Southwestern Public Service Company and Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of Filing

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 241 (Wednesday, December 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 69272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33259]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. ER85-477-010, ER95-1129-001, ER95-1129-002, ER95-1138-000, 
ER98-4445-000, EL96-71-000, OA96-33-000, OA97-691-000, ER98-3356-001, 
and EL95-24-000]


Southwestern Public Service Company and Golden Spread Electric 
Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of Filing

December 11, 1998.
    Take notice that on November 25, 1998, Southwestern Public Service 
Company (Southwestern) and Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc. 
(Golden Spread) filed a Joint Offer of Settlement in several active 
Commission dockets. The Joint Offer of Settlement also contains several 
service agreements which provide for the new service between the 
parties. These include: (1) The Partial Requirements Transition 
Agreement among Southwestern, Golden Spread, GS Electric Generating 
Cooperative, Inc. (GSE), and Denver City Energy Associates, L.P. 
(Denver City), dated as of January 9, 1998; (2) the Commitment and 
Dispatch Service Agreement between Golden Spread and Southwestern, 
dated as of January 9, 1998, providing for Southwestern's dispatch of 
Golden Spread resources and energy transfers between Golden Spread and 
Southwestern; (3) the Replacement Energy Agreement between Golden 
Spread and Southwestern, dated as of January 9, 1998, pursuant to which 
each party will provide the other with replacement energy service; (4) 
the Interconnection Agreement among Denver City, Golden Spread, GS 
Electric Generating Cooperative, Inc., and Southwestern, dated February 
5, 1997, setting out the terms pursuant to which Southwestern will 
establish an interconnection for the Mustang Station; and (5) the 
Mustang Station Test Energy Sale Agreement, dated as of November 16, 
1997, pursuant to which Golden Spread will sell test energy from the 
Mustang Station to Southwestern.
    These agreements are not contingent upon Commission approval of the 
Joint Offer of Settlement. Further, the Parties request that these 
agreements be accepted as a supplement to the various rate schedules 
already on file with the Commission.
    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 22, 1998. 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 to must file a 
motion to intervene. Copies of this filing are on file with the 
Commission and are available for public inspection.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-33259 Filed 12-15-98; 8:45 am]
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