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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
need for users to first view the documents on the web site.
(iii) If a pipeline uses a numeric or
other designation to represent information, an electronic cross-reference
table between the numeric or other
designation and the information represented must be available to users, at
a cost not to exceed reasonable shipping and handling.
(iv) A pipeline must provide the same
content for all information regardless
of the electronic format in which it is
provided.
(v) A pipeline must maintain, for a
period of three years, all information
displayed and transactions conducted
electronically under this section and be
able to recover and regenerate all such
electronic information and documents.
The pipeline must make this archived
information available in electronic
form for a reasonable fee.
(vi) A pipeline must post notices of
operational flow orders, critical periods, and other critical notices on its
Internet web site and must notify affected parties of such notices in either
of the following ways to be chosen by
the affected party: Internet E-Mail or
direct notification to the party’s Internet URL address.
[Order 587, 61 FR 39068, July 26, 1996, as
amended by Order 587–B, 62 FR 5525, Feb. 6,
1997; Order 587–C, 62 FR 10690, Mar. 10, 1997;
Order 587–G, 63 FR 20095, Apr. 23, 1998; Order
587–H, 63 FR 39514, July 23, 1998; Order 587–I,
63 FR 53576, Oct. 6, 1998; Order 587–K, 64 FR
17278, Apr. 9, 1999. Redesignated and amended
by Order 637, 65 FR 10220, Feb. 25, 2000; Order
637–A, 65 FR 35765, June 5, 2000; Order 587–M,
65 FR 77290, Dec. 11, 2000; Order 587–N, 67 FR
11916, Mar. 18, 2002; Order 587–0, 67 FR 30794,
May 8, 2002; Order No. 587–R, 68 FR 13819,
Mar. 21, 2003]

§ 284.13 Reporting requirements for
interstate pipelines.
An interstate pipeline that provides
transportation service under subparts
B or G of this part must comply with
the following reporting requirements.
(a) Cross references. The pipeline must
comply with the requirements in Part
358, Part 250, and Part 260 of this chapter, where applicable.
(b) Reports on firm and interruptible
services. An interstate pipeline must
post the following information on its
Internet web site, and provide the in-

§ 284.13
formation in downloadable file formats, in conformity with § 284.12 of this
part, and must maintain access to that
information for a period not less than
90 days from the date of posting.
(1) For pipeline firm service and for
release transactions under § 284.8, the
pipeline must post with respect to each
contract, or revision of a contract for
service, the following information no
later than the first nomination under a
transaction:
(i) The full legal name of the shipper,
and identification number, of the shipper receiving service under the contract, and the full legal name, and
identification number, of the releasing
shipper if a capacity release is involved
or an indication that the pipeline is the
seller of transportation capacity;
(ii) The contract number for the shipper receiving service under the contract, and, in addition, for released
transactions, the contract number of
the releasing shipper’s contract;
(iii) The rate charged under each contract;
(iv) The maximum rate, and for capacity release transactions not subject
to a maximum rate, the maximum rate
that would be applicable to a comparable sale of pipeline services;
(v) The duration of the contract;
(vi) The receipt and delivery points
and zones or segments covered by the
contract, including the industry common code for each point, zone, or segment;
(vii) The contract quantity or the
volumetric quantity under a volumetric release;
(viii) Special terms and conditions
applicable to a capacity release transaction, including all aspects in which
the contract deviates from the pipeline’s tariff, and special details pertaining to a pipeline transportation
contract, including whether the contract is a negotiated rate contract,
conditions applicable to a discounted
transportation contract, and all aspects in which the contract deviates
from the pipeline’s tariff.
(ix) Whether there is an affiliate relationship between the pipeline and the
shipper or between the releasing and
replacement shipper.
(2) For pipeline interruptible service,
the pipeline must post on a daily basis

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no later than the first nomination for
service under an interruptible agreement, the following information:
(i) The full legal name, and identification number, of the shipper receiving service;
(ii) The rate charged;
(iii) The maximum rate;
(iv) The receipt and delivery points
covered between which the shipper is
entitled to transport gas at the rate
charged, including the industry common code for each point, zone, or segment;
(v) The quantity of gas the shipper is
entitled to transport;
(vi) Special details pertaining to the
agreement, including conditions applicable to a discounted transportation
contract and all aspects in which the
agreement deviates from the pipeline’s
tariff.
(vii) Whether the shipper is affiliated
with the pipeline.
(c) Index of customers. (1) On the first
business day of each calendar quarter,
an interstate pipeline must file with
the Commission an index of all its firm
transportation and storage customers
under contract as of the first day of the
calendar quarter that complies with
the requirements set forth by the Commission. The Commission will establish
the requirements and format for such
filing. The index of customers must
also posted on the pipeline’s Internet
web, in accordance with standards
adopted in § 284.12 of this part, and
made available from the Internet web
site in a downloadable format complying with the specifications established by the Commission. The information posted on the pipeline’s Internet web site must be made available
until the next quarterly index is posted.
(2) For each shipper receiving firm
transportation or storage service, the
index must include the following information:
(i) The full legal name, and identification number, of the shipper;
(ii) The applicable rate schedule
number under which the service is
being provided;
(iii) The contract number;
(iv) The effective and expiration
dates of the contract;

(v) For transportation service, the
maximum daily contract quantity
(specify unit of measurement), and for
storage service, the maximum storage
quantity (specify unit of measurement);
(vi) The receipt and delivery points
and the zones or segments covered by
the contract in which the capacity is
held, including the industry common
code for each point, zone, or segment;
(vii) An indication as to whether the
contract includes negotiated rates;
(viii) The name of any agent or asset
manager managing a shipper’s transportation service; and
(ix) Any affiliate relationship between the pipeline and a shipper or between the pipeline and a shipper’s asset
manager or agent.
(3) The requirements of this section
do not apply to contracts which relate
solely to the release of capacity under
§ 284.8, unless the release is permanent.
(4) Pipelines that are not required to
comply with the index of customers
posting and filing requirements of this
section must comply with the index of
customer requirements applicable to
transportation and sales under Part 157
as set forth under § 154.111(b) and (c) of
this chapter.
(5) The requirements for the electronic index can be obtained from the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Division of Information Services,
Public Reference and Files Maintenance Branch, Washington, DC 20426.
(d) Available capacity. (1) An interstate pipeline must provide on its
Internet web site and in downloadable
file formats, in conformity with § 284.12
of this part, equal and timely access to
information relevant to the availability of all transportation services
whenever capacity is scheduled, including, but not limited to, the availability
of capacity at receipt points, on the
mainline, at delivery points, and in
storage fields, whether the capacity is
available directly from the pipeline or
through capacity release, the total design capacity of each point or segment
on the system, the amount scheduled
at each point or segment whenever capacity is scheduled, and all planned
and actual service outages or reductions in service capacity.

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(2) An interstate pipeline must make
an annual filing by March 1 of each
year showing the estimated peak day
capacity of the pipeline’s system, and
the estimated storage capacity and
maximum daily delivery capability of
storage facilities under reasonably representative operating assumptions and
the respective assignments of that capacity to the various firm services provided by the pipeline.
(e) Semi-annual storage report. Within
30 days of the end of each complete
storage injection and withdrawal season, the interstate pipeline must file
with the Commission a report of storage activity. The report must be signed
under oath by a senior official, consist
of an original and five conformed copies, and contain a summary of storage
injection and withdrawal activities to
include the following:
(1) The identity of each customer injecting gas into storage and/or withdrawing gas from storage, identifying
any affiliation with the interstate pipeline;
(2) The rate schedule under which the
storage injection or withdrawal service
was performed;
(3) The maximum storage quantity
and maximum daily withdrawal quantity applicable to each storage customer;
(4) For each storage customer, the
volume of gas (in dekatherms) injected
into and/or withdrawn from storage
during the period; and (5) The unit
charge and total revenues received during the injection/withdrawal period
from each storage customer, noting the
extent of any discounts permitted during the period.
(f) Notice of bypass. An interstate
pipeline that provides transportation
(except storage) to a customer that is
located in the service area of a local
distribution company and will not be
delivering the customer’s gas to that
local distribution company, must file
with the Commission, within thirty
days after commencing such transportation, a statement that the interstate
pipeline has notified the local distribution company and the local distribution company’s appropriate regulatory
agency in writing of the proposed

§ 284.102
transportation
ment.

prior

to

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[Order 637, 65 FR 10221, Feb. 25, 2000, as
amended by Order 637–A, 65 FR 35765, June 5,
2000; Order 2004, 68 FR 69157, Dec. 11, 2003]

§ 284.14

[Reserved]

Subpart B—Certain Transportation
by Interstate Pipelines
§ 284.101 Applicability.
This subpart implements section
311(a)(1) of the NGPA and applies to the
transportation of natural gas by any
interstate pipeline on behalf of:
(a) Any intrastate pipeline; or
(b) Any local distribution company.
§ 284.102 Transportation by interstate
pipelines.
(a) Subject to paragraphs (d) and (e)
of this section, other provisions of this
subpart, and the conditions of subpart
A of this part, any interstate pipeline
is authorized without prior Commission approval, to transport natural gas
on behalf of:
(1) Any intrastate pipeline; or
(2) Any local distribution company.
(b) Any rates charged for transportation under this subpart may not exceed the just and reasonable rates established under subpart A of this part.
(c) An interstate pipeline that engages in transportation arrangements
under this subpart must file reports in
accordance with § 284.13 and § 284.106 of
this chapter.
(d) Transportation of natural gas is
not on behalf of an intrastate pipeline
or local distribution company or authorized under this section unless:
(1) The intrastate pipeline or local
distribution company has physical custody of and transports the natural gas
at some point; or
(2) The intrastate pipeline or local
distribution company holds title to the
natural gas at some point, which may
occur prior to, during, or after the time
that the gas is being transported by the
interstate pipeline, for a purpose related to its status and functions as an
intrastate pipeline or its status and
functions as a local distribution company; or
(3) The gas is delivered at some point
to a customer that either is located in

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