[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 236 (Monday, December 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72926-72927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31107]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP03-136-000]


Alliance Pipeline L.P.; Notice of Proposed Change in FERC Gas 
Tariff

December 3, 2002.
    Take notice that on November 27, 2002, Alliance Pipeline L.P. 
(Alliance) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Original 
Volume No. 1, First Revised Sheet No. 10; First Revised Sheet No. 257; 
and First Revised Sheet No. 258, proposed to become effective January 
1, 2003.
    Section 30.1 of the General Terms and Conditions (GTC) of 
Alliance's FERC Gas Tariff establishes an ACA charge applicable to 
Alliance's Rate Schedules FT-1 and IT-1. GTC Section 30.2 provides that 
such rate schedules shall

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include an ACA unit charge, which shall be the unit charge authorized 
by the Commission each year, and that Alliance shall file changes to 
the ACA unit charge annually to reflect the annual charge unit rate 
authorized by the Commission each year. Alliance states that it 
recently remitted payment for its initial Annual Charges Billing, 
covering fiscal year 2002.
    Alliance states that all of its firm transportation capacity is 
subscribed on an long-term basis by its existing Rate Schedule FT-1 
customers, all of whom have agreed to pay negotiated rates. The 
shippers' negotiated rate agreements provide that changes in Alliance's 
costs will be reflected in its negotiated rates from time to time. 
Contemporaneous with Alliance's filing in this docket, Alliance made a 
tariff change filing in Docket No. RP00-445-003 to adjust its 
negotiated rates to reflect changes in its costs.
    Alliance states that its negotiated rate shippers have agreed that 
the amount of the Annual Charges Billing may be included as one of the 
cost changes reflected in Alliance's adjusted negotiated rates. 
Accordingly, Alliance states that the negotiated rates adjustment 
filing reflects the cost of the Annual Charges Billing. Because 
Alliance will recover its Annual Charges Billing in its negotiated 
rates, it is barred by Section 154.402 of the Commission's regulations 
from also recovering such costs through an ACA unit charge. Therefore, 
Alliance states that it is filing the revised tariff sheets listed 
above to delete the ACA charge authority from its FERC Gas Tariff.
    Alliance further states that copies of its filing have been mailed 
to all customers, state commissions, and other interested parties.
    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. This filing is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``FERRIS'' link. 
Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket 
number field to access the document. For Assistance, please contact 
FERC Online Support at [email protected] or toll-free at (866) 
208-3676, or TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Comments, protests and 
interventions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of 
paper. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. 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.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-31107 Filed 12-6-02; 8:45 am]
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