[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 135 (Wednesday, July 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 38157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18803]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RP98-325-000]


Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Filing

July 9, 1998.
    Take notice that on July 1, 1998 Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company 
(Eastern Shore) tendered a filing to terminate its Account No. 191--
Unrecovered Purchased Gas Costs as of October 31, 1997, and to refund/
surcharge the balance in such account to its customers as necessary. 
Eastern Shore states that such termination is the result of Eastern 
Shore's conversion to a Part 284 open access transportation pipeline 
and the implementation of its new open access FERC Gas Tariff on 
November 1, 1997, (See 81 FERC para. 61,013 (1998)).
    Eastern Shore states that Section 38--Transition Cost Recovery 
Mechanism, of the General Terms and Conditions (``GT & C'') of its FERC 
Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, effective November 1, 1997, 
provides for the recovery of costs incurred as a result of 
implementing, in connection with implementing, or attributable to the 
requirements of the Commission's Order No. 636, such costs being 
referred to as ``transition costs''. Eastern Shore states that the 
Commission identified from specific types of transition costs: (1) 
Account No. 191 costs; (2) Gas Supply Realignment Costs; (3) Stranded 
Costs; and (4) certain new facilities. Eastern Shore states that this 
filing, however, pertains only to the first category described above, 
Account No. 191 costs.
    Eastern Shore further states that Section 38(a) of the CT & C 
permits Eastern Shore to direct bill a customer, in the case of a 
positive (debit) Account No. 191 balance, or refund a customer, in the 
case of a negative (credit) Account No 191 balance, that customer's 
share of the total unrecovered costs contained in Eastern Shore's 
Account No. 191. The portion of unrecovered costs that relate to demand 
shall be allocated on the basis of each particular customer's contract 
demand quantity under Eastern Shore's former CD-1 or CD-E rate schedule 
in effect on October 31, 1997, the day prior to the implementation of 
open access on Eastern Shore's system. The portion of unrecovered costs 
that relate to commodity shall be allocated on the basis of each 
particular customer's commodity purchases under Eastern Shore's former 
CD-1 or CD-E rate schedules for the period November 1, 1996 through 
October 31, 1997, the twelve immediately preceding the implementation 
of open access on Eastern Shore's system.
    Finally, Eastern Shore states that it intends to distribute refunds 
or direct bill surcharges on September 1, 1998, and has calculated the 
appropriate carrying charges through such date.
    Eastern Shore states that copies of the filing have been served 
upon its affected customers and interested state commissions.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest this filing should 
file a motion 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 385.214 of the Commission's 
Rules and Regulations. All such motions or protests must be filed on or 
before July 14, 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 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. 98-18803 Filed 7-14-98; 8:45 am]
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