[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 3071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1217]
[[Page 3071]]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. FE C&E 98-12--Certification Notice--167]
Office of Fossil Energy; Pasadena Cogeneration Project, Notice of
Filing of Coal Capability Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of filing.
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SUMMARY: On December 26, 1998, Pasadena Cogeneration L.P. submitted a
coal capability self-certification pursuant to section 201 of the
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, as amended.
ADDRESSES: Copies of self-certification filings are available for
public inspection, upon request, in the Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex,
Fossil Energy, Room 4G-039, FE-27, Forrestal Building, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Russell at (202) 586-9624.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of the Powerplant and Industrial
Fuel Use Act of 1978 (FUA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.),
provides that no new baseload electric powerplant may be constructed or
operated without the capability to use coal or another alternate fuel
as a primary energy source. In order to meet the requirement of coal
capability, the owner or operator of such facilities proposing to use
natural gas or petroleum as its primary energy source shall certify,
pursuant to FUA section 201(d), to the Secretary of Energy prior to
construction, or prior to operation as a base load powerplant, that
such powerplant has the capability to use coal or another alternate
fuel. Such certification establishes compliance with section 201(a) as
of the date filed with the Department of Energy. The Secretary is
required to publish a notice in the Federal Register that a
certification has been filed. The following owner/operator of the
proposed new baseload powerplant has filed a self-certification in
acccordance with section 201(d).
Owner: Pasadena Cogeneration L.P.
Operator: Calpine Central, L.P.
Location: Pasadena, TX.
Plant Configuration: Combined cycle, topping-cycle cogeneration
facility.
Capacity: 750 megawatts.
Fuel: Natural gas.
Purchasing Entities: Phillips Petroleum, Houston Lighting & Power
Company and other customers.
In-Service Date: June 2000.
Issued in Washington, DC, January 13, 1999.
Anthony J. Como,
Manager, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex,
Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 99-1217 Filed 1-19-99; 8:45 am]
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