[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23282-23283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11172]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RP98-189-000]


UtiliCorp United Inc.; Notice of Petition for Relief

April 22, 1998.
    Take notice that on April 17, 1998, pursuant to Order No. 636-C and 
Rule 207 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure, UtiliCorp United Inc. 
(UtiliCorp), tendered for filing a petition for relief to shorten to 
five years the terms of its two firm transportation agreements with 
Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG), that were entered into pursuant 
to the then-effective right-of-first-refusal (ROFR), procedures under 
CIG's tariff--(1) Rate Schedule TF-1 Service Agreement No. 33128, which 
currently expires on March 31, 2009; and (2) Rate Schedule TF-1 Service 
Agreement No. 33079, which currently expires on March 31, 2012.
    UtiliCorp requests that the Commission order the shortening of the 
terms of Agreements No. 33079 and 33128 to five years because, in 
accordance with Order No. 636-C, UtiliCorp agreed to the current terms 
exclusively because of the twenty-year cap under CIG's then-effective 
tariff. UtiliCorp states that had it not had to match a competing third 
party bid--which under CIG's then-effective tariff could be for as long 
as twenty years for

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purposes of the evaluation of the bids--UtiliCorp would have entered 
into, at most, a five-year agreement, and absent certain concessions by 
CIG, UtiliCorp's preferred term was always one year only.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest this filing should 
file a motion to intervene or a protest with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, 
in accordance with Sections 385.214 and 385.211 of the Commission's 
Rules and Regulations. All such motions or protests must be filed on or 
before April 29, 1998. 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.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-11172 Filed 4-27-98; 8:45 am]
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