[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 5300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1235]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP06-179-000]


Duke Energy Marketing America, LLC, CenterPoint Energy Gas 
Transmission Company, and Kern River Gas Transmission Company; Notice 
of Joint Petition for Expedited Grant of Limited Waivers

January 25, 2006.
    Take notice that on January 20, 2006, Duke Energy Marketing 
America, LLC (DEMA), CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company (CEGT) 
and Kern River Gas Transmission Company (Kern River) tendered for 
filing a Joint Petition for Expedited Grant of Limited Waivers.
    DEMA, CEGT and Kern River petition the Commission for a grant of a 
limited waiver, to the extent required, of (i) the Commission's Order 
No. 636-A policy regarding the ``tying'' of non-jurisdictional gas 
transmission contracts to released transportation capacity, (ii) the 
Commission's maximum rate cap on released capacity, and (iii) the 
Commission's policy prohibiting the ``permanent'' release of a 
temporary capacity release transaction, and (iv) the applicable 
capacity release tariff provisions of CEGT and Kern River. The 
requested waivers will enable the petitioners to effectuate the 
permanent transfer of one of DEMA's portfolios of Commission-regulated 
transportation capacity and associated upstream Canadian pipeline 
capacity DEMA's Prearranged Replacement Shippers or to some other 
third-party replacement shipper who may prevail in the capacity release 
bidding process.
    DEMA, CEGT and Kern River states that copies of the filing has been 
served on their jurisdictional customers and upon affected state 
regulatory commissions.
    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.
    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 online 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.
    Intervention and Protest Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time February 1, 
2006.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-1235 Filed 1-31-06; 8:45 am]
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