Gas Companies File Rate Tweaks with FERC Watchdogs
Published Date: 5/8/2025
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Summary
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission got a bunch of filings from natural gas companies about their rates and refunds. These filings could change how much customers pay starting as soon as May 1, 2025, with some deadlines for public comments coming up fast. If you’re involved in natural gas or just curious, now’s the time to check out these updates and speak up before the deadlines!
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Multiple pipeline rate filings with 2025 effective dates
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission received numerous natural gas pipeline rate and refund filings with stated effective dates, including Centana Intrastate Pipeline, LLC (effective 2025-03-01), several companies with filings effective 2025-05-01 (for example Mountain Valley Pipeline, Northern Natural Gas, Texas Eastern Transmission, Equitrans), Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC (effective 2025-06-01), and a Northern Natural Gas filing effective 2025-11-01. These filings are officially docketed and may result in changes to pipeline rates or related adjustments on the listed dates.
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