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added to the cooling system to

compensate for evaporative losses

(make-up water) and blowdown.

Blowdown is the water bled from the

cooling system to limit the build-up of

salts. Blowdown would be conveyed by

pipeline to Madison Farms, located

approximately 3 miles south of the

proposed generating project, where it

would be applied to crops.

The proposed Umatilla Generating

Project would deliver electric power to

the regional power grid at BPA’s

McNary Substation in Umatilla using

the Umatilla Electric Cooperative’s

existing Westland-McNary

Transmission Line. A new 230-kilovolt

(kV) radial transmission line tap would

be constructed to connect the

switchyard at the proposed Umatilla

Generating Project to the WestlandMcNary Transmission Line. Presently,

the transmission line consists of one

115-kV circuit and one 230-kV circuit.

The existing 115-kV line would be

removed and replaced with a 230-kV

line. BPA would modify the McNary

Substation to accept electric power from

the Umatilla Generating Project.

In addition, the section of the 115–kV

transmission line between the Umatilla

Generating Project and the Hermiston

Generating Plant would be

reconductored for 230 kV. This portion

of the circuit reconductoring would

increase the overall efficiency and

reliability of the transmission line.

B. Process to Date. BPA is the lead

Federal agency for the project EIS. The

State of Oregon Energy Facility Siting

Council is currently evaluating the

Application for a Site Certificate for the

Umatilla Generating Project submitted

by the Umatilla Generating Company,

L.P. Oregon’s site evaluation process,

like NEPA, provides opportunity for

public participation. Umatilla

Generating Company, L.P., held a public

informational meeting on December 7,

2000. Umatilla Generating Company,

L.P., expects to submit an application

for Air Contaminant Discharge and

Prevention of Significant Deterioration

Permit for the proposed project to the

Oregon Department of Environmental

Quality in January 2001.

C. Alternatives Proposed for

Consideration. Alternatives thus far

identified for evaluation in the EIS are:

(1) The proposed action, and (2) no

action. Other alternatives may be

identified through the scoping process.

D. Identification of Environmental

Issues. BPA intends to prepare an EIS

addressing both the Umatilla Generating

Project and the associated electric

power interconnection facilities. BPA

decided to prepare the EIS for two

reasons: (1) The Umatilla Generating

Project would depend on the

modifications at BPA’s McNary

Substation to connect with BPA’s

transmission grid, and (2) no other

Federal or State agency is currently

preparing an EIS on the proposed

project. Because no other EIS is being

prepared, the scope of BPA’s EIS will

cover both the interconnection elements

and the Umatilla Generating Project.

The principal issues identified thus

far for consideration in the Draft EIS

with respect to the Umatilla Generating

Project are as follows: (1) Air quality

impacts, (2) noise impacts from plant

operation, (3) aesthetic impacts, (4)

socioeconomic impacts created by an

influx of construction workers into a

sparsely populated area, and (5) impacts

on wildlife habitat. The principal issues

identified thus far for consideration in

the Draft EIS with respect to the electric

power transmission facilities are as

follows: (1) Impacts of transmission line

construction on wetlands and wildlife

habitat, (2) aesthetic impacts, and (3)

cultural resource impacts.

These issues, together with any

additional significant issues identified

through the scoping process, will be

addressed in the EIS.

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on December

27, 2000.

Stephen J. Wright,

Acting Administrator and Chief Executive

Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–442 Filed 1–5–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER01–627–001, et al.]

Commonwealth Edison Company, et

al.; Electric Rate and Corporate

Regulation Filings

January 2, 2001.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Commonwealth Edison Company

[Docket No. ER01–627–001]

Take notice that on December 21,

2000, Exelon Corporation (Exelon), on

behalf of its subsidiaries,

Commonwealth Edison Company

(ComEd) and Exelon Generation, L.L.C.

(Exelon Generation), tendered for filing

an amendment to its December 8, 2000,

filing of a form of agreement entitled

Ancillary and Other Control Area

Services Resource Purchase Agreement

(hereafter the Agreement). Due to an

administrative oversight, the Agreement

references various Schedules which

were inadvertently omitted in Exelon’s

December 8, 2000 filing. Per an informal

request of FERC Staff, ComEd is

accordingly submitting with this

transmittal letter the Agreement, along

with the previously omitted Schedules

referenced in said Agreement.

FERC Staff has advised ComEd that

making this amended filing should not

affect the effective date of January 1,

2001 requested by ComEd in its

December 8, 2000 filing in this docket.

Comment date: January 11, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. Commonwealth Edison Company

[Docket No. ER01–628–001]

Take notice that on December 21,

2000, Commonwealth Edison Company

(ComEd) tendered for filing an

amendment to its December 8, 2000,

filing to revise Schedules 4, 4A and 4G

to ComEd’s Open Access Transmission

Tariff (OATT). Second Revised Sheet

No. 124 of ComEd’s OATT references

Schedule 1 of 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 with the

revisions to Schedules 4, 4A and 4G. Per

an informal request of FERC Staff,

ComEd is amending its filing to include

Schedule 1 of the Agreement as

Attachment A to Schedule 4, instead of

merely referencing it in Schedule 4 to

ComEd’s OATT.

Comment date: January 11, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. Southwestern Electric Power

Company

[Docket No. ER01–651–001]

Take notice that on December 21,

2000, Southwestern Electric Power

Company (SWEPCO) tendered for filing

in this subdocket rate sheets reflecting

a proposed fixed return on common

equity (ROE) to be used in establishing

estimated and final redetermined

formula rates for wholesale service to

the City of Bentonville, Arkansas

(Bentonville). SWEPCO currently

provides service to Bentonville and its

other wholesale formula rate customers

under contracts which provide for

periodic changes in rates and charges

determined in accordance with cost-ofservice formulas, including a formulaic

determination of the ROE. SWEPCO has

proposed in this docket to replace the

formulaic ROE with a fixed ROE. The

filing in this subdocket is solely to file

the proposed Bentonville rate sheets

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that have been conformed to Order No.

614.

SWEPCO seeks an effective date of

January 1, 2001 and, accordingly, seeks

waiver of the Commission’s notice

requirements. Copies of the filing were

served on Bentonville, all parties to this

proceeding and the Arkansas Public

Service Commission.

Comment date: January 11, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. Tampa Electric Company

[Docket No. ER01–713–001]

Take notice that on December 21,

2000, Tampa Electric Company (Tampa

Electric) tendered for filing a service

agreement with Enron Power Marketing,

Inc. (Enron) under Tampa Electric’s

market-based sales tariff. Tampa Electric

submitted an amended service

agreement designation on December 21,

2000.

Tampa Electric proposes that the

service agreement be made effective on

December 1, 2000, and gives notice of

its termination as of January 1, 2001.

Copies of the filing have been served

on Enron and the Florida Public Service

Commission.

Comment date: January 11, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER01–740–000]

Take notice that on December 21,

2000, Illinois Power Company (Illinois

Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur,

Illinois 65251–2200, filed with the

Commission a Service Agreement for

Firm Short-Term Point-To-Point

Transmission Service with Wisconsin

Public Service Corporation (WPS)

entered into pursuant to Illinois Power’s

Open Access Transmission Tariff. Also

on December 22, 2000, Illinois Power

filed a letter clarifying a statement in its

request for waiver filed with the abovementioned Service Agreement.

Illinois Power requests an effective

date of November 9, 2000 for the

Agreement and accordingly seeks a

waiver of the Commission’s notice

requirement based on extraordinary

circumstances.

Illinois Power has served a copy of

the filing on WPS.

Comment date: January 11, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. California Independent System

Operator Corporation

[Docket No. ER01–724–000]

Take notice that on December 21,

2000, the California Independent

System Operator Corporation (ISO),

tendered for filing a revision to the

Transmission Control Agreement (TCA)

for acceptance by the Commission. The

ISO states that the purpose of the

amendment is (1) to clarify

responsibilities in the TCA concerning

the ISO Maintenance Standards and to

include a new Appendix F identifying

the persons to contact at each party for

notice purposes; (2) to address the

Commission’s statement in MidContinent Area Power Pool, 92 FERC

¶ 61,229 that contractual arrangements

involving regional transmission service

should be crafted to ensure that

responsibilities of all parties with

respect to issues such as refunds are

delineated in advance; (3) to clarify four

provisions of the current TCA in

response to issues raised by the City of

Vernon, California (Vernon), which has

applied to become a Participating

Transmission Owner; and (4) to identify

the transmission interests that Vernon

would be turning over to the ISO’s

Operational Control if Vernon executes

the amended TCA unconditionally.

The ISO states that this filing has been

served the Public Utilities Commission

of California, the California Energy

Commission, the California Electricity

Oversight Board, and all parties,

including Vernon, with effective

Scheduling Coordinator Agreements

under the ISO Tariff.

The ISO is requesting waiver of the

60-day notice requirement to allow the

TCA to be made effective January 1,

2001.

Comment date: January 11, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. Wisconsin Electric Power Company

[Docket No. ER01–252–001]

Take notice that on December 21,

2000, Wisconsin Electric Power

Company (Wisconsin Electric)

submitted a filing containing

designations pursuant to Order No. 614,

in compliance with the letter order

issued December 11, 2000 in Docket No.

ER01–252–000 in which the

Commission accepted the filing,

effective January 1, 2001.

Comment date: January 11, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

8. Citizens Communications Company

[Docket No. ER01–249–001]

Take notice that on December 21,

2000, in compliance with the

Commission’s December 6, 2000 letter

order in this proceeding, Citizens

Communications Company filed on a

non-confidential basis an Agreement to

sell to Select Energy, Inc. a portion of

its energy entitlement pursuant to the

Firm Energy Contract between NEPOOL

Phase II Participants and HydroQuebec,

dated October 4, 1984.

A copy of this filing was served on the

service list in this docket, and on Select

Energy, Inc. In addition, a copy of the

rate schedule is available for inspection

at the offices of Citizens’ Vermont

Electric Division during regular

business hours.

Comment date: January 11, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

9. FirstEnergy Operating Companies

[Docket No. ER00–3771–002]

Take notice that on December 21,

2000, The Cleveland Electric

Illuminating Company, Ohio Edison

Company, Pennsylvania Power

Company and The Toledo Edison

Company (collectively, the FirstEnergy

Operating Companies) tendered for

filing their FERC Electric Tariff, First

Revised Volume No. 3, pursuant to

which they are offering to make

available ancillary services and

interconnected operations services. The

FirstEnergy Operating Companies state

that this tariff contains modifications to

a tariff submitted in September 2000

that were required by the Order

Accepting for Filing, as Modified,

Proposed Tariff and Service Agreement

which was issued in this proceeding on

November 22, 2000.

Comment date: January 11, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

10. New England Power Pool

[Docket No. ER00–3577–003]

Take notice that on December 22,

2000, the New England Power Pool

(NEPOOL) Participants Committee and

ISO New England Inc. submitted a joint

report of compliance in response to

requirements of the Commission’s

November 22, 2000 order in Docket No.

ER00–3577–000. New England Power

Pool, 93 FERC ¶ 61,195 (2000).

The NEPOOL Participants Committee

states that copies of these materials were

sent to all persons identified on the

service list in the captioned proceeding,

the NEPOOL Participants and the six

New England state governors and

regulatory commissions.

Comment date: January 11, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

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11. Sithe Edgar LLC; Sithe New Boston

LLC; Sithe Framingham LLC; Sithe

West Medway LLC; Sithe Wyman LLC;

Sithe Mystic LLC; AG-Energy, L.P.;

Power City Partners, L.P.; Seneca

Power Partners, L.P.; Sterling Power

Partners, L.P.; Sithe Power Marketing,

L.P.; Sithe Power Marketing, Inc.

[Docket No. ER00–3691–001]

Take notice that on December 21,

2000, the above referenced applicants

(the Sithe Jurisdictional Affiliates) filed

with the Commission proposed rate

schedule designations in compliance

with Order No. 614, and the Order

issued in this proceeding on November

24, 2000.

Comment date: January 11, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

12. Commonwealth Edison Company

[Docket Nos. ER00–2814–003]

Take notice that on December 21,

2000, Commonwealth Edison Company

(ComEd) submitted for filing an

executed Dynamic Scheduling

Agreement (Agreement) with its

Wholesale Merchant Function Division

(WMD) under ComEd’s Open Access

Transmission Tariff (OATT) in

compliance with the Commission’s

December 14, 2000 Order issued in

Docket Nos. ER00–2814–000, ER00–

2814–001, and ER00–2814–002.

Commonwealth Edison Company, 93

FERC & 61,271 (2000).

Comment date: January 11, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. UtiliCorp United Inc.

[Docket No. ER99–203–002]

Take notice that on December 22,

2000, UtiliCorp United Inc. filed the

required three-year updated market

analysis in this docket.

Comment date: January 12, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. Bangor Energy Resale, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–459–009]

Take notice that on December 22,

2000, Bangor Energy Resale, Inc.

(Bangor Energy) filed an updated market

analysis as required by the

Commission’s December 23, 1997 order

in Docket No. ER98–459–000 granting

Bangor Energy market based rate

authority.

Comment date: January 12, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

15. Wolverine Power Supply

Cooperative, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–411–010]

Take notice that on December 22,

2000, Wolverine Power Supply

Cooperative, Inc. (Wolverine), filed a

revised Generation Market Dominance

Analysis, in compliance with the

Commission’s Order in Wolverine

Power Supply Cooperative, Inc., 81

FERC ¶ 61,369 (1997).

Comment date: January 12, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

16. Dynegy Roseton, L.L.C.

[Docket No. EG01–80–000]

Take notice that on December 21,

2000, Dynegy Roseton, L.L.C., 1000

Louisiana, Suite 5800, Houston, Texas

filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission an application for

determination of exempt wholesale

generator status pursuant to Part 365 of

the Commission’s Regulations.

Dynegy Roseton, L.L.C. is a Delaware

limited liability company, and is

engaged directly and exclusively in

owning and/or operating an electric

generating facility in New York, and

selling electric energy at wholesale.

Comment date: January 23, 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.

17. Harquahala Generating Company,

LLC

[Docket No. EG01–81–000]

Take notice that on December 21,

2000, Harquahala Generating Company,

LLC (Harquahala), a limited liability

company with its principal place of

business at 7500 Old Georgetown Road,

Bethesda, Maryland 20814, filed with

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission an application for

determination of exempt wholesale

generator status pursuant to Part 365 of

the Commission’s regulations.

Harquahala proposes to construct,

own or lease and operate a natural gasfired, combined cycle power plant of

approximately 1050 MW capacity in

Maricopa County, Arizona. The

proposed power plant is expected to

commence commercial operation in

2003. All output from the plant will be

sold by Harquahala exclusively at

wholesale.

Comment date: January 22, 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.

18. Dynegy Danskammer, L.L.C.

[Docket No. EG01–82–000]

Take notice that on December 21,

2000, Dynegy Danskammer, L.L.C., 1000

Louisiana, Suite 5800, Houston, Texas

filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission an application for

determination of exempt wholesale

generator status pursuant to Part 365 of

the Commission’s Regulations.

Dynegy Danskammer, L.L.C. is a

Delaware limited liability company, and

is engaged directly and exclusively in

owning and/or operating an electric

generating facility in New York, and

selling electric energy at wholesale.

Comment date: January 23, 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.

Standard Paragraphs

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).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–439 Filed 1–5–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER01–739–000, et al.]

Duke Electric Transmission, et al.;

Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation

Filings

December 29, 2000.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission: