[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 226 (Tuesday, November 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31296]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RP99-44-002]
Petal Gas Storage Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas
Tariff
November 18, 1998.
Take notice that on November 13, 1998, Petal Gas Storage Company
(Petal) tendered for filing, as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, First
Revised Volume No. 1, Second Revised Sheet No. 113, Sub. Second Revised
Sheet No. 116, Sub. Third Revised Sheet No. 129, Second Revised Sheet
No. 115, First Revised Sheet No. 115A, Third Revised Sheet No. 116, and
Alternative Sub. Third Revised Sheet No. 129, with a proposed effective
date of November 2, 1998.
Petal asked that Second Revised Sheet No. 115, First Revised Sheet
No. 115A, Third Revised Sheet No. 116, and Alternative Sub. Third
Revised Sheet No. 129 become effective if, and only if, certain waivers
Petal requests are denied.
Petal states that its filing is made in compliance with the
directives of an October 29, 1998, Letter Order, as well as with Order
No. 587-H, issued on July 15, 1998, in Docket No. RM96-1-008, requiring
interstate pipelines to incorporate the most recent standards dealing
with intra-day nominations and nomination and scheduling procedures
promulgated by the Gas Industry Standards Board.
Second Revised Sheet No. 113 provides that Petal will provide
bumped interruptible customers with notice of the bump by telephone
and/or facsimile. Petal seeks waiver of the requirement that it adopt
GISB standards 1.3.2(i) through (vi), containing intra-day nomination
cycles, into its tariff because they would provide less flexibility
than Petal's current practice of allowing nominations on four hours
notice at any time during the day. Petal also states that the
nomination timelines contained in those GISB standards do not conform
to the manner in which an independent storage company, such as Petal,
must do business.
However, if the Commission denies Petal's request for waiver, Petal
asks that Second Revised Sheet No. 115, First Revised Sheet No. 115A,
Third Revised Sheet No. 116, and Alternative Sub. Third Revised Sheet
No. 129 be accepted with an effective date November 2, 1998.
To the extent that Petal's request for waiver from adopting the
GISB 1.3.2 standards is denied, Petal requests waiver of the
requirement, contained, in GISB standard 1.3.2(iv), that interruptible
customers not be bumped by a 5:00 p.m. intra-day nomination.
Any person desiring to protest this filing should file a protest
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,
Washington, D.C. 20426, in accordance with Section 385.211 of the
Commission's Rules and Regulations. All such protests must be filed as
provided in Section 154.210 of the Commission's Regulations. 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 proceedings. Copies of this filing are on file with the Commission
and are available for public inspection in the Public Reference Room.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-31296 Filed 11-23-98; 8:45 am]
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