[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 135 (Wednesday, July 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 38157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18803]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RP98-325-000]
Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Filing
July 9, 1998.
Take notice that on July 1, 1998 Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company
(Eastern Shore) tendered a filing to terminate its Account No. 191--
Unrecovered Purchased Gas Costs as of October 31, 1997, and to refund/
surcharge the balance in such account to its customers as necessary.
Eastern Shore states that such termination is the result of Eastern
Shore's conversion to a Part 284 open access transportation pipeline
and the implementation of its new open access FERC Gas Tariff on
November 1, 1997, (See 81 FERC para. 61,013 (1998)).
Eastern Shore states that Section 38--Transition Cost Recovery
Mechanism, of the General Terms and Conditions (``GT & C'') of its FERC
Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, effective November 1, 1997,
provides for the recovery of costs incurred as a result of
implementing, in connection with implementing, or attributable to the
requirements of the Commission's Order No. 636, such costs being
referred to as ``transition costs''. Eastern Shore states that the
Commission identified from specific types of transition costs: (1)
Account No. 191 costs; (2) Gas Supply Realignment Costs; (3) Stranded
Costs; and (4) certain new facilities. Eastern Shore states that this
filing, however, pertains only to the first category described above,
Account No. 191 costs.
Eastern Shore further states that Section 38(a) of the CT & C
permits Eastern Shore to direct bill a customer, in the case of a
positive (debit) Account No. 191 balance, or refund a customer, in the
case of a negative (credit) Account No 191 balance, that customer's
share of the total unrecovered costs contained in Eastern Shore's
Account No. 191. The portion of unrecovered costs that relate to demand
shall be allocated on the basis of each particular customer's contract
demand quantity under Eastern Shore's former CD-1 or CD-E rate schedule
in effect on October 31, 1997, the day prior to the implementation of
open access on Eastern Shore's system. The portion of unrecovered costs
that relate to commodity shall be allocated on the basis of each
particular customer's commodity purchases under Eastern Shore's former
CD-1 or CD-E rate schedules for the period November 1, 1996 through
October 31, 1997, the twelve immediately preceding the implementation
of open access on Eastern Shore's system.
Finally, Eastern Shore states that it intends to distribute refunds
or direct bill surcharges on September 1, 1998, and has calculated the
appropriate carrying charges through such date.
Eastern Shore states that copies of the filing have been served
upon its affected customers and interested state commissions.
Any person desiring to be heard or to protest this filing should
file a motion to intervene or a protest with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426,
in accordance with Sections 385.214 and 385.214 of the Commission's
Rules and Regulations. All such motions or protests must be filed on or
before July 14, 1998. 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. 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. 98-18803 Filed 7-14-98; 8:45 am]
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