95-6587. Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co.; Notice of Request for Conference on Proposed Settlement

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 52 (Friday, March 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 14431]
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[FR Doc No: 95-6587]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket Nos. TA94-1-23-005 and TA95-1-23-001]


Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co.; Notice of Request for Conference 
on Proposed Settlement

March 13, 1995.
    Take notice that on March 1, 1995, Eastern Shore Natural Gas 
Company (Eastern Shore), pursuant to Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules 
of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602 (1994), filed an offer of 
settlement in the captioned proceedings.
    As part of the offer, Eastern Shore requests that the Commission 
convene a settlement conference to consider the offer of settlement and 
postpone the due dates for comments and reply comments until after the 
settlement conference.
    Eastern Shore states that the offer of settlement has three 
interdependent parts. Article I provides that Eastern Shore will change 
its PGA methodology from unit-of-purchase to unit-of-sales and will 
allocate purchased gas demand costs on the basis of contract demand 
entitlements. If that change is approved, Article II provides that 
Eastern Shore will reduce its purchased gas demand base tariff rates 
immediately upon the effective date of the Commission's approval. 
Eastern Shore would not be required to make any refunds pursuant to the 
May 19, 1994 order in Docket No. TA94-1-23-000, et al., and would 
withdraw its request for rehearing of that order. Article III provides 
that Eastern Shore will apply to the Commission for a blanket 
certificate authorizing open-access transportation on its system, 
pursuant to 18 CFR Part 284, Subpart G.
    Eastern Shore states that copies of the proposed settlement and 
request for settlement conference have been served on all participants 
on the official service lists for the captioned proceedings and on 
interested state commissions who were served copies of the initial rate 
filings in these proceedings.
    Any person desiring to be heard at the conference or to comment 
upon the procedures suggested in the request for settlement conference 
to consider the offer of settlement should file a motion to intervene 
or comment with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 825 North 
Capitol Street, NE., Washington DC 20426. All such motions or comments 
should be filed on or before March 21, 1995. Existing parties need not 
file a motion to intervene, but 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. 95-6587 Filed 3-16-95; 8:45 am]
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