Notice of Pipeline Carrier Application for Consolidation of Certificates and Transfer of Single Certificate  

The Regulatory Commission of Alaska (Commission) gives notice that on September 12, 2014, Kenai Beluga Pipeline, LLC (KBPL), Beluga Pipeline Company (Beluga), Kenai Kachemak Pipeline, LLC (KKPL), Hilcorp Alaska, LLC d/b/a Cook Inlet Gas Gathering System (CIGGS), and Hilcorp Alaska, LLC d/b/a Kenai Nikiski Pipeline (KNPL) (collectively the Applicants) filed a joint application to transfer Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) Nos. 448, 711, 668, and 689 into a single CPCN. Beluga, CIGGS, KKPL, and KNPL operate natural gas pipelines in the Cook Inlet Basin of Alaska. The Applicants are all owned 100 percent, directly or indirectly, by Hilcorp Alaska, LLC. Docket No. P-14-025 was opened to address this matter.  

The Applicants seek approval of the requested transfer and consolidation to allow operation of the consolidated system as a pipeline system with a single CPCN. The Applicants propose that KBPL operate the consolidated pipeline system under amended CPCN No. 668. The Applicants state that post-consolidation, the CPCNs of CIGGS, KNPL, and Beluga will be returned to the Commission.  In addition, the Applicants have requested any temporary authority necessary to allow KPBL to begin operation of the consolidated system by November 1, 2014.  

On August 29, 2014, the Applicants filed a settlement agreement and tariff for the consolidated pipeline system into Docket No. P-13-014. KBPL is seeking authority under the settlement agreement to operate the consolidated pipeline system under a single CPCN, with a single postage stamp rate ($0.2912 per Mcf) applicable to shipments between any two points on the consolidated systems. KBPL will operate under a single tariff.  

No motions for waivers or petitions for confidentiality were filed with the application. KBPL, a new entity, requested the Commission rely on the financial information filed by Hilcorp Alaska, LLC in dockets opened to address the acquisition of several North Slope oil and gas pipelines (Docket Nos. P-14-014, P-14-015, P-14-016, P-14-017, and P-14-018). KBPL also requested the Commission’s decisions to treat the financial information as confidential in the above referenced dockets be extended to this proceeding.  

The Commission has not assessed the completeness of the application filed in Docket No. P-14-025. The Commission may determine whether the application is complete by October 3, 2014.   You may obtain more information about both filings by contacting Edmund J. Jaroch, Vice President of KBPL, Beluga, and KKPL, and Pipeline Manager for KBPL, Beluga, CIGGS, KNPL, and KKPL, at 3800 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 1400, Anchorage, AK 99503; phone: (907) 777-8300 or David B. Robinson, attorney for the Applicants, at 1050 30th Street, Washington, D.C. 20007; phone: (202) 748-8961. The complete filing is also available for inspection at the Commission’s office at 701 West 8th Avenue, Suite 300, Anchorage, AK 99501; phone: (907) 276-6222 or may be viewed at the Commission's website at http://rca.alaska.gov by typing Docket “P-14-025" (for the consolidation application) or Docket P-13-014 (for the settlement agreement)  in the Find the Matter search box.  

To comment on these filings, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m., October 10, 2014, at the Commission's address above or via our website at:  

https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx  

Please reference the appropriate docket number and include a statement that you have filed a copy of the comments with the Applicants at their address given above.

Individual or groups of people with disabilities, who require special accommodations, auxiliary aids or service, or alternative communications formats, please contact Joyce McGowan at (907) 276-6222, toll-free at 1-800-390-2782, or TTY (907) 276-4533, or send a request via electronic mail to rca.mail@alaska.gov by October 3, 2014.  

DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 18th day of September, 2014.  

                                                                              REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA  

                                                                               Robert M. Pickett

                                                                                Chairman