[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 68 (Friday, April 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 17353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8854]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. ER99-1567-000, etc]
Rockingham Power, L.L.C., et al.; Notice of Issuance of Order
April 5, 1999.
In the matter of: Rockingham Power, L.L.C., Docket Nos. ER99-
1567-000; Elwood Energy LLC, ER99-1695-000; Somerset Power LLC,
ER99-1712-000; Lake Road Generating Company, L.P., ER99-1714-000;
CinCap VI, LLC, ER99-1727-000; Empire District Electric Company,
ER99-1757-000; Duke Energy South Bay LLC, ER99-1785-000; New Energy
Partners, L.L.C., ER99-1812-000; (Not consolidated); Notice of
Issuance of Order.
Rockingham Power, L.L.C., Elwood Energy, LLC, Somerset Power LLC,
Lake Road Generating Company, L.P., CinCap VI, LLC, Empire District
Electric Company, Duke Energy South Bay LLC, and New Energy Partners,
L.L.C. (hereafter, ``the Applicants'') filed with the Commission rate
schedules in the above-captioned proceedings, respectively, under which
the Applicants will engage in wholesale electric power and energy
transactions at market-based rates, and for certain waivers and
authorizations. In particular, certain of the Applicants may also have
requested in their respective applications that the Commission grant
blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future issuances and
securities and assumptions of liabilities by the Applicants. On March
31, 1999, the Commission issued an order that accepted the rate
schedules for sales of capacity and energy at market-based rates
(Order), in the above-docketed proceedings.
The Commission's March 31, 1999 Order granted, for those Applicants
that sought such approval, their request for blanket approval under
Part 34, subject to the conditions found in Appendix B in Ordering
Paragraphs (2), (3), and (5):
(2) Within 30 days of the date of this order, any persons desiring
to be heard or to protest the Commission's blanket approval of
issuances of securities or assumptions or liabilities by the Applicants
should file a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426, in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice
and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214.
(3) Absent a request to be heard within the period set forth in
Ordering Paragraph (2) above, if the Applicants have requested such
authorization, the Applicants are hereby authorized to issue securities
and assume obligations and liabilities as guarantor, indorser, surety
or otherwise in respect of any security of another person; provided
that such issue or assumption is for some lawful object within the
corporate purposes of the Applicants; compatible with the public
interest, and reasonably necessary or appropriate for such purposes.
(5) The Commission reserves the right to modify this order to
require a further showing that neither public nor private interests
will be adversely affected by continued Commission approval of the
Applicants' issuances of securities or assumptions of liabilities.* * *
Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing motions to
intervene or protests, as set forth above, is April 30, 1999.
Copies of the full text of the Order are available from the
Commission's Public Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE, Washington,
DC 20426.
David R. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-8854 Filed 4-8-99; 8:45 am]
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