96-243. Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 646-647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-243]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. TQ96-2-23-000]


Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in 
FERC Gas Tariff

January 3, 1996.
    Take notice that on December 27, 1995, Eastern Shore Natural Gas 
Company (ESNG) tendered for filing certain revised tariff sheets in the 
above captioned docket as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised 
Volume No. 1, with a proposed effective date of January 1, 1996.
    Eastern Shore states that the revised tariff sheets included herein 
are being filed pursuant to Section 21 of the General Terms and 
Conditions of ESNG's Gas Tariff to reflect changes in ESNG's 
jurisdictional rates. The sales rates set forth herein reflect an 
increase of $0.5390 per dt in the Commodity Charge, as measured against 
ESNG's Out-Of-Cycle Quarterly Purchased Gas Adjustment filing, Docket 
No. TQ96-1-23-000, et al., filed on December 1, 1995.
    The commodity purchased gas cost adjustment reflects ESNG's 
projected cost of gas for the month of January 1, 1996 through January 
31, 1996, and has been calculated using its best estimate on available 
gas supplies to meet ESNG's anticipated purchase requirements. The 
increased gas costs in this filing are a result of higher prices being 
paid to producers/suppliers under ESNG's market-responsive gas supply 
contracts.
    ESNG respectfully requests waiver of the Commission's thirty (30) 
day notice requirement so as to permit it to place the subject rates 
into effect on January 1, 1996, as proposed. ESNG is unable to meet the 
thirty (30) day notice requirements due to the fact that the normal 
purchasing of gas supplies from producers/suppliers is negotiated five 

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working days before the end of the month (for the next month's supply). 
The normal time frame to order gas supply for the next month does not 
give ESNG any flexibility in order to make a filing in time for the 
``notice requirement'' when gas prices spike upward (from projected) as 
they have for the month of January, 1996. The Commission's waiver of 
the thirty (30) day notice requirement in the case of this instant 
filing would allow for a more accurate recovery of ESNG's costs and 
mitigate the deferred commodity costs which would occur in the absence 
of such waiver.
    ESNG states that copies of the filing have been served upon its 
jurisdictional customers and interested State Commissions.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should 
file a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, 
in accordance with Rule 211 and Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Pursuant to 
Section 154.210 of the Commission's Regulations, all such motions or 
protests must be filed not later than 12 days after the date of the 
filing noted above. Protests will be considered by the Commission in 
determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to 
make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to 
become a party must file a motion to intervene. Copies of this filing 
are on file with the Commission and are available for public 
inspection.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-243 Filed 1-8-96; 8:45 am]
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