[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 164 (Tuesday, August 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 45236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22779]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. FE C&E 98-06--Certification Notice--161]
Office of Fossil Energy: El Dorado 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 July 31, 1998, El Dorado 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
accordance with section 201(d).
Owner: El Dorado Energy, LLC.
Operator: El Dorado Energy, or Houston Industries Power Generation,
or Enova Power Corp., or an affiliate(s) thereof.
Location: Clark County, Nevada.
Plant Configuration: Combined-Cycle.
Capacity: 492 megawatts.
Fuel: Natural gas.
Purchasing Entities: Unspecified wholesale power purchasers.
In-Service Date: Late 1999.
Issued in Washington, DC, August 18, 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. 98-22779 Filed 8-24-98; 8:45 am]
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