[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-1799]
[Federal Register: January 28, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket Nos. RP94-66-002, RP93-125-000, RP93-181-000 and 002]
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp.; Proposed Changes in FERC Gas
Tariff
January 24, 1994.
Take notice that as required by the Commission's Order December 30,
1993 Order in Docket Nos. RP94-66-000, et al. (December 30 Order),
Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation (Texas Eastern) on January 14,
1994, submitted for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Sixth
Revised Volume No. 1, the tariff sheets listed on Appendix A of the
filing.
Texas Eastern states that the December 30 Order accepted tariff
sheets filed on December 1, 1993 (December 1 Filing) by Texas Eastern
to recover gas supply realignment costs (GSR Costs). The December 1
Filing was Texas Eastern's third quarterly filing to recover such costs
and was filed pursuant to section 15.2(C) of the General Terms and
Conditions of Texas Eastern's FERC Gas Tariff, Sixth Revised Volume No.
1. Ordering Paragraph (A) of the December 30 Order required certain
tariff sheets be ``refiled within fifteen days of this order to conform
to the conditions set forth in the body of this order, and the ordering
paragraphs below.'' Texas Eastern states that the tariff sheets listed
in Appendix A are submitted to satisfy the requirements of the December
30 Order.
Texas Eastern states that section 15.2(C) of the General Terms and
Conditions has been revised in compliance with the December 30 Order as
follows:
(1) Section 15.2(C)(2)(a) has been revised to extend the
amortization and recovery period to two (2) years for buyout costs
which are incurred after January 1, 1994 and which, in the aggregate,
exceed fifteen (15) million dollars for a quarterly filing;
(2) Section 15.2(C)(2)(a)(i) has been revised to reflect that
applicable customers under Rate Schedules CDS, FT-1, LLFT and VKFT will
be billed each month for a GSR Demand Surcharge Amount calculated by
multiplying their current MDQ for a month times the GSR Demand
Surcharge rate;
(3) Section 15.2(C)(2)(a)(ii) has been revised to reflect that with
the exception of the GSR Demand Surcharge component already designed to
be paid over twenty-four (24) months, each customer shall have the
option of paying its GSR Demand Surcharge obligation for any quarter in
twenty-four (24) monthly installments.
(4) Section 15.2(C)(2)(a)(iv) has been revised to clarify that the
payment obligation for the GSR Demand Surcharge Amounts, together with
applicable carrying charges, accrues in full as of the close of the
month in which service was provided.
(5) Section 15.2(C)(5) has been added to reflect an annual true-up,
as of any twelve (12) month period ending June 30, of the recovery of
GSR costs allocated to be recovered from customers under Rate Schedules
CDS, FT-1, LLFT and VKFT.
Texas Eastern states that pursuant to section 15.2(C) of the
General Terms and Conditions, ninety percent (90%) of GSR Costs are
allocated to customers under Texas Eastern's Rate Schedules CDS, FT-1,
LLFT, and VKFT in the form of a CSR Demand Surcharge calculated using
customer MDQs. Texas Eastern's December 1 Filing allocated $12,701,656
of GSR Costs, inclusive of prior period adjustments and carrying
charges, to its customers under Rate Schedules CDS, FT-1, LLFT and
VKFT. However, Texas Eastern states that total customer MDQs under Rate
Schedules CDS, FT-1, LLFT and VKFT have changed slightly since the
December 1 Filing. Attachment A details the calculation of the new GSR
Demand Surcharge unit rate based upon MDQs effective January 1, 1994.
As a result, Texas Eastern submits Sub Sixth Revised Sheet No. 25, Sub
Sixth Revised Sheet No. 30, Sub Third Revised Sheet No. 34A, Sub Third
Revised Sheet No. 34B, Sub Third Revised Sheet No. 42A, and Sub Second
Revised Sheet No. 42B to reflect this slight change in total firm
customer MDQs. Texas Eastern states that the rates for Rate Schedules
IT-1, PTI, LLIT and VKIT are not impacted by the slight change in total
firm customer MDQs.
The proposed effective date of the tariff sheets is January 1,
1994, consistent with the December 30 Order or the effective date of
the tariff sheets they replace.
Texas Eastern states that copies of the filing were served on firm
customers of Texas Eastern and interested state commission. Copies were
also served on all parties to Docket No. RP94-66-000.
Any person desiring to protest said filing should file a protest
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 825 North Capital
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Rule 211 of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure. All such protests should
be filed on or before January 31, 1994. 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. Copies of
this filing are on file with the Commission and are available for
public inspection.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-1799 Filed 1-27-94; 8:45 am]
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