Opinion ID: 394102
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Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Reliability of LNG.

Text: 84 Mississippi Valley also maintains the decision to permit the institution of a systemwide allocation method is unreasonable in light of the unreliability of LNG. Between the Commission's opinion No. 83, and its opinion on rehearing, Algeria cut off LNG deliveries to Southern on April 1, 1980. The Commission concluded that this cutoff did not require abandonment of the systemwide method of cost allocation since at that time sufficient volumes of LNG remained available to Southern in storage to continue deliveries through the 1980-81 winter. The Commission expressly stated this issue could be reconsidered in the future if Southern Energy had to abandon its LNG facilities. This was a fair and just resolution of this problem, and Mississippi Valley's argument on this point is rejected. 36 85