[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 223 (Wednesday, November 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 65275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E3-00316]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. RP96-200-092, RP96-200-097, RP96-200-101, RP96-200-102, 
RP96-200-103, RP96-200-104, RP96-200-105, RP96-200-106, RP96-200-107, 
RP96-200-108, RP96-200-110, RP96-200-111, RP96-200-113, RP96-200-114 
and IN03-11-000]


CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Technical 
and Settlement Conference

November 12, 2003.
    The Commission staff will hold a combined technical and settlement 
conference in the captioned dockets on November 19, 2003, beginning at 
10 a.m. at the Commission's headquarters at 888 First St. NE., 
Washington, DC, in a room to be established. The technical conference 
will discuss issues raised by the September 15, 2003 Order in Docket 
Nos. RP96-200-092, et al., (104 FERC ] 61,280), which directed 
CenterPoint Energy Transmission Company (CEGT) to file certain tariff 
provisions and to modify certain non-conforming gas transportation 
agreements. The settlement conference will discuss the show cause Order 
issued September 15, 2003, in Docket No. IN03-11-000, (104 FERC ] 
61,281), which required CEGT to show cause why its failure to report 
and post all of the non-conforming terms and conditions in its 
negotiated rate contracts does not violate certain provisions of the 
Natural Gas Act, the Commission's regulations and CEGT's negotiated 
rate authority.
    Because the issues in all of the above captioned dockets are 
closely related, Commission staff believes that the discussion of these 
issues at a public technical and settlement conference, open to 
interested parties to the docket and Commission staff, will assist in 
an efficient resolution of these matters. Staff notes that, while the 
Commission's ex parte rules apply to the proceedings in Docket Nos. 
RP96-200-092, et al., (See 18 CFR 385.2201(b) and (c)(1)), they do not 
apply to the Show Cause docket because it is an investigative 
proceeding with no parties (See 18 CFR 1b.9, 1b.11, 385.2201(b) and 
385.2201(c)(2)). Because the proceedings in Docket Nos. RP96-200-092 et 
al. are subject to the ex parte rules, only information that has been 
publicly filed with the Commission or is publicly presented at this 
technical and settlement conference will be considered by the 
Commission in resolving those dockets. Parties to the above captioned 
dockets desiring further information should contact John M. Robinson of 
the advisory staff at (202) 502-6808, or Stuart Fischer of the 
enforcement staff at (202) 502-8517.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E3-00316 Filed 11-18-03; 8:45 am]
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