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Oil Pipeline Index
    Indexing Methodology - Indices to be Used:

    The Commission's regulations (at 18 C.F.R. § 342.3) include a methodology for oil pipelines to change their rates through use of an index system that establishes ceiling levels for such rates. The mandatory five year review has revised the methodology for this index to now be based on Producer Price Index for Finished Goods (PPI-FG), plus 1.3 percent adjustment for the period July 1, 2006 through July 2011 Decision PDF.

    The issued indexes for each index year are:
    Index Year
    Multiplier to Use
    July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009 1.051653 PDF
    July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008 1.043186 PDF
    July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007 1.061485 PDF
    July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006 1.036288 PDF
    July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005 1.031677 PDF
    July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004 0.987207 PDF
    July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003 1.019565 PDF
    July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002 1.037594 PDF
    July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001 1.007598
    July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000 0.981654
    July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999 0.993808
    July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998 1.016583
    July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1997 1.009124
    July 1, 1995 to June 30, 1996 0.996415
    January 1, 1995 to June 30, 1995 1.002175

    History:  The index is based on the annual change in the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods (PPI-FG), minus one percentage point, for the years 1995 through 2000 PDF. Starting on July 1, 2001 PDF the methodology was changed to the Producer Price Index for finished Goods (PPI-FG). The regulations provide that each year the Commission will publish the oil pipeline index after the PPI-FG becomes available.




Updated: May 28, 2008