Bulk Power Highlights

For April 1997

Summary Highlights of Recent Transmission
and Bulk Power Agreements

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Northeast

APRA Energy Group has filed for marketer status.  ER97-1643

Penn Power has given discounts to Ellwood and Grove City of
17-19%.  ER97-1991.

Delmarva has cancelled its open access tariff and replaced it
with the new PJM tariff.  ER97-1908, 1929.

VELCO has revised its tariff to apply only to local transmission.
Otherwise it is under NEPOOL tariff.
ER97-1930.

Competitive Utility Services Corp.  (Pa Rural Electric Association)
has filed for marketer status.  ER97-1932.

CL&P to charge UI based upon new NEPOOL tariff. ER97-1941.

Colonial Energy, the petroleum products firm, has filed for marketer
status.  ER97-1968.

Niagara Mohawk has cancelled the agreement under which it wheeling
NYPA power to certain retail customers.  ER97-2006.

West Penn Power has cut its rates in return for a contract extension
for Tarentum.  ER97-2167.

Energis Resources (PSE&G) has filed for marketer status. ER97-2176.

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Southeast

Amvest Power, subsidiary of Amvest Coal Sales, has filed for marketer
status.  ER97-2045.

Duke will charge Seneca for stranded investments due to its move to Southern
Company.  ER97-2096, 2137, 2100.

Atlantic Energy, Inc. has filed for marketer status.  ER97-2132.

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Midwest

MP&L and CPA have agreed to costs of backup radial feeder subtransmission
line.  ER97-2133.

Valero Power is to become a subsidiary of PG&E.  ER97-1847.

SoCalEd has set "proforma" radial line agreement setting fees to be paid should
anyone purchase the attached generating facilities.
ER97-2150.

Amerada Hess Corporation has filed for marketer status.

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Northwest

WWP Resources, a Washington Water Power affiliate, has changed its name to Avista
Energy Services.  ER97-2003.

Pacificorp has revised its tariff to provide for delivery for NYMEX futures contracts.
ER97-2014.

Montana Power is billing BPA for load following services.  ER97-2038.

Puget Sound P&L and Washington Natural Gas Co. are now Puget Sound Energy
Inc.  ER97-2162.

Poco Petroleum is filing for marketer status.  ER97-2197, 2198.

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Details of these filings can be found in the April 1997 issue of Wheeling and
Transmission Monthly.

The "Bulk Power Highlights" are reprinted with permission from "Wheeling &
Transmission Monthly".

Summaries of all recent transmission and bulk power agreements are published
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