Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 241 / Tuesday, December 16, 1997 / Notices 65803

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is

December 29, 1997. Copies of the full

text of the order are available from the

Commission’s Public Reference Branch,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32767 Filed 12–15–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–84–000]

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company;

Notice of Filing

December 10, 1997.

Take notice that on December 5, 1997,

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company

(Tennessee), pursuant to Section 4 of

the Natural Gas Act and Part 154 of the

Regulations of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission)

filed original and revised tariff sheets

setting forth Tennessee’s policy

regarding the construction and

financing of new facilities on its system

for the receipt, delivery or measurement

of natural gas supplies (Receipt and

Delivery Facilities).

Tennessee states that its existing

lateral line policy is set forth in Article

XVII of the General Terms & Conditions

of Tennessee’s FERC Tariff, Volume No.

1 to satisfy the requirements of Section

154.109(b) of the Commission’s

Regulations which requires that the

General Terms & Conditions of a

pipeline’s tariff set forth the pipeline’s

policy regarding the construction and

financing of delivery laterals, including

when the pipeline will pay for or

contribute to the construction cost.

Tennessee’s existing policy provides

that Tennessee will not build or

contribute to the cost of building any

service lateral. However, Tennessee has

the right to seek a waiver of that policy

during any proceeding before the

Commission instituted under Section 7

of the Natural Gas Act.

Tennessee states that this policy is too

inflexible in the competitive

marketplace which exists today. Thus,

Tennessee is proposing to eliminate the

current provisions of Article XVII.

Tennessee states that the proposed

tariff sheets establish and define two

categories of Receipt and Delivery

Facilities—Tap Facilities and

Connecting Facilities. The proposed

tariff sheets also establish two categories

of cost reimbursement—prior to the

construction of the facilities and over

time with interest. Additionally, the

proposed tariff sheets eliminate the

current provisions of Article XVII and

permit Tennessee to contribute to the

cost of constructing service laterals as

Connecting Facilities without obtaining

a waiver from the Commission.

Tennessee states that these proposed

changes to its tariff will enable

Tennessee to compete on a level playing

field with other pipelines.

Although Tennessee states that it is

not obligated to construct Tap Facilities

or Tap and Connecting Facilities for any

requesting party, the proposed tariff

sheets provide that, subject to certain

conditions specified in the tariff sheets,

Tennessee will construct Tap Facilities

or Tap and Connecting Facilities for any

requesting party who agrees to pay for

the cost of constructing such facilities.

With respect to the financing of Tap

Facilities constructed by Tennessee, the

proposed tariff sheets provide that the

requesting party will generally pay

Tennessee for the cost of such facilities

prior to the construction of the

Connecting Facilities but always prior to

the commencement of service at the Tap

Facilities. With respect to the financing

of Connecting Facilities, the proposed

tariff sheets provide that the requesting

party shall pay Tennessee for the cost of

such facilities either prior to the

construction of the Tap Facilities but

always prior to the commencement of

service at the Connecting Facilities, over

time with interest or through some

combination thereof.

Further, the tendered tariff sheets

enable Tennessee to pay all or a portion

of the costs of constructing Connecting

Facilities which are economically or

operationally beneficial to Tennessee.

The proposed tariff sheets set forth the

criteria that Tennessee will evaluate in

determining whether the construction of

Connecting Facilities is economically or

operationally beneficial to Tennessee.

The proposed tariff provisions also

permit Tennessee to condition its

construction of Connecting Facilities on

the reimbursement by the requesting

party of related costs such as operating

and maintenance expenses,

administrative and general expenses,

gross-up for state and federal income

taxes, taxes other than income taxes,

depreciation costs and the time value of

money. These provisions recognize that,

in certain circumstances, it may be

appropriate to recover costs of this

nature from the requesting party rather

than the system as a whole. Tennessee’s

decision not to seek recovery of these

costs from a requesting party would not

preclude Tennessee from seeking to

recover such costs in its general system

rates in a Section 4 rate filing.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

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

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 and 385.214 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such motions or protests should be

filed in accordance with 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 protestants parties to

the proceeding. Any person wishing to

become a party must file a motion to

intervene. Copies of this filing are on

file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection in the

Public Reference Room.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32715 Filed 12–15–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EG98–13–000, et al.]

Ogden Energy China, (Beta) Ltd., et al.

Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation

Filings

December 9, 1997.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Ogden Energy China (Beta) Ltd.

[Docket No. EG98–13–000]

On December 1, 1997, Ogden Energy

China (Beta) Ltd., (OECB) filed with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission) an application for

determination of exempt wholesale

generator status pursuant to Part 365 of

the Commission’s Regulations.

OECB will own a sixty percent equity

interest in a 24 MW eligible facility

located in Zibo, Shandong Province,

Peoples Republic of China. OECB states

that it will be engaged directly and

exclusively in the business of owning

and/or operating all or part of one of

more eligible facilities (as defined in

Section 32(a)(1) of the Public Utility

Holding Company Act) and selling

electricity at wholesale to the Huantian

Power Bureau and at retail to consumers

none of which will be located within

the United States.

Comment date: December 29, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E