CMS Marketing, Services and Trading, et al. Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER96-2350-011, et al.]

CMS Marketing, Services and Trading, et al. Electric Rate and

Corporate Regulation Filings

March 31, 1998.

Take notice that the following filings have been made with the

Commission:

1. CMS Marketing, Services and Trading

[Docket No. ER96-2350-011]

Take notice that on March 26, 1998, CMS Marketing, Services and

Trading (CMS MST), tendered for filing a Notification of Change in

Status. This filing provides notification of CMS MST's acquisition of a

50% ownership interest in Enline Energy Solutions, L.L.C.

Comment date: April 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

2. Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems v. PacifiCorp

[Docket No. EL98-32-000]

Take notice that on March 13, 1998, Utah Associated Municipal Power

Systems (UAMPS) tendered for filing a complaint against PacifiCorp.

UAMPS states in its complaint that PacifiCorp has refused to provide

firm transmission service from resources needed to serve UAMPs' loads

on reasonable terms and conditions comparable to similar services it

provides to itself and others, and (2) PacifiCorp has failed to

maintain functional separation between its Merchant and Transmission

Functions and has favored its own generation in providing transmission

services.

Comment date: April 30, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice. Answers to the complaint shall be due on

or before April 30, 1998.

3. West Texas Utilities Company, Central Power & Light Company,

Public Service Company of Oklahoma

[Docket No. EL98-33-000]

Take notice that on March 13, 1998, Central and South West

Services, on behalf of West Texas Utilities Company, Central Power &

Light Company and the Public Service Company of Oklahoma tendered for

filing a petition requesting waiver of the Commission's fuel adjustment

clause.

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

E at the end of this notice.

4. Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection

[Docket No. ER97-3189-014]

Take notice that on March 25, 1998, the PJM Interconnection, LLC

tendered for filing its compliance filing in the above-referenced

docket pursuant to the ordering Paragraph (G) of Commission's New

Jersey-Maryland Interconnection, 81 FERC para. 61,257 (1997).

Comment date: April 17, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

5. New England Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-1232-000]

Take notice that on March 26, 1998, New England Power Company

(NEP), filed supplemental information and corrected data in the above-

referenced docket.

Comment date: April 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

6. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98-1631-001]

Take notice that on March 26, 1998, Consolidated Edison Company of

New York, Inc. (Con Edison), tendered for filing revised tariff sheets

in compliance with the Order Accepting Filing As Revised, which issued

on March 12, 1998 in this proceeding (82 FERC para. 61,244). The

revised tariff sheets constitute service agreements which pertain to

retail transmission and which are Attachments K and L to Con Edison's

open access transmission tariff, FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume

No. 1.

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

mail upon the New York State Public Service Commission (PSCNY) and the

parties to this proceeding.

Comment date: April 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

7. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER98-2269-000]

Take notice that on March 20, 1998, Illinois Power Company (IP),

500 South 27th Street, Decatur, Illinois 62526, tendered for filing a

summary of its activity for the fourth quarter of 1997, under its

Market Based Power Sales Tariff, FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume

No. 7.

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

E at the end of this notice.

8. California Independent System Operator Corporation

[Docket No. ER98-2295-000]

Take notice that on March 24, 1998, the California Independent

System Operator Corporation (ISO), tendered for filing a Meter Service

Agreement for ISO Metered Entities the ISO and Ocean Vista Power

Generation, L.L.C., for acceptance by the Commission.

The ISO states that this filing has been served on all parties

listed on the official service list in Docket Nos. EC96-19-003 and

ER96-1663-003, including the California Public Service Commission.

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

E at the end of this notice.

9. PG&E Energy Services

[Docket No. ER98-2297-000]

Take notice that on March 25, 1998, PG&E Energy Services tendered

for filing a Revised Market-Based Rate Tariff. PG&E Energy Services

does not currently have jurisdictional customers who must be served

with this Filing.

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

E at the end of this notice.

10. Southern California Edison Company

[Docket No. ER98-2302-000]

Take notice that on March 26, 1998, Southern California Edison

Company (Edison), tendered for filing the Edison-Riverside

Restructuring Agreement (Restructuring Agreement), between Edison and

the City of Riverside, California (Riverside), and a Notice of

Cancellation of various agreements and rate schedules applicable to

Riverside. Included in the Restructuring Agreement as Appendices B, C,

D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, and M are: the Wholesale Distribution Access

Tariff Service Agreement, Amendment No. 2 to the Edison-Riverside San

Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Firm Transmission Service Agreement,

Amendment No. 1 to the Edison-Riverside Hoover Firm Transmission

Service Agreement,

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Amendment No. 2 to the Edison-Riverside Intermountain Power Project

Firm Transmission Service Agreement, Amendment No. 1 to the Edison-

Riverside Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Firm Transmission

Service Agreement, Amendment No. 1 to the Edison-Riverside Washington

Water Power Firm Transmission Service Agreement, Amendment No. 1 to the

Edison-Riverside Deseret 1992 Firm Transmission Service Agreement,

Amendment No. 1 to the Edison-Riverside 1996 BPA Firm Transmission

Service Agreement, Amendment No. 1 to the Edison-Riverside DWR II Firm

Transmission Service Agreement, Amendment No. 1 to the Edison-Riverside

DWR III Firm Transmission Service Agreement, Amendment No. 1 to the

Edison-Riverside DWR IV Firm Transmission Service Agreement, and

Amendment No. 1 to the Edison-Riverside DWR V Firm Transmission Service

Agreement.

The Restructuring Agreement is the result of negotiations between

Edison and Riverside to modify existing contracts to accommodate the

emerging Independent System Operator (ISO)/Power Exchange market

structure. The Restructuring Agreement significantly simplifies the

existing operational arrangements between Edison and Riverside. In

addition, the Restructuring Agreement provides for cancellation of

existing bundled service arrangements and obligations between Edison

and Riverside. Edison is requesting that the Restructuring Agreement

become effective on the date the ISO assumes operational control of

Edison's transmission facilities.

Copies of this filing were served upon the Public Utilities

Commission of the State of California and all interested parties.

Comment date: April 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

11. PECO Energy Company

[Docket No. ER98-2317-000]

Take notice that on March 26, 1998, PECO Energy Company (PECO),

filed under Section 205 of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 792 et

seq., an Agreement dated February 23, 1998, with Tampa Electric Company

(TECO), under PECO's FERC Electric Tariff Original Volume No. 1

(Tariff).

PECO requests an effective date of March 1, 1998, for the

Agreement.

PECO states that copies of this filing have been supplied to TECO

and to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

Comment date: April 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

12. Consumers Energy Company

[Docket No. ER98-2320-000]

Take notice that on March 26, 1998, Consumers Energy Company

(Consumers), tendered for filing an executed service agreement with

Consumers Energy Company--Electric Sourcing & Trading for Network

Integration Transmission Service pursuant to Consumers' Open Access

Transmission Service Tariff, with an effective date of March 1, 1998.

Copies of the filed agreement were served upon the Michigan Public

Service Commission and the transmission customer.

Comment date: April 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

13. FirstEnergy System

[Docket No. ER98-2321-000]

Take notice that on March 26, 1998, FirstEnergy System, tendered

for filing Service Agreements to provide Firm Point-to-Point

Transmission Service for Cargill-Alliant, LLC and Enron Power

Marketing, the Transmission Customers. Services are being provided

under the FirstEnergy System Open Access Transmission Tariff submitted

for filing by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Docket No.

ER97-412-000. The proposed effective date under the Service Agreements

is March 1, 1998.

Comment date: April 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

14. Northern States Power Company (Minnesota Company) and Northern

States Power Company (Wisconsin Company)

[Docket No. ER98-2323-000]

Take notice that on March 26, 1998, Northern States Power Company

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

known as NSP), tendered for filing an Electric Service Agreement

between NSP and The Electric System of the Board of Municipal

Utilities, Sikeston, Missouri (Customer). This Electric Service

Agreement is an enabling agreement under which NSP may provide to

Customer the electric services identified in NSP Operating Companies

Electric Services Tariff Original Volume No. 4. NSP requests that this

Electric Service Agreement be made effective on February 28, 1998.

Comment date: April 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

15. Southern Company Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98-2324-000]

Take notice that on March 26, 1998, 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

Company), filed one (1) umbrella service agreement for short-term firm

point-to-point transmission service between SCS, as agent for Southern

Company, and Duke Energy Corporation, and three (3) service agreements

for non-firm point-to-point transmission service executed between SCS,

as agent for Southern Company, and (i) Avista Energy, Inc., (ii) OGE

Energy Resources, and iii) Engage Energy US, L.P., under the Open

Access Transmission Tariff of Southern Company.

Comment date: April 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

16. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

[Docket No. ER98-2328-000]

Take notice that on March 26, 1998, Niagara Mohawk Power

Corporation (NMPC), tendered for filing with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission an executed Transmission Service Agreement

between NMPC and the New York Power Authority to serve 0.2 MW of New

York Power Authority power to Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. This

Transmission Service Agreement specifies that the New York Power

Authority has signed on to and has agreed to the terms and conditions

of NMPC's Open Access Transmission Tariff as filed in Docket No. OA96-

194-000. This Tariff, filed with FERC on July 9, 1996, will allow NMPC

and the New York Power Authority to enter into separately scheduled

transactions under which NMPC will provide transmission service for the

New York Power Authority as the parties may mutually agree.

NMPC requests an effective date of April 1, 1998. NMPC has

requested waiver of the notice requirements for good cause shown.

NMPC has served copies of the filing upon the New York State Public

Service Commission and the New York Power Authority.

Comment date: April 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

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17. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98-2342-000]

Take notice that on March 26, 1998, Consolidated Edison Company of

New York, Inc. (Con Edison), tendered for filing revised tariff sheets

to revise Attachments K and L to Con Edison's open access transmission

tariff, FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 1. The tariff filing

proposes certain amendments to the terms and conditions for retail

transmission. The amendments have been reviewed and approved by the New

York State Public Service Commission (PSCNY) in conjunction with Con

Edison's retail access program.

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

mail upon the PSCNY and parties to this proceeding.

Comment date: April 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

18. Montaup Electric Company

[Docket No. ER98-2343-000]

Take notice that on March 26, 1998, Montaup Electric Company

(Montaup), filed a revision to Schedule 13, Local Network Service for

Retail Connected Load (Retail Transmission Service), of its open access

transmission tariff to provide for the collection of Rhode Island Gross

Receipts Tax. Montaup requests that the tariff revision be allowed to

become effective, retroactively, on January 1, 1998, or, alternatively,

sixty days from the date of the filing.

Comment date: April 15, 1998, in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

19. Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District

[Docket No. NJ98-3-000]

Take notice that on March 13, 1998, Salt River Project Agricultural

Improvement and Power District, a non-public utility, submitted for

filing a request for an order declaring that Salt river's voluntary

Open Access Transmission Tariff, and related Rates for Transmission and

Ancillary Services, together with its Standards of Conduct and Code of

Conduct meets the Commission's comparability (non-discrimination)

standards and the requirements of Order Nos. 888 and 889, III FERC

Stats.& Regs. para. 32,035 (1996), Orders Nos. 886-A and 889-A, III

FERC Stats & Regs, para. 31,048 and 31,049 (1997), and Order Nos. 888-B

and 889-B, 81 FERC Sec. 61,253 (1997). Salt River also requests

exemption from the payment of any fees associated with its Request

pursuant to 18 CFR 381.108.

Comment date: April 20, 1998, 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 these filings are on file with

the Commission and are available for public inspection.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98-9047 Filed 4-6-98; 8:45 am]

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