Minnesota Administrative Rules

7610.1100 PRESENT FACILITIES.

Each gas utility shall provide the following information with regard to existing facilities serving its Minnesota service area as of January 1 of the current year:

A.

The name and geographic location of all underground storage facilities for natural gas. For each facility include:

(1)

the total storage capacity of the facility in MCF minus the required reserves of gas;

(2)

the actual volume of gas in storage in MCF at the beginning of the winter heating season not including required reserves of gas;

(3)

the maximum single-day withdrawal capacity of the facility in MCF; and

(4)

the anticipated facility retirement date.

B.

The name and geographic location of all liquefied natural gas facilities. For each facility include:

(1)

the total storage capacity of the facility in MCF of natural gas minus the required reserves;

(2)

the actual equivalent volume in MCF of natural gas in storage in the facility at the beginning of the winter heating season minus the required reserves;

(3)

the maximum single-day withdrawal capacity of natural gas in MCF; and

(4)

the anticipated facility retirement date.

C.

The name and geographic location of all substitute natural gas facilities. For each facility include:

(1)

the maximum storage capacity of the substitute natural gas facility in converted MCF of substitute natural gas;

(2)

the volume in storage at the beginning of the winter heating season in MCF;

(3)

the maximum single-day production capacity in MCF that can be injected into the utility's pipeline;

(4)

the anticipated facility retirement year; and

(5)

the type of fuel to be converted to substitute natural gas.

D.

A map, on which the general scale is indicated, of the utility's Minnesota service area, identifying municipalities served, substitute natural gas facilities, underground natural gas storage facilities, liquefied natural gas facilities, major distribution lines, interconnections with other utilities, and delivery points with interstate pipeline companies.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 216C.10

History:

L 1987 c 312 art 1 s 9

Published Electronically:

January 19, 2005