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dated June 12, 1996. This Service

Agreement specifies that CORAL has

agreed to the rates, terms and conditions

of the GPU Operating Companies’

Operating Capacity and/or Energy Sales

Tariff (Sales Tariff) designated as FERC

Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 1.

The Sales Tariff was accepted by the

Commission by letter order issued on

February 10, 1995 in Jersey Central

Power & Light Co., Metropolitan Edison

Co., and Pennsylvania Electric Co.,

Docket No. ER96–276–000 and allows

GPU and CORAL to enter into

separately scheduled transactions under

which the GPU Operating Companies

will make available for sale, surplus

operating capacity and/or energy at

negotiated rates that are no higher than

the GPU Operating Companies’ cost of

service.

GPU requests a waiver of the

Commission’s notice requirements for

good cause shown and an effective date

of June 12, 1996 for the Service

Agreement.

GPU has served copies of the filing on

regulatory agencies in New Jersey and

Pennsylvania.

Comment date: July 8, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER96–2158–000]

Take notice that on June 17, 1996,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy),

tendered for filing on behalf of its

operating companies, The Cincinnati

Gas & Electric Company (CG&E) and PSI

Energy, Inc. (PSI), an Interchange

Agreement, dated May 1, 1996 between

Cinergy, CG&E, PSI and Southern

Energy Marketing, Inc. (SEMI).

The Interchange Agreement provides

for the following service between

Cinergy and SEMI:

1. Exhibit A—Power Sales by SEMI

2. Exhibit B—Power Sales by Cinergy

Cinergy and SEMI have requested an

effective date of June 24, 1996.

Copies of the filing were served on

Southern Energy Marketing, Inc.,

Georgia Public Service Commission, the

Kentucky Public Service Commission,

the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio

and the Indiana Utility Regulatory

Commission.

Comment date: July 8, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

8. Arizona Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER96–2159–000]

Take notice that on June 17, 1996,

Arizona Public Service Company (APS),

tendered for filing a Service Agreement

under APS–FERC Electric Tariff

Original Volume No. 1 (APS Tariff) with

the following entity:

Ajo Improvement Company

A copy of this filing has been served

on the above listed party and the

Arizona Corporation Commission.

Comment date: July 8, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

9. New England Power Company

[Docket No. ER96–2160–000]

Take notice that on June 17, 1996,

New England Power Company, tendered

amendments to two agreements under

which it receives transmission and

distribution service from Northeast

Utilities Service Company and Western

Massachusetts Electric Company. The

amendments propose to lift the

restrictions against retail wheeling in

the agreements so that NEP’s affiliate,

Massachusetts Electric Company, may

sponsor a retail wheeling experiment in

selected areas of its service territory.

Comment date: July 8, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

10. PECO Energy Company

[Docket No. ER96–2161–000]

Take notice that on June 17, 1996,

PECO Energy Company (PECO), filed a

Service Agreement dated June 3, 1996,

with Cincinnati Gas & Electric

Company, PSI Energy, Inc., and Cinergy

Services, Inc. (Cinergy Operating

Companies and Cinergy Services) under

PECO’s FERC Electric Tariff First,

Revised Volume No. 4 (Tariff). The

Service Agreement adds Cinergy

Operating Companies and Cinergy

Services as a customer under the Tariff.

PECO requests an effective date of

June 3, 1996, for the Service Agreement.

PECO states that copies of this filing

have been supplied to Cinergy

Operating Companies and Cinergy

Services and to the Pennsylvania Public

Utility Commission.

Comment date: July 8, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

11. Warbasse-Cogeneration

Technologies Partnership L.P.

[Docket No. QF88–438–003]

On June 14, 1996, WarbasseCogeneration Technologies Partnership

L.P. (Applicant), of 800 Fifth Avenue,

Suite No. 7F, New York, New York

10021 submitted for filing an

application for recertification of a

facility pursuant to Section 292.207(b)

of the Commission’s Regulations. No

determination has been made that the

submittal constitutes a complete filing.

According to the applicant, the dualfuel topping-cycle cogeneration facility

is located in Kings County, Brooklyn,

New York. The Commission

subsequently certified and then

recertified the facility as a qualifying

cogeneration facility, WCP Ltd.

Partnership, 44 FERC ¶ 62,115 (1988),

and Warbasse-Cogeneration

Technologies Partnership L.P., 53 FERC

¶ 62,023 (1990), respectively. The

instant request for recertification is due

to the reconfiguration of the facility and

an increase in the maximum net electric

power production capacity from 31.93

MW to 34 MW. Consolidated Edison

Company of New York, Inc. purchases

the electric output of the Facility not

taken by the Facility’s host,

Amalgamated Warbasse Houses, Inc.

Comment date: Fifteen days after the

date of publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, in accordance with

Standard Paragraph E at the end of this

notice.

12. Calpine Corporation

[Docket No. QF96–54–000]

On June 17, 1996, Calpine

Corporation tendered for filing a

supplement to its filing in this docket.

The supplement pertains to the

ownership structure and technical

aspects of the facility. No determination

has been made that the submittal

constitutes a complete filing.

Comment date: Fifteen days after the

date of publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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[Project No. 2705–003 Washington]

Seattle City Light; Notice of Availability

of Draft Environmental Assessment

June 26, 1996.

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 47897), the Office of

Hydropower Licensing has reviewed the

application for a new license for the

existing Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric

Project, and has prepared a Draft

Environmental Assessment (DEA) for

the project. The project is located on

Newhalem Creek, a tributary of the

Skagit River, near the town of

Newhalem, in northern Washington.

In the DEA, the Commission’s staff

has analyzed the potential

environmental impacts of the project

and has concluded that approval of the

project, with appropriate environmental

protective measures, would not

constitute a major federal action that

would significantly affect the quality of

the human environment.

Copies of the DEA are available for

review in the Public Reference Branch,

Room 2A, of the Commission’s offices at

888 First Street, NE., Washington, D.C.

20426.

Any comments should be filed within

45 days from the date of this notice and

should be addressed to Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street NE.,

Washington, D.C. 20426. For further

information, contact Mr. John Costello,

Environmental Coordinator, at (202)

219–2914.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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Southwestern Power Administration

Integrated System Power Rates—

Proposed Extension

AGENCY: Southwestern Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of public review and

comment.

SUMMARY: The Current Integrated

System rates were approved by the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

(FERC) on September 18, 1991, Docket

No. EF91–4011–000. These rates were

effective October 1, 1990, through

September 30, 1994. These rates were

extended on an interim basis by the

Deputy Secretary of Energy through

September 30, 1996. The Administrator,

Southwestern, has prepared Current and

Revised 1996 Power Repayment Studies

for the Integrated System which show

the need for a minor rate adjustment of

$1,239,868 (1.3 percent increase) in

annual revenues. In accordance with

Southwestern’s rate adjustment

threshold, dated June 23, 1987, the

Administrator, Southwestern, may

determine, on a case by case basis, that

for a revenue decrease or increase in the

magnitude of plus-or-minus two

percent, deferral of a formal rate filing

is in the best interest of the Government.

Also, the Deputy Secretary of Energy

has the authority to extend rates,

previously confirmed and approved by

FERC, on an interim basis, pursuant to

10 CFR 903.22(h) and 902.23(a)(3). In

accordance with DOE rate extension

authority and Southwestern’s rate

adjustment threshold, the Administrator

is proposing that the rate adjustment be

deferred and that the current rates be

extended for a one-year period effective

through September 30, 1997.

DATES: Written comments are due on or

before July 17, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be submitted to the Administrator,

Southwestern Power Administration,

U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. Box

1619, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George C. Grisaffe, Assistant

Administrator, Office of Administration

and Rates, Southwestern Power

Administration, Department of Energy,

PO Box 1619, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101,

(918) 595–6628.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.

Department of Energy was created by an

Act of the U.S. Congress, Department of

Energy Organization Act, Pub. L. 95–91,

dated August 4, 1977, and

Southwestern’s power marketing

activities were transferred from the

Department of the Interior to the

Department of Energy, effective October

1, 1977.

Southwestern markets power from 24

multiple-purpose reservoir projects with

power facilities constructed and

operated by the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers. These projects are located in

the States of Arkansas, Missouri,

Oklahoma and Texas. Southwestern’s

marketing area includes these states

plus Kansas and Louisiana. Of the total,

22 projects comprise an Integrated

System and are interconnected through

Southwestern’s transmission system and

exchange agreements with other

utilities. The other two projects (Sam

Rayburn and Robert Douglas Willis) are

not interconnected with Southwestern’s

Integrated System. Instead, their power

is marketed under separate contracts

through which two customers purchase

the entire power output of each of the

projects at the dams.

Following Department of Energy

Order Number RA 6120.2, the

Administrator, Southwestern, prepared

a 1996 Current Power Repayment Study

(PRS) using existing Integrated System

rate schedules. The PRS shows the

cumulative amortization through FY

1995 at $355,572,353 on a total

investment of $982,272,106. The FY

1996 Revised PRS indicates the need for

an increase in annual revenues of

$1,239,868, or 1.3 percent, over and

above the present annual revenues.

As a matter of practice, Southwestern

would defer an indicated rate

adjustment that falls within

Southwestern’s plus-or-minus two

percent rate adjustment threshold. The

threshold was developed to add

efficiency to the process of maintaining

adequate rates and is consistent with

cost recovery criteria within DOE Order

Number RA 6120.2 regarding rate

adjustment plans. The Integrated

System’s FY 1995 (last year’s) PRS

concluded that the annual revenues

needed to be increased by 1.1 percent.

At that time, it was determined prudent

to defer the increase in accordance with

the established threshold and extend the

rates on an interim basis for one year.

It once again seems prudent to defer this

rate adjustment of 1.3 percent, or

$1,239,868 per year in accordance with

Southwestern’s rate adjustment

threshold and reevaluate the ability of

the existing rate to provide sufficient

revenues to satisfy costs projected in the

FY 1997 (next year’s) PRS.

On September 18, 1991, the current

rate schedules for the Integrated System

were confirmed and approved by the

FERC on a final basis for a period that

ended on September 30, 1994. In

accordance with 10 CFR Sections

903.22(h) and 903.23(a)(3), the Deputy

Secretary may extend existing rates on

an interim basis beyond the period

specified by the FERC.

On September 19, 1994, and August 8,

1995, the Deputy Secretary approved

extensions of the Integrated System

power rates on an interim basis for the

periods October 1, 1994, through

September 30, 1995, and October 1,

1995, through September 30, 1996. As a

result of the benefits obtained by a rate

adjustment deferral (reduced Federal

expense and rate stability) and the

Deputy Secretary’s authority to extend a

previously approved rate,

Southwestern’s Administrator is

proposing to again extend the current

Integrated System rate schedules for the

one-year period beginning October 1,