[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36045-36046]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17410]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-610-000]
Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Application
July 2, 1996.
Take notice that on July 1, 1996, Granite State Gas Transmission,
Inc. (Granite State), 300 Friberg Parkway, Westborough, Massachusetts
01581, filed in Docket No. CP96-610-000, an application pursuant to
Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the Commission's
Regulations for a certificate of public convenience and necessity
authorizing the construction and operation of a liquefied natural gas
(LNG) facility in Wells, Maine, to serve Northern Utilities, Inc.
(Northern Utilities), pursuant to new Rate Schedule LNG-1, all as more
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission
and open to public inspection.
Granite State submits that the LNG facility proposed in this
application is identical to the one proposed in Docket No. CP-95-52-
000, that was dismissed without prejudice to resubmitting the proposal
changing its use from baseload to peakshaving service. According to
Granite State, this resubmitted filing reflects a change in the nature
of the service to be provided by such facility from winter baseload to
peakshaving.
Granite State further states that the LNG facility is necessary to
replace Northern Utilities' volumes currently flowing using capacity
leased on the Portland Pipe Line Corporation's oil line that has been
converted to natural gas use. According to Granite State, the lease is
set to expire on April 30, 1998, and Granite State proposes an in-
service date of November 1, 1998 for the proposed LNG facility, the
first day of the first heating season after the lease expires.
Granite State states that Northern Utilities has contracted for
transportation service on the Portland Natural Gas Transmission System
(PNGTS) which also has a proposed in-service date of November 1, 1998.
However, Granite State maintains that the LNG facility may be necessary
for winter baseload service for Northern Utilities if PNGTS is not in
service by that date. After PNGTS is in service, the LNG facility would
provide peakshaving service to Northern Utilities.
According to information contained in the application, once the LNG
facility is functioning as a peakshaver it would be operated in a
fashion that would allow deliverability from the facility to increase
by almost 150%. Accordingly, Granite State's resubmitted filing
contains a revised precedent agreement
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with Northern Utilities which provides for a maximum daily
deliverability from the LNG facility of 54,640 Dth per day prior to
PNGTS, and 134,000 Dth per day thereafter. Although not explicitly
stated by Granite State in its proposal, based upon the volumetric
determinants contained in Exhibit P of the application, these maximum
withdrawal levels would translate to a 52-day service prior to PNGTS,
and 12-13 days of service afterwards.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before July 23, 1996 file
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20426,
a motion to intervene or a protest in accordance with the requirements
of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or
385.211) and the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10).
All protests filed with the Commission will be considered by it in
determining the appropriate action to be taken but will not serve to
make the protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to
become a party to a proceeding or to participate as a party in any
hearing therein must file a motion to intervene in accordance with the
Commission's Rules.
Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in
and subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be
held without further notice before the Commission or its designee on
this application if no motion to intervene is filed within the time
required herein, if the Commission on its own review of the matter
finds that a grant of the certificate is required by the public
convenience and necessity. If a motion for leave to intervene is timely
filed, or if the Commission on its own motion believes that a formal
hearing is required, further notice of such hearing will be duly given.
Under the procedure herein provided for, unless otherwise advised,
it will be unnecessary for Granite State to appear or be represented at
the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-17410 Filed 7-8-96; 8:45 am]
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