FERC Logs New Gas Pipeline Rate and Name Filings
Published Date: 3/31/2026
Notice
Summary
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission got new filings about natural gas pipeline rates and company name changes. These updates could affect pipeline customers and companies, with some changes starting as soon as April 1, 2026. If you want to speak up or protest, you need to act by early April deadlines.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Negotiated Pipeline Rates Begin April 1
If you are a pipeline customer or shipper, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC and Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc. filed negotiated rate agreements that are proposed to be effective April 1, 2026. These filings could change the rates pipeline customers pay for service.
Deadlines to Protest or Intervene
If you want to intervene or protest these FERC filings, you must file by 5:00 p.m. Eastern on the listed comment dates: Garden Banks (April 2, 2026), Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America (April 6, 2026), Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage (April 7, 2026), Equitrans name-change filing (April 7, 2026), and Wisconsin Power and Light revisions (April 15, 2026). Filing by the deadline is required to become a party to the proceeding.
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