[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 122 (Thursday, June 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 34638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16947]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. FE C&E 98-04--Certification Notice--159]
Office of Fossil Energy; Androscoggin Energy LLC Notice of Filing
of Coal Capability Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of filing.
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SUMMARY: On June 4, 1998, Androscoggin Energy LLC 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, S.W., Washington, D.C. 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: Androscoggin Energy LLC.
Operator: Polsky Services, Inc.
Location: Riley Road, near the city of Jay, Maine.
Plant Configuration: Combined-Cycle, Cogeneration.
Capacity: 145 megawatts.
Fuel: Natural gas.
Purchasing Entities: Retail and wholesale markets connected to New
England Power Pool.
In-Service Date: Mid to late 1999.
Issued in Washington, D.C., June 19, 1998.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex,
Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 98-16947 Filed 6-24-98; 8:45 am]
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