A group of 27 LDCs Monday proposed eliminating thestraight-fixed variable (SFV) rate design for all interstatepipelines in favor of a rate design for base or “recourse” servicethat recovers 35% of a pipeline’s fixed costs in the usage rate.
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Pipelines Favor ‘Voluntary’ Collaborative Procedures
Mandating the use of a pre-filing collaborative process fornatural gas pipelines would do more harm than good, and in the endcould thwart industry’s efforts to build enough transportationcapacity to support a 30 Tcf market by 2010, a major pipeline groupsays.
CA Electric Supplier Faces Class Action
A California green power marketer has apparently fallen out offavor with at least some of its investors as evidenced by a classaction filed in the U.S. District Court in California on behalf ofKeystone Energy Services shareholders who acquired shares betweenNov. 14, 1997 and Feb. 3.
Massey Questions Rolled-in Rate Policy
Giving pipelines the presumption in favor of rolled-in rates mayhave been a good idea a couple of years ago, but CommissionerWilliam Massey says he’s now beginning to have second thoughtsabout that decision.