Enterprise Texas Pipeline LLC; Notice of Staff Protest To Petition for Rate Approval, 27944-27945 [2015-11736]

Download as PDF mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 27944 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 94 / Friday, May 15, 2015 / Notices Power Company, AEP Texas Central Company, AEP Texas North Company, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, Southwestern Electric Power Company, Ohio Power Company, AEP Energy Partners, Inc., CSW Energy Services, Inc., AEP Retail Energy Partners LLC, AEP Energy, Inc., AEP Generation Resources Inc. Description: Notice of Non-Material Change in Status of the AEP MBR Companies. Filed Date: 5/8/15. Accession Number: 20150508–5246. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/29/15. Docket Numbers: ER12–2310–004. Applicants: Zephyr Wind, LLC. Description: Compliance filing per 35: Compliance to 3 to be effective 5/9/ 2015. Filed Date: 5/11/15. Accession Number: 20150511–5002. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/1/15. Docket Numbers: ER15–1691–000. Applicants: Duke Energy Progress, Inc. Description: § 205(d) rate filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii): Amendment to RS 200 FRPPA NCEMPA to be effective 12/10/ 2014. Filed Date: 5/11/15. Accession Number: 20150511–5050. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/1/15. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric securities filings: Docket Numbers: ES15–30–000. Applicants: The United Illuminating Company. Description: Application requesting authorization to issue short-term debt securities in an amount not to exceed $400 million of The United Illuminating Company. Filed Date: 5/8/15. Accession Number: 20150508–5243. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/29/15. The filings are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system by clicking on the links or querying the docket number. Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and § 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the proceeding. eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying facilities filings can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/ docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:20 May 14, 2015 Jkt 235001 Dated: May 11, 2015. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–11766 Filed 5–14–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [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. [FR Doc. 2015–11773 Filed 5–14–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 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– 1 18 1 18 PO 00000 CFR 385.216(b) (2014). CFR 284.123(g)(4)(i) (2014). Frm 00060 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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. E:\FR\FM\15MYN1.SGM 15MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 94 / Friday, May 15, 2015 / Notices 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. [FR Doc. 2015–11747 Filed 5–14–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P [FR Doc. 2015–11736 Filed 5–14–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [FR Doc. 2015–11774 Filed 5–14–15; 8:45 am] Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C., Entergy Louisiana, LLC, Entergy Louisiana Power, LLC; Notice of Filing [Docket No. NJ15–14–000] mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:20 May 14, 2015 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] Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 27945 Jkt 235001 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 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2629–000] Village of Morrisville, Vermont; Notice of Authorization for Continued Project Operation On April 25, 2013 the Village of Morrisville (Vermont), licensee for the Morrisville Hydroelectric Project, filed an Application for a New License E:\FR\FM\15MYN1.SGM 15MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 94 (Friday, May 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27944-27945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11736]


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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.
[FR Doc. 2015-11736 Filed 5-14-15; 8:45 am]
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