98-32702. Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 236 (Wednesday, December 9, 1998)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. TM99-1-7-000]


Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC 
Gas Tariff

December 3, 1998.
    Take notice that on November 30, 1998, Southern Natural Gas Company 
(Southern) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Seventh 
Revised Volume No. 1, certain tariff sheets, with an effective date of 
January 1, 1999.
    Southern states that the proposed tariff sheets implement the Gas 
Research Institute's (GRI) revised surcharges for 1999. The 1999 GRI 
Funding Formula consists of surcharges of (i) .75 cents per Dth 
applicable to the commodity/usage portion of firm service rates and to 
interruptible rates and (ii) either 23.0 cents per Dth for high load 
factor customers or 14.2 cents per Dth for low load factor customers on 
the demand/reservation component of firm service rates. The 1999 GRI 
Funding Formula provides for a surcharge of 1.8 cents per Dth on 
service rates for small customers. The Commission authorized these 
surcharges in Docket No. RP98-235-000 to be effective January 1, 1999. 
Gas Research Institute, 84 FERC para. 61,326 (1998).
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should 
file a motion to intervene or a protest with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426, in 
accordance with Sections 385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission's Rules 
and Regulations. All such motions or protests must be filed in 
accordance with 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. 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 in the Public 
Reference Room.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-32702 Filed 12-8-98; 8:45 am]
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