[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 30446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14212]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. ER01-1663-000 and ER01-1663-001; Docket Nos. EL01-62-000 
and EL01-62-001; Docket Nos. NJ01-3-000 and NJ01-3-001]


Sierra Southwest Cooperative Services, Inc., Southwest 
Transmission Cooperative, Inc., Notice of Issuance of Order

May 31, 2001.

    On April 11, 2001, as amended on April 13, 2001, Sierra Southwest 
Cooperative Services, Inc. (Sierra) and Southwest Transmission 
Cooperative, Inc. filed a joint application related to the corporate 
restructuring of Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. Sierra seeks 
Commission authorization for a rate schedule for the wholesale sale of 
electric energy and capacity at market-based rates, and for a Resource 
Integration Agreement governing certain of its wholesale power sales. 
Sierra also sought certain blanket approvals and waivers of the 
Commission's regulations. In particular, Sierra requested that the 
Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR part 34 of all future 
issuances of securities and assumptions of liabilities by Sierra. On 
May 30, 2001, the Commission issued an Order Accepting For Filing 
Market-Based Rates, Granting Petition For Declaratory Order, Finding 
Reciprocity Tariff Acceptable, And Waiving Filing Fee (Order), in the 
above-docketed proceedings.
    The Commission's May 30, 2001 Order granted the request for blanket 
approval under Part 34, subject to the conditions found in Ordering 
Paragraphs (G), (H), and (J).
    (G) Within 30 days of the date of issuance of this order, any 
person desiring to be heard or to protest the Commission's blanket 
approval of issuances of securities or assumptions of liabilities by 
Sierra 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.
    (H) Absent a request to be heard within the period set forth in 
Ordering Paragraph (G) above, Sierra is hereby authorized to issue 
securities and assume obligations or 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 Sierra, compatible with the 
public interest, and reasonably necessary or appropriate for such 
purposes.
    (J) The Commission reserves the right to modify this order to 
require a further showing that neither the public nor private interests 
will be adversely affected by continued Commission approval of Sierra'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 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.
[FR Doc. 01-14212 Filed 6-5-01; 8:45 am]
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