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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. TA94-1-23-004]

 

Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Proposed Changes in FERC Gas 
Tariff

June 30, 1994.
    Take notice that on June 21, 1994 Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company 
(Eastern Shore) tendered for filing certain revised tariff sheets and 
refund reports, included in Appendix A and B of the filing, to comply 
with the Commission's Order dated May 19, 1994, in the above referenced 
proceeding. Eastern Shore has separately filed a request for rehearing 
of the May 19 Order.
    Eastern Shore states that the subject tariff sheets are being filed 
to comply with Ordering Paragraph C of the Commission's Order. Such 
paragraph directed Eastern Shore to revise its tariff to provide either 
a Unit-of-Sales or Unit-of-Purchase methodology for computing both its 
demand current adjustment and monthly deferred demand costs in 
accordance with Sec. 154.303(c)(2)(ii) of the Commission's PGA 
regulations and file such revised tariff sheets within 30 days of the 
date of the Order to be made effective prospectively from the date of 
the Order.
    As stated in Eastern Shore's request for rehearing, Eastern Shore 
believes its PGA tariff provisions and its PGA filings during the past 
six years have consistently used a Unit-of-Purchase methodology for 
computing both the current demand charge adjustment and the monthly 
demand deferrals. Eastern Shore, however, states it is willing to 
revise its tariff provisions to be effective May 19, 1994, in 
accordance with the Commission's Order to further clarify that both its 
current demand charge adjustments and monthly demand deferrals will be 
calculated using a Unit-of-Purchase methodology.
    Eastern Shore states that two ``refund reports'' are being filed to 
comply with Ordering Paragraph D, which requires Eastern Shore to 
refund with interest its overcharges from November 1, 1992 to the 
current billing month and to file a report showing how the refund was 
calculated. Due to what Eastern Shore believes to be an inconsistency 
or contradiction with respect to the Commission's language in its 
Order, Eastern Shore has submitted for the Commission's review two 
separate refund scenarios with significantly different results, each of 
which it states is arguably in compliance with the Commission's Order.
    Eastern Shore states that upon notification from the Commission as 
to which refund report it accepts, it will credit the appropriate 
refund amount to its Account No. 191 Demand Refund Sub-Account and 
refund such amount, as provided in Sec. 21.6, ``Rufunds'' of its PGA 
tariff provisions.
    Eastern Shore states that copies of the filing have been served 
upon its jurisdictional customers and interested State Commissions.
    Any person desiring to protest said filing should file a protest 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 825 North Capitol 
Street, N.E., Washington D.C., 20426, in accordance with Rule 211 of 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). All 
such protests should be filed on or before July 8, 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. 94-16380 Filed 7-6-94; 8:45 am]
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