[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40377-40378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19471]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. RP95-407-000]


Questar Pipeline Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas 
Tariff

August 2, 1995.
    Take notice that on July 31, 1995, Questar Pipeline Company 
(Questar), tendered for filing and acceptance tariff sheets to First 
Revised Volume No. 1 and Original Volume No. 3 of its FERC Gas Tariff 
to implement revised base rates for jurisdictional transportation and 
storage services, to become effective September 1, 1995.
    Questar states that the proposed changes would increase revenues 
from jurisdictional transportation and storage service by $23.3 million 
based on the 12-month period ended March 31, 1995, as adjusted. Questar 
tendered for filing and acceptance the following tariff sheets:

Primary Tariff Sheets

First Revised Volume No. 1

Original Sheet Nos. 98A, 98B and 99
First Revised Sheet Nos. 7, 13, 92A and 98
Second Revised Sheet Nos. 14 and 92
Third Revised Sheet Nos. 6A and 40
Fifth Revised Sheet Nos. 5 and 6

Original Volume No. 3

Fifteenth Revised Sheet No. 8
Alternate Tariff Sheets
Alternate Fifth Revised Sheet No. 5
Fifth Revised Sheet No. 5A

    Concurrent with this filing to increase rates for transmission and 
storage services, Questar has filed a request with the Commission to 
``spin down'' its current gathering operations to a wholly owned 
subsidiary, Questar Gas Management Company (QGM), effective January 1, 
1996. This would be effected by a transfer of the facilities that 
Questar currently uses to provide gathering services and the 
corresponding termination of any gathering service obligation of 
Questar. In addition, QGM is requesting a declaratory order from the 
Commission declaring that the facilities to be transferred to QGM are 
non-jurisdictional gathering facilities and that QGM is not subject to 
FERC jurisdiction.
    The proposed tariff sheets in this filing do not contain any stated 
rates for gathering, as Questar will not be providing gathering service 
after December 31, 1995, if the Commission approves the gathering-
transfer requests sought by Questar and QGM. For this reason, it is 
important that rates in this proceeding be made effective no later than 
January 1, 1996.
    Questar states that the primary reasons for the proposed change is 
to incorporate into base rates (1) the transition costs associated with 
its Order No. 636 restructuring in Docket No. RS92-9, (2) the 
elimination of Questar's 90/10 interruptible transportation revenue-
crediting provision, (3) a rate of return on equity that more 
appropriately measures the cost of equity funds for a pipeline that 
faces the business risks attendant to today's competitive markets, (4) 
increased accruals associated with changes in financial accounting 
standards, (5) increased gas plant in service, (6) depreciation rates 
that better reflect the economic life of electronic flow measurement 
and computer equipment, (7) increased labor costs, (8) the 
reclassification of gathering and transmission facilities associated 
with the transfer of gathering facilities to QGM and (9) costs 
associated with certain certificated facilities that have been placed 
``at risk'' by the Commission.
    Questar states that copies of the proposed tariff sheets and the 
application letter describing the nature of the application were served 
upon the Company's jurisdictional customers (including customers 
receiving service under a capacity-release arrangement) and upon the 
Utah and Wyoming Public Service Commissions. The Company has offered to 
provide a complete set of supporting schedules, tables and testimony to 
such parties upon request.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest this 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 

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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 August 9, 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-19471 Filed 8-7-95; 8:45 am]
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