[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37770-37771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17691]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RP99-380-000]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Tariff Filing

July 7, 1999.
    Take notice that on July 1, 1999, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Corporation (Transco) tendered for filing a revised tariff sheet to its 
FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1. The effective date of such 
tariff sheet is August 1, 1999.
    Transco states that the purpose of the instant filing is to 
incorporate the standardized procedures for business practices adopted 
in the GISB standard, Version 1.3, to the extent those standardized 
procedures currently are not reflected in Transco's tariff.
    Additionally, Transco is submitting a table attached as Appendix A 
to the filing, showing the GISB Version 1.3 standard, the complying 
tariff sheet number, and an explanatory statement, if necessary, 
describing any reasons for deviation from or changes to each GISB 
standard.
    Transco has not reflected certain of the Version 1.3 new and 
revised data dictionary standards in the instant filing. Transco 
respectfully requests that the Commission grant a waiver of the 
requirements of Order No. 587-K that it file revised tariff sheets at 
this time to conform its tariff to reflect the foregoing Version 1.3 
data dictionary standards. Transco's current tariff incorporates the 
Version 1.2 data dictionary standards. Transco has determined that the 
new and revised data dictionary standards in Version 1.3 involve data 
sets that its shippers have not used in the past and currently do not 
use. Developing and testing the modifications to Transco's current 
business systems in order to incorporate the Version 1.3 data 
dictionary standards would require that Transco devote substantial 
resources, in terms of personnel, time and money, to programming data 
sets that Transco's shippers have thus far not expressed an interest in 
using.
    Transco has embarked, along with its affiliated interstate 
pipelines, on a project to construct a state of the art, Internet-based 
interactive service delivery computer system. That system will provide 
a full range of interactive services to Transco's customers, including 
on-line contracting, nominations, confirmations, scheduled quantities, 
imbalance status and trading, and invoicing, and will be fully 
compliant with the then-effective GISB business and data dictionary 
standards. Transco currently expects that this new service delivery 
system will be implemented on its pipeline system in mid-2000.
    Transco believes that its resources will be more productively and 
efficiently employed in the development of the new system, which as 
noted above will comply with the then-effective GISB business and data 
dictionary standards, rather than in attempting to separately modify, 
for the interim period, its existing business systems to program and 
test the implementation of data sets that Transco's shippers have thus 
far not expressed an interest in using. In order to ensure, however, 
that none of its shippers is prejudiced or harmed by a grant of 
Transco's requested waiver, Transco will commit to programming its 
exiting system to support any one of the above-listed data sets within 
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days of Transco's receipt of a shipper request for the creation of such 
data set.
    Based on the foregoing, Transco submits that good course exists for 
the Commission to grant Transco's request for a waiver of the 
requirements of Order No. 587-K that it file revised tariff sheets at 
this time to conform its tariff to reflect the Version 1.3 data 
dictionary standards listed above, and that no party will be prejudiced 
or harmed by a grant of the requested waiver.
    Transco states that copies of the instant filing have been served 
on customers and interested State Commissions.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said 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 or 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. This filing may be 
viewed on the web at http:\\www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-
208-2222 for assistance).
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-17691 Filed 7-12-99; 8:45 am]
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