[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 41240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17599]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. PR09-9-001]


Northwest Natural Gas Company; Notice of Motion for Extension of 
Rate Case Filing Deadline

    Take notice that on July 6, 2011, Northwest Natural Gas Company (NW 
Natural) filed a request for an extension consistent with the 
Commission's revised policy of periodic review from a triennial to a 
five year period. The Commission in Order No. 735 modified its policy 
concerning periodic reviews of rates charges by section 311 and Hinshaw 
pipelines to extend the cycle for such reviews from three to five 
years.\1\ Therefore, NW Natural requests that the date for its next 
rate filing be extended to December 11, 2013, which is five years from 
the date of NW Natural's most recent rate filing with this Commission.
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    \1\ Contract Reporting Requirements of Intrastate Natural Gas 
Companies, Order No. 735, 131 FERC ] 61,150 (May 20, 2010).
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    Any person desiring to participate in this rate proceeding must 
file a motion 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 7 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 on Monday, July 18, 2011.

    Dated: July 7, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-17599 Filed 7-12-11; 8:45 am]
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