[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 47907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23156]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket Nos. RP96-370-000, RM96-14-001]
Kern River Gas Transmission Company and Secondary Market
Transactions on Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines; Notice of Application
to Participate in Experimental Pilot Program
September 5, 1996.
Take notice that on August 30, 1996, Kern River Gas Transmission
Company (Kern River) filed with the Commission an application to
participate in the experimental pilot program announced by the
Commission in Docket No. RM96-14-000. The markets proposed by Kern
River for inclusion in the program are California and Nevada.
According to its application, Kern River lacks market power in its
origin market of Southwestern Wyoming and its destination markets in
Nevada and California. Kern River states that, at the interstate level,
it competes with El Paso Natural Gas Company, Transwestern Pipeline
Company, Pacific Gas Transmission Company and Mojave Pipeline Company
for California services. Kern River states that it serves California
markets through twenty-seven (27) delivery points, including 25
connections serving end-use markets and two connections (one each) with
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Southern California Gas
Company (SoCal). Kern River states that of the 25 direct connection
delivery facilities, all are connected to Mojave (in addition to Kern
River) and 20 are dually connected to either PG&E or SoCal. Kern River
further states that the current regulatory and market climate within
the state qualify the California delivery points under the experimental
program.
According to Kern River, the Nevada markets are also sufficiently
competitive to permit certain cap-free services. Most of Kern River's
Nevada deliveries are off-loaded into the facilities of Southwest Gas
Company, a local distribution company offering unbundled, open-access
transportation to non-core customers. Kern River states that, in
relative terms, its contractual service obligations account for less
than 24% of the daily (contract) requirements of that market.
Kern River propose to provide short-term firm, interruptible and
authorized overrun services free of price cap constraints. In addition,
Kern River proposes to include in the program capacity released by its
firm shippers. Kern River states that it will treat all secondary
market transactions on a comparable basis in terms of scheduling and
administration. Kern River proposes an effective date of October 1,
1996 with a termination date of September 30, 1997, or one year after
the program's inception.
Any person desiring to comment on or to protest said filing should
file a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 8788 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426,
in accordance with Sections 385.214 and 385.211 of the Commission's
regulations. All such interventions or protests must be filed within 15
days and comply with the requirements in Section 154.210 of the
Commission's Regulations. 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 proceedings. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a motion to intervene. Copies of this filing
are on file with the Commission and are available for public inspection
in the Public Reference Room.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-23156 Filed 9-10-96; 8:45 am]
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