Gas Pipeline Certificates: Section 7(a) Mandatory Initial Service

§ 156.3

18 CFR Ch. I (4–1–03 Edition)

(c) This part will be strictly applied
to all applications as submitted and
the burden of adequate presentation in
understandable form as well as justification for omitted data or information rests with the applicant.
(d) Under this part, the natural gas
company from which applicant is seeking the service is a party respondent to
the proceeding.
§ 156.3 Applications; number of copies;
general requirements.
(a) Applicable rules. An original and 7
conformed copies of an application
under this part shall be filed with the
Commission. The Commission reserves
the right to request additional copies.
In all other respects applications shall
conform to the requirements of §§ 156.1
through 156.5. Amendments to or withdrawals of applications shall be filed in
accordance with the requirements of
§§ 385.213 and 385.214 of this chapter.
(b) General content of application; filing fee. Except as provided in paragraph
(d) of this section, each application
shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed in part 159 of this subchapter
and shall set forth the following information:
(1) The exact legal name of the applicant; the name of the natural gas company (respondent) from which applicant is seeking an extension or improvement of transportation facilities,
physical connection of facilities or
service of natural gas together with a
concise description of the extension,
improvement, physical connection of
facilities or service sought from such
company including the estimated volumes of natural gas involved to meet
annual and maximum day requirements for the estimated first three
years of proposed operation.
(2) Applicant’s principal place of
business; whether applicant is an individual, corporation or municipality as
defined in section 2 of the Natural Gas
Act; State under the laws of which applicant is incorporated, organized or
authorized; and the name, title, and
mailing address of the person or persons to whom communications concerning the application are to be
addressed.
(3) The facts relied upon by applicant
to show that the proposed extension or

improvement of transportation facilities, physical connection of facilities
or service and sale of natural gas are
necessary or desirable in the public interest.
(4) A concise description of applicant’s operations, if any, at the time
the application is filed.
(5) A concise description of applicant’s proposed operations, construction, service and sales together with a
description of any extension or improvement of facilities by applicant
which would be required to enable applicant to engage in the local distribution of natural gas and including the
proposed dates for the beginning and
completion of construction and commencement of operations.
(6) A full statement concerning and
description of any certificate of public
convenience and necessity, franchise or
other authorization which applicant
has applied for or received from any
State commission or municipality covering its proposed operations.
(7) A full statement as to whether
any other application must be or is to
be filed by applicant with any other
Federal or State body, or other political subdivision or agency of a State to
enable applicant to engage in the local
distribution of natural gas in the territory it proposes to serve.
(8) Each application shall contain a
table of contents which shall list all
exhibits and documents filed in compliance with §§ 156.1 through 156.2, as well
as other documents and exhibits filed
therewith, identifying them by their
appropriate titles and alphabetical letter designations specified in § 156.5. The
alphabetical designation specified in
§ 156.5 must be adhered to strictly and
any additional exhibits submitted on
applicant’s own volition, pursuant to
§ 156.5(b) shall be designated in sequence under the letter designation Z
(Z1, Z2, Z3, etc.). Together with each
exhibit applicant shall set forth a full
and complete explanation of the data
submitted, the manner in which it was
obtained, and the reasons for the conclusions which are derived therefrom.
(c) Incorporation by reference. Any information required by this part which
is already on file with the Commission
may be incorporated by reference.

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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(d) Small distributors. A distributor requesting natural gas service of less
than 2000 Mcf per day to serve a single
community may file the information
required by the form of application
represented in § 250.6 of this chapter.
[Order 234, 26 FR 4848, June 1, 1961, as amended by Order 280, 29 FR 4875, Apr. 7, 1964; Order
317, 31 FR 432, Jan. 13, 1966; Order 225, 47 FR
19057, May 3, 1982]

§ 156.4 Form of exhibits to be attached
to applications.
(a) General requirements. Each exhibit
shall contain a title page showing applicant’s name, Docket No. CP– ———
(number designation to be left blank),
title of exhibit, and if exhibit consists
of 10 or more pages a table of contents
citing by page, section number or subdivision the component elements or
matters contained therein.
(b) Measurement base. All gas volumes
shall be stated upon a uniform basis of
measurement, and, in addition, if the
uniform basis of measurement used in
any application is other than 14.73
p.s.i.a., then the volume or volumes of
natural gas to be received from any
source and delivered by applicant shall
also be stated upon a basis of 14.73
p.s.i.a. Similarly, total volumes on all
summary sheets, as well as grand totals of volumes in any exhibit, shall
also be stated upon a basis of 14.73
p.s.i.a. if the basis of measurement
used is other than 14.73 p.s.i.a.
§ 156.5

Exhibits.

(a) Exhibits to be submitted with application. All of the following exhibits
shall be submitted with the application
when tendered for filing. Such exhibits
may be attached to the application or
furnished in a separate volume or separate volumes designated ‘‘Exhibits to
Application.’’ Such separate volume or
volumes shall indicate on the cover
thereof applicant’s name and bear
Docket No. CP– ——— (number designation to be left blank).
(1) Exhibit A—Articles of incorporation
and bylaws. If applicant is not an individual, a conformed copy of its articles
of incorporation and bylaws, or other
similar documents. One certified copy
shall be submitted with the original
application.

§ 156.5
(2) Exhibit B—State and local authorizations. (i) A copy of any certificate of
public convenience and necessity or
similar authorization which applicant
has obtained from the State commission or commissions of each of the
States in which applicant engages or
proposes to engage in the local distribution of natural gas; (ii) a copy of
any franchise or similar authorization
which applicant has obtained from
each of the municipalities in which applicant engages or proposes to engage
in the local distribution of natural gas;
and (iii) a copy of any other authorization or form of consent which applicant
has obtained from any State, State
commission, municipality or from any
agency of the Federal government necessary or incidental to applicant’s proposal to engage in the local distribution of natural gas. One certified copy
of each of the documents specified in
paragraphs (a)(2) (i), (ii), and (iii) of
this section shall be submitted as exhibits to the original application.
(3) Exhibit C—Officials. A list of the
names and business addresses of applicant’s officers and directors, or similar
officials if applicant is not a corporation.
(4) Exhibit D—Subsidiaries and affiliation. If applicant or any of its officers
or directors, directly or indirectly,
owns, controls, or holds with power to
vote, 10 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of any other
person or organized group of persons
engaged in production, transportation,
distribution, or sale of natural gas, or
of any person or organized group of
persons engaged in the construction or
financing of such enterprises or operations, a detailed explanation of each
such relationship, including the percentage of voting strength represented
by such ownership of securities. If any
persons or organized group of persons,
directly or indirectly, owns, controls,
or holds with power to vote, 10 percent
or more of the outstanding voting securities of applicant—give a detailed explanation of each such relationship.
(5) Exhibit F—Location of facilities. A
geographical map of suitable scale and
detail showing all of the transmission
facilities proposed to be installed and
operated by Applicant between distribution systems of Applicant and the

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