Anticipated Demand for Natural Gas in the Northeastern United States; Schedule and Information Regarding Public Conference

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. PL99-2-000]

Anticipated Demand for Natural Gas in the Northeastern United

States; Schedule and Information Regarding Public Conference

May 21, 1999.

The public conference previously noticed in the above-captioned

proceeding will be held in the Commission meeting room, 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, D.C., on June 7, 1999, beginning promptly at

10:00 a.m. All interested persons are invited to attend.

Because the Commission has received numerous requests to make oral

presentations at the conference, the Commission has established six

panels. In order to accommodate all of the requests to speak, it will

be necessary for the Commission to limit the individual presentations

to five (5) minutes. Parties may address any of the issues within the

scope of the conference and, if necessary, file with the Secretary

additional written comments to highlight other areas of interest. There

will be a question and answer period following the presentations of

each panel. Parties making oral presentations that have not already

identified their speakers are asked to contact Joel Arneson at (202)

208-2169 by May 28, 1999, with the name of their speaker.

The public conference will follow, approximately, the schedule set

forth below.

Opening Remarks

10:00-10:15

Commissioners

Panel No. 1

10:15-10:45

Energy Information Administration \1\

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\1\ The Energy Information Administration will have a total of

20 minutes for its presentation.

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Panel No. 2

10:45-11:45

Edison Electric Institute

Electric Power Supply Association

Independent Petroleum Association of America

Natural Gas Supply Association

Process Gas Consumers Group

Panel No. 3

11:45-1:00

CNG Transmission Corporation

Colubmia Gas Transmission Corporation

El Paso Energy Corporation

Interstate Natural Gas Association of America

Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.

Millennium Pipeline Company, L.P.

Lunch Break

1:00-2:00

Panel No. 4

1:00-2:00

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

KeySpan Energy Corporation

New England Gas Distributors

New York Public Service Commission

Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management

Public Service Electric & Gas Company

Panel No. 5

3:15-4:30

Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette

eCorp, L.L.C.

Environment Northeast

Independent Power Producers of New York

Supply Planning Associates, Inc.

Texaco Natural Gas--North America

U.S. Generating Company and PG&E Energy Trading--Gas Corporation

Panel No. 6

4:30-5:15

Independence Pipeline Company

Portland Natural Gas Transmission System

Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation

Williams Companies

By direction of the Commission.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 99-13509 Filed 5-26-99; 8:45 am]

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