[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 28018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13442]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RP97-258-001]
Williams Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC
Gas Tariff
May 16, 1997.
Take notice that on May 12, 1997, Williams Natural Gas Company
(WNG) filed a request for a stay of the Commission's April 30, 1997
order in the above-captioned docket.
WNG states that on February 24, 1997, it filed tariff sheets to
establish a pooling service on its system to be effective May, 1997.
This pooling service was intended to meet the standards proposed by the
Gas Industry Standards Board (GISB) and adopted by the Commission in
Order No. 587. On April 30, 1997, the Commission issued an order
requiring substantial modifications to the service proposed by WNG.
Those modifications will require significant computer system changes;
therefore, WNG states that it is unable to implement the pooling
service with all of the changes required by the April 30 order to be
effective May 1, 1997.
WNG states that it believes the order approved April 30 reflects a
significant misunderstanding of the mechanics of WNG's pooling proposal
and the underlying operational considerations involved. Therefore, WNG
respectfully requests that the Commission (1) Stay the effectiveness of
the April 30 order pending the results of a technical conference; (2)
convene a technical conference to permit WNG to explain fully the
operation of its proposed pooling service and the effects of modifying
the proposal as set forth in the April 30 order; and (3) modify the
order based on the outcome of the technical conference.
Alternatively, if the Commission determines that WNG must file
revised tariff sheets to implement pooling on May 1, WNG requests that
it be permitted to implement the pooling program proposed in its filing
with those modifications required by the April 30 order which it can
implement by May 1. Accordingly, WNG tendered for filing as part of its
FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, the revised tariff sheets
listed on Appendix A to the filing, to be effective May 1, 1997.
WNG states that a copy of its filing was served on all participants
listed on the service list maintained by the Commission in the docket
referenced above and on all of WNG's jurisdictional customers and
interested state commissions.
Any person desiring to protest this filing should file a protest
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE,
Washington, D.C. 20426, in accordance with Section 385.211 of the
Commission's Rules and Regulations. All such 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 proceedings. 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. 97-13442 Filed 5-21-97; 8:45 am]
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