# 2026-11879: Natural Gas Firm Plans New Mexico Pipeline Upgrade

2026-11879, Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application and Establishing Intervention Deadline, is a Federal Register notice from Energy Department, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission published 2026-06-12; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-19).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-11879
- As of: 2026-06-19
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-11879
- Title: Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application and Establishing Intervention Deadline
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Energy Department; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Citation: 91 FR 35674
- Published: 2026-06-12
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-19

## In one line

Natural Gas Firm Plans New Mexico Pipeline Upgrade

## Summary

Northern Natural Gas Company wants to build new pipelines and a compressor station in New Mexico and Texas to boost gas delivery to a power plant and improve their system’s reliability. The project will cost about $105 million, and they’re asking to include these costs in their regular rates. If you’re interested, you need to act before the deadline to get involved in the decision.

## Effects PRIA read

- Company Seeks $105M Rolled‑In Rate Treatment: cost, medium. Northern Natural Gas Company requests a presumption of rolled-in rate treatment for its Permian Basin Expansion Project, which it estimates will cost $104,996,682. The company is asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to allow those expansion costs to be included in its regular rates.
- Adds 361,600 dekatherms/day to SPS Power Plant: benefit, low. The project will provide peak day firm transportation service of approximately 361,600 dekatherms per day to the new Southwestern Public Service Company (SPS) generating station. The filing also states the Project will provide benefits to Northern's existing system by increasing reliability and sys…

## Related documents

- [2026-20744](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20744): Combined Notice of Filings #2, 2026-10-09
- [2026-20658](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20658): Shoshone Irrigation District; Notice of Existing Licensee's Failure To File a Timely Notice of Intent To File a New License Application, an…, 2026-10-08
- [2026-20659](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20659): Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application and Establishing Intervention Deadline, 2026-10-08
- [2026-20642](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20642): Combined Notice of Filings, 2026-10-08
- [2026-20580](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20580): Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Ventura to Farmington A-Line Abandonm…, 2026-10-08
- [2026-20582](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20582): Combined Notice of Filings, 2026-10-08

## Sources
- [2026-11879 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/12/2026-11879/northern-natural-gas-company-notice-of-application-and-establishing-intervention-deadline)
- [2026-11879 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-12/pdf/2026-11879.pdf)

## Related
- [Previous: 2026-11878, California Department of Water Resources; Notice of Availability and Adoption o…](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-11878)
- [Next: 2026-11880, Rio Grande LNG Train 6, LLC; Notice of Application and Establishing Interventio…](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-11880)
- [All Federal Register documents](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-11879 (as of 2026-06-19).