95-29798. Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation; Notice of Filing of Refund Proposal and Request To Terminate Proceedings

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 235 (Thursday, December 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62839-62840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29798]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. RP85-170-014]


Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation; Notice of Filing of 
Refund Proposal and Request To Terminate Proceedings

December 1, 1995.
    Take notice that on November 21, 1995, Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation (Texas Eastern) filed a report of an agreement and refund 
proposal with Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation (Columbia) to 
resolve the issues and disputes in RP85-170 and the related appeals 
pending before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of 
Columbia Circuit (Panhandle Eastern v FERC No. 94-1727). Under the 
agreement Texas Eastern will refund to Columbia a principal amount of 
$11,948,555.73, $1,440,000 in interest for the period prior to 10/1/94, 
and additional interest 

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on the principal amount for the period 10/1/94 to the date of the 
refund.
    Texas Eastern states Columbia and Texas Eastern have filed with the 
United States Court of Appeals to withdraw their pending appeals cited 
above. It is the intent of Texas Eastern (as agreed to by Columbia) to 
refund to Columbia the settlement amount within 10 days of the later of 
(a) the date of this report and (b) the date the order of the United 
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granting 
Columbia's and Texas Eastern's request to withdraw their appeals is 
final.
    Texas Eastern and Columbia request that the Commission issue an 
order accepting the refund proposal and terminating the proceedings in 
Docket No. RP85-170, conditioned, as necessary, upon an order of the 
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia granting 
the motions to withdraw the appeals of the orders issued in Docket No. 
RP85-170.
    Any person desiring to protest said filing should file a protest 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC, 20426, in accordance with Sec. 385.211 of the 
Commission's Rules and Regulations. All such protests should be filed 
on or before December 8, 1995. 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. Copies of this 
filing are on file with the Commission and are available for public 
inspection.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-29798 Filed 12-6-95; 8:45 am]
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