[Federal Register: October 8, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 195)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. ER99-4020-000]

 
Allegheny Energy Supply Company; Notice of Issuance of Order

October 4, 1999.
    Allegheny Energy Supply Company (AE Supply) is a subsidiary of 
Allegheny Energy, Inc., (Allegheny) the registered holding company for 
Monongahela Power Company, Potomac Edison Company and West Penn Power 
Company (collectively, APS Operating Companies). Allegheny is planning 
to transfer all of West Penn's generating units to AE Supply. On August 
6, 1999, AE Supply filed an application seeking authorization to sell 
electric energy and capacity to the APS Operating Companies and others 
for resale at market-based rates. AE Supply also requested certain 
waivers and authorizations. In particular, AE Supply requested that the 
Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future 
issuances of securities and assumptions of liabilities by AE Supply. On 
September 30, 1999, the Commission issued an Order Accepting For Filing 
Proposed Market-Based Rates (Order), in the above-docketed proceeding.
    The Commission's September 30, 1999 Order granted the request for 
blanket approval under Part 34, subject to the conditions found in 
Ordering Paragraphs (C), (D), and (F):
    (C) Within 30 days of the date of issuance 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 AE 
Supply 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.
    (D) Absent a request to be heard within the period set forth in 
Ordering Paragraph (C) above, AE Supply 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 AE Supply, compatible with the 
public interest, and reasonably necessary or appropriate for such 
purposes.
    (F) The Commission reserves the right to modify this order to 
require a further

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showing that neither public nor private interests will be adversely 
affected by continued Commission approval of AE Supply'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 November 1, 1999.
    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. The Order may also be viewed on the Internet at 
http://www.ferc.fed.us/
online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 for assistance).
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-26257 Filed 10-7-99; 8:45 am]
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