FERC Logs Multiple Gas Pipeline Rate Change Proposals
Published Date: 11/19/2025
Notice
Summary
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission got several requests from natural gas companies to change their rates and update plans starting this fall and winter. These changes could affect how much customers pay and how pipelines operate. If you want to speak up or learn more, you’ve got until late November or early December to comment or protest.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Multiple pipeline rate and surcharge filings
Several natural gas pipeline companies filed rate, surcharge, negotiated-rate, and capacity-related changes with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission with listed effective dates of 11/1/2025, 11/17/2025, 12/14/2025, 12/15/2025, and 1/1/2026. These filings include a 'Rate Change' (Hope Gas, Inc.), an 'HMRE Surcharge Annual Filing' (Discovery Gas Transmission LLC), a 'Statement of Negotiated Rates' (MountainWest Overthrust Pipeline, LLC), and off-system capacity and operational-plan updates (Rover Pipeline LLC and Gulf South Pipeline Company, LLC). If you are a customer, shipper, or other party affected by these pipelines you may be affected by those changes on the listed dates; the notice provides comment and protest deadlines for each filing.
Public participation support from FERC OPP
The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) will help members of the public — including landowners, community organizations, and Tribal members — access information and navigate filings, interventions, comments, or rehearing requests. The notice gives OPP contact information (phone (202) 502-6595 and an email) for people who want assistance submitting interventions or comments on the listed dockets and deadlines.
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