81 FR 33521 - Revisions to Oil Pipeline Regulations Pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 1992; Notice of Annual Change in the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 102 (May 26, 2016)

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FR Document		2016-12423

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 102 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 102 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33521-33522]
From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12423]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM93-11-000]

Revisions to Oil Pipeline Regulations Pursuant to the Energy
Policy Act of 1992; Notice of Annual Change in the Producer Price Index
for Finished Goods

The Commission's regulations include a methodology for oil
pipelines to change their rates through use of an index system that
establishes ceiling levels for such rates. The Commission bases the
index system, found at 18 CFR 342.3, on the annual change in the
Producer Price Index for Finished Goods (PPI-FG), plus one point two
three percent (PPI-FG + 1.23). The Commission determined in an Order
Establishing Index Level,\1\ issued December 17, 2015, that PPI-FG +
1.23 is the appropriate oil pricing index factor for pipelines to use
for the five-year period commencing July 1, 2016.
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\1\ 153 FERC ] 61,312 at P 52 (2015).
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The regulations provide that the Commission will publish annually,
an index figure reflecting the final change in the PPI-FG, after the
Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the final PPI-FG in May of each
calendar year. The annual average PPI-FG index figures were 200.4 for
2014 and 193.9 for 2015.\2\ Thus, the percent change (expressed as a
decimal) in the annual average PPI-FG from 2014 to 2015, plus 1.23
percent, is negative 0.020135.\3\ Oil pipelines must multiply their
July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016, index ceiling levels by positive
0.979865 \4\ to compute their index ceiling levels for July 1, 2016,
through June 30, 2017, in accordance with 18 CFR 342.3(d). For guidance
in calculating the ceiling levels for each 12-month period beginning
January 1, l995,\5\ see Explorer Pipeline Company, 71 FERC ] 61,416 at
n.6 (1995).
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\2\ Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes the final figure
in mid-May of each year. This figure is publicly available from the
Division of Industrial Prices and Price Indexes of the BLS, at 202-
691-7705, and in print in August in Table 1 of the annual data
supplement to the BLS publication Producer Price Indexes via the
Internet at http://www.bls.gov/ppi/home.htm. To obtain the BLS data,
scroll down to ``PPI Databases'' and click on ``Top Picks'' of the
Commodity Data including ``headline'' FD-ID indexes (Producer Price
Index--PPI). At the next screen, under the heading ``Producer Price
Index Commodity Data,'' select the box, ``Finished goods--
WPUFD49207,'' then scroll to the bottom of this screen and click on
Retrieve data.
\3\ [193.9 - 200.4]/200.4 =-0.032435 + 0.0123 = -0.020135.
\4\ 1-0.020135 = 0.979865.
\5\ For a listing of all prior multipliers issued by the
Commission, see the Commission's Web site, http://www.ferc.gov/industries/oil/gen-info/pipeline-index.asp.
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In addition to publishing the full text of this Notice in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print this Notice via the Internet through
FERC's Home Page (http://www.ferc.gov) and in FERC's Public Reference
Room during normal business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time)
at 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426. The full text
of this Notice is available on FERC's Home Page at the eLibrary link.
To access this document in eLibrary, type the docket number excluding
the last three digits of this document in the docket number field and
follow other directions on the search page.
User assistance is available for eLibrary and other aspects of
FERC's

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Web site during normal business hours. For assistance, please contact
the Commission's Online Support at 1-866-208-3676 (toll free) or 202-
502-6652 (email at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov), or the Public Reference
Room at 202-502-8371, TTY 202-502-8659. E-Mail the Public Reference
Room at public.referenceroom@ferc.gov.

Dated: May 19, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-12423 Filed 5-25-16; 8:45 am]
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Web site during normal business hours. declaratory order, filed on March 3, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
For assistance, please contact the 2016, in response to an informal request
Commission’s Online Support at 1–866– from the Commission staff. Federal Energy Regulatory
208–3676 (toll free) or 202–502–6652 Commission
Any person desiring to intervene or to
(email at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov), protest in this proceeding must file in [Docket No. ER16–1732–000]
or the Public Reference Room at 202–
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
502–8371, TTY 202–502–8659. E-Mail Aurora Generation, LLC; Supplemental
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
the Public Reference Room at Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate
public.referenceroom@ferc.gov. Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
Filing Includes Request for Blanket
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Dated: May 19, 2016. Section 204 Authorization
time on the specified comment date.
Kimberly D. Bose, Protests will be considered by the This is a supplemental notice in the
Secretary. Commission in determining the above-referenced proceeding of Aurora
[FR Doc. 2016–12423 Filed 5–25–16; 8:45 am] appropriate action to be taken, but will Generation, LLC’s application for
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P not serve to make protestants parties to market-based rate authority, with an
the proceeding. Any person wishing to accompanying rate tariff, noting that
become a party must file a notice of such application includes a request for
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY intervention or motion to intervene, as blanket authorization, under 18 CFR
appropriate. Such notices, motions, or part 34, of future issuances of securities
Federal Energy Regulatory and assumptions of liability.
Commission protests must be filed on or before the
Any person desiring to intervene or to
comment date. Anyone filing a motion
[Docket No. EL16–57–000] protest should file with the Federal
to intervene or protest must serve a copy Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
Constellation Power Source of that document on the Petitioner. First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,
Generation, LLC; Notice of Institution The Commission encourages in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of Section 206 Proceeding and Refund electronic submission of protests and of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
Effective Date interventions in lieu of paper, using the and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
FERC Online links at http:// 385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
On May 19, 2016, the Commission intervene or protest must serve a copy
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
issued an order in Docket No. EL16–57– of that document on the Applicant.
service, persons with Internet access
000, pursuant to section 206 of the Notice is hereby given that the
Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. who will eFile a document and/or be
listed as a contact for an intervenor deadline for filing protests with regard
824e (2012), instituting an investigation to the applicant’s request for blanket
into the justness and reasonableness of must create and validate an
eRegistration account using the authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
Constellation Power Source Generation, future issuances of securities and
LLC’s reactive power rates for its fleet in eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
assumptions of liability, is June 8, 2016.
the Baltimore Gas and Electric Zone of link to log on and submit the
The Commission encourages
PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. intervention or protests. electronic submission of protests and
Constellation Power Source Generation, Persons unable to file electronically interventions in lieu of paper, using the
LLC, 155 FERC ¶ 61,181 (2016). should submit an original and 5 copies FERC Online links at http://
The refund effective date in Docket of the intervention or protest to the www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
No. EL16–57–000, established pursuant Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, service, persons with Internet access
to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC who will eFile a document and/or be
date of publication of this notice in the 20426. listed as a contact for an intervenor
Federal Register. must create and validate an
The filings in the above proceeding
Dated: May 19, 2016. eRegistration account using the
are accessible in the Commission’s
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
eLibrary system by clicking on the
Deputy Secretary. link to log on and submit the
appropriate link in the above list. They
[FR Doc. 2016–12425 Filed 5–25–16; 8:45 am] intervention or protests.
are also available for review in the Persons unable to file electronically
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Commission’s Public Reference Room in should submit an original and 5 copies
Washington, DC. There is an of the intervention or protest to the
eSubscription link on the Web site that Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
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enables subscribers to receive email 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
Federal Energy Regulatory notification when a document is added 20426.
Commission to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance The filings in the above-referenced
with any FERC Online service, please proceeding are accessible in the
[Docket Nos. EL16–43–000; QF16–259–001] Commission’s eLibrary system by
email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.or
Bright Light Capital, LLC; Notice of call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, clicking on the appropriate link in the
Supplement To Petiton for Declaratory call (202) 502–8659. above list. They are also available for
electronic review in the Commission’s
Order Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time
Public Reference Room in Washington,
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on June 15, 2016.
Take notice that on May 18, 2016, DC. There is an eSubscription link on
pursuant to Rule 207 of the Federal Dated: May 19, 2016. the Web site that enables subscribers to
Energy Regulatory Commission’s Kimberly D. Bose, receive email notification when a
(Commission) Rules of Practice and Secretary. document is added to a subscribed
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207(a)(2) (2015), [FR Doc. 2016–12417 Filed 5–25–16; 8:45 am] docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Bright Light Capital, LLC (Petitioner) Online service, please email
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81 FR 33521 - Revisions to Oil Pipeline Regulations Pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 1992; Notice of Annual Change in the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 102 (May 26, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission