El Paso Merchant Energy-Petroleum Company, Rensselaer Plant Holdco, L.L.C., Bison Power LLC, Notice of Filing

Take notice that on December 8, 2004, El Paso Merchant Energy—Petroleum Company (EPMEPC), Rensselaer Plant Holdco, L.L.C. (RPH) and Bison Power LLC (Bison Power) (jointly, Applicants) filed with the Commission an application pursuant to section 203 of the Federal Power Act requesting that the Commission authorize the sale and transfer of the membership interests in RPH from EPMEPC to Bison Power. EPMEPC states that the Applicants requested privileged treatment for certain exhibits pursuant to 18 CFR 33.9 and 388.112. EPMEPC also states that the Applicants also requested expedited consideration of this Application.

Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. On or before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant.

The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov,, using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502-8659.

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on December 29, 2004.