Florida Power Corporation, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER89-627-001 et al.]

Florida Power Corporation, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate

Regulation Filings

March 20, 1998.

Take notice that the following filings have been made with the

Commission:

1. Florida Power Corporation

[Docket Nos. ER89-627-001 and ER91-252-001]

Take notice that on March 9, 1998, Florida Power Corporation

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

Comment date: April 7, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

2. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97-1508-002]

Take notice that on March 16, 1998, Consolidated Edison Company of

New York, Inc. (Con Edison) tendered for filing a Compliance Filing in

the above-listed docket.

Con Edison states that a copy of this filing has been served by

mail upon all parties on the official service list.

Comment date: April 6, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

3. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

[Docket No. ER97-3189-011]

Take notice that on March 17, 1998, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

(PJM) tendered for filing in accordance with ordering paragraph (G) of

the Commission's order in Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland

Interconnection, 81 FERC para. 61,257 (1997), incorporating into the

PJM Open Access Transmission Tariff (PJM Tariff) the rate revisions

filed by the regional transmission owners on December 15, 1997 and

March 2, 1998 in response to ordering paragraph (F) of the Commission's

order.

PJM requests an effective date for the revised rate for April 1,

1998, consistent with the effective date of the revised PJM Tariff.

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Comment date: April 6, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

4. Entergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98-1447-000]

Take notice that on March 17, 1998, Entergy Services, Inc., on

behalf of Entergy Arkansas, Inc., Entergy Gulf States, Inc., Entergy

Louisiana, Inc., Entergy Mississippi, Inc., and Entergy New Orleans,

Inc., tendered for filing an amendment to its January 16, 1998, filing

in this docket.

Comment date: April 6, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

5. Entergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98-1606-000]

Take notice that on March 17, 1998, Entergy Services, Inc., on

behalf of Entergy Arkansas, Inc., Entergy Gulf States, Inc., Entergy

Louisiana, Inc., Entergy Mississippi, Inc., and Entergy New Orleans,

Inc., tendered for filing an amendment to its January 24, 1998, filing

in this docket.

Comment date: April 6, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

6. Portland General Electric Company

[Docket No. ER98-1643-000]

Take notice that on March 16, 1998, Portland General Electric

Company (PGE) tendered for filing a revised Application for Order

Accepting Initial Rate Schedule and Granting Waivers and Blanket

Authority, to become effective March 31, 1998.

The proposed tariff (FERC Electric Service Tariff No. 10) provides

the terms and conditions pursuant to which PGE will sell electric

capacity and energy transactions on the California Power Exchange (PX).

In these transactions, PGE intends to charge market-based rates as

determined by the auction settlement procedures prescribed by the PX

Operating Agreement and Tariff of the California Power Exchange

Corporation filed in Docket No. ER96-1663.

Copies of this filing were served upon the Oregon Public Utility

Commission and the California PX.

Comment date: April 6, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

7. California Power Exchange Corporation

[Docket No. ER98-2095-000]

Take notice that on December 16, 1997, the California Power

Exchange Corporation (PX) tendered for filing one executed copy of the

PX Participation Agreement pursuant to the requirement that all service

agreements be filed pursuant to Section 205 of the Federal Power Act.

In so doing, the PX requests that the Commission disclaim jurisdiction

over the filing of such PX Participation Agreements (and related

addenda) because those agreements are not agreements for the sale of

transmission of energy in interstate commerce, no do the agreements

affect the rate for energy traded through the PX. Therefore, the PX

Participation Agreement is not the type of contract that is required to

be filed pursuant to Section 205. In the alternative, the PX requests

that if the Commission finds that the agreements are of the type

required to be filed, the PX requests that the Commission grant a

waiver of such filing requirement for the reasons set forth in the

filing.

For informational purposes, the PX also files three addenda to the

PX Participation Agreement that it requires to implement specific

provisions of Rate Schedule 1 of the PX Tariff, which was filed on

October 17, 1997, in Docket No. ER98-210-000. The PX believes that

because these addenda implement provisions already filed with the

Commission, it is unnecessary for them to be filed pursuant to Section

205. However, to the extent that the Commission finds that these

addenda must be filed to be part of the PX Tariff, the PX requests that

the Commission accept its filing as a filing pursuant to Section 205

and requests that the Commission grant any waivers necessary for those

tariff changes to become effective on January 1, 1998.

Copies of the filing were served upon all parties in Docket Nos.

EC96-19-008 and ER96-1663-009.

Comment date: April 3, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

8. San Diego Gas & Electric Company

[Docket No. ER98-2160-000]

Take notice that on March 11, 1998, San Diego Gas & Electric

Company filed for Commission approval in this docket, pursuant to

Section 205 of the Federal Power Act, amendments to SDG&E's proposed

Master Must Run Agreement (MMRA) to be entered into with the California

Independent System Operator (ISO), originally filed on October 31,

1997, in Docket No. ER98-496-000. The amendments would add Black Start

service from some units to the ancillary services already provided by

SDG&E under these agreements; modify billing, settlement and payment

procedures to conform to current ISO practices; and update and correct

unit performance data. SDG&E has requested that these proposed changes

be consolidated with the existing proceeding. SDG&E requests that the

proposed amended MMRA be made effective subject to refund by March 31,

1998, the anticipated effective date of the California Independent

System Operator Corporation.

SDG&E has served this filing on all parties listed on the official

service list in Docket No. ER98-496, including the Public Utilities

Commission.

Comment date: April 3, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

9. Wisconsin Electric Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-2215-000]

Take notice that on March 17, 1998, Wisconsin Electric Power

Company (Wisconsin Electric) tendered for filing an electric service

agreement under its Market Rate Sales Tariff (FERC Electric Tariff,

Original Volume No. 8) with American Electric Power Service Corporation

(AEP). Wisconsin Electric respectfully requests an effective date March

18, 1998.

Copies of the filing have been served on AEP, the Michigan Public

Service Commission, and the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin.

Comment date: April 6, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

10. Northeast Utilities Service Company

[Docket No. ER98-2218-000]

Take notice that on March 17, 1998, Northeast Utilities Service

Company (NUSCO), on behalf of its affiliates, The Connecticut Light and

Power Company, Western Massachusetts Electric Company, Holyoke Water

Power Company, Holyoke Power and Electric Company, and Public Service

Company of New Hampshire, (collectively the NU System Companies),

tendered for filing a Service Agreement under the NU System Companies'

Sale for Resale Tariff No. 7 Market-Based Rates.

NUSCO states that a copy of this filing has been mailed to the

Cinergy Capital & Trading, Inc.

NUSCO requests that the Service Agreement become effective March 9,

1998.

Comment date: April 6, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

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

Power Company (Wisconsin)

[Docket No. ER98-2219-000]

Take notice that on March 17, 1998, Northern States Power Company

(Minnesota) and Northern States Power

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Company (Wisconsin) (jointly NSP) tendered for filing a Non-Firm Point-

to-Point Transmission Service Agreement and a Short-Term Firm

Transmission Service Agreement between NSP and Merchant Energy Group of

the Americas.

NSP requests that the Commission accept both the agreements

effective February 16, 1998, and requests waiver of the Commission's

notice requirements in order for the agreements to be accepted for

filing on the date requested.

Comment date: April 6, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

12. Wisconsin Electric Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-2220-000]

Take notice that on March 17, 1998, Wisconsin Electric Power

Company (Wisconsin Electric) tendered for filing an electric service

agreement under its Market Rate Sales Tariff (FERC Electric Tariff,

Original Volume No. 8) with Entergy Power Marketing Corp. (Entergy).

Wisconsin Electric respectfully requests an effective date March 18,

1998.

Copies of the filing have been served on Entergy, the Michigan

Public Service Commission, and the Public Service Commission of

Wisconsin.

Comment date: April 6, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

13. California Power Exchange Corporation

[Docket No. ER98-2221-000]

Take notice that the California Power Exchange Corporation (PX), on

March 5, 1998, filed the following substitute tariff sheets to be

effective on March 31, 1998, pursuant to Section 205 of the Federal

Power Act.

Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 207

Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 298

On January 30, 1998, the PX filed an amended rate filing.

Subsequent to that time, the PX discovered three errors in two of its

tariff sheets that were filed in the January 30 amended rate filing.

The PX submits that its filing corrects such errors.

The PX seeks any waivers necessary to allow this tariff sheet to go

into effect on March 31, 1998.

Copies of the filing were served upon all persons included on the

service list compiled in Docket Nos. ER98-210-000 and ER98-1729-000.

Comment date: April 3, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

14. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

[Docket No. ER98-2222-000]

Take notice that on March 17, 1998, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

(PJM) tendered for filing amendments to the Operating Agreement of the

PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. and the PJM Open Access Transmission

Tariff.

The amendments address: (1) Accounting for costs and revenues

associated with loop flows from the New York Power Pool, (2) the

correction of a mistaken reference in the Operating Agreement regarding

payments to generators, (3) a change in accounting for meter

corrections, and (4) correction of the stated effective dates for the

Operating Agreement schedules.

PJM requests a waiver for the Commission's regulations to permit an

effective date of April 1, 1998 for the amendments to the Operating

Agreement and PJM Tariff.

Comment date: April 6, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

15. Delmarva Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER98-2224-000]

Take notice that on March 17, 1998, Delmarva Power & Light Company

tendered for filing executed umbrella service agreements with American

Electric Power Service Corporation and Strategic Energy Limited, L.P.,

under Delmarva's market rate sales tariff, FERC Electric Tariff,

Original Volume No. 14, filed by Delmarva in Docket No. ER96-2571-000.

Comment date: April 6, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

16. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

[Docket No. ER98-2225-000]

Take notice that on March 17, 1998, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

(PJM), tendered for filing four executed service agreements for point-

to-point service under the PJM Open Access Tariff.

Copies of this filing were served upon the parties to the service

agreements.

Comment date: April 6, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

17. California Independent System Operator Corporation

[Docket No. ES98-9-000]

Take notice that on March 13, 1998, California Independent System

Operator Corporation (ISO) tendered for filing an amendment to its

Application, under Section 204 of the Federal Power Act, seeking

authorization to issue securities and for certain waivers of Part 34

requirements. The ISO requests authorization to increase its long-term

debt issuance from $260,000,000 to $310,000,000. The reason for the

increase is to include additional infrastructure costs approved by the

ISO Governing Board in December 1997 and operating costs for the first

quarter of 1998, which will be capitalized as a result of a three month

delay in initial operations.

Comment date: April 9, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

18. Soyland Power Cooperative, Inc.

[Docket No. ES98-22-000]

Take notice that on February 26, 1997, Soyland Power Cooperative,

Inc. (Soyland), filed an application under Section 204 of the Federal

Power Act seeking authorization to enter into a loan agreement with the

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation under which

Soyland would borrow $68 million and seeking an exemption from the

competitive bidding and negotiated placement requirements of 18 CFR

34.2(a).

Comment date: April 16, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

19. Citizens Utility Company

[Docket No. ES98-23-000]

Take notice that on March 10, 1998, Citizens Utility Company filed

an Application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under

Section 204 of the Federal Power Act requesting an order authorizing

the issuance of up to $294,500,000 in industrial development revenue

bonds, special purpose revenue bonds, and environmental facilities

revenue bonds in connection with the construction, extension, and

improvement of public utility facilities.

Comment date: April 13, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

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20. Arizona Public Service Company, Bangor Hydro-Electric Company,

Central Maine Power Company, Maine Electric Power Company, Central

Vermont Public Service Corporation, Connecticut Valley Electric

Company Inc., Dayton Power & Light Company, Kentucky Utilities

Company, Louisville Gas & Electric Company, Northern States Power

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

PECO Energy Company, Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation, San

Diego Gas & Electric Company, United Illuminating Company, Virginia

Electric and Power Company, Western Resources Inc.

[Docket No. OA97-466-001; Docket No. OA97-519-001; Docket Nos. OA97-

422-001 and OA97-462-001; Docket No. OA97-196-001; Docket No. OA97-418-

001; Docket No. OA97-460-001; Docket No. OA97-402-001; Docket No. OA97-

406-001; Docket No. OA97-440-001; Docket No. OA97-452-001; Docket No.

OA97-399-001; Docket No. OA97-597-001; Docket No. OA97-439-002; Docket

No. OA97-312-001]

Take notice that the companies listed in the above-captioned

dockets submitted revised standards of conduct \1\ under Order Nos. 889

et seq.\2\ The revised standards were submitted in response to the

Commission's February 12, 1998 order on standards of conduct.\3\

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\1\ The revised standards of conduct were submitted between

February 23 and March 17, 1998.

\2\ Open Access Same-Time Information System (Formerly Real-Time

Information Network) and Standards of Conduct, 61 FR 21737 (May 10,

1996), FERC Stats. & Regs., Regulations Preambles January 1991-June

1996 para. 31,035 (April 24, 1996); Order No. 889-A, order on

rehearing, 62 FR 12484 (March 14, 1997), III FERC Stats. & Regs.

para. 31,049 (March 4, 1997); Order No. 889-B, rehearing denied, 62

FR 64715 (December 9, 1997), 81 FERC para. 61,253 (November 25,

1997).

\3\ Arizona Public Service Company, et al., 82 FERC para. 61,132

(1998).

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Comment date: April 6, 1998, in accordance with Standard 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 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 these filings are on file with the Commission and

are available for public inspection.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98-7899 Filed 3-25-98; 8:45 am]

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