[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 246 (Friday, December 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66546-66547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31122]



-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP78-124-020]


Northern Border Pipeline Company; Notice of Petition To Further 
Amend Order

December 15, 1995
    Take notice that on December 6, 1995, Northern Border Pipeline 
Company (Northern Border), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 
68124-1000, filed in Docket No. CP78-124-202, a Petition to Further 
Amend Order (Petition) pursuant to Rule 202 of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of Practice and Procedure 
\1\ requesting authority to add receipt and delivery points on the 
Northern Border system as secondary receipt and delivery points under 
the U.S. Shippers Service Agreement dated October 6, 1989 (1989 Service 
Agreement), as amended, between Northern Border and Pan-Alberta Gas 
(U.S.) Inc. (PAG-US), all as more fully set forth in the Petition which 
is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.

    \1\ Even though Northern Border filed this petition under Rule 
202, the Commission is treating this petition as an amendment under 
Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Northern Border states that by Commission order issued on December 
21, 1989 in Docket No. CP78-123, et al., it was authorized, among other 
things, to transport, on a firm basis, an annual average daily volume 
of 450,000 Mcf of natural gas on behalf of PAG-US in accordance with 
the 1989 Service Agreement. By Commission order issued on December 22, 
1992 in Docket No. CP78-124-019, Northern Border was authorized, among 
other things, to add certain secondary receipt and delivery points to 
the 1989 Service Agreement.
    Northern Border requests in this proceeding to add additional 
secondary receipt and delivery points as set forth in the Amended 
Exhibit A dated November 30, 1995 (November 30th Exhibit A) to the 1989 
Service Agreement, a copy of which is attached to the Petition as 
Exhibit P. Northern Border states that all of the receipt and delivery 
points downstream of Port of Morgan, Montana and upstream of Ventura, 
Iowa previously not included under the 1989 Service Agreement are now 
included on the November 30th Exhibit A. Northern Border further states 
that the allocation of costs by Northern Border pursuant to its tariff 
will not be impacted by virtue of the addition of secondary points, as 
the Port of Morgan and Ventura are the primary receipt and delivery 
points under the 1989 Service Agreement.
    Northern Border states that it has been advised by PAG-US that the 
primary purpose of requesting to add the proposed secondary receipt and 
delivery points is to enhance its operational flexibility in order to 
meet the needs of the local distribution customers served by PAG-US. 
Northern Border also states that as part of the Northern Natural Gas 
Company's (Northern) settlement filed in Docket No. RS92-8, et al., and 
approved on July 16, 1993 by the Commission, a reverse auction 
procedure was conducted by Northern that resulted in the transfer to 
PAG-US of Northern's Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System (ANGTS) 
prebuild-related supplies and its related Northern Border 
transportation capacity. By a Commission order issued on November 3, 
1993 in Docket No. CP94-22, et al., Northern Border was 

[[Page 66547]]
authorized, among other things, to abandon the firm transportation of 
200,000 Mcf per day (Mcf/d) of ANGTS prebuild-related gas for Northern 
and provide the equivalent firm transportation for PAG-US pursuant to a 
U.S. Shipper Service Agreement dated October 1, 1993 (1993 Service 
Agreement). Northern Border further states that the supply of 200,000 
Mcf/d together with an additional 100,000 Mcf/d of ANGTS prebuild-
related gas associated with the 1989 Service Agreement which Northern 
was entitled to purchase from PAG-US, was made available for purchase 
by the LDCs from PAG-US through the reverse auction. PAG-US now sells 
300,000 Mcf/d of ANGTS prebuild-related gas to 18 LDCs in the midwest 
and utilizes both the 1989 and 1993 Service Agreements to deliver these 
volumes to the LDCs at points of interconnection between the facilities 
of Northern Border and Northern.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said Petition should on or before January 6, 1996, 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 NGA (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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-31122 Filed 12-21-95; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-M