[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 67 (Friday, April 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15237-15238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8406]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-255-000]


Trunkline LNG Company; Notice of Application

April 1, 1996.
    Take notice that on March 18, 1996, Trunkline LNG Company (TLNG), 
P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, filed in Docket No. CP96-255-
000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for 
permission and approval to abandon a fractional interest in two gas 
turbine power generators and appurtenant facilities at its LNG terminal 
at Lake Charles, Louisiana,\1\ by transfer to PanEnergy Lake Charles 
Generation, Inc. (PELCG),\2\ all as more fully set forth in the 
application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.

    \1\ These power facilities are part of the LNG plant facilities 
certificated by Federal Power Commission order issued April 29, 1977 
(58 FPC 726 (1977)). Also, see 58 FPC 2935 (1977).
    \2\ PELCG is an associate company of TLNG. PELCG is an indirect, 
wholly-owned subsidiary of Panhandle Eastern Corporation, doing 
business as PanEnergy Corp. (PEC). TLNG is a wholly-owned subsidiary 
of Texas Eastern Corporation, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of 
PEC.
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    TLNG proposes to abandon by transfer to PELCG a 75% undivided 
ownership interest (representing a nominal capacity of 24 megawatts) in 
two gas turbine generators. TLNG explains that one unit has been used 
to provide primary terminal electrical power to the LNG terminal, with 
the other unit providing emergency backup power. TLNG states that 
retention of a 25% undivided ownership interest in the two gas turbine 
units will allow TLNG to retain 8 megawatts, which TLNG states is more 
than sufficient to serve as a source of back-up power and to serve its 
peak power requirements for ship unloading at the terminal.
    It is stated that PELCG and TLNG have entered into an Ownership 
Transfer Agreement whereby PELCG will acquire a 75% undivided ownership 
interest in the gas turbine facilities at their proportional net book 
value as of the transfer date; the net book value of which is said to 
be $3,379,187. TLNG advises that PELCG intends to utilize its share of 
the megawatt capacity to generate and sell power, and is 
contemporaneously requesting determination of status as an Exempt 
Wholesale Generator from the Commission.\3\

    \3\ PELCG filed in Docket Nos. EG96-50-000 and ER96-1335-000, 
respectively, for determination of exempt wholesale generator status 
and for blanket authorization to sell at market-based rates the 
capacity and energy attributable to the portion of the facilities to 
be acquired from TLNG.
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    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before April 11, 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 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 permission and approval for the proposed abandonment

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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 TLNG to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-8406 Filed 4-4-96; 8:45 am]
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