Message-ID: <21076704.1075842484785.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 04:09:00 -0800 (PST) From: nancy.bagot@enron.com To: bambi.heckerman@enron.com, dari.dornan@enron.com, dorothy.mccoppin@enron.com, drew.fossum@enron.com, frazier.king@enron.com, glen.hass@enron.com, janet.butler@enron.com, janet.place@enron.com, maria.pavlou@enron.com, mary.miller@enron.com, michele.winckowski@enron.com, ray.neppl@enron.com, robert.kilmer@enron.com, shelley.corman@enron.com, teb.lokey@enron.com Subject: Order 637 compliance update Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Nancy Bagot X-To: Bambi Heckerman, Dari Dornan, Dorothy McCoppin, Drew Fossum, Frazier King, Glen Hass, Janet Butler, Janet Place, Maria Pavlou, Mary Kay Miller, Michele Winckowski, Ray Neppl, Robert Kilmer, Shelley Corman, Teb Lokey X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Drew_Fossum_Dec2000_June2001_1\Notes Folders\Notes inbox X-Origin: FOSSUM-D X-FileName: dfossum.nsf As we're beginning to see the second wave of Order 637 proceeding technical conferences being scheduled, here is a brief update on the proposed timetables for the first few dockets. As December kicks off, we are in a settlement mode in all the cases, with most pipelines in informal discussions with customers/parties to work towards consensus settlements that can be filed with the Commission. ** Note that Koch, adamant that segmentation is not operationally feasible on its system, has circulated a settlement proposal on segmentation. See below. ANR, RP00-332: After three technical conferences at FERC, ANR is committed to developing a total consensus document. ANR is circulating their latest revisions to customers by December 7th, and customers are meeting without the Commission or the pipeline to discuss ANR's proposal on December 15th. A follow-up technical conference at FERC is scheduled for January 11, 2001. Dominion, RP00-344: Dominion has held at least five meetings with customers to work out a settlement in this case. A technical conference, originally scheduled for late October, has been rescheduled with FERC Staff for December 14th. This should be a meeting on a settlement proposal. Koch, RP00-340: Koch has circulated revisions to its Order 637 filing, including a settlement proposal for segmentation. There will be a conference call among Koch and its customers on December 5th to get comments on the tariff revisions as discussed at the October 25th technical conference and the new segmentation proposal. After that call, a follow-up technical conference at FERC should be scheduled for sometime in January. [The segmentation proposal would allow customers broader supplemental rights in the zones in which their primary receipt and primary delivery points are located. When points are located in different zones, the customer would be entitled to utilize its full MDQ in each zone (in essence doubling their MDQ). It's critical to Koch's offer that all segmented transactions will be scheduled on a supplemental basis, as this is the only protection for the operational integrity of its system and primary firm services of other customers. The right to segmentation can be waived by customers and it will be available on a prospective basis only for new or renegotiated contracts. Koch is also proposing a "segmentation fee" to be assessed either to those customers utilizing segmentation or by all Koch customers (undecided in the proposal). This fee will be used to recover all costs associated with developing the segmentation program and necessary computer system.] Colorado Interstate, RP00-325: CIG will circulate revisions by December 1st to its compliance filing as discussed at the pipeline's second technical conference on October 26th. Parties will send comments to CIG by December 10th. The schedule, from that point, will go into January. CIG may follow Dominion's lead and schedule settlement meetings with parties before meeting with Staff again. Tennessee, RP00-477: Tennessee is circulating revisions based on discussions at the November 14th technical conference by December 8th. Parties will meet within two weeks of that date to discuss the revisions (either separately or at a FERC technical conference). Kinder Morgan, RP00-343: Kinder Morgan plans to circulate a revised 637 package by December 15th, with a conference call scheduled for January 4th to get feedback from customers on the revisions. The pipeline believes there may not be a need for a second technical conference and hopes to file a settlement and implementation plan by the end of January.