Carolina Power & Light Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 9, 1996)]

[Notices]

[Pages 52936-52938]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 96-25911]

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER96-3070-000, et al.]

Carolina Power & Light Company, et al.; Electric Rate and

Corporate Regulation Filings

October 3, 1996.

Take notice that the following filings have been made with the

Commission:

1. Carolina Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER96-3070-000]

Take notice that on September 20, 1996, Carolina Power & Light

Company (CP&L), tendered for filing separate Service Agreements for

Non-Firm Point to Point Transmission Service executed between CP&L and

the following Eligible Transmission Customers. Electric Clearinghouse,

Inc., Duke Power Company, Florida Power & Light Company, MidCon Power

Services Corporation, DuPont Power Marketing, Inc., and American

Electric Power Service Corporation, and for Short-Term Firm

Transmission Service with Florida Power & Light Company and American

Electric Power Service Corporation. Service to each Eligible Customer

will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of Carolina Power &

Light Company's Open Access Transmission Tariff.

Copies of the filing were served upon the North Carolina Utilities

Commission and the South Carolina Public Service Commission.

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Comment date: October 17, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

2. Louisville Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER96-3071-000]

Take notice that on September 23, 1996, Louisville Gas and Electric

Company, tendered for filing copies of a service agreement between

Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Koch Power Services, Inc. under

Rate GSS.

Comment date: October 17, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

3. Boston Edison Company

[Docket No. ER96-3105-000]

Take notice that on September 27, 1996, Boston Edison Company

(Boston Edison), tendered for filing a Service Agreement and Appendix A

under Original Volume No. 6, Power Sales and Exchange Tariff (Tariff)

for Belmont Municipal Light Department (Belmont). Boston Edison

requests that the Service Agreement become effective as of September 1,

1996.

Edison states that it has served a copy of this filing on Belmont

and the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities.

Comment date: October 17, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

4. Entergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER96-3106-000]

Take notice that on September 27, 1996, Entergy Services, Inc.

(Entergy Services), on behalf of Entergy Arkansas, Inc., Entergy Gulf

States, Inc., Entergy Louisiana, Inc., Entergy Mississippi, Inc., and

Entergy New Orleans, Inc. (Entergy Operating Companies), tendered for

filing a Transmission Service Agreement (TSA) between Entergy Services,

Inc. and City Water and Light Plant of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Entergy Services states that the TSA sets out the transmission

arrangements under which the Entergy Operating Companies provide firm

transmission service under their Transmission Service Tariff.

Comment date: October 17, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

5. Florida Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER96-3108-000]

Take notice that on September 27, 1996, Florida Power & Light

Company (FPL), tendered for filing a proposed notice of cancellation of

an umbrella service agreement with Rainbow Energy Marketing Corporation

for Firm Short-Term transmission service under FPL's Open Access

Transmission Tariff.

FPL requests that the proposed cancellation be permitted to become

effective on August 31, 1996.

FPL states that this filing is in accordance with Part 35 of the

Commission's Regulations.

Comment date: October 17, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

6. Florida Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER96-3109-000]

Take notice that on September 27, 1996, Florida Power & Light

Company (FPL), tendered for filing a proposed notice of cancellation of

an umbrella service agreement with MidCon Power Services Corporation

for Firm Short Term transmission service under FPL's Open Access

Transmission Tariff.

FPL requests that the proposed cancellation be permitted to become

effective on August 31, 1996.

FPL states that this filing is in accordance with Part 35 of the

Commission's Regulations.

Comment date: October 17, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

7. San Diego Gas & Electric Company

[Docket No. ER96-3110-000]

Take notice that on September 27, 1996, San Diego Gas & Electric

Company (SDG&E), tendered for filing and acceptance, pursuant to 18 CFR

35.12, an Interchange Agreement (Agreement) between SDG&E and Illinois

Power Marketing, Inc. (Illinova).

SDG&E requests that the Commission allow the Agreement to become

effective on the 25th of November 1996 or at the earliest possible

date.

Copies of this filing were served upon the Public Utilities

Commission of the State of California and Illinova.

Comment date: October 17, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

8. Potomac Electric Power Company

[Docket No. ER96-3111-000]

Take notice that on September 27, 1996, Potomac Electric Power

Company (Pepco), tendered for filing service agreements pursuant to

Pepco FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 1, entered into between

Pepco and: Commonwealth Edison Company, MidCon Power Services, and AIG

Trading Corporation. An effective date of September 20, 1996 for these

service agreements, with waiver of notice, is requested.

Comment date: October 17, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

9. Burlington Resources Trading, Inc.

[Docket No. ER96-3112-000]

Take notice that on September 27, 1996, Burlington Resources

Trading, Inc. (Burlington Resources), tendered for filing pursuant to

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 to be effective no later than sixty

(60) days from the date of its filing.

Burlington Resources intends to engage in electric power and energy

transactions as a marketer and a broker. In transactions where

Burlington Resources sells electric energy, it proposes to make such

sales on rates, terms, and conditions to be mutually agreed to with the

purchasing party. Neither Burlington Resources nor any of its

affiliates is in the business of generating or transmitting electric

power, or is engaged in any form of franchised electricity

distribution.

Rate Schedule No. 1 provides for the sale of energy and capacity at

agreed prices. Rate Schedule No. 1 also provides that no sales may be

made to affiliates.

Comment date: October 17, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

10. Commonwealth Edison Company

[Docket No. ER96-3113-000]

Take notice that on September 27, 1996, Commonwealth Edison Company

(ComEd), tendered for filing a new Power Sales Schedule 9 and related

changes to its PSRT-1 Tariff. ComEd will offer to sell Emergency

Service under the new schedule.

ComEd requests an effective date of September 28, 1996 and has

therefore requested that the Commission waive the Commission's notice

requirement. Copies of this filing have been served on the Illinois

Commerce Commission and all customers served under ComEd's PSRT-1

Tariff.

Comment date: October 17, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

11. MDU Resources Group, Inc.

[Docket No. ES96-52-000]

Take notice that on September 30, 1996, MDU Resources Group, Inc.

(MDU Resources) filed an application, under Sec. 204 of the Federal

Power Act, seeking authorization to issue up to 2,285,715 additional

shares of its common stock, par value $3.33 for corporate development

purposes to be issued, from time to time, in one or more transactions,

within a two-year period,

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directly to a seller or sellers as consideration for the acquisition of

business assets by MDU Resources or its subsidiaries. Under these

circumstances, MDU Resources further requests an exemption from the

Commission's competitive bidding and negotiated placement requirements.

Alternatively, MDU Resources may issue or sell its common stock on the

open market, from time to time, the cash proceeds therefrom to be used

for the acquisition of business assets. If MDU Resources issues common

stock on the open market, it will sell such shares by competitive

bidding.

Comment date: October 29, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

12. El Paso Electric Company

[Docket No. ES96-53-000]

Take notice that on September 30, 1996, El Paso Electric Company

(El Paso) filed an application, under Sec. 204 of the Federal Power

Act, seeking authorization to issue up to 3,500,000 shares of its

common stock for its 1996 Long-Term Incentive Plan, under which

officers, key employees and non-employee directors will be eligible to

receive non-qualified options, incentive stock options, stock

appreciation rights, restricted stock, bonus stock and performance

shares of El Paso's common stock. El Paso further requests an exemption

from the Commission's competitive bidding and negotiated placement

requirements.

Comment date: October 29, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

13. Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.

[Docket No. QF96-109-000]

On September 27, 1996, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. of 340 Kingsland

Street, Nutley, New Jersey 07110, submitted for filing an application

for certification of a facility as a qualifying cogeneration facility

pursuant to Section 292.207(b) of the Commission's Regulations. No

determination has been made that the submittal constitutes a complete

filing.

According to the applicant, the cogeneration facility will be

located in the city of Belvidere, New Jersey 07823. The facility will

consist of one gas turbine generator and one heat recovery boiler.

Steam recovered from the facility will be used by an affiliate,

Hoffmann-La Roche Vitamins and Fine Chemicals, for the processing of

vitamins and for HVAC equipment. The maximum net power production

capacity of the facility will be 49.5 MW. The primary energy source

will be natural gas. Construction of the facility is expected to be

completed in late 1997.

Comment date: October 25, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

E. Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should

file a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426,

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 18 CFR 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 this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96-25911 Filed 10-8-96; 8:45 am]

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