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DOE/FE Authority

Order No. Date issued Importer/Exporter Fe Docket No. Import volume

Export volume Comments

1733 ......... 11–8–01 San Diego Gas & Electric Company 01–

70–NG.

74 Bcf ...... .................. Import natural gas from Canada beginning

on December 1, 2001, and extending

through November 30, 2003.

1734 ......... 11–8–01 Western Gas Resources, Inc. 01–74–NG .. 73 Bcf ...... 73 Bcf ...... Import and export natural gas from and to

Canada, beginning on November 26,

2001, and extending through November

25, 2003.

1735 ......... 11–9–01 Ontario Energy Savings Corp. 01–71–NG .. 200 Bcf Import and export a combined total of natural gas from and to Canada, beginning

on November 1, 2001, and extending

through October 31, 2003.

1736 ......... 11–13–01 Crestar Energy marketing Corp. 01–73–NG 100 Bcf Import and export a combined total of natural gas from and to Canda, beginning

on July 11, 2001, and extending through

July 10, 2003.

1737 ......... 11–15–01 Toronto Hydro Energy Services 01–75–NG 3 Bcf ........ 3 Bcf ........ Import and export natural gas from and to

Canada, beginning on December 1,

2001, and ending on November 30,

2003.

1738 ......... 11–27–01 Murphy Gas Gathering Inc. 01–81–NG ...... 75 Bcf ...... .................. Import natural gas from Canada, beginning

on December 12, 2001, and extending

through November 30, 2003.

1723–A .... 11–27–01 PC&E Energy Trading, Canada Corporation 01–63–NG................... 150 Bcf .... Amendment to import authority to include

exports of natural gas to Canada, over a

two-year term beginning on the date of

first delivery of either the import or export.

1739 ......... 11–29–01 UtiliCorp United Inc. 01–78–NG .................. 200 Bcf .... .................. Import natural gas from Canada, beginning

on January 1, 2002, and extending

through December 31, 2003.

551–F ....... 11–29–01 USGen New England, Inc. 90–09–NG ....... Amendment of volumes Reduction in volumes in long-term authority

from 35,000 Mcf per day to 8,137 Mcf

per day.

1740 ......... 11–29–01 Wisconsin Public Service Corporation 01–

82–NG.

6 Bcf ........ .................. Import natural gas from Canada, beginning

on September 1, 2001, and extending

through August 31, 2003.

1623–A .... 11–30–01 Aquila, Inc. (Successor to Aquila Energy

Marketing Corporation) 00–61–NG.

Transfer of authority Transfer of authority and name change.

1741 ......... 11–30–01 Mirant Americas Energy Marketing LP 01–

77–NG.

730 Bcf Import and export natural gas from and to

Canada, beginning on December 1,

2001, and extending through November

3, 2003.

1742 ......... 11–30–01 Direct Energy Marketing Limited 01–80–NG 400 Bcf Import and export natural gas from and to

Canada, over a two-year term beginning

on the date of first import or export.

1743 ......... 11–30–01 William Energy Marketing & Trading Company 01–79–NG.200 Bcf .... .................. Import natural gas from Canada, beginning

on November 1, 2001, and extending

through October 31, 2003.

[FR Doc. 01–30982 Filed 12–14–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EC02–30–000, et al.]

Northwest Natural Gas Company, et

al.; Electric Rate and Corporate

Regulation Filings

December 7, 2001.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Northwest Natural Gas Company and

Portland General Electric Company

[Docket No. EC02–30–000]

Take notice that on November 30,

2001, Northwest Natural Gas Company

(NW Natural) and Portland General

Electric Company (PGE) (collectively,

the Applicants) filed with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission) an application pursuant

to Section 203 of the Federal Power Act

for authorization of a disposition of

jurisdictional facilities whereby

Northwest Natural Holding Company

(NW Natural Holdco), a newly-formed

holding company, will acquire all of the

outstanding common stock of PGE.

The Applicants state that the

transaction will not have an adverse

effect on competition, will not have an

adverse effect on rates, and will not

have an adverse effect on competition.

Comment date: December 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. Entergy Power Ventures, L.P.

[Docket No. EG02–25–000]

Take notice that on December 5, 2001,

Entergy Power Ventures, L.P., 20

Greenway Plaza, Suite 1025, Houston,

Texas 77046, filed with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission an

amendment to its application for

determination of exempt wholesale

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generator status pursuant to section

32(a)(1) of the Public Utility Holding

Company Act of 1935, as amended. The

applicant is a limited partnership that

will be engaged directly or indirectly

and exclusively in the business of

developing and ultimately owning and/

or operating an interest in a 550

megawatt gas-fired, combined cycle

electric generating facility located in

Harrison County, Texas and selling

electric energy at wholesale.

Comment date: December 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice. The

Commission will limit its consideration

of comments to those that concern the

adequacy or accuracy of the application.

3. Duke Energy Arlington Valley, LLC

[Docket No. EG02–40–000]

Take notice that on November 30,

2001, Duke Energy Arlington Valley,

LLC (Duke Arlington Valley) filed an

application with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (the

Commission) for determination of

exempt wholesale generator status

pursuant to Section 32 of the Public

Utility Holding Company Act of 1935,

as amended, and part 365 of the

Commission’s regulations.

Duke Arlington Valley is a Delaware

limited liability company that will be

engaged directly and exclusively in the

business of owning and operating all or

part of one or more eligible facilities to

be located in Maricopa County, Arizona.

The eligible facilities will consist of an

approximately 1,200 MW natural gasfired, combined cycle electric

generation plant and related

interconnection facilities. The output of

the eligible facilities will be sold at

wholesale.

Comment date: December 28, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice. The

Commission will limit its consideration

of comments to those that concern the

adequacy or accuracy of the application.

4. FPL Energy Marcus Hook, L.P.

[Docket No. EG02–41–000]

Take notice that on November 30,

2001, FPL Energy Marcus Hook, L.P.

(Applicant), with its principal office at

700 Universe Boulevard, Juno Beach, FL

33408, tendered for filing with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission), an application for

determination of exempt wholesale

generator status pursuant to part 365 of

the Commission’s regulations.

Applicant states that it is a Delaware

limited partnership engaged directly

and exclusively in the business of

developing and operating an

approximately 740 MW generating

facility to be located in Marcus Hook,

Pennsylvania. Electric energy produced

by the facility will be sold at wholesale

or at retail exclusively to foreign

consumers.

Comment date: December 27, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice. The

Commission will limit its consideration

of comments to those that concern the

adequacy or accuracy of the application.

5. ISO New England Inc.

[Docket No. EL00–62–039]

Take notice that on December 3, 2001,

ISO New England Inc. (the ISO)

tendered for filing with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission) a compliance filing in

response to the August 28, 2001 order

in the referenced proceeding.

Comment date: January 2, 2002, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. Liberty Electric Power, LLC

[Docket No. ER01–2398–003]

Take notice that on December 4, 2001,

Liberty Electric Power, LLC, which will

own and operate a natural gas-fired

electric generating facility in the

Borough of Eddystone, Pennsylvania

submitted for filing with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission) its Supplement No. 1 to

its FERC Electric Tariff Original Volume

No. 1, in compliance with the

Commission’s November 20, 2001 letter

order to include a code of conduct

reflecting Liberty Electric’s pending

affiliation with Reliant HL&P.

Comment date: December 26, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. Colton Power L.P.

[Docket Nos. ER01–2644–003]

Take notice that on December 4, 2001,

Colton Power L.P. (Applicant) tendered

for filing with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission) a

further amended market-based rate

schedule under section 205 of the

Federal Power Act in order to comply

with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s Order Establishing

Refund Effective Date and Proposing to

Revise Market-Based Rate Tariffs and

Authorization issued in Docket No.

EL01–118 on November 20, 2001.

Comment date: December 26, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

8. New York Independent System

Operator, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–3001–002]

Take notice that on December 4, 2001,

the New York Independent System

Operator, Inc. (NYISO) submitted with

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission) a report on

the status of its demand side

management programs and the status of

the addition of new generation

resources in New York State in

compliance with the Commission’s

October 25, 2001 Order in this

proceeding. The NYISO has served a

copy of this filing upon all parties that

have executed service agreements under

the NYISO’s Open Access Transmission

Tariff and Market Administration and

Control Area Services Tariff.

Comment date: December 26, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

9. Mid-Continent Area Power Pool

[Docket No. ER02–163–001]

Take notice that on December 4, 2001,

the Mid-Continent Area Power Pool

(MAPP), tendered for filing with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission) on behalf of its members

that are subject to Commission

jurisdiction as public utilities under

section 201(e) of the Federal Power Act,

tendered for filing, pursuant to Order

No. 614, Cover Sheets for the

termination of Short-Term and NonFirm Point-To-Point Transmission

Service Agreements between MAPP and

El Paso Merchant Energy, L.P., formerly

Coastal Merchant Energy, L.P. and

originally Engage Energy US, L.P.

Comment date: December 26, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

10. New England Power Pool

[Docket No. ER02–434–000]

Take notice that on November 30,

2001, the New England Power Pool

(NEPOOL) Participants Committee filed

for acceptance materials (1) to permit

NEPOOL to expand its membership to

include Mohawk River Funding III,

L.L.C. (Mohawk); and (2) to terminate

the membership of IRATE, Inc (IRATE).

The Participants Committee requests an

effective date of February 1, 2002 for

commencement of participation in

NEPOOL by Mohawk and December 1,

2001 for the termination of IRATE.

The Participants Committee states

that copies of these materials were sent

to the New England state governors and

regulatory commissions and the

Participants in NEPOOL.

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Comment date: December 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

11. Progress Energy Inc. on behalf of

Carolina Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER02–435–000]

Take notice that on November 29,

2001, Carolina Power & Light Company

(CP&L) tendered for filing an executed

Service Agreement between CP&L and

the following eligible buyer, Florida

Power Corporation. Service to this

eligible buyer will be in accordance

with the terms and conditions of CP&L’s

Market-Based Rates Tariff, FERC

Electric Tariff No. 5. Copies of the filing

were served upon the North Carolina

Utilities Commission and the South

Carolina Public Service Commission.

CP&L requests an effective date of

November 8, 2001 for this Service

Agreement.

Comment date: December 20, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

12. Commonwealth Edison Company

[Docket No. ER02–436–000]

Take notice that on November 29,

2001, Commonwealth Edison Company

(ComEd) submitted for filing with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission) a Form of Service

Agreement for Short-Term Firm PointTo-Point Transmission Service and a

Form of Service Agreement for NonFirm Point-To-Point Transmission

Service (Service Agreements) between

ComEd and Dominion Nuclear

Marketing II, Inc. (Dominion Nuclear)

under the terms of ComEd’s Open

Access Transmission Tariff (OATT).

Copies of this filing were served on

Dominion Nuclear.

ComEd requests an effective date of

November 1, 2001, and accordingly

seeks waiver of the Commission’s notice

requirements.

Comment date: December 20, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. Wayne-White Counties

[Docket No. ER02–437–000]

Electric Cooperative

Take notice that Wayne-White

Counties Electric Cooperative (WayneWhite or Cooperative) on November 29,

2001, tendered for filing an executed

Service Agreement for Firm Point-toPoint Transmission Service with Illinois

Power Company. Under the Service

Agreement, Wayne-White will provide

firm point-to-point transmission service

to Illinois Power Company under the

Cooperative’s Open Access

Transmission Tariff. Wayne-White

requests an effective date of January 1,

2002, the date service will be first

provided.

A copy of the filing was served upon

Illinois Power Company.

Comment date: December 20, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. Midwest Independent Transmission

System Operator, Inc., Alliant Energy

Corporate Services, Inc., et al.

[Docket No. ER02–438–000]

Take notice that on November 30,

2001, the Midwest ISO Transmission

Owners submitted their transmission

loss factors that will be used in

connection with the loss recovery

methodology of the Midwest

Independent Transmission System

Operator, Inc. (Midwest ISO). The

Midwest ISO Transmission Owners

state that the loss factors are calculated

in the same manner as those filed on

April 28, 2000 in Docket No. ER98–

1438–006 and approved by the

Commission’s Opinion No. 453, but

have been revised and supplemented to

reflect the significant changes in the

composition of the membership of the

Midwest ISO Transmission Owners

since April 28, 2000.

In addition, the Midwest ISO and

Midwest ISO Transmission Owners

jointly submitted related changes to

Attachment M of the Midwest ISO Open

Access Transmission Tariff, to clarify

the handling of losses for transmission

transactions occurring solely within a

single control area or within certain

transmission zones that each will be

treated as a ‘‘control area’’ for purposes

of Attachment M.

The Midwest ISO and Midwest ISO

Transmission Owners propose an

effective date of January 1, 2002 for

these tariff sheets, to ensure that loss

factors that are compatible with the loss

calculation methodology in the Midwest

ISO tariff are effective on the same day

that tariff becomes effective.

Comment date: December 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

15. Southern California Edison

Company

[Docket No. ER02–439–000]

Take notice, that on November 30,

2001, Southern California Edison

Company (SCE) tendered for filing the

Amended and Restated Winter Power

Sales (Agreement) between SCE and

PacifiCorp, which provides the terms to

revise the pricing and scheduling

provisions to the Winter Sale Power

Agreement (Original Agreement) to take

into account the changes in the market

since the California Power Exchange

closed and to provide for use of certain

California Independent System Operator

markets and/or scheduling protocols in

the implementation of the Original

Agreement for the delivery season

beginning October 15, 2001.

SCE requests the Commission to

assign an effective date October 15, 2001

to the Agreement.

Copies of this filing were served upon

the Public Utilities Commission of

California and PacifiCorp.

Comment date: December 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

16. Southern California Edison

Company

[Docket No. ER02–440–000]

Take notice that on November 30 ,

2001, Southern California Edison

Company (SCE) submitted a Letter

Agreement between SCE and

Whitewater Energy Corporation

(Whitewater). The Letter Agreement

specifies the terms and conditions

under which SCE will provide preinterconnection activities including

engineering, design, and procurement.

Copies of this filing were served upon

the Public Utilities Commission of the

State of California and Whitewater.

Comment date: December 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

17. California Independent System

Operator Corporation

[Docket No. ER02–441–000]

Take notice that the California

Independent System Operator

Corporation, (ISO) on November 30,

2001, tendered for filing with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission) a Participating Generator

Agreement between the ISO and

CalPeak Power—Panoche LLC for

acceptance by the Commission.

The ISO states that this filing has been

served on CalPeak Power—Panoche LLC

and the California Public Utilities

Commission.

The ISO is requesting waiver of the

60-day notice requirement to allow the

Participating Generator Agreement to be

made effective November 26, 2001.

Comment date: December 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

18. New England Power Company

[Docket No. ER02–442–000]

Take notice that on November 30,

2001, New England Power Company

(NEP) submitted Second Revised

Service Agreement No. 4 (Service

Agreement) between NEP and

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Georgetown Municipal Light

Department for network integration

transmission service under NEP’s open

access transmission tariff—New

England Power Company, FERC Electric

Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 9.

This Service Agreement is an amended

version of the First Revised Service

Agreement that was filed on August 8,

2001, in Docket No. ER01–2802–000.

The terms of the amended agreement

are identical to the terms of the original

agreement, except for an address

correction and a change in the

agreement’s expiration date. NEP

requests an effective date of November

30, 2001.

NEP states that a copy of this filing

has been served upon the Department of

Telecommunications and Energy of the

Commonwealth of Massachusetts and

parties to the agreement.

Comment date: December 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

19. Duke Energy Arlington Valley, LLC

[Docket No. ER02–443–000]

Take notice that on November 30,

2001, Duke Energy Arlington Valley,

LLC (Duke Arlington Valley) tendered

for filing pursuant to Section 205 of the

Federal Power Act its proposed FERC

Electric Tariff No. 1.

Duke Arlington Valley seeks authority

to sell energy and capacity, as well as

ancillary services, at market-based rates,

together with certain waivers and

preapprovals. Duke Arlington Valley

also seeks authority to sell, assign, or

transfer transmission rights that it may

acquire in the course of its marketing

activities. Duke Arlington Valley seeks

an effective date 60 days from the date

of filing for its proposed rate schedules.

Comment date: December 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

20. Constellation Power Source

Generation, Inc.

[Docket No. ER02–444–000]

Take notice that on November 30,

2001, Constellation Power Source

Generation, Inc. submitted for filing a

First Amendment to Power Sales

Agreement between Constellation Power

Source Generation, Inc. and

Constellation Power Source, Inc.

effective November 1, 2001.

Comment date: December 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

21. Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant,

Inc.

[Docket No. ER02–445–000]

Take notice that on November 30,

2001, Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power

Plant, Inc. submitted for filing a First

Amendment to Power Sales Agreement

between Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power

Plant, Inc. and Constellation Power

Source, Inc. effective November 1, 2001.

Comment date: December 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

22. California Independent System

Operator Corporation

[Docket No. ER02–446–000]

Take notice that on November 30,

2001, the California Independent

System Operator Corporation, (ISO)

tendered for filing a Meter Service

Agreement for ISO Metered Entities

between the ISO and CalPeak Power—

Panoche LLC for acceptance by the

Commission.

The ISO states that this filing has been

served on CalPeak Power—Panoche LLC

and the California Public Utilities

Commission.

The ISO is requesting waiver of the

60-day notice requirement to allow the

Meter Service Agreement for ISO

Metered Entities to be made effective

November 26, 2001.

Comment date: December 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

23. Midwest Energy, Inc.

[Docket No. ER02–447–000]

Take Notice that on November 29,

2001, Midwest Energy, Inc. (Midwest)

tendered for filing with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission) the Transaction Service

Agreement entered into between

Midwest and Southwestern Public

Service Company governing the sale of

power under Midwest’s Wholesale

Service Tariff.

Comment date: December 20, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

24. Tucson Electric Power Company

[Docket No. ER02–448–000]

Take notice that on November 29,

2001, Tucson Electric Power Company

(Tucson), tendered for filing the Second

Amended and Restated Wholesale

Power Supply Agreement between

Tucson Electric Power Company and

Navajo Tribal Utility Authority dated

November 1, 2001. The Second

Amended and Restated Wholesale

Power Supply Agreement is a result of

a re-negotiation of the power supply

arrangement between Tucson and the

Navajo Tribal Utility Authority. Tucson

has mailed a copy of the filing to the

Navajo Tribal Utility Authority.

Comment date: December 20, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

25. PG&E Dispersed Generating

Company, LLC

[Docket No. ER02–449–000]

Take notice that on November 30,

2001, PG&E Dispersed Generating

Company, LLC (PG&E Dispersed Gen)

tendered for filing a service agreement

for power sales (Service Agreement)

with its affiliate, PG&E Energy TradingPower, L.P. (PGET) pursuant to which

PG&E Dispersed Gen will sell capacity,

energy and ancillary services to PGET at

market-based rates according to its

FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume

No. 1.

Comment date: December 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

26. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

[Docket No. ER02–450–000]

Take notice that on November 30,

2001, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM),

tendered for filing an executed service

agreement for firm point-to-point

transmission service for ODEC.

Copies of this filing were served upon

ODEC and the state commissions within

the PJM control area.

Comment date: December 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

27. American Transmission Company

LLC

[Docket No. ER02–451–000]

Take notice that on November 30,

2001, American Transmission Company

LLC (ATCLLC) tendered for filing an

executed Distribution-Transmission

Interconnection Agreement between

ATCLLC and City of Menasha. ATCLLC

requests an effective date of June 25,

2001.

Comment date: December 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

28. Exelon Generation Company, LLC

[Docket No. ER02–452–000]

Take notice that on November 29,

2001, Exelon Generation Company, LLC

(Exelon Generation), submitted for filing

a power sales service agreement

between Exelon Generation and City of

Rochelle under Exelon Generation’s

wholesale power sales tariff, FERC

Electric Tariff Original Volume No. 1.

Comment date: December 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

29. Conectiv Bethlehem, Inc.

[Docket No. ER02–453–000]

Take notice that on November 30,

2001, Conectiv Bethlehem, Inc. (CBI),

filed an application for market-based

rate authority pursuant to section 205 of

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the Federal Power Act. The application

includes a market-based rate tariff (the

Tariff). The application also includes a

tolling agreement between CBI and

Conectiv Energy Supply, Inc., which is

a service agreement under the Tariff.

Conectiv requests that the Tariff and the

service agreement become effective on

February 1, 2002, sixty days after the

date of this filing.

Comment date: December 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

30. West Penn Power Company,

Monongahela Power Company, The

Potomac Edison Company, ba

Allegheny Power

[Docket No. ER02–454–000]

Take notice that on November 30,

2001, West Penn Power Company,

Monongahela Power Company, and The

Potomac Edison Company, all doing

business as Allegheny Power filed a

Network Integration Transmission

Service Agreement and a Network

Operating Agreement for service to

Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc. and

an unexecuted network integration

transmission service agreement for

service to Allegheny Electric

Cooperative, Inc. Allegheny Power

requests an effective date of December 1,

2001.

Comment date: December 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

31. Pacific Gas and Electric Company,

PG&E Corporation, On Behalf of Its

Subsidiaries ETrans LLC and Electric

Generation LLC

[Docket No. ES02–17–000]

Take notice that on November 30,

2001, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

(PG&E) and PG&E Corporation (Parent),

on behalf of its subsidiaries, ETrans LLC

(ETrans) and Electric Generation LLC

(Gen) (collectively, the Applicants),

submitted for filing, pursuant to section

204 of the Federal Power Act, and part

34 of the Commission’s regulations, an

Application for the issuance of

securities and the assumption of

liabilities, and waiver of the

Commission’s competitive bidding and

negotiated placement requirements

under section 34.2 of the Commission’s

regulations, in connection with the

proposed ‘‘Plan of Reorganization under

Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code for

Pacific Gas and Electric Company’’

(Plan) jointly filed by PG&E and Parent

with the Bankruptcy Court on

September 20, 2001, as it may be

amended from time-to-time.

Applicants require authority to issue

long-term notes in an amount not to

exceed $1.415 billion for ETrans, $2.59

billion for Gen and $5.585 billion for

PG&E, as well as $345 million of longterm mortgage bonds for PG&E.

Applicants also seek authority to issue

short-term notes in an amount not to

exceed $500 million for ETrans, $350

million for Gen and $2.0 billion for

PG&E (the amount of these short-term

notes, together with all long-term notes

issued, also is not to exceed the amount

listed above for long-term notes).

Applicants further seek authority to

make drawings and provide letters of

credit pursuant to short-term working

capital facilities in an amount not to

exceed $380 million for ETrans, $180

million for Gen and $1.2 billion for

PG&E. In addition, Applicants seek

authority for assumptions of liabilities

in an amount not to exceed $105 million

for ETrans, $264 million for Gen and

$401 million for PG&E. Finally, PG&E

requests authority to issue up to 170

million shares of its common stock and

to distribute stock purchase rights to

each of its shareholders, and ETrans

seeks authority to issue additional

equity in an amount not to exceed $200

million.

Applicants request that the

Commission’s authorization be effective

on the later of the date on which

Applicants notify the Commission that

the Bankruptcy Court has issued an

order authorizing issuances of securities

in connection with the Plan or the date

of the Commission’s order authorizing

these transactions (which is requested to

be issued no later than July 30, 2002)

and extending for three years from the

effective date of the authorization.

Applicants provide pursuant to section

34.4 of the Commission’s regulations

historical financial statements for PG&E

and projected financial statements for

each of the Applicants.

Comment date: December 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

E. Any person desiring to be heard or

to protest such filing 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). 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. This filing may also be

viewed on the web at http://

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘RIMS’’ link,

select ‘‘Docket#’’ and follow the

instructions (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 under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–30960 Filed 12–14–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Sunshine Act; Meeting

December 12, 2001.

The following notice of meeting is

published pursuant to section 3(A) of

the government in the Sunshine Act

(Pub. L. No. 94–409), 5 U.S.C 552B:

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission.

DATE AND TIME: December 19, 2001,

10:00 a.m.

PLACE: ROOM 2C, 888 First Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20426.

STATUS: OPEN.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Agenda *

Note—Items listed on the agenda may

be deleted without further notice.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Linwood A. Watson, Jr., Acting

Secretary, Telephone (202) 208–0400.

For a recording listing items stricken

from or added to the meeting, call (202)

208–1627.

This is a list of matters to be

considered by the Commission. It does

not include a listing of all papers

relevant to the items on the agenda;

however, all public documents may be

examined in the Reference and

Information Center.

78th—Meeting December 19, 2001; Regular

Meeting 10 a.m. Markets, Tariffs and Rates

Electric

E–1.

DOCKET# EX02–7, 000, Transmission

Constraints

E–2.

DOCKET# RM01–12, 000, Electricity

Market Design and Structure

E–3.

DOCKET# ER02–162, 000, Erie Boulevard

Hydropower, L.P.

OTHER#S ER00–2998, 001, Southern

Company Services, Inc.