[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 242 (Friday, December 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 70703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32749]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Fossil Energy
[Docket Nos. FE C&E 99-26; Certification Notice--181]
Notice of Filings of Coal Capability of Panda Oneta Power, L.P.;
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of Filing.
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SUMMARY: Panda Oneta Power, L.P., has 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: Panda Oneta Power, L.P.
Operator: Panda Oneta Power, L.P.
Location: Coweta, Wagoner County, Oklahoma.
Plant Configuration: Combined-cycle.
Capacity: 1,000 MW.
Fuel: Natural gas.
Purchasing Entities: Various interconnected utilities within the
Southwest Power Pool.
In-Service Date: December 2001.
Issued in Washington, DC, December 13, 1999.
Anthony J. Como,
Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/
Ex, Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 99-32749 Filed 12-16-99; 8:45 am]
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