[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11165-11166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5948]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. RP97-261-000]


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

March 5, 1997.
    Take notice that on February 28, 1997, 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, with an effective date of April 1, 1997:

Settlement Rates

Seventeenth Revised Sheet No. 25
Seventeenth Revised Sheet No. 26
Seventeenth Revised Sheet No. 27
Eighteenth Revised Sheet No. 28
Tenth Revised Sheet No. 29
Tenth Revised Sheet No. 30

Collection Rates

First Revised Sheet No. 25A
First Revised Sheet No. 26A
First Revised Sheet No. 27A
First Revised Sheet No. 28A
First Revised Sheet No. 29A
First Revised Sheet No. 30.1

General Terms and Conditions

Fifth Revised Sheet No. 452
Fifth Revised Sheet No. 453

    In accordance with the Commission's order issued January 29, 1997, 
in Docket No. RP95-408, et al. (78 FERC para. 61,071), the Settlement 
Rates implement the lower settlement rates pending Commission action on 
the November 22,

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1996 settlement in Docket No. RP95-408, et al. and the Collection Rates 
are applicable to customers not wanting to be subject to the surcharge 
conditions associated with the Settlement Rate.
    This filing comprises Columbia's annual filing pursuant to Section 
36.2 of the General Terms and Conditions (GTC) of its Tariff. 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. The TCRA 
rates consist of a current TCRA rate, reflecting an estimate of costs 
for a prospective 12-month period beginning April 1, 1997, and a TCRA 
surcharge rate which is a true-up for actual activity within the 
deferral period of the 12-months ended December 31, 1996.
    Columbia is also revising GTC Section 36 to eliminate references to 
costs which are no longer applicable to the TCRA mechanism effective 
April 1, 1997.
    The TCRA rates set forth on Appendix A, Sheet 1, attached to the 
filing, include projected costs, in the amount of $16,072,586, for the 
Operational Account No. 858 contracts. This level of costs is based 
upon the rates of the applicable pipeline companies at April 1, 1997, 
and the respective determinants associated with these contracts.
    The TCRA surcharge calculations reconcile actual activity for the 
deferral period, which is comprised of calendar year 1996. The TCRA 
Surcharge Rates set forth on Appendix B Schedule 1, attached to the 
filing, reflect a net under-recovery of $1,221,822.
    Columbia proposes to collect on an as-billed basis an under-
recovery of $756,992 in demand costs and $464,830 in commodity costs 
applicable to its Operational Account No. 186 deferral period of 
January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996.
    The demand determinants reflected in the filing are those projected 
to be in effect at April 1, 1997. Throughput levels for Rates Schedules 
FTS, SST, OPT, GTS and ITS are from Columbia's Settlement filed on 
November 22, 1996 in Docket No. RP95-408.
    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, N.E., Washington, D.C. 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 in 
accordance with 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-5948 Filed 3-10-97; 8:45 am]
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