# 2026-16323: Gas companies tweak rates: FERC's filing frenzy continues.

2026-16323, Combined Notice of Filings, is a Federal Register notice from Energy Department, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission published 2026-08-11, effective 2026-08-06; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-18).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16323
- As of: 2026-08-18
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-16323
- Title: Combined Notice of Filings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Energy Department; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Citation: 91 FR 51700
- Published: 2026-08-11
- Effective: 2026-08-06
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-08-18

## In one line

Gas companies tweak rates: FERC's filing frenzy continues.

## Summary

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission got new requests from natural gas companies to change pipeline rates and rules. These changes could affect how much customers pay and how companies handle gas capacity, with some updates starting as soon as August 6, 2026, and others in 2027. If you want to speak up or get involved, you’ve got until mid to late August to file your comments.

## Effects PRIA read

- Negotiated Rate Filings Effective Aug 6, 2026: mixed, low. The Commission received negotiated-rate pipeline filings (e.g., Northern Natural Gas Company and Columbia Gulf Transmission) slated to be effective 8/6/2026. If you are a customer or shipper on these pipelines, these filings could change contract rates; interested parties must file comments or inte…
- NAESB Version 4.0 Compliance Effective Jan 1, 2027: mixed, low. Florida Gas Transmission Company filed a compliance filing to adopt NAESB Version 4.0 revisions, set to be effective 1/1/2027. Market participants and companies that trade or schedule gas on that pipeline should note the 5:00 p.m. ET comment deadline of 8/18/2026 to raise issues or intervene.
- Petition to Waive Capacity-Release Rules: mixed, low. A joint petition (Talos Ocho Energy LLC, RE Fund V Holdco II Infrastructure, LLC, Shell Offshore Inc.) requests a limited waiver of capacity release regulations; the filing was made 8/5/2026 with a comment deadline of 5:00 p.m. ET on 8/17/2026. Companies that trade or release pipeline capacity may…
- Amendment and Compliance Filings With Later Deadlines: mixed, low. Other filings include an amendment for DCP Guadalupe Pipeline (amendment effective 7/1/2026; comment date 5:00 p.m. ET 8/26/2026; protest date 5:00 p.m. ET 10/5/2026) and an Eastern Gas Transmission compliance filing to be effective 8/1/2026 (comment date 5:00 p.m. ET 8/18/2026). Customers and mark…
- How and When to File Comments or Intervene: benefit, low. To participate, you must file protests or interventions under FERC rules by the listed 5:00 p.m. Eastern comment dates (examples in this notice include 8/17/2026, 8/18/2026, and 8/26/2026), and intervention is necessary to become a party to a proceeding. Filings are available in FERC's eLibrary and…

## Related documents

- [2026-20744](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20744): Combined Notice of Filings #2, 2026-10-09
- [2026-20658](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20658): Shoshone Irrigation District; Notice of Existing Licensee's Failure To File a Timely Notice of Intent To File a New License Application, an…, 2026-10-08
- [2026-20659](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20659): Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application and Establishing Intervention Deadline, 2026-10-08
- [2026-20642](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20642): Combined Notice of Filings, 2026-10-08
- [2026-20580](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20580): Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Ventura to Farmington A-Line Abandonm…, 2026-10-08
- [2026-20582](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20582): Combined Notice of Filings, 2026-10-08

## Sources
- [2026-16323 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/11/2026-16323/combined-notice-of-filings)
- [2026-16323 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-11/pdf/2026-16323.pdf)

## Related
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- [Next: 2026-16324, Appalachian Power Company; Notice of Effectiveness of Withdrawal of Application…](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16324)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16323 (as of 2026-08-18).