[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 218 (Monday, November 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56999-57000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27902]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. GT96-16-001]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Proposed 
Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

November 6, 1995.
    Take notice that on October 31, 1995, Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Corporation (Transco) tendered for filing certain revised tariff 
sheets to its FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1 and Original 
Volume No. 2, which tariff sheets are included in Appendix A attached 
to the filing. The proposed effective date of such tariff sheets is 
November 1, 1995.
    As background to the instant filing, on October 23, 1995, Transco 
filed in Docket No. GT96-16-000 (October 23 Filing) to convert the 
incremental Southern Expansion Project (SEP) seasonal firm 
transportation service provided to the City of Fountain Inn, South 
Carolina and the City of Kings Mountain, North Carolina (hereinafter 
referred to as the ``converting SEP shippers'') pursuant to Section 
7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the Commission's 
regulations, to firm transportation under Rate Schedule FT pursuant to 
Transco's blanket transportation certificate and Part 284 of the 
Commission's regulations. As a part of the conversion process, Transco 
and the converting SEP shippers expressly agreed that the converted SEP 
service would be billed on a seasonal basis corresponding to the period 
during which Transco provides SEP service (i.e. November through March) 
as opposed to the current annual billing cycle. Such conversions were 
proposed to be effective December 1, 1995.
    Subsequent to the October 23 Filing, Transco has determined that a 
change from the current annual billing cycle to a seasonal billing 
cycle requires that the proposed conversions be made effective November 
1, 1995, the beginning of the winter season, rather than December 1, 
1995. Making the conversions effective November 1, 1995, will allow 
Transco and the converting SEP shippers to remain economically 
indifferent to moving from an annual billing cycle to a seasonal 
billing cycle, consistent with the parties' agreement on the conversion 
process. To the extent the proposed SEP conversions were to be made 
effective subsequent to November 1, Transco would incur a revenue 
shortfall for the time period during which it was to bill converted SEP 
service based on annual rates. In recognition of this unintended 
result, Transco and the converting SEP shippers have agreed to 
effectuate the conversions proposed in Docket No. GT96-16-000 effective 
November 1, 1995, in lieu of December 1, 1995. Therefore, Transco 
requests that the Commission accept the tariff sheets included in 
Appendix A attached to the subject filing, in lieu of those filed in 
Docket No. GT96-16-000.
    Transco states that copies of the filing are being mailed to the 
converting SEP shippers and interested State Commissions.
    Any person desiring to protest said filing should file a protest 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Section 385.211 of the 
Commission's Rules and Regulations. All such protests should be filed 
on or before November 14, 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. 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. 95-27902 Filed 11-9-95; 8:45 am]
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