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1NorAm Energy Services, Inc., 78 FERC ¶61,111

(1997).

2 16 U.S.C. § 824b.

the Natural Gas Act and Rules 206 and

212 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure. In its original

complaint, MGE requested, inter alia, an

immediate contract reduction in its

contract demand volume with Williams

Natural Gas Company (Williams) if the

Commission found Williams’

construction project to be lawful. In its

amendment to its complaint, MGE states

that upon further review it does not seek

at this time the previously requested

contract demand reduction relief.

In order that protests, interventions

and answers to the complaint and the

amended complaint may be filed on the

same date, an extension of time is being

granted. Any person desiring to be

heard or to make a protest with

reference to the complaint and the

amendment should on or before

February 28, 1997, file with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, a motion to intervene or a protest

in accordance with the requirements of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211).

All protests filed with the Commission

will be considered by it in determining

the appropriate action to be taken but

will not serve to make the protestants

parties to the proceeding. Any person

wishing to become a party to this

proceeding or to participate as a party

in any hearing therein must file a

motion to intervene in accordance with

the Commission’s Rules. Answers to the

complaint and the amendment shall be

due on or before February 28, 1997.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–3558 Filed 2–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP97–232–000]

National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation;

Notice of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

February 7, 1997.

Take notice that on February 6, 1997,

National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation

(National), 10 Lafayette Square, Buffalo,

New York 14203, filed a request with

the Commission in Docket No. CP97–

232–000, pursuant to Sections 157.205,

and 157.211 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(NGA) for authorization to construct and

operate a sales tap to render service for

an existing firm transportation customer

authorized in blanket certificate issued

in Docket No. CP83–4–000, all as more

fully set forth in the request on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection.

National proposes to construct and

operate a new sales tap to provide

service to National Fuel Gas

Distribution Corporation. The sales tap,

designated as Station No.–2886, would

be located in McKean County,

Pennsylvania, on National’s Line S–21

and would provide a proposed quantity

of up to 100 Mcf per day. The estimated

cost of the proposed sales tap is

$20,000, for which National would be

reimbursed.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after the

Commission has issued this notice, file

pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to Section

157.205 of the Regulations under the

NGA (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to the

request. If no protest is filed within the

allowed time, the proposed activity

shall be deemed to be authorized

effective the day after the time allowed

for filing a protest. If a protest is filed

and not withdrawn within 30 days after

the time allowed for filing a protest, the

instant request shall be treated as an

application for authorization pursuant

to Section 7 of the NGA.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–3554 Filed 2–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. EL97–25–000]

NorAm Energy Services, Inc.; Notice of

Issuance of Order Initiating

Jurisdictional Inquiry

February 7, 1997.

On February 5, 1997, the Commission

issued an order initiating a

jurisdictional inquiry concerning the

planned merger of NorAm Energy

Corporation, the parent company of

NorAm Energy Services, Inc. (NorAm),

a public utility, with Houston

Industries, Incorporated, an exempt

public utility holding company, and

Houston Industries’ subsidiaries,

Houston Lighting & Power Company, an

electric utility located in the Electric

Reliability Council of Texas, and

Houston Industries Energy, Inc., owner

of various interests in foreign utilities,

exempt wholesale generators, and a

qualifying facility.1

Because the planned merger may

require Commission approval pursuant

to section 203 of the Federal Power

Act,2 the order directs NorAm to make

a filing setting forth its views on the

issue, and offers other interested

persons an opportunity to comment on

NorAm’s filing. The order states that, in

the alternative, NorAm may file an

application for authorization pursuant

to section 203.

The order directs NorAm to make said

filing within 30 days of the issuance

date of the order. If NorAm files a

response arguing that authorization

under section 203 is not required,

interventions, protests, or comments are

due 15 days after NorAm’s filing. If

NorAm files an application under

section 203, interventions, protests, or

comments will be due as specified by

further notice.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–3559 Filed 2–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP96–200–017]

NorAm Gas Transmission Company;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

February 7, 1997.

Take notice that on February 3, 1997,

NorAm Gas Transmission Company

(NGT) tendered for filing as part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, Fourth Revised

Volume No. 1, the following revised

tariff sheets to be effective February 1,

1997:

Tenth Revised Sheet No. 7

Third Revised Sheet No. 7A

Third Revised Sheet No. 7B

Third Revised Sheet No. 7C

Third Revised Sheet No. 7D

Original Sheet No. 7E.01

Original Sheet No. 7E.02

Original Sheet No. 7E.03

First Revised Sheet No. 7F

NGT states that these tariff sheets are

filed herewith to reflect specific

negotiated rate transactions for the

month of February, 1997.

Any person desiring to protest said

filing should file protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Rule 211 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). All such

protests must be filed as provided in

Section 154.210 of the Commission’s

Regulations. Protests will be considered

by the Commission in determining the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestant parties to

the proceeding. Copies of this filing are
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on file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–3551 Filed 2–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP97–229–000]

Texas Eastern Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

February 7, 1997.

Take notice that on February 4, 1997,

Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation

(Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court,

Houston, Texas 77056–5310, filed in

Docket No. CP97–229–000 a request

pursuant to Sections 157.205 and

157.211 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205 and 157.211) for

authorization to construct a delivery

point in New Jersey for providing

natural gas deliveries to Elizabethtown

Gas Company, a Division of NUI

Corporation (Elizabethtown), under

Texas Eastern’s blanket certificate

issued in Docket No. CP82–535–000

pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas

Act, all as more fully set forth in the

request that is on file with the

commission and open to public

inspection.

Texas Eastern proposes to construct,

install, own, operate and maintain an 8-

inch tap valve (Tap) and dual 6-inch

orifice meters (Meter Station), electronic

gas measurement equipment, and

approximately 120 feet of 8-inch

pipeline which will extend from the

Meter Station to the Tap and

appurtenant facilities on Texas Eastern’s

existing 24-inch Line No. 20–B at Mile

Post 7.68 in Union County, New Jersey.

In addition to these facilities,

Elizabethtown will install, or cause to

be installed, and own, operate and

maintain a heater and pressure

regulation valves. The estimated capital

costs of Texas Eastern’s proposal is

$1,922,000. Texas Eastern will deliver

up to 58 MMcf/d of natural gas at the

proposed delivery point.

Texas Eastern states that its existing

tariff does not prohibit the additional

facility and that the new delivery point

will have no effect on peak or annual

deliveries and that this proposal can be

accomplished without detriment or

disadvantage to other customers.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to Section

157.205 of the Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a

protest to the request. If no protest is

filed within the time allowed therefor,

the proposed activity shall be deemed to

be authorized effective the day after the

time allowed for filing a protest. If a

protest is filed and not withdrawn

within 30 days after the time allowed

for filing a protest, the instant request

shall be treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–3556 Filed 2–12–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. CP97–220–000]

Texas Eastern Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

February 7, 1997.

Take notice that on January 31, 1997,

Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation

(TETCO), 5400 Westheimer Court,

Houston, TX 77056–5310 filed in

Docket No. CP97–220–000 a request

pursuant to Sections 157.205, and

157.211 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205 and 157.211) for

approval and permission to operate, as

a jurisdictional facility under Section

7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, a delivery

point in Montgomery County, Texas,

which was previously constructed

under Section 311 of the Natural Gas

Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA) for the

delivery of natural gas to the city of

Magnolia, Texas (Magnolia) on behalf of

Union Natural Gas Pipeline Company

(Union Natural), under the blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP82–

535–000, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the

Natural Gas Act (NGA), all as more fully

set forth in the request which is on file

with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

Additionally, pursuant to Section

385.216 of the Commission’s

Regulations, this application also serves

as TETCO’s notice of withdrawal of its

Request for Authorization of Blanket

Activity filed in Docket No. CP97–157–

000.

TETCO states that it constructed the

delivery point consisting of a two-inch

tap valve and two-inch check valve on

TETCO’s twenty-four inch Line No. 11

in Montgomery County, Texas. TETCO

further states that Union Natural

installed or caused to be installed, a

single two-inch turbine (Meter Station),

approximately fifty feet of two-inch

pipeline which extends from the Meter

Station to the tap, and electronic gas

measurement equipment. It is indicated

that TETCO will render firm

transportation through the delivery

point pursuant to TETCO’s Rate

Schedule FT–1.

Any person or the Commission’s Staff

may, within 45 days after the issuance

of the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214), a motion to

intervene or notice of intervention and

pursuant to Section 157.205 of the

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205), a protest to the

request. If no protest is filed within the

time allowed therefor, the proposed

activities shall be deemed to be

authorized effective the day after the

time allowed for filing a protest. If a

protest is filed and not withdrawn 30

days after the time allowed for filing a

protest, the instant request shall be

treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–3557 Filed 2–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. EG97–8–000, et al.]

P.H. Don Pedro, S.A., et al.; Electric

Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings

February 6, 1997.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. P.H. Don Pedro, S.A.

[Docket No. EG97–8–000]

On October 29, 1996, P.H. Don Pedro,

S.A., a corporation (sociedad ano ́nima)

organized under the laws of Costa Rica

(‘‘Applicant’’), with its principal place

of business at Santo Domingo de

Heredia del Hotel Bouganville 200 Mts.

al Este de la Iglesia Cato ́lica (Primera

Entrada Porto ́n con Ruedas de Artilleria)

Heredia, Costa Rica, filed with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

an application for determination of

exempt wholesale generator status

pursuant to Part 365 of the

Commission’s Regulations (the

‘‘Application’’).

Applicant intends to own and operate

an approximately 14 megawatt (net),

hydroelectric power production facility

located in the District of Sarapiquı ́,

Canton of Alajuela, Province of

Alajuela, Costa Rica.

On February 4, 1997, the Applicant

filed an amendment to the Application

to reflect that Baltimore Gas and Electric