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A FERC judge’s ruling in an El Paso Natural Gas complaint proceeding last month raises questions about the basis for the Commission’s action in ordering full-requirements (FR) shippers on the El Paso system to convert to contract-demand (CD) service next March, two large FR customers said. They asked FERC for a rehearing on the conversion order in light of the judge’s ruling.

Florida Gas Transmission has reduced the Maximum AllowableOperating Pressure (MAOP) of its 22-inch mainline downstream ofStation 4. As a result, capacity through Station 4 will drop to 160MMcf/d effective today. The pressure cut is in response to a linebreak last month near Station 4 (see Daily GPI, d20000623j.html”>June23), a spokesman said. FGT still had an Overage Alert Day noticeissued last Wednesday (see Daily GPI, July13) in effect Monday until further notice.