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###### Department of Energy

###### Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

          - [Docket No. RM93-11-000]

                    The Commission's regulations include a methodology for oil pipelines to change their rates through use of an index system that establishes ceiling levels for such rates. The Commission bases the index system, found at 18 CFR 342.3, on the annual change in the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods (PPI-FG), minus point two one percent (PPI-FG −0.21%). The Commission determined in the January 2022 Order [1]                                          that PPI-FG −0.21% is the appropriate oil pricing index factor for pipelines to use for this period.                

                    The regulations provide that the Commission will publish annually an index figure reflecting the final change in the PPI-FG after the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the final PPI-FG in May of each calendar year. The annual average PPI-FG index figures were 202.9 for 2020 and 221.0 for 2021.                    [2]       ( print page 31233)                        Thus, the percent change (expressed as a decimal) in the annual average PPI-FG from 2020 to 2021, minus 0.21 percent, is positive 0.087107.[3]                                          Oil pipelines must multiply their July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022, index ceiling levels [4]                                          by positive 1.087107 [5]                                          to compute their index ceiling levels for July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, in accordance with 18 CFR 342.3(d). For guidance in calculating the ceiling levels for each 12-month period beginning January 1, 1995,[6]                                          see Explorer Pipeline Company, 71 FERC ¶ 61,416, at n.6 (1995).                

                    In addition to publishing the full text of this Notice in the                     **Federal Register**                    , the Commission provides all interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print this Notice via the internet through FERC's Home Page (                    *http://www.ferc.gov*) using the eLibrary link. To access this document in eLibrary, type the docket number excluding the last three digits of this document in the docket number field and follow other directions on the search page.                

                    User assistance is available for eLibrary and other aspects of FERC's website during normal business hours. For assistance, please contact the Commission's Online Support at 1-866-208-3676 (toll free) or 202-502-6652 (email at                     *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov*), or the Public Reference Room at 202-502-8371, TTY 202-502-8659. E-Mail the Public Reference Room at                     *public.referenceroom@ferc.gov*.                

Dated: May 17, 2022.

Debbie-Anne A. Reese,

Deputy Secretary.

# Footnotes

1.                                                     *Five-Year Rev. of the Oil Pipeline Index,*                         178 FERC ¶ 61,023, at P 105 (2022) (January 2022 Order).                    
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2.                             Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes the final figure in mid-May of each year. This figure is publicly available from the Division of Industrial Prices and Price Indexes of the BLS, at 202-691-7705, and in print in August in Table 1 of the annual data supplement to the BLS publication Producer Price Indexes via the internet at                         *http://www.bls.gov/​ppi/​home.htm*. To obtain the BLS data, scroll down to “PPI Databases” and click on “Top Picks” of the Commodity Data including “headline” FD-ID indexes (Producer Price Index—PPI). At the next screen, under the heading “PPI Commodity Data,” select the box, “Finished goods—WPUFD49207,” then scroll to the bottom of this screen and click on Retrieve data.                    
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3.                             [221.0-202.9]/202.9 = 0.089207 − 0.0021 = 0.087107.                    
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4.                                                     *See*                         January 2022 Order, 178 FERC ¶ 61,023 at P 106 (directing oil pipelines to recompute their July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022 index ceiling levels to be effective March 1, 2022),                         *reh'g denied, Five-Year Rev. of the Oil Pipeline Index,*                         179 FERC ¶ 61,100, at P 8 (2022);                         *see also Revisions to Oil Pipeline Reguls. Pursuant to the Energy Pol'y Act of 1992,*                         178 FERC ¶ 61,046 (2022).                    
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5.                             1 + 0.087107 = 1.087107.                    
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6.                             For a listing of all prior multipliers issued by the Commission, see the Commission's website,                         *https://www.ferc.gov/​industries-data/​oil/​general-information/​oil-pipeline-index*.                    
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[FR Doc. 2022-11037 Filed 5-20-22; 8:45 am]

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