[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 46455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22302]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 2149-059]
Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County, Washington;
Notice of Application for Approval of Contracts for the Sale of Power
for a Period Extending Beyond the Term of the License
August 27, 1996.
On August 5, 1996, pursuant to Section 22 of the Federal Power Act,
16 U.S.C. 815, Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County,
Washington (Douglas County PUD), filed an application requesting
Commission approval of contracts for the sale of power for the Wells
Project No. 2149, for the approximately six years that the power sales
contracts extend beyond the 2012 expiration date of the license. The
project is located on the Columbia River in Douglas, Chelan, and
Okanogan Counties, Washington.
Section 22 provides that contracts for the sale and delivery of
power for periods extending beyond the termination date of a license
may be entered into upon the joint approval of the Commission and the
appropriate state public service Commission or other similar authority
in the state in which the sale or delivery of power is made. Douglas
County PUD states in its application that Commission approval of the
Wells Project power sales contracts is in the public interest because
the revenues from those contracts have been pledged to secure repayment
of bonds (which expire when the power sales contracts expire) that
Douglas County PUD issued to finance construction of the Wells Project
and that the contracts were essential to the development of the
project.
Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in
accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of practice
and procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 385.211, 385.214. In determining the
appropriate action to take, the Commission will consider all protests
and other comments, but only those who file a motion to intervene in
accordance with the Commission's rules may become a party to the
proceeding. Comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be filed
by October 3, 1996; must bear in all capital letters the title
``COMMENTS,'' ``PROTEST,'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' as applicable,
and ``Project No. 2149-059.'' Send the filings (original and 14 copies)
to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. A copy of any filing must also be
served upon each representative of the licensee specified in its
application.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-22302 Filed 8-30-96; 8:45 am]
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