[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11165-11166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5948]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. RP97-261-000]
Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes
in FERC Gas Tariff
March 5, 1997.
Take notice that on February 28, 1997, Columbia Gas Transmission
Corporation (Columbia), tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas
Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, the revised tariff sheets listed
below, with an effective date of April 1, 1997:
Settlement Rates
Seventeenth Revised Sheet No. 25
Seventeenth Revised Sheet No. 26
Seventeenth Revised Sheet No. 27
Eighteenth Revised Sheet No. 28
Tenth Revised Sheet No. 29
Tenth Revised Sheet No. 30
Collection Rates
First Revised Sheet No. 25A
First Revised Sheet No. 26A
First Revised Sheet No. 27A
First Revised Sheet No. 28A
First Revised Sheet No. 29A
First Revised Sheet No. 30.1
General Terms and Conditions
Fifth Revised Sheet No. 452
Fifth Revised Sheet No. 453
In accordance with the Commission's order issued January 29, 1997,
in Docket No. RP95-408, et al. (78 FERC para. 61,071), the Settlement
Rates implement the lower settlement rates pending Commission action on
the November 22,
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1996 settlement in Docket No. RP95-408, et al. and the Collection Rates
are applicable to customers not wanting to be subject to the surcharge
conditions associated with the Settlement Rate.
This filing comprises Columbia's annual filing pursuant to Section
36.2 of the General Terms and Conditions (GTC) of its Tariff. GTC
Section 36, ``Transportation Costs Rate Adjustment (TCRA)'', enables
Columbia to adjust its TCRA rates prospectively to reflect estimated
current costs and unrecovered amounts for the deferral period. The TCRA
rates consist of a current TCRA rate, reflecting an estimate of costs
for a prospective 12-month period beginning April 1, 1997, and a TCRA
surcharge rate which is a true-up for actual activity within the
deferral period of the 12-months ended December 31, 1996.
Columbia is also revising GTC Section 36 to eliminate references to
costs which are no longer applicable to the TCRA mechanism effective
April 1, 1997.
The TCRA rates set forth on Appendix A, Sheet 1, attached to the
filing, include projected costs, in the amount of $16,072,586, for the
Operational Account No. 858 contracts. This level of costs is based
upon the rates of the applicable pipeline companies at April 1, 1997,
and the respective determinants associated with these contracts.
The TCRA surcharge calculations reconcile actual activity for the
deferral period, which is comprised of calendar year 1996. The TCRA
Surcharge Rates set forth on Appendix B Schedule 1, attached to the
filing, reflect a net under-recovery of $1,221,822.
Columbia proposes to collect on an as-billed basis an under-
recovery of $756,992 in demand costs and $464,830 in commodity costs
applicable to its Operational Account No. 186 deferral period of
January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996.
The demand determinants reflected in the filing are those projected
to be in effect at April 1, 1997. Throughput levels for Rates Schedules
FTS, SST, OPT, GTS and ITS are from Columbia's Settlement filed on
November 22, 1996 in Docket No. RP95-408.
Columbia states that copies of this filing have been served upon
all of its firm customers, and interested State Commissions. Moreover,
all interruptible customers having submitted a standing request for
such filings were also served.
Any person desiring to be heard or to protest this 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 Sections 385.214 and 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 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 in the Public Reference Room.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-5948 Filed 3-10-97; 8:45 am]
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