[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 19 (Thursday, January 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4438-4442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2196]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. DR98-19-000, et al.]
Minnesota Power Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate
Regulation Filings
January 22, 1998.
Take notice that the following filings have been made with the
Commission:
1. Minnesota Power Company
[Docket No. DR98-19-000]
Take notice that on December 19, 1997, Minnesota Power tendered for
filing a petition for approval of a change in depreciation rates for
accounting purposes only. Copies of the filing have been served on the
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.
Comment date: February 20, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
2. Entergy Gulf States, Inc. and Entergy Louisiana, Inc.
[Docket No. DR98-17-000]
Take notice that on December 19, 1997, Entergy Services, Inc.
(ESI), on behalf of its public utility affiliates, Entergy Gulf States,
Inc., and Entergy Louisiana, Inc., submitted an application for
approval of changes in depreciation rates for accounting purposes
implemented after April 19, 1994.
Comment date: February 20, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
3. Tampa Electric Company
[Docket No. DR98-20-000]
Take notice that on December 23, 1997, Tampa Electric Company
(Tampa Electric), filed an application for approval of changes to
depreciation rates and amortization schedules that occurred on or after
April 19, 1994, and prior to May 22, 1997. Tampa Electric proposes an
effective date of January 1, 1996, for the changes. Tampa Electric
states that the changes did not affect any wholesale electric power or
transmission rate on file with the Commission.
Comment date: February 20, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
4. Wisconsin Electric Power Company
[Docket No. DR98-21-000]
Take notice that Wisconsin Electric Power Company (Wisconsin
Electric) on December 23, 1997, tendered for filing a petition for
approval of a change in depreciation rates for accounting purposes
only. Copies of the filing have been served on the Michigan Public
Service Commission and the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin.
Comment date: February 20, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
5. The Empire District Electric Company
[Docket No. DR98-22-000]
Take notice that on December 23, 1997, The Empire District Electric
Company (EDE) tendered for filing an application pursuant to Rule 204
of the Commission Rules of Practice and Procedures, 18 CFR 385.204
seeking approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission of a
change in depreciation rates for production, transmission,
distribution, and general plant utilized by EDE.
Comment date: February 20, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
6. Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.
[Docket No. DR98-23-000]
Take notice that on December 24, 1997, Orange and Rockland
Utilities, Inc. (Orange and Rockland), tendered for filing a change in
depreciation rates for its wholesale jurisdiction. Orange and Rockland
requests that the depreciation rate changes be made effective as of May
3, 1996.
Comment date: February 20, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
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7. West Texas Utilities
[Docket No. DR98-48-000]
Take notice that on January 5, 1998, West Texas Utilities (WTU),
filed a request, pursuant to Section 302 of the Federal Power Act, for
approval to continue utilizing a blended rate approach to allocate
depreciation expense to its retail and wholesale customers.
Comment date: February 20, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
8. Boston Edison Company
[Docket No. EC98-16-000]
Take notice that on January 16, 1998, Boston Edison Company (Boston
Edison) and Sithe Energies, Inc. (Sithe), supplemented Boston Edison's
application in this docket, seeking the Commission's approval for the
sale of transmission facilities, such as step-up transformers, to be
sold as part of the divestiture of Boston Edison's fossil generating
units. In the supplemental filing Boston Edison and Sithe provide the
Commission with a Purchase and Sale Agreement and information
concerning Sithe and join in requesting the Commission to approve the
sale at the earliest possible date and not later than March 16, 1998,
60 days after the filing of the supplement.
Comment date: February 17, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
9. The Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co., Commonwealth Edison Company,
Commonwealth Edison Company of Indiana, Illinois Power Company, PSI
Energy, Inc., Wisconsin Electric Power Company, Union Electric Co.,
Central Illinois Public Service Co., Louisville Gas & Electric Company,
and Kentucky Utilities Company
[Docket No. EC98-24-000]
Take notice that on January 15, 1998, the Midwest ISO Public
Utilities, pursuant to Section 203 of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C.
Sec. 824b, filed an Application for approval to transfer operational
control over the Midwest ISO Public Utilities' identified transmission
facilities to the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator,
Inc. (Midwest ISO).
The Midwest ISO Public Utilities state that their Application is a
companion to, and a necessary part of, the Midwest ISO's concurrent
filing, under Section 205 of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C.
Sec. 824d, to establish an independent transmission system operator.
Comment date: March 16, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
10. Southwestern Power Administration
[Docket No. EF98-4011-000]
Take notice that the Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy,
on January 8, 1998, submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) for confirmation and approval on a final basis,
pursuant to the authority vested in the FERC by Delegation Order No.
0204-108, as amended November 10, 1993, 58 FR 59717, the following
Southwestern Power Administration (Southwestern), Integrated System
rate schedules:
Rate Schedule P-98A, Wholesale Rates for Hydro Peaking Power
Rate Schedule NFTS-98, Wholesale Rates for Point-to-Point and Network
Transmission Service
Rate Schedule EE-98, Wholesale Rate for Excess Energy
The Integrated System rate schedules were confirmed and approved on
an interim basis by the Deputy Secretary in Rate Order No. SWPA-37 for
the period January 1, 1998, through September 30, 2001, and have been
submitted to the FERC for confirmation and approval on a final basis
for the same period. The System rate schedules would increase ultimate
annual revenue by $1,805,772, or 1.9 percent, from $96,344,200 to
$98,149,972 effective January 1, 1998, in part to recover increases in
Corps of Engineers and Southwestern investments. Southwestern has
changed the rate structure to conform with the intent of the FERC's
Order No. 888 consequently, the actual rate impact on each customer
will vary based on the type of service requested and provided. Also, a
credit, specifically designed for each customer, will apply against the
purchased power adder component of the rate schedules to refund both
excess revenues and interest accruing on such revenues in the purchased
power deferral account during recent years of favorable water
conditions. This credit is intended to equalize the customer's average
purchased power adder cost. These credits will be provided to each
customer over a 6-month service period beginning January 1, 1998. This
customer specific credit, along with the Administrator's discretionary
purchased power adder adjustment, will offset the immediate impact of
increasing the purchased power adder to 1.1 mills/kWh, for those
applicable customers. This rate proposal also includes a provision to
continue and increase the Administrator's Discretionary Purchased Power
Adder Adjustment, from up to $0.0005 to up to $0.0011 per kilowatthour,
as necessary, to adjust the purchased power adder annually, under a
formula-type rate, with notification to the FERC.
The Deputy Secretary has also submitted for confirmation and
approval on a final basis the previous extensions of the Integrated
System rates. The extensions were confirmed and approved on an interim
basis by the Deputy Secretary in Rate Order Nos. SWPA-29 effective
October 1, 1994, through September 30, 1995; SWPA-32 effective October
1, 1995, through September 30, 1996; SWPA-34 effective October 1, 1996,
through September 30, 1997; and SWPA-35 effective October 1, 1997,
through March 31, 1998.
Comment date: February 13, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
11. Southwestern Power Administration
[Docket No. EF98-4081-000]
Take notice that the Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy,
on January 8, 1998, submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission) for confirmation and approval on a final basis,
pursuant to the authority vested in the Commission by Delegation Order
No. 0204-108, as amended November 10, 1993, 58 FR 59717, an annual
power rate of $302,928 for the sale of power and energy by the
Southwestern Power Administration (Southwestern) from the Robert
Douglas Willis Hydropower Project (Robert D. Willis) to the Sam Rayburn
Municipal Power Agency (SRMA). The rate was confirmed and approved on
an interim basis by the Deputy Secretary in Rate Order No. SWPA-36 for
the period January 1, 1998, through September 30, 2001, and has been
submitted to the Commission for confirmation and approval on a final
basis for the same period. The rate supersedes the annual power rate of
$266,928, which the Commission approved on a final basis January 28,
1997, under Docket No. EF96-4081-000 for the period October 1, 1996,
through September 30, 2000. The annual rate of $302,928 is based on the
1997 Revised Power Repayment Study for Robert D. Willis and represents
an annual increase in revenue of $36,000, or 13.5 percent, to satisfy
repayment criteria.
Comment date: February 13, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
12. Enron Power Marketing, Inc. v. Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland
Interconnection and PECO Energy Company
[Docket No. EL98-12-000]
Take notice that on January 12, 1998, Enron Power Marketing, Inc.,
filed a
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corrected copy of Exhibits 13 to its Complaint filed on December 15,
1997, in the above-referenced docket.
Comment date: February 5, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
13. Montana-Dakota Utilities Company
[Docket No. ER97-940-002]
Take notice that on December 31, 1997, Montana-Dakota Utilities
Company tendered for filing its refund report in the above-referenced
docket.
Comment date: February 5, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
14. Montana-Dakota Utilities Company
[Docket No. ER97-2618-002]
Take notice that on December 31, 1997, Montana-Dakota Utilities
Company tendered for filing its refund report in the above-referenced
docket.
Comment date: February 6, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
15. Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.
[Docket No. ER98-353-001]
Take notice that on December 29, 1997, Orange and Rockland
Utilities, Inc., acting on behalf of itself and its wholly owned
subsidiaries, Rockland Electric Company and Pike County Light & Power
Company, filed a revised Open Access Transmission Service Tariff which
incorporates changes to its Energy Imbalance Service.
Comment date: February 6, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
16. Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative, Inc.
[Docket No. ER98-411-001]
Take notice that on January 15, 1998, Wolverine Power Supply
Cooperative, Inc., tendered for filing its compliance filing in the
above-referenced docket.
Comment date: Febrary 6, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
17. Boston Edison Company
[Docket No. ER98-507-001]
Take notice that on January 14, 1998, Boston Edison Company
tendered for filing its refund report in the above-referenced docket.
Comment date: February 6, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
18. Cinergy Services, Inc.
[Docket No. ER98-523-001]
Take notice that on January 6, 1998, Cinergy Services, Inc., on
behalf of The Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company and PSI Energy, Inc.
(The Cinergy Operating Companies), filed an amended unexecuted blanket
form of Service Agreement under their Open Access Transmission Tariff.
Comment date: February 6, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
19. Consumers Energy Company
[Docket No. ER98-742-001]
Take notice that on January 9, 1998, Consumers Energy Company
(CECo), tendered for filing a letter stating that the service was
provided by CECo and the Detroit Edison Company to Wabash Valley Power
Association, Inc., or Electric Clearinghouse, Inc., under the
Transmission Service Agreements accepted to refund conditions by the
Commission January 2, 1998, letter order in the above-referenced
docket.
Comment date: February 5, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
20. Unitil Power Corp.
[Docket No. ER98-1194-000]
Take notice that on December 23, 1997, Unitil Power Corp. (UPC),
tendered for filing three service agreements between UPC and Green
Mountain Power, Inc., New England Power Company, and New Energy
Ventures for service under UPC's Market-Based Power Sales Tariff. This
Tariff was accepted for filing by the Commission on September 25, 1997,
in [Docket No. ER97-2460-000.
UPC requests an effective date of November 23, 1997, for Green
Mountain Power, Inc., and New England Power Company, and an effective
date of December 26, 1997, for New Energy Ventures.
Comment date: February 5, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
21. Cinergy Services, Inc.
[Docket No. ER98-1206-000]
Take notice that on December 24, 1997, Cinergy Services, Inc.
(Cinergy), tendered for filing a service agreement under Cinergy's Open
Access Transmission Service Tariff (the Tariff) entered into between
Cinergy and Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc., (Hoosier).
Cinergy and Hoosier are requesting an effective date of December
15, 1997.
Comment date: February 5, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
22. Central Illinois Light Company
[Docket No. ER98-1207-000]
Take notice that on December 24, 1997, Central Illinois Light
Company (CILCO), 300 Liberty Street, Peoria, Illinois 61602, tendered
for filing with the Commission a substitute Index of Point-To-Point
Transmission Service Customers under its Open Access Transmission
Tariff and service agreements for two new customers, Williams Energy
Services Company and Griffin Energy Marketing, L.L.C.
CILCO requested an effective date of December 12, 1997.
Copies of the filing were served on the affected customers and the
Illinois Commerce Commission.
Comment date: February 5, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
23. PP&L, Inc.
[Docket No. ER98-1208-000]
Take Notice that on December 24, 1997, PP&L, Inc. (formerly known
as Pennsylvania Power & Light Company)(PP&L), filed a Service Agreement
dated December 22, 1997, with Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.
(O&R), under PP&L's FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 5. The
Service Agreement adds O&R as an eligible customer under the Tariff.
PP&L requests an effective date of December 24, 1997, for the
Service Agreement.
PP&L states that copies of this filing have been supplied to O&R
and to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
Comment date: February 5, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
24. Wisconsin Power and Light Company
[Docket No. ER98-1209-000]
Take notice that on December 24, 1997, Wisconsin Power and Light
Company (WP&L), tendered for filing an executed Form Of Service
Agreement for Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service between
Wisconsin Power and Light Company and Wisconsin Power and Light
Company. The Form Of Service Agreement for Firm Point-to-Point
Transmission Service provides firm transmission service under WPL's
Open Access Transmission Tariff.
WP&L requests an effective date of January 1, 1998, and
accordingly, seeks waiver of the Commission's notice requirements. A
copy of this filing has been served upon the Public Service Commission
of Wisconsin.
Comment date: February 5, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
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25. Cinergy Services, Inc.
[Docket No. ER98-1210-000]
Take notice that on December 24, 1997, Cinergy Services, Inc.
(Cinergy), tendered for filing a service agreement under Cinergy's Open
Access Transmission Service Tariff (the Tariff) entered into between
Cinergy and Continental Energy Services, L.L.C. (Continental).
Cinergy and Continental are requesting an effective date of
December 1, 1997.
Comment date: February 5, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
26. Cinergy Services, Inc.
[Docket No. ER98-1211-000]
Take notice that on December 24, 1997, Cinergy Services, Inc.
(Cinergy), tendered for filing a service agreement under Cinergy's Open
Access Transmission Service Tariff (the Tariff) entered into between
Cinergy and Continental Energy Services, L.L.C. (Continental).
Cinergy and Continental are requesting an effective date of
December 1, 1997.
Comment date: February 5, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
27. Cinergy Services, Inc.
[Docket No. ER98-1213-000]
Take notice that on December 24, 1997, Cinergy Services, Inc.
(Cinergy), tendered for filing a service agreement under Cinergy's Open
Access Transmission Service Tariff (the Tariff) entered into between
Cinergy and Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Hoosier).
Cinergy and Hoosier are requesting an effective date of December
15, 1997.
Comment date: February 5, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
28. Louisville Gas and Electric Company
[Docket No. ER98-1214-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1997, Louisville Gas and Electric
Company (LG&E), tendered for filing an executed Non-Firm Point-To-Point
Transmission Service Agreement between LG&E and AES Power, Inc., under
LG&E's Open Access Transmission Tariff.
Comment date: February 5, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
29. Louisville Gas and Electric Company
[Docket No. ER98-1215-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1997, Louisville Gas and Electric
Company (LG&E), tendered for filing an executed Short-Term Firm Point-
To-Point Transmission Service Agreement between LG&E and Commonwealth
Edison Company under LG&E's Open Access Transmission Tariff.
Comment date: February 5, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
30. Louisville Gas and Electric Company
[Docket No. ER98-1216-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1997, Louisville Gas and Electric
Company (LG&E), tendered for filing an executed Short-Term Firm Point-
To-Point Transmission Service Agreement between LG&E and Coral Power
L.L.C., under LG&E's Open Access Transmission Tariff.
Comment date: February 5, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
31. Louisville Gas and Electric Company
[Docket No. ER98-1217-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1997, Louisville Gas and Electric
Company (LG&E), tendered for filing an executed Short-Term Firm Point-
To-Point Transmission Service Agreement between LG&E and LG&E Energy
Marketing, Inc., under LG&E's Open Access Transmission Tariff.
Comment date: February 5, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
32. Illinois Power Company
[Docket No. ER98-1218-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1997, Illinois Power Company
(Illinois Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur, Illinois 62526,
tendered for filing firm and non-firm transmission agreements under
which Entergy Power Marketing Corporation will take transmission
service pursuant to its open access transmission tariff. The agreements
are based on the Form of Service Agreement in Illinois Power's tariff.
Illinois Power has requested an effective date of December 10,
1997.
Comment date: February 5, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
33. Great Bay Power Corporation
[Docket No. ER98-1219-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1997, Great Bay Power Corporation
(Great Bay), tendered for filing a service agreement between PacifiCorp
Power Marketing, Inc., and Great Bay for service under Great Bay's
revised Tariff for Short Term Sales. This Tariff was accepted for
filing by the Commission on May 17, 1996, in Docket No. ER96-726-000.
The service agreement is proposed to be effective December 18, 1997.
Comment date: February 5, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
34. Maine Public Service Company
[Docket No. ER98-1220-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1997, Maine Public Service Company
(Maine Public), filed an executed Service Agreement for non-firm point-
to-point transmission service under Maine Public's open access
transmission tariff with Cinergy Capital & Trading, Inc.
Comment date: February 5, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
35. Micah Tech Industries, Inc., Power Marketing Division
[Docket No. ER98-1221-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1997, Micah Tech Industries, Inc.,
Power Marketing Division, petitioned the Commission for acceptance of
Micah Tech Rate Schedule FERC No. 1; the granting of certain blanket
approvals, including the authority to sell electricity at market-based
rates; and the waiver of certain Commission regulations.
Micah Tech intends to engage in wholesale electric power and energy
purchases and sales as a marketer. Micah Tech is not in the business of
generating or transmitting electric power.
Comment date: February 5, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
36. Houston Lighting & Power Company
[Docket No. ER98-1222-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1997, Houston Lighting & Power
Company (HL&P), tendered for filing an executed transmission service
agreement (TSA), with Engage Energy US, L.P. (Engage), for Non-Firm
Transmission Service under HL&P's FERC Electric Tariff, Third Revised
Volume No. 1, for Transmission Service To, From and Over Certain HVDC
Interconnections. HL&P has requested an effective date of December 29,
1997.
Copies of the filing were served on Engage and the Public Utility
Commission of Texas.
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Comment date: February 5, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
37. Houston Lighting & Power Company
[Docket No. ER98-1223-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1997, Houston Lighting & Power
Company (HL&P), tendered for filing an executed transmission service
agreement (TSA), with Tenaska Power Services Co. (Tenaska), for Non-
Firm Transmission Service under HL&P's FERC Electric Tariff, Third
Revised Volume No. 1, for Transmission Service To, From and Over
Certain HVDC Interconnections. HL&P has requested an effective date of
December 29, 1997.
Copies of the filing were served on Tenaska and the Public Utility
Commission of Texas.
Comment date: February 5, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
38. Southern California Edison Company
[Docket No. ER98-1224-000]
Take notice that on December 29, 1997, Southern California Edison
Company (Edison), tendered for filing revised Radial Lines Agreements
(Revised Agreements) for Mandalay and Cool Water Generating Stations to
be executed by Edison and Houston Industries Power Generation, Inc.
Edison requests waiver of the Commission's 60-day notice
requirements and that the Commission accept the Revised Agreements for
filing, unexecuted.
Copies of this filing were served upon the Public Utilities
Commission of the State of California and all interested parties.
Comment date: February 5, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
39. Northern California Power Agency
[Docket No. OA98-7-000]
Take notice that on December 2, 1997, the Northern California Power
Agency has filed a request for waiver of separation of functions
requirements under Order Nos. 888 and 888-A and under Orders 889 and
889-A.
Comment date: February 11, 1998, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
Standard Paragraph
E. 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, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 18 CFR 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.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
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