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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP06-408-000]

 
Reliant Energy Service, Inc. and CenterPoint Resources Corp., 
Complainants v. Kern River Gas Transmission Company, Respondent; Notice 
of Complaint

July 3, 2006.
    Take notice that on June 30, 2006, Reliant Energy Services, Inc 
(RES) and CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. (CERC) submitted a 
complaint against Kern River Gas Transmission Company (Kern River). RES 
states that Kern River's insistence that CERC be required to maintain a 
guarantee equal to the value of the reservation charges for the entire 
contract term of all of RES's service agreements is unreasonable and 
contrary to clear Commission policy. Complainants further state that 
Kern River's demand unduly discriminates against RES in favor of other 
similarly-situated shippers, that have been permitted by Kern River to 
post other forms of credit support. The Complainants requests the 
Commission to order Kern River to allow RES to post substitute forms of 
security in place of what was initially a guarantee provided to Kern 
River in 2001 by CERC's predecessor, Reliant Energy Resources 
Corporation.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must 
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be 
considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to 
be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the 
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of 
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, 
motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. The 
Respondent's answer and all interventions, or protests must be filed on 
or before the comment date. The Respondent's answer, motions to 
intervene, and protests must be served on the Complainants.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and 
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov.
 Persons unable to file electronically should submit an 

original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426.
    This filing is accessible online at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's 
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription'' 
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail 
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For 
assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 

TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on July 20, 2006.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-10813 Filed 7-10-06; 8:45 am]

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