[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 173 (Thursday, September 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46589-46590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22120]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. TA94-1-23-007]


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

August 31, 1995.
    Take notice that on August 29, 1995, Eastern Shore Natural Gas 
Company (Eastern Shore) tendered for filing certain revised tariff 
sheets included in Appendix A attached to the filing. Such revised 
tariff sheets bear various proposed effective dates as indicated 
thereon.
    Eastern Shore states the instant filing is being submitted to 
comply with the Commission's order issued August 17, 1995 in Docket 
Nos. TA94-1-23-003, et al. The Commission's order approved Eastern 
Shore's Offer of Settlement (Settlement) as filed on June 19, 1995, 
pursuant to Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure. More specifically, the filing is submitted in accordance 
with Articles I, II, and III of the Settlement.
    Article I provides that, within fifteen days after the Commission 
approves the Settlement, Eastern Shore shall file revised Purchased Gas 
Adjustment (PGA) and Transportation Cost Adjustment (TCA) tariff sheets 
providing for: (1) The use of the unit-of-sales method to compute its 
(a) current demand and commodity adjustments, and (b) monthly deferred 
demand and commodity costs, and (2) the allocation of the demand costs 
to its firm sales customers based on a jurisdictional demand allocation 
factor calculated by dividing total jurisdictional customers' contract 
demands by the total of all customers' contract demands (i.e. 
jurisdictional and non-jurisdictional). These revised tariff sheets 
shall be made effective June 1, 1994.
    Article II of the Settlement provides that Eastern Shore shall make 
cash refunds to its jurisdictional sales customers based on the changes 
in the PGA method described above. Refunds shall be computed from June 
1, 1994 through June 30, 1995. Such period coincides with the end of 
the twelve-month deferral period which ends four months prior to the 
November 1, 1995 effective date of Eastern Shore's forthcoming annual 
PGA filing. Accordingly, Eastern Shore's Account No. 191 demand and 
commodity deferral balances shall be zeroed out as of June 30, 1995, 
thus eliminating the need for Eastern Shore to file for recovery of 
such balances in its annual PGA to be filed on or about September 1, 
1995.
    Article III provides that Eastern Shore shall file revised rate 
tariff sheets to be effective July 1, 1995. Such revised tariff sheets 
reflect a reduction of $0.9317 per Dt in Eastern Shore's jurisdictional 
contract demand sales rates. This reduction is accomplished by 
restating Eastern Shore's Base Tariff Rates to reflect an equivalent 
decrease. In addition, the restated Base Tariff Rates reflect Eastern 
Shore's cumulative PGA and TCA adjustments as filed in Docket No. TQ95-
3-23-000. Such filing, accepted by the Commission on May 22, 1995, to 
be effective May 31, 1995, was 

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Eastern Shore's most recently approved filing prior to July 1, 1995.
    Eastern Shore further states it is also filing revised rate tariff 
sheets necessary to reflect the implementation of the Settlement on its 
various filings made subsequent to July 1, 1995. Such filings include 
(1) Docket No. TF95-5-23-000, an interim PGA approved to be effective 
July 1, 1995; (2) Docket No. TQ95-4-23-000, a quarterly PGA filing 
approved to be effective August 1, 1995; (3) Docket No. TF95-6-23-000, 
an interim PGA filing approved to be effective August 1, 1995; and (4) 
Docket No. TM95-11-23-000, a tracking filing approved to be effective 
September 1, 1995.
    Eastern Shore states it is currently in the process of finalizing 
its refund calculations and intends to make such refunds at its 
earliest opportunity, but in no event later than September 15, 1995. As 
directed by the Commission, Eastern Shore will file a refund report 
within thirty days of the refund distribution.
    ESNG states that copies of the filing have been served upon its 
jurisdictional sales customers and interested State Commissions.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to 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 Rule 211 and Rule 214 of the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR Section 385.211 and Section 
385.214). All such motions or protests should be filed on or before 
September 8, 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 to intervene. Copies of this filing are on 
file with the Commission and are available for public inspection.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-22120 Filed 9-6-95; 8:45 am]
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