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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP06-569-000]

 
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Proposed 
Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

September 5, 2006.
    Take notice that on August 31, 2006, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Corporation (Transco) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas 
Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1, the tariff sheets listed on 
Appendix to the filing, to become effective October 1, 2006:
    Transco states that the proposed changes would increase revenues 
from jurisdictional service by $281,550,886 based on the 12-month 
period ending May 31, 2006, as adjusted.
    Transco states that the principal factors supporting the increase 
in cost of service are: (a) An increase in operation and maintenance 
expenses; (b) an increase in depreciation expense; (c) the inclusion of 
costs for asset retirement obligations; (d) an increase in rate base 
resulting from additional plant; and (e) an increase in rate of return 
and related taxes. Transco asserts that the instant filing fulfills 
Transco's obligation in Article VI of the April 12, 2002 Stipulation 
and Agreement in Docket Nos. RP01-245-000, et al. to file a NGA Section 
4(e) general rate case no later than September 1, 2006.
    Transco further states that the filing reflects the following 
changes: (1) Changes to the annual depreciation accrual rates for 
certain of its categories; (2) the reclassification of certain assets 
from transmission plant accounts to jurisdictional gathering plant 
accounts, and tariff sheets reflecting an amended list of gathering 
points; (3) an adjustment to the cost of service to remove the cost of 
service associated with the Hester Storage Field; (4) incremental rates 
under Rate Schedule WSS-Open Access related to the replacement of base 
gas, and tariff sheets reflecting revisions to Rate Schedules WSS Open 
Access and WSS that will allow Transco to make limited Section 4 rate 
filings to recover the costs associated with the purchase of the base 
gas; (5) revised tariff sheets to remove the revenue sharing provisions 
from Rate Schedules ICTS, PAL and ISS; (6) a modification to its cost 
allocation and rate design methodology for the commodity rates of its 
SunBelt and SouthCoast expansion projects to apply a consistent cost 
allocation and commodity rate design methodology to service using those 
projects; and (7) the elimination of monthly billing determinants and 
calculation of rates to five decimal places.
    Transco states that copies of the filing are being mailed to its 
affected customers and interested State Commissions.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must 
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). 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 notice of 
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, 
motions, or protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of 
Section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). 
Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that 
document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on 
or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to 
intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and 
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov.
 Persons unable to file electronically should submit an 

original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426.
    This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's 
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription'' 
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail 
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For 
assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 

TTY, call (202) 502-8659.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-14978 Filed 9-8-06; 8:45 am]

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