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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. FE C&E 99-7 and C&E 99-8--Certification Notice--172]

 
Office of Fossil Energy; Notice of Filings of Coal Capability of 
SEI Texas, L.P. and LSP-Kendall Energy, LLC; Powerplant and Industrial 
Fuel Use Act

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of filing.

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SUMMARY: SEI Texas, L.P. and LSP-Kendall Energy, LLC submitted coal 
capability self-certifications pursuant to section 201 of the 
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, as amended.

ADDRESSES: Copies of self-certification filings are available for 
public inspection, upon request, in the Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex, 
Fossil Energy, Room 4G-039, FE-27, Forrestal Building, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Russell at (202) 586-9624.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of the Powerplant and Industrial 
Fuel Use Act of 1978 (FUA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), 
provides that no new baseload electric powerplant may be constructed or 
operated without the capability to use coal or another alternate fuel 
as a primary energy source. In order to meet the requirement of coal 
capability, the owner or operator of such facilities proposing to use 
natural gas or petroleum as its primary energy source shall certify, 
pursuant to FUA section 201(d), to the Secretary of Energy prior to 
construction, or prior to operation as a base load powerplant, that 
such powerplant has the capability to use coal or another alternate 
fuel. Such certification establishes compliance with section 201(a) as 
of the date filed with the Department of Energy. The Secretary is 
required to publish a notice in the Federal Register that a 
certification has been filed. The following owners/operators of the 
proposed new baseload powerplants have filed a self-certification in 
acccordance with section 201(d).

    Owner: SEI Texas, L.P. (C&E 99-7).

    Operator: SEI Texas, L.P.

    Location: Southwest of Whitney Dam in Bosque County, Texas.

    Plant Configuration: Two simple cycle combustion turbines.

    Capacity: 300 megawatts.

    Fuel: Natural gas.

    Purchasing Entities: Southern Company Energy Marketing.

    In-Service Date: June 1, 2000.


    Owner: LSP-Kendall Energy, LLC. (C&E 99-8).

    Operator: LSP-Kendall Energy, LLC.

    Location: The Village of Minooka in Kendall County, Illinois.

    Plant Configuration: Combined cycle.

    Capacity: 1,100 megawatts.

    Fuel: Natural gas.

    Purchasing Entities: Wholesale power purchasers.

    In-Service Date: Summer of 2001.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., May 7, 1999.
Anthony J. Como,
Manager, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex, 
Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 99-12570 Filed 5-18-99; 8:45 am]
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