18 Cfr 154.502

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§ 154.502

18 CFR Ch. I (4–1–16 Edition)

published in the Federal Reserve Bulletin, or in the Federal Reserve’s ‘‘Selected Interest Rates’’ (Statistical Release G, 13), for the fourth, third, and
second months preceding the first
month of the calendar quarter.
(2) The interest required to be paid
under paragraph (d)(1) of this section
must be compounded quarterly.
(3) The refund balance must be either:
(i) The revenues resulting from the
collection of the portion of any increased rates or charges found by the
Commission not to be justified; or
(ii) An amount agreed upon in a settlement approved by the Commission;
or
(iii) The jurisdictional portion of a
refund the natural gas company receives.
(e) Unless otherwise provided by the
order, settlement or tariff provision requiring the refund, the natural gas
company must file a report of refunds,
within 30 days of the date the refund
was made, which complies with § 154.502
and includes the following:
(1) Workpapers and a narrative sufficient to show how the refunds for jurisdictional services were calculated;
(2) Workpapers and a narrative sufficient to determine the origin of the refund, including step-by-step calculations showing the derivation of the refund amount described in paragraph
(d)(3) of this section, if necessary;
(3) References to any publicly available sources which confirm the rates,
quantities, or costs, which are used to
calculate the refund balance or which
confirm the refund amount itself. If the
rate, quantity, cost or refund does not
directly tie to the source, a workpaper
must be included to show the reconciliation between the rate, quantity, cost,
or refund in the natural gas company’s
report and the corresponding rate,
quantity, cost or refund in the source
document;
(4) Workpapers showing the calculation of interest on a monthly basis, including how the carrying charges were
compounded quarterly;
(5) Workpapers and a narrative explaining how the refund was allocated
to each jurisdictional customer. Where
the numbers used to support the allocation are publicly available, a ref-

erence to the source must be included.
Where the allocation methodology has
been approved previously, a reference
to the order or tariff provision approving the allocation methodology must
be included.
(6) A letter of transmittal containing:
(i) A list of the material enclosed;
(ii) The name and telephone number
of a company official who can answer
questions regarding the filing;
(iii) A statement of the date the refund was disbursed;
(iv) A reference to the authority by
which the refund is made, including the
specific subpart of these regulations,
an order of the Commission, a provision of the company’s tariff, or any
other appropriate authority. If a Commission order is referenced, include the
citation to the FERC Reports, the date
of issuance, and the docket number;
(v) Any requests for waiver. Requests
must include a reference to the specific
section of the statute, regulations, or
the company’s tariff from which waiver
is sought, and a justification for the
waiver.
(7) A certification of service to all affected customers and interested state
commissions.
(f) Each report filed under paragraph
(e) of this section must be posted no
later than the date of filing. Each report must be posted to all recipients of
a share of the refund and all state commissions whose jurisdiction includes
the location of any recipient of a refund share that have made a standing
request for such full report.
(g) Recipients of refunds and state
commissions that have not made a
standing request for such full report
shall receive an abbreviated report
consisting of the items listed in
§ 154.501 (e)(5) and (e)(6).
[Order 582, 60 FR 52996, Oct. 11, 1995, as
amended by Order 582–A, 61 FR 9629, Mar. 11,
1996]

§ 154.502 Reports.
(a) When the natural gas company is
required, either by a Commission order
or as a part of a settlement in a proceeding initiated under this part 154 or
part 284 of this chapter, to make a report on a periodic basis, details about
the nature and contents of the report

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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
must be provided in an appropriate section of the general terms and conditions of its tariff.
(b) The details in the general terms
and conditions of the tariff must include the frequency and timing of the
report. Explain whether the report is
filed annually, semi-annually, monthly, or is triggered by an event. If triggered by an event, explain how soon
after the event the report must be
filed. If the report is periodic, state the
dates on which the report must be
filed.
(c) Each report must include:
(1) A letter of transmittal containing:
(i) A list of the material enclosed;
(ii) The name and telephone number
of a company official who can answer
questions regarding the filing;
(iii) A reference to the authority by
which the report is made, including the
specific subpart of these regulations,
an order of the Commission, a provision of the company’s tariff, or any
other appropriate authority. If a Commission order is referenced, include the
citation to the FERC Reports, the date
of issuance, and the docket number;
(iv) Any requests for waiver. Requests must include a reference to the
specific section of the statute, regulations, or the company’s tariff from
which waiver is sought, and a justification for the waiver.
(2) A certification of service to all affected customers and interested state
commissions.
(d) Each report filed under paragraph
(b) of this section must be posted no
later than the date of filing.

only. Service agreements may not contain any supplements, but may contain
exhibits which may be separately superseded. The exhibits may show,
among other things, contract demand
delivery points, delivery pressures,
names of industrial customers of the
distributor-customer, or names of distributors (with one distributor named
as agent where delivery to several distributors is effected at the same delivery points).
§ 154.602 Cancellation or termination
of a tariff, executed service agreement or part thereof.
When an effective tariff, contract, or
part thereof on file with the Commission, is proposed to be canceled or is to
terminate by its own terms and no new
tariff, executed service agreement, or
part thereof, is to be filed in its place,
the natural gas company must notify
the Commission of the proposed cancellation or termination , at least 30
days prior to the proposed effective
date of such cancellation or termination. With such notice, the company
must submit a statement showing the
reasons for the cancellation or termination, a list of the affected customers
and the contract demand provided to
the customers under the service to be
canceled. A copy of the notice must be
duly posted tariff filing in the electronic format required by § 154.4.
[Order 582, 60 FR 52996, Oct. 11, 1995, as
amended by Order 714, 73 FR 57535, Oct. 3,
2008]

§ 154.603 Adoption of the tariff by a
successor.

Subpart G—Other Tariff Changes
§ 154.600 Compliance with other subparts.
Any proposal to implement a tariff
change other than in rate level must
comply with subparts A, B, and C of
this part.

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§ 154.603

§ 154.601 Change in executed service
agreement.
Agreements intended to effect a
change or revision of an executed service agreement on file with the Commission must be in the form of a superseding executed service agreement

Whenever the tariff or contracts of a
natural gas company on file with the
Commission is to be adopted by another company or person as a result of
an acquisition, or merger, authorized
by a certificate of public convenience
and necessity, or for any other reason,
the succeeding company must file with
the Commission, and post within 30
days after such succession, a tariff filing in the electronic format required
by § 154.4 bearing the name of the successor company.
[Order 714, 73 FR 57535, Oct. 3, 2008]

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