[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 48 (Monday, March 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9686-9687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5633]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. RP96-165-000]


Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes 
in FERC Gas Tariff

March 5, 1996.
    Take notice that on March 1, 1996, Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Columbia), tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas 
Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, the revised tariff sheets listed 
below:

4th Sub Eleventh Revised Sheet No. 25
3rd Sub Eleventh Revised Sheet No. 26
3rd Sub Eleventh Revised Sheet No. 27
3rd Sub Twelfth Revised Sheet No. 28
2nd Sub Seventh Revised Sheet No. 29

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3rd Sub Seventh Revised Sheet No. 30

    The proposed Effective Date of these revised tariff sheets is April 
1, 1996.
    Columbia states that this filing constitutes its annual filing 
pursuant to Section 36.2 of the General Terms and Conditions (GTC) of 
its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1. GTC Section 36, 
(``Transportation Costs Rate Adjustment (TCRA)'', enables Columbia to 
adjust its TCRA rates prospectively to reflect estimated current costs 
and unrecovered amounts for the deferral period. In this filing, 
Columbia states that its TCRA rate consists of a current operational 
TCRA rate, a current stranded TCRA rate, an unrecovered operational 858 
rate, and an unrecovered stranded 858 rate.
    Columbia states that its filing includes projected costs in the 
amount of $15,317,083 for the Operational Account No. 858 contracts 
based upon the rates of the applicable pipeline companies at April 1, 
1996, and the respective determinants associated with these contracts. 
According to Columbia, the Operational Account No. 858 contracts are 
those upstream pipeline contracts retained by Columbia during 
restructuring under Order No. 636 to meet its operational needs.
    Columbia further states that in accordance with Article VIII, 
Section G of the Customer Settlement in Docket No. GP94-2, et al., it 
is maintaining the stranded TCRA demand rates filed in Docket No. RP95-
196 as accepted by the Commission by order dated March 30, 1995, 70 
FERC para. 61,364 (1995), in order to levelize Columbia's recovery of 
costs.
    Columbia also states that in this filing it is eliminating the 
stranded commodity rate of ($0.0048)/Dth, effective April 1, 1996. The 
stranded commodity rate was designed on a credit balance which included 
a rate refund in Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company's Docket No. RP91-203. 
Columbia has fully flowed back to its customers the credit balance of 
the commodity costs. Columbia further anticipates that its stranded 
Account No. 858 costs will be fully recovered by September of 1996.
    Columbia, by this filing, also proposes to reconcile actual 
activity for the deferral period to reflect a net under recovery of 
$1,175,764. Columbia proposes to flow back an over recovery of $837,141 
in demand costs, and $769,183 in commodity costs applicable to its 
Operational Account No. 186 deferral period of January 1, 1995, through 
December 31, 1995.
    Finally, Columbia proposes to recover through a commodity surcharge 
an under recovery of $2,782,088 in commodity costs applicable to its 
Stranded Account No. 186 deferral period of January 1, 1995, through 
March 31, 1996.
    Columbia states that copies of this filing have been served upon 
all of its firm customers, and interested State Commissions. Moreover, 
all interruptible customers having submitted a standing request for 
such filings were also served.
    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, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in 
accordance with Sections 385.214 and 385.211 of the Commission's Rules 
and Regulations. All such motions or protests must be filed as provided 
in Section 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-5633 Filed 3-8-96; 8:45 am]
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