[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 5625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2918]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. RM95-4-000]
Revisions to Uniform System of Accounts, Forms, Statements, and
Reporting Requirements for Natural Gas Companies; Revised Electronic
Filing Specifications for Rate Filings Submitted Pursuant to Section 4
of the Natural Gas Act
January 31, 1997.
On September 28, 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) issued Order No. 582, reorganizing, rewriting, and
updating its regulations governing the form, composition and filing of
rates and charges for the transportation of natural gas in interstate
commerce.\1\ The changes made by the rule include modifications to the
Commission's electronic filing requirements.
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\1\ Filing and Reporting Requirements for Interstate Natural Gas
Companies Rate Schedules and Tariffs, Order No. 582, 60 FR 52960
(October 11, 1995), II FERC Stats. & Regs. para. 19,100-19,183
(1995) (regulatory Text), III FERC Stats. & Regs. para. 31,025
(1995) (preamble).
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Although Order No. 582 revised the electronic filing requirements
for all statements filed pursuant to Subpart D of Part 154, and all
workpapers in spreadsheet format, it did not include the final
electronic filing specifications. The Commission suspended the
electronic filing instructions in effect at the time Order No. 582 was
issued until such time as new instructions are placed into effect.
On April 2, 1996,\2\ the Commission authorized the Commission staff
to issue further electronic and paper filing specifications related to
the forms that were modified by Order Nos. 581 and 582.\3\ In
compliance with the Commission's directive, staff is issuing the
instruction manual for filing rate cases electronically.
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\2\ Order on Electronic and Paper Filing Specifications for Form
No. 11, 75 FERC para. 61,009 (1996).
\3\ Revisions to Uniform System of Accounts, Forms, Statements,
and Reporting Requirements for Natural Gas Companies, Order No. 581,
60 Fed. Reg. 53,019 (October 11, 1995), 72 FERC para. 61,301 (1995),
order on reh'g, Order No. 581, 74 FERC para. 61,223 (1996).
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As has been the case with the electronic filing requirement
established by Order No. 581, staff worked with industry
representatives to complete the electronic rate case filing
instructions. The specifications were discussed at working group
meetings held on December 12, 1995, February 8, March 21, and October
10, 1996. As a result of those discussions, staff has finalized the
electronic filing specifications. The Instruction Manual for Electronic
Filing of the Rate Filings is attached at Attachment A.\4\ To afford
the pipelines adequate time to adapt to these filing instructions, the
instructions will become effective with filings submitted on or after
May 31, 1997, If a pipeline's initial case is submitted prior to May
31, 1997, and, therefore, is not submitted in electronic format,
subsequent filings in that docket need not be filed electronically.\5\
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\4\ The Attachment is not being published in the Federal
Register. The filing formats can be obtained by writing to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference and Files
Maintenance Branch, Division of Information Services, Washington, DC
20426, or in person in Room 2A, 888 First Street, NE., Washington,
DC. The instructions are also available on the Commission's bulletin
board system. For information about connecting to the bulletin board
system, call (202) 208-2474.
\5\ The tariff sheets and the form of notice which are not
affected by the moratorium must be filed in electronic format,
however.
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Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-2918 Filed 2-5-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-M
