Contends

Alliance Pipeline L.P. contends its 1,900-mile Canada-to-Midwest system and a number of other new pipelines that have cropped up over the past six years wouldn’t have been built if it hadn’t been for FERC’s negotiated rate policy. If some pipes are abusing the policy, then the Commission should make specific changes to remedy the situation, but it shouldn’t throw the baby out with the bath water, the pipeline said.

Alliance Pipeline L.P. contends its 1,900-mile Canada-to-Midwest system and a number of other new pipelines that have cropped up over the past six years wouldn’t be here if it hadn’t been for FERC’s negotiated rate policy. If some pipes are abusing the policy, then the Commission should make specific changes to remedy the situation, but it shouldn’t throw the baby out with the bath water, it said.

Tucson Electric Power Co. contends that California Gov. GrayDavis’ decision to “commandeer” block forward contracts betweenbuyers and sellers in the Power Exchange and transfer them to thestate violated FERC jurisdiction, was illegal and showed littleconcern for the market.

Tennessee Gas Pipeline contends its tariff limitation onupstream capacity releases “neither frustrates nor hinders” thedrive towards competition in the retail natural gas market inMassachusetts, as a small LDC has claimed.

The Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service contends arecent bid to exclude Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) pipelines fromFERC’s industry-wide ban on “buy-sell” transactions is based on theincorrect assumption that such transactions routinely occur as partof the agency’s royalty in-kind (RIK) projects.

The Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service contends arecent bid for FERC to exclude Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)pipelines from an industry-wide ban on “buy-sell” transactions isbased on the incorrect assumption that such transactions routinelyoccur as part of the agency’s royalty in-kind (RIK) projects.

Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America (NGPL) contends a FERCdecision that found a recent auction to be “unreasonable and undulypreferential” would “nullify” its negotiated-rate authority and”aggravate” its decontracting problems.