[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 120 (Thursday, June 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31517-31520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15761]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. ER96-2026-000, et al.]


PECO Energy Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate 
Regulation Filings

June 14, 1996.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. PECO Energy Company

[Docket No. ER96-2026-000]

    Take notice that on June 3, 1996, PECO Energy Company (PECO), filed 
a Service Agreement dated May 17, 1996 with Rainbow Energy Marketing 
Corporation (Rainbow) under PECO's FERC Electric Tariff, First Revised 
Volume No. 4 (Tariff). The Service Agreement adds Rainbow as a customer 
under the Tariff.
    PECO requests an effective date of May 17, 1996, for the Service 
Agreement.
    PECO states that copies of this filing have been supplied to 
Rainbow and to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

2. Midwest Energy, Inc.

[Docket No. ER96-2027-000]

    Take notice that on June 4, 1996, Midwest Energy, Inc., submitted 
for filing an application for authorization to engage in wholesale 
sales of electric power at rates to be negotiated with the purchaser.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

3. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

[Docket No. ER96-2028-000]

    Take notice that on June 4, 1996, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation 
(NMPC), tendered for filing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an 
executed Service Agreement between NMPC and Virginia Power (VP). This 
Service Agreement specifies that VP has signed on to and has agreed to 
the terms and conditions of NMPC's Power Sales Tariff designated as 
NMPC's FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 2. This Tariff, 
approved by FERC on April 15, 1994, and which has an effective date of 
March 13, 1993, will allow NMPC and VP to enter into separately 
scheduled transactions under which NMPC will sell to VP capacity and/or 
energy as the parties may mutually agree.
    In its filing letter, NMPC also included a Certificate of 
Concurrence executed by the Purchaser.
    NMPC requests an effective date of May 1, 1996. NMPC has requested 
waiver of the notice requirements for good cause shown.
    NMPC has served copies of the filing upon the New York State Public 
Service Commission and VP.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

4. Florida Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER96-2029-000]

    Take notice that on June 4, 1996, Florida Power & Light Company 
(FPL), tendered for filing proposed service agreements with MidCon 
Power Services, Inc. for transmission service under FPL's Transmission 
Tariff No. 2.
    FPL requests that the proposed service agreements be permitted to 
become effective on June 1, 1996, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
    FPL states that this filing is in accordance with Part 35 of the 
Commission's Regulations.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

5. Louisville Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER96-2030-000]

    Take notice that on June 4, 1996, Louisville Gas and Electric 
Company, tendered for filing copies of a service agreement between 
Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Vitol Gas & Electric, L.L.C. 
under Rate GSS.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

6. Florida Power Corporation

Docket No. ER96-2031-000

    Take notice that on June 4, 1996, Florida Power Corporation, 
tendered for filing a service agreement providing for service to 
Georgia Power Company, pursuant to Florida Power's power sales tariff. 
Florida Power requests that the Commission waive its notice of filing 
requirements and allow the Service Agreement to become effective on 
June 4, 1996.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

7. Southwestern Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER96-2032-000]

    Take notice that on June 4, 1996, Southwestern Public Service 
Company (Southwestern), tendered for filing rate schedules to be 
included in its wholesale electric rate tariff. The rate schedules are 
a contribution in aid of construction agreement and a related joint use 
agreement between Southwestern and Lea County Electric Cooperative, 
Inc. (Lea County). The agreements provide for Lea County to pay 
Southwestern $973.00 for the installation of a structure necessary to 
allow Lea County's lines to cross existing lines of Southwestern and 
for continued use of the structure by Lea County.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

8. Entergy Power, Inc.

Docket No. ER96-2033-000

    Take notice that on June 4, 1996, Entergy Power, Inc. (EPI), 
tendered for filing an Interchange Agreement with Oglethorpe Power 
Corporation.
    EPI requests an effective date for the Interchange Agreement that 
is one (1)

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day after the date of filing, and respectfully requests waiver of the 
notice requirements specified in Section 35.11 of the Commission's 
Regulations.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

9. Massachusetts Electric Company

[Docket No. ER96-2034-000]

    Take notice that on June 4, 1996, Massachusetts Electric Company 
(MECo), filed two service agreements between MECo and the Massachusetts 
Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). Under the agreements MECo agrees 
to provide service to MBTA's Revere Beach and Beachmont stations.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

10. Kansas City Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER96-2035-000]

    Take notice that on June 4, 1996, Kansas City Power & Light Company 
(KCPL), tendered for filing a Service Agreement dated May 28, 1996 by 
KCPL. KCPL proposes an effective date of June 1, 1996 and requests 
waiver of the Commission's notice requirement to allow the requested 
effective date. This Agreement provides for the rates and charges for 
Firm Transmission Service by KCPL for a wholesale transaction.
    In its filing, KCPL states that the rates included in the above-
mentioned Service Agreement are KCPL's rates and charges which were 
conditionally accepted for filing by the Commission in Docket No. ER96-
1045-000.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

11. Pennsylvania Power & Light Co.

[Docket No. ER96-2036-000]

    Take notice that on June 4, 1996, Pennsylvania Power & Light 
Company (PP&L), tendered for filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission a Service Agreement (the Agreement) between PP&L and Delhi 
Energy Services, Inc., dated May 30, 1996.
    The Agreement supplements a Short Term Capacity and Energy Sales 
umbrella tariff approved by the Commission in Docket No. ER95-782-000 
on June 21, 1995.
    In accordance with the policy announced in Prior Notice and Filing 
Requirements Under Part II of the Federal Power Act, 64 FERC para. 
61,139, clarified and reh'g granted in part and denied in part, 65 FERC 
para. 61,081 (1993), PP&L requests the Commission to make the Agreement 
effective as of June 4, 1996, because service will be provided under an 
umbrella tariff and each service agreement is filed within 30 days 
after the commencement of service. In accordance with 18 CFR 35.11, 
PP&L has requested waiver of the sixty-day notice period in 18 CFR 
35.2(e). PP&L has also requested waiver of certain filing requirements 
for information previously filed with the Commission in Docket No. 
ER95-782-000.
    PP&L states that a copy of its filing was provided to the customer 
involved and to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

12. Public Service Electric and Gas Company

[Docket No. ER96-2039-000]

    Take notice that on June 3, 1996, Public Service Electric and Gas 
Company (PSE&G) of Newark, New Jersey, tendered for filing an agreement 
for the sale of capacity and energy to Southern Energy Marketing, Inc. 
(Southern), pursuant to PSE&G Bulk Power Service Tariff, presently on 
file with the Commission.
    PSE&G further requests waiver of the Commission's regulations such 
that the agreement can be made effective as of July 1, 1996.
    Copies of the filing have been served upon Southern and the New 
Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

13. New England Power Company

[Docket No. ER96-2040-000]

    Take notice that on June 4, 1996, New England Power Company 
tendered for filing two letter agreements providing for improvements to 
its G33 line, as requested by Central Vermont Public Service 
Corporation and Green Mountain Power Corporation.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

14. Entergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER96-2042-000]

    Take notice that on June 4, 1996, Entergy Services, Inc. (Entergy 
Services), acting as agent for Entergy Arkansas, Inc. (formerly 
Arkansas Power & Light Company), submitted for filing a Second 
Amendment (Amendment) to the Power Coordination, Interchange and 
Transmission Agreement between the City of Thayer (City) and Entergy 
Arkansas, Inc. Entergy Services requests waiver of the Commission's 
filing requirements to permit the Second Amendment to become effective 
May 1, 1996.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

15. Kentucky Utilities Company

[Docket No. ER96-2043-000]

    Take notice that on June 4, 1996, Kentucky Utilities Company (KU), 
tendered for filing an amendment to its Market-Based Power Sales Tariff 
to eliminate language restricting sales to power from KU-owned 
generating resources.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

16. PECO Energy Company

[Docket No. ER96-2044-000]

    Take notice that on June 4, 1996, PECO Energy Company (PECO), filed 
a Service Agreement dated May 3, 1996, with South Carolina Electric & 
Gas Company (SCE&G) under PECO's FERC Electric Tariff, First Revised 
Volume No. 4 (Tariff). The Service Agreement adds SCE&G as a customer 
under the Tariff.
    PECO requests an effective date of May 5, 1996, for the Service 
Agreement.
    PECO states that copies of this filing have been supplied to SCE&G 
and to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

17. PECO Energy Company

[Docket No. ER96-2045-000]

    Take notice that on June 4, 1996, PECO Energy Company (PECO), filed 
a Service Agreement dated May 5, 1996 with South Carolina Electric & 
Gas Company (SCE&G) under PECO's FERC Electric Tariff Original Volume 
No. 1 (Tariff). The Service Agreement adds SCE&G as a customer under 
the Tariff.
    PECO requests an effective date of May 5, 1996, for the Service 
Agreement.
    PECO states that copies of this filing have been supplied to SCE&G 
and to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

18. MidAmerican Energy Company

[Docket No. ER96-2046-000]

    Take notice that on June 5, 1996, MidAmerican Energy Company 
(MidAmerican), 106 East Second Street, Davenport, Iowa 52801, filed 
with the Commission a Firm Transmission

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Service Agreement with Citizens Lehman Power Sales (Citizens Lehman) 
dated May 31, 1996, and Non-Firm Transmission Service Agreement with 
Citizens Lehman dated May 31, 1996, entered into pursuant to 
MidAmerican's Point-to-Point Transmission Service Tariff, FERC Electric 
Tariff, Original Volume No. 4.
    MidAmerican requests an effective date of May 31, 1996, for the 
Agreements with Citizens Lehman, and accordingly seeks a waiver of the 
Commission's notice requirement. MidAmerican has served a copy of the 
filing on Citizens Lehman, the Iowa Utilities Board, the Illinois 
Commerce Commission and the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

19. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER96-2047-000]

    Take notice that on June 5, 1996, Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy), 
tendered for filing a service agreement under Cinergy's Non-Firm Point-
to-Point Transmission Service Tariff (the Tariff) entered into between 
Cinergy and Federal Energy Sales, Inc.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

20. Duke Power Company

[Docket No. ER96-2048-000]

    Take notice that on June 5, 1996, Duke Power Company (Duke), 
tendered for filing the following: (1) Service Agreement for Market 
Rate (Schedule MR) Sales between Duke and Virginia Electric and Power 
Company; (2) Service Agreement for Market Rate (Schedule MR) Sales 
between Duke and Tennessee Valley Authority; (3) Service Agreement for 
Market Rate (Schedule MR) Sales between Duke and City of Tallahassee, 
Florida; (4) Service Agreement for Market Rate (Schedule MR) Sales 
between Duke and South Carolina Public Service Authority; and (5) 
Service Agreement for Market Rate (Schedule MR) Sales between Duke and 
Jacksonville Electric Authority.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

21. Duke Power Company

[Docket No. ER96-2049-000]

    Take notice that on June 5, 1996, Duke Power Company (Duke), 
tendered for filing Schedule MR Transaction Sheets supplementing the 
Service Agreement for Market Rate (Schedule MR) Sales between Duke and 
Eastex Power Marketing, Inc. and Schedule MR Transaction Sheet 
thereunder.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

22. Duke Power Company

[Docket No. ER96-2050-000]

    Take notice that on June 5, 1996, Duke Power Company (Duke), 
tendered for filing a Service Agreement for Market Rate (Schedule MR) 
Sales between Duke and Monongahela Power Company, Potomac Edison 
Company, and West Penn Power Company (collectively, Allegheny Power) 
and Schedule MR Transaction Sheet thereunder.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

23. Commonwealth Electric Company Cambridge Electric Light Company

[Docket No. ER96-2052-000]

    Take notice that on June 6, 1996, Commonwealth Electric Company 
(Commonwealth) on behalf of itself and Cambridge Electric Light Company 
(Cambridge), collectively referred to as the ``Companies'', tendered 
for filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission executed 
Service Agreements between the Companies and the following Customers:

Federal Energy Sales Inc.
Heartland Energy Services

    These Service Agreements specify that the Customers have signed on 
to and have agreed to the terms and conditions of the Companies' Power 
Sales and Exchanges Tariffs designated as Commonwealth's Power Sales 
and Exchanges Tariff (FERC Electric Tariff Original Volume No. 3) and 
Cambridge's Power Sales and Exchanges Tariff (FERC Electric Tariff 
Original Volume No. 5). These Tariffs, approved by FERC on April 13, 
1995, and which have an effective date of March 20, 1995, will allow 
the Companies and the Customers to enter into separately scheduled 
transactions under which the Companies will sell to the Customers 
capacity and/or energy as the parties may mutually agree.
    The Companies request an effective date as specified on each 
Service Agreement.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

24. New England Power Company

[Docket No. ER96-2053-000]

    Take notice that on June 6, 1996, New England Power Company, 
tendered for filing a supplemental Service Agreement between New 
England Power Company and Montaup Electric Company for transmission 
service under NEP's FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 3.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

25. New England Power Company

[Docket No. ER96-2054-000]

    Take notice that on June 6, 1996, New England Power Company (NEP), 
filed a Service Agreement with Global Petroleum Corp. under NEP's FERC 
Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 5.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

26. New England Power Company

[Docket No. ER96-2055-000]

    Take notice that on June 6, 1996, New England Power Company (NEP), 
filed a Service Agreement with Unitil Resources, Inc. under NEP's FERC 
Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 5.

    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

27. New England Power Pool

[Docket No. ER96-2056-000]

    Take notice that on June 6, 1996, the New England Power Pool 
Executive Committee, filed a signature page to the NEPOOL Agreement 
dated September 1, 1971, as amended, signed by TransCanada Power Corp. 
(TransCanada). The New England Power Pool Agreement, as amended, has 
been designated NEPOOL FPC No. 2.
    The Executive Committee states that acceptance of the signature 
page would permit TransCanada to join the over 90 Participants already 
in the Pool. NEPOOL further states that the filed signature page does 
not change the NEPOOL Agreement in any manner, other than to make 
TransCanada a Participant in the Pool. NEPOOL requests an effective 
date of August 1, 1996 for commencement of participation in the Pool by 
TransCanada.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

28. The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company

[Docket No. ER96-2057-000]

    Take notice that on June 6, 1996, The Cleveland Electric 
Illuminating Company (CEI) filed pursuant to 205 of the Federal Power 
Act and Part 35 of the Commission Regulations thereunder electric power 
service agreements

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between CEI and AIG Trading Corporation and Northern Indiana Public 
Service Company.
    Comment date: June 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

29. Portland General Electric Company

[Docket No. ES96-30-000]

    Take notice that on June 12, 1996, Portland General Electric 
Company filed an application, under Sec. 204 of the Federal Power Act, 
seeking authorization to issue short-term debt, from time to time, in 
an aggregate principal amount of not more than $250 million outstanding 
at any one time, during the period August 1, 1996 through July 31, 
1998, with a final maturity date no later than July 31, 1999.
    Comment date: July 11, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
E at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

    E. Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing 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 18 CFR 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 this filing are on file with the 
Commission and are available for public inspection.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-15761 Filed 6-19-96; 8:45 am]
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