[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 3401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-1030]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. RP95-121-000]


Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Proposed Changes 
in FERC Gas Tariff

January 10, 1995.
    Take notice that on January 4, 1995, Granite State Gas 
Transmission, Inc. (Granite State), tendered for filing with the 
Commission First Revised Sheet No. 35 of its FERC Gas Tariff, Third 
Revised Volume No. 1, containing changes in rates to become effective 
on February 1, 1995.
    According to Granite State, its filing is a limited Section 4 
filing to direct bill its former bundled sales customers, Bay State Gas 
Company (Bay State) and Northern Utilities, Inc. (Northern Utilities), 
for unreimbursed transportation charges paid to Tennessee Gas Pipeline 
Company (Tennessee) for transportation services rendered during 
September and October, 1993, two months before Granite State commenced 
its restructured operations on November 1, 1993.
    Granite State further asserts that, prior to restructuring, it had 
assembled a system supply of natural gas to support its sales services, 
which included purchases of Canadian gas from Boundary Gas, Inc. 
(Boundary Gas) and Shell Canada, Limited (Shell). Granite State 
purchased these supplies at the U.S.-Canadian border and arranged for 
transportation services on upstream pipelines, among which was 
Tennessee, for delivery of these supplies, to its market area under 
Tennessee's Rate Schedules CGT-NE, FT-A, and NET-NE.
    According to Granite State, it was authorized to pass through the 
upstream transportation charges in a Transportation Cost Adjustment 
added to its sales rates during the period prior to the date it 
commenced restructured operations. The Transportation Cost Adjustment 
was approved by the Commission in Boundary Gas, Inc., et al., 26 FERC  
61,114 (1994).
    Granite State further states that, in Docket No. RP94-293-000, it 
filed on June 15, 1994, to direct bill its former sales customers for 
unreimbursed upstream transportation charges for the period ending 
October 31, 1993. According to Granite State Tennessee continues to 
revise and refine its billings to Granite State for transportation 
services during September and October, 1993, and it has received 
additional billings from Tennessee in the amount of $104,426.15 for the 
volumetric component for services under Tennessee's Rate Schedules CGT-
NE, FT-A and NET-NE for the months of September and October, 1993, 
which Granite State proposes to direct bill Bay State and Northern 
Utilities through its filing of First Revised Sheet No. 35.
    According to Granite State, copies of its filing were served upon 
its customers, Bay State and Northern Utilities, and the regulatory 
commissions of the States of Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to 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 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 
January 18, 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 to the proceeding or to participate as a party in any 
hearing therein must file a motion to intervene in accordance with the 
Commission's Rules. Copies of this filing are on file with the 
Commission and are available for public inspection.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-1030 Filed 1-13-95; 8:45 am]
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