text_combined: el paso assignment contracts may come later wood signals el paso fr contracts high agenda ferc denied rehearing june order permits arizona public service co assign full requirements fr capacity contract el paso natural gas affiliate pinnacle west energy serve new gas fired generation facility building arizona surface seemed clear victory companies involved however chairman pat wood made clear concerns fr service el paso entitles customers unlimited capacity frozen rates plans take issue later date reluctantly go along order denying rehearing look forward aggressively forum address capacity concerns el paso wood said wednesday marathon commission meeting first presided cpol 90 rpo 0 336 proper forum discussion fr service el paso order 637 proceeding noted lawyer hard find excuse grant rehearing appropriate docket concede four months browbeat submission sometimes ought fold wood said remain concerned interplay pipeline engage long term planning situation could lead bedsore customers southwest new chairman made clear fan supporter 10 year rate freezes extended rate freezes made available certain fr customers understand tremendous disincentive needed expansions occur wood noted openly invited parties challenge commission limits fr service noted fr customers seem unbounded upper end would love opportunity address ever get contested pleading define exactly full full requirements interplay frozen rates unlimited access pipeline capacity growth part country needs generation makes complicated pipeline scenario wood said june order ferc gave go ahead el paso construct operate two delivery points six miles lateral pipeline provide service proposed gas fired electric generation facilities pinnacle west duke energy maricopa llc maricopa county az pinnacle 2 120 mw redhawk power plant require 410 mmcf gas duke 1 000 mw arlington valley plant burn 210 mmcf plants scheduled service dates june 1 2002 major producers el paso shippers attacked el paso plan provide fr service 410 mmcf redhawk plant arguing service would constrain already capacity tight el paso system specifically objected el paso plan assign fr contract 66 042 mmbtu arizona public service affiliate pinnacle west energy well give huge increase contract amount order serve redhawk plant protestors argued plan would give pinnacle west energy competitive rate advantage existing contract demand customers pipeline