Notice of Questar Pipeline Co's 8/30/01 filing of its Substitute Fourth Revised Sheet 80A & Original Sheet 80B to its First Revised Volume 1, to be effective 11/1/00 under RP01-519.
08/29/2001UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEFORE THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION ConocoPhillips Transportation Alaska, Inc. ) Docket No. IS15-522-000 ) ConocoPhillips Transportation Alaska, Inc. ) Docket Nos. IS11-306-000, et al. ) (Consolidated) REQUEST FOR REHEARING OR CLARIFICATION OF ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND TESORO ALASKA COMPANY Pursuant to section 17(6) of the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. App. 17(6) and Rules 212 and 713 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission), 18 C.F.R. 385.212 and 385.713, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and Tesoro Alaska Company (collectively, Anadarko/Tesoro) submit this request for rehearing or clarification of the Commissions denial of Anadarko/Tesoros motion to reject ConocoPhillips Transportation Alaska Inc.s (ConocoPhillips) rate increase filing as facially deficient under the Commissions regulations and precedents. ConocoPhillips Transportation Alaska, Inc., 152 FERC 61,056 (2015) (July 16 Order).1 The major driver of ConocoPhillips rate increase is $311 million of projected test period plant additions that are wholly unexplained in the filing. Likewise other 1 To the extent that any statements in this rehearing request may be construed to be an answer to ConocoPhillips July 6, 2015 response (ConocoPhillips Response) to Anadarko/Tesoros July 1, 2015 protest (Anadarko/Tesoros Protest), Anadarko/Tesoro request waiver of Rule 213, 18 C.F.R. 385.213, so that the Commission will have a full and complete record for addressing the issues raised by this rehearing request. Idaho Power Co., 95 FERC 61,482, at 62,717 (2001) (recognizing that an exception to the no-answer prohibition may be made when the answer assists in creating a complete record); Delmarva Power & Light Co., 93 FERC 61,098, at 61,259 (2000) (allowing answers to ensure a complete and accurate record). adjustments and key elements of the rate filing are unexplained and unsupported. Anadarko/Tesoro do not believe the Commission intended to set a precedent permitting oil pipelines to significantly raise their rates without explaining or supporting the test period adjustments and other key elements underlying the rate increase. On rehearing, the Commission should reject ConocoPhillips Tariff Filing as patently deficient under section 341.2(c)(1) of the Commissions regulations, 18 C.F.R. 341.2(c)(1), and pronouncements in a series of recent cases. If the Commission declines to reject the filing, at a minimum it should clarify that ConocoPhillips, as well as the other Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) Carriers and other oil pipelines, in future rate filings must adequately explain and support test period adjustments and other key elements underlying the revised rates. Moreover, if the Commission does not reject ConocoPhillips Tariff Filing outright, it should require ConocoPhillips ...