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From: 	Nicolay, Christi  
Sent:	Wednesday, July 18, 2001 6:25 AM
To:	Lawner, Leslie; Cantrell, Rebecca W.; Pharms, Melinda; Novosel, Sarah; Steffes, James; Allen, Phillip K.
Subject:	Complaint Against El Paso

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Subject:	Complaint Against El Paso


On Friday, July 13th, a shipper group filed a complaint against El Paso Natural Gas alleging that the pipeline has oversold capacity into California due in part to unlimited growth of demands by full requirements customers.  The complainants request:

(1) that all full requirements customers be converted to contract demand customers at reasonable levels;

(2) a mandatory expansion of the pipeline system to be used to meet El Paso's existing firm transportation obligations; and

(3) that FERC prohibit El Paso from collecting demand charges for firm service it is unable to provide until such time as El Paso can show that it is capable of meeting its firm service obligations.

A Technical Conference in El Paso's Order No. 637 proceeding (RP00-336) is scheduled for Wed., July 18, 2001 to discuss El Paso's systemwide capacity allocation issues, which will include topics addressed in the complaint.