ERI Enterprises, L.L.C., et al. Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER99-681-000, et al.]

ERI Enterprises, L.L.C., et al. Electric Rate and Corporate

Regulation Filings

December 21, 1998.

Take notice that the following filings have been made with the

Commission:

1. ERI Enterprises, L.L.C.

[Docket No. ER99-681-000]

Take notice that on December 15, 1998, ERI Enterprises, L.L.C. (ERI

Enterprises), tendered for filing notice of Withdrawal of its request

to cancel Rate Schedule No. 1, filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission on November 23, 1998, in the above-referenced docket.

Comment date: January 4, 1999, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

2. Strategic Energy, Ltd. SE Holding, L.L.C.

[Docket No. EC99-15-000]

Take notice that on December 16, 1998, Strategic Energy, Ltd. and

SE Holdings, L.L.C. filed pursuant to Section 203(a) of the Federal

Power Act a Notice of Corporate Reorganization and Application to

Convey Jurisdictional Facilities. SE Holdings, L.L.C, a Delaware

limited liability company located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, proposes

to enter into a series of corporate restructuring transactions which

will result in the conveyance of all the assets of SE Holdings, L.L.C.,

including its market based rate schedule and certain outstanding power

sale contracts, to a newly formed entity in which an indirect

subsidiary of Kansas City Power & Light Company will have a significant

ownership interest.

Comment date: January 15, 1999, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

3. Vitol Gas & Electric L.L.C.

[Docket Nos. EC99-16-000 and EL99-18-000]

Take Notice that on December 18, 1998, Vitol Gas & Electric L.L.C.

(VG&E) tendered for filing a request that the Commission issue either

an order disclaiming jurisdiction over the forthcoming disposition of

assets of VG&E or, in the alternative, an order approving proposed

transactions under Section 203 of the Federal Power Act and/or grant

any other authorization the Commission may deem to be needed. Under the

proposed transactions, VG&E will transfer certain assets (other than

contracts, books and records) to Vitol S.A. in exchange for redemption

of Vitol S.A.'s interest in VG&E, and Vitol S.A. will sell those assets

to Avista Energy, Inc. In addition, the parties have entered into

certain financial and services agreements described in the application.

VG&E states that the transactions will have no effect on the

jurisdictional facilities, rates or services of VG&E and, in any event,

will be consistent with the standards of Section 203. VG&E states that

Avista Energy supports its application.

VG&E request expeditious action on the application in order that

there be no delay in the proposed transaction.

Comment date: January 15, 1999, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

4. First Power, L.L.C.

[Docket No. ER97-3580-005]

Take notice that on December 15, 1998, the above-mentioned power

marketer filed a quarterly report with the Commission in the above-

mentioned proceeding for information only. This filing is available for

public inspection and copying in the Public Reference Room or on the

internet under Records Information Management System (RIMS) for viewing

and downloading.

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5. Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Diego Gas & Electric

Company, Southern California Edison Company)

[Docket No. ER92-595-004, Docket No. ER92-596-003, and Docket No. ER92-

626-004]

Take notice that on December 16, 1998, Pacific Gas and Electric

Company, Southern California Edison Company, and San Diego Gas &

Electric Company (the Companies), tendered for filing their compliance

filing in accordance with Opinion No. 389-A.

Comment date: January 6, 1999, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

6. MEG Marketing, LLC

[Docket No. ER98-2284-001]

Take notice that on December 14, 1998, MEG Marketing, LLC (MEG),

tendered for filing notification that MEG effective immediately is 100%

owned by Jeanne Simkins Hollis.

Comment date: January 4, 1999, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

7. Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER99-918-000]

Take notice that on December 15, 1998, Oklahoma Gas and Electric

Company (OG&E), tendered for filing a service agreement for Western

Farmers Electric Cooperative to take service under its Network

Integration Transmission Service tariff and a revised listing of all

parties taking service under OG&E's Network Integration Transmission

Service Tariff.

Copies of this filing have been served on each of the affected

parties, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and the Arkansas Public

Service Commission.

Comment date: January 5, 1999, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

8. Northern States Power Company (Minnesota), Northern States Power

Company (Wisconsin)

[Docket No. ER99-919-000]

Take notice that on December 15, 1998, Northern States Power

Company (Minnesota) and Northern States Power Company (Wisconsin)

(jointly NSP Companies), tendered for filing restated or revised

Exhibits VII, VIII and IX (Exhibits) to the Agreement to Coordinate

Planning and Operations and Interchange Power and Energy Between

Northern States Power Company (Minnesota) and Northern States Power

Company (Wisconsin) dated September 17, 1984, as amended (Interchange

Agreement). The Interchange Agreement and settlements in prior dockets

require the NSP Companies to make an annual filing to restate or revise

the Exhibits.

The NSP Companies propose the restated or revised Exhibits be

effective January 1, 1999.

The NSP Companies state they have served a copy of the filing on

the utility commissions in Minnesota, Michigan, North Dakota, South

Dakota and Wisconsin.

Comment date: January 5, 1999, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

9. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.

[Docket No. ER99-920-000]

Take notice that on December 15, 1998, Niagara Mohawk Power

Corporation (Niagara Mohawk), tendered for filing notification that

effective December 25, 1998, Rate Schedule FERC No. 234, effective date

December 15, 1995, and any supplements thereto, filed with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission by Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation is to

be canceled.

Notice of the proposed cancellation have been served upon Montaup

Electric Company.

Comment date: January 5, 1999, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

10. Alfalfa Electric Cooperative, Inc.

[Docket No. ER99-922-000]

Take notice that on December 15, 1998, Alfalfa Electric

Cooperative, Inc. (Alfalfa Electric), tendered for filing an agreement

between Alfalfa Electric and the City of Burlington, Oklahoma

(Burlington), providing for all-requirements service to Burlington.

Alfalfa Electric requests an effective date for the agreement as of

the date that Alfalfa Electric fully prepays its Rural Utilities

Service debt.

A copy of the filing was served upon Burlington.

Comment date: January 5, 1999, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

11. Alfalfa Electric Cooperative, Inc.

[Docket No. ER99-923-000]

Take notice that on December 15, 1998, Alfalfa Electric

Cooperative, Inc. (Alfalfa Electric), tendered for filing an agreement

between Alfalfa Electric and the City of Kiowa, Kansas (Kiowa),

providing for all-requirements service to Kiowa. Alfalfa Electric

requests an effective date for the agreement as of the date that

Alfalfa Electric fully prepays its Rural Utilities Service debt.

A copy of the filing was served upon Kiowa.

Comment date: January 5, 1999, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

12. Alfalfa Electric Cooperative, Inc.

[Docket No. ER99-924-000]

Take notice that on December 15, 1998, Alfalfa Electric

Cooperative, Inc. (Alfalfa Electric), tendered for filing an

interchange agreement and transmission service agreement between

Alfalfa Electric, Western Farmers Electric Cooperative (WFEC) and the

City of Anthony, Kansas (Anthony), and a related letter agreement

between Alfalfa Electric and WFEC. Under the agreements, Alfalfa

Electric wheels power from WFEC to Anthony.

Alfalfa Electric requests an effective date for the agreement as of

the date that Alfalfa Electric fully prepays its Rural Utilities

Service debt.

A copy of the filing was served upon WFEC and Anthony.

Comment date: January 5, 1999, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

13. Pacific Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER99-925-000]

Take notice that on December 16, 1998, Pacific Gas and Electric

Company (PG&E), tendered for filing: a) proposed changes in rates for

Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), to be effective July 1,

1998, developed using a rate adjustment mechanism previously agreed by

PG&E and SMUD for PG&E Rate Schedule FERC Nos. 88, 91, 138 and 176; b)

a request for termination of PG&E Rate Schedule FERC No. 176; and c) an

amended Appendix E to the Interconnection Agreement between the

Parties, PG&E Rate Schedule FERC No. 136.

Copies of this filing have been served upon SMUD and the California

Public Utilities Commission.

Comment date: January 6, 1999, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

14. Washington Water Power Company

[Docket No. ER99-926-000]

Take notice that on December 16, 1998, Washington Water Power

Company (WWP), tendered for filing, with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission pursuant to 18 CFR 35.13, a executed Mutual Netting

Agreement allowing for arrangements of amounts which become due and

owing to one Party to be set off against amounts which are due and

owing to the other Party with Southern Company Energy Marketing, L.P.

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WWP requests waiver of the prior notice requirement and requests an

effective date of December 1, 1998.

Comment date: January 6, 1999, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

15. Carolina Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER99-927-000]

Take notice that on December 16, 1998, Carolina Power & Light

Company (CP&L), tendered for filing an executed Service Agreement with

Tenaska Power Services Co., 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: January 6, 1999, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

17. Old Dominion Electric Cooperative

[Docket No. ER99-928-000]

Take notice that on December 16, 1998, Old Dominion Electric

Cooperative (Applicant), tendered for filing an Application Submitting

Service Agreement Pursuant to Market-Based Rate Authority And Request

For Waivers, and a Service Agreement between the Applicant and Prince

George Electric Cooperative for service to a single, new delivery point

pursuant to the Applicant's previously granted authority to make sales

at market-based rates.

Old Dominion Electric Cooperative requests an effective date of

November 1, 1998.

Comment date: January 6, 1999, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

18. MidAmerican Energy Company

[Docket No. ER99-929-000]

Take notice that on December 16, 1998, MidAmerican Energy Company

(MidAmerican), 666 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309 tendered for

filing a proposed rate schedule change consisting of a Fourth Amendment

dated November 9, 1998 to the Electric Transmission Interconnection

Agreement dated March 1, 1991 with Corn Belt Power Cooperative (Corn

Belt). MidAmerican states that the purpose of the Fourth Amendment is

to reflect a new Point of Interconnection with Corn Belt.

MidAmerican proposes an effective date of February 15, 1999, for

the rate schedule.

Copies of the filing were served on Corn Belt, the Iowa Utilities

Board, the Illinois Commerce Commission and the South Dakota Public

Utilities Commission.

Comment date: January 6, 1999, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

19. Select Energy, Inc.

[Docket No. ER99-931-000]

Take notice that on December 16, 1998, Select Energy, Inc.

(Select), tendered for filing a Service Agreement with the Connecticut

Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative under the Select Energy, Inc.,

Market-Based Rates Tariff No. 1.

Select Energy, Inc., requests that the Service Agreement become

effective December 1, 1998.

Select Energy, Inc., states that a copy of this filing has been

mailed to the Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative.

Comment date: January 6, 1999, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

20. Select Energy, Inc.

[Docket No. ER99-932-000]

Take notice that on December 16, 1998, Select Energy, Inc.

(Select), tendered for filing a Service Agreement with PP&L, Inc.,

under the Select Energy, Inc., Market-Based Rates, Tariff No. 1.

Select Energy, Inc., requests that the Service Agreement become

effective December 1, 1998.

Select Energy, Inc., states that a copy of this filing has been

mailed to the PP&L, Inc.

Comment date: January 6, 1999, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

21. California Power Exchange Corporation

[Docket No. ER99-933-000]

Take notice that on December 16, 1998, the California Power

Exchange Corporation (PX), tendered for filing Amendment No. 6, to its

Operating Agreement and Tariff, including the related PX Settlement and

Billing Protocol, PX Communications Protocol and PX Scheduling and

Control Protocol, to better accommodate the flow-through and billing of

charges from the California Independent System Operator, to provide for

the issuance of settlement statements via secure electronic interface

with the PX's worldwide website, and to effectuate the implementation

of additional computer software enhancements. The PX also proposes

several clarifying or clean-up changes.

The PX states that it has served copies of its submittal on each of

the PX participants and on the California Public Utilities Commission.

The filing is also being posted on the PX's website at http://

www.calpx.com.

Comment date: January 6, 1999, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

22. American Electric Power Service Corporation

[Docket No. ER99-944-000]

Take notice that on December 15, 1998, the American Electric Power

Service Corporation (AEPSC), tendered for filing a request that the

Commission amend the effective dates for two service agreements

previously filed in Dockets ER98-3103-000 and ER98-3170-000 under the

Wholesale Market Tariff of the AEP Operating Companies (Power Sales

Tariff). The Power Sales Tariff was accepted for filing effective

October 10, 1997, and has been designated AEP Companies' FERC Electric

Tariff Original Volume No. 5.

A copy of the filing was served upon the Parties and the State

Utility Regulatory Commissions of Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio,

Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

Comment date: January 5, 1999, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

23. Ameren Services Company; Central Illinois Public Service

Company; Union Electric Company; Southern Company Services; Alabama

Power Company; Georgia Power Company; Mississippi Power Company;

Savannah Electric & Power Co.

[Docket Nos. OA97-270-001, OA97-510-002, and OA97-398-002

Take notice that on November 16, 1998, the above-named companies

submitted revised standards of conduct in response to the Commission's

October 16, 1998, Order on Standards of Conduct, 85 FERC para. 61,068

(1998).

Comment date: January 5, 1999, in accordance with Standard

Paragraph E at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraphs

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

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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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98-34588 Filed 12-30-98; 8:45 am]

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