[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44069-44070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18945]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP03-530-000]


Portland Natural Gas Transmission System; Notice of Proposed 
Change in FERC Gas Tariff

 July 2, 2003.
    Take notice that on June 27, 2003, Portland Natural Gas 
Transmission System (PNGTS) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas 
Tariff, Original Volume No. 1, First Revised Sheet No. 366, to become 
effective on August 1, 2003.
    PNGTS states that the purpose of its filing is to clarify PNGTS's 
billing procedures in the event that PNGTS, pursuant to an agreement 
with a shipper, incurs third-party charges to provide service to such 
shipper. PNGTS states that its proposed tariff provision is similar to 
third-party billing provisions in other pipeline tariffs.
    Specifically, PNGTS is proposing a new subsection 15.8 to the 
Billings and Payment section of the General Terms and Conditions of its 
FERC Gas Tariff, which states in pertinent part that ``If Shipper 
requests, and Transporter agrees, that Transporter shall, to provide 
service to Shipper, use service which Transporter has contracted for 
with third party(s) for the benefit of Shipper, Shipper shall pay 
Transporter an amount equal to the charges Transporter is obligated to 
pay such third party(s), which charges may include, but are not limited 
to, reservation and/or usage charges and surcharges, fuel charges, 
compression fees, balancing or storage fees, measurement fees, 
processing fees, and/or facility charges.'' Subsection 15.8 also 
provides that any such third party charges shall be set forth as a 
separate item on billings rendered to Shipper.
    PNGTS also states that copies of this filing are being served on 
all jurisdictional customers and interested state 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

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385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations. All such 
motions or protests must be filed in accordance with Sec.  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. 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.

    Comment Date: July 9, 2003.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-18945 Filed 7-24-03; 8:45 am]
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