fw ferc conference el paso capacity allocation rpo 0 336 fyi el paso tech conf regarding capacity allocation gh original message bagot nancy sent tuesday august 28 2001 5 48 pm hyatt kevin watson kimberly harris steven butler janet corman shelley darveaux mary dornan dari fossum drew hartsoe joe hass glen heckerman bambi kilmer iii robert king jr frazier kirk anna lokey teb mccoppin dorothy miller mary kay neppl ray paladino ranelle pavlou maria place janet porter gregory j prizont karina winckowski michele subject ferc conference el paso capacity allocation rpo 0 336 summary though conference scheduled review issues related el paso capacity allocation method including pipeline order 637 proceeding two complaints filed summer regarding problems pipeline allocation major substantive issues covered conference instance battle full requirements fr shippers contract demand cd shippers came marginally terms substantive proposed conversion fr shippers cd contracts procedurally also decision whether proceed hearing merits decision commission settlement though looks like merits decision likely avenue decision staff discuss case merits ask pointed substantive questions allocation studies models el paso opened conference presentation interpretation seven capacity studies done illustrate allocation proposal march 27 would allocate system receipt delivery points based different scenarios nominations receipt delivery points specified ranked shippers model used 20 pools scheduling model looked constraints occurred based shipper supplied preferences solved largest constraints first ran second third iterations complete allocation questions studies show assumptions etc end shippers believe need information shown completed studies shippers requested six allocation studies showing possible impacts seasonalization winter summer difference cd full requirements coincidental non coincidental peaks winter summer 1995 2000 el paso interprets studies showing proposed capacity allocation method workable fact results 247 mmcf unallocated capacity 230 mmcf coming line 2000 expansion proposal extra 17 mmcf shippers skeptical slack capacity finding issues pooling small amount discussion impact moving six 20 pools noted addressed order 637 issues expeditiously capacity allocation method resolved fr vs cd though fr vs cd shippers discussions reflect battle see going two complaints filed summer tx nm az shippers fr aera energy cd shippers also mention converting fr shippers cd service note never mentioned cd fr complainants proposals el paso 1 dedicate currently proposed expansions existing shippers 2 requiring mainline system expansion existing service rpol 484 486 release shippers shippers contracting released capacity concerned would allocated well shippers picking turnback contracts pipeline would receipt delivery points already allocated receipt point designation question asked shippers could designate specific receipt points rather pools asked commission policy pools vs receipt points shippers staff clarified neither mutually exclusive serve substitutes one another available however staff noted flexibility vs reliability debate could argued el paso return receipt point designation maintain reliability procedure going forward primary issue ended procedural procedural schedule follows el paso studies answers questions posed conference writing sept 24 initial comments capacity allocation issues procedural recommendations oct 15 reply comments oct 26