[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
ninety
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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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