Williams Gas Pipeline Central, Inc submits FERC Form 2 annual report of major natural gas companies for calendar year 2000.
08/16/2000Mailing Address: 5400 Westheimer Court P.O. Box 1642 Houston, TX 77056-5310 Houston, TX 77251-1642 713.627.5400 main March 31, 2015 Ms. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street, NE Washington, DC 20426 Re: Texas Eastern Transmission, LP, Docket No. RP15-___-000 Dear Ms. Bose: Pursuant to Section 4 of the Natural Gas Act1 and Part 154 of the regulations of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) promulgated thereunder, 2 Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern) hereby submits for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Eighth Revised Volume No. 1 (Tariff) and its FERC Gas Tariff, Filed Agreements (Filed Agreements Tariff), the tariff records listed in Appendix A to be effective on April 1, 2015, and four service agreements, each of which contain two non-conforming provisions. STATEMENT OF NATURE, REASONS AND BASIS Texas Eastern has entered into service agreements with Castleton Commodities Merchant Trading L.P., Twin Eagle Resource Management, LLC, NextEra Energy Power Marketing, LLC and DTE Energy Trading, Inc. (Customers) for firm transportation service under Rate Schedule FT-1 for the period from April 1, 2015, through and including April 30, 2015 (Service Agreements). As more fully described below, Texas Eastern is submitting the Service Agreements as non-conforming agreements for Commission review. Sections 154.1(d) and 154.112(b) of the Commissions regulations require pipelines to file any agreement that deviates in any material aspect from the form of service agreement in the pipelines tariff.3 As reaffirmed by the Commissions July 25, 2003 order modifying its negotiated rate policy, the Commission defines a material deviation as any provision of a service agreement that goes beyond the filling-in of the spaces in the form of service agreement with the appropriate information provided for in the tariff and that affects the substantive rights of the parties.4 The Commissions policy is that such material deviations may be acceptable if such deviations do not change the conditions under which service is provided and do not present a risk of undue discrimination.5 Consistent with the Commissions regulations regarding non-conforming agreements, Texas Eastern is submitting the Service Agreements for Commission review. 1 15 U.S.C. 717c (2006). 2 18 C.F.R. Part 154 (2014). 3 18 C.F.R. 154.1, 154.112(b). 4 Natural Gas Pipeline Negotiated Rate Policy and Practice, 104 FERC 61,134 at P 27 (2003). 5 Id., citing Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., 97 FERC 61,221 at 62,001-2 (2001); see also ANR Pipeline Co., 97 FERC 61,224 (2001). Ms. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary March 31, 2015 Page 2 Each of the Service Agreements conforms in all respects to the form of service agreement for Rate Schedule FT-1, with the exception of two provisions ...