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for filing a protest, the instant request

shall be treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act. 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. 01–4575 Filed 2–23–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EL01–38–000, et al.]

UGI Utilities, Inc., et al.; Electric Rate

and Corporate Regulation Filings

February 16, 2001.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. UGI Utilities, Inc.; Metropolitan

Edison Company; Pennsylvania Electric

Company; PECO Energy Company; and

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation,

Complainants, v. PJM Interconnection,

L.L.C. and Utility.com, Inc.,

Respondents

[Docket No. EL01–38–000]

Take notice that on February 15, 2001,

UGI Utilities, Inc., Metropolitan Edison

Company, Pennsylvania Electric

Company, PECO Energy Company, and

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation,

tendered for filing a complaint with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

requesting an order finding violations

by PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., and

Utility.com, Inc., of their obligations

under PJM’s tariffs and other governing

agreements and ordering appropriate

relief. The Complainants request the

Commission to act on the complaint on

a fast track basis in accordance with the

provisions of 18 CFR 385.206(h).

Comment date: March 8, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice. Answers to the

complaint shall also be filed on or

before March 8, 2001.

2. Allegheny Energy Service

Corporation, on behalf of Monongahela

Power Company, The Potomac Edison

Company, and West Penn Power

Company (Allegheny Power)

[Docket No. ER01–1217–000]

Take notice that on February 12, 2001,

Allegheny Energy Service Corporation

on behalf of Monongahela Power

Company, The Potomac Edison

Company, and West Penn Power

Company (Allegheny Power), filed two

Interconnection Agreements

(Agreements) with Dominion

Equipment, Inc. as Service Agreement

Nos. 339 and 340 under Allegheny

Power’s Open Access Transmission

Tariff.

The proposed effective dates under

the Agreements are no later than

October 17, 2001 for Service Agreement

No. 339 and no later than March 1, 2002

for Service Agreement No. 340, or a date

ordered by the Commission.

Copies of the filing have been

provided to the Public Utilities

Commission of Ohio, the Pennsylvania

Public Utility Commission, the

Maryland Public Service Commission,

the Virginia State Corporation

Commission, and the West Virginia

Public Service Commission.

Comment date: March 5, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. Western Systems Power Pool

[Docket No. ER91–195–042]

Take notice that on May 1, 2000,

Western Systems Power Pool (WSPP),

tendered for filing certain information

as required by Ordering Paragraph (D) of

the Commission’s June 27, 1991 Order

(55 FERC ¶ 61,495) and Ordering

Paragraph (C) of the Commission’s June

1, 1992 Order on Rehearing Denying

Request Not to Submit Information, and

Granting and Denying In Part Privileged

Treatment. Pursuant to 18 CFR 385.211

(1999), WSPP has requested privileged

treatment for some of the information

filed consistent with the June 1, 1992

order.

Copies of WSPP’s informational filing

are on file with the Commission, and

the non-privileged portions are available

for public inspection.

Comment date: February 26, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. Western Systems Power Pool

[Docket Nos. ER91–195–043; ER91–195–044;

and ER91–195–045]

Take notice that on January 30, 2001,

the Western Systems Power Pool

(WSPP), tendered for filing certain

information as required by Ordering

Paragraph (D) of the Commission’s June

27, 1991 Order (55 FERC ¶ 61,495) and

Ordering Paragraph (C) of the

Commission’s and Granting In Part and

Denying in Part Privileged Treatment.

Pursuant to 18 CFR 385.211(1999),

WSPP has requested privileged

treatment for some of the information

filed consistent with the June 1, 1992

order.

Copies of the WSPP’s informational

filing are on file with the Commission,

and the non-privileged portions are

available for public inspection.

Comment date: February 26, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. MidAmerican Energy Company

[Docket No. ES01–20–000]

Take notice that on February 8, 2001,

MidAmerican Energy Company

submitted an application pursuant to

section 204 of the Federal Power Act

seeking authorization to issue

promissory notes and other evidences of

short-term indebtedness, from time to

time, in an aggregate principal amount

of up to $500 million outstanding at any

one time, on or before April 15, 2003.

Comment date: March 9, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. Arizona Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER01–463–002]

Take notice that on February 13, 2001,

Arizona Public Service Company (APS),

tendered for filing its Compliance to

FERC Order ER01–463–000.

A copy of this filing has been served

on all parties on the official service list.

Comment date: March 6, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. ISO New England, Inc.

[Docket No. ER00–395–005]

Take notice January 30, 2001, ISO

New England, Inc., (ISO), tendered for

filing Index of Customers for 4th

Quarter of 2000.

Comment date: February 26, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

8. Carolina Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER01–893–001]

Take notice that on February 13, 2001,

Carolina Power & Light Company

(CP&L), tendered for filing an

amendment to the filing in this Docket

as Ordered by The Commission.

Copies of the filing were served upon

the North Carolina Utilities Commission

and the South Carolina Public Service

Commission.

Comment date: March 6, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

9. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER01–1224–000]

Take notice that on February 13, 2001,

Illinois Power Company (Illinois

Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur,

Illinois 65251–2200, tendered for filing

with the Commission a Service

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Agreement for Network Integration

Transmission Service and Operating

Agreement entered into by Illinois

Power and Illinois Power, as retail

merchant, pursuant to Illinois Power’s

Open Access Transmission Tariff.

Illinois Power requests an effective

date of February 1, 2001 for the

Agreements and accordingly seeks a

waiver of the Commission’s notice

requirement.

Comment date: March 6, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

10. Xcel Energy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–1225–000]

Take notice that on February 13, 2001,

Xcel Energy Services Inc. (XES), on

behalf of Public Service Company of

Colorado (Public Service), tendered for

filing an executed umbrella service

agreement between Public Service and

Northern States Power Company under

Public Service’s Rate Schedule for the

Sale, Assignment, or Transfer of

Transmission Rights.

Comment date: March 6, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

11. Entergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–1226–000]

Take notice that on February 13, 2001,

Entergy Services, Inc., on behalf of

Entergy Arkansas, Inc., Entergy Gulf

States, Inc., Entergy Louisiana, Inc.,

Entergy Mississippi, Inc., and Entergy

New Orleans, Inc., (collectively, the

Entergy Operating Companies), tendered

for filing a Non-Firm Point-To-Point

Transmission Service Agreement and a

Short-Term Firm Point-To-Point

Transmission Service Agreement both

between Entergy Services, Inc., as agent

for the Entergy Operating Companies,

and Ameren Energy Marketing

Company.

Comment date: March 6, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

12. Puget Sound Energy, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–1227–000]

Take notice that on February 13, 2001,

Puget Sound Energy, Inc., as

Transmission Provider, tendered for

filing a Service Agreement for LongTerm Firm Point-To-Point Transmission

Service with Idaho Power Company

(Idaho Power), as Transmission

Customer.

A copy of the filing was served upon

Idaho Power.

Comment date: March 6, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. Avista Corporation

[Docket No. ER01–1228–000]

Take notice that on February 13, 2001,

Avista Corporation (Avista), tendered

for filing notice that the Mutual Netting

Agreement assigned Rate Schedule

FERC No. 251, previously filed with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

by Avista Corporation, formerly known

as The Washington Water Power

Company, under the Commission’s

Docket No. ER98–4413–000 with

Illinova Energy Partners, Inc. is to be

terminated, effective February 16, 2001

by the request of Illinova Energy

Partners, Inc., pursuant to its letter

dated February 5, 2001.

Notice of the cancellation has been

served upon Illinova Energy Partners,

Inc.

Comment date: March 6, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. Pacific Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER01–1230–000]

Take notice that on February 13, 2001,

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

(PG&E), tendered for filing a Generator

Special Facilities Agreement (GSFA)

between PG&E and Duke Energy Moss

Landing, LLC (Duke) providing for

Special Facilities and the parallel

operation of Duke’s generating facility

and the PG&E-owned electric system.

This GSFA permits PG&E to recover the

ongoing costs associated with owning,

operating and maintaining the Special

Facilities including the cost of any

alterations and additions. As detailed in

the GSFA, PG&E proposes to charge

Duke a monthly Cost of Ownership

Charge equal to the rate for

transmission-level, customer-financed

facilities in PG&E’s currently effective

Electric Rule 2, as filed with the

California Public Utilities Commission

(CPUC). PG&E’s currently effective rate

of 0.31% for transmission-level,

customer-financed Special Facilities is

contained in the CPUC’s Advice Letter

1960–G/1587–E, effective August 5,

1996, a copy of which is included in

this filing. PG&E has requested certain

waivers.

Copies of this filing have been served

upon Duke, the California Independent

System Operator Corporation, and the

CPUC.

Comment date: March 6, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

15. Southwest Power Pool, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–1231–000]

Take notice that on February 13, 2001,

Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP),

tendered for filing an unexecuted

service agreement for Network

Integration Transmission Service and an

unexecuted Network Operating

Agreement with Southwestern Public

Service Company—Bulk Power Sales

(Network Customer).

SPP seeks an effective date of January

14, 2001 for these service agreements.

A copy of this filing was served on the

Network Customer.

Comment date: March 6, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

16. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.,

Allegheny Power Service Corporation

[Docket No. ER01–1232–000]

Take notice that on February 13, 2001,

Allegheny Power Service Corporation,

as agent for the Allegheny Power system

operating companies (Monongahela

Power Company, The Potomac Edison

Company, and West Penn Power

Company, all doing business as

Allegheny Power (hereinafter referred to

collectively as Allegheny)), and PJM

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

tendered for filing an executed Interim

Coordination Agreement (ICA) between

Allegheny and PJM, dated as of

February 12, 2001.

Allegheny and PJM state that they

announced late last year their intent to

form PJM West, under which Allegheny

would be integrated into the PJM tariff

and the energy market and other

regional markets operated by PJM.

Allegheny and PJM state that they

expect that the definitive agreements to

implement PJM West, will be filed with

the Commission shortly after March 1,

2001, with a requested effective date on

or about December 15, 2001 in

compliance with Commission Order No.

2000. Allegheny and PJM state that the

ICA is needed to properly handle the

interim period before Allegheny’s

expected integration into PJM’s open

access transmission tariff on or about

December 15, 2001. Under the ICA,

Allegheny and PJM will coordinate their

procedures for responding to both

generator interconnection requests and

transmission service requests.

PJM and Allegheny propose an

effective date of February 14, 2001 for

the Interim Coordination Agreement

and accordingly request waiver of 18

CFR 35.3(a).

Comment date: March 6, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

17. Florida Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER01–1233–000]

Take notice that on February 13, 2001,

Florida Power & Light Company (FPL),

tendered for filing amendments to its

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Open Access Transmission Tariff to

implement procedures for scheduling

secondary service by network

customers.

Comment date: March 6, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

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).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–4572 Filed 2–23–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Scoping Meetings and Site

Visit and Soliciting Scoping Comments

February 20, 2001.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Subsequent

License.

b. Project No.: 2652–007.

c. Date Filed: August 30, 2000.

d. Applicant: PacifiCorp.

e. Name of Project: Bigfork

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: On the Swan River/

Flathead Lake, near the town of Bigfork,

Flathead County, Montana. The project

does not occupy any fedeal lands.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 USC 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Linda

Prendergast, Project Manager,

PacifiCorp, 825 N.E. Multnomah, Suite

1500, Portland, OR 97232 or telephone

(503) 813–6625.

i. FERC Contact: Steve Hocking, email address steve.hocking@ferc.fed.us,

or telephone (202) 219–2656.

j. Deadline for filing scoping

comments: April 23, 2001.

All documents (original and eight

copies) should be filed with: David P.

Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

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.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure require all interveners

filing documents with the Commission

to serve a copy of that document on

each person on the official service list

for the project. Further, if an intervener

files comments or documents with the

Commission relating to the merits of an

issue that may affect the responsibilities

of a particular resource agency, they

must also serve a copy of the document

on that resource agency.

k. This application is not ready for

environmental analysis at this time.

l. Description of the Project: The

project consists of: (1) A 12-foot-high,

300-foot-long concrete diversion dam

with a 235-foot-long spillway; (2) a

reservoir with 73 surface acres; (3) a

water intake structure and 1-mile-long

flowline; (4) a forebay structure that

directs water into three steel penstocks;

(5) a brick powerhouse with three

turbine/generator units with a total

installed capacity of 4,150 kilowatts; (6)

a fish ladder on the right abutment

(north end of the dam) and; (7)

appurtenant facilities.

m. A copy of the application is

available for inspection and

reproduction at the Commission’s

Public Reference Room, located at 888

First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington,

DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208–1371.

The application may be viewed on

http://www.ferc.fed.us/rims.htm. Call

(202) 208–2222 for assistance. A copy is

also available for inspection and

reproduction at the address in item h

above.

n. Scoping Process.

The Commission intends to prepare

an Environmental Assessment (EA) for

the project in accordance with the

National Environmental Policy Act. The

EA will consider both site-specific and

cumulative environmental impacts and

reasonable alternatives to the proposed

action.

Scoping Meetings

FERC staff will conduct one agency

scoping meeting and one public scoping

meeting. The agency scoping meeting

will focus on resource agency and nongovernmental organization concerns,

while the public scoping meeting is

intended primarily for public input. All

interested individuals, organizations,

and agencies are invited to attend one

or both of the meetings, and to assist

Commission staff in identifying the

scope of the environmental issues that

should be analyzed in the EA. The times

and locations of these meetings are as

follows:

Agency Scoping Meeting

Date and Time: March 22, 2001; from

10:00 to 2:00 pm

Location: Montana Department of Fish,

Wildlife, and Park’s offices at 490

North Meridian Road in Kalispell,

Montana; phone (406) 752–5501

Public Scoping Meeting

Date and Time: March 21, 2001; from

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Location: Marina Cay Resort at 180 Vista

Lane, Bigfork, Montana; phone (406)

837–5861

Copies of Scoping Document 1 (SD1)

outlining the subject areas to be

addressed in the EA were distributed to

all parties on the Commission’s mailing

list for this project. Copies of SD1 will

also be available at the scoping meeting

or may be viewed on the Commission’s

website at http://www.ferc.fed.us/

rims.htm. Call (202) 208–2222 for

assistance.

Site Visit

The applicant and Commission staff

will conduct a site visit to the project on

March 21, 2001. We will meet at 9:00

am at the Bigfork Project powerhouse—

295 Bridge Street, Bigfork, Montana. All

interested individuals, organizations,

and agencies are invited to attend. All

participants are responsible for their

own transportation to the site. Anyone

with questions about the site visit

should contact the applicant in item h.

above.

Objectives

At the scoping meetings, Commission

staff will: (1) Summarize the

environmental issues tentatively

identified for analysis in the EA; (2)

solicit from the meeting participants all

available information, especially

quantified data, on the resources at

issue; (3) encourage statements from

experts and the public on issues that

should be analyzed in the EA, including

viewpoints in opposition to, or in

support of, Commission staff’s

preliminary views; (4) determine the

resource issues to be addressed in the

EA; and (5) identify those issues that