FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION (FERC)

AND PIPELINES
Dory Hippauf
Chair, Research Committee
GENERAL NATURAL GAS PIPELINE INFORMATION
AUGUST 2014: PROPOSED LIQUID NATURAL GAS
EXPORT TERMINALS
AUGUST 2014: POTENTIAL LIQUID NATURAL GAS
EXPORT TERMINALS
Per Williams Partners Reports First-Quarter 2014 Financial
Results, 4/30/2014, Alan Armstrong, chief executive officer
of Williams Partners' general partner, made the following
comments:

"We're excited about the accelerating pace of expansion
projects at Transco, including Atlantic Sunrise, Dalton
Lateral and our newly announced Gulf Trace project. The
Atlantic Sunrise and Gulf Trace projects will serve as
important infrastructure for future LNG export facilities
at Cove Point and Sabine Pass.



Williams Partners Reports First-Quarter 2014 Financial Results | 4/30/2014
http://www.williamslp.com/profiles/investor/ResLibraryView.asp?BzID=1296&ResLibraryID=69789&Category=1800
APRIL 2014: Williams Partners First-Quarter 2014 Reports
Natural Gas Pipelines: Williams Leidy Line
Natural Gas Pipelines: Williams Diamond East
Natural Gas Pipelines: Williams Atlantic Sunrise
Natural Gas Pipelines: PennEast
26,000-horsepower
Compressor Station
PennEast Conglomerate Ownership
UGI Energy Services, LLC is the marketing, midstream and power generation
subsidiary of UGI Corporation.
UGI Penn Natural Gas is also a subsidiary of UGI Corporation and has nothing
to do with PENNEAST pipeline.
60+ Year Old Pipelines
Williams Transco 9/2008 Appomattox, VA
NiSource Inc - I-77 Sissonville, WV
12/2012
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline - Hughesville, MO 11/2013
El Paso Natural Gas - Eddy County, NM, south of
Carlsbad. 8/2000


http://energy.about.com/od/drilling/a/5-Types-Of-Natural-Gas-Pipelines.htm
5 Types of Natural Gas Pipelines:
Flowlines, Gathering Lines, Transmission, Distribution, and Service Lines
1) Flow Lines connect to a single
wellhead in a producing field.

2) Gathering Lines collect gas
from multiple flow lines and move it
to centralized points, such as
processing facilities, tanks, or
marine docks.

3) Transmission Pipelines:
carry natural gas across long
distances and occasionally across
interstate boundaries. Transmission
lines are large steel pipes of up to
42 diameter at a pressure of up to
1,200 psi.
4) Distribution Pipelines are also
known as "mains," are the middle step
between high pressure transmission
lines and low pressure service lines.

5) Service Pipelines connect to a
meter that delivers natural gas to
individual customers.
Transmission Pipelines:
Transco
Atlantic Sunrise
Diamond East
PennEast
Simplified Diagram of Natural Gas System
Regulator
What is FERC?
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the United States federal
agency with jurisdiction over interstate electricity sales, wholesale electric rates,
hydroelectric licensing, natural gas pricing, and oil pipeline rates. FERC also
reviews and authorizes liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, interstate
natural gas pipelines and non-federal hydropower projects.
FERC is an independent regulatory agency within the United States Department
of Energy.
President and Congress do not generally review FERC decisions, but the
decisions are reviewable by the federal courts.
FERC is self-funding, in that it pays for its own operations by imposing
annual charges and fees on the industries it regulates.

About FERC | http://www.ferc.gov/for-citizens/about-ferc.asp
What does FERC do?
Regulates the transmission and wholesale sales of electricity in interstate commerce;

Reviews certain mergers and acquisitions and corporate transactions by electricity companies;

Regulates the transmission and sale of natural gas for resale in interstate commerce;

Regulates the transportation of oil by pipeline in interstate commerce;

Approves the siting and abandonment of interstate natural gas pipelines and storage facilities;

Reviews the siting application for electric transmission projects under limited circumstances;

Ensures the safe operation and reliability of proposed and operating LNG terminals;

Licenses and inspects private, municipal, and state hydroelectric projects;

Protects the reliability of the high voltage interstate transmission system through mandatory reliability
standards;

Monitors and investigates energy markets;

Enforces FERC regulatory requirements through imposition of civil penalties and other means;
What FERC Does | http://www.ferc.gov/about/ferc-does.asp
What does FERC NOT do?
Regulation of retail electricity and natural gas sales to consumers;

Approval for the physical construction of electric generation facilities;

Regulation of activities of the municipal power systems, federal power marketing agencies like the
Tennessee Valley Authority and most rural electric cooperatives;

Regulation of nuclear power plants by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission External Link;

Issuance of State Water Quality Certificates;

Oversight for the construction of oil or natural gas pipelines;

Abandonment of service as related to oil facilities;

Mergers and acquisitions as related to natural gas and oil companies;

Responsibility for pipeline safety or for pipeline transportation on or across the Outer Continental Shelf;

Regulation of local distribution pipelines of natural gas;

Development and operation of natural gas vehicles;

Reliability problems related to failures of local distribution facilities;

Tree trimmings near local distribution power lines in residential neighborhoods.
Who regulates the pipelines?
FERC DOES NOT OVERSEE, INSPECT, ENFORCE OR
REGULATE PIPELINES ONCE THEY ARE CONSTRUCTED.

Construction and operation of PIPELINES ARE
OVERSEEN BY PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (PHMSA).

PHMSA is an agency of the US Department of
Transportation. PHMSA does NOT participate in FERC
approval process.

PHMSA establishes national policy, sets and enforces
standards, educates, and conducts research to prevent
incidents.
FERC Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity
Under Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act of 1938, the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) is authorized to issue certificates of public convenience and
necessity for the construction or extension of any facilities ... for the transportation
in interstate commerce of natural gas.

Thus, companies seeking to build interstate natural gas pipelines must first
obtain certificates of public convenience and necessity from FERC. The
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) designates FERC as the lead agency for
coordinating all applicable Federal authorizations and for National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) compliance in reviewing pipeline certificate applications.
Congressional Research Service: Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines: Process & Timing of FERC Permit Application Review
| Paul W. Parfomak Specialist in Energy and Infrastructure Policy | November 19, 2013
FERC: Public Convenience and Necessity
FERCs Policy Statement on Pipeline Certificates, directs FERC to consider
several specific factors:

the enhancement of competitive transportation alternatives;

the possibility of overbuilding;

subsidization by existing customers;

the applicants responsibility for unsubscribed capacity

avoidance of unnecessary disruptions to the environment

avoidance of the unnecessary exercise of eminent domain
FERC: Public Convenience and Necessity - Additional
Under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), FERC
must consider project alternatives, as well as a wide range of
potential impacts, including socio-economic and cumulative
impacts.
Cumulative impacts are impacts that
result from the proposed action as well as
past, present and foreseeable actions,
which may be minor individually but
collectively, are significant.
Knowing and Protecting Your Rights When an Interstate Gas Pipeline Comes to Your Community | A Legal and Practical
Guide for States, Local Government Units, Non-Governmental Organizations and Landowners On How the FERC Pipeline
Certification Process Works and How You Can Participate | Carolyn Elefant, Law Offices of Carolyn Elefant
FERC Public Comment
3 Major Points for Public comment
1. PRE-FILE: Applicants initial filing for general review
This is the first opportunity for public comment.

2. FERC HEARINGS: Public and relevant agency input
Second opportunity for public comment.

3. OFFICIAL APPLICATION: Issue Notice of Application
Interested parties may file as INTERVENOR, and third
opportunity for public comment.

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Public Comments
Q) Who can Comment?
A) ANYONE, including public officials, experts, agencies, groups and
individuals

Q) When may comments be submitted?
A) Beginning when a Docket # is assigned.

Q) How do I submit a comment?
A) Through FERCs Ecomment, Postal Mail, or at FERC hearings.

Q) What should the comments be about?
A) Comments should be in your OWN words and relative to FERCs
responsibilities for the project.

FERC: Intervenor
Individuals have the option to intervene in
Commission proceedings.
Intervenors becomes participants in a
proceeding and have the right to request
rehearing of Commission orders and seek
relief of final agency actions in the U.S.
Circuit Courts of Appeal.
FERC | Intervene http://www.ferc.gov/help/how-to/intervene.asp
Public Participation
What YOU need to do:
- Submit Comments to FERC NOW
- Talk to family, friends, neighbors. Educate them and encourage
them to participate
- Find out if your town is doing anything about the projects.
>Are they supporting or opposing the project and why?
>Encourage officials to submit comments to FERC
- Write Letters to the Editor
- Call in on Radio Shows
- Comment on news articles
- Attend Open Houses
- Attend and speak at FERC hearings
- Get Local and Be Vocal
WE ARE NOT ALONE
>> In response to public criticism, Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline changes to part of the route to
avoid several nature reserves in Lancaster County.
>> 200 people turned out to Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pennsylvania to comment on
the proposed Williams Company Atlantic Sunrise.
>> Lebanon County residents opposing Atlantic Sunrise want to try a legal challenge to stop
it, using a type of ordinance that has an overarching goal of returning decisions to local
communities instead of corporations, the state and federal government.
>> Holland NJ: 350 residents turn out to oppose PennEast
>> Hunterton County: Over 400 residents attend and voice opposition to PennEast
>> Opposition to PennEast proposed pipeline route mounts in Northampton, Hunterdon
counties (Lehigh Valley)

>> Lancaster city becomes first municipality to oppose Atlantic Sunrise project
>> Clinton, Hunterton County: Passed a resolution to oppose the Penn East
Pipeline
>> Hopewell NJ: Hopewell Township voted unanimously to oppose PennEast