Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 47744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22988]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. RP96-357-000]


Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes 
in FERC Gas Tariff

September 4, 1996.
    Take notice that on August 30, 1996, Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Columbia) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas 
Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, the following tariff sheets to 
become effective as indicated:

Effective September 1, 1996

Fourteenth Revised Sheet No. 25
Fourteenth Revised Sheet No. 26
Fourteenth Revised Sheet No. 27
Fifteenth Revised Sheet No. 28
Ninth Revised Sheet No. 29
Ninth Revised Sheet No. 30

Effective October 1, 1996

Fifteenth Revised Sheet No. 25
Fifteenth Revised Sheet No. 26
Fifteenth Revised Sheet No. 27
Sixteenth Revised Sheet No. 28

    Columbia states that this filing constitutes its Mid-Cycle filing 
pursuant to Section 36.2 of the General Terms and Conditions (GTC) of 
its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1. GTC Section 36, 
``Transportation Costs Rate Adjustment (TCRA)'', enables Columbia to 
adjust its TCRA rates prospectively to reflect estimated current costs. 
In this filing, Columbia proposes to adjust its current Operational 
TCRA and current Stranded TCRA rates.
    Columbia states that its filing includes projected costs in the 
amount of $15,051,499 for the Operational Account No. 858 contracts, 
which represents a decrease of $265,584 from the projected levels 
established in Docket No. RP96-165, and which are based upon the rates 
of the applicable pipeline companies at October 1, 1996, and the 
respective determinants associated with those contracts.
    Columbia, states that by this filing, it is also proposing to make 
an out-of-cycle adjustment so as to eliminate the current stranded 
demand rates effective September 1, 1996, since it will have fully 
recovered the stranded TCRA demand costs provided for under its 
Customer Settlement approved in Docket No. GP94-2, et al., as of August 
31, 1996. Elimination of the current stranded demand rate effective 
September 1, 1996, will allow Columbia's customers to avoid a deferral 
of over-recoveries of stranded costs.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest this filing should 
file a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, 
in accordance with Sections 385.214 and 385.211 of the Commission's 
Rules and Regulations. All motions or protests must be filed as 
provided in 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 proceeding. 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 in the public reference room.
Louis D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-22988 Filed 9-9-96; 8:45 am]
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