acc comments ferc ca infrastruture fyi gas daily article acc comments filed ferc ca infrastructure proceeding gh arizona warns southwest capacity shortfall california state worried adequacy gas pipeline infrastructure recent correspondence ferc arizona corporation commission urged federal regulators put california capacity shortage broader regional context failure acc warned might cause california gas supply problems spread states given regional multi state nature interstate pipelines southwest actions taken ferc address california interstate pipeline system wide spread ramifications arizona number states said acc part effort tackle california energy woes ferc staff studying state pipeline infrastructure see ways improve delivery gas may commission hosted conference devoted entirely gas transportation issues california gd 5 25 representatives neighboring states also got involved comments sent ferc june 22 acc expressed concern measures remedy california gas shortage might shift much needed capacity away state federal regulators press improvement pipeline services throughout south west might lead worsening regional problems shifting spreading problems california arizona states acc argued particular acc said alarmed continued reliance arizona shippers el paso natural gas system present two interstate pipelines el paso transwestern pipeline serve state bulk arizona shippers access el paso system acc becoming increasingly concerned pipeline capacity situation arizona whether current natural gas shippers arizona existing contract rights el paso system receive reliable pipeline service future wrote commission widely recognized el paso system running arizona california operating high utilization rates recently additionally appears little additional pipeline capacity added el paso near future serve existing cus tomers existing contract rights beyond line 2000 expansion largely replace capacity lost reasons el paso recently approval line 2000 boost deliverability califor nia much 230 million cfd despite efforts add capacity pipeline dogged complaints access system according shippers texas arizona new mexico el paso proposed new allocation scheme would force captive shippers pay access system echoing comments acc shippers said faced degradation firm service rights el paso diminished ability deliver gas consistent contractual obligations gd 5 30 ferc fact planning technical conference next month discuss issues raised el paso latest allocation plan meeting scheduled july 18 ferc allowed meeting may continue july 19 concerns acc may help shore assertions east california shippers contrasting access california shippers pipelines storage facilities acc said ferc ensure captive shippers disadvantaged due lack options importantly said acc ferc encourage capacity additions serve needs existing shippers expansion shippers complexity issues potential inadvertently exacerbating region pipeline capacity problems argues careful thorough approach issues ensuring customers arizona california elsewhere region well served change treatment pipeline capacity southwest acc concluded plol 4 rpo 0 336 nh glen hass state government affairs 402 398 7419 glen hass enron com