Minnesota Administrative Rules

7610.0910 OVERALL SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

The basic forecast and current data shall contain the following data and forecasts for the last calendar year, the present year, and the subsequent five years:

A.

annual sales to ultimate consumers within the utility's Minnesota service area;

B.

other deliveries of gas to commercial consumers in Minnesota;

C.

other deliveries of gas to industrial consumers in Minnesota;

D.

the annual volume of gas delivered or expected to be delivered to other utilities for resale;

E.

the annual volume of gas used in the operation of the utility within its Minnesota service area;

F.

the annual volume of gas used in the utility's Minnesota service area but unaccounted for in items A to E;

G.

the total annual gas consumption, for all purposes, in the utility's Minnesota service area, with total consumption equaling the sum of items A to F, excluding gas held in storage at year's end;

H.

the total annual volume of substitute natural gas provided by the utility to supplement the utility's supply of natural gas for use in its Minnesota service area;

I.

the total annual volume of liquefied natural gas supply withdrawn from storage by the utility for use in its Minnesota service area;

J.

the total volume of natural gas withdrawn from underground storage by the utility for use in its Minnesota service area;

K.

the total annual volume of gas received or estimated to be received from the interstate pipeline company for use in its Minnesota service area;

L.

the design-day maximum gas demand volume for the utility's Minnesota service area firm customers;

M.

the maximum winter peak-day volume of gas sent out or expected to be sent out in the utility's Minnesota service area;

N.

the design-day availability of each type of gas and the maximum one-day volume of gas the supplies will provide;

O.

the amount of substitute natural gas the utility can produce from the feedstock it will have in storage at the beginning of the winter heating season for use in its Minnesota service area;

P.

the amount of liquid natural gas the utility will have for use in storage at the beginning of the winter heating season for use in its Minnesota service area;

Q.

the amount of natural gas the utility will have in underground storage for use at the beginning of the winter heating season; and

R.

the type and amount of fuel used or to be used in Minnesota to produce substitute natural gas.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 216C.10

History:

L 1987 c 312 art 1 s 9; 16 SR 1400

Published Electronically:

January 19, 2005