97-20536. Williams Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request for Waiver of Filing Requirement

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 42115]
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[FR Doc No: 97-20536]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RP97-427-000]


Williams Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request for Waiver of 
Filing Requirement

    Take notice that on July 23, 1997, Williams Natural Gas Company 
(WNG) tendered for filing a request for waiver of filing requirement 
pursuant to Article 14.2(g) of the General Terms and Conditions of its 
FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1.
    WNG states that it implemented Article 14.2 of the General Terms 
and Conditions of its tariff pursuant to Commission order issued April 
9, 1996 in Docket No. RP96-173. Article 14.2(g) requires WNG to file a 
statement within sixty days of the end of the twelve-month recovery 
period after implementation of Article 14.2, reflecting: (1) The 
aggregate amount of GSR Costs incurred and allocated to be collected 
during each twelve-month period following implementation of Article 
14.2; and (2) the aggregate amount of GSR Costs deemed collected during 
each twelve-month period under Rate Schedule ITS as determined pursuant 
to Article 14.2(f).
    WNG further states that Article 12.1 and Article 14.2(h) of its 
tariff provide that GSR costs allocated to ITS service are deemed 
collected after fixed costs allocated to ITS service are collected. 
Because of this provision, WNG cannot report GSR recovery from ITS 
service for the twelve month period following implementation of the 
provisions of Article 14.2 until the end of the twelve-month period 
ending September 30, 1997, as the amount of GSR recovery is tied to the 
calculation of ITS revenues and fixed cost recovery. Therefore, WNG 
requests waiver of the reporting requirements of Article 14.2(g) of its 
tariff for as long as Article 12 requires the reporting of ITS revenues 
and as long as the collection of GSR costs allocated to ITS service as 
long as the collection of GSR costs allocated to ITS service is 
dependent upon the collection of fixed costs allocated to ITS service. 
WNG states that it will make this report along with the report required 
by Article 12.
    WNG filed for information purposes a copy of Schedule C from its 
refund report in Docket No. RP95-136, filed April 15, 1997. Footnote 4 
of schedule C reports the amount of GSR costs allocated to Rate 
Schedule ITS and the amount of GSR costs collected for the period June, 
1996 through September, 1996.
    WNG states that a copy of its filing was served on all of WNG's 
jurisdictional customers and interested state commissions.
    Any persons desiring to be heard or to protest this filing should 
file a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, 
in accordance with Sections 385.214 and 385.211 of the Commission's 
Rules and Regulations. All such motions or protests must be filed on or 
before August 6, 1997. 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-20536 Filed 8-4-97; 8:45 am]
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