130 FERC ¶ 61,228 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION 

Before Commissioners: Jon Wellinghoff, Chairman; 

 Marc Spitzer, Philip D. Moeller, 

 and John R. Norris. 

Electronic Tariff Filings Docket No. RM01-5-000 

ORDER ESTABLISHING BASELINE FILING SCHEDULE 

STARTING APRIL 1, 2010 

(Issued March 19, 2010) 

1. In Order No. 714,1

 the Commission adopted regulations requiring that tariff and 

tariff-related filings must be made electronically. The Commission provided that the 

conversion to electronic tariff filings would begin April 1, 2010, with pipelines and 

utilities filing baseline tariffs according to a six-month staggered filing schedule worked 

out between staff and industry. By notice dated December 1, 2009, the industries and 

industry trade associations were provided an opportunity to develop a staggered schedule 

providing for a reasonable distribution of filings throughout the six-month period and to 

file such a schedule by January 22, 2010. 

2. Forty-seven filings were submitted covering over 640 individual utilities and 

pipelines. We want to thank all filers, and the industry trade associations in particular, 

for their efforts in developing a staggered schedule that will permit customers and the 

Commission a reasonable opportunity to review and to act on these baseline filings in a 

timely manner. As can be seen from the graph below, the schedule resulting from these 

filings provides a reasonable distribution of filings throughout the six-month transition 

period. 

 1 Electronic Tariff Filings, Order No. 714, 73 FR 57515 (Oct. 3, 2008), 

FERC Stats. & Regs ¶ 31,276, at P 104 (2008). 
Docket No. RM01-5-000 - 2 - 

Baseline Tariff Submission Timeline

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10

No. companies

Electric

Pipeline

We will accept the proposed schedules for filing.2

3. On March 12, the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) and the Electric Power Supply 

Association (EPSA) filed a motion requesting that the Commission extend the beginning 

date for electronic filing until one month after the Commission’s test environment is fully 

operational. EEI and EPSA state that some of their members have not been able to 

complete testing of their tariff software and conducting test filings. They argue that since 

the Commission will not be able to continue its pre-production test environment past the 

April 1 starting date, the starting date for electronic tariff filing for all parties should be 

extended.3

 On March 16, 2010, the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America 

(INGAA) filed an Answer to the EEI and EPSA motion, stating that it has no objection to 

EEI and EPSA’s request for a delay in the electronic tariff baseline filing schedule, as 

long as pipelines that are ready to file electronically in accordance with their original 

schedules may do so. 

 2

 The Appendix contains a listing of the companies (with a designation of E for 

electric and P for pipeline) and the months in which their filings are to be made. 

3

 On March 16, 2010, and March 18, 2010, the Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc. (Midwest ISO), the New York Independent System 

Operator, Inc. (NYISO), ISO New England Inc. (ISO-NE), and PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C (PJM) filed responses. The Midwest ISO and NYISO support the motion by EEI 

and EPSA, and the NYISO, ISO-NE, and PJM request that the pre-production testing 

environment be maintained permanently. 
Docket No. RM01-5-000 - 3 - 

4. We will deny the request for an extension of time. It is important to remember 

that no utility or pipeline is required to make its tariff and tariff-related filings starting 

April 1, 2010. April 1 is merely the date on which the Commission will start accepting 

live filings based on the schedules submitted by the participants themselves. Moreover, 

as indicated by the responses received and INGAA’s Answer, some companies want to 

go forward and make their baseline filings in April 2010 and may have arranged their 

chosen filing dates for business reasons. 

5. Our current testing shows that many companies are able successfully to make 

baseline filings. Permitting such filings to go forward not only will accommodate those 

companies that want to file earlier, but will permit the full production test of software on 

both sides. No matter how much pre-production testing occurs, problems may be 

encountered in a production environment, and, therefore, moving to the production 

environment for those companies that are ready will help improve the system for other 

companies and the Commission. 

6. Companies that may not have submitted a proposed date for making their 

electronic filings will have the full six-month period, until September 30, 2010, to submit 

their baseline filings. Moreover, while continuing a pre-production database and test 

environment once it is rolled into a production environment is too expensive and resource 

intensive, we are providing on a permanent basis a test environment (“sandbox”) that can 

be used to test submitted files to determine whether the format of the filings meets the 

Commission’s electronic formatting and verification requirements. Filers can use the 

sandbox to test fully their ability to submit an electronic package meeting the technical 

specifications. Filers submitting files to the sandbox receive an email indicating any 

validation errors with their filings that would prevent the acceptance of the filing. We 

also will enhance the capability of the sandbox to enable parties to test the complete 

range of filings (such as statutory, compliance, amendments, etc.) based on the status of 

their tariffs in the production database. This capability will enable filers to determine 

prior to making filings if such filings contain errors that will result in rejection. 

7. Once the baseline filings have been made, all subsequent tariff and tariff-related 

filings must be made electronically using the eTariff formatted filings. We recognize that 

despite testing, making actual filings after a successful baseline filing may result in 

unanticipated problems. The Commission staff will work with filers to resolve technical 

problems and to help ensure that the substantive work of the Commission can continue as 

usual. Notwithstanding our denial of the request for an extension of time, we remind 

filers that if filings cannot be made for technical reasons, the Director of the Office of 

Energy Market Regulation and the Office of the Secretary also have delegated authority 
Docket No. RM01-5-000 - 4 - 

to grant extensions of filing deadlines for compliance and other filings when such 

extensions are warranted.4

The Commission orders: 

 Compliance with the requirement of Order No. 714 to make baseline filings shall 

be made according to the schedule discussed in the body of this order. 

By the Commission. 

( S E A L ) 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

 

 4

 18 C.F.R. §§ 375.302(f); 385.307(b)(ii); 385.2008 (2009). 
Appendix

Company Name 

# of 

cos. Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 

No. Companies Filing 

 E P E P E P E P E P 

CMS Enterprise 7 7 AEP 11 11 Allegheny 8 8 Allete 1 Alliant 8 8 Ameren 8 8 APS 1 1 Avista 2 2 Black Hills Corp. 4 4 CAISO 1 1 Calpine Corporation 1 1 Capital Power Corporation 1 1 Central Hudson 1 Central Vermont 1 Cleco Corporation 3 3 Con Ed 4 2 2 Conectiv Energy Supply, Inc./ Pepco Holdings 1 Constellation 12 12 Constellation Energy 1 1 Consumers 1 1 Covanta MBR Companies-Covanta Delaware 8 8 CP&L 1 1 
Docket No. RM01-5-000 - 2 - 

Company Name 

# of 

cos. Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 

No. Companies Filing 

 E P E P E P E P E P 

Crosstex Energy 1 1 Dominion 15 5 5 5 DPL, Inc. 3 3 DTE Companies 2 2 DTE Energy-MichCon 1 1 Duke 17 8 Dynegy 15 1E. ON U.S. 4 4 Edison Mission Energy 1 1 Entergy 18 18 Exelon 9 9 FirstEnergy 12 12 Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company 1 1 FPC 1 1 FPL 1 1 GDF Suez Energy North America 1 1 Iberdrola USA 6 6 Idaho Power 1 1 Indianapolis Power & Light Company 1 1 Integrys Energy Group 3 3 International Power America, Inc. 1 1 ISO-NE 1 1 KCPL 2 2 Louisville Gas and 1 1 
Docket No. RM01-5-000 - 3 - 

Company Name 

# of 

cos. Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 

No. Companies Filing 

 E P E P E P E P E P 

Electric Company LS Power Associates, LP 1 Maine Public Service Company 1 1 MidAmerican Energy HC 7 Mirant Corporation 1 1 MISO 1 1 Montana-Dakota Utils. 1 National Grid 7 NewCorp Energy Resources, Inc. 1 1 NextEra 80 27 26 27 NIPSCO 1 1 Northeast Utilities 4 4 Northern Indiana Public Service Company 1 1 NorthWestern 1 NRG Energy, Inc. 1 NSTAR 1 1 NYISO 1 1 Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company 1 1 Optim Energy Marketing LLC 1 1 Otter Tail Power Company 1 1 Pacific Gas & Electric 1 1 Pepco Holdings 11 1PJM 1 1 PNM 1 1 Portland General 1 1 
Docket No. RM01-5-000 - 4 - 

Company Name 

# of 

cos. Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 

No. Companies Filing 

 E P E P E P E P E P 

PPL Corp. 10 5 5 PPL Corporation 1 1 PSEG Companies 5 2 3 Public Service Company of Colorado 1 1 Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) 1 1 Puget Sound Energy 1 RRI Energy, Inc. 1 1 SCE 1 1 SIGECO 1 1 South Carolina Electric & Gas Company 1 1 Southern Company 8 Southwestern Power Administration 1 1 SPP 1 1 Tampa Electric 1 1 Tenaska, Inc. 1 1 Tucson Electric Power 3 1 United Illuminating 1 1 Unitil Energy Systems, Inc. 1 1 Unitil Power Corporation 1 1 Valero Power Marketing LLC 1 1 Wabash Valley Energy Marketing Inc. 1 1 Wabash Valley Power Association 1 1 Westar Energy 5 5 Wisconsin Electric 1 1 
Docket No. RM01-5-000 - 5 - 

Company Name 

# of 

cos. Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 

No. Companies Filing 

 E P E P E P E P E P 

WSPP Inc. 1 1 Xcel Energy 4 4 Devon Energy 1 1 Algonquin Gas Transmission Vol. 2 1 1 Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC 1 1 Alliance Pipeline LP 1 1 American Midstream, LLC 1 1 Amoco Capline Pipeline Company 1 1 ANR Pipeline Co. 1 ANR Storage Co. 1 1 Arbuckle North Pipeline L.L.C. 1 1 Atmos Pipeline 1 1 Baton Rouge Pipeline LLC 1 1 Bay Gas Storage 1 Belle Fourche Pipeline Company 1 1 Belle Rose NGL Pipeline, L.L.C. 1 Bengal Pipeline Company 1 1 Black Lake Pipeline Company 1 1 Black Marlin Pipeline Co. 1 Blue Lake Gas Storage Co. 1 1 Bluewater Gas Storage 1 1 
Docket No. RM01-5-000 - 6 - 

Company Name 

# of 

cos. Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 

No. Companies Filing 

 E P E P E P E P E P 

Bobcat Gas Storage 1 BP Energy Company 1 1 BP Oil Pipeline Company 1 1 BP Pipelines (Alaska) Inc. 1 1 BP Pipelines (North America) Inc. 1 1 B-R Pipeline Company 1 1 Bridgeline Holdings, L.P. 1 1 Bridger Pipeline, LLC 1 Buckeye NGL Pipe Lines LLC 1 1 Buckeye Pipe Line Company, L.P. 1 1 Buckeye Pipe Line Transportation LLC 1 Butte Pipeline Company 1 1 Calnev Pipe Line LLC 1 1 Cameraon Interstate Pipeline, LLC 1 1 Carolina Gas Transmission 1 1 CCPS Transportation LLC 1 1 Centennial Pipeline LLC 1 1 CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Co. 1 1 Central Kentucky Transmission Company 1 1 Centurion Pipeline L.P. 1 Chandeleur Pipe Line Company 1 Chaparral Pipeline 1 1 
Docket No. RM01-5-000 - 7 - 

Company Name 

# of 

cos. Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 

No. Companies Filing 

 E P E P E P E P E P 

Company, LLC Cheniere Creole Trail Pipeline, LP 1 Cheniere Sabine Pass Pipeline Co. 1 Chevron Pipe Line Company 1 Cheyenne Plains Pipeline Company, LLC 1 1 Chicap Pipe Line Company 1 1 Chisholm Pipeline Company 1 1 Chunchula Pipeline Company, LLC 1 1 Clear Creek Storage Company, LLC 1 Collins Pipeline Company 1 1 Colonial Pipeline Company 1 1 Colorado Interstate Gas Company 1 1 Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC 1 1 Columbia Gulf Transmission Co. 1 1 Conoco Offshore Pipe Line Company 1 1 ConocoPhillips 1 1 ConocoPhillips Pipe Line Company 1 Copano Pipelines 1 1 Crossroads Pipeline Co. 1 
Docket No. RM01-5-000 - 8 - 

Company Name 

# of 

cos. Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 

No. Companies Filing 

 E P E P E P E P E P 

Cypress Pipe Line Company, LLC 1 1 DCP Midstream 1 1 Discovery Gas Transmission LLC 1 Dixie Pipeline Company 1 1 Dome Pipeline Corp. 1 1 Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP 1 1 Dominion South Pipeline Company, LP 1 1 Dominion Transmission, Inc. 1 1 East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC 1 1 Eastern Shore Natural Gas 1 1 Egan Gas Storage 1 1 El Paso Natural Gas Company 1 1 Elba Express Company 1 1 Empire Pipeline, Inc. 1 1 Enbridge Energy 1 1 1 Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership 1 1 Enbridge Pipelines (North Dakota) L.L.C. 1 1 Enbridge Pipelines (Ozark) L.L.C. 1 1 Enbridge Pipelines (Patoka) L.L.C. 1 1 Enbridge Pipelines (Southern Lights) LLC[1] 1 1 
Docket No. RM01-5-000 - 9 - 

Company Name 

# of 

cos. Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 

No. Companies Filing 

 E P E P E P E P E P 

Enbridge Pipelines (Toledo) Inc. 1 1 Endicott Pipeline Company 1 1 Energy Transfer Company 1 1 Enogex LLC 1 1 Enterprise Lou-Tex NGL Pipeline L.P. 1 1 Enterprise Products 1 1 Equitrans, LP 1 1 Excel Pipeline L.L.C. 1 1 Explorer Pipeline Company 1 Express Pipeline LLC 1 ExxonMobile Pipeline Company 1 Falcon Storage 1 1 Florida Gas Transmission Co., LLC 1 1 Frontier Pipeline Company 1 1 Garden Banks Gas Pipeline, LLC 1 1 Gas Transmission Northwest Corp. 1 1 Genesis Pipeline USA, L.P. 1 Granite State Gas Transmission Inc. 1 1 Great Lakes Gas Transmission, LP. 1 1 Guardian Pipeline, LLC 1 1 
Docket No. RM01-5-000 - 10 - 

Company Name 

# of 

cos. Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 

No. Companies Filing 

 E P E P E P E P E P 

Gulf Crossing Pipeline Company, LP 1 1 Gulf South Pipeline Co., LP 1 1 Gulfstream Natural Gas System, LLC 1 1 Hardy Storage Company, LLC 1 1 Heartland Pipeline Company 1 1 Holly Energy Partners - Operating L.P. 1 1 Horizon Pipeline Company, LLC 1 1 Illinois Gas Transmission Company (Statement of Operating Conditions) 1 1 Inland Corporation 1 1 Iroquois Gas Transmission System, LP 1 1 Jayhawk Pipeline, L.L.C. 1 Kern River Gas Transmission Company 1 1 Chevron Keystone Gas Storage, LLC 1 1 Kinder Morgan 1 1 1 Kinder Morgan Cochin LLC 1 1 Kinder Morgan Illinois Pipeline LLC 1 1 Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission, LLC 1 1 Kinder Morgan Louisiana 1 1 
Docket No. RM01-5-000 - 11 - 

Company Name 

# of 

cos. Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 

No. Companies Filing 

 E P E P E P E P E P 

Pipeline, LLC Kinder Morgan Operating L.P. “A” 1 1 Kinder Morgan Wink Pipeline LLC 1 1 Koch Alaska Pipeline Company, LLC 1 1 Koch Pipeline Company, L.P. 1 1 Liberty Gas Storage 1 1 Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P. 1 1 Marathon Offshore Pipeline L.L.C. 1 1 Marathon Pipe Line L.L.C. 1 1 Maritimes & Northeast US 1 1 MarkWEst Pioneer, LLC 1 Mars Oil Pipeline Company 1 1 Mid-American Pipeline Company, LLC 1 Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC 1 1 Mid-Valley Pipeline Company 1 1 Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. 1 1 MGC LLC 1 1 Millennium Pipeline Company, LLC 1 1 Milne Point Pipeline, LLC 1 1 Minnesota Pipe Line 1 1 
Docket No. RM01-5-000 - 12 - 

Company Name 

# of 

cos. Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 

No. Companies Filing 

 E P E P E P E P E P 

Company, LLC Mississippi Canyon Gas Pipeline, LLC 1 1 Mississippi River Transmission Corp. 1 1 Mobil Eugene Island Pipeline Company 1 1 Mobil Pipe Line Company 1 1 MOEM Pipeline LLC 1 1 MoGas Pipeline LLC 1 Mojave Pipeline Company 1 1 Monroe Gas Storage Company LLC 1 Moss Bluff 1 1 Muskegon Pipeline LLC 1 1 Mustang Pipe Line LLC 1 1 National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation 1 1 National Fuel Gas Supply Corp 1 1 Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, LLC 1 Nautilus Pipeline Co., LLC 1 1 Norco Pipe Line Company, LLC 1 1 North Baja Pipeline, LLC 1 1 Northern Border Pipeline Co. 1 1 Northern Natural Gas 1 
Docket No. RM01-5-000 - 13 - 

Company Name 

# of 

cos. Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 

No. Companies Filing 

 E P E P E P E P E P 

Company Northwest Natural Gas Company 1 1 Northwest Pipeline GP 1 1 NuStar Logistics, L.P. 1 1 NuStar Operating Partnership L.P. 1 1 Ohio River Pipe Line LLC 1 1 OkTex Pipeline Co. 1 Olympic Pipe Line Company 1 1 ONEOK NGL Pipeline, L.L.C. 1 1 ONEOK North System L.L.C. 1 1 Oneok Partners 1 1 Osage Pipe Line Company, LLC 1 1 Overland Pass Pipeline, L.L.C. 1 1 Ozark Gas Transmission 1 1 Paiute Pipeline Company 1 1 Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, LP 1 1 Phillips Texas Pipeline Company, Ltd. 1 1 Pine Needle LNG Company, LLC 1 1 Pine Prairie Energy Center LLC 1 1 Pioneer Pipe Line Company 1 1 
Docket No. RM01-5-000 - 14 - 

Company Name 

# of 

cos. Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 

No. Companies Filing 

 E P E P E P E P E P 

Plains Pipeline, LP 1 1 Plantation Pipe Line Company 1 1 Platte Pipe Line Company 1 1 Portland Natural Gas Transmission System 1 Portland Pipe Line Corporation 1 1 Questar Overthrust Pipeline Co. 1 1 Questar Pipeline Co. 1 1 Questar Southern Trails Pipeline Company 1 1 Red Butte Pipe Line Company 1 1 Regency Energy 1 1 Rendezvous Pipeline Company, LLC 1 1 Rio Grande Pipeline Company 1 Rockies Express Pipeline, LLC 1 1 Rocky Mountain Pipeline System LLC 1 1 Sabine Pipe Line LLC 1 Saltville Gas Storage Co., LLC 1 1 Sea Robin Pipeline Company, LLC 1 1 Seaway Crude Pipeline Company 1 1 Seaway Products Pipeline Company 1 1 
Docket No. RM01-5-000 - 15 - 

Company Name 

# of 

cos. Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 

No. Companies Filing 

 E P E P E P E P E P 

Seminole Pipeline Company 1 1 SFPP, L.P. 1 SG Resources Mississippi, LLC 1 1 Shell Energy North America, LP 1 1 Shell Pipeline Company LP 1 1 Ship Shoal Pipeline Company 1 1 Skelly-Belvieu Pipeline Company, L.L.C. 1 1 SLC Pipeline L.L.C. 1 1 Sorrento Pipeline Company, LLC 1 1 Southeast Supply Header, LLC 1 1 Southern LNG, Inc. 1 1 Southern Natural Gas Co. 1 1 Southern Star Central Pipeline, Inc. 1 1 SouthTex 66 Pipeline Company, Ltd. 1 1 Southwest Gas Storage Co. 1 1 Steckman Ridge, LP 1 1 Stingray Pipeline Company, LLC 1 1 Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Pipeline Company 1 1 Sunoco Pipeline L.P. 1 1 Targa NGL Pipeline 1 1 
Docket No. RM01-5-000 - 16 - 

Company Name 

# of 

cos. Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 

No. Companies Filing 

 E P E P E P E P E P 

Targa Resources 1 1 TE Products Pipeline Company, LLC 1 Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. 1 1 TEPPCO Crude Pipeline, LLC 1 1 Texas Eastern Transmission Vol. 2 1 1 Texas Eastern Transmission, LP 1 1 Texas Gas Transmission, LLC 1 The Peoples Light and Coke Company 1 1 The Premcor Pipeline Company 1 The Premcor Refining Group, Inc 1 1 The Shamrock Pipeline Corporation 1 Trailblazer Pipeline Co. 1 1 Trans Mountain Pipeline (Puget Sound) LLC 1 1 TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, LP 1 TransColorado Gas Transmission Co. 1 1 Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line, LLC 1 1 Transwestern Pipeline Cp., LLC 1 1 Tres Palacios Gas Storage LLC 1 1 
Docket No. RM01-5-000 - 17 - 

Company Name 

# of 

cos. Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 

No. Companies Filing 

 E P E P E P E P E P 

Tri-States NGL Pipeline, L.L.C. 1 1 Trunkline Gas Company, LLC 1 1 Trunkline LNG Co., LLC 1 1 Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company 1 1 Unocal Pipeline Company 1 1 USG Pipeline Company 1 1 UTOS - Enbridge Offshore Pipelines 1 1 Valero MKS Logistics, LLC 1 Valero Terminating and Distribution Company 1 Vector Pipeline, LP 1 1 Venice Gathering System, LLC 1 1 Viking Gas Transmission Company 1 1 West Shore Pipe Line Company 1 1 West Texas Gulf Pipe Line Company 1 1 West Texas LPG Pipeline Limited Partnership 1 1 WestGas Interstate, Inc. 1 1 WesTTex 66 Pipeline Company 1 1 White River Hub, LLC 1 1 Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co. 1 1 
Docket No. RM01-5-000 - 18 - 

Company Name 

# of 

cos. Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 

No. Companies Filing 

 E P E P E P E P E P 

Wilprise Pipeline Company, L.L.C. 1 1 Wolverine Pipe Line Company 1 1 Wood River Pipe Lines LLC 1 1 Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd 1 1 Yellowstone Pipe Line Company 1 1 Young Gas Storage Company, Ltd 1 1