Joint Petition for Purchase and Sale of Assets by the Narragansett Electric Co. d/b/a National Grid and Southern Union Company - Docket No. D-06-13

• Division of Public Utilities and Carriers issues Report and Order No. 18676 approving the purchase by the Narragansett Electric Company of the assets associated with the regulated gas distribution business owned and operated by Southern Union Company in Rhode Island as the New Gas Company (7/25/06)
  
  
• Joint Petition for the approval Narragansett Electric Co. purchase of the assets associated with regulated gas distribution business, New England Gas Co., that is owned and operated by Southern Union Company (filed on 3/16/06). The filing incorporates the following testimony and exhibits in support of the petition:
  • Exhibit 1 - Purchase and Sale Agreement between Southern Union and National Grid USA dated February 16, 2006
  • Exhibit 2 - Testimony of Ronald T. Gerwatowski
  • Exhibit 3 - Testimony of Richand N. Marshall
  • Exhibit 4 - Filing of Name Change in New England Company's tariffs. Clean and Redlined Tariffs
• Narragansett Electric Co. - Rebuttal testimony of witnesses Ronald T. Gerwatowski and Michael D. Laflamme (6/23/06)
  
  
• Division of Public Utilities ("Division") issues Notice of Deadline to Intervene. Deadline to file a Motion to Intervene is April 10, 2006
• The following parties filed a Motion to Intervene
  • City of Providence
  • City of East Providence
  • Patrick C. Lynch on behalf of the Office of Attorney General
  • Town of Tiverton Residents
  • Town of Tiverton
  • George Wiley Center
  • The Energy Council of Rhode Island
  • United Steel Workers of America Local 12431
  • Department of Environmental Management
• Southern Union Co. - Response and objection to the various motions to intervene filed by the parties (4/21/06)
• Narragansett Electric - Response to the various motions to intervene filed by the parties (4/21/06)
• Division of Public Utilities issues a decision, Order No. 18591, in response to the various motions to intervenve filed by the parties listed above (5/4/06)
• Division of Public Utilities issues Procedural Schedule for docket. Evidentiary hearings scheduled June 29 & June 30, 2006 at 9:00 A.M. at Division's office.
• Division issues Amended Procedural Schedule (on 6/19/06)
• Attorney General -Motion to compel more responsive answers and/or document production directed to Southern Union; and request to amend hearing schedule (5/19/06)
• Southern Union - Reply to Attorney General's request to modify discovery schedule (5/23/06)
• Attorney General - Correspondence to Southern Union concerning discovery schedule (5/24/06)
• Southern Union - Correspondence to Attorney General concerning discovery schedule (5/25/06)
• Division issues Order No. 18620 granting the Attorney General's request for extension of deadline on discovery (5/26/06)
• City of East Providence - Motion for Stay any action in the National Grid and Southern Union merger proceeding and request for an emergency hearing (5/26/06)
• Division issues Order No. 18626 denying the City of East Providence's Motion for Stay and Request for an Emergency Hearing (6/1/06)
• Town of Tiverton - Response indicating that it has no objection to the City of East Providence's Motion To Stay and Request for Emergency Hearing (6/6/06)
• George Wiley Center - Motion for extension of time to submit testimony by 6/23/06
• Division issues Order No. 18641 in response to the several motions to compel the utilities to respond to data requests (6/16/06)
• Division issues Order No. 18657 denying the Attorney General's Motion to Compel Southern Union Document Production & Request for Preliminary Examination (6/27/06)
• Division issues Order No. 18659 denying the Attorney General's Motion to Compel Southern Union to Answer Third Set of Data Requests (6/30/06)

Testimony & Exhibits of the Division of Public Utilities Advocacy and Intervernors':

• Division Advocacy - Testimony of David J. Effron (6/19/06)
• Division Advocacy - Testimony of Bruce R. Oliver (6/19/06)
• Attorney General - Testimony of Philip L. Sussler (6/26/06)
• George Wiley Center - Testimony of John Howat (6/26/06)
• George Wiley Center - Supplemental Exhbits (6/27/06)
• Town of Tiverton - Testimony of David Sousa (6/26/06)

Post Hearing Briefs by the Parties

• Narragansett Electric Co. - Brief - (7/11/06)
• Southern Union Co. - Brief (7/11/06)
• Attorney General - Brief (7/11/06)
• Division of Public Utilities Advocacy Section - Brief (7/11/06)
• George Wiley Center - Brief (7/11/06)
• Town of Tiverton (7/11/06)

Narragansett Electric & Southern Union's Responses to Interrogatories:

• Southern Union Co. - Response to Division Advocacy's 1st and 2nd set of data requests (4/21/06)
• Southern Union Co. - Response to Division Advocacy's 3rd set of data requests (5/8/06)
• Southern Union Co. - Response to Division Advocacy's 4th set of data requests (5/11/06)
• Southern Union Co. - Response to Division Advocacy's 5th set of data requests (5/19/06)
• Southern Union Co. - Response to Division Advocacy's 6th set of data requests 6-3 through 6-7 & 6-9 (5/19/06)
• Southern Union - Response to Division Advocacy's data requests 8-8 (5/26/06)
• Southern Union - Response to Attorney General's 1st set of data requests (5/23/06)
• Southern Union - Response to Attorney General's 2nd set of data requests (5/26/06)
• Attorney General - Motion to compel more responsive answers and/or document production directed to Southern Union; and request to amend hearing schedule (6/1/06)
• Southern Union - Response to Dept. of Environmental Management's 1st set of data requests (attachments to DEM's data response 1-13 not available on line but can be examined at the PUC's office) (5/26/06)
• Southern Union - Response to Town of Tiverton's 1st set of data requests (6/1/06)
• Town of Tiverton - Motion to Compel More Responsive Answer and/or Document Production to Southern Union (6/12/06)
• Southern Union - Objection to Town of Tiverton's Motion to Compel to Respond to Data Requests (6/14/06)
• Southern Union - 1) Objection to Attorney General's Motion to Compel Discovery; and 2) Objection to DEM's Motion to Compel Discovery (6/8/06)
• Attorney General - Motion to compel documents production to Attorney General's second set of data requests, and to amend hearing schedule (6/7/06)
• Southern Union - Objection to Attorney General's Second Motion to Compel (6/14/06)
• Southern Union - Response to Division Advocacy's data request 9-2 (6/16/06)
  
• Narragansett Electric - Response to Division Advocacy's data requests 1-9 (4/10/06)
• Narragansett Electric - Response to Division Advocacy's 2nd set of data requests 2-1 through 2-9, 2-11, 2-13, 2-15 through 2-18 (4/21/06)
• Narragansett Electric - Response to Division Advocacy's 2nd set of data requests 2-5, 2-10, 2-11 and 2-14 (4/26/06)
• Narragansett Electric - Response to Division Advocacy's 6th set of data requests 6-1 & 6-2 (5/15/06)
• Narragansett Electric - Response to Division Advocacy's 6th set of data requests 6-8 and 6-10 (5/18/06)
• Narragansett Electric - Response to Division Advocacy's 7th set of data requests 7-3, 7-4 and 7-7 (5/17/06)
• Narragansett Electric - Response to Division Advocacy's 7th set of data requests 7-1, 7-2, 7-5 and 7-6 (5/19/06)
• Narragansett Electric - Response to Division Advocacy's 8th set of data requests 8-1, 8-2, 8-4, 8-5, 8-6, 8-9 through 8-11(5/24/06)
• Narragansett Electric - Response to Division Advocacy's 8th set of data requests 8-3 and 8-7 (5/26/06)
• Narragansett Electric - Response to Division's Advocacy 9th set of data requests 9-1, 9-3 through 9-6, and 9-9 (6/12/06)
• Narragansett Electric - Response to Division's Advocacy 9th set of data requests 9-7 and 9-8 (6/12/06)
• Narragansett Electric - Response to Attorney General's 1st set of data requests 1-1 through 1-4, and 1-7 (5/17/06)
• Narragansett Electric - Response to Attorney General's data requests 1-5, 1-6, 1-8 through 1-15; and supplemental response to 1-3 and 1-4 (5/19/06)
• Narragansett Electric - Response to Attorney General's data request 4-1 (6/16/06)
• Narragansett Electric - Response to Attorney General's data request 4-2 (6/16/06)
• Narragansett Electric - Response to George Wiley's 1st set of data requests (5/26/06)
• George Wiley Center - Motion to Compel Narragansett Electric to Answer to Data Requests Nos. 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 106, 1-7, 1-8 and 1-10 (6/1/06)
• Narragansett Electric - Response to the George Wiley's Motion to Compel Answers to Data Requests Nos. 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 106, 1-7, 1-8 and 1-10 (6/1/06)
• Narragansett Electric - Response to George Wiley's data request 2-1 (6/14/06)
• Narragansett Electric - Response to Town of Tiverton's 1st set of data requests (6/1/06)
• Dept. of Environmental Management - Motion to compel Southern Union Co. to respond to DEM's 1st set of data requests (6/1/06)