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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP92-184-009, et al.]

 

Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, et al.; Natural Gas 
Certificate Filings

August 31, 1994.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP92-184-009]

    Take notice that on August 29, 1994, Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation (Texas Eastern), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77056-1642, 
filed in Docket No. CP92-184-009 pursuant to Section 7(c) to amend and 
to partially vacate the Commission's order issued July 16, 1993, in 
Docket Nos. CP92-184-000 et al. in order to modify the construction 
program associated with the Integrated Transportation Project (ITP), to 
supersede various elements of the ITP amended application pending in 
Docket No. CP92-184-007, and to establish initial rates for ITP service 
in 1995 and 1996, all as more fully set forth in the application, which 
is on file and open to public inspection.
    It is indicated that on July 16, 1993, the Commission issued an 
order approving construction and operation of incremental facilities on 
Texas Eastern's mainline system which would permit Texas Eastern to 
render Part 284 transportation service for specific shippers. Texas 
Eastern explains that the facilities and associated services were 
designated as the Integrated Transportation Project (ITP). The order 
authorized discrete construction programs for 1993 and 1994, consistent 
with Texas Eastern's plan to implement the underlying transportation 
service in two stages: 111,000 Dekatherms per day (Dthd) to commence 
November 1, 1993, and the remaining 90,000 Dthd to commence November 1, 
1994, for an aggregate ITP service level of 201,000 Dthd. Reflecting 
the staged construction approved for ITP facilities, the order also 
authorized an incremental rate with a built-in step-up, i.e., an 
initial rate effective November 1, 1993, based on 1993 ITP 
construction, with a step-up effective November 1, 1994, incorporating 
1994 ITP construction costs.
    On January 27, 1994, Texas Eastern filed an application in Docket 
No. CP92-184-007 to amend the ITP authorization issued July 16, 1993. 
Texas Eastern indicated that because of the narrow window available for 
1993 construction as well as changes in ITP customer requirements, it 
was compelled to reschedule implementation of ITP service. As shown 
below, the adjustments included deferral to 1994 and 1995 of portions 
of the service originally scheduled to be initiated in 1993 and 
deferral until 1995 of some service originally scheduled for 
implementation in 1994. While there was some reallocation of ITP 
service among customers, there was no planned change in the ultimate 
total level of ITP service. 

    I. Timing of ITP Service Levels Underlying July 16, 1993, Order     
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Total ITP  
       ITP shipper         11/01/93 Dthd   11/01/94 Dthd   service Dthd 
                              volumes         volumes         volumes   
------------------------------------------------------------------------
UGI.....................          40,000               0          40,000
PSE&G...................          25,000          75,000         100,000
Delmarva................          40,000               0          40,000
PGW.....................           6,000               0           6,000
Yankee..................               0          15,000          15,000
                         -----------------------------------------------
    Total...............         111,000          90,164         201,000
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II. Allocations/Timing for ITP Implementation Proposed in Docket No. CP92-184-007 (January 27, 1993, Amendment) 
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                                                   11/01/93 Dthd   11/01/94 Dthd   11/01/95 Dtdh    Cumulative  
                   ITP shipper                       volumes         volumes         volumes       Dthd volumes 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UGI.............................................          20,000          10,000          10,000          40,000
PSE&G...........................................          13,000          47,000          50,000         110,000
Delmarva........................................               0          20,000          10,000          30,000
PGW.............................................               0           6,000               0           6,000
Yankee..........................................               0          15,164               0         15,164 
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Total.......................................          33,000          98,164          70,000         201,164
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    Texas Eastern asserted that the ITP service modifications 
necessitated changes in the timing, configuration and extent of 
facility construction required to support ITP service as well as 
corresponding adjustments in the initial rates for ITP service. Based 
on a reevaluation of its ITP facility design analysis, Texas Eastern 
determined that it no longer required approximately 8.92 miles of 
authorized pipeline along with certain approved compressor 
modifications. In addition, Texas Eastern stated that it would require 
a total of 11.02 miles of new pipeline which is not already authorized 
while deferring some of the remaining authorized facilities.
    In order to conform its facility and rate authorizations to the 
revised ITP service levels and implementation schedule, Texas Eastern 
requested the following specific authorizations in Docket No. CP92-184-
007:
    (1) To defer construction of a portion of the authorized ITP 
facilities until 1995;
    (2) To vacate certificate authorization as it related to 8.92 miles 
of authorized pipeline;
    (3) To construct, install, own, and operate an additional 11.02 
miles of 36'' pipeline for 1995 ITP service; and
    (4) To charge revised Section 7(c) initial rates for 1994 ITP 
service and new initial rates for 1995 ITP service.
    Texas Eastern estimated that the capital cost of the proposed 
additional facilities was $13,966,000 and that the revised cost of all 
1994 and 1995 ITP facilities in $100,724,000 and $91,987,000, 
respectively. Texas Eastern proposed the following initial rates for 
1994 and 1995 ITP service. 

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                   Rate per Dth                       1994        1995  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Demand Rate.......................................    $19.974    $21.078
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    Texas Eastern has now filed in Docket No. CP92-184-009 a further 
request to amend the July 16, 1993, ITP certificate authorization. 
Texas Eastern states that the subject amendment reflects ITP facility 
and rate adjustments which are necessary to respond to (1) further 
changes in the market requirements of ITP shippers, and (2) a 
resequencing of certain Texas Eastern projects ahead of proposed 1995 
and 1996 ITP service. Texas Eastern states that the new amendment 
restates and supersedes the prior amendment in Docket No. CP92-184-007 
except with respect to Texas Eastern's request for authorization of 
initial rates for 1994 ITP service, which remains pending in Docket No. 
CP92-184-007. Texas Eastern requests specific authorization to:
    (1) Defer completion of certain authorized facilities until 
November 1, 1995;
    (2) Defer completion of certain authorized facilities until 
November 1, 1996;
    (3) Authorize construction of certain proposed additional 
facilities to accommodate 1996 ITP service;
    (4) Vacate the authorization for certain authorized facilities no 
longer need to render ITP service; and
    (5) Charge the ITP shippers proposed rates for 1995 and 1996, not 
subject to refund.
    Texas Eastern states that the revised estimated capital cost of the 
1995 and 1996 ITP facilities is $50,892,000 and $34,724,000, 
respectively.
    Texas Eastern states that the requested authorizations are based on 
the following revised schedule of ITP service levels. (Service levels 
for 1993 and 1994 are unchanged from those indicated in Docket No. 
CP92-184-007.) 

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                                   11/01/93 Dthd   11/01/94 Dthd   11/01/95 Dthd   11/01/96 Dthd     Total ITP  
          ITP shipper                volumes         volumes         volumes         volumes         volumes    
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UGI.............................          20,000          10,000          10,000               0          40,000
PSE&G...........................          13,000          47,000          25,000          25,000         110,000
Delmarva........................               0          20,000          10,000               0          30,000
PGW.............................               0           6,000               0               0           6,000
Yankee..........................               0          15,164               0               0         15,164 
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    Total.......................          33,000          98,164          45,000          25,000        201,164 
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    Texas Eastern proposes to revise its proposed initial rate for 1995 
and to establish a new initial rate for 1996. The proposed rates for 
each year reflect a ``roll-in'' of the costs for each stage of ITP 
construction to the pre-existing ITP rate for service. Texas Eastern 
does not propose any change to the currently effective rate for ITP 
service which commenced November 1, 1993, or to the proposed rate for 
1994 ITP service contained in Docket No. CP92-184-007. The proposed 
1995 and 1996 rates are based on cumulative costs of service of 
$42,306,390 and $48,318,030, respectively, and design volumes of 
176,164 Dth/d and 201,164 Dth/d for 1995 and 1996, respectively. The 
factors used in developing the cost of service are derived from Texas 
Eastern's settlement in Docket No. RP90-119-000. 

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Rate per Dth                       1995       1996   
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Demand Rate.......................................    $20.013   $20.016 
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Comment date: September 21, 1994, in accordance with the first 
paragraph of Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

2. Texas Gas Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP94-738-000]

    Take notice that on August 25, 1994, Texas Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Texas Gas), 3800 Frederica Street, Owensboro, Kentucky 
42301, filed in Docket No. CP94-738-000 an abbreviated application 
pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act, as amended, and 
Sections 157.7 and 157.18 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's 
(Commission) regulations thereunder, for permission to abandon a 
measurement facility located in Acadia Parish, Louisiana, by removal, 
all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with 
the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Texas Gas states that the Booher-Iota Meter (BI Meter) was placed 
into service on March 2, 1989, as an interconnection between Texas Gas 
and Travis Booher, a producer, to transport gas for various shippers. 
Texas Gas indicates that the meter was authorized under the blanket 
certificate issued to Texas Gas in Docket No. CP82-407-000 and the 
provisions of 18 CFR Section 157.208(a) of the Commission's 
Regulations. Texas Gas further indicates that the producer's wells 
behind the BI Meter have ceased production and are now only producing 
oil. Texas Gas also states that it is no longer receiving gas volumes 
into its system at this point for any shipper, and is not likely to do 
so in the future.
    Comment date: September 19, 1994, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

3. East Tennessee Natural Gas Company

[Docket No. CP94-741-000]

    Take notice that on August 29, 1994, East Tennessee Natural Gas 
Company (East Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed in 
Docket No. CP94-741-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205, 157.212 
and 157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act 
(18 CFR 157.205, 157.212 and 157.216) for authorization to abandon 
existing delivery point facilities in McMinn County, Tennessee, and to 
replace them with new facilities, to serve Bowater, Incorporated's 
(Bowater) papermill plant, under East Tennessee's blanket certificate 
issued in Docket No. CP82-412-000, 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.
    East Tennessee proposes to abandon the Bowater Meter Station and 
relocate it. It is stated that the existing facilities are located on 
Bowater's property and that the activities of the plant have threatened 
the integrity of the facilities. East Tennessee proposes to relocate 
the facilities on property adjacent to the plant. It is explained that 
the relocation will require the replacement of 328 feet of 12-inch 
mainline pipe adjacent to the existing mainline valve and 3,100 feet of 
8-inch pipe to run between the new delivery point and Bowater. It is 
estimated that the cost of the abandonment would be $71,000, and the 
cost of the construction of new facilities would be $871,000. It is 
asserted that East Tennessee would pay these costs out of its capital 
budget. It is asserted that the replacement of facilities will not 
result in any change in the daily or annual quantities that East 
Tennessee is authorized to deliver to Bowater. East Tennessee states 
that it has sufficient capacity to accomplish the deliveries at the 
proposed new delivery point without detriment or disadvantage to any of 
East Tennessee's other customers.
    Comment date: October 17, 1994, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

4. Sea Robin Pipeline Company

[Docket No. CP94-748-000]

    Take notice that on August 29, 1994, Sea Robin Pipeline Company 
(Sea Robin), Post Office Box 2563, Birmingham, Alabama 35202-2563, 
filed in Docket No. CP94-748-000 a request pursuant to Sec. 157.205 of 
the Commission's Regulations to: (1) abandon certain existing measuring 
facilities at the Columbia Gulf Transmission Company (Columbia Gulf) 
interconnection (Existing Columbia Gulf Meter Station) in order to 
construct and operate replacement facilities (New Columbia Gulf Meter 
Station) near Erath, Louisiana to provide more reliable and accurate 
measurement for the potential increase in delivery volumes of natural 
gas to Columbia Gulf and (2) partially abandon capacity and meter 
facilities at the Koch Gateway Pipeline Company interconnect (Koch 
Gateway Meter Station) that will be used to construct the New Columbia 
Gulf Meter Station, under Sea Robin's blanket certificate issued in 
Docket No. CP82-429-000, pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, 
all as more fully set forth in the request on file with the Commission 
and open to public inspection.
    Sea Robin proposes to abandon two 12-inch meter runs at the 
Existing Columbia Gulf Meter Station and replace them with three 16-
inch meter runs from its existing Koch Gateway Meter Station located 
adjacent to the Existing Columbia Gulf Meter Station at the New 
Columbia Gulf Meter Station. Sea Robin states that the New Columbia 
Gulf Meter Station will be constructed pursuant to Sec. 157.208(a)(2) 
under Part 284 of the Commission's Regulations. Transfer of three meter 
runs to the New Columbia Gulf Meter Station will leave three 16-inch 
meter runs at the Koch Gateway Meter Station that will provide ample 
capacity for the volumes of natural gas that Sea Robin delivers to Koch 
Gateway, it is indicated. Sea Robin states that Koch Gateway is 
agreeable to the transfer of the meter runs and the abandonment of the 
capacity at the Koch Gateway Meter Station will not result in any 
termination or degradation of service to any shipper which schedules 
deliveries to the Koch Gateway Meter Station. Sea Robin states that the 
estimated cost of replacing the facilities at the New Columbia Gulf 
Meter Station is $322,000, including the $15,000 cost of removing the 
retired facilities.
    Comment date: October 17, 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, 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 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 Sec. 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. 94-22100 Filed 9-7-94; 8:45 am]
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