Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 126 / Friday, June 28, 1996 / Notices 33723

Alaska Power Administration; Notice

of Cancellation, Review, and Comment

AGENCY: Alaska Power Administration,

Department of Energy.

SUMMARY: Alaska Power Administration

(APA) is proposing to adjust the rates

for the Eklutna Project. Rates of 18.7

mills per kilowatt-hour for firm energy,

10 mills per kilowatt-hour for non-firm

energy and .3 mills per kilowatt-hour for

wheeling expire September 30, 1999.

Due to a decrease in combined projected

overhead and O&M costs, APA proposes

to lower the rate for firm and non-firm

energy to 8.8 mills per kilowatt-hour

beginning September 1, 1996, for a

period of up to five years. The rate for

wheeling would remain the same. APA

will finalize the proposal giving full

consideration to comments received.

The final proposal may differ from the

present. The proposed rates will be

submitted to the Deputy Secretary of

Energy for interim approval and to the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

for review and final approval.

DATES: Written comments will be

considered through August 15, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be submitted to Mr. Nicki J. French,

Alaska Power Administration, 2770

Sherwood Lane, Suite 2B, Juneau,

Alaska 99801.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

James W. Davenport, Public Utilities

Specialist, Alaska Power

Administration, 2770 Sherwood Lane,

Suite 2B, Juneau, AK 99801, (907) 586–

7405.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed rates apply for power sold

from the Eklutna Hydroelectric Project

to three electric utilities serving the

Anchorage and Matanuska Valley areas

of Alaska. Details of the proposed rates,

including supporting studies, will be

available for inspection at Alaska Power

Administration, 2770 Sherwood Lane,

Suite 2B, Juneau, Alaska; and the

Eklutna Project Office, Mile 4.0, Old

Glenn Highway, Palmer, Alaska.

A public information and comment

forum was to be held June 24, 1996, at

6:00 PM. However, due to lack of

interest, the forum was canceled, as

allowed in 10 CFR 903.15(c) and 10 CFR

903.16(c).

Authorities for the proposed rate

action are the Eklutna Project Act of July

31, 1950 (64 Stat. 382, as amended) and

the Department of Energy Organization

Act (Pub. L. 95–91). Alaska Power

Administration is developing these rates

in accordance with DOE financial

reporting policies, procedures and

methodology (DOE Policy RA 6120.2

[September 20, 1979]), and the

procedures for public participation in

rate adjustments found in 10 CFR Part

903 (1987) as amended. The present

rates went into effect in October, 1994.

APA has repaid over 82% of the project

investment. The proposed rate results in

an 53% rate decrease. APA has notified

its customers that a new rate would be

developed based on decreased overhead

costs and elimination of Eklutna O&M

costs. APA will continue its rate

evaluation based on projected staffing

and include the results in the final rate

proposal.

Alaska Power Administration Asset

Sale and Termination Act was signed by

the President on November 28, 1995. As

part of the transition to new ownership,

APA is entering an O&M agreement

with the purchasing utilities. With the

new O&M agreement between APA and

the purchasing utilities, APA expects

the utilities to incur all O&M and

replacement costs throughout the term

of the agreement. The reduction in costs

to APA have been included in the

repayment study supporting the

proposed rates.

APA will continue formulating and

executing transition plans based on the

existing purchase agreements and

signed legislation for the sale of the

Eklutna Project to the Anchorage

utilities. This proposed rate action

continues present rate policies under

existing law.

Environmental Impact

The proposed rate action will have no

significant environmental impact within

the meaning of the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969. The

proposed action meets the requirements

of a categorical exclusion as defined in

40 CFR 1508.4 and is listed as a

categorical exclusion for DOE in 10 CFR

1021, Appendix B4.3. An

Environmental Assessment and an

Environmental Impact Statement is not

required.

Issued at Washington, DC June 20, 1996.

Rodney Adelman,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96–16564 Filed 6–27–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER96–1818–000]

Alliance Power Marketing, Inc.; Notice

of Issuance of Order

June 24, 1996.

Alliance Power Marketing, Inc.

(Alliance Power) submitted for filing a

rate schedule under which Alliance

Power will engage in wholesale electric

power and energy transactions as a

marketer. Alliance Power also requested

waiver of various Commission

regulations. In particular, Alliance

Power requested that the Commission

grant blanket approval under 18 CFR

Part 34 of all future issuances of

securities and assumptions of liability

by Alliance Power.

On June 17, 1996, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Applications, Office of

Electric Power Regulation, 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 Alliance Power 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 for hearing within

this period, Alliance Power 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 Alliance Power’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 July 17,

1996.

Copies of the full text of the order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–16536 Filed 6–27–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP96–201–001]

CNG Transmission Corporation; Notice

of Section 4 Filing

June 24, 1996.

Take notice that on June 19, 1996,

CNG Transmission Corporation (CNG),