[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 184 (Tuesday, September 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 49679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25143]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RP97-437-000]


Williams Natural Gas Company and Missouri Gas Energy, a Division 
of Southern Union Company; Data Request and Notice of Staff Technical 
Conference

September 17, 1997.
    On August 1, 1997, Williams Natural Gas Company (Williams) and 
Missouri Gas Energy, a Division of Southern Union Company (MGE) filed a 
request for a declaratory order requesting that the Commission resolve 
certain issues concerning the operation of the right of first refusal 
(ROFR) mechanism on William's system. A number of parties have filed 
interventions and protests or comments on the filing. Some of those 
filing comments and the Commission staff are not clear about some 
aspects of the request for a declaratory order. In order to clarify 
these issues, Williams and MGE are required to respond to the following 
questions by October 3, 1997. A technical conference to discuss these 
issues will be held on October 21, 1997.
    1. For each example posited in the August 1, 1997 Declaratory Order 
request, Williams and MGE must provide a complete description of the 
expiring contract and the bids received on the capacity, including, the 
capacity for each component of TSS service under the expiring contract, 
whether the bids submitted are for TSS service, the capacities of each 
TSS component contained in each bid for the expiring capacity, the 
duration of the bids, and the rate bid and maximum rate for each 
component.
    2. Parts A and C of the August 1, 1997 Declaratory Order request 
appear to pose the same question, and Williams and MGE must explain any 
intended difference in the questions posed.
    3. Williams and MGE must explain how the examples in their request 
for a Declaratory Order differ from the issue addressed by the 
Commission in William's restructuring proceeding, Williams Natural Gas 
Company, 66 FERC para. 61,315, at 61,946 (1994).
    The response to these questions should be filed in accordance with 
the provisions of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, in 
particular, 18 CFR 385.2001 and 385.2010 (Rules 2001 and 2010), which 
require that documents be filed with the Secretary of the Commission 
and served on all parties in the docket.
    The conference to address these issues will be held on October 21, 
1997, beginning at 10 a.m., in a room to be designated at the offices 
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    All interested persons are invited to attend.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-25143 Filed 9-22-97; 8:45 am]
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