FERC Logs More Gas Pipeline Rate Filings – Business as Usual
Published Date: 1/30/2025
Notice
Summary
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission got new filings about natural gas pipeline rates and refunds from several companies. These filings could change how much customers pay starting as soon as January 16, 2025. If you want to speak up or get involved, you need to act before the listed deadlines in late January or early February.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Natural gas pipeline rate filings
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission received Natural Gas Pipeline Rate and Refund filings that include rate changes listed to be effective on 2024-12-19 and 2025-01-16. These are formal rate filings (for example, Sabine Pipe Line LLC and Rockies Express Pipeline LLC list 1/16/2025 effective dates) and could change what customers pay for pipeline services.
Deadlines to comment or intervene
If you want to intervene, protest, or comment on these rate filings you must file by the listed deadlines: 5:00 p.m. ET on 2025-01-27 (Sabine Pipe Line LLC and Washington 10 Storage Corporation), 5:00 p.m. ET on 2025-01-28 (Rockies Express Pipeline LLC), and 5:00 p.m. ET on 2025-02-05 (NorthWestern Energy Public Service Corporation). Intervention is necessary to become a party to a proceeding.
FERC help for public participation
The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) can help members of the public — including landowners, environmental justice communities, and Tribal members — access information and file interventions or comments. OPP contact: (202) 502-6595 or [email protected].
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