FW: Complaint Against El Paso

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From: =09Nicolay, Christi =20
Sent:=09Wednesday, July 18, 2001 6:25 AM
To:=09Lawner, Leslie; Cantrell, Rebecca W.; Pharms, Melinda; Novosel, Sarah=
; Steffes, James; Allen, Phillip K.
Subject:=09Complaint Against El Paso

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"Jackie Gallagher" <JGallagher@epsa.org <mailto:JGallagher@epsa.org<< on 07=
/17/2001 10:57:30 AM
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Subject:=09Complaint Against El Paso

On Friday, July 13th, a shipper group filed a complaint against El Paso Nat=
ural Gas alleging that the pipeline has oversold capacity into California d=
ue in part to unlimited growth of demands by full requirements customers. =
The complainants request:

(1) that all full requirements customers be converted to contract demand cu=
stomers at reasonable levels;

(2) a mandatory expansion of the pipeline system to be used to meet El Paso=
's existing firm transportation obligations; and

(3) that FERC prohibit El Paso from collecting demand charges for firm serv=
ice it is unable to provide until such time as El Paso can show that it is =
capable of meeting its firm service obligations.

A Technical Conference in El Paso's Order No. 637 proceeding (RP00-336) is =
scheduled for Wed., July 18, 2001 to discuss El Paso's systemwide capacity =
allocation issues, which will include topics addressed in the complaint.=20