[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 5041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2393]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-162-000]


Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership; Notice of 
Request Under Blanket Authorization

January 28, 1999.
    Take notice that on January 19, 1999, Great Lakes Gas Transmission 
Limited Partnership (Great Lakes), One Woodward Avenue, Suite 1600, 
Detroit, Michigan 48226, filed in Docket No. CP99-162-000 a request 
pursuant to Sections 157.205, and 157.211 of the Commission's 
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and 157.211) for 
authorization to construct and operate a tap, a meter station, 
approximately 1.6 miles of 16-inch pipe (to connect the tap and meter 
station), and appurtenant facilities to establish a delivery point (the 
China Township Delivery point) for service to The Detroit Edison 
Company (Detroit Edison), a new end-use shipper on its system, in St. 
Clair County, Michigan, under the blanket certificate issued in Docket 
No. CP90-2053-000, all as more fully set forth in the request which is 
on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Great Lakes states that the proposed tap will consist of a below-
grade 16-inch tap off of its mainline loop (the 200 line), a below-
grade valve, a riser, and above-grade manual valve operator, and 
interconnecting piping. Great Lakes notes that permanent fencing will 
enclose the above-grade facilities. Great Lakes proposes to construct 
and operate an above-grade, 8-inch meter station (which will consist of 
a single 8-inch meter run and turbine meter, a pressure regulator, gas 
heater, and appurtenant facilities) adjacent to the location where 
Detroit Edison will house three new gas-fired 72 megawatt generating 
units.
    According to Great Lakes once the proposed facilities are 
completed, they will enable Detroit Edison to receive gas to fuel three 
new gas-fired peak load electric generating units, which will be 
capable of producing a total of 216 megawatts of electricity per hour. 
Great Lakes contends that Detroit Edison will use this power to 
increase reserve capacity levels, which will thereby alleviate 
potential shortfalls in meeting its peak power requirements. Great 
Lakes claims that Detroit Edison will require transportation service 
for these three units as of May 1, 1999, without service by this date 
the units will not be available to generate the power required under 
peak load conditions.
    Accoding to Great Lakes, SEMCO Gas Company (SEMCO), a shipper on 
Great Lakes' system, currently provides retail gas distribution service 
in this area. Great Lakes states that SEMCO provides Detroit Edison 
with minimal gas volumes at the Belle River location and that those 
volumes are not associated with the generation of power. According to 
Great Lakes the Detroit Edison's base load power generation at the 
Belle River location is coal-fired. Thus, Great Lakes alleges that the 
service which it will provide to Detroit Edison is for new gas-fired 
generating facilities, which will not displace any service presently 
provided by SEMCO to Detroit Edison. Great Lakes states that Detroit 
Edison executed a precedent agreement providing for deliveries of up to 
3,384 dth per hour.
    Great Lakes states that Detroit Edison will acquire its own natural 
supplies and utilize the seller's existing transportation service on 
Great Lakes' system upstream of the proposed line tap, or utilize a 
backhaul transportation service on Great Lakes' mainline, to receive 
gas at the delivery point. Therefore, Great Lakes states that it will 
be able to provide the service without impacting upon its system-wide 
peak day and annual deliveries. According to Great Lakes, the 
transportation of gas for Detroit Edison's account will occur under 
Rate Schedule FT of its FERC Gas Tariff. Great Lakes claims that the 
parties will execute a ten-year firm transportation agreement under 
Rate Schedule FT. Great Lakes estimates that the cost of constructing 
the new facilities will be approximately $2.3 million.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission's Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to 
intervene or notice of intervention and pursuant to Section 157.205 of 
the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to 
the request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefor, 
the proposed activity shall be deemed authorized effective the day 
after the time allowed for filing a protest. If a protest is filed and 
not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a 
protest, the instant request shall be treated as an application for 
authorization pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-2393 Filed 2-1-99; 8:45 am]
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