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I. Preliminary Statement
Medium
⚑ Notice / time limit to track
I. Preliminary Statement Ridgeline Midstream Services LLC ("Ridgeline" or "RMS"), a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Dunmore Energy Holdings Ltd. ("DEH"), a Cayman Islands exempted limited company (Cayman Registry No. CR-381204), hereby submits this Statement of Issues in accordance with the Prehearing Conference Order dated November 14, 2022 (the "Prehearing Conference Order"), issue
II. Description of the Ridgeline Pipeline System
Standard
⚑ Commercial term
II. Description of the Ridgeline Pipeline System The Ridgeline Pipeline System (the "System" or the "Pipeline") is a newly constructed, 187-mile, 24-inch-diameter high-pressure natural gas pipeline extending from a receipt point at the Wetzel County Interconnect in Wetzel County, West Virginia (approximate coordinates: 39.6120° N, 80.7540° W) to a delivery point at the Waynesburg Compressor Station in Greene County,
III. Identification of Parties and Counsel
III. Identification of Parties and Counsel The following is a list of all parties to this proceeding, together with their counsel of record, addresses, and other relevant identifying information, as required by the Prehearing Conference Order.
1. Applicant: Ridgeline Midstream Services LLC
1. Applicant: Ridgeline Midstream Services LLC Ridgeline Midstream Services LLC is a Delaware limited liability company, FERC Code 960442, with its principal office at 700 Kanawha Boulevard East, Suite 1400, Charleston, West Virginia 25301. Ridgeline is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dunmore Energy Holdings Ltd. ("DEH"), a Cayman Islands exempted limited company (Cayman Registry No. CR-381204). Ridgeline is the owner a
2. Protestant/Intervenor: Appalachian Trunk Pipeline Company, LLC
2. Protestant/Intervenor: Appalachian Trunk Pipeline Company, LLC Appalachian Trunk Pipeline Company, LLC is a Pennsylvania limited liability company, FERC Code 840117, with its principal office at 2200 Penn Center West, Suite 300, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15276. ATPC is a subsidiary of Tidewater Infrastructure Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership controlled by the Alderman family. Harrison J. Alderman serves
3. Intervenor: Mountainside Gas Producers Coalition
3. Intervenor: Mountainside Gas Producers Coalition The Mountainside Gas Producers Coalition is an unincorporated association of fourteen (14) independent natural gas producers operating in the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in the states of West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. MGPC's members include producers of various sizes whose production enters interstate commerce through, among other systems, the ATPC
4. Intervenor: Clearwater Municipal Gas Authority
4. Intervenor: Clearwater Municipal Gas Authority The Clearwater Municipal Gas Authority is a municipal authority organized under the Pennsylvania Municipality Authorities Act (53 Pa.C.S. §§ 5601–5623), with its principal office at 455 Market Street, Clearwater, Pennsylvania 15330. CMGA provides natural gas distribution service to residential, commercial, and industrial customers within the Borough of Clearwater and
5. FERC Trial Staff
5. FERC Trial Staff The Commission's Trial Staff participates in this proceeding pursuant to 18 C.F.R. § 385.102(d). Trial Staff represents the public interest and is not bound by the positions of any party, including the Office of Energy Market Regulation or other components of the Commission's Staff that may have been involved in the processing of Ridgeline's application prior to the issuance of the hearing order.
6. Presiding Administrative Law Judge
6. Presiding Administrative Law Judge The Honorable Clara Whitfield was appointed as the Presiding Administrative Law Judge for this proceeding on November 14, 2022, and held a prehearing conference on that date.
7. Settlement Judge
7. Settlement Judge The Honorable Howard Margolis was appointed as Settlement Judge for this proceeding by Commission order dated September 22, 2022, pursuant to 18 C.F.R. § 385.603.
IV. Contested Issues for Track II Hearing
High
⚑ Penalty / liquidated damages
IV. Contested Issues for Track II Hearing The following is Ridgeline's identification of the contested issues that it anticipates will be the subject of the Track II evidentiary hearing in this proceeding. For each issue, Ridgeline has identified its own position and, to the extent known based on the pleadings filed to date, the positions of the other parties. Ridgeline reserves the right to supplement, modify, or wi