[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 81 (Thursday, April 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 24846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6333]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP06-125-000]


New England Gas Company, a Division of Southern Union Company and 
The Narragansett Electric Company, d/b/a National Grid; Notice of 
Application

April 20, 2006.
    Take notice that on April 10, 2006, New England Gas Company 
(NEGASCO), a division of Southern Union Company, and The Narragansett 
Electric Company, d/b/a National Grid (Narragansett) (together, 
Applicants), filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an 
abbreviated joint application pursuant to section 7(f) of the Natural 
Gas Act, as amended, for an order requesting that the Commission vacate 
NEGASCO's section 7(f) service area determination granted by the 
Commission in 2004; grant Narragansett a section 7(f) service area 
determination, identical to the section 7(f) service area determination 
now held by NEGASCO; declare that Narragansett qualifies as a local 
distribution company in its service area for purposes of section 311 of 
the Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA); and grant Narragansett a waiver of 
the regulatory requirements ordinarily applicable to a ``natural gas 
company'' under the NGA and the NGPA, including, but not limited to, 
reporting and accounting requirements and charges. These requests are 
necessitated by the pending sale of NEGASCO's facilities to 
Narragansett. Upon completion of the sale, the Applicants state that 
NEGASCO will no longer provide any gas distribution services in the 
state of Rhode Island and Narragansett will become the only natural gas 
local distribution company in that state, as NEGASCO is now.
    This application is on file with the Commission and open for public 
inspection. The filings are available for review at the Commission in 
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site 
at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket 
number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support 
at [email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for 
TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
    Any questions regarding the application should be direct to Thomas 
E. Knight, counsel for NEGASCO, Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP, 901 Fifteenth 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005, 202-408-7451; or to Roxane Maywalt, 
counsel for Narragansett, National Grid USA Service Company, Inc., Law 
Dep't A3, 300 Erie Boulevard West, Syracuse, New York 13202, 315-428-
5187.
    Any person wishing to obtain legal status by becoming a party to 
the proceedings for this project should, on or before the below listed 
comment date, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, a motion to intervene 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 
NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party status will be placed on 
the service list maintained by the Secretary of the Commission and will 
receive copies of all documents filed by the applicant and by all other 
parties. A party must submit 14 copies of filings made with the 
Commission and must mail a copy to the applicant and to every other 
party in the proceeding. Only parties to the proceeding can ask for 
court review of Commission orders in the proceeding.
    Motions to intervene, protests and comments may be filed 
electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper, see, 18 CFR 385.2001 
(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site under the 
``e-Filing'' link. The Commission strongly encourages electronic 
filings.
    Comment Date: May 11, 2006.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-6333 Filed 4-26-06; 8:45 am]
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