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1See, 68 FERC ¶ 61,334 (1994).

2See, 71 FERC ¶ 62,220 (1995).

3See, 75 FERC ¶ 62,044 (1996).

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. TM97–13–29–000]

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

September 9, 1997.

Take notice that on September 3, 1997

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation (Transco) tendered for

filing to become part its FERC Gas

Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1,

Sixth Revised Sheet No. 50, to be

effective July 1, 1997.

Transco states that the purpose of the

instant filing is to track rate changes

attributable to transportation service

purchased from Texas Gas Transmission

Corporation (Texas Gas) under its Rate

Schedule FT the costs of which are

included in the rates and charges

payable under Transco’s Rate Schedule

FT–NT. Transco states that the filing is

being made pursuant to tracking

provisions under Section 4 of Transco’s

Rate Schedule FT–NT.

Transco states that included in

Appendix B attached to the filing is the

explanation of the rate changes and

details regarding the computation of the

revised Rate Schedule FT–NT rates.

Transco states that copies of the filing

are being mailed to each of its FT–NT

customers and interested State

Commissions.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, Washington, D.C. 20426, in

accordance with Sections 385.214 and

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–24372 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER97–3954–000]

Unicom Power Marketing, Inc.; Notice

of Filing

September 9, 1997.

Take notice that on August 28, 1997,

Unicom Power Marketing, Inc., tendered

for filing an amendment in the abovereferenced docket.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said 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 Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 18 CFR 385.214). All such motions

or protests must be filed on or before

September 19, 1997. 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–24359 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP94–753–003]

United Cities Gas Company; Notice of

Application To Amend

September 9, 1997.

Take notice that on September 4,

1997, Atmos Energy Corporation

(Atmos), c/o Crowell & Moring LLP,

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20004–2595 filed an

application pursuant to Section 7(c) of

the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the

Commission’s Regulations to amend the

limited jurisdiction certificate of public

convenience and necessity issued in

Docket No. CP94–753–000, et al. to

United Cities Gas Company (United

Cities), by substituting Atmos as the

holder of the limited jurisdiction

certificate. Atmos’s application is on file

with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

Atmos states that on July 31, 1997, a

merger between United Cities and

Atmos became effective; and, the

merged company bears the name Atmos.

The limited jurisdiction certificate was

issued in the above-captioned docket 1

authorizing United Cities to operate the

Barnsley Storage Field (Barnsley) in

Hopkins County, Kentucky, since it

intended to lease capacity to a single

storage customer, Sonat Marketing

Company (Sonat), whose gas would

flow in interstate commerce. United

Cities’ certificate was amended to

replace Sonat with Woodward

Marketing, LLC as the recipient of the

storage service.2 The certificate was

further amended, to add to the

certificated storage facilities four storage

fields in Kansas.3

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before

September 30, 1997, file with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20426, a motion to

intervene or a protest in accordance

with the requirements of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR §§ 385.211 and

385.214) and the regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). All

protests filed with the Commission will

be considered by it in determining the

appropriate action to be taken but will

not serve to make the protestants parties

to the proceeding. Any person wishing

to become a party in any proceeding

herein must file a motion to intervene

in accordance with the Commission’s

rules.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the

Natural Gas Act and the Commission’s

Rules of Practice and Procedure, a

hearing will be held without further

notice before the Commission or its

designee on this application if no

motion to intervene is filed within the

time required herein, if the Commission

on its own review of the matter finds

that permission and approval for the

proposed abandonment are required by

the public convenience and necessity. If

a motion for leave to intervene is timely

filed, or if the Commission on its own

motion believes that formal hearing is

required, further notice of such hearing

will be duly given.

Under the procedure herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be
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unnecessary for Atmos to appear or to

be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–24357 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. TM98–1–43–000]

Williams Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas

Tariff

September 9, 1997.

Take notice that on September 3,

1997, Williams Natural Gas Company

(WNG) tendered for filing to become

part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second

Revised Volume No. 1, Twenty Second

Revised Sheet No. 6A. The proposed

effective date of this tariff sheet is

October 1, 1997.

WNG states that pursuant to Article

26 of the General Terms and Conditions

of its FERC Gas Tariff, and FERC

Annual Charges Billing under 18 CFR

Part 382, dated August 1, 1997, WNG is

filing to reflect an increase in the FERC

Annual Charge Adjustment from $.0020

to $.0022 per Dth for the fiscal year

beginning October 1, 1997. The unit

charge factor of $.0020 per Dth,

approved by the Commission, is

adjusted by the debit amount related to

the previous fiscal year to arrive at a

total ACA unit charge factor of $.0022.

WNG states that a copy of its filing

was served on all jurisdictional

customers and interested state

commissions.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this filing should file a motion

to intervene or a 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 such 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 proceedings.

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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–24368 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Western Area Power Administration

Transmission and Ancillary Services

Rates, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin,

Eastern Division

AGENCY: Western Area Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rate

adjustments.

SUMMARY: The Western Area Power

Administration (Western) is proposing

transmission service and ancillary

service rate adjustments for Pick-Sloan

Missouri Basin Program, Eastern

Division (P–SMBP–ED). The proposed

formula rates will provide sufficient

revenue to repay all annual costs and

assigned investment within the

allowable time periods. The proposed

formula rates are scheduled to go into

effect May 1, 1998. This Federal

Register notice continues the procedure

for public participation in the

transmission and ancillary service rate

adjustments, which began with

Western’s Advance Announcement

dated March 28, 1997.

DATES: The consultation and comment

period for the proposed transmission

service and ancillary service rates will

end November 14, 1997. Written

comments should be received by

Western by the end of the comment

period to be assured consideration.

Western will present a detailed

explanation of the proposed rate at the

public information forums which will

be held at the following dates and times:

1. October 16, 1997—9 a.m. MDT,

Billings, Montana.

2. October 17, 1997—9 a.m. CDT,

Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Western will receive written and oral

comments at the public comment

forums which will be held at the

following times:

3. November 13, 1997—9 a.m. MST,

Billings, Montana.

4. November 14, 1997—9 a.m. CST,

Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

ADDRESSES: Western’s public

information forums will be held at the

following places:

1. Radisson Northern Hotel, Broadway

& 1st Avenue North, Billings, Montana.

2. Howard Johnson, 3300 West

Russell Street, Sioux Falls, South

Dakota.

Western’s public comment forums

will be held at the following places:

3. Radisson Northern Hotel, Broadway

& 1st Avenue North, Billings, Montana.

4. Howard Johnson, 3300 West

Russell Street, Sioux Falls, South

Dakota.

Written comments should be sent to:

Gerald C. Wegner, Regional Manager,

Upper Great Plains Region, Western

Area Power Administration, P.O. Box

35800, Billings, MT 59107–5800.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert F. Riehl, Rates Manager, Upper

Great Plains Region (UGPR), Western

Area Power Administration, P.O. Box

35800, Billings, MT 59107–5800, (406)

247–7388. E-mail riehl@wapa.gov or

visit UGPR’s home page at http://

www.wapa.gov/ugp/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

I. Introduction/Background

II. Western’s Proposal

III. Proposed Rates

IV. Cost Shifting

V. Other Options

VI. Authorities

I. Introduction/Background

Western initiated a public process to

establish long-term open access

transmission and ancillary service rates

for the P–SMBP–ED with its advance

announcement of March 28, 1997.

Several options were identified and

comments and ideas were solicited on

these options. Forty-five letters were

received as a result of the solicitation.

The letters commented on fourteen

issues. The most constant and

consistent message received from the

comments was that Western should

choose a proposal that would have the

least impact upon the P–SMBP–ED firm

power rate. This Federal Register notice

continues that process.

II. Western’s Proposal

1. Honor Existing Contract

Arrangements

Western presently has the following

transmission and related services

contract agreements. Western intends to

abide by the terms of these agreements

and sustain the benefits incurred from

these agreements.

Basin Electric Power Cooperative

(Basin Electric) has a bilateral Contract,

90–BAO–415, with Western for Joint

Transmission System services. The

Contract became effective on the first

day of the first full billing period

following the date of its execution,

January 5, 1995, and remains in effect