Petal Gas Storage Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 226 (Tuesday, November 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 64951]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RP99-44-002]


Petal Gas Storage Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas 
Tariff

November 18, 1998.
    Take notice that on November 13, 1998, Petal Gas Storage Company 
(Petal) tendered for filing, as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, First 
Revised Volume No. 1, Second Revised Sheet No. 113, Sub. Second Revised 
Sheet No. 116, Sub. Third Revised Sheet No. 129, Second Revised Sheet 
No. 115, First Revised Sheet No. 115A, Third Revised Sheet No. 116, and 
Alternative Sub. Third Revised Sheet No. 129, with a proposed effective 
date of November 2, 1998.
    Petal asked that Second Revised Sheet No. 115, First Revised Sheet 
No. 115A, Third Revised Sheet No. 116, and Alternative Sub. Third 
Revised Sheet No. 129 become effective if, and only if, certain waivers 
Petal requests are denied.
    Petal states that its filing is made in compliance with the 
directives of an October 29, 1998, Letter Order, as well as with Order 
No. 587-H, issued on July 15, 1998, in Docket No. RM96-1-008, requiring 
interstate pipelines to incorporate the most recent standards dealing 
with intra-day nominations and nomination and scheduling procedures 
promulgated by the Gas Industry Standards Board.
    Second Revised Sheet No. 113 provides that Petal will provide 
bumped interruptible customers with notice of the bump by telephone 
and/or facsimile. Petal seeks waiver of the requirement that it adopt 
GISB standards 1.3.2(i) through (vi), containing intra-day nomination 
cycles, into its tariff because they would provide less flexibility 
than Petal's current practice of allowing nominations on four hours 
notice at any time during the day. Petal also states that the 
nomination timelines contained in those GISB standards do not conform 
to the manner in which an independent storage company, such as Petal, 
must do business.
    However, if the Commission denies Petal's request for waiver, Petal 
asks that Second Revised Sheet No. 115, First Revised Sheet No. 115A, 
Third Revised Sheet No. 116, and Alternative Sub. Third Revised Sheet 
No. 129 be accepted with an effective date November 2, 1998.
    To the extent that Petal's request for waiver from adopting the 
GISB 1.3.2 standards is denied, Petal requests waiver of the 
requirement, contained, in GISB standard 1.3.2(iv), that interruptible 
customers not be bumped by a 5:00 p.m. intra-day nomination.
    Any person desiring to protest this filing should file a protest 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., 
Washington, D.C. 20426, in accordance with Section 385.211 of the 
Commission's Rules and Regulations. All such 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 proceedings. Copies of this filing are on file with the Commission 
and are available for public inspection in the Public Reference Room.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-31296 Filed 11-23-98; 8:45 am]
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