[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 28169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13177]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. PR99-14-000]


Shenandoah Gas Company; Notice of Application

May 19, 1999.
    Take notice that on May 7, 1999, Shenandoah Gas Company 
(Shenandoah), P.O. Box 2400, Winchester, Virginia 22604, filed a 
petition pursuant to section 284.224(e) (1) and 284.123)(e) of the 
Commission's Regulations for approval of a proposed rate and operating 
statement applicable to a firm interstate transportation service to be 
rendered by Shenandoah on behalf of Mountaineer Gas Company 
(Mountaineer) pursuant to its blanket certificate, all as more fully 
described in the petition and exhibits filed therewith which are on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Pursuant to a November 2, 1998 Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement 
(Agreement), Shenandoah will sell to Mountaineer all of its natural gas 
transmission and distribution facilities located in West Virginia. 
Mountaineer will use such facilities to continue gas service to 
Shenandoah's former customers in West Virginia, as well as to new 
customers in West Virginia. At the current time, the only source of gas 
supply to serve customers in Shenandoah's service territory in West 
Virginia is through Shenandoah's interconnections with Columbia Gas 
Transmission Corporation in Warren County, Virginia (Receipt Point).
    Shenandoah and Mountaineer have entered into a Firm Interstate 
Transportation Service Agreement dated February 19, 1999, pursuant to 
which Shenandoah will provide a firm interstate transportation service 
to Mountaineer under authority of its blanket certificate issued in 
accordance with Section 284.224 of the Commission's Regulations, 44 
FERC 61,108 (1988). Under the terms of the Firm Interstate 
Transportation Service Agreement, Shenandoah will provide a firm 
interstate transportation service on behalf of Mountaineer, receiving 
gas in Virginia and redelivering up to 16,000 Dekatherms per day to 
Mountaineer at the West Virginia border. Mountaineer may arrange for 
the transportation of its own system supplies, act as agent for any of 
its customers desiring such service, or release capacity to existing 
transportation customers in West Virginia, as requested by such 
customers, or to any others on an as available basis. The firm 
transportation service will be provided for an initial term of five 
years and may be canceled thereafter by either party after two years 
notice given after the expiration of the initial term.
    Shenandoah states that the proposed rate was determined in 
accordance with the methodology described in section 
284.123(b)(1)(i)(B) of the Commission's Regulations, Shenandoah 
proposes to charge (1) to a Demand Charge of $2.3125 per Dekatherm 
(Dth) per month applicable to the Maximum Daily Quantity of 16,000 
Dths, and (2) a Volumetric Charge of $.0064 per Dth for all gas 
delivered at the Delivery Point at the West Virginia border. Shenandoah 
shall be compensated for lost and unaccounted-for volumes at the rate 
of 0.5% of all volumes received by Shenandoah at the Receipt Point for 
Mountaineer's account.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should 
file a motion to intervene or a protest with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426, in 
accordance with sections 385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission's Rules 
and Regulations. All such motions or protests must be filed on or 
before June 8, 1999. 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. This filing may be viewed on the web at 
http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 for 
assistance).
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-13177 Filed 5-24-99; 8:45 am]
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