[Federal Register: May 1, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 84)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. ER98-1965-000]

 
West Texas Wind Energy Partners, LLC; Notice of Issuance of Order

April 28, 1998.
    West Texas Wind Energy Partners, LLC (WTWEP) filed an application 
requesting that the Commission accept a power purchase agreement 
authorizing it to engage in wholesale power sales at market-based rates 
to Central and South West Services, Inc. (CSWS),\1\ and for certain 
waivers and authorizations. In particular, WTWEP requested that the 
Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future 
issuances of securities and assumptions of liabilities by WTWEP. On 
April 23, 1998, the Commission issued an Order Conditionally Accepting 
For Filing Proposed Market-Based Rates (Order), in the above-docketed 
proceeding.
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    \1\ CSWS is acting as agent for Central Power and Light Company, 
West Texas Utilities Company, and Southwestern Electric Power 
Company.
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    The Commission's April 23, 1998 Order granted the request for 
blanket approval under Part 34, subject to the conditions found in 
Ordering Paragraphs (F), (G), and (I):
    (F) Within 30 days of the date of this order, any person desiring 
to be heard or to protest the Commission's blanket approval of 
issuances of securities or assumptions of liabilities by WTWEP 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.
    (G) Absent a request to be heard within the period set forth in 
Ordering Paragraph (F) above, WTWEP is hereby authorized to issue 
securities and assume obligations and liabilities as guarantor, 
indorser, surety or otherwise in respect of any security of another 
person; provided that such issue or assumption is for some lawful 
object within the corporate purposes of WTWEP, compatible with the 
public interest, and reasonably necessary or appropriate for such 
purposes.
    (I) The Commission reserves the right to modify this order to 
require a further showing that neither public nor private interests 
will be adversely affected by continued Commission approval of WTWEP's 
issuances of securities or assumptions of liabilities * * * .
    Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing motions to 
intervene or protests, as set forth above, is May 26, 1998.
    Copies of the full text of the Order are available from the 
Commission's Public Reference Branch, 888 First Street, N.E., 
Washington, D.C. 20426.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-11618 Filed 4-30-98; 8:45 am]
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