98-24398. Colorado Interstate Gas Company; Notice of Tariff Filing

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 176 (Friday, September 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 48720]
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[FR Doc No: 98-24398]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RP98-391-000]


Colorado Interstate Gas Company; Notice of Tariff Filing

September 4, 1998.
    Take notice that on September 1, 1998, Colorado Interstate Gas 
Company (CIG), tendered for filing to become part of its FERC Gas 
Tariff, First Revised Volume No. 1, the tariff sheets listed in the 
Appendix A attached to the filing, to be effective October 5, 1998.
    CIG states it is making this filing to initiate a new ``Swing 
Service'' which will establish a gas balance management tool for points 
of delivery where ``No Notice'' service is not available and where an 
Operational Balancing Agreement is not appropriate.
    CIG further states this service will be available to the operator 
at such points of delivery, and CIG believes that end users who are 
directly connected to its system will be the primary users of the 
proposed service. CIG states it cannot offer additional service under 
its storage-based NNT Rate Schedule since its current NNT commitments 
exhaust all of its available storage deliverability/capacity.
    CIG states it has entered into Operational Balancing Agreements at 
most points of receipt and interconnects with other interstate 
pipelines and intrastate pipelines, as well as other non-market 
sensitive delivery points. However, CIG states that remain certain 
points of delivery where Operational Balancing Agreements are not 
appropriate, because the variances at these locations are primarily the 
direct result of market swings rather than operational issues. By 
offering the new ``Swing Service'' to the operators of these facilities 
at which CIG delivers gas, CIG hopes to provide these point operators 
with the ability to reduce the imbalance penalties and cash-out 
obligations that can arise as end-user markets swing up and down.
    CIG states that copies of the filing have been mailed to all 
affected customers and state regulatory commissions.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should 
file a motion to intervene or a protest with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426, in 
accordance with Section 385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission's Rules 
and Regulations. 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 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. 98-24398 Filed 9-10-98; 8:45 am]
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