[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 12, 1995)] [Notices] [Pages 63706-63707] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-30185] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [Docket No. RP96-72-000] Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Settlement Compliance Filing December 6, 1995. Take notice that on December 1, 1995, Southern Natural Gas Company (Southern) submitted for filing to become part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Seventh Revised Volume No. 1, the following substitute tariff sheets, to become effective January 1, 1996: Sixth Revised Sheet No. 15A Sixth Revised Sheet No. 17A Second Revised Sheet No. 18A Southern asserts that the purpose of this filing is to comply with the Commission's Order Accepting Settlement, Severing Contesting Parties, Issuing Certificates and Approving Abandonment issued on September 29, 1995, 72 FERC para. 61,322 (1995) (Order), which approved the Stipulation and Agreement (Settlement) filed by Southern on March 15, 1995 in Docket Nos. RP89-224-012, et al. In accordance with Paragraph 15 of Article VII of the Settlement, Southern has made this filing to recover a GSR volumetric surcharge based on an estimate of its unrecovered 1995 and 1996 GSR costs. Under the terms of the Settlement, Southern had filed tariff sheets providing for recovery of Southern's gas supply realignment (GSR) costs from the parties supporting the Settlement through a reservation surcharge of $1.40/Mcf of Transportation Demand and a volumetric surcharge of $0.08/MMBtu, which sheets were accepted subject to conditions effective March 1, 1995, by Letter Order of the Commission dated April 4, 1995, in Docket No. RP95-209, 71 FERC para. 61,022 (1995). Paragraph 15 of Article VII of the Settlement provides for Southern to file on or before December 1, 1995 a GSR volumetric surcharge to be effective for the parties supporting the Settlement beginning January 1, 1996, which surcharge replaces the $1.40/Mcf and $0.08/MMBtu surcharges previously in effect. Such volumetric surcharge is to be calculated based on the sum of Southern's estimate of its unrecovered GSR costs as of December 31, 1995, plus Southern's estimate of its 1996 GSR costs (after deducting (i) Southern's share of GSR costs and (ii) any transportation revenue credits to be applied against the GSR volumetric surcharges as provided in paragraph 3 of Article VIII of the Settlement and excluding costs allocated to contesting parties not bound by the Settlement), divided by the latest 12-month actual throughput on Southern's system. The Settlement provides that the GSR volumetric surcharge calculated as described hereinabove shall be effective as of January 1, 1996, subject to an adjustment effective April 1, 1996, as provided in Paragraph 16 of Article VII of the Settlement. Southern states that copies of the filing were served upon Southern's customers, intervening parties and interested state commissions. Any person desiring to be heard or to protest this filing should file a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20426, in accordance with 18 CFR 385.214 and 385.211 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations. Pursuant to Sec. 154.210 of the Commission's Regulations, all such motions or protests must 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 protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a motion to intervene. Copies of Southern's filing are on file with the Commission and are available for public [[Page 63707]] inspection in the Public Reference Room. Linwood A. Watson, Jr., Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 95-30185 Filed 12-11-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-M