[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 173 (Thursday, September 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46589-46590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22120]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. TA94-1-23-007]
Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in
FERC Gas Tariff
August 31, 1995.
Take notice that on August 29, 1995, Eastern Shore Natural Gas
Company (Eastern Shore) tendered for filing certain revised tariff
sheets included in Appendix A attached to the filing. Such revised
tariff sheets bear various proposed effective dates as indicated
thereon.
Eastern Shore states the instant filing is being submitted to
comply with the Commission's order issued August 17, 1995 in Docket
Nos. TA94-1-23-003, et al. The Commission's order approved Eastern
Shore's Offer of Settlement (Settlement) as filed on June 19, 1995,
pursuant to Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and
Procedure. More specifically, the filing is submitted in accordance
with Articles I, II, and III of the Settlement.
Article I provides that, within fifteen days after the Commission
approves the Settlement, Eastern Shore shall file revised Purchased Gas
Adjustment (PGA) and Transportation Cost Adjustment (TCA) tariff sheets
providing for: (1) The use of the unit-of-sales method to compute its
(a) current demand and commodity adjustments, and (b) monthly deferred
demand and commodity costs, and (2) the allocation of the demand costs
to its firm sales customers based on a jurisdictional demand allocation
factor calculated by dividing total jurisdictional customers' contract
demands by the total of all customers' contract demands (i.e.
jurisdictional and non-jurisdictional). These revised tariff sheets
shall be made effective June 1, 1994.
Article II of the Settlement provides that Eastern Shore shall make
cash refunds to its jurisdictional sales customers based on the changes
in the PGA method described above. Refunds shall be computed from June
1, 1994 through June 30, 1995. Such period coincides with the end of
the twelve-month deferral period which ends four months prior to the
November 1, 1995 effective date of Eastern Shore's forthcoming annual
PGA filing. Accordingly, Eastern Shore's Account No. 191 demand and
commodity deferral balances shall be zeroed out as of June 30, 1995,
thus eliminating the need for Eastern Shore to file for recovery of
such balances in its annual PGA to be filed on or about September 1,
1995.
Article III provides that Eastern Shore shall file revised rate
tariff sheets to be effective July 1, 1995. Such revised tariff sheets
reflect a reduction of $0.9317 per Dt in Eastern Shore's jurisdictional
contract demand sales rates. This reduction is accomplished by
restating Eastern Shore's Base Tariff Rates to reflect an equivalent
decrease. In addition, the restated Base Tariff Rates reflect Eastern
Shore's cumulative PGA and TCA adjustments as filed in Docket No. TQ95-
3-23-000. Such filing, accepted by the Commission on May 22, 1995, to
be effective May 31, 1995, was
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Eastern Shore's most recently approved filing prior to July 1, 1995.
Eastern Shore further states it is also filing revised rate tariff
sheets necessary to reflect the implementation of the Settlement on its
various filings made subsequent to July 1, 1995. Such filings include
(1) Docket No. TF95-5-23-000, an interim PGA approved to be effective
July 1, 1995; (2) Docket No. TQ95-4-23-000, a quarterly PGA filing
approved to be effective August 1, 1995; (3) Docket No. TF95-6-23-000,
an interim PGA filing approved to be effective August 1, 1995; and (4)
Docket No. TM95-11-23-000, a tracking filing approved to be effective
September 1, 1995.
Eastern Shore states it is currently in the process of finalizing
its refund calculations and intends to make such refunds at its
earliest opportunity, but in no event later than September 15, 1995. As
directed by the Commission, Eastern Shore will file a refund report
within thirty days of the refund distribution.
ESNG states that copies of the filing have been served upon its
jurisdictional sales customers and interested State Commissions.
Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should
file a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 825 North Capitol Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.
20426, in accordance with Rule 211 and Rule 214 of the Commission's
Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR Section 385.211 and Section
385.214). All such motions or protests should be filed on or before
September 8, 1995. 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 to intervene. Copies of this filing are on
file with the Commission and are available for public inspection.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-22120 Filed 9-6-95; 8:45 am]
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