[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 219 (Monday, November 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67730-67731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28940]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP00-514-002]


Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes to FERC 
Gas Tariff

November 6, 2000.
    Take notice on October 30, 2000, Southern Natural Gas Company 
(Southern) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Seventh 
Revised Volume No. 1, the following tariff sheets to become effective 
October 1, 2000:

Fifth Revised Sheet No. 99
1st Substitute Fourth Revised Sheet No. 101
1st Substitute Original Sheet No. 101A
1st Substitute Original Sheet No. 101B
1st Substitute 1st Revised Sheet No. 102
1st Substitute Original Sheet No. 102-A

    Southern states that the purpose of this filing is to comply with 
the Commission's order dated September 28, 2000 in the above-referenced 
docket. Such letter order generally approved Southern's tariff filing 
made to replace its first-come, first-served capacity allocation 
methodology to a net present value (NPV) of awarding available 
capacity. Such order required Southern to make a compliance filing: (i) 
To limit the establishment of a reserve price in an open season to 
prior to the posting; (ii) to revise its proposal that shippers must 
return their Service Agreements within ten (10) business days after 
receipt if the terms of the Service Agreement reflect the terms of the 
bid or fifteen (15) business days if the terms do not identically 
follow the bid; (iii) to establish a minimum bidding period for open 
seasons which Southern has set at three days for available capacity for 
less than one year and ten days for one year or more; (iv) to establish 
the length of time in which Southern must evaluate the bids in an open 
season; (v) to specify that Southern will post available capacity and 
the winning bid and NPV method used to calculate the bid; (vi) to 
specify that Southern's tie breaker methodology for comparable bids is 
prorata; (vii) to clarify that Primary Receipt Point amendments will be 
awarded on a first-come, first-served basis; (viii) to clarify that if 
Southern awards capacity out of pending requests in the queue then it 
will do so on a first-come, first-served basis.
    In addition, Southern has filed a clarification to Section 2.1(a) 
of the General Terms and Conditions specifying that bids made as part 
of an open season under Section 2.1(b)(iv) could request service that 
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commence outside of the 60 day period generally required for FT 
Requests. Southern intended that open seasons could be held more than 
60 days prior to the date the capacity became available, and this 
tariff language clarifies Southern's intention.
    Southern has made an additional clarification consistent with 
Answer filed by Southern in this proceeding by specifying that, to the 
extent there are pending requests in the queue for which capacity 
becomes available, it will within thirty days, either award the 
capacity on a first-come, first-served basis, post to reserve the 
capacity, or post its intention to hold an open season for the 
capacity.
    Finally, with respect to the requirement of the commission to 
specify the length of time to evaluate bids, Southern states that it 
will post the response time in the open season posting.
    Southern states that it needs the flexibility to tailor the 
response time to the complexity of the open season.
    Southern has requested that these sheets be made effective as of 
October 1, 2000 consistent with the Commission's September 28th Order.
    Southern states that copies of the filing will be served upon its 
shippers and interested state commissions.
    Any person desiring to protest said filing should file a protest 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with section 385.211 of the 
Commission's Rules and Regulations. All such protests must be filed in 
accordance with 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. This filing may be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 for assistance). 
Comments and protests may be filed electronically via the internet in 
lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on 
the Commission's web site at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-28940 Filed 11-9-00; 8:45 am]
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