[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 218 (Monday, November 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 56997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27891]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket Nos. RM95-3-000 and RM95-4-000]


Filing and Reporting Requirements for Interstate Natural Gas 
Companies Rate Schedules and Tariffs and Revisions to Uniform System of 
Accounts Forms, Statements, and Reporting Requirements for Natural Gas 
Companies; Notice of Informal Technical Conference

November 6, 1995.
    Take notice that on Thursday, November 30, 1995, an informal 
technical conference will be convened pursuant to the orders issued 
September 29, 1995, in Docket Nos. RM95-3-000 and RM95-4-000.\1\ The 
Commission directed staff to convene an industry-wide conference to 
resolve any remaining electronic filing issues.

    \1\ Filing and Reporting Requirements for Interstate Natural Gas 
Companies Rate Schedules and Tariffs, Order No. 582, 60 FR 52960 
(October 11, 1995), 72 FERC para. 61,300 (1995); and, Revisions to 
Uniform System of Accounts Forms, Statements, and Reporting 
Requirements for Natural Gas Companies, Order No. 581, 60 FR 53019 
(October 11, 1995), 72 FERC para. 61,301 (1995).
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    The goals of the conference are to:
     Establish working groups to resolve all remaining issues 
regarding the Form No. 11, Form No. 2, and rate case filings; and, 
determine the first date these groups will convene.
     Resolve issues remaining with respect to the use of Rich 
Text Format (RTF) for text.
     Resolve all remaining electronic filing issues regarding 
the Index of Customers and the discount rate reports.

Rich Text Format

    In the orders, the Commission specifically stated that the 
following issues should be addressed by conference participants:
     Alternatives to RTF.
     Whether text prepared in the RTF format would be error 
free when translated.
     Whether translation into and from RTF is available in the 
most popular word processing programs.
     Whether RTF is compatible with use in databases.
     Where RTF should be used in the Commission's filings and 
reports.

Index of Customers and Discount Rate Reports

    Due to the simplicity of the Index of Customers and the discount 
rate reports, staff expects to resolve all remaining electronic filing 
issues associated with these two filings at this conference. To 
expeditiously resolve all remaining issues, interested conference 
participants should prepare proposed solutions to the following issues:
     Whether the header record identifying the filing pipeline 
and the period for which data is being reported should include other 
information and, if so, what information.
     How files should be named.
     What date format should be adopted to avoid any 
difficulties in the year 2000.
     How footnotes should be dealt with in the file.
    Issues specific to the Index of Customers, include:
     How to treat seasonal contract quantities.
     How to report the expiration date of contracts operating 
on a month to month, year to year, or similar basis.
     How units of measurement should be included in the report.
    In order for the conference to be as productive as possible, staff 
invites written comments on the above listed issues and topics of 
discussion. Such comments should be addressed to Richard A. White, 
Office of General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Comments should be received by 
November 21, 1995. As part of staff's experimentation with RTF, we 
encourage commenters to submit their comments on a 3\1/2\'' diskette in 
RTF. Comments in ASCII format are also welcome.
    Any parties wishing to make a presentation at the conference should 
contact Richard White, (202) 208-0491. Presentations should be limited 
to 10 minutes duration.
    The conference will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 30, 
1995, in a Hearing Room of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. All interested persons are 
invited to attend.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-27891 Filed 11-9-95; 8:45 am]
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