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determine the appropriate action to be 

taken, but will not serve to make 

protestants parties to the proceedings. 

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. 

Comment Date: January 9, 2002.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr., 

Acting Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER01–3075–003] 

Michigan Electric Transmission 

Company; Notice of Filing 

December 26, 2001. 

Take notice that on December 12, 

2001, Michigan Electric Transmission 

Company (METC) tendered for filing the 

following tariff sheets as part of its 

FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume 

No. 1 in compliance with the November 

14, 2001 order issued in this 

proceeding. (The sheets make up the 

entirety of METC’s pro forma Generator 

Interconnection Agreement, Tariff 

Sheets 125–168.) 

Original Sheet Nos. 126A, 127A, 

129A, 130A, 132A, 134A, 136A, 138, 

141A, 143A, 146A, 150A, 152A, 154A, 

155A and 159A, First Revised Sheet 

Nos. 125 through 135, 135A, 141, 142, 

146 through 153, 153A, 155 through 

166, Sub First Revised Sheet Nos. 139, 

139A, 143 and 144, Second Revised 

Sheet Nos. 136 and 137, Second Sub 

Revised Sheet No. 137, Second Sub First 

Revised Sheet Nos. 140, 145, 154, 167 

and 168, and Second Sub Original Sheet 

No. 145A. 

The sheets are to become effective on 

September 19, 2001. Copies of the filing 

were served upon the Michigan Public 

Service Commission and upon those on 

the official service list in this 

proceeding. 

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 and protests 

should be filed on or before the 

comment date. Protests will be 

considered by the Commission to 

determine the appropriate action to be 

taken, but will not serve to make 

protestants parties to the proceedings. 

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 Commission’s Web site 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. 

Comment Date: January 4, 2002.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr., 

Acting Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. ER02–137–000, ER00–2998–

001, ER00–2999–001, ER00–3000–001, and 

ER00–3001–001] 

Mohawk River Funding III, L.L.C.; 

Notice of Issuance of Order 

December 26, 2001. 

Mohawk River Funding III, L.L.C. 

(Mohawk River) filed with the 

Commission, in the above-docketed 

proceedings, a long-term purchase 

power agreement under which Mohawk 

River will sell wholesale electric power 

and energy at market-based rates to 

USGen New England, Inc. directly, at 

various delivery points in the New 

England Power Pool. Mohawk River also 

requested certain waivers and 

authorizations. In particular, Mohawk 

River requested that the Commission 

grant blanket approval under 18 CFR 

part 34 of all future issuances of 

securities and assumptions of liabilities 

by Mohawk River. On December 18, 

2001, the Commission issued an order 

that accepted Mohawk River’s 

application for sales of power and 

energy at market-based rates (Order). 

The Commission’s December 18, 2001 

Order granted Mohawk River’s request 

for blanket approval under Part 34, 

subject to the conditions found in 

Appendix A in Ordering Paragraphs (2), 

(3), and (5): 

(2) Within 30 days of the date 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 Mohawk 

River 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. 

(3) Absent a request to be heard 

within the period set forth in Ordering 

Paragraph (2) above, Mohawk River is 

hereby authorized to issue securities 

and assume obligations and 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 

Mohawk River, compatible with the 

public interest, and reasonably 

necessary or appropriate for such 

purposes. 

(5) The Commission reserves the right 

to modify this order to require a further 

showing that neither public nor private 

interests will be adversely affected by 

continued Commission approval of 

Mohawk River’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 January 

17, 2002. 

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 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. 01–32183 Filed 12–31–01; 8:45 am] 

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