing

market-based rate tariff, FERC Electric

Tariff, Original Volume No. 7. Cinergy

Services requests waiver of the

Commission’s notice of filing

requirements to allow the proposed

tariff to become effective on April 19,

2001, the day after filing.

Cinergy Services has served this filing

upon the Indiana Utility Regulatory

Commission, the Kentucky Public

Service Commission, and the Public

Utilities Commission of Ohio.

Comment date: May 24, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. New York State Electric & Gas

Corporation

[Docket No. ER01–1950–000]

Take notice that on May 3, 2001, New

York State Electric & Gas Corporation

(NYSEG) tendered for filing a fully

executed service agreement (Service

Agreement) between NYSEG and UGI

Utilities, Inc. (UGI) pursuant to Section

35.13 of the Commission’s Regulations,

18 C.F.R. § 35.13 (1998). Under the

Service Agreement, NYSEG may

provide capacity and/or energy to UGI

in accordance with NYSEG’s FERC

Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 3.

NYSEG has requested that the

Commission accept the fully executed

Service Agreement and that the Service

Agreement become effective as of May

4, 2001. NYSEG has served a copy of

this filing upon the New York State

Public Service Commission and UGI.

Comment date: May 24, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. Entergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–1951–000]

Take notice that on May 3, 2001,

Entergy Services, Inc. (Entergy

Services), as agent for Entergy Arkansas,

Inc., Entergy Gulf States, Inc., Entergy

Louisiana, Inc., Entergy Mississippi,

Inc., and Entergy New Orleans, Inc.

(collectively, the Entergy Operating

Companies), tendered for filing its 2001

annual rate redetermination update

(Update) in accordance with the Open

Access Transmission Tariff filed in

compliance with FERC Order No. 888 in

Docket No. OA96–158–000.

Entergy Services states that the

Update redetermines the formula rate in

accordance with the annual rate

redetermination provisions of Appendix

1 to Attachment H and Appendix A to

Schedule 7.

Comment date: May 24, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. Allegheny Energy Service

Corporation on behalf of Monongahela

Power Company, The Potomac Edison

Company and West Penn Power

Company (Allegheny)

[Docket No. ER01–1952–000]

Take notice that on May 3, 2001,

Allegheny Energy Service Corporation

on behalf on Monongahela Power

Company, The Potomac Edison

Company and West Penn Power

Company (Allegheny Power) tendered

for filing Second Revised Sheet No. 115

to its Open Access Transmission Tariff

to offer Next Hour Market Service. Third

Revised Sheet Nos. 193 through 214 and

Second Revised Sheet Nos. 215 through

223 to include the latest Transmission

Loading Relief Procedures adopted by

the North American Electric Reliability

Council, and Fourth Revised Sheet No.

173, Third Revised Sheet No. 175B and

Original Sheet No. 190D to update the

list of Customers detailed within

Attachments E and I.

Copies of the filing have been

provided to jurisdictional customers

and 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: May 24, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

8. California Independent System

Operator Corporation

[Docket No. ER01–1954–000]

Take notice that on May 3, 2001, the

California Independent System Operator

Corporation, tendered for filing a Meter

Service Agreement for ISO Metered

Entities between the ISO and POSDEF

Power Company, L.P. for acceptance by

the Commission.

The ISO states that this filing has been

served on POSDEF Power Company,

L.P. and the California Public Utilities

Commission.

The ISO is requesting waiver of the

60-day notice requirement to allow the

Meter Service Agreement for ISO

Metered Entities to be made effective

April 25, 2001.

Comment date: May 24, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

9. California Independent System

Corporation Operator

[Docket No. ER01–1955–000]

Take notice that on May 3, 2001, the

California Independent System Operator

Corporation, tendered for filing a Meter

Service Agreement for ISO Metered

Entities between the ISO and POSDEF

Power Company, L.P. for acceptance by

the Commission.

The ISO states that this filing has been

served on POSDEF Power Company,

L.P. and the California Public Utilities

Commission.

The ISO is requesting waiver of the

60-day notice requirement to allow the

Meter Service Agreement for ISO

Metered Entities to be made effective

April 25, 2001.

Comment date: May 24, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

10. California Independent System

Operator Corporation

[Docket No. ER01–1956–000]

Take notice that on May 3, 2001, the

California Independent System Operator

Corporation, tendered for filing a

Participating Generator Agreement

between the ISO and POSDEF Power

Company, L.P. for acceptance by the

Commission.

The ISO states that this filing has been

served on POSDEF Power Company,

L.P. and the California Public Utilities

Commission.

The ISO is requesting waiver of the

60-day notice requirement to allow the

Participating Generator Agreement to be

made effective April 25, 2001.

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Comment date: May 24, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

11. California Independent System

Operator

[Docket No. ER01–1957–000]

Take notice that on May 3, 2001, the

California Independent System Operator

Corporation (ISO), tendered for filing a

Scheduling Coordinator Agreement

between the ISO and Tucson Electric

Power Company for acceptance by the

Commission.

The ISO states that this filing has been

served on Tucson Electric Power

Company and the California Public

Utilities Commission.

The ISO is requesting waiver of the

60-day notice requirement to allow the

Scheduling Coordinator Agreement to

be made effective as of April 16, 2001.

Comment date: May 24, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

12. Great Bay Power Corporation

[Docket No. ER01–1960–000]

Take notice that on May 3, 2001,

Great Bay Power Corporation (Great

Bay) tendered for filing a service

agreement between Burlington Electric

Department and Great Bay for service

under Great Bay’s revised Market-Based

Rate Power Sales Tariff Volume No. 2

(Tariff). This Tariff was accepted for

filing by the Commission on May 31,

2000, in Docket No. ER00–2211–000.

The service agreement is proposed to be

effective April 1, 2001.

Comment date: May 24, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. Gauley River Power Partners, L.P.

[Docket No. ER01–1964–000]

Take notice that on May 3, 2001,

Gauley River Power Partners, L.P.

(GRPP) tendered for filing for

acceptance of GRPP Rate Schedule

FERC No. 1; the granting of certain

blanket approvals, including the

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

Commission regulations.

Comment date: May 24, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. Commonwealth Edison Company

[Docket No. ER01–1965–000]

Take notice that on May 3, 2001,

Commonwealth Edison Company

(ComEd), tendered for filing a request,

consistent with last year’s authorization

(Notice of Interim Procedures to

Support Industry Reliability Efforts, 91

FERC ¶61,189 (2000)), to purchase

power using a streamlined regulatory

process from entities with small

amounts of electric energy to sell that

become public utilities under the

Federal Power Act when they make

electric wholesale sales.

ComEd requests authorization for the

use of the streamlined regulatory

procedures for the period from June 1,

2001 to September 30, 2001.

Comment date: May 24, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

15. Cleco Evangeline LLC

[Docket No. ER01–1971–000]

Take notice that on May 1, 2001,

Cleco Evangeline LLC (Cleco

Evangeline), tendered for filing

proposed changes in its Rate Schedule

FERC No. 1. The proposed changes

would allow Cleco Evangeline to make

wholesale sales under FERC Rate

Schedules No.1 to any affiliate that is

not a franchised utility. The rate

schedule designations have been

amended to comply with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission’s

(Commission) Order 614.

The request to amend Cleco

Evangeline’s Rate Schedule FERC No. 1

is made pursuant to Commission’s

precedent established in DTE Edison

America, Inc., 84 FERC ¶61,197 (1998),

PG&E Corporation and Valero Energy

Corporation, 80 FERC ¶61,041 (1997),

and USGen Power Services, L.P., 73

FERC ¶61, 302 (1995), whereby, power

marketers were permitted to make sales

under their market based rates tariff to

any affiliate that is not a franchised

utility.

Comment date: May 24, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

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).

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.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 18–063]

Idaho Power Company; Notice of

Availability of Environmental

Assessment

May 9, 2001.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (Commission)

regulations, 18 CFR Part 380 (Order No.

486, 52 FR 47910), the Office of Energy

Projects has reviewed Idaho Power

Company’s application for license

amendment to waive for 1 year the

aesthetic flow requirements at the Twin

Falls Hydroelectric Project, located on

the Snake River in Twin Falls and

Jerome Counties, Idaho, and has

prepared an Environmental Assessment

(EA). The project includes about 93

acres of federal land administered by

the Bureau of Land Management.

The EA contains the staff’s analysis of

the potential environmental impacts of

the proposed amendment and concludes

that approval of the proposed

amendment with staff’s modifications

would not constitute a major federal

action that would significantly affect the

quality of the human environment.

The EA is attached to a Commission

order issued on May 8, 2001 for the

above application. Copies of the EA are

available for review at the Commission’s

Public Reference Room, located at 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

or by calling (202) 208–1371. the EA

may be viewed on the web at http://

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

(202) 208–2222 for assistance).

For further information, contact John

Smith at (202) 219–2460.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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