Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Application

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [ Docket Nos. CP14-96-000; PF13-16-000] Take notice that on February 28, 2014, Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC (Algonquin), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 77056, filed in the above referenced docket an application pursuant to sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for the proposed Algonquin Incremental Market Project (AIM Project). Specifically, Algonquin requests authorization to: (i) construct, install, operate, and maintain approximately 37.6 miles of take-up and relay, loop, and lateral pipeline facilities, and appurtenances in New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts; (ii) modify six existing compressor stations in New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, resulting in the addition of 81,620 horsepower (HP) of compression; (iii) modify 24 existing metering and regulating (M&R) stations and construct three new M&R stations; (iv) abandon certain existing facilities; and (v) approval of the pro forma tariff records to establish the incremental AIM Project firm transportation rate, an incremental fuel percentage applicable to service on the AIM Project, and the initial recourse rates for service on the West Roxbury Lateral (which is part of the proposed AIM Project, but has separate rate schedules). Algonquin states that the AIM Project will provide a total of 342,000 dekatherms per day of firm transportation service. Algonquin estimates the cost of the AIM Project to be approximately $971,5…