(1) It is in the public interest and consistent with the purposes of the Natural Gas Act to schedule conferences, in each of the proceedings herein above named, for the purpose of determining the impact of projected curtailments of natural gas deliveries over the 1975-76 winter heating season, and to the extent necessary develop ameliorating plans.

The Commission orders:

(A) The Presiding Administrative Law Judge in each of the ongoing proceedings in Docket Nos. RP75-62, RP72-89, RP75-28, RP71-130 and RP72-58, and RP71-29 and RP71-120 is directed to preside over conferences in each proceeding to determine the impact of projected curtailment for the 197576 winter heating season.

(B) The proceedings in Docket Nos. RP74-42, RP71-122, RP71-121 and RP72-21, RP72-6, RP71-119, RP72-99, RP73-101, and RP71-100 are hereby reopened.

(C) Pursuant to the authority of the Natural Gas Act, particularly Sections 5, 14, and 15, a conference, to be scheduled by the Chief Administrative Law Judge, shall be held to determine the impact of projected curtailment over the 1975-76 winter heating season upon Lawrenceburg Gas Transmission Corporation and its customers.

(D) An Administrative Law Judge to be designated by the Chief Administrative Law Judge for this purpose, shall preside over conferences to be held in each of the reopened proceedings listed above in Ordering Paragraphs (B) and (C) and shall prescribe relevant procedural matters not herein provided.

(E) The Chief Administrative Law Judge shall schedule the conferences provided for in Ordering Paragraphs (A), (B), and (C) within the period beginning July 15, 1975 and ending August 15, 1975. The Chief Administrative Law Judge shall give these proceedings priority in scheduling over all other proceedings with the exception of those in which a party is seeking extraordinary relief from curtailment.

Docket Nos. RP74-42, et al.

(F) Each of the fourteen pipelines designated in this order shall provide, on a best efforts basis, the information called for in the body of this order no later than July 10, 1975. All parties in the instant proceedings are hereby ordered and all customers of the respective pipeline companies are hereby urged to provide their pipeline suppliers with the necessary data to enable the pipelines to comply with this order. Copies shall also be served upon their customers, the appropriate state regulatory bodies, and the Washington office of the Federal Energy Administration.

(G) By virtue of the information obtained in the proceedings hereinbefore ordered, the Administrative Law Judges shall. pursue, when necessary, procedures for the purpose of providing ameliorating plans for the coming winter heating season.

By the Commission.

(SEAL)

Kenneth F. Plumb,
Secretary.

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Delete the reference to Docket No. RP74-42 in the second sentence of the fourth paragraph on page 2.

Change the last sentence in the fourth paragraph on page 2 to read as follows:

"We direct a conference be convened in the
matter of Lawrenceburg Gas Transmission Corpora-
tion and Alabama - Tennessee Natural Gas Company
so that those pipelines and their customers may
participate in proceedings to achieve the results
sought above."

The first sentence of the paragraph designated (4) on page 4 should read:

"For each pipeline and distribution customer.

Delete the reference to Docket No. RP74-42 in ordering paragraph (B), page 5.

Insert in ordering paragraph (C), page 5, after the reference to Lawrenceburg Gas Transmission Company, "and Alabama - Tennessee Natural Gas Company," and change "and its customers" to "and their customers."

Mary B. Kidd,
Acting Secretary.