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Dated: May 11, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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[Project No. 13570–002]
Warmsprings Irrigation District; Notice
of Effectiveness of Withdrawal of
License Application
On April 15, 2013, the Warmsprings
Irrigation District (District) filed a
license application for an original major
project—existing dam for the proposed
Warm Springs Dam Hydroelectric
Project No. 13570–002. On April 14,
2015, the District filed a letter informing
the Commission that it was withdrawing
its license application for the project
due to unforeseen costs to connect to
the grid.
No motion in opposition to the notice
of withdrawal has been filed, and the
Commission has taken no action to
disallow the withdrawal. Pursuant to
Rule 216(b) of the Commission’s Rules
of Practice and Procedure, the
withdrawal of the application became
effective April 29, 2015 and this
proceeding is hereby terminated.1
Dated: May 11, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. PR15–26–000]
Enterprise Texas Pipeline LLC; Notice
of Staff Protest To Petition for Rate
Approval
1. Commission staff hereby protests
pursuant to the section 284.123(g)(4)(i)
of the Commission’s regulations,1 the
Petition for Rate Approval pursuant to
section 284.123(b)(2) filed by Enterprise
Texas Pipeline LLC (Enterprise) on
March 13, 2015, in the above referenced
docket. Pursuant to the Stipulation and
Agreement approved by the
Commission in Docket Nos. PR10–14–
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000 and PR10–14–001,2 Enterprise filed
a new petition for rate approval
pursuant to 18 CFR 284.123(b)(2)
proposing a new rate applicable to its
Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA) section
311 service. Enterprise elected to use
the Commission’s new optional notice
procedures set forth in section
284.123(g). Enterprise proposes to
increase its firm and interruptible
transportation services for Rate Zone
1—Legacy Assets and Rate Zone 2—
Sherman Extension. Enterprise also
proposes to revise its Statement of
Operating Conditions (SOC) applicable
to its transportation services performed
pursuant to NGPA section 311, which it
states is updated solely to reflect the
new proposed rates. Enterprise states it
has not proposed any changes to the
operating terms and conditions of its
SOC.
2. Commission staff notes that
Enterprise has not adequately supported
its filing and shown that the proposed
rates are fair and equitable. For instance,
Enterprise has not provided sufficient
support for the discount adjustment
used in calculating the billing
determinants. In addition, Enterprise
has not provided adequate explanation
and support for its proposed cost of
service, rate base, cost of capital, and
cost allocation, among other issues.
3. Commission staff’s specific
concerns include, in particular,
Enterprise’s development of its discount
adjustment in designing rates. For
example, in Zone 2 the proposed rates
are significantly higher than the rates
Enterprise proposed in its prior rate
case, Docket No. PR10–14–000, even
though the cost of service for Zone 2 is
20 percent lower and the throughput is
55 percent higher using the same rate
design methodology and imputed
billing determinants from its prior case.
Similarly, using the same methodology
to design rates for Zone 1, Enterprise
proposes a rate of $0.7636 per Dth, yet
the unit cost prior to any discount
adjustment is $0.2006 per Dth.
4. Commission staff has concerns that
Enterprise has not classified any costs as
variable costs when calculating its rates.
Enterprise calculated straight-fixed
variable rates for Zone 2 but did not
classify any costs as variable cost rates.
However, since Enterprise included
$91.6 million in Account No. 368,
Compressor Station Equipment, it
follows that there should be variable
costs associated with operating and
maintaining compressors. Moreover,
Account No. 855, Other Fuel and Power
for Compressor Stations, typically
2 Enterprise Texas Pipeline LLC, Delegated Letter
Order, December 16, 2010.
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contains only variable costs. Similarly,
for Zone 1, Enterprise did not classify
any costs as variable costs, even though
Enterprise booked over $509 million to
Compressor Station Equipment.
5. Commission staff has concerns
regarding the allocation of
Administrative and General (A&G)
Expenses between Enterprise’s two
delivery zones. Exhibit H–1 shows that
Enterprise allocated only 7.5 percent of
A&G Expenses to Zone 2 which seems
low considering that over 15 percent of
Operating and Maintenance (O&M)
Expenses, 15 percent of gross plant and
over 14 percent of revenues were
derived from Zone 2.
6. Enterprise proposes to include both
gathering and storage plant in rate base.
This is inconsistent with prior cases,
where Enterprise has sometimes
included gathering in rate base (see
Docket No. PR07–12–000) and also
excluded it from rate base (see Docket
No. PR10–14–000). Enterprise has
provided little to support its proposed
treatment of gathering plant. In
addition, Commission staff notes that
Enterprise has market-based rate
authority to provide storage services.
Enterprise has not provided sufficient
support to include storage plant in rate
base for the first time. Further,
Enterprise has not included any storage
related O&M expenses to operate the
plant.
7. Finally, Enterprise has requested a
weighted average cost of capital of 10.41
percent without adequate support for
either the proposed capital structure or
the individual capital cost components.
Dated: May 8, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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
comment date. On or before the
comment date, it is not necessary to
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 https://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 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
https://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 email notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please email
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on May 21, 2015.
Dated: May 1, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC;
Notice of Filing
Take notice that on April 30, 2015,
Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC
submitted its tariff filing per 35.28(e):
Oncor TFO Tariff Rate Changes to be
effective March 20, 2015.
Any person desiring 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, 385.214).
Protests will be considered by the
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a manner consistent with the
instructions to FERC’s Uniform System
of Accounts and guidance provided by
the Chief Accountant.
Any person desiring 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 or 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
comment date. On or before the
comment date, it is not necessary to
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 https://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 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
https://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 email notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please email
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Comment Date: June 1, 2015.
Dated: May 11, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[Docket No. AC15–117–000]
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Commission
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Take notice that on April 24, 2015,
Entergy Services, Inc. on behalf of its
current and prospective public utility
affiliates Entergy Gulf States Louisiana,
L.L.C. (EGSL), Entergy Louisiana, LLC,
(ELL) and Entergy Louisiana Power, LLC
(ELP), (collectively, applicants)
submitted a request proposing that ELP
be allowed to account for the
intercompany receivable created on its
books following the Business
Combination in Account 190,
Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes, in
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. PR15-26-000]
Enterprise Texas Pipeline LLC; Notice of Staff Protest To
Petition for Rate Approval
1. Commission staff hereby protests pursuant to the section
284.123(g)(4)(i) of the Commission's regulations,\1\ the Petition for
Rate Approval pursuant to section 284.123(b)(2) filed by Enterprise
Texas Pipeline LLC (Enterprise) on March 13, 2015, in the above
referenced docket. Pursuant to the Stipulation and Agreement approved
by the Commission in Docket Nos. PR10-14-000 and PR10-14-001,\2\
Enterprise filed a new petition for rate approval pursuant to 18 CFR
284.123(b)(2) proposing a new rate applicable to its Natural Gas Policy
Act (NGPA) section 311 service. Enterprise elected to use the
Commission's new optional notice procedures set forth in section
284.123(g). Enterprise proposes to increase its firm and interruptible
transportation services for Rate Zone 1--Legacy Assets and Rate Zone
2--Sherman Extension. Enterprise also proposes to revise its Statement
of Operating Conditions (SOC) applicable to its transportation services
performed pursuant to NGPA section 311, which it states is updated
solely to reflect the new proposed rates. Enterprise states it has not
proposed any changes to the operating terms and conditions of its SOC.
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\1\ 18 CFR 284.123(g)(4)(i) (2014).
\2\ Enterprise Texas Pipeline LLC, Delegated Letter Order,
December 16, 2010.
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2. Commission staff notes that Enterprise has not adequately
supported its filing and shown that the proposed rates are fair and
equitable. For instance, Enterprise has not provided sufficient support
for the discount adjustment used in calculating the billing
determinants. In addition, Enterprise has not provided adequate
explanation and support for its proposed cost of service, rate base,
cost of capital, and cost allocation, among other issues.
3. Commission staff's specific concerns include, in particular,
Enterprise's development of its discount adjustment in designing rates.
For example, in Zone 2 the proposed rates are significantly higher than
the rates Enterprise proposed in its prior rate case, Docket No. PR10-
14-000, even though the cost of service for Zone 2 is 20 percent lower
and the throughput is 55 percent higher using the same rate design
methodology and imputed billing determinants from its prior case.
Similarly, using the same methodology to design rates for Zone 1,
Enterprise proposes a rate of $0.7636 per Dth, yet the unit cost prior
to any discount adjustment is $0.2006 per Dth.
4. Commission staff has concerns that Enterprise has not classified
any costs as variable costs when calculating its rates. Enterprise
calculated straight-fixed variable rates for Zone 2 but did not
classify any costs as variable cost rates. However, since Enterprise
included $91.6 million in Account No. 368, Compressor Station
Equipment, it follows that there should be variable costs associated
with operating and maintaining compressors. Moreover, Account No. 855,
Other Fuel and Power for Compressor Stations, typically
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contains only variable costs. Similarly, for Zone 1, Enterprise did not
classify any costs as variable costs, even though Enterprise booked
over $509 million to Compressor Station Equipment.
5. Commission staff has concerns regarding the allocation of
Administrative and General (A&G) Expenses between Enterprise's two
delivery zones. Exhibit H-1 shows that Enterprise allocated only 7.5
percent of A&G Expenses to Zone 2 which seems low considering that over
15 percent of Operating and Maintenance (O&M) Expenses, 15 percent of
gross plant and over 14 percent of revenues were derived from Zone 2.
6. Enterprise proposes to include both gathering and storage plant
in rate base. This is inconsistent with prior cases, where Enterprise
has sometimes included gathering in rate base (see Docket No. PR07-12-
000) and also excluded it from rate base (see Docket No. PR10-14-000).
Enterprise has provided little to support its proposed treatment of
gathering plant. In addition, Commission staff notes that Enterprise
has market-based rate authority to provide storage services. Enterprise
has not provided sufficient support to include storage plant in rate
base for the first time. Further, Enterprise has not included any
storage related O&M expenses to operate the plant.
7. Finally, Enterprise has requested a weighted average cost of
capital of 10.41 percent without adequate support for either the
proposed capital structure or the individual capital cost components.
Dated: May 8, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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