FERC Receives Routine Natural Gas Pipeline Rate Filings
Published Date: 7/10/2026
Notice
Summary
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission got a bunch of new filings from natural gas pipeline companies about their rates and refunds. These changes mostly start in July and August 2026 and could affect how much customers pay or get refunded. If you want to comment or learn more, you’ve got until mid-July or late July to speak up!
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Multiple pipeline rate filings start July 2026
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission received many natural gas pipeline Sec. 4(d) rate filings proposing negotiated-rate and tariff revisions with effective dates of July 1, 2026 (for filings such as Texas Eastern, Gas Transmission Northwest, NEXUS, Algonquin), August 1, 2026 (Columbia Gulf, Trailblazer), and July 7, 2026 (Mountain Valley). These are filings about pipeline rates and refunds and could lead to changes in what customers pay or are refunded once decided.
Reconciliation and fuel-tracker filings may affect refunds
The notice includes an Annual Purchased Gas Cost Reconciliation Report for West Texas Gas Utility, LLC filed July 1, 2026 (comment date 5 p.m. ET 7/13/26) and a MIGC fuel tracker compliance filing (filed July 1, 2026, listed as effective N/A). These reconciliation/fuel-tracker filings relate to purchases and tracking of fuel costs and could affect customer refunds or charges after FERC review.
Deadlines and rules to comment or intervene
If you want to intervene, protest, or comment on these FERC filings, you must file under FERC Rules 211, 214, or 206 by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the listed comment dates — commonly 5 p.m. ET on July 13, 2026 for many filings, July 20, 2026 for Mountain Valley (docket RP26-973-000), and July 27, 2026 for Matterhorn Express (docket PR25-11-004). Intervention is necessary to become a party to the proceeding.
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