[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 56 (Tuesday, March 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14078-14079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7546]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. TM98-2-24-000 and RP98-161-000]


Equitrans, L.P.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

March 18, 1998.
    Take notice that on March 13, 1998, Equitrans, L.P. (Equitrans) 
tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised 
Volume No. 1, the following revised tariff sheets, with an effective 
date of April 1, 1998:

Eleventh Revised Sheet No. 6
Fourth Revised Sheet No. 264
Third Revised Sheet No. 265
Third Revised Sheet No. 266
Fourth Revised Sheet No. 267

    Equitrans states that it is proposing to make a change in the 
method of charging shippers for gas processing service. Equitrans 
states that the filing constitutes Equitrans' annual products 
extraction rate adjustment filing under Section 32 of the General Terms 
and Conditions of its FERC Gas Tariff.
    Equitrans states that is contracts for gas processing services from 
Gulf Energy Gathering and Processing Company (Gulf Energy), and that 
Gulf Energy has made a contractual election, beginning in January, 
1998, to ``keep whole'' Equitrans for the processing services it 
provides under the contracts. Based on this contractual change, 
Equitrans proposes to eliminate its currently effective $0.2004/Dth 
products extraction charge. No extraction charge will be recovered from 
shippers prospectively. In addition, Equitrans will provide a monetary 
credit to these shippers for the shrinkage of their gas which occurs 
due to processing operations as these credits are received monthly from 
Gulf Energy.
    Equitrans states that the credits will be calculated on a unit 
basis using the same tariff mechanism in Section 32 of the General 
Terms and Conditions which was previously used for the crediting of 
liquid revenues. The proposed method of charging Equitrans' West 
Virginia shippers for gas processing services will result in a 
significant reduction in processing costs to these shippers. Equitrans 
requests any waivers which are necessary to make the proposed tariff 
sheets effective beginning April 1, 1998.
    Equitrans states that copies of this rate filing were served on 
Equitrans' jurisdictions customers and interested state commissions.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest this filing should 
file a motion

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to intervene or a 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 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 
proceedings. 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.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-7546 Filed 3-23-98; 8:45 am]
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