[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 66657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32042]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-264-001]


MidAmerican Energy Company; Notice of Petition To Amend

December 12, 1996.
    Take notice that on November 22, 1996, MidAmerican Energy Company 
(MidAmerican), P.O. Box 657, Des Moines, Iowa 50303, filed in Docket 
No. CP95-264-001 a petition pursuant to Section 7(f) of the Natural Gas 
Act to amend its certificate issued in Docket No. CP95-264-000 
authorizing a service area determination, all as more fully set forth 
in the petition on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    MidAmerican states that it is a local distribution company with a 
Hinshaw exemption based on Iowa. MidAmerican states that it received a 
Section 7(f) service area determination in Docket No. CP95-264-000 
authorizing it to serve customers across the Iowa borders in Illinois 
and South Dakota without losing its exemption from Commission 
regulation. MidAmerican requests herein that its certificate issued in 
Docket No. CP95-264-000 be amended to include a waiver from the filing 
and reporting requirements for natural gas companies pursuant to Part 
260 of the Commission's regulations. It is asserted that MidAmerican's 
predecessors received such a waiver and that the reporting requirements 
would be overly burdensome for a company such as MidAmerican and would 
duplicate the information submitted to the state bodies which regulate 
MidAmerican's operations.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said petition to amend should on or before January 2, 
1997, 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-32042 Filed 12-17-96; 8:45 am]
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