[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8604-8605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5067]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. TM96-4-34-000]


Florida Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in 
FERC Gas Tariff

February 28, 1996.
    Take notice that on February 23, 1996, Florida Gas Transmission 
Company (FGT) tendered for filing to become part of its FERC Gas 
Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1, effective April 1, 1996, the 
following tariff sheets:

Thirteenth Revised Sheet No. 8A
Seventh Revised Sheet No. 8A.01
Fifth Revised Sheet No. 8A.02
Eleventh Revised Sheet No. 8B
Fourth Revised Sheet No. 8B.01

    FGT states that the instant filing is submitted pursuant to Section 
27 of the General Terms and Conditions (GTC) contained in FGT's Tariff 
which provides that FGT will file a Fuel Reimbursement Charge 
Adjustment to be effective each April 1 and October 1, as applicable. 
Section 27.A. of the GTC provides for the submission of workpapers 
supporting any revisions to the Fuel Reimbursement Charge Percentage at 
least thirty days prior to the proposed effective date of the 
adjustment. Section 27.C. states that the Current Fuel Reimbursement 
Charge Percentage will be the quotient resulting from fuel used and 
lost and unaccounted for gas, less fuel retained for Western Division 
transportation service, divided by volumes delivered, excluding Western 
Division deliveries, during the six-month period commencing one year 
prior to the effective date of the Fuel Reimbursement Charge 
Adjustment.
    FGT states the historical figures for the six-month period of April 
through September, 1995, reflect an extremely high utilization of FGT's 
newly expanded system. These historically high throughput levels of 
264,362,538 MMBtu, or over 1,444,000 MMBtu per day, were in large part 
a result of the economic attractiveness of natural gas compared to 
alternate fuels for the generation of electricity. The total throughput 
included 9,967,431 MMBtu, or over 54,000 MMBtu per day, transported 
under FGT's interruptible rate schedules. While FGT historically 

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experiences high load factors during the summer period, FGT does not 
expect to achieve the levels of throughput which were transported from 
April through September 1995 because natural gas currently is selling 
at a considerable premium over alternate fuels which can be utilized by 
FGT's electric generation customers.
    FGT further states because fuel usage is a function of throughput 
on FGT's system, and because of the expectation that throughput during 
the upcoming Summer period will be reduced from prior levels, FGT 
believes that collecting the 3.54% in-kind fuel reimbursement supported 
by the historical figures will result in an overcollection of fuel on a 
current basis. Consequently, the instant filing reflects an adjustment 
to the historical fuel usage percentage. This adjustment is calculated 
by dividing projected throughput for the upcoming Summer period of 
1,390,137 MMBtu per day (historical deliveries net of interruptible 
transportation--approximately 96% load factor) by the 1,444,604 MMBtu 
per day of actual throughput from April through September of 1995, and 
multiplying that ratio times the fuel use experienced during the 
historical period. As a result of this adjustment, FGT is proposing a 
Current Fuel Reimbursement Charge of 3.41%.
    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, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 in 
accordance with Secs. 385.211 and 385.214 of the Commission's Rules and 
Regulations. All such motions or protests should be filed as provided 
in Sec. 154.210 of the Commission's Regulations. 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 in the Public Reference Room.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-5067 Filed 3-4-96; 8:45 am]
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