[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-32318]
[[Page 106]]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. FE C&E 94-14--Certification Notice--142]
Houston Lighting & Power Company; 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 5, 1994, Houston Lighting & Power Company
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 Fuels Programs,
Fossil Energy, Room 3F-056, FE-52, Forrestal Building, 1000
Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 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 a
proposed new baseload powerplant has filed a self-certification in
acccordance with section 201(d).
Owner: Houston Lighting & Power Company (HL&P) Houston, TX.
Operator: Houston Lighting & Power Company Houston, TX.
Location: La Porte, Harris County, TX.
Plant configuration: Combined cycle Cogeneration.
Capacity: 162 megawatts.
Fuel: Natural gas.
Purchasing entities: Customers of Houston Lighting & Power Company.
In-service Dates: First Quarter, 1995.
Issued in Washington, D.C., December 21, 1994.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office of Fuels Programs,
Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 94-32318 Filed 12-30-94; 8:45 am]
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