518 Petitions of Pennsylvania Power Company for declaratory orders, amendment of prior Commission orders, and waiver of certain regulations and applications for rate changes; doc. no. P-00961028

Petitions of Pennsylvania Power Company for Declaratory Orders, Amendment of Prior Commission Orders, and Waiver of Certain Regulations and Applications for Rate Changes; Doc. No. P-00961028

[26 Pa.B. 1469]

   Pennsylvania Power Company has filed:  (1) petitions for declaratory orders under 66 Pa.C.S. § 331(f) and 52 Pa. Code §§ 5.41--5.43 to permit for accounting purposes the accelerated depreciation of nuclear generation assets and amortization of certain regulatory assets, the accelerated funding of decommissioning its interests in two nuclear plants, and establishing a procedure for the future disposition of certain assets; (2) applications to eliminate the energy cost rate as to Penn Power, roll the Energy Cost Rate (ECR) costs into base rates, and to implement five economic development tariffs; and (3) petitions to amend under 66 Pa.C.S. § 703(g) and 52 Pa. Code § 5.572 two prior Commission orders relating to the ECR, and to waive certain Commission regulations. The filing constitutes Pennsylvania Power Company's Rate Stability and Economic Development Plan for which an effective date of May 1, 1996 is sought. The filing is docketed at P-00961028.

   Persons desiring to file protests to the applications and answers to the petitions may do so in accordance with 52 Pa. Code §§ 5.51--5.54 (relating to protests) and 52 Pa. Code §§ 5.61--5.66 (relating to answers). All such pleadings must be filed with the Secretary, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, P. O. Box 3265, Harrisburg, PA 17105-3265, within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Copies of the petitions and applications are on file with the Commission and are available for public inspection. The contact person is Assistant Counsel Kevin J. Moody, [phone].

JOHN G. ALFORD,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-518. Filed for public inspection March 29, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]