[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 53 (Thursday, March 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7083]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-271-000]


K N Wattenberg Transmission Limited Liability Company; 
Complainant, v. Public Service Company of Colorado, Colorado Interstate 
Gas Company, Coastal Natural Gas Company, Wyoming Interstate Gas 
Company, New Century Energies, Inc., NCE/CIG Facilities Company LLC, NC 
Enterprises, Inc., WYCO Development, LLC, WYCO Capacity, LLC, 
Respondent; Notice of Complaint, Motion for Order To Show Cause and 
Request for Investigation

March 13, 1998.
    Take notice that on March 9, 1998, K N Wattenberg Transmission 
Limited Liability Company (K N Wattenburg), P.O. Box 281304, Lakewood, 
Colorado 80228-8304, filed a complaint, motion to show cause and a 
request for investigation in Docket No. CP98-271-000 pursuant to Rules 
206, 209 and 212 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure. K 
N Wattenberg has filed this complaint requesting that the Commission 
issue an order requiring Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo), 
Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG) and their affiliated companies 
named above to show cause why they should not be required to file under 
Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization to construct 
and operate as a single jurisdictional pipeline the facilities which 
are currently the subject of the applications before the Commission in 
Docket No. CP98-128-000 and before the Colorado Public Utilities 
Commission, all as more fully set forth in the complaint which is on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Specifically, K N Wattenberg complains that PSCo and CIG have 
formed an anticompetitive alliance to finance, construct and operate an 
interstate pipeline project to compete against its Front Runner 
pipeline project, proposed in Docket No. CP98-49-000, which will follow 
virtually the identical route, provide service to the same markets and 
will deliver gas from the same source to those markets. K N Wattenberg 
adds that neither PSCo nor CIG has requested nor obtained section 7 
authorization from the Commission to construct and operate their 
interstate pipeline project. Instead, alleges K N Wattenberg, both 
parties are blatantly attempting through the use of their affiliates 
and a complex series of interrelated, and newly-created, jointly-owned 
companies, to unlawfully evade the Commission's exclusive jurisdiction 
under the NGA.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to this complaint should, on or before April 13, 1998, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
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 and 385.211). 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. Answers to the 
complaint shall be due on or before April 13, 1998.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-7083 Filed 3-18-98; 8:45 am]
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