97-13603. Notice of New Docket Prefix DR

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 100 (Friday, May 23, 1997)]
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[FR Doc No: 97-13603]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of New Docket Prefix DR

May 19, 1997.
    Notice is hereby given that a new docket prefix DR has been 
established for petitions requesting the Commission's approval of 
changes in depreciation rates made for accounting purposes.
    On May 15, 1997, in MidAmerican Energy Company, 79 FERC para. 
61,169 (1997) the Commission clarified that section 302(a) of the 
Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 825a(a) (1994), requires that public 
utilities and licensees must file for Commission approval prior to 
changing depreciation rates for accounting purposes.
    In order to properly docket and manage this type of filing and 
assess Commission resources applicable to this type of work, it is 
necessary to establish a new docket prefix for petitions seeking the 
Commission's approval of depreciation rate changes made for accounting 
purposes only. The new docket prefix will be DRFY-NNNNN, where the FY 
stands for the fiscal year in which the filing was made and the NNNNN 
is a sequential number. For example, the first depreciation rate change 
accounting filing petition made this fiscal year will be assigned DR97-
1-000, the second will be the DR97-2-000, etc.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-13603 Filed 5-22-97; 8:45 am]
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