96-8407. Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 67 (Friday, April 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 15237]
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[FR Doc No: 96-8407]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. TQ96-5-23-000]


Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in 
FERC Gas Tariff

April 1, 1996.
    Take notice that on March 28, 1996, Eastern Shore Natural Gas 
Company (ESNG) tendered for filing certain revised tariff sheets in the 
above captioned docket as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised 
Volume No. 1, with a proposed effective date of April 1, 1996.
    ESNG states that the revised tariff sheets included herein are 
being filed pursuant to Section 21 of the General Terms and Conditions 
of ESNG's Gas Tariff to reflect changes in ESNG's jurisdictional rates. 
The sales rates set forth herein reflect an increase of $0.3640 per dt 
in the Commodity Charge, as measured against ESNG's Out-Of-Cycle 
Quarterly Purchased Gas Adjustment filing, Docket No. TQ96-4-23-000, 
et. al., filed on January 30, 1996 to be effective February 1, 1996.
    The commodity current purchased gas cost adjustment reflects ESNG's 
projected cost of gas for the month April 1996, and has been calculated 
using its best estimate on available gas supplies to meet ESNG's 
anticipated purchase requirements. The increased gas costs in this 
filing are a result of higher prices being paid to producers/suppliers 
under ESNG's market-responsive gas supply contracts.
    ESNG respectfully requests waiver of the Commission's thirty (30) 
day notice requirement so as to permit it to place the subject rates 
into effect on April 1, 1996, as proposed. ESNG is unable to meet the 
thirty (30) day notice requirements because normal purchasing of gas 
supplies from producers/suppliers are always negotiated five working 
days prior to the end of each month (for the next month's supply). The 
normal time frame to order gas supply for the next month does not give 
ESNG any flexibility in order to make a filing in time for the ``notice 
requirement'' when gas prices spike upward (from projected) as they 
have for the month of April 1996. The Commission's waiver of the thirty 
(30) day notice requirement in the case of this instant filing would 
allow for a more accurate recovery of ESNG's costs and mitigate the 
deferred commodity costs which would occur in the absence of such 
waiver.
    ESNG states that copies of the filing have been served upon its 
jurisdictional customers and interested State Commissions.
    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 Rule 211 and Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR Section 385.211 and Section 385.214). 
All such motions or protests must be filed as provided in 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-8407 Filed 4-4-96; 8:45 am]
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