[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 68676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31729]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP00-31-000]


Washington Gas Light Company and Shenandoah Gas Company; Notice 
of Application

November 29, 1999.
    Take notice that on November 19, 1999, Washington Gas Light Company 
(Washington), 1100 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20080, and Shenandoah 
Gas Company (Shenandoah), P.O. Box 2400 Winchester, Virginia, 22604, a 
wholly owned subsidiary of Washington, filed an application in Docket 
No. CP00-31-000, pursuant to Sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas 
Act (NGA), for an order (i) approving the abandonment by Shenandoah, 
and the acquisition by Washington, of Shenandoah's certificated 
facilities in Virginia, through the merger of Shenandoah with and into 
Washington, or alternatively, finding that such abandonment is not 
necessary because Shenandoah's NGA Section 7(c) certificates were 
effectively terminated and subsumed within Shenandoah's subsequent NGA 
Section 7(f) service area determination, (ii) amending Washington's 
service area determination under NGA Section 7(f) to include the 
territory served by Shenandoah in Virginia, and (iii) merging 
Shenandoah's blanket certificate issued under 18 CFR 284.224 with 
Washington's blanket certificate, all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection. This filing may be viewed on the web at http://
www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 for assistance).
    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to 
Donald R. Hayes, Specialist, Senior--Legal, Washington Gas Light 
Company, 1100 H Street, NW., Washington, DC 20080 or call (202) 624-
6504.
    Washington and Shenandoah state that Commission authorization of 
the transactions described in the application is in the public 
convenience and necessity because Washington will provide, through its 
Shenandoah Division, continued retail gas service to all of 
Shenandoah's former customers in Virginia and firm interstate 
transportation service on behalf of Mountaineer Gas Company and other 
customers in West Virginia at the same rates and under the same terms 
and conditions of service as currently provided by Shenandoah.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before December 20, 1999, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 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 385.211 and 385.214) and the regulations under the Natural Gas Act 
(18 CFR 157.10). 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 in any proceeding herein must file a 
motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's rules.
    Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in 
and subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Commission by 
Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be held without further notice 
before the Commission or its designee on this application if no motion 
to intervene is filed within the time required herein, if the 
Commission on its own review of the matter finds that permission and 
approval for the proposed abandonment are required by the public 
convenience and necessity. If a motion for leave to intervene is timely 
filed, or if the Commission on its own motion believes that formal 
hearing is required, further notice of such hearing will be duly given.
    Under the procedure herein provided for, unless otherwise advised, 
it will be unnecessary for Shenandoah and/or Washington to appear or to 
be represented at the hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-31729 Filed 12-7-99; 8:45 am]
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