[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-1799]


[Federal Register: January 28, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket Nos. RP94-66-002, RP93-125-000, RP93-181-000 and 002]


Texas Eastern Transmission Corp.; Proposed Changes in FERC Gas 
Tariff

January 24, 1994.
    Take notice that as required by the Commission's Order December 30, 
1993 Order in Docket Nos. RP94-66-000, et al. (December 30 Order), 
Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation (Texas Eastern) on January 14, 
1994, submitted for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Sixth 
Revised Volume No. 1, the tariff sheets listed on Appendix A of the 
filing.
    Texas Eastern states that the December 30 Order accepted tariff 
sheets filed on December 1, 1993 (December 1 Filing) by Texas Eastern 
to recover gas supply realignment costs (GSR Costs). The December 1 
Filing was Texas Eastern's third quarterly filing to recover such costs 
and was filed pursuant to section 15.2(C) of the General Terms and 
Conditions of Texas Eastern's FERC Gas Tariff, Sixth Revised Volume No. 
1. Ordering Paragraph (A) of the December 30 Order required certain 
tariff sheets be ``refiled within fifteen days of this order to conform 
to the conditions set forth in the body of this order, and the ordering 
paragraphs below.'' Texas Eastern states that the tariff sheets listed 
in Appendix A are submitted to satisfy the requirements of the December 
30 Order.
    Texas Eastern states that section 15.2(C) of the General Terms and 
Conditions has been revised in compliance with the December 30 Order as 
follows:
    (1) Section 15.2(C)(2)(a) has been revised to extend the 
amortization and recovery period to two (2) years for buyout costs 
which are incurred after January 1, 1994 and which, in the aggregate, 
exceed fifteen (15) million dollars for a quarterly filing;
    (2) Section 15.2(C)(2)(a)(i) has been revised to reflect that 
applicable customers under Rate Schedules CDS, FT-1, LLFT and VKFT will 
be billed each month for a GSR Demand Surcharge Amount calculated by 
multiplying their current MDQ for a month times the GSR Demand 
Surcharge rate;
    (3) Section 15.2(C)(2)(a)(ii) has been revised to reflect that with 
the exception of the GSR Demand Surcharge component already designed to 
be paid over twenty-four (24) months, each customer shall have the 
option of paying its GSR Demand Surcharge obligation for any quarter in 
twenty-four (24) monthly installments.
    (4) Section 15.2(C)(2)(a)(iv) has been revised to clarify that the 
payment obligation for the GSR Demand Surcharge Amounts, together with 
applicable carrying charges, accrues in full as of the close of the 
month in which service was provided.
    (5) Section 15.2(C)(5) has been added to reflect an annual true-up, 
as of any twelve (12) month period ending June 30, of the recovery of 
GSR costs allocated to be recovered from customers under Rate Schedules 
CDS, FT-1, LLFT and VKFT.
    Texas Eastern states that pursuant to section 15.2(C) of the 
General Terms and Conditions, ninety percent (90%) of GSR Costs are 
allocated to customers under Texas Eastern's Rate Schedules CDS, FT-1, 
LLFT, and VKFT in the form of a CSR Demand Surcharge calculated using 
customer MDQs. Texas Eastern's December 1 Filing allocated $12,701,656 
of GSR Costs, inclusive of prior period adjustments and carrying 
charges, to its customers under Rate Schedules CDS, FT-1, LLFT and 
VKFT. However, Texas Eastern states that total customer MDQs under Rate 
Schedules CDS, FT-1, LLFT and VKFT have changed slightly since the 
December 1 Filing. Attachment A details the calculation of the new GSR 
Demand Surcharge unit rate based upon MDQs effective January 1, 1994. 
As a result, Texas Eastern submits Sub Sixth Revised Sheet No. 25, Sub 
Sixth Revised Sheet No. 30, Sub Third Revised Sheet No. 34A, Sub Third 
Revised Sheet No. 34B, Sub Third Revised Sheet No. 42A, and Sub Second 
Revised Sheet No. 42B to reflect this slight change in total firm 
customer MDQs. Texas Eastern states that the rates for Rate Schedules 
IT-1, PTI, LLIT and VKIT are not impacted by the slight change in total 
firm customer MDQs.
    The proposed effective date of the tariff sheets is January 1, 
1994, consistent with the December 30 Order or the effective date of 
the tariff sheets they replace.
    Texas Eastern states that copies of the filing were served on firm 
customers of Texas Eastern and interested state commission. Copies were 
also served on all parties to Docket No. RP94-66-000.
    Any person desiring to protest said filing should file a protest 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 825 North Capital 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Rule 211 of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure. All such protests should 
be filed on or before January 31, 1994. 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. Copies of 
this filing are on file with the Commission and are available for 
public inspection.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-1799 Filed 1-27-94; 8:45 am]
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