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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-679-000, et al.]
Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership, et al.; Natural
Gas Certificate Filings
August 26, 1994.
Take notice that the following filings have been made with the
Commission:
1. Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership
[Docket No. CP94-679-000]
Take notice that on July 22, 1994, as supplemented on August 23,
1994, Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership (Great Lakes)
One Woodward Avenue, Suite 1600, Detroit, Michigan 48226, filed in
Docket No. CP94-679-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(c) of the
Natural Gas Act for a certificate of public convenience and necessity
authorizing it to construct a meter station and line tap to provide new
natural gas transportation service for the account of Northwest Natural
Gas of Cass County, Inc. (Northwest Natural), all as more fully set
forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open
to public inspection.
Great Lakes states that it will provide up to 500 Mcf per day of
firm transportation service, pursuant to Rate Schedule FT of Great
Lakes' FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, for the account of
Northwest Natural between and through the new meter station and line
tap, and its existing Carlton, Minnesota, meter station, both of which
are located in Great Lakes' Western Zone.
Great Lakes states that the proposed new meter station and line tap
will be constructed adjacent to its main line near the City of Cass,
Minnesota. Great Lakes contends that Northwest Natural will utilize
Great Lakes' service in connection with providing new natural gas
service to the City of Cass Lake, displacing liquid propane and fuel
oil service. In this regard, Great Lakes requests an advance
determination that the related facility costs may be recovered on a
system-wide basis, so as to charge Northwest Natural its applicable
Part 284 rates under Rate Schedule FT. Absent this determination, Great
Lakes submits that Northwest Natural will not be able to economically
convert liquid propane and fuel oil users to natural gas service.
Accordingly, Great Lakes requests that its application be deemed
withdrawn if such advance rate determination is not obtained.
Comment date: September 16, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
2. CNG Transmission Corporation
[Docket No. CP94-731-000]
Take notice that on August 23, 1994, CNG Transmission Corporation
(CNG) 445 West Main Street, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26301, filed in
Docket No. CP94-731-000 a request pursuant to Section 157.205 and
157.211 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18
CFR 157.205 and 157.211) for authorization to construct and operate a
new ``transportation'' tap and appurtenant facilities, in Onondaga
County, New York to serve as an additional delivery point to New York
State Electric and Gas Corporation (NYSEG), a combination gas and
electric local distribution company in New York. The new delivery point
or M & R station will be known as the Old Seneca Turnpike Connection.
CNG is requesting this authorization under its blanket certificate
issued in Docket No. CP82-537-000 pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural
Gas Act, all as more fully set forth in the request that is on file
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
CNG states that NYSEG is the local distribution system that serves
the Town of Marcellus and that NYSEG receives its entire gas supply to
serve the Town of Marcellus from an existing CNG delivery point known
as the Marcellus Connection. CNG further states that in recent years,
during the winter season, NYSEG has experienced extremely low pipeline
pressure immediately after electrical power outages, which affect the
reliability of NYSEG's natural gas service in the Marcellus vicinity.
It is stated that this happens because of the high demand for gas by
residential consumers when the electric system comes back on line, and
gas furnaces kick back on. It is further stated that to mitigate the
low pipeline pressure, NYSEG has to bring it's electric system in
Marcellus back on line slowly, in sections, thus prolonging the power
and heat outages on the Marcellus distribution system.
CNG also states that NYSEG's low pipeline pressure will be
mitigated, without having to restore electric power in a way that
prolongs power and heat outages, by the construction and operation of
CNG's new, additional delivery point to NYSEG.
Further, CNG states that in addition to reinforcing NYSEG's
existing system serving Marcellus, CNG's new meter and regulating
station will support the growth that NYSEG is experiencing in this
area. Current peak-hour requirements on NYSEG's Marcellus system are
117 Dt per hour. It is stated that the current maximum (without CNG's
new additional delivery point) that NYSEG can deliver on a peak-hour
basis is 123.7 Dt per hour.
CNG states further that it needs to construct only minimal
facilities, to provide NYSEG with an additional delivery point,
consisting of a two-inch tap, measurement and regulation station, and
approximately 200 feet of two-inch connecting line off of CNG's TL-460
pipeline system in the Town of Skaneateles, Onondaga County, New York.
CNG estimates the maximum design capacity of the two inch tap and M & R
station to be 2.8 MMcf per day.
CNG stated that it will transport quantities to NYSEG under
existing transportation arrangements with NYSEG. CNG further states
that it has sufficient system delivery capacity to deliver the existing
contract quantities without disadvantaging its existing customers,
either sales or transportation.
CNG estimates that it will cost approximately $338,263 to construct
the proposed facilities, but states that the cost will be fully
reimbursed by NYSEG.
Comment date: October 11, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.
3. Northern Natural Gas Company
[Docket No. CP94-733-000]
Take notice that on August 23, 1994, Northern Natural Gas Company
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1000, filed
in Docket No. CP94-733-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and
157.212 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18
CFR 157.205, 157.212) for authorization to install and operate two new
delivery points to accommodate natural gas deliveries to Wisconsin Gas
Company (Wisconsin Gas) under Northern's blanket certificate issued in
Docket No. CP82-401-000 pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act,
all as more fully set forth in the request that is on file with the
Commission and open to public inspection.
Northern states that it requests authority to install and operate
two new delivery points to accommodate natural gas deliveries pursuant
to existing service agreements between Northern and Wisconsin Gas.
Northern states that Wisconsin Gas has requested two new delivery
points from Northern (the Monroe, Wisconsin and Mount Hope, Wisconsin
town border stations) so they may serve the Chalet Cheese Co-op in
Green County, Wisconsin and the communities of Mount Hope, Patch Grove,
Bloomington, Cassville, Beetown and Glen Haven, Wisconsin.
Northern also states the total volume proposed to be delivered to
Wisconsin Gas at the Monroe, Wisconsin and Mount Hope, Wisconsin town
border stations is expected to result in an increase in Northern's peak
day deliveries of 2,026 Mcf per day and 165,918 on an annual basis.
Northern states that the estimated cost to install the Monroe,
Wisconsin town border station is $10,600 and to install the Mount Hope,
Wisconsin town border station is $63,922.
In addition, Northern states that it has sufficient capacity to
accommodate its proposal without detriment or disadvantage to
Northern's other customers.
Northern further states that a copy of their filing has been mailed
to each of the affected state commissions.
Comment date: October 11, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.
4. Williams Natural Gas Company
[Docket No. CP94-734-000]
Take notice that on August 23, 1994, Williams Natural Gas Company
(WNG) P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101, filed in Docket No. CP94-
734-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.216(b) of the
Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and
157.216(b)) for authorization to reclaim measuring and appurtenant
facilities originally installed in 1953 to make a direct sale of
natural gas to Zinc Corporation of America (ZCA), to abandon the
transportation of gas for direct sale to ZCA, and to reclaim measuring
and appurtenant facilities originally installed in 1984 to receive
transportation gas from ZCA, under WNG's blanket certificate issued in
Docket No. CP83-479-000, pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas
Act, all as more fully set forth in the request that is on file with
the Commission and open to public inspection.
WNG states that the facilities originally installed to make a
direct sale to ZCA are located in Section 3, Township 26 North, Range
12 East, Osage County, Oklahoma. WNG reports that ZCA's plant was
partially shutdown in 1993 and ZCA has now informed WNG that the plant
will be permanently idled. WNG further states that the facilities
installed to receive transportation gas from ZCA are located in Section
34, Township 26 South, Range 11 East, Osage County, Oklahoma and no gas
has been received through the facilities since 1988. WNG also states
that the total cost to reclaim the facilities at both locations is
estimated to be approximately $2,110 with an estimated salvage value of
$3,212.
Comment date: October 11, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.
Standard Paragraphs
F. Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before the comment date,
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
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 and/or permission and approval
for the proposed abandonment are 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 applicant to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
G. Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule
214 of the Commission's Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to
intervene or notice of intervention and pursuant to Section 157.205 of
the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to
the request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefor,
the proposed activity shall be deemed to be authorized effective the
day after the time allowed for filing a protest. If a protest is filed
and not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a
protest, the instant request shall be treated as an application for
authorization pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-21682 Filed 8-31-94; 8:45 am]
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