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1, the following tariff sheets, proposed

to become effective on February, 2001:

Seventh Revised Sheet No. 5B.05

Sixth Revised Sheet No. 5B.07

Transwestern states that the above

sheets are being filed to describe a

negotiated rate agreement with Sempra

Energy Trading Corp. in accordance

with the Commission’s Policy Statement

on Alternatives to Traditional Cost-ofService Ratemaking for Natural Gas

Pipelines.

Transwestern further states that

copies of the filing have been mailed to

each of its customers and interested

State Commissions.

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, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

in accordance with sections 385.214 or

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such motions and

protests must be filed in accordance

with section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. 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 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 in the Public Reference

Room. This filing may be viewed on the

web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/

rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance). Comments and protests 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 at

http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–3449 Filed 2–9–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER00–2413–003, et al.]

American Electric Power Service

Corporation, et al.; Electric Rate and

Corporate Regulation Filings

February 5, 2001.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. American Electric Power Service

Corporation

[Docket No. ER00–2413–003]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

American Electric Power Service

Corporation tendered for filing, on

behalf of the operating companies of the

American Electric Power System,

proposed amendments to the Open

Access Transmission Tariff, in

compliance with the Commission’s

December 29, 2000, Order Accepting for

Filing, as Modified, Revisions to Open

Access Transmission Tariff.

AEP requests effective dates of July 1,

2000.

Copies of AEP’s filing have been

served upon AEP’s transmission

customers and the public service

commissions of Arkansas, Indiana,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio,

Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West

Virginia and the Oklahoma Corporation

Commission.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. Commonwealth Edison Company

[Docket No. ER01–628–003]

Take notice that on January 30, 2001,

Commonwealth Edison Company

(ComEd), tendered for filing a second

amendment to its December 8, 2000,

filing to revise Schedules 4, 4A and 4G

to ComEd’s Open Access Transmission

Tariff (OATT). Revised Schedule 4A,

First Revised Sheet No. 125G, and

Revised Schedule 4G, First Revised

Sheet No. 125V, of ComEd’s OATT

reference the Ancillary and Other

Control Area Services Resource

Purchase Agreement (Agreement)

between ComEd and Exelon Generation,

L.L.C., filed contemporaneously in

Docket No. ER01–627–000. Pursuant to

a second informal request from the

FERC, ComEd is amending its filing in

ER01–628–000 to remove the reference

in First Revised Sheet No. 125G and

First Revised Sheet No. 125V to the

Agreement.

Comment date: February 20, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. Carolina Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER01–498–001]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Carolina Power & Light Company

(CP&L), tendered for filing a request to

withdraw its January 19, 2001,

compliance filing in the abovereferenced docket.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. Bangor Hydro-Electric Company

[Docket No. ER01–638–002]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Bangor Hydro-Electric Company

tendered for filing a revised executed

service agreement for firm point-topoint transmission service with Beaver

Wood Joint Venture. The service

agreement is revised to add the proper

designation in compliance with Order

No. 614.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. Duke Electric Transmission

[Docket No. ER01–283–002]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Duke Electric Transmission (Duke),

tendered for its compliance filing in this

proceeding.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. Exelon Generation Company, L.L.C.

[Docket No. ER00–803–004]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Exelon Generation Company, L.L.C.

(ExGen), tendered for filing a

compliance filing consisting of

corrected sheets to a Call Contract

between ExGen and PECO Energy

Company (PECO) designated as ExGen’s

Rate Schedule FERC No. 1, to be

effective on 12 January 2001.

Copies of this filing were served on

ExGen, the Pennsylvania Public Utility

Commission and parties of the service

list in this docket.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. California Department of Water

Resources, California Power Exchange

[Docket No. ER01–1116–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

the California Department of Water

Resources (DWR) tendered for filing a

Notice of Termination of its

Participation Agreement with the

California Power Exchange (PX), PX

Agreement No. 55. DWR states that it

makes this filing out of an abundance of

caution. DWR states that it has given the

PX notice of termination pursuant to the

PX Tariff, which DWR asserts should be

sufficient to effect immediate

termination.

DWR requests any waivers as may be

necessary to make this termination

effective at 0001 hours on January 31,

2001.

DWR states that this filing has been

served on the California Power

Exchange.

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Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

8. American Transmission Systems,

Inc., Ohio Edison Company, The

Cleveland Electric Illuminating

Company, The Toledo Edison Company

[Docket No. ER01–1117–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

American Transmission Systems, Inc.

tendered for filing on behalf of itself and

Ohio Edison Company, The Cleveland

Electric Illuminating Company, and The

Toledo Edison Company, a Service

Agreement for Network Integration

Service and Operating Agreement for

the Network Integration Transmission

Service under the Ohio Retail Electric

Program with AES Power Direct LLC,

pursuant to the American Transmission

Systems, Inc., Open Access Tariff. This

agreement will enable the party to

obtain Network Integration Service

under the Ohio Retail Electric Program

in accordance with the terms of the

Tariff.

The proposed effective date under

this agreement is January 8, 2001.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

9. Duke Electric Transmission, a

Division of Duke Energy

[Docket No. ER01–1118–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Duke Electric Transmission, a division

of Duke Energy Corporation (Duke),

tendered for filing a revised network

integration transmission service

agreement (NITSA) between Duke

Electric Transmission, Duke Power

Company, a division of Duke Energy

Corporation, (Duke Power), and South

Carolina Electric and Gas Company, a

division of SCANA Corporation

(SCE&G). The only rate change effected

by the NITSA relates to the direct

assignment of costs of a new delivery

point for SCE&G.

Duke Electric Transmission requests

an effective date of February 1, 2001 for

the NITSA.

Duke states that copies of this filing

have been mailed to Duke Power,

SCE&G and the South Carolina Public

Service Commission.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

10. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER01–1119–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Illinois Power Company (Illinois

Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur,

Illinois 65251–2200, tendered for filing

with the Commission seven (7) Firm

Long-Term Point-To-Point Service

Agreements entered into with Dynegy

Power Marketing, Inc. (DPM) pursuant

to Illinois Power’s Open Access

Transmission Tariff.

Illinois Power requests an effective

date of January 1, 2001 for the

Agreements and accordingly seeks a

waiver of the Commission’s notice

requirement.

Illinois Power states that a copy of

this filing has been sent to DPM.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

11. Electric Energy, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–1120–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Electric Energy, Inc. (EEInc.), tendered

for filing an executed Transmission

Service Agreement for Non-Firm Pointto-Point Transmission Service between

EEInc., and Ameren Energy, Inc.,

(Ameren). Under the Transmission

Service Agreement, EEInc., will provide

Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission

Service to Ameren pursuant to EEInc.’s

open access transmission tariff filed in

compliance with Order No. 888 and

allowed to become effective by the

Commission.

EEInc., has requested that the Service

Agreement be allowed to become

effective as of April 1, 2001.

Copies of this filing have been sent to

Ameren.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

12. Louisville Gas and Electric

Company/Kentucky Utilities Company

[Docket No. ER01–1123–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

(LG&E)/Kentucky Utilities (KU)

(hereinafter Companies), tendered for

filing an executed unilateral Service

Sales Agreement between Companies

and Powerex Corp. under the

Companies’ Rate Schedule MBSS.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. Louisville Gas and Electric

Company/Kentucky Utilities Company

[Docket No. ER01–1124–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

(LG&E)/Kentucky Utilities (KU)

(hereinafter Companies), tendered for

filing an executed transmission service

agreement with LG&E Energy Marketing,

Inc. The agreement allows LG&E Energy

Marketing, Inc., to take firm point-topoint transmission service from LG&E/

KU. The point of receipt is LG&E Energy

(LGEE) and the point of delivery is

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. Louisville Gas And Electric

Company/Kentucky Utilities Company

[Docket No. ER01–1125–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

(LG&E)/Kentucky Utilities (KU)

(hereinafter Companies), tendered for

filing an executed transmission service

agreement with LG&E Energy Marketing,

Inc. The agreement allows LG&E Energy

Marketing, Inc., to take firm point-topoint transmission service from LG&E/

KU. The point of receipt is LG&E Energy

(LGEE) and the point of delivery is

Cinergy (CIN).

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

15. Louisville Gas and Electric

Company/Kentucky Utilities Company

[Docket No. ER01–1126–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

(LG&E)/Kentucky Utilities (KU)

(hereinafter Companies), tendered for

filing an executed transmission service

agreement with LG&E Energy Marketing,

Inc. The agreement allows LG&E Energy

Marketing, Inc., to take firm point-topoint transmission service from LG&E/

KU. The point of receipt is LG&E Energy

OASIS #69418706 (LGEE) and the point

of delivery is Electric Energy Inc., (EEI).

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

16. Louisville Gas and Electric

Company/Kentucky Utilities Company

[Docket No. ER01–1127–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

(LG&E)/Kentucky Utilities (KU)

(hereinafter Companies), tendered for

filing an executed transmission service

agreement with LG&E Energy Marketing,

Inc. The agreement allows LG&E Energy

Marketing, Inc., to take firm point-topoint transmission service from LG&E/

KU. The point of receipt is LG&E Energy

(LGEE) OASIS #69459535 and OASIS

#69459534 and the point of delivery is

American Electric Power (AEP).

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

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17. Monroe Power Company

[Docket No. ER01–1128–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Monroe Power Company (Monroe),

tendered for filing First Revised Service

Agreement No. 3 (Revised Agreement)

between Monroe and the Municipal

Electric Authority of Georgia (MEAG)

under Monroe’s market-based sales

tariff, FERC Electric Tariff, Original

Volume No. 1. The Revised Agreement

provides for the sale of output of the

Monroe Unit (Unit) from Monroe to

MEAG. The revisions include special

provisions for the period commencing

January 2, 2001 until such time as

repairs to the Unit’s turbine blades and

other repairs are made to restore the

Unit to full operational capacity.

Monroe respectfully requested that

the Revised Agreement become effective

on January 2, 2001.

Copies of the filing were served upon

the North Carolina Utilities

Commission, the South Carolina Public

Service Commission, the Georgia Public

Service Commission and MEAG.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

18. Duke Energy Power Marketing, LLC

[Docket No. ER01–1129–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Duke Energy Power Marketing, LLC

(DEPM), tendered for filing pursuant to

Section 205 of the Federal Power Act its

proposed FERC Electric Tariff, Original

Volume No. 1. DEPM seeks authority to

sell energy and capacity, as well as

ancillary services, at market-based rates,

together with certain waivers and

preapprovals. DEPM also seeks

authority to sell, assign, or transfer

transmission rights that it may acquire

in the course of its marketing activities.

DEPM seeks an effective date 60 days

from the date of filing for its proposed

rate schedules.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

19. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–1130–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy),

tendered for filing a Network Service

Agreement, Network Operating

Agreement, and Specifications for

Network Integration Service under

Cinergy’s Open Access Transmission

Tariff (OATT) entered into between

Cinergy and The Village of Hamersville.

An application for Network Integration

Service for The Village of Hamersville,

Ohio has been included as an Exhibit to

the Service Agreement under OATT.

Copies of the filing were served upon

The Village of Hamersville, Ohio.

Cinergy and The Village of

Hamersville are requesting an effective

date of January 1, 2001.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

20. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–1131–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy),

tendered for filing a Network Service

Agreement, Network Operating

Agreement, and Specifications for

Network Integration Service under

Cinergy’s Open Access Transmission

Tariff (OATT) entered into between

Cinergy and The Village of Georgetown.

An application for Network

Integration Service for The Village of

Georgetown, Ohio has been included as

an Exhibit to the Service Agreement

under OATT.

Copies of the filing were served upon

The Village of Georgetown, Ohio.

Cinergy and The Village of

Georgetown are requesting an effective

date of January 1, 2001.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

21. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–1132–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy),

tendered for filing a Network Service

Agreement, Network Operating

Agreement, and Specifications for

Network Integration Service under

Cinergy’s Open Access Transmission

Tariff (OATT) entered into between

Cinergy and The Village of Ripley.

An application for Network

Integration Service for The Village of

Ripley, Ohio has been included as an

Exhibit to the Service Agreement under

OATT.

Copies of the filing were served upon

The Village of Ripley, Ohio.

Cinergy and The Village of Ripley are

requesting an effective date of January 1,

2001.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

22. Deseret Generation & Transmission

Co-operative, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–1133–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Deseret Generation & Transmission Cooperative, Inc. (Deseret), tendered for

filing a long-term Service Agreement

between Deseret and Kanab City, Utah.

Deseret requests that the Commission

accept this filing as a service agreement

under the Company’s Market-Based Rate

Tariff, designated Service Agreement

No. 6 to FERC Electric Tariff, Original

Volume No. 3.

Deseret requests an effective date of

January 3, 2001.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

23. Canal Electric Company

[Docket No. ER01–1134–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Canal Electric Company (Canal),

tendered for filing the Seventh

Amendment to the Power Contract

between Canal and its retail affiliates

Cambridge Electric Light Company and

Commonwealth Electric Company

(Canal Rate Schedule FERC No. 33, the

Seabrook Power Contract). The Seventh

Amendment updates the Seabrook

Power Contract’s Composite Cost of

Capital provision to reflect Canal’s

retirement of long-term debt and

substitution of the long-term debt rate of

Canal’s parent company, NSTAR. The

Seventh Amendment also updates the

schedule of annual decommissioning

expenses to reflect Canal’s current

obligation as determined by the New

Hampshire Nuclear Decommissioning

Financing Committee.

Canal requests an effective date of

January 1, 2001.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

24. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–1135–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy),

tendered for filing a Network Service

Agreement, Network Operating

Agreement, and Specifications for

Network Integration Service under

Cinergy’s Open Access Transmission

Tariff (OATT) entered into between

Cinergy and The Village of Bethel.

An application for Network

Integration Service for The Village of

Bethel, Ohio has been included as an

Exhibit to the Service Agreement under

OATT.

Copies of the filing were served upon

The Village of Bethel, Ohio.

Cinergy and The Village of Bethel are

requesting an effective date of January 1,

2001.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

25. Ameren Services Company

[Docket No. ER01–1136–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Ameren Services Company (ASC),

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tendered for filing an unexecuted

Service Agreement for Network

Integration Transmission Service and an

unexecuted Network Operating

Agreement between ASC and Rolla

Municipal Utilities (Rolla). ASC asserts

that the purpose of the Agreement is to

permit ASC to provide transmission

service to Rolla pursuant to Ameren’s

Open Access Tariff.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

26. Central Illinois Light Company

[Docket No. ER01–1137–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Central Illinois Light Company (CILCO),

300 Liberty Street, Peoria, Illinois

61602, tendered for filing with the

Commission an Interconnection

Agreement with the Village of Riverton

for Interconnection.

CILCO requested an effective date of

March 1, 2001.

Copies of the filing were served on the

affected customer and the Illinois

Commerce Commission.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

27. Duquesne Light Company

[Docket No. ER01–1138–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Duquesne Light Company (Duquesne),

tendered for filing under Duquesne’s

market-based rate tariff a long-term

service agreement, the Revised QF

Agency Agreement between Duquesne

and Orion Power Midwest, L.P., (Orion

Midwest).

Duquesne has requested that the

Commission waive its notice

requirements to allow the Service

Agreement to become effective as of

January 31, 2001.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

28. Ameren Services Company

[Docket No. ER01–1139–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Ameren Services Company (ASC),

tendered for filing notice that effective

as of January 1, 2001 the Long-Term

Firm Point-to-Point Transmission

Service Agreement dated August 18,

2000 (Docket No. ER00–369) filed with

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission by Ameren Services

Company is to be canceled.

Notice of the proposed cancellation

has been served upon Tenaska Power

Service Company.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

29. American Transmission Systems,

Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–1140–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

American Transmission Systems,

Incorporated tendered for filing revised

specifications to its service agreements

with American Municipal Power-Ohio,

Inc., Detroit Edison Company, and

FirstEnergy Corp., for firm Point-toPoint Transmission Service.

Copies of this filing have been served

on the counter-parties, and the public

utilities commissions of Ohio and

Pennsylvania.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

30. Ameren Services Company

[Docket No. ER01–1141–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Ameren Service Company (ASC),

tendered for filing Service Agreements

for Long-Term Firm Point-to-Point

Transmission Services between ASC

and Dynegy Power Marketing, Inc., and

Aquila Energy Marketing Corp. ASC

asserts that the purpose of the

Agreement is to permit ASC to provide

transmission service to the parties

pursuant to Ameren’s Open Access

Transmission Tariff.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

31. Commonwealth Edison Company

[Docket No. ER01–1142–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Commonwealth Edison Company

(ComEd), tendered for filing two revised

Firm Service Agreements with

Commonwealth Edison Company, in its

Wholesale Merchant Function (WMD),

under the terms of ComEd’s Open

Access transmission tariff (OATT).

ComEd requests an effective date of

January 1, 2001 for the revised Service

Agreements, and accordingly, seeks

waiver of the Commission’s notice

requirements.

Copies of this filing were served on

WMD.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

32. MidAmerican Energy Company

[Docket No. ER01–1143–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

MidAmerican Energy Company

(MidAmerican), 666 Grand Avenue, Des

Moines, Iowa 50303 tendered for filing

with the Commission a First Revised

Partial Requirements Wholesale Service

Agreement dated January 11, 2001 with

the City of Fonda, Iowa entered into

pursuant to MidAmerican’s Rate

Schedule for Power Sales, FERC Electric

Tariff, Original Volume No. 7 (Tariff).

MidAmerican requests an effective

date of January 1, 2001 for this

Agreement, and accordingly seeks a

waiver of the Commission’s notice

requirement.

MidAmerican has served a copy of the

filing on the City of Fonda, Iowa, the

Iowa Utilities Board, the Illinois

Commerce Commission and the South

Dakota Public Utilities Commission.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

33. Central Maine Power Company

[Docket No. ER01–1144–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Central Maine Power Company (CMP),

tendered for filing as an initial rate

schedule pursuant to Section 35.12 of

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (the Commission)

Regulations, 18 CFR 35.12, an

unexecuted interconnection agreement

(the Unexecuted IA) and an unexecuted

Form of Service Agreement for NonFirm Local Point-to-Point Transmission

Service (the Unexecuted TSA) between

CMP and Abbott’s Mill Hydro (Abbott’s

Mill). These agreements are intended to

replace the Purchased Power Agreement

between the parties, which expired on

May 31, 2000.

CMP is requesting that the

Unexecuted IA and the Unexecuted

TSA become effective January 1, 2001.

Copies of this filing have been served

upon the Commission, the Maine Public

Utilities Commission, and Abbott’s Mill.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

34. Central Maine Power Company

[Docket No. ER01–1145–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Central Maine Power Company (CMP),

tendered for filing pursuant to Section

205 Federal Power Act (FPA) of the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission or FERC), Central Maine

Company (CMP) submits to the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission a

Settlement and Release Agreements

between Central Maine Power Company

(CMP or Central Maine) and Engage

Energy America Corp. (Engage)

(collectively referred to hereinafter as

the Parties).

CMP respectfully requests that the

Commission, accept both Settlement

and Release Agreements, as effective

December 29, 2000, without

modification or condition; and Grant

waiver of any and all requirements,

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1CIG’s application was filed with the

Commission under Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas

Act and Subpart A of Part 157 of the Commission’s

regulations.

2CIG’s Front Range Expansion proposal, filed

with the Commission in Docket No. CP01–1–000 on

October 2, 2000, included construction of the new

6,675-hp Fort Lupton Compressor Station.

including the Commission’s notice

requirements for good cause, for both

Settlement and Release Agreements to

become effective.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

35. New England Power Pool

[Docket No. ER01–1146–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

the New England Power Pool (NEPOOL)

Participants Committee tendered for

filing changes to Market Rules 2,

Appendix 2–A, 6, 9, and 20–I to become

effective as of April 1, 2001.

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.

Comment date: February 21, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

36. Southern Company Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–1150–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 2001,

Southern Company Services, Inc., as

agent for Georgia Power Company

(Georgia Power), tendered for filing the

Purchased Power Agreement between

Georgia Power and North Carolina

Municipal Power Agency No. 1

(NCMPA1), dated March 17, 2000 (the

Agreement), pursuant to the

Commission’s authorization for Georgia

Power to sell power at market rates

under the Market-Based Rate Tariff,

FERC Electric Tariff, First Revised

Volume No. 4 (Supersedes Original

Volume No. 4). The Agreement provides

the general terms and conditions for

capacity and associated energy sales

from Georgia Power to NCMPA1

commencing on January 1, 2001.

Comment date: February 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 these filings are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection. This filing may also be

viewed on the Internet at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–3423 Filed 2–9–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–45–000]

Colorado Interstate Gas Company;

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Assessment for the

Proposed Valley Line Expansion

Project, Request for Comments on

Environmental Issues, and Notice of

Public Scoping Meetings and Route

Inspection

February 6, 2001.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) will prepare an

environmental assessment (EA) that will

discuss the environmental impacts of

the Valley Line Expansion Project,

involving construction and operation of

facilities by Colorado Interstate Gas

Company (CIG) along the eastern slope

of the Rocky Mountain Front Range in

Colorado.1 These facilities would

consist of about 119 miles of 20- and 24-

inch-diameter pipeline in two sections

and 4,450 horsepower (hp) of

compression to be added at the recentlyproposed Fort Lupton Compressor

Station.2 This EA will be used by the

Commission in its decision-making

process to determine whether the

project is in the public convenience and

necessity.

If you are a landowner receiving this

notice, you may be contacted by a

pipeline company representative about

the acquisition of an easement to

construct, operate, and maintain the

proposed facilities. The pipeline

company would seek to negotiate a

mutually acceptable agreement.

However, if the project is approved by

the Commission, that approval conveys

with it the right of eminent domain.

Therefore, if easement negotiations fail

to produce an agreement, the pipeline

company could initiate condemnation

proceedings in accordance with state

law.

A fact sheet prepared by the FERC

entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas

Facility On My Land? What Do I Need

To Know?’’ was attached to the project

notice CIG provided to landowners.

This fact sheet addresses a number of

typically asked questions, including the

use of eminent domain and how to

participate in the Commission’s

proceedings. It is available for viewing

on the FERC Internet website, http://

www.ferc.fed.us.

Summary of the Proposed Project

CIG wants to expand the capacity of

its existing natural gas transmissions

system along the eastern slope of the

Rocky Mountain Front Range in

Colorado. The primary purpose of the

expansion is to meet additional natural

gas fuel requirements for electric power

generation. Secondarily, this proposal

would provide a limited amount of

additional capacity to local natural gas

distribution systems for meeting

increased demand along the portion of

CIG’s Valley Line between its Watkins

Compressor Station and El Paso County

south of Colorado Springs. The

expansion would enable CIG to

transport an additional 278.8 million

cubic feet of natural gas per day (MMcf/

d) on the portion of its system between

the Cheyenne Hub in northern Weld

County and its Watkins Compressor

Station, and an additional 344.4 MMcf/

d on the portion of the Valley Line

which the new pipeline would parallel.

To support the expansion, CIG seeks

authority to construct and operate:

• About 35.1 miles of 24-inchdiameter looping pipeline between

CIG’s existing Ault Meter Station and

the Fort Lupton Compressor Station, all

in Weld County, Colorado;

• Two new natural gas-fired

reciprocating engine-driven

compressors, totaling 4,450 horsepower

at CIG’s proposed Fort Lupton

Compressor Station in Weld County,

Colorado;

• About 84 miles of 20-inch-diameter

pipeline which would generally parallel

CIG’s existing Valley Line between it’s

Watkins Compressor Station in southern

Adams County east of Denver and a

location adjacent to the existing Nixon

Power Plant in El Paso County south of

Colorado Springs; and

• Appurtenant and ancillary

facilities, including cathodic protection

systems (rectifier/groundbed facilities

and aboveground test stations); pig