[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 19909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10615]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. PR98-10-000]


Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Petition for Rate 
Approval

April 16, 1998.
    Take notice that on March 17, 1998, Pacific Gas and Electric 
Company (PG&E) filed, pursuant to Section 284.123(b)(2) of the 
Commission's Regulations, a petition for rate approval requesting that 
the Commission approve, as fair and equitable, the following revised 
rates for certain interstate parking and lending services, as described 
below, performed under Section 311(a)(2) of the Natural Gas Policy Act 
of 1978 (Section 311):

Parking:
    Minimum Daily Rate ($/Dth): $0.00
    Maximum Daily Rate ($/Dth): $0.1014
    Maximum Annual Transaction Charge ($/Dth): $0.8871
Lending:
    Minimum Daily Rate ($/Dth): $0.00
    Maximum Daily Rate ($/Dth): $0.1014
    Maximum Annual Transaction Charge ($/Dth): $0.8871

PG&E's mailing address is P.O. Box 74420, San Francisco, CA 94120.
    PG&E's petition states it is a Hinshaw pipeline within the meaning 
of Section 1(c) of the Natural Gas Act, transporting and distributing 
gas throughout large portions of northern and central California to 
numerous residential, industrial, and agricultural gas consumers. On 
March 31, 1997, the Commission issued an order approving rates for new 
parking and lending services under Section 311 as part of PG&E's newly 
created Golden Gate Market Center (1997 order). Parking provides 
customers with temporary storage of gas on an interruptible basis. 
Lending provides interruptible temporary loans of gas from PG&E's 
system. These services are offered at the points PG&E's system 
interconnects with interstate pipelines, and at its Kern River Station. 
PG&E also provides these services on an intrastate basis under the 
jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission of the State of 
California (CPUC).
    Ordering Paragraph (B) of the 1997 order provides that if the CPUC 
modifies or revises PG&E's existing intrastate parking or lending 
maximum annual transaction charge, PG&E is required to file a petition 
for rate approval with this Commission to revise or re-justify the 
rates for these services. On November 19, 1997, the CPUC approved, for 
implementation on March 1, 1998, revised rates for intrastate parking 
and lending. Accordingly, PG&E's petition is intended to establish 
revised rates for such services performed under Section 311. PG&E 
proposes an effective date of March 17, 1998.
    Any person desiring to participate in this rate proceeding must 
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 385.211 and 385.214 of the Commission's Rules 
of Practice and Procedure. All such motions or protests must be filed 
on or before April 30, 1998. The petition for the rate approval is on 
file with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-10615 Filed 4-21-98; 8:45 am]
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