Notice of KN Wattenberg Limited Liability Co May 25,2001 filing of Third Revised Sheet 17 et al to FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume 1 under RP01-424.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEFORE THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION North Dakota Pipeline Company LLC Docket No. OR14-21-000 PROTEST AND OPPOSITION AND RENEWED MOTION TO INTERVENE OF CONCORD ENERGY LLC, ENSERCO ENERGY LLC, ENWEST MARKETING LLC AND WPX ENERGY MARKETING, LLC IN RESPONSE TO NORTH DAKOTA PIPELINE COMPANY LLC PETITION FOR DECLARATORY ORDER TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS.................................................................................................... 2 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES.............................................................................................. 4 I. SUMMARY OF PROTEST................................................................................... 6 II. COMMUNICATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE.......................................... 12 III. STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST AND MOTION TO INTERVENE OF CONCORD, ENSERCO, ENWEST AND WPX.................... 13 A. Concord..................................................................................................... 13 B. Enserco...................................................................................................... 14 C. EnWest...................................................................................................... 14 D. WPX.......................................................................................................... 15 IV. BACKGROUND................................................................................................... 15 A. NDP Position in this Proceeding............................................................... 15 B. NDP Pipeline Expansion Proposal............................................................ 17 C. Justification for Expansion Surcharge on Uncommitted Shippers..................................................................................................... 17 D. The Colonial and Calnev Cases................................................................. 22 E. Rate Issues Embedded in the NDP Rate Design........................................ 23 V. BASIS OF PROTEST AND OPPOSITION TO NDP PETITION FOR DECLARATORY ORDER................................................................................... 24 A. NDP has Failed to Demonstrate That There Is an Economic Justification for Constructing a Pipeline That Doubles the Present Capacity of the NDP Line.......................................................................... 24 1. Governmental Reports Indicate That There Is More Than Ample Take-Away Capacity of Bakken Crude Oil and That the NDP Sandpiper Project is Not Needed and Will Not Be Used................................................................................... 25 2 2. There is Excess Unused Capacity on the Present NDP Pipeline... 27 3. The Lack of Shipper Interest in Sandpiper Provides Telling Evidence That It Is Not Needed or Wanted....................... 30 4. New Rail Facilities That Are Currently Under Construction or Recently Put into Service Obviate Any Need