[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13743-13745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6176]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. EC00-54-000, et al.]
Duquesne Light Company and Orion Power Midwest, LLC , et al.;
Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings
March 7, 2000.
Take notice that the following filings have been made with the
Commission:
1. Duquesne Light Company and Orion Power MidWest, LLC
[Docket No. EC00-54-000]
Take notice that on February 29, 2000, Duquesne Light Company and
Orion Power MidWest, LLC (Orion Power MidWest) (collectively,
Applicants) tendered for filing a clarification to their joint
application (Application) requesting authorization under Section 203 of
the Federal Power Act filed in the above-captioned docket on February
2, 2000. The Application requested authorization to transfer
jurisdictional transmission facilities associated with the generation
plants that Duquesne is selling to Orion Power MidWest. The Applicants
clarified that they intended also to request Commission authorization
for Duquesne to assign to Orion Power MidWest the Power Sales Contract,
attached to the February 2, Application.
A copy of the filing was served upon the Pennsylvania Public
Utility Commission and the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
Comment date: March 30, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
2. Allegheny Energy Service Corporation, on behalf of Monongahela
Power Company, The Potomac Edison Company, and West Penn Power
Company (Allegheny Power)
[Docket No. ER00-1149-000]
Take notice that on March 2, 2000, Allegheny Energy Service
Corporation on behalf of Monongahela Power Company, The Potomac Edison
Company and West Penn Power Company (Allegheny Power), tendered for
filing Amendment Nos. 2 and 3 to Supplement No. 69 to submit two
complete service agreements to replace an agreement previously filed
which added Engage Energy US, L.P., as a long term firm point-to-point
transmission customer under Allegheny Power's Open Access Transmission
Service Tariff which has been accepted for filing by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission in Docket No. ER96-58-000.
The proposed effective dates for Amendment Nos. 2 and 3 are March
1, 2000 and September 1, 2000, respectively, or other dates as ordered
by the Commission.
Copies of the filing have been provided to the Public Utilites
Commission of Ohio, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the
Maryland Public Service Commission, the Virginia State Corporation
Commission, and the West Virginia Public Service Commission.
Comment date: March 23, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
3. Carolina Power & Light Company
[Docket No. ER00-1767-000]
Take notice that on March 2, 2000, Carolina Power & Light Company
(CP&L), tendered for filing an executed Service Agreement with Statoil
Energy Services, Inc. under the provisions of CP&L's Market-Based Rates
Tariff, FERC Electric Tariff No. 4.
This Service Agreement supersedes the un-executed Agreement
originally filed in Docket No. ER98-3385-000 and approved effective May
18, 1998.
Copies of the filing were served upon the North Carolina Utilities
Commission and the South Carolina Public Service Commission.
Comment date: March 23, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
4. Allegheny Energy Service Corporation on behalf of Monongahela
Power Company and West Penn Power Company
[Docket No. ER00-1768-000]
Take notice that on March 2, 2000, Allegheny Energy Service
Corporation on behalf of Monongahela Power Company (Monongahela) and
West Penn Power Company (West Penn), tendered for filing Amendment No.
14 to the Interchange Agreement with Ohio Edison Company and
Pennsylvania Power Company (collectively the Parties). Amendment No. 14
is being submitted to change the location of one metering point between
the systems of the Parties.
Monongahela Power and West Penn propose that the Amendment become
effective as of May 15, 2000 or a date ordered by the Commission.
Copies of the filing have been provided to the Public Utilities
Commission of Ohio, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the
Maryland Public Service Commission, the Virginia State Corporation
Commission, and the West Virginia Public Service Commission.
Comment date: March 23, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
5. FirstEnergy Operating Companies
[Docket No. ER00-1769-000]
Take note that on March 2, 2000, the FirstEnergy Operating
Companies (The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, Ohio Edison
Company, Pennsylvania Power Company, and The Toledo Edison Company)
tendered for filing a Supplement adding new transmission customers to
the Service Agreement and Operating Agreement for Network Integration
Transmission Service provided by the FirstEnergy Operating Companies to
American Municipal Power--Ohio, Inc. (AMP--Ohio) on behalf of certain
designated municipal electric systems in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The
Supplement does not modify the terms and conditions of the existing
Network Agreements between the FirstEnergy Operating Companies and
AMP--Ohio.
FirstEnergy Operating Companies request an effective date of March
1, 1999 for the Supplement. A revised Index of Network Customers is
also submitted as part of this filing.
Copies of this filing have been served on the utility commissions
in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Comment date: March 23, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
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6. Consumers Energy Company
[Docket No. ER00-1773-000]
Take notice that on March 2, 2000, Consumers Energy Company
(Consumers) tendered for filing Amendment No. 2 to the Power Sales
Agreement between Consumers and Edison Sault Electric Company (Edison
Sault) dated December 1, 1996 (the PSA), designated Consumers Energy
Company Electric Rate Schedule FERC No. 94. The amendment changes the
extent and duration of service under the PSA and reflects purchases
made by Edison Sault under a new power sales service agreement.
Copies of the filing were served upon Edison Sault and the Michigan
Public Service Commission.
Comment date: March 23, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
7. Virginia Electric and Power Company
[Docket No. ER00-1774-000]
Take notice that on March 2, 2000, Virginia Electric and Power
Company (Virginia Power), tendered for filing the following:
1. Service Agreement for Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service
by Virginia Electric and Power Company to Conectiv Energy Supply Inc.
2. Service Agreement for Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission
Service by Virginia Electric and Power Company to Conectiv Energy
Supply Inc.
The foregoing Service Agreements are tendered for filing under the
Open Access Transmission Tariff to Eligible Purchasers dated July 14,
1997. Under the tendered Service Agreements, Virginia Power will
provide point-to-point service to the Transmission Customer under the
rates, terms and conditions of the Open Access Transmission Tariff.
Virginia Power requests an effective date of March 2, 2000, the date of
filing of the Service Agreements.
Copies of the filing were served upon Conectiv Energy Supply Inc.,
the Virginia State Corporation Commission and the North Carolina
Utilities Commission.
Comment date: March 23, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
8. Peco Energy Company
[Docket No. ER00-1775-000]
Take notice that on March 2, 2000, PECO Energy Company (PECO),
tendered for filing under Section 205 of the Federal Power Act, 16
U.S.C. S 792 et seq., an Agreement dated March 1, 2000 with
Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc. (CEEI) under PECO's FERC Electric
Tariff Original Volume No. 1 (Tariff).
PECO requests an effective date of March 1, 2000 for the Agreement.
PECO states that copies of this filing have been supplied to
Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc., and to the Pennsylvania Public
Utility Commission.
Comment date: March 23, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
9. Peco Energy Company
[Docket No. ER00-1776-000]
Take notice that on March 2, 2000, PECO Energy Company (PECO),
tendered for filing under Section 205 of the Federal Power Act, 16
U.S.C. S 792 et seq., an Agreement dated March 1, 2000 with
Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc. (CEEI) under PECO's FERC Electric
Tariff Original Volume No. 1 (Tariff).
PECO requests an effective date of March 1, 2000, for the
Agreement.
PECO states that copies of this filing have been supplied to
Utilimax.com, Inc. and to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
Comment date: March 23, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
10. Wisconsin Electric Power Company
[Docket No. ER00-1777-000]
Take notice that on March 2, 2000, Wisconsin Electric Power Company
(Wisconsin Electric), tendered for filing a notification indicating a
name change for an electric service agreement under its Coordination
Sales Tariff (FERC Electric Tariff, First Revised Volume No. 2) as
requested by the customer.
Wisconsin Electric respectfully requests effective February 14,
2000, Service Agreement No. 58 with Pennsylvania Power & Light is
changed to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation d/b/a PPL Utilities
(PPL) .
Wisconsin Electric requests waiver of any applicable regulation to
allow for the effective dates as requested above. Copies of the filing
have been served on PPL, the Michigan Public Service Commission, and
the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin.
Comment date: March 23, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
11. Virginia Electric and Power Company
[Docket No. ER00-1778-000]
Take notice that on March 2, 2000, Virginia Electric and Power
Company (Virginia Power), tendered for filing the Service Agreement
between Virginia Electric and Power Company and Southern Company Energy
Marketing L.P. Under the Service Agreement, Virginia Power will provide
services to Southern Company Energy Marketing L.P., under the terms of
the Company's Revised Market-Based Rate Tariff designated as FERC
Electric Tariff (Second Revised Volume No. 4), which was accepted by
order of the Commission dated August 13, 1998 in Docket No. ER98-3771-
000.
Virginia Power requests an effective date of February 9, 2000, the
date service was first provided.
Copies of the filing were served upon Southern Company Energy
Marketing L.P., the Virginia State Corporation Commission and the North
Carolina Utilities Commission.
Comment date: March 23, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
12. Union Power Partners, L.P.
[Docket No. ER00-1779-000]
Take notice that on March 2, 2000, Union Power Partners, L.P.
(UPP), tendered for filing pursuant to Rule 205, 18 CFR 385.205, a
petition for waivers and blanket approvals under various regulations of
the Commission and for an order accepting its FERC Electric Rate
Schedule No. 1, and for the purpose of permitting UPP to assign
transmission capacity and to resell Firm Transmission Rights, to be
effective no later than sixty (60) days from the date of its filing.
UPP intends to engage in electric power and energy transactions as
a marketer and a broker. In transactions where UPP sells electric
energy, it proposes to make such sales on rates, terms, and conditions
to be mutually agreed to with the purchasing party. Neither UPP nor any
of its affiliates is in the business of transmitting or distributing
electric power.
Rate Schedule No. 1 provides for the sale of energy and capacity at
agreed prices.
Comment date: March 23, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
13. Texas Electric Marketing, LLC
[Docket No. ER00-1780-000]
Take notice that on March 2, 2000, Texas Electric Marketing, LLC
(TEM), tendered for filing, pursuant to Rules 205 and 207 of the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of Practice
and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.205 and 385.207, and Section 35.12 of the
Commission's Regulations, 18 CFR 35.12, an application for blanket
authorizations and certain waivers under various regulations of the
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Commission, and for an order accepting its FERC Electric Rate Schedule
No. 1 to be effective the earlier of May 1, 2000, or the date of a
Commission order granting approval of this Rate Schedule.
TEM intends to engage in electric power and energy transactions as
a marketer and a broker. In transactions where TEM purchases power,
including capacity and related services from electric utilities,
qualifying facilities, and independent power producers, and resells
such power to other purchasers, TEM will be functioning as a marketer.
In TEM's marketing transactions, TEM proposes to charge rates mutually
agreed upon by the parties. In transactions where TEM does not take
title to the electric power and/or energy, TEM will be limited to the
role of a broker and will charge a fee for its services. TEM is not in
the business of producing nor does it contemplate acquiring title to
any electric power transmission facilities.
Comment date: March 23, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
14. Marquette Energy, L.L.C.
[Docket No. ER00-1781-000]
Take notice that on March 2, 2000, Marquette Energy, L.L.C.
(Marquette) petitioned the Commission for acceptance of Marquette Rate
Schedule FERC No. 1; the granting of certain blanket approvals,
including the authority to sell electricity at market-based rates; and
the waiver of certain Commission Regulations.
Marquette intends to engage in wholesale electric power and energy
purchases and sales as a marketer. Marquette is not in the business of
generating or transmitting electric power. Marquette is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Marquette Partners, L.P., which, through its affiliates,
trades derivatives on regulated futures exchanges for its own
proprietary account.
Comment date: March 23, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
15. Duke Energy Trenton, LLC
[Docket No. ER00-1782-000]
Take notice that on March 2, 2000, Duke Energy Trenton, LLC (Duke
Madison) tendered for filing pursuant to Section 205 of the Federal
Power Act its proposed Rate Schedules FERC Nos. 1, 2, and 3.
Duke Trenton seeks authority to sell energy and capacity, as well
as ancillary services, at market-based rates, together with certain
waivers and preapprovals. Duke Trenton also seeks authority to sell,
assign, or transfer transmission rights that it may acquire in the
course of its marketing activities.
Duke Trenton seeks an effective date sixty (60) days from the date
of filing for its proposed rate schedules.
Comment date: March 23, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
16. Duke Energy Vermillion, LLC
[Docket No. ER00-1783-000]
Take notice that on March 2, 2000, Duke Energy Vermillion, LLC
(Duke Vermillion), tendered for filing pursuant to Section 205 of the
Federal Power Act an application for an order accepting its rates for
filing, determining rates to be just and reasonable, and granting
certain waivers and preapprovals.
Duke Vermillion is developing an approximately 640 MW generation
facility located in Cayuga, Vermillion County, Indiana. Under its
proposed Rate Schedules FERC Nos. 1 and 2, Duke Vermillion seeks to
sell energy and capacity, as well as ancillary services, at market-
based rates. Under its proposed Rate Schedule FERC No. 3, Duke
Vermillion seeks authority to sell, assign, or transfer transmission
rights that it may acquire in the course of its marketing activities.
Under its proposed Rate Schedule FERC No. 4, Duke Vermillion seeks
authority to sell energy generated during the testing phase of
construction of the Facility to Cinergy Services, Inc.
Comment date: March 23, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
17. Duke Energy Madison, LLC
[Docket No. ER00-1784-000]
Take notice that on March 2, 2000, Duke Energy Madison, LLC (Duke
Madison), tendered for filing pursuant to Section 205 of the Federal
Power Act an application for an order accepting its rates for filing,
determining rates to be just and reasonable, and granting certain
waivers and preapprovals.
Duke Madison is developing an approximately 640 MW generation
facility located in Madison Township, Butler County, Ohio. Under its
proposed Rate Schedules FERC Nos. 1 and 2, Duke Madison seeks to sell
energy and capacity, as well as ancillary services, at market-based
rates. Under its proposed Rate Schedule FERC No. 3, Duke Madison seeks
authority to sell, assign, or transfer transmission rights that it may
acquire in the course of its marketing activities. Under its proposed
Rate Schedule FERC No. 4, Duke Madison seeks authority to sell energy
generated during the testing phase of construction of the Facility to
Cinergy Services, Inc.
Comment date: March 23, 2000, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
E at the end of this notice.
Standard Paragraphs
E. Any person desiring to be heard or to protest such filing 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). All such motions or
protests should be filed on or before the comment date. Protests will
be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action
to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a motion to
intervene. Copies of these filings are on file with the Commission and
are available for public inspection. This filing may also be viewed on
the Internet at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-
2222 for assistance).
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
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