[Federal Register: November 13, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 219)]
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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
will
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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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