Historical Orders on Alaska Gas Projects

The orders on this page are from the original Alaskan Natural Gas Transportation System (ANGTS).

Certification Cost Estimate
In the early 1980's FERC had a very extensive proceeding regarding the Certification Cost Estimate of the ANGTS project. The following are the key final orders:

• • March 9, 1983 - Alaskan Northwest Natural Gas Transportation Company, Docket No. CP80-435 and Northwest Alaskan Pipeline Company, Docket No. CP78-123, et al. 22 FERC ¶62,402
  • February 18, 1983 - Alaskan Northwest Natural Gas Transportation Company, Docket No. CP80-435-000 and Northwest Alaskan Pipeline Company et al., Docket No. CP78-123-000. 22 FERC ¶61,175
  • September 21, 1982 - Alaskan Northwest Natural Gas Transportation Company, Docket No. CP80-435-000 and Northwest Alaskan Pipeline Company, Docket No. CP78-123-000, et al. 20 FERC ¶61,321 

Conditional Certificates

In the late 1970's, the following orders were often referenced by interested parties as 'Conditional Certificates':

• • June 30, 1978 - Alaskan Northwest Natural Gas Transportation Company (formerly Alcan Pipeline Company and Northwest Alaskan Pipeline Company), Docket No. CP78-123, Order Transferring Conditional Certificate Of Public Convenience And Necessity From Alcan Pipeline Company To Alaskan Northwest Natural Gas Transportation Company, Reviewing Relevant Portions Of Underlying Partnership Agreement And Granting Intervention. 3 FERC ¶61,290
     
  • June 7, 1978 - Northwest Alaskan Pipeline Company, Docket Nos. CP78-123, et al. Order Granting Intervention, Establishing Intervention Procedures For The Overall Alaska Gas Proceeding, And Granting Conditional Import Authorizations. 3 FERC ¶61,226
     
  • December 16, 1977 - Alcan Pipeline Company, Docket No. CP78-123, Northern Border Pipeline Company, Docket No. CP78-124, and Pacific Gas Transmission Company, Docket No. CP78-125. Order Vacating Prior Proceedings And Issuing Conditional Certificates Of Public Convenience And Necessity 1 FERC ¶61,248

Determination of Incentive Rate of Return, Tariff and Related Issues
A very important part of the original ANGTS case was Docket No. RM78-12. This was the rule for Determination of Incentive Rate of Return, Tariff and Related Issues. The following orders came out of this case:

• • December 20, 1979 - FERC Order No. 31-A, FERCSR 1977-1981 ¶30,112
  • November 30, 1979 - FERC Order No. 31-A, FERCSR 1977-1981 ¶30,110 
  • October 19, 1979 - FERC Order No. 31-A, FERCSR 1977-1981 ¶30,090
  • August 6, 1979 - FERC Order No. 31-B, 8 FERC ¶61,134 
  • August 6, 1979 - FERC Order No. 31, 8 FERC ¶61,134
  • January 17, 1979 - FERC Order No. 17-A, 6 FERC ¶61,042
  • December 1, 1978 - FERC Order No. 17, 5 FERC ¶61,199 

LNG Liquefaction and Export

• The Federal Power Commission case approving the export of Alaska LNG:
  • April 19, 1967 - Phillips Petroleum Company, Docket No. CI67-1226 and Marathon Oil Company, Docket No. CI67-1227. 37 FPC 777
• DOE approved of the ongoing exports of LNG from Alaska by Phillips Alaska Natural Gas Corporation and Marathon Oil Company:
  • June 20, 2000 - DOE/FE Opinion and Order No. 261-F
  • April 10, 2000 - DOE/FE Opinion and Order No. 1580
  • April 2, 1999 - DOE/FE Opinion and Order No. 1473
• Beginning in the late 1980's the Commission approved a proposal to export Alaskan Gas by way of an LNG liquefaction and export with the proposed export facility to be constructed at Anderson Bay, Port Valdez, Alaska::
  • Commission Issuances in CP88-105, Yukon Pacific Corporation
  • Commission Issuances in GP87-16, Yukon Pacific Corporation
• The Department of Energy (DOE) issued the following orders in this proceeding:
  • March 8, 1990 - Order Denying Requests for Rehearing and Modifying Prior Order for Purpose of Clarification, ERA Docket No. 87-68-LNG (1990). DOE Opinion and Order No. 350-A 
  • November 16, 1989 - Order Granting Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas From Alaska, ERA Docket No. 87-68-LNG (1989). DOE Opinion and Order No. 350