FERC Logs Routine Gas Rate Change Filings
Published Date: 5/4/2026
Notice
Summary
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission got new filings about natural gas pipeline rates and refunds from companies like East Ohio Gas and El Paso Natural Gas. These filings could change how much customers pay starting as soon as May or June 2026. If you want to speak up or get involved, you need to act by mid-May or later this spring.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Natural Gas Rate Filings Filed
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission received natural gas pipeline rate and refund filings from The East Ohio Gas Company (operating statement to be effective 4/1/2026), El Paso Natural Gas Company (negotiated rate updates effective 5/1/2026 and 6/1/2026), and Discovery Gas Transmission LLC (annual imbalance cash out report filed 4/29/2026 for 2025). These filings are listed with the Commission docket numbers PR26-52-000, RP26-790-000, RP26-791-000, and RP26-793-000.
Deadlines To Comment Or Intervene
If you want to intervene, protest, or answer a complaint in these proceedings, you must file by 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the listed comment dates: May 11, 2026 (El Paso and Discovery filings) and May 19, 2026 (East Ohio filing). For the East Ohio filing, protests under Sec. 284.123(g) are due by 5:00 p.m. ET on June 29, 2026. The notice states intervention is necessary to become a party to the proceeding.
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