[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 78 (Thursday, April 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20179-20182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10824]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. EF98-5171-000, et al.]
Western Area Power Administration, et al.; Electric Rate and
Corporate Regulation Filings
April 16, 1998.
Take notice that the following filings have been made with the
Commission:
1. Western Area Power Administration
[Docket No. EF98-5171-000]
Take notice that on March 27, 1998, the Deputy Secretary of the
Department of Energy, by Rate Order No. WAPA-78, did confirm and
approve on an interim basis, to be effective on April 1, 1998, Western
Area Power Administration's (Western) Rate Schedules SLIP-F6 for firm
power service from the Salt Lake City Area Integrated Projects,(SLCA/
IP) SP-PTP5 for firm point-to-point transmission over the Colorado
River Storage Project (CRSP) transmission system. SP-NW1 for network
Integration transmission service over the CRSP transmission system, SP-
NW1 for network Integration transmission service over the CRSP
transmission system, SP-NFT4 for nonfirm transmission over the same
system, and SP-SD1, SP-RS1, SP-El1, SP-FR1, and SP-SSR1 for ancillary
services.
The rates in Rate Schedules SLIP-F6, SP-PTP5, SP-NW1, SP-NFT4, SP-
SD1, SP-RS1, SP-El1, SP-FR1, and SP-SSR1 will be in effect pending the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) approval of these or of
substitute rates on a final basis, ending March 1, 2003.
Comment date: May 2, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E
at the end of this notice.
2. Western Area Power Administration
[Docket No. EF98-5181-000]
Take notice that on March 27, 1998, the Deputy Secretary of the
Department of Energy, by Rate Order No. WAPA-80, did confirm and
approve on an interim basis, to be effective on April 1, 1998, Western
Area Power Administration's (Western), formula rates under Rate
Schedules L-NT1, L-FPT1, and L-NFPT1 for firm and non-firm transmission
over the Loveland Area Projects (LAP), system and L-AS1, L-AS2, L-AS3,
L-AS4, L-AS5, and L-AS6 for ancillary services for the Western Area
Colorado Missouri control area.
The formula rates in Rate Schedules L-NT1, L-FPT1, L-NFPT1, L-AS1,
L-AS2, L-AS3, L-AS4, L-AS5, and L-AS6 will be in effect pending the
Federal
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Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) approval of these or of
substitute formula rates on a final basis, ending March 31, 2003.
Comment date: May 2, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E
at the end of this notice.
3. GMR Vasavi Power Corporation Private Limited
[Docket No. EG98-54-000]
Take notice on March 9, 1998, GMR Vasavi Power Corporation Private
Limited (Applicant), with its principal office at 25/1 SKIP House,
Ground Floor, Museum Road, Bangalore 560 025, India, filed with the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an application for determination
of exempt wholesale generator status pursuant to Part 365 of the
Commission's Regulations. On April 14, 1998, Applicant filed an
amendment to this application. In its amendment, Applicant provides
background information supporting the need for the sewage water
treatment plant and amends Section III(B) of its application in its
entirety including the footnote provided therein by replacing it with
language providing clarification of the sewage water treatment plant
which will treat untreated water for use only in the Facility.
Applicant will own a 200 MW diesel engine based power project in
the State of Tamil Nadu in southern India (Facility). Electric energy
produced by the Facility will be sold at wholesale to the state-owned
Tamil Nadu Electricity Board in southern Indiana. In no event will any
electric energy be sold to consumers in the United States.
Comment date: May 7, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E
at the end of this notice. The Commission will limit its consideration
of comments to those that concern the adequacy or accuracy of the
application.
4. Long Beach Generation LLC
[Docket No. EG98-61-000]
Take notice that on April 14, 1998, Long Beach Generation LLC,
tendered for filing an amended application to its March 27, 1998,
filing submitted in the above-referenced docket.
Comment date: May 7, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E
at the end of this notice. The Commission will limit its consideration
of comments to those that concern the adequacy or accuracy of the
application.
5. ESI Vansycle Partners, L.P.
[Docket No. EG98-64-000]
Take notice that on April 8, 1998, ESI Vansycle Partners, L.P. (ESI
Vanscyle), filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an
application for determination of exempt wholesale generator status
pursuant to Part 365 of the Commission's Regulations.
ESI Vansycle is developing a wind-powered eligible facility with a
capacity of 24.9 megawatts (net), powered by 660-750-kW wind turbines,
which will be located on Vansycle Ridge in eastern Umatilla County,
Oregon.
Comment date: May 7, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E
at the end of this notice. The commission will limit its consideration
of comments to those that concern the adequacy or accuracy of the
application.
6. Cinergy Services, Inc.
[Docket No. ER98-746-001]
Take notice that on April 13, 1998, Cinergy Services, Inc.,
(Cinergy), tendered for filing unbundled pricing in the above-
referenced docket.
Copies of the filing have been served upon the Town of Etna Green,
Indiana, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission and the Indiana
Office of Utility Consumer Counselor.
Comment date: May 1, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E
at the end of this notice.
7. Cinergy Services, Inc.
[Docket No. ER98-747-001]
Take notice that on April 13, 1998, Cinergy Services, Inc.
(Cinergy), tendered for filing unbundled pricing in the above-
referenced docket.
Copies of the filing have been served upon the Town of Walkerton,
Indiana, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission and the Indiana
Office of Utility Consumer Counselor.
Comment date: May 1, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E
at the end of this notice.
8. Cinergy Services, Inc.
[Docket No. ER98-748-001]
Take notice that on April 13, 1998, Cinergy Services, Inc.,
(Cinergy), tendered a filing providing unbundled pricing in the above-
referenced docket.
Copies of the filing have been served upon the Town of Chalmers,
Indiana, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission and the Indiana
Office of Utility Consumer Counselor.
Comment date: May 1, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E
at the end of this notice.
9. Cinergy Services, Inc.
[Docket No. ER98-749-001]
Take notice that on April 13, 1998, Cinergy Services, Inc.,
(Cinergy), tendered a filing providing unbundled pricing in the above-
referenced docket.
Copies of the filing have been served upon the Town of Winamac,
Indiana, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission and the Indiana
Office of Utility Consumer Counselor.
Comment date: May 1, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E
at the end of this notice.
10. Cinergy Services, Inc.
[Docket No. ER98-750-001]
Take notice that on April 13, 1998, Cinergy Services, Inc.,
(Cinergy), tendered a filing providing unbundled pricing in the above-
referenced docket.
Copies of the filing have been served upon the Town of Kingsford
Heights, Indiana, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission and the
Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor.
Comment date: May 1, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E
at the end of this notice.
11. Cinergy Services, Inc.
[Docket No. ER98-751-001]
Take notice that on April 13, 1998, Cinergy Services, Inc.,
(Cinergy), tendered a filing providing unbundled pricing in the above-
referenced docket.
Copies of the filing have been served upon the Town of Bremen,
Indiana, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission and the Indiana
Office of Utility Consumer Counselor.
Comment date: May 1, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E
at the end of this notice.
12. Cinergy Services, Inc.
[Docket No. ER98-752-001]
Take notice that on April 13, 1998, Cinergy Services, Inc.,
(Cinergy), tendered a filing providing unbundled pricing in the above-
referenced docket.
Copies of the filing have been served upon the Town of Brookston,
Indiana, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission and the Indiana
Office of Utility Consumer Counselor.
Comment date: May 1, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E
at the end of this notice.
13. Southwest Power Pool
[Docket No. ER98-1163-002]
Take notice that on April 13, 1998, Southwest Power Pool submitted
its compliance filing in response to the Commission's March 13, 1998,
order.
Comment date: May 1, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E
at the end of this notice.
14. TransCurrent , LLC.
[Docket No. ER98-1297-000]
Take notice that on April 13, 1998, TransCurrent, LLC.
(TransCurrent),
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petitioned the Commission for acceptance of TransCurrent 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.
TransCurrent intends to engage in wholesale electric power and
energy purchases and sales as a marketer (trading). In addition to
power marketing TransCurrent is offering consulting services and
portfolio management. TransCurrent is not in the business of generating
or transmitting electric power. TransCurrent is owned by--
--Kraftholding USA AS, a Norwegian based company owned by private
investors.
--Calpol LLC., The business activity of Calpol is to act as a
Scheduling Coordinator and to offer standardized physical contracts
(OTC brokering).
Comment date: May 1, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E
at the end of this notice.
15. Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
[Docket No. ER98-1438-000]
Take notice that on April 13, 1998, the Midwest Independent
Transmission System Operator, Inc. (Midwest ISO), tendered for filing
certain additional executed signature pages in order to supplement its
January 15, 1998, filing in Docket No. ER98-1438.
Specifically, the Midwest ISO tendered signature pages to the
``Agreement of the Transmission Facilities Owners to Organize the
Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc., A Delaware Non-
Stock Corporation,'' and the ``Agency Agreement for Open Access
Transmission Service Offered by the Midwest ISO for Nontransferred
Transmission Facilities'' executed by Allegheny Energy, Inc., and
Dusquesne Light Company.
Comment date: May 1, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E
at the end of this notice.
16. Western Resources, Inc.
[Docket No. ER98-1743-001]
Take notice that on April 13, 1998, Western Resources, Inc.,
tendered for filing a refund report in compliance with letter order
issued March 27, 1998, issued in the above-referenced docket.
Comment date: May 1, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E
at the end of this notice.
17. Tenaska Frontier Partners, Ltd.
[Docket No. ER98-1767-003]
Take notice that on April 13, 1998, Tenaska Frontier Partners,
Ltd., filed a supplement to Rate Schedule No. 1 to comply with Ordering
Paragraph (A) of the Commission's order of March 30, 1998 in Tenaska
Frontier Partners, Ltd., Docket No. ER97-1767 (82 FERC para. 61,323).
Comment date: May 1, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E
at the end of this notice.
18. Cinergy Services, Inc.
[Docket No. ER98-1781-000]
Take notice that on April 13, 1998, Cinergy Services, Inc.,
(Cinergy), tendered for filing unbundled pricing in the above-
referenced docket.
Copies of the filing have been served upon Nordic Electric and
Michigan Public Service Commission.
Comment date: May 1, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E
at the end of this notice.
19. PacifiCorp
[Docket No. ER98-2262-000]
Take notice that PacifiCorp, on April 13, 1998, tendered for filing
in accordance with 18 CFR 35 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations,
an exhibit unbundling a power sale to Citizens Power Sales.
Copies of this filing were supplied to the Public Utility
Commission of Oregon and the Washington Utilities and Transportation
Commission.
A copy of this filing may be obtained from PacifiCorp's
Transmission Function's Bulletin Board System through a personal
computer by calling (503) 813-5758 (9600 baud, 8 bits, no parity, 1
stop bit).
Comment date: May 1, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E
at the end of this notice.
20. Commonwealth Edison Company
[Docket No. ER98-2531-000]
Take notice that on April 13, 1998, Commonwealth Edison Company
(ComEd), submitted for filing two Short-Term Firm Service Agreements
with Southern Illinois Power Cooperative (SIPC) and Southern Company
Energy Marketing L.P. (SCEM), and a Non-Firm Service Agreement
establishing Merchant Energy Group of the Americas, Inc. (MEGA), as
non-firm transmission customer under the terms of ComEd's Open Access
Transmission Tariff (OATT). ComEd also submitted a revised Index of
Customers reflecting the addition of the two new customers and a name
change for current customer Heartland Energy Services, Inc.
ComEd requests an effective date of April 13, 1998, for the service
agreements, and accordingly seeks waiver of the Commission's notice
requirements. Copies of this filing were served on SIPC, SCEM, MEGA,
CIEG, and the Illinois Commerce Commission.
Comment date: May 1, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E
at the end of this notice.
21. Western Resources, Inc.
[Docket No. ER98-2533-000]
Take notice that on April 13, 1998, Western Resources, Inc.,
tendered for filing a long-term firm transmission agreement between
Western Resources and Public Service Company of Oklahoma. Western
Resources states that the purpose of the agreement is to permit non-
discriminatory access to the transmission facilities owned or
controlled by Western Resources in accordance with Western Resources'
open access transmission tariff on file with the Commission. The
agreement is proposed to become effective June 1, 1999.
Copies of the filing were served upon Public Service Company of
Oklahoma and the Kansas Corporation Commission.
Comment date: May 1, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E
at the end of this notice.
22. Wisconsin Power and Light Company
[Docket No. ER98-2534-000]
Take notice that on April 13, 1998, Wisconsin Power and Light
Company (WP&L), tendered for filing executed Form Of Service Agreements
for Firm and Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service, establishing
AYP Energy, Inc., as a point-to-point transmission customer under the
terms of WP&L's transmission tariff.
WP&L requests an effective date of April 6, 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: May 1, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E
at the end of this notice.
23. Louisville Gas And Electric Company
[Docket No. ER98-2543-000]
Take notice that on April 13, 1998, Louisville Gas and Electric
Company (LG&E), tendered for filing an executed Non-Firm Point-To-Point
Transmission Service Agreement between LG&E and Allegheny Power Service
Corporation
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under LG&E's Open Access Transmission Tariff.
Comment date: May 1, 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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