The Utility-Trade Corporation, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. ER95-1382-009, et al.]

The Utility-Trade Corporation, et al.; Electric Rate and

Corporate Regulation Filings

March 13, 1997.

Take notice that the following filings have been made with the

Commission:

1. The Utility-Trade Corporation

[Docket No. ER95-1382-009]

Take notice that on February 19, 1997, The Utility-Trade

Corporation tendered for filing a Notice to the Commission of a change

in ownership.

Comment date: March 27, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

2. MP Energy, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97-399-001]

Take notice that on January 21, 1997, MP Energy, Inc. tendered for

filing revisions to the market base rate tariff to state that the

transmission and ancillary service must be provided.

Comment date: March 19, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

3. Montana Power Company

[Docket No. ER97-449-001]

Take notice that on January 21, 1997, Montana Power Company

tendered for filing revisions to the market base rate tariff to state

that the transmission and ancillary service must be provided.

Comment date: March 19, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

4. Niagara Energy & Steam Co., Inc.

[Docket No. ER97-1414-000]

Take notice that on February 19, 1997, Niagara Mohawk Energy &

Steam Co., Inc. tendered for filing an amendment in the above-

referenced docket.

Comment date: March 27, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

5. North Atlantic Utilities, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97-1716-000]

Take notice that on March 6, 1997, North Atlantic Utilities, Inc.

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

Comment date: March 14, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

6. St. Joseph Light & Power Co.

[Docket No. ER97-1846-000]

Take notice that on February 21, 1997, St. Joseph Light & Power Co.

(St. Joseph), tendered for filing a proposed change in its FERC Open

Access Transmission Tariff. The change consists of a Revised Index of

Point-To-Point Transmission Service Customers under St. Joseph's Open

Access Transmission Tariff.

Copies of the filing were served on each person designated on the

official service list compiled by the Secretary in Docket No. OA96-3-

000.

Comment date: March 26, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

7. Pennsylvania Power Company

[Docket No. ER97-1901-000]

Take notice that on February 28, 1997, Pennsylvania Power Company

(Penn Power), tendered for filing proposed Electric Service Agreements

and rate schedules which produce negotiated rate decreases for two

municipal resale customers (Boroughs of Ellwood City and Grove City).

Penn Power requests an effective date of March 1, 1997, the date that

Penn Power and the Boroughs agreed to as a result of negotiations.

Penn Power states that copies of the filing were served on the

Boroughs as well as the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

Comment date: March 27, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

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8. Baltimore Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER97-1902-000]

Take notice that on February 28, 1997, Baltimore Gas and Electric

Company (BGE), filed Service Agreements with: Virginia Electric and

Power Company, dated January 30, 1997; EnerZ Corporation, dated January

31, 1997; and South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, dated January 28,

1997 under BGE's FERC Electric Tariff Original Volume No. 3 (Tariff).

Under the tendered Service Agreements, BGE agrees to provide services

to the parties to the Service Agreements under the provisions of the

Tariff. BGE requests an effective date of January 30, 1997 for the

Service Agreements. BGE states that a copy of the filing was served

upon the Public Service Commission of Maryland.

Comment date: March 27, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

9. Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97-1903-000]

Take notice that on February 28, 1997, Rayburn Country Electric

Cooperative, Inc. (Rayburn Electric), tendered an initial rate filing

pursuant to Section 205 of the Federal Power Act and Section 35.12 of

the Regulations of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC, or

Commission). Rayburn Electric requests that the Commission approve the

initial rate filing associated with its Transmission and

Interconnection Agreement (Agreement) between Rayburn Electric, East

Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. (ETEC) and Southwestern Electric Power

Company (SWEPCO) (collectively, the Parties).

Rayburn indicates that under the Agreement, ETEC and SWEPCO seek to

interconnect with Rayburn Electric's facilities to enable power and

energy from SWEPCO to be transmitted over the Jacksonville to Overton

Transmission Line to ETEC. Rayburn states that the Agreement reflects a

desire on the part of ETEC to reserve capacity and utilize Rayburn

Electric's transmission facilities for the benefit of its customers,

through the interconnection of ETEC's facilities with Rayburn

Electric's 138 Kv transmission line.

The filing indicates that Rayburn Electric will provide firm

transmission service for ETEC's purchases of power from SWEPCO under

the SWEPCO/ETEC Power Supply Agreement. In exchange for providing the

facilities to enable ETEC to interconnect with SWEPCO at multiple

sources, Rayburn states that it will receive a facilities charge from

ETEC based on one-half of the carrying charges for the Jacksonville to

Overton section of Rayburn's transmission line.

Rayburn Electric has served copies of this filing on each of the

parties to the Agreement, its member/customers and the Public Utility

Commission of Texas.

Comment date: March 27, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

10. Southwestern Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER97-1904-000]

Take notice that on February 28, 1997, Southwestern Public Service

Company (Southwestern), submitted an executed service agreement under

its open access transmission tariff with Central Louisiana Electric

Company, Inc. The service agreement is for umbrella non-firm

transmission service.

Comment date: March 27, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

11. Pacific Northwest Generating Cooperative

[Docket No. ER97-1905-000]

Take notice that on February 28, 1997, Pacific Northwest Generating

Cooperative (PNGC), filed a service agreement for a short-term power

sale transaction with LG&E Power Marketing, Inc. The service agreement

incorporated terms and conditions of the Western Systems Power Pool

Agreement and the sales were made on price terms conforming to PNGC's

Rate Schedule FERC No. 3 (market-based rate schedule).

Comment date: March 27, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

12. Southern California Edison Company

[Docket No. ER97-1906-000]

Take notice that on February 28, 1997, Southern California Edison

Company (Edison), tendered for filing the following agreements

(Agreements) and amendments (Amendments) to agreements to the 1990

Integrated Operations Agreement (1990 IOA) with the City of Banning

(Banning), FERC Rate Schedule No. 248:

Amendment No. 1 To Supplemental Agreement Between Southern

California Edison Company And The City of Banning For The

Integration Of The Azusa, Banning, Colton--40 MW Pasadena Power

Sales Agreement

Edison-Banning, 1997 Pasadena PSA, Firm Transmission Service

Agreement I, Between, Southern California Edison Company, And The,

City of Banning

Edison-Banning, 1997 Pasadena PSA, Firm Transmission Service

Agreement II, Between, Southern California Edison Company, And The,

City Of Banning

Amendment No. 1 To The 1995 Supplemental Agreement Between Southern

California Edison Company And The City Of Banning For The

Integration Of City's Entitlement In San Juan Unit 3

Amendment No. 1 To The Edison-Banning 1995 San Juan Unit 3 Firm

Transmission Service Agreement Between Southern California Edison

Company And The City Of Banning

Termination Of The Edison-Banning Pasadena Firm Transmission Service

Agreement Between Southern California Edison Company And The City Of

Banning

Edison and Banning entered into the Agreements and Amendments to

accommodate changes made in the Pasadena Power Sale Agreement between

Banning and the City of Pasadena in consideration for Banning's

executing the 1997 Settlement Agreement filed in Docket No. ER97-1480-

000. Edison requests waiver of the Commission's 60-day notice

requirement and effective dates of March 1, 1997, with the exception of

the Edison-Banning 1997 Pasadena PSA Firm Transmission Service

Agreement II, which Edison requests to become effective on May 1, 1997.

Copies of this filing were served upon the Public Utilities

Commission of the State of California and all interested parties.

Comment date: March 27, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

13. Entergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97-1907-000]

Take notice that on February 28, 1997, Entergy Services, Inc.

(Entergy Services), on behalf of Entergy Arkansas, Inc. (EAI) (formerly

Arkansas Power & Light Company), tendered for filing a 1997 Wholesale

Formula Rate Update (Update) in accordance with the Power Coordination,

Interchange and Transmission Service Agreements between EAI and Conway,

West Memphis and Osceola, Arkansas (Arkansas Cities); Campbell and

Thayer, Missouri (Missouri Cities), and Arkansas Electric Cooperative

Corporation (AECC); the Transmission Service Agreement between EAI and

the Louisiana Energy and Power Authority (LEPA); the Transmission

Service Agreement between EAI and the City of Hope, Arkansas (Hope);

and the Hydroelectric Power Transmission and Distribution Service

Agreement between EAI and the City of North Little Rock, Arkansas

(North Little Rock). Entergy Services states that the Update

redetermines the formula rate charges and Transmission Loss Factor in

accordance with: (1) the above

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agreements, (2) the 1994 Joint Stipulation between EAI and AECC

accepted by the Commission in Docket No. ER95-49-000, as revised by the

24th Amendment to the AECC Agreement accepted by the Commission on

March 26, 1996 in Docket No. ER96-1116-000, (3) the formula rate

revisions accepted by the Commission on February 21, 1995 in Docket No.

ER95-363-000 as applicable to the Arkansas Cities, Missouri Cities,

Hope and North Little Rock and (4) the formula rate revisions as

applicable to LEPA accepted by the Commission on January 10, 1997 in

Docket No. ER97-257-000.

Comment date: March 27, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

14. Delmarva Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER97-1908-000]

Take notice that on February 28, 1997, Delmarva Power & Light

Company (Delmarva), tendered for filing a Notice of Cancellation of its

open-access transmission tariff filed in Docket No. OA96-165-000.

Delmarva requests waiver of the 60-day notice period to permit the

filing to become effective at the same time the Commission allows the

tariff filed by the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection

(PJM) to become effective. Delmarva states that the PJM tariff

supersedes the Delmarva tariff.

Comment date: March 27, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

15. Public Service Electric and Gas Company

[Docket No. ER97-1909-000]

Take notice that on February 28, 1997, Public Service Electric and

Gas Company (PSE&G), tendered for filing an agreement to provide non-

firm transmission service to USGen Power Services, L.P., pursuant to

PSE&G's Open Access Transmission Tariff presently on file with the

Commission in Docket No. OA96-80-000.

PSE&G further requests waiver of the Commission's Regulations such

that the agreement can be made effective as of February 10, 1997.

Comment date: March 27, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

16. Public Service Electric and Gas Company

[Docket No. ER97-1910-000]

Take notice that on February 28, 1997, Public Service Electric and

Gas Company (PSE&G), tendered for filing an agreement to provide non-

firm transmission service to Atlantic City Electric Company, pursuant

to PSE&G's Open Access Transmission Tariff presently on file with the

Commission in Docket No. OA96-80-000.

This agreement supersedes PSE&G's existing non-firm transmission

agreements with Atlantic City Electric Company currently on file with

the Commission (Rate Schedule FERC Nos. 115 and 116).

PSE&G further requests waiver of the Commission's Regulations such

that the agreement can be made effective as of January 31, 1997.

Comment date: March 27, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

17. Pacific Northwest Generating Cooperative

[Docket No. ER97-1911-000]

Take notice that on February 28, 1997, Pacific Northwest Generating

Cooperative (PNGC), submitted a request the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission requesting approval by the Commission of its membership in

the Western Systems Power Pool (WSPP). PNGC requests that the

Commission amend the WSPP Agreement to include it as a member.

PNGC requests an effective date of February 14, 1997, for the

proposed amendment. PNGC requests waiver of the Commission's notice

requirements for good cause shown.

Copies of the filing were served upon the WSPP Executive Committee

and the WSPP Operating Committee.

Comment date: March 27, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

18. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97-1912-000]

Take notice that on February 28, 1997, Cinergy Services, Inc.

(Cinergy), tendered for filing a service agreement under Cinergy's Open

Access Transmission Service Tariff (the Tariff) entered into between

Cinergy and Central Illinois Public Service.

Cinergy and Central Illinois Public Service are requesting an

effective date of March 1, 1997.

Comment date: March 27, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

19. Central Power and Light Company, West Texas Utilities Company,

Public Service Co. of Oklahoma, Southwestern Electric Power Co.

[Docket No. ER97-2043-000]

Take notice that on January 31, 1997, Central Power and Light

Company, West Texas Utilities Company, Public Service Company of

Oklahoma and Southwestern Electric Power Company (collectively, the CSW

Operating Companies) tendered for filing revised pages to their Open

Access Transmission Service Tariff accepted for filing to become

effective as of January 1, 1997 in Docket No. OA97-24-000 (Tariff).

Among other things, the revised pages correct an error in the pages

filed in Docket No. OA97-24-000. The CSW Operating Companies have

requested an effective date of January 1, 1997 for the revised tariff

pages.

The CSW Operating Companies state that a copy of the revised tariff

pages have been served on all customers under the Tariff as well as on

the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Arkansas Public Service

Commission, the Louisiana Public Service Commission and the Oklahoma

Corporation Commission.

Comment date: March 24, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

20. Maine Public Service Company

[Docket No. OA96-122-002]

Take notice that on February 24, 1997, Maine Public Service Company

(MPS) tendered for filing pursuant to the Commission's February 7, 1997

order, 78 FERC para. 61,113 (1997), superseding revised tariff sheets

to its Open Access Transmission Tariff filed on November 27, 1996.

Comment date: March 27, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

21. The Washington Water Power Company

[Docket No. OA96-162-001]

Take notice that on February 20, 1997, The Washington Water Power

Company (WWP), pursuant to the Commission's Order issued November 13,

1996, tendered for filing with the Commission a revised Open Access

Transmission Tariff--FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 8.

Pursuant to the Commission's prior Order, the revised Tariff became

effective on November 13, 1996.

Comment date: March 28, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

22. Entergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. OA97-528-000]

Take notice that on February 14, 1997, Entergy Services, Inc.

(Entergy Services) submitted for filing the FERC Order No. 888

Compliance Amendment to the Power Interconnection Agreement between

Entergy Gulf States, Inc. (formerly Gulf States Utilities Company) and

the Louisiana Energy and Power

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Authority. Entergy Services requests that the FERC Order No. 888

Compliance Amendment become effective the later of January 1, 1997 or

the date upon which the Commission permits said amendment to become

effective.

Comment date: March 28, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

23. Ohio Edison Company, Pennsylvania Power Company

[Docket No. OA97-552-000]

Take notice that on February 21, 1997, Ohio Edison Company tendered

for filing on behalf of itself and Pennsylvania Power Company, a

Supplement to the rate schedule to the Agreement for System Power

Transactions with Cinergy Services, Inc. This filing is made pursuant

to Section 205 of the Federal Power Act.

Comment date: March 20, 1997, 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97-6903 Filed 3-18-97; 8:45 am]

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