[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 105 (Thursday, June 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 32315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2798]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP05-354-000]


Southwest Gas Corporation; Notice of Petition of Southwest Gas 
Corporation for a Declaratory Order and Expeditious Treatment of 
Petition

May 27, 2005.
    Take notice that on May 24, 2005, Southwest Gas Corporation 
(Southwest), filed in Docket No. RP05-354-000, pursuant to Rule 
207(a)(2) of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (Commission), a petition for a declaratory order 
requesting that the Commission clarify General Terms and Conditions 
(GT&C) section 20.8 of El Paso Natural Gas Company's Tariff.
    Southwest states that GT&C section 20.8 requires that shipper 
endeavor to take gas ratably through the gas day and to keep variations 
in hourly takes to the minimum feasible. Southwest avers that El Paso 
and its shippers disagree on the meaning of this tariff section and 
that the uncertainty is creating planning uncertainty and possibly 
delaying El Paso's construction of necessary infrastructure 
improvements. Southwest asks the Commission to clarify that GT&C 
section 20.8 does not constitute a fixed obligation of shipper to take 
\1/24\ ratably throughout the gas day, nor does it limit daily firm 
service rights by imposing an inflexible uniform hourly service 
limitation. Southwest further requests expeditious action, including a 
shortened notice and answer period, so that the Commission's ruling can 
be obtained by June 30, 2005, or as soon thereafter as possible.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must 
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be 
considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to 
be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the 
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of 
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, 
motions, or protests must be filed on or before the date as indicated 
below. Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of 
that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or 
protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve 
motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant.
    A person does not have to intervene in order to have comments 
considered. A person must file with the Secretary of the Commission, as 
soon as possible, an original and two copies of comments in support of 
or in opposition to this petition. The Commission will consider these 
comments in determining the appropriate action to be taken; but the 
filing of a comment alone will not serve to make the filer a party to 
the proceeding. The Commission's Rules require that persons filing 
comments in opposition to the petition provide copies of their protests 
only to the party or parties directly involved in the protest.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and 
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an 
original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426.
    This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 
``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's 
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription'' 
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail 
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For 
assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail 
[email protected], or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time June 3, 2005.

Linda Mitry,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-2798 Filed 6-1-05; 8:45 am]
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