[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 130 (Thursday, July 6, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 41581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16997]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Part 284

[Docket No. RM98-10-000]


Regulation of Short-Term Natural Gas Transportation Services, and 
Regulation of Interstate Natural Gas Transportation Services

June 29, 2000.
AGENCY:  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

ACTION:  Final Rule, Notice of Availability of Instruction Manual for 
Electronic Filing of the Index of Customers.

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SUMMARY:  On February 9, 2000, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
issued a final rule in this proceeding adding new information 
requirements to the Index of Customers to be filed by natural gas 
companies with the Commission, and posted on the companies' Internet 
web sites on the first business day of each calendar quarter. This 
notice announces the availability of the revised Instruction Manual for 
Electronic Filing of the Index of Customers in the Commission's Public 
Reference Room and electronically on the Commission's Internet web 
page.

DATES:  Natural gas companies must implement the new reporting 
requirements by September 1, 2000.

ADDRESSES:  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
NE., Washington, DC 20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:   

Michael Goldenberg, Office of the General Counsel, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 
(202) 208-2294.
Craig Hill, Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 
(202) 208-0621.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  On February 9, 2000, the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (Commission) issued Order No. 637 amending its 
regulations in response to the development of more competitive markets 
for natural gas and the transportation of natural gas.\1\ These changes 
included expanding reporting requirements for the Index of Customers in 
order to provide shippers with a more useful picture of the structure 
of the market for decisionmaking and monitoring purposes.
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    \1\ 65 FR 10156 (Feb. 25, 2000); III FERC Stats. & Regs. para. 
31,091 (Feb. 9, 2000).
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    The Commission added the following new reporting requirements to 
the Index of Customers data collection: the receipt and delivery points 
held under the contract and the zones or segments in which the capacity 
is held; the common transaction point codes; the contract number; a 
shipper identification number, such as DUNS; an indication whether the 
contract includes negotiated rates; the names of any agents or asset 
managers that control capacity in a pipeline rate zone; and any 
affiliate relationship between the pipeline and the holder of 
capacity.\2\
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    \2\ 18 CFR 284.13(c).
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    The Commission issues an Instruction Manual for Electronic Filing 
of the Index of Customers explaining how pipelines are to report Index 
of Customer data. This Manual has been revised to incorporate the new 
reporting requirements.
    The revised Instruction Manual for Electronic Filing of the Index 
of Customers is attached to this notice as an Appendix.\3\ The revised 
manual can be found at the following electronic address: http://www.ferc.fed.us/public/elec req.htm. The manual also is available in 
the Commission's Public Reference Room and on CIPS and RIMs. As 
indicated in Order No. 637, pipelines are required to implement these 
new reporting requirements by September 1, 2000.
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    \3\ The Revised Instruction Manual (Appendix A) and a summary of 
the new reporting requirements for the Index of Customers and the 
revisions to the IOC electronic filing instruction manual (Appendix 
B) attached to this notice will not be published in the Federal 
Register.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-16997 Filed 7-5-00; 8:45 am]
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