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Published Date: 11/25/2025
Notice
Summary
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is reviewing several natural gas pipeline companies’ requests to change their rates and agreements starting as soon as September 29, 2025. These updates could affect customers and partners by adjusting costs or contract terms, with important deadlines for public comments coming up in November and December. If you’re involved or interested, now’s the time to speak up before these changes take effect!
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Pipeline rate and contract change filings
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission received multiple filings proposing changes to natural gas pipeline rates, operating conditions, negotiated-rate agreements, and a Southern LNG electric power cost adjustment with proposed effective dates such as 2025-09-29 (Columbia Gas of Ohio), 2025-10-01 (Intermountain Gas Company), 2025-11-01 (multiple negotiated-rate filings), and 2025-12-01 (Southern LNG electric power cost adjustment). One filing (Transcontinental) is an annual penalty sharing report listed as effective N/A.
Deadlines to comment, protest, or intervene
The notice sets deadlines to participate: many dockets list a 5:00 p.m. Eastern comment date of 2025-11-10, some list 2025-11-19, and Intermountain Gas Company also has a Sec. 284.123(g) protest deadline of 5:00 p.m. ET on 2025-12-29. The notice states that to become a party you must file under the Commission's Rules 211/214/206 by the specified comment date.
FERC help contact for public participation
The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) offers assistance to members of the public, including landowners, community organizations, and Tribal members, to access information and navigate filing processes; OPP can be contacted at (202) 502-6595 or via the email address listed in the notice for help with interventions, comments, or rehearing requests.
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