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###### Department of Energy

###### Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

          - [Docket No. ER01-1654-000]

Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC (Nine Mile LLC) filed with the Commission, in the above-docketed proceeding, a proposed tariff under which Nine Mile LLC will engage in the sale of wholesale electric capacity, energy, and certain ancillary services at market-based rates, and a proposed service agreement. Nine Mile LLC's filing also requested certain waivers and authorizations. In particular, Nine Mile LLC requested that the Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR part 34 of all future issuances of securities and assumptions of liabilities by Nine Mile LLC. On May 16, 2001, the Commission issued an order that accepted the rate schedules for sales of capacity and energy at market-based rates (Order), in the above-docketed proceeding.

The Commission's May 16, 2001 Order granted Nine Mile LLC's request for blanket approval under part 34, subject to the conditions found in Appendix A in Ordering Paragraphs (2), (3), and (5):

                    (2) Within 30 days of the date of this order, any person desiring to be heard                           ( print page 29565)                        or to protest the Commission's blanket approval of issuances of securities or assumptions of liabilities by Nine Mile LLC 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 385.214.                

(3) Absent a request to be heard within the period set forth in Ordering Paragraph (2) above, Nine Mile LLC is hereby authorized to issue securities and assume obligations and liabilities as guarantor, indorser, surety or otherwise in respect of any security of another person; provided that such issue or assumption is for some lawful object within the corporate purposes of Nine Mile LLC, compatible with the public interest, and reasonably necessary or appropriate for such purposes.

(5) The Commission reserves the right to modify this order to require a further showing that neither public nor private interests will be adversely affected by continued Commission approval of Nine Miles LLC's issuances of securities or assumptions of liabilities * * *.

Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing motions to intervene or protests, as set forth above, is June 15, 2001.

                    Copies of the full text of the Order are available from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 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. 01-13604 Filed 5-30-01; 8:45 am]

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