[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 124 (Tuesday, June 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 39610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16126]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP00-388-000]


PNM Electric and Gas Services, Inc.; Notice of Application

June 21, 2000.
    Take notice that on June 13, 2000 PNM Electric and Gas Services, 
Inc. (UtilityCo), filed in Docket No. CP00-388-000, an application 
pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and section 284.224 of 
the Rules and Regulations of the Federal Energy Commission (Commission) 
for a blanket certificate of public convenience and necessity 
authorizing the transportation and sale of natural gas in interstate 
commerce and the assignment of contractual rights to natural gas to the 
same extent and in the manner that intrastate pipelines are authorized 
to engage in such activities under Section 311 and 312 of the Natural 
Gas Policy Act of 1978.
    This filing is being made in connection with a corporate 
reorganization by Public Service Company of New Mexico mandated by the 
Electric Utility Industry Restructuring Act of 1999 (Restructuring 
Act). The purpose and substantive effect will be to permit the PNM 
corporate family to continue to conduct the same business activity 
previously authorized by the Commission but using new corporate 
entities required by the Restructuring Act. UtilityCo is not seeking 
any authorizations that are different from those currently held by PNM. 
Upon the receipt of the necessary regulatory approvals, including the 
Commission's disposition of this application, the existing gas 
transmission and distribution facilities and operations of PNM will be 
acquired and operated by UtilityCo. UtilityCo, as the successor to PNM, 
will be a natural gas distribution company with facilities located 
entirely within the State of New Mexico. All of the gas purchased by 
UtilityCo will be consumed within the state and UtilityCo, like PNM, 
will be subject to regulation by a state commission with respect to its 
natural gas rates, services, and facilities. The present operations of 
PNM are the subject of a section 1(c) exemption from the jurisdiction 
of the Natural Gas Act by Commission order issued January 17, 1985, in 
Docket No. CP84-683-000. UtilityCo states that PNM is exempt from the 
provisions of the Natural Gas Act pursuant to section 1(c) thereof. 
Therefore, UtilityCo, as successor to PNM, will be a Hinshaw pipeline 
eligible to perform certain transportation, sales and assignments of 
natural gas pursuant to Section 284.224 of the Commission's 
Regulations.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before July 12, 2000, 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. 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.
    Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in 
and subject to jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and the 
Commission's Rules, 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 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 UtilityCo to appear or to be represented at 
the hearing.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-16126 Filed 6-26-00; 8:45 am]
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