Pacific Gas and Electric Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. ER96-1703-000, et al.]

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, et al.; Electric Rate and

Corporate Regulation Filings

November 1, 1996.

Take notice that the following filings have been made with the

Commission:

1. Pacific Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER96-1703-000]

Take notice that on October 25, 1996, Pacific Gas and Electric

Company (PG&E) tendered for filing additional information in response

to a letter from FERC dated September 27, 1996.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

2. AYP Energy, Inc.

[Docket No. ER96-2673-000]

Take notice that on October 23, 1996, AYP Energy, Inc. tendered for

filing an amendment in the above-referenced docket.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

3. Citizens Utilities Company

[Docket No. ER96-2707-000]

Take notice that on October 22, 1996 and October 23, 1996, Citizens

Utilities Company tendered for filing amendments in the above-

referenced docket.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

4. Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company

[Docket No. ER96-2734-001]

Take notice that on October 29, 1996, Southern Indiana Gas &

Electric Company (SIGECO) submitted for filing revisions to its

Wholesale Power Sales Tariff in compliance with the order issued in

this proceeding by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on October

15, 1996. Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company, 77 FERC para. 61,024

(1996).

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

5. Louisville Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER96-2801-000]

Take notice that on October 24, 1996, Louisville Gas and Electric

Company tendered for filing an amendment to its initial filing in the

above-cited docket in compliance with the Commission's directive in

Order 888 to unbundle its rates.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

6. New England Power Company

[Docket No. ER96-2865-000]

Take notice that on October 25, 1996, New England Power Company

tendered for filing an amendment in the above-referenced docket.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

7. Duke Power Company

[Docket No. ER96-2943-000]

Take notice that on October 23, 1996, Duke Power Company tendered

for filing an amendment in the above-referenced docket.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

8. Southwestern Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER96-2948-000]

Take notice that on October 28, 1996, Southwestern Public Service

Company tendered for filing an amendment in the above-referenced

docket.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

9. PacifiCorp

[Docket No. ER96-3040-000]

Take notice that on October 28, 1996, PacifiCorp tendered for

filing additional cost support for a Letter Agreement dated July 3,

1996 between PacifiCorp and Portland General Electric (PGE).

Copies of this filing were supplied to PGE, the Public Utility

Commission of Oregon and the Washington Utilities and Transportation

Commission.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

10. Great Bay Power Corporation

[Docket No. ER97-99-000]

Take notice that on October 9, 1996, Great Bay Power Corporation

tendered for filing a service agreement between Enron Power Marketing,

Inc. and Great Bay for service under Great Bay's revised Tariff for

Short Term Sales. This Tariff was accepted for filing by the Commission

on May 17, 1996, in Docket No. ER96-725-000. The service agreement is

proposed to be effective October 8, 1996.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

11. Northern Indiana Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER97-191-000]

Take notice that on October 23, 1996, Northern Indiana Public

Service Company, tendered for filing an executed Standard Transmission

Service Agreement between Northern Indiana Public Service Company and

Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc.

Under the Transmission Service Agreement, Northern Indiana Public

Service Company will provide Point-to-Point Transmission Service to

Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc. pursuant to

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the Transmission Service Tariff filed by Northern Indiana Public

Service Company in Docket No. ER96-1426-000 and allowed to become

effective by the Commission. Northern Indiana Public Service Company,

75 FERC para. 61,213 (1996). Northern Indiana Public Service Company

has requested that the Service Agreement be allowed to become effective

as of November 1, 1996.

Copies of this filing have been sent to the Indiana Utility

Regulatory Commission and the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer

Counselor.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

12. Northern Indiana Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER97-192-000]

Take notice that on October 23, 1996, Northern Indiana Public

Service Company, tendered for filing an executed Standard Transmission

Service Agreement between Northern Indiana Public Service Company and

Williams Energy Services Company.

Under the Transmission Service Agreement, Northern Indiana Public

Service Company will provide Point-to-Point Transmission Service to

Williams Energy Services Company pursuant to the Transmission Service

Tariff filed by Northern Indiana Public Service Company in Docket No.

ER96-1426-000 and allowed to become effective by the Commission.

Northern Indiana Public Service Company, 75 FERC para. 61,213 (1996).

Northern Indiana Public Service Company has requested that the Service

Agreement be allowed to become effective as of November 1, 1996.

Copies of this filing have been sent to the Indiana Utility

Regulatory Commission and the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer

Counselor.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

13. Northern Indiana Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER97-193-000]

Take notice that on October 23, 1996, Northern Indiana Public

Service Company, tendered for filing an executed Standard Transmission

Service Agreement between Northern Indiana Public Service Company and

WPS Energy Services, Inc.

Under the Transmission Service Agreement, Northern Indiana Public

Service Company will provide Point-to-Point Transmission Service to WPS

Energy Services, Inc. pursuant to the Transmission Service Tariff filed

by Northern Indiana Public Service Company in Docket No. ER96-1426-000

and allowed to become effective by the Commission. Northern Indiana

Public Service Company, 75 FERC para. 61,213 (1996). Northern Indiana

Public Service Company has requested that the Service Agreement be

allowed to become effective as of November 1, 1996.

Copies of this filing have been sent to the Indiana Utility

Regulatory Commission and the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer

Counselor.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

14. Northern Indiana Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER97-194-000]

Take notice that on October 23, 1996, Northern Indiana Public

Service Company, tendered for filing an executed Standard Transmission

Service Agreement between Northern Indiana Public Service Company and

InterCoast Power Marketing Company.

Under the Transmission Service Agreement, Northern Indiana Public

Service Company will provide Point-to-Point Transmission Service to

InterCoast Power Marketing Company pursuant to the Transmission Service

Tariff filed by Northern Indiana Public Service Company in Docket No.

ER96-1426-000 and allowed to become effective by the Commission.

Northern Indiana Public Service Company, 75 FERC para. 61,213 (1996).

Northern Indiana Public Service Company has requested that the Service

Agreement be allowed to become effective as of November 1, 1996.

Copies of this filing have been sent to the Indiana Utility

Regulatory Commission and the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer

Counselor.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

15. Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., a division of MDU Resources

Group, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97-195-000]

Take notice that on October 24, 1996, Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.,

a division of MDU Resources Group, Inc. (Montana-Dakota), tendered for

filing an Interconnection Agreement between Montana-Dakota and Capital

Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Capital).

Montana-Dakota asserts that the filing has been served on Capital

and on all interested state regulatory agencies.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

16. Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Metropolitan Edison Company,

Pennsylvania Electric Company

[Docket No. ER97-196-000]

Take notice that on October 24, 1996, GPU Service, Inc. (GPU), on

behalf of Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Metropolitan Edison

Company and Pennsylvania Electric Company (GPU Energy), filed an

executed Service Agreement between GPU and Williams Energy Services

Company (WILLIAMS), dated October 2, 1996. This Service Agreement

specifies that WILLIAMS has agreed to the rates, terms and conditions

of GPU Energy's Operating Capacity and/or Energy Sales Tariff (Sales

Tariff) designated as FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 1. The

Sales Tariff was accepted by the Commission by letter order issued on

February 10, 1995 in Jersey Central Power & Light Co., Metropolitan

Edison Co. and Pennsylvania Electric Co., Docket No. ER95-276-000 and

allows GPU and WILLIAMS to enter into separately scheduled transactions

under which GPU Energy will make available for sale, surplus operating

capacity and/or energy at negotiated rates that are no higher than GPU

Energy's cost of service.

GPU requests a waiver of the Commission's notice requirements for

good cause shown and an effective date of October 2, 1996 for the

Service Agreement.

GPU has served copies of the filing on regulatory agencies in New

Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

17. Tampa Electric Company

[Docket No. ER97-197-000]

Take notice that on October 24, 1996, Tampa Electric Company (Tampa

Electric), tendered for filing service agreements with the City of Lake

Worth, Florida, South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, the City of

Lakeland, Florida, Williams Energy Services Company, and Tampa Electric

itself, for non-firm point-to-point transmission service under Tampa

Electric's open access transmission tariff.

Tampa Electric proposes an effective date of October 24, 1996, for

the service agreements, and therefore requests waiver of the

Commission's notice requirement.

Copies of the filing have been served on the other parties to the

service agreements and the Florida Public Service Commission.

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Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

18. Louisville Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER97-199-000]

Take notice that on October 25, 1996, Louisville Gas and Electric

Company, tendered for filing copies of a service agreement between

Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Enron Power Marketing, Inc.

under Rate GSS.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

19. Pennsylvania Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER97-200-000]

Take notice that on October 23, 1996, Pennsylvania Power & Light

Company (PP&L), filed a Service Agreement dated October 22, 1996, with

Sonat Power Marketing L.P. (Sonat) for non-firm point-to-point

transmission service under PP&L's Open Access Transmission Tariff. The

Service Agreement adds Sonat as an eligible customer under the Tariff.

PP&L requests an effective date of October 24, 1996, for the

Service Agreement.

PP&L states that copies of this filing have been supplied to Sonat

and to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

20. Pennsylvania Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER97-201-000]

Take notice that on October 23, 1996, Pennsylvania Power & Light

Company (PP&L), filed a Service Agreement dated October 22, 1996, with

Virginia Electric and Power Company (Virginia Power) for non-firm

point-to-point transmission service under PP&L's Open Access

Transmission Tariff. The Service Agreement adds Virginia Power as an

eligible customer under the Tariff.

PP&L requests an effective date of October 24, 1996, for the

Service Agreement.

PP&L states that copies of this filing have been supplied to

Virginia Power and to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

21. Portland General Electric Company

[Docket No. ER97-202-000]

Take notice that on October 23, 1996, Portland General Electric

Company (PGE), tendered for filing under FERC Electric Tariff, First

Revised Volume No. 2, an executed Service Agreement with Western Power

Services, Inc.

Pursuant to 18 CFR 35.11 and the Commission's order issued July 30,

1995 (Docket No. PL93-2-002), PGE respectfully requests the Commission

grant a waiver of the notice requirements of 18 CFR 35.3 to allow the

executed Service Agreement to become effective October 1, 1996.

A copy of this filing was caused to be served upon Western Power

Services, Inc., as noted in the filing letter.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

22. Southern Company Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97-203-000]

Take notice that on October 23, 1996, Southern Company Services,

Inc. (SCS), acting on behalf of Alabama Power Company, Georgia Power

Company, Gulf Power Company, Mississippi Power Company, and Savannah

Electric and Power Company (collectively referred to as Southern

Companies) filed one (1) service agreement between SCS, as agent of

Southern Companies, and Southeastern Power Administration for non-firm

point-to-point transmission service under Part II of the Open Access

Transmission Tariff of Southern Companies.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

23. Interstate Power Company

[Docket No. ER97-204-000]

Take notice that on October 23, 1996, Interstate Power Company,

tendered for filing a Notice of Cancellation of its Municipal Electric

Wholesale Agreement with the City of Guttenberg filed with FERC under

Original Volume No. 1.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

24. Pacific Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER97-205-000]

Take notice that on October 24, 1996, Pacific Gas and Electric

Company (PG&E), tendered for filing an agreement (Special Facilities

Agreement) dated June 27, 1996, and a First Amendment to the Special

Facilities Agreement dated October 3, 1996 between PG&E and the United

States of America acting by and through the Department of the Navy.

The purpose of the Special Facilities Agreement is to: 1) install

at the Navy's request certain facilities (Special Facilities) necessary

for interconnection at U.S. Naval Air Station, Lemoore, California of

the Navy's substation and PG&E's transmission system; and 2) to

facilitate payment of PG&E's costs of designing, constructing,

procuring, installing, testing, and placing in operation Special

Facilities for the Navy, and to provide a mechanism for PG&E to recover

the ongoing costs of owning, operating and maintaining the Special

Facilities (Cost of Ownership Charges).

Copies of this filing have been served upon the Navy and the

California Public Utilities Commission.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

25. Northern States Power Company (Minnesota Company)

[Docket No. ER97-206-000]

Take notice that on October 24, 1996, Northern States Power Company

(Minnesota) (NSP), tendered for filing the Transmission Service

Agreement between NSP and Sonat Power Marketing L.P.

NSP requests that the Commission accept the agreement effective

September 24, 1996, and requests waiver of the Commission's notice

requirements in order for the agreement to be accepted for filing on

the date requested.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

26. Boston Edison Company

[Docket No. ER97-207-000]

Take notice that on October 25, 1996, Boston Edison Company (Boston

Edison), tendered for filing a Service Agreement under Original Volume

No. 8, FERC Order 888 Tariff (Tariff) for Maine Public Service Company

(Maine). Boston Edison requests that the Service Agreement become

effective as of October 1, 1996.

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

the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

27. Maine Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER97-208-000]

Take notice that on October 24, 1996, Maine Public Service Company

(Maine Public), filed an executed Service Agreement with Sonat Power

Marketing, Inc.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

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28. Maine Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER97-209-000]

Take notice that on October 24, 1996, Maine Public Service Company

(Maine Public), filed an executed Service Agreement with Transcanada

Power Corporation.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

29. Duke Power Company

[Docket No. ER97-210-000]

Take notice that on October 24, 1996, Duke Power Company (Duke),

tendered for filing a Market Rate Service Agreement between Duke and

MidCon Power Services Corp. Duke requests that the Agreement be made

effective as of September 27, 1996.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

30. Central Illinois Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER97-211-000]

Take notice that on October 24, 1996, Central Illinois Public

Service Company (CIPS), submitted a service agreement, dated October

14, 1996, establishing Minnesota Power & Light Company (MP&L) as a

customer under the terms of CIPS's Open Access Transmission Tariff.

CIPS requests an effective date of October 14, 1996, for the

service agreement. Accordingly, CIPS requests waiver of the

Commission's notice requirements. Copies of this filing were served

upon MP&L and the Illinois Commerce Commission.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

31. Boston Edison Company

[Docket No. ER97-212-000]

Take notice that on October 25, 1996, Boston Edison Company (Boston

Edison), tendered for filing a Service Agreement under Original Volume

No. 8, FERC Order 888 Tariff (Tariff) for LG&E Power Marketing, Inc.

(LPM). Boston Edison requests that the Service Agreement become

effective as of October 1, 1996.

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

the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

32. Public Service Company of Colorado

[Docket No. ER97-213-000]

Take notice that on October 25, 1996, Public Service Company of

Colorado (Public Service), tendered for filing a revision to Exhibit B

of the Power Supply Agreement between Public Service and Holy Cross

Electric Association, Inc. (Holy Cross). Specifically Public Service is

filing a Revision to Exhibit B of this Contract designated as Public

Service Rate Schedule FERC No. 52. This revision eliminates Glenwood,

Mitchell Creek, and Roaring Fork as Delivery Points and shows the

addition of Emergency Taps at various other Delivery Points. Public

Service requests that this revision to Exhibit B be made effective on

the first day of the month following FERC's approval.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

33. Louisville Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER97-214-000]

Take notice that on October 25, 1996, Louisville Gas and Electric

Company, tendered for filing copies of a service agreement between

Louisville Gas and Electric Company and PanEnergy Power Services under

Rate GSS.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

34. Northern States Power Company (Minnesota Company)

[Docket No. ER97-215-000]

Take notice that on October 25, 1996, Northern States Power Company

(Minnesota) (NSP), tendered for filing Supplement No. 10 to the

Interconnection and Interchange Agreement between NSP and United Power

Association (UPA). This supplement establishes a control area meter

point on the existing transformer at the Vadnais Heights Substation and

UPA agreed to install a second transformer and a control area meter

point at the Vadnais Heights Substation.

NSP requests that the Commission accept the supplement effective

October 28, 1996, and requests waiver of the Commission's notice

requirements in order for the supplement to be accepted for filing on

the date requested.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

35. Southwestern Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER97-216-000]

Take notice that on October 25, 1996, Southwestern Public Service

Company (Southwestern), submitted an executed service agreement under

its open access transmission tariff with Aquila Power Marketing. The

service agreement is for umbrella non-firm transmission service.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

36. Florida Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER97-217-000]

Take notice that on October 25, 1996, Florida Power & Light Company

(FPL), tendered for filing a revised Attachment A to the Revised and

Restated Transmission Service Agreement for Stanton Unit Two between

FPL and The Florida Municipal Power Agency. FPL proposed to make the

revised Attachment A effective June 1, 1996.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

37. Portland General Electric Company

[Docket No. ER97-218-000]

Take notice that on October 25, 1996, Portland General Electric

Company (PGE), tendered for filing its Average System Cost (ASC) as

calculated by PGE and determined by the Bonneville Power Administration

under the revised ASC Methodology which became effective on October 1,

1984. This filing includes PGE's revised Appendix 1 of the Residential

Purchase and Sale Agreement.

PGE states that the revised Appendix 1 shows the ASC to be 36.31

mills/kWh effective March 11, 1996. The Bonneville Power Administration

determined the ASC rate for PGE to be 36.34 mills/kWh.

Copies of the filing have been served on the persons named in the

transmittal letter as included in the filing.

Comment date: November 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

38. Central Louisiana Electric Company, Inc.

[Docket No. ES97-6-000]

Take notice that on October 30, 1996, Central Louisiana Electric

Company, Inc. filed an application, under Section 204 of the Federal

Power Act, seeking authorization to issue short-term indebtedness, from

time to time, in an aggregate principal amount of not more than $145

million outstanding at any one time, during the period ending December

31, 1998, with a final

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maturity date no later than December 31, 1999.

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

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

39. Consumers Power Company

[Docket No. ES97-7-000]

Take notice that on October 30, 1996, Consumers Power Company filed

an application, under Section 204 of the Federal Power Act, seeking

authorization to issue secured and/or unsecured long-term securities,

from time to time, in an aggregate principal amount of not more than

$500 million outstanding at any one time, during the period December 1,

1996 through November 30, 1998, with final maturities no later than 30

years from the date of issue.

Comment date: November 26, 1996, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

40. Exxon Chemical Company and Exxon Company, U.S.A.

[Docket No. QF89-41-002] )

On October 28, 1996, Exxon Chemical Company and Exxon Company,

U.S.A. (Applicants), c/o John B. O'Sullivan, Esquire, 1101 Vermont

Avenue, N.W., Suite 1000, Washington, D.C. 20005, submitted for filing

an application for recertification 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 Applicants, the topping-cycle cogeneration facility is

located in Baytown, Texas. The Commission previously certified the

facility as a qualifying cogeneration facility in Exxon Chemical

Company and Exxon Company, U.S.A., 47 FERC para. 62,047 (1989) and

recertified the facility in Exxon Chemical Company and Exxon Company,

U.S.A., 57 FERC para. 62,063 (1991). The instant request for

recertification is due to the addition of new electric and steam

producing and ancillary equipment within the existing facility.

Comment date: 15 days after the date of publication of this notice

in the Federal Register, 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.

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