[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63706-63707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30185]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. RP96-72-000]


Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Settlement Compliance 
Filing

December 6, 1995.
    Take notice that on December 1, 1995, Southern Natural Gas Company 
(Southern) submitted for filing to become part of its FERC Gas Tariff, 
Seventh Revised Volume No. 1, the following substitute tariff sheets, 
to become effective January 1, 1996:

Sixth Revised Sheet No. 15A
Sixth Revised Sheet No. 17A
Second Revised Sheet No. 18A

    Southern asserts that the purpose of this filing is to comply with 
the Commission's Order Accepting Settlement, Severing Contesting 
Parties, Issuing Certificates and Approving Abandonment issued on 
September 29, 1995, 72 FERC para. 61,322 (1995) (Order), which approved 
the Stipulation and Agreement (Settlement) filed by Southern on March 
15, 1995 in Docket Nos. RP89-224-012, et al. In accordance with 
Paragraph 15 of Article VII of the Settlement, Southern has made this 
filing to recover a GSR volumetric surcharge based on an estimate of 
its unrecovered 1995 and 1996 GSR costs.
    Under the terms of the Settlement, Southern had filed tariff sheets 
providing for recovery of Southern's gas supply realignment (GSR) costs 
from the parties supporting the Settlement through a reservation 
surcharge of $1.40/Mcf of Transportation Demand and a volumetric 
surcharge of $0.08/MMBtu, which sheets were accepted subject to 
conditions effective March 1, 1995, by Letter Order of the Commission 
dated April 4, 1995, in Docket No. RP95-209, 71 FERC para. 61,022 
(1995). Paragraph 15 of Article VII of the Settlement provides for 
Southern to file on or before December 1, 1995 a GSR volumetric 
surcharge to be effective for the parties supporting the Settlement 
beginning January 1, 1996, which surcharge replaces the $1.40/Mcf and 
$0.08/MMBtu surcharges previously in effect. Such volumetric surcharge 
is to be calculated based on the sum of Southern's estimate of its 
unrecovered GSR costs as of December 31, 1995, plus Southern's estimate 
of its 1996 GSR costs (after deducting (i) Southern's share of GSR 
costs and (ii) any transportation revenue credits to be applied against 
the GSR volumetric surcharges as provided in paragraph 3 of Article 
VIII of the Settlement and excluding costs allocated to contesting 
parties not bound by the Settlement), divided by the latest 12-month 
actual throughput on Southern's system. The Settlement provides that 
the GSR volumetric surcharge calculated as described hereinabove shall 
be effective as of January 1, 1996, subject to an adjustment effective 
April 1, 1996, as provided in Paragraph 16 of Article VII of the 
Settlement.
    Southern states that copies of the filing were served upon 
Southern's customers, intervening parties and interested state 
commissions.
    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, Washington, D.C. 20426, in accordance with 18 
CFR 385.214 and 385.211 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations. 
Pursuant to Sec. 154.210 of the Commission's Regulations, all such 
motions or protests must be filed not later than 12 days after the date 
of the filing noted above. 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 
Southern's filing are on file with the Commission and are available for 
public 

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inspection in the Public Reference Room.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-30185 Filed 12-11-95; 8:45 am]
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