E5-3090. Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice Of Segmentation Report

June 9, 2005.

Take notice that on June 1, 2005, Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation (Columbia) tendered for filing its segmentation report reflecting all segmentation activity that transpired on its system during the first year the program was in place. Columbia states that it filed the segmentation report in compliance with an order issued July 19, 2002 (100 FERC ¶§ 61,084 (2002), order on reh'g and clarification, 104 FERC ¶ 61,168 (2003)) in its Order No. 637 proceeding. Columbia further indicates that it is also providing a first-year report on its experience administering the secondary point priority allocation methodology.

Columbia states that it is considering the merger of the segmentation pool into the Rate Schedule IPP (Interruptible Paper Pool) in order to create one virtual pool on its system that will exist along with the physical pooling points provided under Rate Schedule AS (Aggregation Service). Columbia described the option for the merger and requested comment by all interested parties. Columbia further states that it is willing to hold a customer meeting to further explore the merger concept, to the extent adequate customer support exists to make such discussions worthwhile. Columbia also requests that the Commission accept its first-year report on segmentation and secondary point priority allocation.

Any person desiring to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rule 211 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Protests to this filing 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. Such protests must be filed on or before the date as indicated below. Anyone filing a protest must serve a copy of that document on all the parties to the proceeding.

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Protest Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on June 21, 2005.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.