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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. RP94-226-000]

 

Viking Gas Transmission Co.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC 
Gas Tariff

May 4, 1994.
    Take notice that on April 29, 1994, Viking Gas Transmission Company 
(Viking) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Original 
Volume No. 1, the following tariff sheets to be effective November 1, 
1993:

Second Revised Sheet No. 34
Second Revised Sheet No. 35

    Viking states that the purpose of this filing is to amend Section 
6(a)(ii) of the monthly imbalance cash out mechanism under Rate 
Schedule LMS in two respects.
    Viking states that this section currently provides that in 
calculating cash outs, ``[t]he `Transportation Component' shall be 
equal to the commodity rate under Rate Schedule FT-A for transportation 
to the applicable zone multiplied by the monthly imbalance, plus any 
applicable fuel an use charges.''
    Viking's Rate Schedule FT-A has a two-part rate, with a fixed cost 
reservation charge and a variable cost volumetric charge. Viking's 
other services, however, under Rate Schedules FT-GS, IT and AOT, have a 
one-part volumetric rate that recovers both fixed and variable costs.
    Consequently, a mismatch may occur if the FT-A commodity charge is 
used in calculating monthly cash outs for service under Rate Schedules 
FT-GS, IT or AOT.
    To cure this potential problem, Viking proposes to amend this 
section to provide that [t]he `Transportation Component' shall be equal 
to the commodity rate under the applicable rate schedule for 
transportation to the applicable zone multiplied by the monthly 
imbalance, plus any applicable fuel and use charges.''
    The second proposed change concerns the calculation of the 
published Index Price under the monthly cash out mechanism. The Index 
Price is based on an ``Average Monthly Index Price,'' which is an 
average of the Weekly Index Prices for the month. The Weekly Index 
Price equals the price of gas delivered to Transporter at Emerson, 
Manitoba as published in the ``Weekly Price Survey'' of Gas Daily.
    Section 6(a)(ii), however, does not address the situation of how to 
calculate the Average Monthly Index Price in the event Gas Daily does 
not include in its Weekly Price Survey a price for gas delivered to 
Viking at Emerson, Manitoba for any of the weeks in the month because 
of an insufficient number of transactions. This, in fact, occurred in 
December, 1993.
    To remedy this situation, Viking proposes to amend Section 6(a)(ii) 
by including the following language:

    If none of the Gas Daily ``Weekly Price Surveys'' for a given 
month include a price for gas delivered to Transporter at Emerson, 
Manitoba (``Weekly Emerson Price''), the ``Average Monthly Price 
Index'' for such month shall be the average of: (1) the last Weekly 
Emerson Price published by Gas Daily preceding that month; and (2) 
the first Weekly Emerson Price published by Gas Daily following that 
month.

    Viking proposes an effective date of November 1, 1993, for the 
proposed changes to section 6(a)(ii), and hereby requests such waivers 
as are necessary to permit the changes to become effective on that 
date.
    Any person desiring to be heard or protest said filing should file 
a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 825 North Capitol Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, in 
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). All such motions or 
protests should be filed on or before May 11, 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. 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. 94-11177 Filed 5-9-94; 8:45 am]
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