[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 46 (Thursday, March 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 12941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5729]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. RP95-187-000]


Northwest Pipeline Corp.; Notice of Proposed Change in FERC Gas 
Tariff

March 3, 1995.
    Take notice that on March 1, 1995, Northwest Pipeline Corporation 
(Northwest), tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff the 
following tariff sheets with a proposed effective date of April 1, 
1995:

Third Revised Volume No. 1

Fourth Revised Sheet No. 14
Third Revised Sheet No. 231
Original Sheet No. 231-A
Alternate Fourth Revised Sheet No. 14
Alternate Third Revised Sheet No. 231
Alternate Original Sheet No. 231-A

Original Volume No. 2

Fourteenth Revised Sheet No. 2.1
Alternate Fourteenth Revised Sheet No. 2.1

    Northwest states that the purpose of this filing is to change fuel 
use requirements factors (Factors) for Rate Schedules TF-1, TF-2, TI-1, 
T-1 contained in Third Revised Volume No. 1 and for transportation 
service rate schedules contained in Original Volume No. 2 of 
Northwest's FERC Gas Tariff. Factors are determined each year to become 
effective April 1 pursuant to Section 14.12 of the General Terms and 
Conditions contained in Northwest's FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised 
Volume No. 1, and pursuant to Section 5 of Sheet No. 2.1 in Northwest's 
FERC Gas Tariff, Original Volume No. 2.
    Northwest states that it concurrently submitted another filing on 
March 1, 1995 with tariff sheets proposing new Factors to become 
effective April 1, 1995 for Northwest's transportation and storage rate 
schedules. Northwest states that the preferred and alternate proposals 
in the instant filing revise the methodology for calculating the 
Factors.
    Under the preferred methodology, Northwest states that it would 
eliminate its past unrecovered volumetric investment in lost and 
unaccounted-for gas through a one-time catch-up adjustment to be 
amortized over a three-year period. Northwest would also propose to 
remain current prospectively in recovering such gas by projecting lost 
and unaccounted-for gas expected for each year the tariff provisions 
will be in effect, as compared to the current method of recovering such 
gas after the fact on a lag basis. Northwest states that the projection 
methodology would serve to improve the accuracy of the Factors, and 
customers would be protected from the consequences of any errors in the 
projections by the proposed true-up procedure. An alternative to the 
preferred methodology, which establishes carrying charges to be 
computed on a volumetric basis and calculated on Northwest's investment 
in gas purchases to fund lost and unaccounted-for gas, is also proposed 
by Northwest.
    Northwest states that a copy of this filing has been served upon 
Northwest's jurisdictional customers and upon relevant state regulatory 
commissions.
    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, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, in 
accordance with Sections 385.214 and 385.211 of the Commission's Rules 
of Practice and Procedure. All such motions or protests should be filed 
on or before March 10, 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 a motion to intervene. Copies of 
this filing are on file with the Commission and are available for 
public inspection in the Public Reference Room.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-5729 Filed 3-8-95; 8:45 am]
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