[Federal Register: June 26, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 123)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RP03-514-000]
Gas Research Institute; Notice of Annual Application
June 19, 2003.
Take notice that on June 2, 2003, the Gas Research Institute (GRI)
filed an application requesting advance approval of its 2004-2008 Five-
Year Research, Development and Demonstration (RD&D) Plan, and the 2004
RD&D Program and the funding of its RD&D activities for 2004, pursuant
to section 154.401 of the Commission's regulations under the Natural
Gas Act, the Commission's rules of practice and procedure, and the
Commission's April 29, 1998, Order Approving Settlement (April 29
Order) (83 FERC ] 61,093 (1998)).
In its application, GRI states that all aspects of its proposed
2004 Program are consistent with the current Settlement. GRI states
that proposed budgets are identical to those approved as part of the
Settlement. GRI proposes to incur contract obligation of $60.0 million
in 2004. Consistent with the April 29 Order, GRI states that all $60.0
million of the 2004 contract obligations will be for Core Projects. GRI
states that its application seeks to collect funds to support its RD&D
program through jurisdictional rates and charges during the 12 months
ending December 31, 2004.
Consistent with the April 29 Order, GRI proposes to fund the 2004
RD&D program by using the following surcharges: (1) A demand/
reservation surcharge of 5.0 cents per Dth per Month for ``high load
factor customers''; (2) a demand/reservation surcharge of 3.1 cents per
Dth per Month for ``low load factor customers'', (3) a volumetric
commodity/usage surcharge of 0.4 cents; and (4) a special ``small
customer'' surcharge of 0.6 cents per Dth. GRI states that all of the
proposed 2004 surcharges are the same as corresponding current levels.
The Commission Staff will analyze GRI's application and prepare a
Commission Staff Report. This Staff Report will be served on all
parties and filed with the Commission as a public
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document on August 4, 2003. Comments on the Staff Report and GRI's
application by all parties, except GRI, must be filed with the
Commission on or before August 18, 2003. GRI's reply comments must be
filed on or before August 25, 2003.
Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should
file a motion to intervene or a protest with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in
accordance with sections 385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission's rules
and regulations. All such motions or protests must be filed on or
before the intervention and protests date as indicated below. 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. This filing is available for review at the
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``FERRIS'' link.
Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket
number field to access the document. For assistance, please contact
FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at (866)
208-3676, or TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. The Commission strongly
encourages electronic filings. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the
instructions on the Commission's Web site under the ``e-Filing'' link.
Intervention and Protest Date: June 30, 2003.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-16212 Filed 6-25-03; 8:45 am]
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