97-17817. Viking Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Filing and Refund Report

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36801-36802]
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[FR Doc No: 97-17817]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RP97-401-000]


Viking Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Filing and Refund 
Report

July 2, 1997.
    Take notice that on June 27, 1997, Viking Gas Transmission Company 
(Viking) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, First 
Revised Volume No. 1, Eighth Revised Sheet No. 6, proposed to be 
effective October 1, 1996 and a refund report labeled ``Expansion 
Contracts Demand Revenue Adjustments'' that details refunds Viking made 
to its Rate Schedule FT-B expansion customers.
    Viking states that the purpose of this filing is to comply with the 
the Commission's May 15, 1996 ``Order Issuing Certificate'' in Docket 
No. CP96-32-000, 75 FERC para. 61,154 (``May 15, 1996 Order'') that 
Viking: (1) Make a limited Section 4 filing under the Natural Gas Act, 
15 U.S.C. Sec. 717c (1994), to ``true-up'' the initial incremental 
demand rate of $7.75 Dth/month approved in Docket No. CP96-32-000 for 
Viking's Rate Schedule FT-B expansion service and (2) refund the 
difference between the initial and trued-up rates for Rate Schedule FT-
B expansion service to its customers.
    Viking states that Eighth Revised Sheet No. 6 reflects Viking's 
trued-up rates for its Rate Schedule FT-B expansion service. Viking is 
also filing updates to exhibits that Viking filed on October 24, 1995 
in Docket No. CP96-32-000 as part of its ``Abbreviated Application for 
a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity.'' These updates 
reflect the differences between the costs underlying Viking's initial 
and trued-up rates for Rate Schedule FT-B expansion service as well as 
the development of Viking's trued-up Rate Schedule FT-B expansion 
rates.
    Viking's also states that the refund report details the refunds and 
interest owed to Viking' Rate Schedule FT-B expansion customers. Viking 
refunded these amounts to its Rate Schedule FT-B expansion customers on 
June 12, 1997 by applying the refund amounts to its invoices for May 
1997. Viking began invoicing based on its trued-up rates for services 
rendered in May 1997.
    Viking states that copies of the filing have been mailed to all of 
its jurisdictional customers and to affected State regulatory 
commissions.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should 
file a motion to intervene or protests with the Federal

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Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, DC 
20426, in accordance with rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules 
of Practice and Procedure. All such motions or protests must be filed 
in accordance with 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-17817 Filed 7-8-97; 8:45 am]
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