[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5938-5939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2799]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. GT98-13-000]


Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in 
FERC Gas Tariff

January 30, 1998.
    Take notice that on January 28, 1998, Tennessee Gas Pipeline 
Company (Tennessee) tendered for filing and acceptance the following: 
(1) Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Trading Partner Agreement (TPA) 
between Tennessee and TransCapacity Limited Partnership 
(TransCapacity); (2) an EDI TPA between Tennessee and National Capacity 
Registry Service Corporation (National Capacity); (3) an agency 
authorization agreement for EDI (Agency Agreement) between Gaslantic 
Corporation, TransCapacity, and Tennessee, and/or Midwestern Gas 
Transmission Company (Midwestern) and/or East Tennessee Natural Gas 
Company (East Tennessee) and (4) Fifth Revised Sheet No. 301 and Fifth 
Revised Sheet No. 412 of Tennessee's FERC Gas Tariff, Fifth Revised 
Volume No. 1 (Volume No. 1 Tariff) to become effective October 17, 
1997.
    Tennessee states that on October 17, 1997, TransCapacity and 
Tennessee entered into a trading partner agreement (TransCapacity TPA) 
which governs all EDI transactions between the parties. On January 2, 
1998, Tennessee entered into an identical trading partner agreement 
with National Capacity (National Capacity TPA). Tennessee states that 
these two TPAs contain provisions which differ from the Pro Forma TPA 
for several reasons: (1) the TransCapacity TPA and National Capacity 
TPA differ from the Pro Forma TPA because they reflect TransCapacity's 
and National Capacity's status as third-party providers of EDI 
transactions only, rather than as shippers on Tennessee's system as 
contemplated by the Pro Forma TPA; (2) the TransCapacity TPA and 
National Capacity TPA contain provisions which differ from the Pro 
Forma TPA due to formatting changes made by mutual agreement of the 
parties; and (3) the TransCapacity TPA and the National Capacity TPA 
reflect very minor typographic changes.
    Tennessee states that in connection with the TransCapacity TPA, 
Gaslantic Corporation, TransCapacity and Tennessee and/or Midwestern 
and/or East Tennessee entered into an Agency Agreement on November 7, 
1997 (Gaslantic Agency Agreement).

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Tennessee states that pursuant to the Gaslantic Agency Agreement, 
Gaslantic assigned certain electronic communication, linkage services 
and related administrative responsibilities to TransCapacity for the 
term of one month beginning November 15, 1997 and continuing on a 
month-to-month basis thereafter until terminated. Tennessee states that 
the Gaslantic Agency Agreement differs from the Pro Forma Agency 
Agreement in only one area: the Gaslantic Agency Agreement provides 
that TransCapacity will have responsibility for the data sets 
identified in Exhibit I to the Gaslantic Agency Agreement, rather than 
for the data sets identified in Exhibit A to the TransCapacity TPA.
    Tennessee states that due to an administrative oversight, Tennessee 
did not file the TransCapacity TPA, National Capacity TPA and Gaslantic 
Agency Agreement with the Commission prior to their contractual 
effective dates. Tennessee requests all waivers of the Commission's 
regulations that may be necessary to allow this filing to become 
effective on October 17, 1997. Tennessee states that an effective date 
of October 17, 1997 is consistent with the effective date for the 
TransCapacity TPA and would be prior to the contractual effective date 
for the National Capacity TPA and Gaslantic Agency Agreement.
    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 Section 385.214 and Section 385.211 of the 
Commission's Rules and Regulations. All such motions or protests must 
be filed on or before February 6, 1998. 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. 98-2799 Filed 2-4-98; 8:45 am]
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