[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 12 (Thursday, January 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2425-2426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1228]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP01-141-000]


PG&E Gas Transmission, Northwest Corporation; Notice of Technical 
Conference

January 11, 2002.
    On August 6, 2001, the Commission issued an order granting PG&E Gas 
Transmission, Northwest Corporation (PG&E Transmission) a certificate 
of public convenience and necessity authorizing a proposed pipeline 
expansion project. 96 FERC para. 61,194 (2001). The PG&E Transmission 
certificate was conditioned upon PG&E Transmission developing a fuel 
surcharge mechanism to ensure that expansion shippers, rather than 
existing shippers, be responsible for all fuel costs above those 
attributable to fuel absent the proposed expansion's additional 97,500 
horsepower of compression. On October 26, 2001, on rehearing, the 
Commission reiterated its rationale for and affirmed the imposition of 
this fuel surcharge. 97 FERC para. 61,101 (2001).
    On November 26, 2001, PG&E Transmission filed a motion requesting 
the Commission reconsider the fuel surcharge for expansion shippers. 
Alternatively, PG&E Transmission requests the Commission initiate a 
technical conference to discuss aspects of the fuel charge. PG&E 
Transmission states that without further guidance it is unable to 
develop an incremental

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surcharge that both insulates existing shippers from fuel costs 
attributable to expansion compression, and at the same time, protects 
expansion shippers from fuel costs which do not reflect their actual 
share of such costs.
    Take notice that a technical conference to discuss issues 
associated with the PG&E Transmission expansion project's fuel 
surcharge will be held on Tuesday, February 5, 2002, at 10:00 a.m. in a 
room to be designated at the offices of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The Conference 
will continue through Wednesday, February 6, 2002, if necessary. 
Parties objecting to aspects of PG&E Transmission's filings should be 
prepared to discuss alternatives.
    All interested parties and staff are permitted to attend.

C.B. Spencer,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-1228 Filed 1-16-02; 8:45 am]
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