[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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