[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]
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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).
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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
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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]
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