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6-inch meter station and dual 4-inch

regulator. The subject delivery lateral

interconnects with NGT’s Line FM–12

in Section 37, Township 2ON, Range

4E, at Sterlington, Ouachita Parish,

Louisiana. This line, FM–66, will be

used to deliver natural gas to Louisiana

Power and Light’s (LP&L) electric

generating plant at Sterlington,

Louisiana. The estimated volumes to be

delivered to this delivery tap are

approximately 15,000 MMBtu per day

on a peak day and approximately

5,475,000 MMBtu on an annual basis.

The delivery lateral will be purchased at

the existing net book value of

approximately $120,000. The facilities

to be relocated will be removed from

NGT’s point of current interconnect

with Lafayette and relocated to the point

of delivery at the LP&L plant. The

facilities will be used as part of NGT’s

existing interstate system. No customers

or service will be abandoned as a result

of the acquisition, the operation or the

abandonment of these facilities. The

volumes to be delivered to LP&L are

within LP&L’s certified entitlements

pursuant to NGT’s blanket

transportation certificate issued in

Docket No. CP88–820 and the

transportation service agreement

executed pursuant to NGT’s tariff.

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 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 activity

is deemed to be authorized effective on

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withdrawn within 30 days after the time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. 96–14507 Filed 6–7–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket Nos. ER96–1426–000 and ER96–

1431–000]

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company, NIPSCO Energy Services,

Inc.; Notice of Issuance of Order

June 5, 1996.

On March 26, 1996, NIPSCO Energy

Services, Inc. (NIPSCO Energy) filed an

application for authorization to sell

power at market-based rates, and for

certain waivers and authorizations. In

particular, NIPSCO Energy requested

that the Commission grant blanket

approval under 18 CFR Part 34 of all

future issuances of securities and

assumptions of liabilities by NIPSCO

Energy. On May 29, 1996, the

Commission issued an Order Accepting

for Filing and Suspending Proposed

Transmission Tariffs, Conditionally

Accepting for Filing Proposed MarketBased Rates, and Granting Waivers and

Authorizations (Order), in the abovedocketed proceeding.

The Commission’s May 29, 1996

Order granted the request for blanket

approval under Part 34, subject to the

conditions found in Ordering

Paragraphs (F), (G), and (I):

(F) Within 30 days of the date of this

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the Commission’s blanket

approval of issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities by NIPSCO

Energy 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 Rules 211 and 214 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214.

(G) Absent a request to be heard

within the period set forth in Ordering

Paragraph (F) above, NIPSCO Energy is

hereby authorized to issue securities

and to assume obligations or liabilities

as guarantor, endorser, surety or

otherwise in respect of any security of

another person; provided that such

issue or assumption is for some lawful

object within the corporate purposes of

the applicant, compatible with the

public interest, and reasonably

necessary or appropriate for such

purposes.

(I) The Commission reserves the right

to modify this order to require a further

showing that neither public nor private

interests will be adversely affected by

continued Commission approval of

NIPSCO Energy’s issuances of securities

or assumptions of liabilities * * *.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is June 28,

1996.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–14580 Filed 6–7–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP96–159–002]

Shell Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of

Application

June 4, 1996.

Take notice that on June 3, 1996,

Shell Gas Pipeline Company (Shell),

P.O. Box 576, Houston, Texas 77079,

filed with the Commission an

amendment to the application for a

certificate of public convenience and

necessity filed by Shell on January 29,

1996, in Docket No. CP96–159–000, to

decrease the proposed initial rates and

to revise the proposed terms and

conditions for service on its 30-inch

Mississippi Canyon Pipeline, pursuant

to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act

(NGA), all as more fully set forth in the

application which is open to the public

for inspection.

Shell states that by order issued

February 28, 1996, in Docket No. CP96–

159–000, the Commission authorized

Shell to construct and operate a 30-inch

diameter natural gas pipeline extending

approximately 45 miles from a platform

in West Delta Block 143 to the Venice

Gas Plant in Plaquemines Parish,

Louisiana. The Commission held Shell’s

application for a Part 284 blanket

transportation certificate in abeyance

pending the outcome of further

procedures to resolve issues concerning

the proposed rates, terms, and

conditions of service.

Shell proposes to decrease the

proposed initial rates by $0.032 per

MMBtu and to offer FT–1, FT–2, and

IT–1 transportation services. Shell states

that (1) the FT–1 service would be a

traditional firm transportation service

with fixed Maximum Daily Quantities

(MDQ) and reservation charge; (2) the

FT–2 service would be a flexible firm

service with variable MDQ and rates

based on volumes shipped; and (3) the

IT–1 service would be a traditional

interruptible transportation service.

Shell also requests that the

Commission act expeditiously to issue a

Part 284 blanket transportation

certificate and approve the proposed

rates and terms and conditions of

service so the 30-inch line can be placed

in service by August 1, 1996, upon

completion of construction to handle

Mars production. Shell proposes to

conduct an open season for
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subscriptions to capacity on the 30-inch

line from June 10 to July 1, 1996.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before June 11,

1996, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 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) and the Regulations

under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). 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 a proceeding or to

participate as a party in any hearing

therein must file a motion to intervene

in accordance with the Commission’s

Rules.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in the subject to

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

by Sections 7 and 15 of the NGA and the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, a hearing will be held

without further notice before the

Commission or its designee on this

application if no motion to intervene is

filed within the time required herein, if

the Commission on its own review of

the matter finds that a grant of the

certificate is required by the public

convenience and necessity. If a motion

for leave to intervene is timely filed, or

if the Commission on its own motion

believes that a formal hearing is

required, further notice of such hearing

will be duly given.

Under the procedure herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for Shell to appear or be

represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–14508 Filed 6–7–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. ER96–1883–000, et al.]

Duke Power Company, et al.; Electric

Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings

June 4, 1996.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Duke Power Company

[Docket No. ER96–1883–000]

Take notice that on May 21, 1996,

Duke Power Company (Duke), tendered

for filing Schedule MR Transaction

Sheets under Service Agreement No. 4

of Duke’s FERC Electric Tariff, Original

Volume No. 3.

Comment date: June 18, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. AES Puerto Rico, L.P.

[Docket Nos. EL96–56–000 and QF96–28–

000]

Take notice that on May 17, 1996,

Communidades Unidas Contra la

Contaminacion (CUCCo) filed a petition

for the revocation of the certification of

a 413 MW cogeneration facility of AES

Puerto Rico, L.P. as a qualifying

cogeneration facility.

Comment date: July 2, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. Duke Power Company

[Docket No. ER96–1884–000]

Take notice that on May 21, 1996,

Duke Power Company (Duke), tendered

for filing a Transmission Service

Agreement (TSA) between Duke, on its

own behalf and acting as agent for its

wholly-owned subsidiary, Nantahala

Power and Light Company, and

TransCanada Power Corp.

(TransCanada). Duke states that the TSA

sets out the transmission arrangements

under which Duke will provide

TransCanada non-firm transmission

service under its Transmission Service

Tariff.

Comment date: June 18, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. Duke Power Company

[Docket No. ER96–1885–000]

Take notice that on May 21, 1996,

Duke Power Company (Duke), tendered

for filing a Transmission Service

Agreement (TSA) between Duke, on its

own behalf and acting as agent for its

wholly-owned subsidiary, Nantahala

Power and Light Company, and Yadkin,

Inc. (Yadkin). Duke states that the TSA

sets out the transmission arrangements

under which Duke will provide Yadkin

non-firm transmission service under its

Transmission Service Tariff.

Comment date: June 18, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.

[Docket No. ER96–1886–000]

Take notice that on May 21, 1996,

Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.

(O&R), tendered for filing its proposed

change to Article 9 of its wholesale sales

contract with Rockland Electric Co.

(RECO) (Electric Rate Schedule FERC

No. 61, Supplement No. 1) which was

accepted by the Commission on April

16, 1993. The proposed change would

allow O&R to recover its stranded

investment costs from RECO if RECO

chooses to terminate its wholesale sales

contract with O&R. Stranded investment

costs would be recovered pursuant to

the Commission’s Final Rule in Docket

No. RM94–7.

The reason stated by O&R for the

change in the Electric Rate Schedule is

to specifically provide for the recovery

of stranded investment costs if such

costs are incurred. A copy of this filing

has been served upon RECO and the

Utility Regulatory Commissions of New

York and New Jersey.

Comment date: June 18, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.

[Docket No. ER96–1887–000]

Take notice that on May 21, 1996,

Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.

(O&R), tendered for filing its proposed

change to Article 9 of its wholesale sales

contract with Pike County Light &

Power Co. (Pike) (Electric Rate Schedule

FERC No. 60, Supplement No. 1) which

was accepted by the Commission on

April 16, 1993. The proposed change

would allow O&R to recover its stranded

investment costs from Pike if Pike

chooses to terminate its wholesale sales

contract with O&R. Stranded investment

costs would be recovered pursuant to

the Commission’s Final Rule in Docket

No. RM94–7.

The reason stated by O&R for the

change in the Electric Rate Schedule is

to specifically provide for the recovery

of stranded investment costs if such

costs are incurred. A copy of this filing

has been served upon Pike and the

utility regulatory commissions of New

York and Pennsylvania.

Comment date: June 18, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER96–1888–000]

Take notice that on May 22, 1996,

Illinois Power Company (IPC), tendered

for filing as Power Sales Agreement

between IPC and Illinova Power

Marketing Inc. (IPMI). IPC states that the

purpose of this agreement is to provide

for the selling of capacity and energy by

IP to IPMI.

Comment date: June 18, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

8. Boston Edison Company

[Docket No. ER96–1889–000]

Take notice that on May 20, 1996,

Boston Edison Company of Boston,