[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-357]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP02-132-000]


Viking Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Tariff Filing

January 2, 2002.
    Take notice that on December 28, 2001, Viking Gas Transmission 
Company (Viking) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, 
First Revised Volume No. 1 the tariff sheets listed on Attachment A 
(Primary Case) and Attachment B (Pro Forma Case) to the filing. Viking 
requests an effective date of July 1, 2002 for the tariff sheets listed 
on Attachment A and, accordingly, requests that the Commission suspend 
this filing for the maximum statutory period of five months.
    Viking respectfully requests that the Commission allow Viking's Pro 
Forma Case to become effective only after a final Commission order on 
this proceeding. Should the Commission accept Viking's Pro Forma Case, 
Viking will submit actual tariff sheets in place of the Pro Forma 
tariff sheets to be effective on a prospective basis.
    Viking states that the purpose of this filing is to revise Viking's 
rates for jurisdictional services to reflect current and projected 
costs and changes in demand on Viking's system. Viking is also filing 
to adopt term-differentiated rates and a demand rate for Daily Demand 
Service under Rate Schedule LMS, to change scheduling priority for 
interruptible services to ensure that capacity is allocated to those 
shippers that most value it and to provide for the termination of 
interruptible contracts with shippers who have not exercised any 
contractual rights for firm, interruptible or load management services 
for at least one year. In its Pro Forma Case, Viking is proposing to 
roll-in the costs of facilities installed during the 1999 expansion 
project approved by the Commission in Docket Nos. CP98-761-000. This 
project is appropriate for rolled-in rate treatment due to the 
significant systemwide reliability and operational benefits it provides 
to pre-expansion customers.
    Viking states that copies of the filing have been mailed to all of 
its jurisdictional customers and to affected state regulatory 
commissions.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should 
file a motion to intervene or a protest with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 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 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. This filing may 
also be viewed on the Web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``RIMS'' 
link, select ``Docket#'' and follow the instructions (call 202-208-2222 
for assistance). Comments, protests and interventions may be filed 
electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site 
under the ``e-Filing'' link.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-357 Filed 1-7-02; 8:45 am]
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