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[FR Doc No: 94-11177]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. RP94-226-000]
Viking Gas Transmission Co.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC
Gas Tariff
May 4, 1994.
Take notice that on April 29, 1994, Viking Gas Transmission Company
(Viking) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Original
Volume No. 1, the following tariff sheets to be effective November 1,
1993:
Second Revised Sheet No. 34
Second Revised Sheet No. 35
Viking states that the purpose of this filing is to amend Section
6(a)(ii) of the monthly imbalance cash out mechanism under Rate
Schedule LMS in two respects.
Viking states that this section currently provides that in
calculating cash outs, ``[t]he `Transportation Component' shall be
equal to the commodity rate under Rate Schedule FT-A for transportation
to the applicable zone multiplied by the monthly imbalance, plus any
applicable fuel an use charges.''
Viking's Rate Schedule FT-A has a two-part rate, with a fixed cost
reservation charge and a variable cost volumetric charge. Viking's
other services, however, under Rate Schedules FT-GS, IT and AOT, have a
one-part volumetric rate that recovers both fixed and variable costs.
Consequently, a mismatch may occur if the FT-A commodity charge is
used in calculating monthly cash outs for service under Rate Schedules
FT-GS, IT or AOT.
To cure this potential problem, Viking proposes to amend this
section to provide that [t]he `Transportation Component' shall be equal
to the commodity rate under the applicable rate schedule for
transportation to the applicable zone multiplied by the monthly
imbalance, plus any applicable fuel and use charges.''
The second proposed change concerns the calculation of the
published Index Price under the monthly cash out mechanism. The Index
Price is based on an ``Average Monthly Index Price,'' which is an
average of the Weekly Index Prices for the month. The Weekly Index
Price equals the price of gas delivered to Transporter at Emerson,
Manitoba as published in the ``Weekly Price Survey'' of Gas Daily.
Section 6(a)(ii), however, does not address the situation of how to
calculate the Average Monthly Index Price in the event Gas Daily does
not include in its Weekly Price Survey a price for gas delivered to
Viking at Emerson, Manitoba for any of the weeks in the month because
of an insufficient number of transactions. This, in fact, occurred in
December, 1993.
To remedy this situation, Viking proposes to amend Section 6(a)(ii)
by including the following language:
If none of the Gas Daily ``Weekly Price Surveys'' for a given
month include a price for gas delivered to Transporter at Emerson,
Manitoba (``Weekly Emerson Price''), the ``Average Monthly Price
Index'' for such month shall be the average of: (1) the last Weekly
Emerson Price published by Gas Daily preceding that month; and (2)
the first Weekly Emerson Price published by Gas Daily following that
month.
Viking proposes an effective date of November 1, 1993, for the
proposed changes to section 6(a)(ii), and hereby requests such waivers
as are necessary to permit the changes to become effective on that
date.
Any person desiring to be heard or protest said filing should file
a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 825 North Capitol Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). All such motions or
protests should be filed on or before May 11, 1994. 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-11177 Filed 5-9-94; 8:45 am]
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