[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70232-70233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32534]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP00-40-000]
Florida Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Application
December 10, 1999.
Take notice that on December 1, 1999, Florida Gas Transmission
Company (FGT), 1400 Smith Street, P.O. Box 1188, Houston, Texas 77251-
1188, filed in Docket No. CP00-40-000 an application pursuant to
Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Regulations, for a
certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing FGT to: (1)
Construct, own and operate certain pipeline facilities on FGT's system;
(2) acquire an undivided interest in an existing interstate supply
lateral; (3) roll-in the costs associated with the proposed expansion
of its facilities; (4) approve certain rate and accounting treatment
related to the proposed facilities; and (5) approve the submitted pro
forma tariff sheets, 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).
Specifically, FGT proposes to: (1) Acquire an undivided interest in
Koch Gateway Pipeline Company's (Koch Gateway) Mobile Bay Lateral in
Mobile County, Alabama that will give FGT capacity of 300,000 Dth per
day; (2) construct approximately 215 miles of various diameter
pipeline, additional compression totaling 89,765 horsepower, four
delivery points, one new supply measurement station, and various other
miscellaneous facilities (located in George County, Mississippi; Mobile
and Baldwin Counties, Alabama; and Suwannee, Columbia; Bradford, Clay,
Putnam, Marion, Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Polk, Lake, Seminole,
Volusia, Washington, Bay, Gadsden, Orange, Osceola, Santa Rosa,
Gadsden, Taylor, and Gilchrist Counties, Florida); and (3) rehabilitate
and re-certificate 15.7 miles of pipeline located in Washington County,
Florida that was previously abandoned in place. FGT refers to the
proposed project as the Phase V Expansion and estimates the total cost
to be $436.8 million, including an estimated $10 million for the
proposed acquisition of an interest in the Mobile Bay Lateral. Koch
Gateway filed a concurrent application in Docket No. CP00-39-000 for
permission and approval to abandon, by sale to FGT, an undivided
interest in its Mobile Bay Lateral facilities.
It is indicated in FGT's application that the additional summer
capacity that will be created by the proposed Phase V Expansion is
371,015 MMBtu per day. FGT states that it held open seasons for
transportation service on the Phase V Expansion and for turnback
capacity. As a result of those open seasons, 2,364 MMBbtu per day of
capacity (on an annual daily average) was turned back, and FGT executed
firm transportation service agreements having 20 year terms with eight
parties for service pursuant to FGT's Rate Schedule FTS-2. The maximum
daily transportation quantities in the agreements are set forth on a
seasonal basis and, net of turn-back volumes, amount to 371,015 MMBtu
per day for the summer months and, over the entire year, amount to an
annual daily average of 269,695 MMBtu per day.
FGT requests that the Commission find that the costs of the
proposed Phase V Expansion can be rolled-in to establish rates for
service under its incrementally priced Rate Schedule FTS-2. FGT states
that the maximum rates applicable to Rate Schedule FTS-2 are expected
to be lower as a result of such rolling-in of costs and thus, will not
requires subsidies from existing shippers. FGT has agreed to a
negotiated rate with one shipper, Southern Company Services, Inc.
(Southern Company), that is below the currently effective maximum 100%
load factor rate applicable to Rate Schedule FTS-2. FGT has submitted,
for approval, pro forma tariff sheets reflecting the negotiated rate
with Southern Company, and changes to the General Terms and Conditions
of FGT's tariff to permit FGT to track and recover certain power costs
associated with the installation of two electric drive compressor
units.
FGT requests that the Commission issue a preliminary determination
on non-environmental issues by July 1, 2000, and a final determination
on all certificate issues on or before January 1, 2001, to enable FGT
to render service on a proposed in-service date of April 1, 2002.
However, FGT asks that it be allowed to phase-in gas deliveries to two
expansion shippers (Florida Power & Light Company, and Southern
Company) requiring early deliveries, commencing on October 1, 2001, for
power generating plant preparation and testing. At the time that
certain Phase V Expansion facilities are placed in-service to provide
such early deliveries, FGT requests authorization to cease calculating
AFUDC on those specific facilities and capture and defer, as a
regulatory asset, depreciation and a calculated amount for pretax
return, from the time these certain facilities are placed in-service
until the entire Phase V Expansion is placed in-service.
Any questions regarding the application should be directed to Mr.
Stephen T. Veatch, Director of Certificates and Regulatory Reporting,
Suite 3997, 1400 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002 or call (713) 853-
6549.
Any person desiring to be heard or making any protest with
reference to said application should on or before December 30, 1999,
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 or 385.211) 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. The Commission's rules require that protestors provide
copies of their protests to the party or person to whom the protests
are directed. 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.
A person obtaining intervenor status will be placed on the service
list maintained by the Secretary of the Commission and will receive
copies of all documents issued by the Commission, filed by the
applicant, or filed by all other intervenors. An intervenor can file
for rehearing of any Commission order and can petition for court review
of any such order. However, an intervenor must serve copies of comments
or any other filing it makes with the Commission to every other
intervenor in the proceeding, as well as filing an original and 14
copies with the Commission.
A person does not have to intervene, however, in order to have
comments considered. A person, instead, may submit two copies of such
comments to the Secretary of the Commission. Commenters will be placed
on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive copies of
environmental documents, and will be able to participate in meetings
associated with the Commission's environmental review process.
Commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed documents on
all other parties. However, commenters will not receive copies of all
documents filed by other parties or issued by the
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Commission, and will not have the right to seek rehearing or appeal the
Commission's final order to a Federal court.
The Commission will consider all comments and concerns equally,
whether filed by commenters or those requesting intervenor status.
Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in
and subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the NGA and the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be held
without further notice before the Commission or its designee on these
applications if no motion to intervene is filed within the time
required herein, if the Commission on its own review of the matter
finds that a grant of the certificate is 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 a 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 FGT to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-32534 Filed 12-15-99; 8:45 am]
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