USGen New England, Inc., Dominion Energy New England, Inc., Dominion Energy Marketing, Inc., Dominion Energy Salem Harbor, LLC, Dominion Energy Brayton Point, LLC, Dominion Energy Manchester Street, Inc.; Notice of Filing

Take notice that on October 8, 2004, the above-referenced Applicants submitted an application pursuant to section 203 of the Federal Power Act for authorization of a disposition of jurisdictional facilities whereby USGen New England, Inc., is selling, and Dominion Energy New England, Inc., is purchasing certain fossil generating assets in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and various wholesale power sales agreements pursuant to a cash sale. Applicants state that the generating assets and related interconnection facilities at the Salem Harbor Station, the Brayton Point Station, and the Manchester Street Station, have a combined net capacity of 2,834 MW, and will be owned by Dominion Energy Salem Harbor, LLC, Dominion Energy Brayton Point, LLC, and Dominion Energy Manchester Street, Inc., respectively. Applicants further state that the various wholesale power sales agreements will be transferred to Dominion Energy Marketing, Inc.

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 and 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 Applicants. On or before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicants.

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Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on October 29, 2004.