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National Energy Technology Laboratory; Notice of Availability of a Financial Assistance Solicitation

Tue, Dec 26 2000 11:00:00 GMT

Notice is hereby given of the intent to issue Financial Assistance Solicitation No. DEPS2601NT40869 entitled ``Methane Hydrates.'' This solicitation supports the Department of Energy's Strategic Plan to develop the knowledge base for assessing the vast deposits of methane hydrates and to promote the technology for their safe and effective recovery. The solicitation is being issued by the Natural Gas Hydrate Program which is part of NETL's Strategic Center for Natural Gas. This solicitation will focus on gas hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico and the North Slope of Alaska. These are the two principal regions of industry interest, primarily because they contain known occurrences of hydrates the existing infrastructure for drilling and production of conventional hydrocarbons.

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Tue, Dec 26 2000 11:00:00 GMT

The EIA is soliciting comments on the proposed revision, and threeyear extension of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) expiration date of the form RW859, ``Nuclear Fuel Data Survey''.

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for Emergency OMB Review; Comment Request

Tue, Dec 26 2000 11:00:00 GMT

The EIA has submitted the energy information collections listed at the end of this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency processing under section 3507(j)(1) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 10413) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) by January 3, 2001. The reason for this emergency clearance request is that Congress has funded an EIA project in Fiscal Year 2001 to institute a biweekly survey of companies during the heating season to monitor interruptible natural gas contracts. For this project EIA is proposing three related information collections. Information will be collected from natural gas suppliers, petroleum product suppliers, and a sample of major energy consumers in the Northeast United States to assess energy activities, especially volumes of fuel switching between natural gas and petroleum fuels. Normal clearance procedures would prevent the timely collection of information during the 20002001 heating season.

Revisions to and Electronic Filing of the FERC Form No. 6 and Related Uniform Systems of Accounts

Tue, Dec 26 2000 11:00:00 GMT

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is amending of its regulations. The Commission is revising Form 6 schedules and instructions to better meet current and future regulatory requirements and industry needs; updating Uniform Systems of Accounts (USofA) requirements to be more consistent with current Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and amending its regulations to provide for the electronic filing of Form 6 commencing with reporting year 2000, due on or before March 31, 2001. The Commission has tested the software and related elements of the electronic filing.

Proposed Information Collection and Request for Comments

Tue, Dec 26 2000 11:00:00 GMT

In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 10413), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information collection described below.

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

Tue, Dec 26 2000 11:00:00 GMT

December 19, 2000.

Take notice that the following filings have been made with the Commission:
1. American Electric Power Service Corporation

[Docket No. ER003596001]

Take notice that on December 12, 2000, the American Electric Power Service Corporation (AEPSC) tendered for filing an Amendment to Filing in Docket ER003596000. In AEPSC's initial filing on September 1, 2000, AEPSC failed to provide designations for two service agreements which were submitted for filing by the AEP Companies in the above referenced docket under the Wholesale Market Tariff of the AEP Operating Companies (Power Sales Tariff ). Pursuant to the Commissions' Order No. 614 in Docket No. RM9912000, AEPSC respectfully designates the service agreements with TransCanada Power Marketing Ltd. as Service Agreement No. 267 and with Wisconsin Public Power, Inc. as Service Agreement 268. The Power Sales Tariff was accepted for filing effective October 10, 1997, and has been designated AEP Companies' FERC Electric Tariff Orig

Notice of Reporting Procedures for Public Utility Sellers

Tue, Dec 26 2000 11:00:00 GMT

December 19, 2000.

The Commission's order in San Diego Gas & Electric Co., et al. v. Sellers of Energy and Ancillary Services et al., Docket No. EL0095000 et al., 93 FERC para. 61,294 (December 15, 2000), requires public utility sellers to make weekly reports to the Commission's Division of Energy Markets beginning on January 10, 2001 for the week of January 1, 2001. Public Utility Sellers must report all hourly transactions into the California ISO and PX markets when the realtime price exceeds $150 per MWh. This
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notice specifies procedures for filing the reports.

Public utility sellers are to file the reported information with the Commission's Secretary on diskette or CD with a transmittal letter. The transmittal letter must identify the report as the ``Public Utility Sellers Weekly Report'' and include the name of the reporting public utility seller, the week covered in the report and the name, and telephone number and email address of a contact person. The diskette or C

American Transmission Company LLC; Notice of Filing

Tue, Dec 26 2000 11:00:00 GMT

December 19, 2000.

Take notice that on December 18, 2000, American Transmission Company LLC filed Attachment 1 which was inadvertently omitted from its December 15, 2000 filing of proposed Open Access Transmission rates under Section 205 of the Federal Power Act (FPA).

Any person desiring to be heard or to protest such 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 385.214). All such motions and protests should be filed on or before December 27, 2000. Protests will be considered by the Commission to determine the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceedings. 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

Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Compliance Filing

Tue, Dec 26 2000 11:00:00 GMT

December 19, 2000.

Take notice that on December 14, 2000, in compliance with the Commission's Letter Order, dated November 30, 2000, in Docket No. RP96 383014] Dominion Transmission Inc. (DTI) tendered for filing Substitute Third Revised tariff Sheet No. 1300, together with an explanation of the contractual rights and obligations under a negotiated rate agreement for FT service between DTI and Central Hudson Enterprises Corporation (Central Hudson).

DTI states that Exhibit A to the October 2000 FT Agreement clarifies that the maximum quantities of gas that DTI shall deliver and that Customer may tender are a MDTQ of 15,000 Dt and a MATQ of 5,940,000 DT. DTI notes that these figures are the same as the contract quantities specified on Second Revised Sheet No. 1406, thus alleviating the Commission's concern expressed in the Letter Order. The contract exhibit also clarifies that DTI's obligation is a fixed daily and annual contract maximum quantity entitlement and that DTI is not obligated

Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership; Notice of Revenue Sharing Report--November 1999-October 2000

Tue, Dec 26 2000 11:00:00 GMT

December 19, 2000.

Take notice that on December 14, 2000, Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership (Great Lakes) filed its Interruptible/Overrun (I/O) Revenue Sharing Report with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) in accordance with the Stipulation and Agreement (Settlement) filed on September 24, 1992, and approved by the Commission's February 3, 1993 order issued in Document No. RP91143 000, et al.

Great Lakes states that this report reflects application of the revenue sharing mechanism and revenue sharing amounts determined for remittance to eligible firm shippers for I/O revenue collected for the November 1, 1999 through October 31, 2000 period, in accordance with Article IV of the Settlement.

Great Lakes states that I/O revenue collected for the applicable period did not exceed the threshold level of fixed costs allocated to I/O services. Therefore, revenue subject to sharing was zero. Great Lakes further states that as

Questar Pipeline Company; Notice of Compliance Filing

Tue, Dec 26 2000 11:00:00 GMT

December 19, 2000.

Take notice that on November 21, 2000, Questar Pipeline Company (Questar) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume No. 1, Substitute Fifth Revised Sheet No. 79, to be effective November 1, 2000.

Questar states that the purpose of this filing is to comply with Ordering Paragraph (C) of the Commission's Order on Filings to Establish Imbalance Netting and Trading Pursuant to Order Nos. 587G and 587L issued November 9, 2000, in Docket Nos. RM961014, et al. which directed Questar to file revised tariff sheets, within 15 days of the order. The revision to be included will permit netting and trading across Questar's nonotice Rate Schedule NNT.

Questar seeks waiver of 18 CFR 154.207 so that the tendered tariff sheets may become effective November 1, 2000, the implementation date of Order No. 587L.

Questar states that a copy of this filing has been served upon its customers, the Public Service Commission of Utah and the Public Service Com

Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Refund Report

Tue, Dec 26 2000 11:00:00 GMT

December 19, 2000.

Take notice that on December 14, 2000, Southern Natural Gas Company (Southern Natural) tendered for filing a Refund Report.

Southern Natural states that as a final reconciliation pursuant to section 23.3 and Section 38.3 of the General Terms and Conditions of Southern Natural's Tariff, Seventh Revised Volume No, 1, the Refund Report sets forth ISS Revenues and Excess Storage Usage Charges to be refunded to Rate Schedule CSS customers. These sections have been terminated and removed from Southern's Tariff in accordance with Southern's Rate Case Settlement dated March 10, 2000 in Docket No. RP99496.

Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should file a motion to intervene or a protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with sections 385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations. All such motions or protests must be filed on or before December 26, 20