83_FR_12425 83 FR 12370 - Midwestern Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Initiation of Section 5 Proceeding

83 FR 12370 - Midwestern Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Initiation of Section 5 Proceeding

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 55 (March 21, 2018)

Page Range12370-12371
FR Document2018-05678

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 55 (Wednesday, March 21, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12370-12371]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05678]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP18-441-000]


Midwestern Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Initiation of 
Section 5 Proceeding

    On March 15, 2018, the Commission issued an order in Docket No. 
RP18-441-000, pursuant to section 5 of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. 
717d (2012), instituting an investigation into the justness and 
reasonableness of Midwestern Gas Transmission Company's (Midwestern) 
currently effective tariff rates. The Commission's order directs 
Midwestern to file a full cost and revenue study within 75 days of the 
issuance of the order. Midwestern Gas Transmission Company, 162 FERC 
61,219 (2018).
    Any interested person desiring to be heard in Docket No. RP18-441-
000 must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as 
appropriate, with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Rule 214 of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.214, within 30 
days of the date of issuance of the order.


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    Dated: March 15, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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                                                on industry-wide oil pipeline costs in                     50. User assistance is available for               eRegistration account using the
                                                the 2020 five-year review of the oil                    eLibrary and the FERC’s website during                eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
                                                pipeline index level.85 In this way the                 normal business hours from FERC                       link to log on and submit the
                                                Commission will ensure that the                         Online Support at 202–502–6652 (toll                  intervention or protests.
                                                industry-wide reduced costs are                         free at 1–866–208–3676) or email at                      Persons unable to file electronically
                                                incorporated on an industry-wide basis                  ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or the                    should submit an original and 5 copies
                                                as part of the index review. To the                     Public Reference Room at (202) 502–                   of the intervention or protest to the
                                                extent the Commission issues                            8371, TTY (202) 502–8659. Email the                   Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
                                                subsequent orders affecting the income                  Public Reference Room at                              888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
                                                tax policy for other partnership or pass-               public.referenceroom@ferc.gov.                        20426.
                                                through business forms, oil pipelines                                                                            The filings in the above-referenced
                                                                                                        IV. Effective Date
                                                should similarly reflect those policy                                                                         proceeding are accessible in the
                                                changes on Form No. 6, page 700.                          51. This Revised Policy Statement                   Commission’s eLibrary system by
                                                  47. In addition, the Commission                       will become applicable March 21, 2018.                clicking on the appropriate link in the
                                                emphasizes that the post-United                           By the Commission.                                  above list. They are also available for
                                                Airlines’ policy changes (as well as the                  Issued: March 15, 2018.                             electronic review in the Commission’s
                                                Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017) will be                  Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                                                                                                                              Public Reference Room in Washington,
                                                reflected in initial oil and gas pipeline                                                                     DC. There is an eSubscription link on
                                                                                                        Deputy Secretary.
                                                cost-of-service rates and cost-of-service                                                                     the website that enables subscribers to
                                                                                                        [FR Doc. 2018–05668 Filed 3–20–18; 8:45 am]
                                                rate changes on a going-forward basis                                                                         receive email notification when a
                                                                                                        BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                document is added to a subscribed
                                                under the Commission’s existing
                                                ratemaking policies,86 including cost-of-                                                                     docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
                                                service rate proceedings resulting from                                                                       Online service, please email
                                                                                                        DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                shipper-initiated complaints.                                                                                 FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call
                                                                                                        Federal Energy Regulatory                             (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
                                                III. Document Availability                                                                                    (202) 502–8659.
                                                                                                        Commission
                                                   48. In addition to publishing the full                                                                       Dated: March 15, 2018.
                                                text of this document in the Federal                    [Docket No. ER18–1077–000]
                                                                                                                                                              Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                Register, the Commission provides all                   GASNA 36P, LLC ; Supplemental                         Deputy Secretary.
                                                interested persons an opportunity to                    Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate                 [FR Doc. 2018–05677 Filed 3–20–18; 8:45 am]
                                                view and/or print the contents of this                  Filing Includes Request for Blanket                   BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                document via the internet through                       Section 204 Authorization
                                                FERC’s Home Page (http://
                                                www.ferc.gov) and in FERC’s Public                         This is a supplemental notice in the               DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                Reference Room during normal business                   above-referenced proceeding of GASNA
                                                hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern                   36P, LLC‘s application for market-based               Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                time) at 888 First Street NE, Room 2A,                  rate authority, with an accompanying                  Commission
                                                Washington, DC 20426.                                   rate tariff, noting that such application
                                                                                                        includes a request for blanket                        [Docket No. RP18–441–000]
                                                   49. From FERC’s Home Page on the
                                                internet, this information is available on              authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of               Midwestern Gas Transmission
                                                eLibrary. The full text of this document                future issuances of securities and                    Company; Notice of Initiation of
                                                is available on eLibrary in PDF and                     assumptions of liability.                             Section 5 Proceeding
                                                Microsoft Word format for viewing,                         Any person desiring to intervene or to
                                                printing, and/or downloading. To access                 protest should file with the Federal                     On March 15, 2018, the Commission
                                                this document in eLibrary, type the                     Energy Regulatory Commission, 888                     issued an order in Docket No. RP18–
                                                docket number excluding the last three                  First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,                441–000, pursuant to section 5 of the
                                                digits of this document in the docket                   in accordance with Rules 211 and 214                  Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. 717d (2012),
                                                number field.                                           of the Commission’s Rules of Practice                 instituting an investigation into the
                                                                                                        and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and                     justness and reasonableness of
                                                data reported in Form No. 6, page 700, to be filed      385.214). Anyone filing a motion to                   Midwestern Gas Transmission
                                                on April 18, 2019.                                      intervene or protest must serve a copy                Company’s (Midwestern) currently
                                                   85 The overwhelming majority of oil pipelines set
                                                                                                        of that document on the Applicant.                    effective tariff rates. The Commission’s
                                                their rates using indexing, not cost-of-service            Notice is hereby given that the                    order directs Midwestern to file a full
                                                ratemaking using an oil pipeline’s particular costs.
                                                Under indexing, oil pipelines may adjust their rates    deadline for filing protests with regard              cost and revenue study within 75 days
                                                annually, so long as those rates remain at or below     to the applicant’s request for blanket                of the issuance of the order. Midwestern
                                                the applicable ceiling levels. The ceiling levels       authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of               Gas Transmission Company, 162 FERC
                                                change every July 1 based on an index that tracks       future issuances of securities and                    61,219 (2018).
                                                industry-wide cost changes. 18 CFR 342.3.
                                                Currently, the index level is based upon the            assumptions of liability, is April 4,                    Any interested person desiring to be
                                                Producer’s Price Index for Finished Goods plus          2018.                                                 heard in Docket No. RP18–441–000
                                                1.23. The index will be re-assessed in 2020 based          The Commission encourages                          must file a notice of intervention or
                                                upon industry-wide oil pipeline cost changes            electronic submission of protests and                 motion to intervene, as appropriate,
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                                                between 2014 and 2019. E.g. Five-Year Review of
                                                the Oil Pipeline Index, 153 FERC ¶ 61,312 (2015)        interventions in lieu of paper, using the             with the Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                aff’d, Assoc. of Oil Pipe Lines v. FERC, 876 F.3d 336   FERC Online links at http://                          Commission, 888 First Street NE,
                                                (D.C. Cir. 2017). The industry-wide data filed in the   www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic                Washington, DC 20426, in accordance
                                                latter years of the 2014–2019 period should reflect     service, persons with internet access                 with Rule 214 of the Commission’s
                                                the Commission’s post-United Airlines policy
                                                changes as well as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.           who will eFile a document and/or be                   Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR
                                                   86 See, e.g., 18 CFR 154.312(m), 154.313(e)(13),     listed as a contact for an intervenor                 385.214, within 30 days of the date of
                                                384.123; 342.2, 342.4(a); 18 CFR part 346.              must create and validate an                           issuance of the order.


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                                                  Dated: March 15, 2018.                                                      Docket Numbers: RP18–558–000.                                           385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
                                                Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,                                                      Applicants: Midcontinent Express                                        time on the specified comment date.
                                                Deputy Secretary.                                                          Pipeline LLC.                                                              Protests may be considered, but
                                                [FR Doc. 2018–05678 Filed 3–20–18; 8:45 am]                                   Description: Compliance filing 2018                                     intervention is necessary to become a
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                                                                                                                           Annual Penalty Revenue Crediting                                           party to the proceeding.
                                                                                                                           Report.
                                                                                                                                                                                                         eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
                                                                                                                              Filed Date: 3/13/18.
                                                                                                                              Accession Number: 20180313–5064.                                        information relating to filing
                                                DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                                                                                                                  requirements, interventions, protests,
                                                                                                                              Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/26/18.
                                                                                                                                                                                                      service, and qualifying facilities filings
                                                Federal Energy Regulatory                                                     Docket Numbers: RP18–560–000.
                                                                                                                              Applicants: Texas Eastern                                               can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
                                                Commission                                                                                                                                            docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
                                                                                                                           Transmission, LP.
                                                Combined Notice of Filings                                                    Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing:                                        other information, call (866) 208–3676
                                                                                                                           Negotiated Rates—Colonial Energy                                           (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
                                                  Take notice that the Commission has                                      K911486 eff 4–1–2018 to be effective                                         Dated: March 15, 2018.
                                                received the following Natural Gas                                         4/1/2018.                                                                  Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:                                      Filed Date: 3/15/18.                                                    Deputy Secretary.
                                                Filings Instituting Proceedings                                               Accession Number: 20180315–5003.
                                                                                                                                                                                                      [FR Doc. 2018–05673 Filed 3–20–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                              Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/27/18.
                                                   Docket Numbers: RP17–363–006.                                              The filings are accessible in the
                                                                                                                                                                                                      BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

                                                   Applicants: Eastern Shore Natural Gas                                   Commission’s eLibrary system by
                                                Company.                                                                   clicking on the links or querying the                                      DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                   Description: Compliance filing                                          docket number.
                                                Settlement Compliance Filing to be                                            Any person desiring to intervene or                                     Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                effective 4/1/2018.                                                        protest in any of the above proceedings                                    Commission
                                                   Filed Date: 3/1/18.                                                     must file in accordance with Rules 211
                                                   Accession Number: 20180301–5260.                                        and 214 of the Commission’s                                                Notice of Institution of Section 206
                                                   Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/13/18.                                        Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and                                            Proceeding and Refund Effective Date

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Docket No.

                                                AEP Appalachian Transmission Company, Inc .........................................................................................................................                          EL18–62–000
                                                AEP Indiana Michigan Transmission Company, Inc .................................................................................................................
                                                AEP Kentucky Transmission Company, Inc ..............................................................................................................................
                                                AEP Ohio Transmission Company, Inc .....................................................................................................................................
                                                AEP West Virginia Transmission Company, Inc .......................................................................................................................
                                                AEP Oklahoma Transmission Company, Inc ............................................................................................................................                          EL18–63–000
                                                AEP Southwestern Transmission Company, Inc .......................................................................................................................
                                                Baltimore Gas and Electric Company .......................................................................................................................................                   EL18–64–000
                                                Black Hills Power, Inc ................................................................................................................................................................      EL18–65–000
                                                Citizens Sunrise Transmission LLC ...........................................................................................................................................                EL18–66–000
                                                San Diego Gas & Electric Company .........................................................................................................................................                   EL18–67–000
                                                Transource Maryland, LLC ........................................................................................................................................................            EL18–68–000
                                                Transource Pennsylvania, LLC ..................................................................................................................................................              EL18–69–000
                                                Transource West Virginia, LLC ..................................................................................................................................................             EL18–70–000
                                                UNS Electric, Inc ........................................................................................................................................................................   EL18–71–000, (not
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               consolidated)



                                                   On March 15, 2018, the Commission                                       69–000, EL18–70–000, and EL18–71–                                            Dated: March 15, 2018.
                                                issued an order in Docket Nos. EL18–                                       000, established pursuant to section                                       Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                62–000, EL18–63–000, EL18–64–000,                                          206(b) of the FPA, will be the date of                                     Deputy Secretary.
                                                EL18–65–000, EL18–66–000, EL18–67–                                         publication of this notice in the Federal                                  [FR Doc. 2018–05674 Filed 3–20–18; 8:45 am]
                                                000, EL18–68–000, EL18–69–000, EL18–                                       Register.                                                                  BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                70–000, and EL18–71–000 pursuant to
                                                                                                                             Any interested person desiring to be
                                                section 206 of the Federal Power Act
                                                                                                                           heard in Docket Nos. EL18–62–000,
                                                (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824e (2012), instituting                                                                                                             DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                an investigation into the justness and                                     EL18–63–000, EL18–64–000, EL18–65–
                                                reasonableness of each of the above-                                       000, EL18–66–000, EL18–67–000, EL18–                                       Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                captioned public utilities’ transmission                                   68–000, EL18–69–000, EL18–70–000,                                          Commission
                                                formula rates under its open access                                        and EL18–71–000 must file a notice of
                                                transmission tariff or transmission                                        intervention or motion to intervene, as                                    [Docket No. RM18–12–000]
                                                owner tariff on file with the                                              appropriate, with the Federal Energy
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                                                Commission. AEP Appalachian                                                Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street                                    Inquiry Regarding the Effect of the Tax
                                                Transmission Company, Inc., et al., 162                                    NE, Washington, DC 20426, in                                               Cuts and Jobs Act on Commission-
                                                FERC 61,225 (2018).                                                        accordance with Rule 214 of the                                            Jurisdictional Rates
                                                   The refund effective date in Docket                                     Commission’s Rules of Practice and
                                                                                                                                                                                                      AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                Nos. EL18–62–000, EL18–63–000,                                             Procedure, 18 CFR 385.214, within 21
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Commission, Department of Energy.
                                                EL18–64–000, EL18–65–000, EL18–66–                                         days of the date of issuance of the order.
                                                                                                                                                                                                      ACTION: Notice of inquiry.
                                                000, EL18–67–000, EL18–68–000, EL18–


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FR Citation83 FR 12370 

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