98-5955. Florida Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 45 (Monday, March 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. TM98-4-34-000]


Florida Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in 
FERC Gas Tariff

March 3, 1998.
    Take notice that on February 26, 1998, Florida Gas Transmission 
Company (FGT) tendered for filing to become part of its FERC Gas 
Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1, effective April 1, 1998, the 
following tariff sheets:

Twenty-Sixth Revised Sheet No. 8A
Seventeenth Revised Sheet No. 8A.01
Eighteenth Revised Sheet No. 8A.02
Twenty-Third Revised Sheet No. 8B
Sixteenth Revised Sheet No. 8B.01

    FGT states that Section 27 of the General Terms and Conditions 
(GTC) of its Tariff provides for the recovery by FGT of gas used in the 
operation of its system and gas lost from the system or otherwise 
unaccounted for. The fuel reimbursement charges pursuant to Section 27 
consist of the Fuel Reimbursement Charge Percentage (FRCP), designed to 
recover current fuel usage on an in-kind basis, and the Unit Fuel 
Surcharge (UFS), designed to recover or refund previous under or 
overcollections on a cash basis. Both the FRCP and the UFS are 
applicable to Market Area deliveries and are effective for seasonal 
periods, changing effective each April 1 (for the Summer Period) and 
each October 1 (for the Winter Period).
    FGT states that it is filing to establish an FRCP of 3.46% to 
become effective April 1, 1998. Pursuant to the terms of Section 27.B 
of the GTC, FGT may file for adjustments to actual fuel usage and lost 
and unaccounted for gas or deliveries when computing the FRCP. FGT's 
lost and unaccounted for gas as a percentage of deliveries has averaged 
between 0.25% and 0.50% on an historical basis. FGT believes this 
component of the FRCP calculation should be adjusted to recognize the 
unusually high unaccounted for loss of 0.7729% experienced from April 
1997 through September 1997, the period which is the basis for the 
calculation of the FRCP to become effective April 1, 1998.
    Accordingly, FGT has adjusted its lost and unaccounted for gas 
percentage to reflect FGT's historical long-term average of roughly 
0.375% to minimize the balance of the deferred fuel account to be 
resolved in a subsequent period. FGT states that it is also filing to 
establish a Summer Period UFS of $0.0139 per MMBtu to become effective 
April 1, 1998.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said 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 385.211 and 385.214 of the Commission's 
Rules and Regulations. All such motions or protests should 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.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-5955 Filed 3-6-98; 8:45 am]
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