[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14816-14817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8044]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Northeast Energy Alliance Joint Research
Venture
Notice is hereby given that, on February 27, 1996, pursuant to
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of
1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301, et seq. (``the Act''), Boston Edison
Company, on behalf of the members of a cooperative venture entitled the
Northeast Energy Alliance (the ``Alliance''), has filed written
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and with the
Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties
to the Alliance and (2) the nature and objectives of the research
program to be performed in accordance with the joint venture. The
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notifications were filed for the purpose of invoking the Act's
provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual
damages under specified circumstances. Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the
Act, the identities of the current parties participating in the
Northeast Energy Alliance are: Boston Edison Company, Boston, MA;
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., New York, NY; GPU
Nuclear Corporation, Parsippany, NJ; Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co.,
Brunswick, ME; Power Authority of the State of New York, New York, NY;
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, Syracuse, NY; Northeast Utilities
System, Berlin, CT; Rochester Gas and Electric Corp., Rochester, NY;
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation, Brattleboro, VT; and Yankee
Atomic Electric Company, Bolton, MA.
The nature and objective of the Northeast Energy Alliance joint
research venture is to identify and facilitate efficiencies in the
operation and management of nuclear generating stations in the
northeastern United States in order to improve the quality and
efficiency and reduce the cost of service to consumers of electricity
in that region. The general areas of activity of the Alliance will
include identifying common issues in the management or operation of
nuclear generation plants, including engineering and support services
issues, and jointly investigating, developing and implementing common
solutions to such issues.
Additional information about the Northeast Energy Alliance may be
obtained by contacting Mr. John Fulton, Boston Edison Company, Boston,
MA.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-8044 Filed 4-2-96; 8:45 am]
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