[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 63701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30181]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. TQ96-1-23-000]


Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in 
FERC Gas Tariff

December 6, 1995.
    Take notice that on December 1, 1995, Eastern Shore Natural Gas 
Company (ESNG) tendered for filing to become part of its FERC Gas 
Tariff, First Revised Volume No. 1, certain revised tariff sheets in 
the above captioned proceeding, with a proposed effective date of 
December 1, 1995.
    ESNG states that the revised tariff sheets are being filed pursuant 
to Section 21 of the General Terms and Conditions of ESNG's FERC Gas 
Tariff to reflect changes in ESNG's jurisdictional rates. The revised 
sales rates reflect an increase of $0.4234 per dt in the Commodity 
Charge, as measured against ESNG's regularly scheduled Annual PGA 
filing, Docket No. TA96-1-23-000, et seq., filed on September 1, 1995 
and approved by the Commission on September 26, 1995.
    The commodity current purchased gas cost adjustment reflects ESNG's 
projected cost of gas for the period December 1, 1995 through January 
31, 1996, and has been calculated using its best estimate of available 
gas supplies to meet ESNG's anticipated purchase requirements. The 
increased gas costs in this filing are a result of higher prices being 
paid to producers/suppliers under ESNG's market-responsive gas supply 
contracts.
    ESNG respectfully requests waiver of the Commission's thirty (30) 
day notice requirement so as to permit it to place the subject rates 
into effect on December 1, 1995, as proposed. ESNG states that it is 
unable to meet the thirty (30) day notice requirements due to the fact 
that the normal purchasing of gas supplies from producers/marketers is 
negotiated five working days before the end of the month (for the next 
month's supply). The normal time frame to order gas supply for the next 
month does not give ESNG any flexibility in order to make a filing in 
time for the ``notice requirement'' when gas prices spike upward (from 
projected) as they have for the month of December, 1995 (projected to 
remain at the same level for January, 1996). The Commission's waiver of 
the thirty day notice requirement in the case of this instant filing 
would allow for a more accurate recovery of ESNG's costs and mitigate 
the deferred commodity costs which would occur in the absence of such 
waiver.
    ESNG states that copies of the filing have been served upon it 
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 NE., Washington, DC 20426, in 
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Pursuant to Section 154.1210 
of the Commission's Regulations, all such motions or protests should be 
filed not later than 12 days after the date of the filing noted above. 
Protests will be considered by the Commission 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 must file a motion to intervene. Copies of this filing are on 
file with the Commission and are available for public inspection.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-30181 Filed 12-11-95; 8:45 am]
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