Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC Submits FERC Gas Tariff for Negotiated Rate Agreement

Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC has submitted a document to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) detailing a negotiated rate agreement between the company and BP Energy Company. The agreement, which becomes effective May 30, 2025, outlines the terms and conditions for transportation services between the two parties. The filing includes a transmittal letter, a clean version of the tariff section and record, and a marked version of the tariff section.

Key Takeaways:

• The negotiated rate agreement between Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC and BP Energy Company becomes effective May 30, 2025.
• The agreement authorizes BP to pay a negotiated monthly demand rate of $4.5625 per dekatherm (Dth) for transportation services from a secondary receipt point to a secondary delivery point or from a primary receipt point to a secondary delivery point.
• BP will also pay Columbia a negotiated monthly demand rate of $1.521 per Dth for transportation services from a primary or secondary receipt point to a primary delivery point.
• The agreement includes a daily index-based volumetric rate, which can be mutually agreed upon by the parties or replaced with a monthly index-based volumetric rate or alternative rate.
• Columbia advises that no undisclosed agreements are linked to the agreement, and it does not add any new provisions that are non-conforming or material deviations from the applicable Form of Service Agreement in the company's tariff.
• Columbia is submitting the agreement individually and in its entirety as tariff record 3.47, along with a revised Table of Contents reflecting the agreement.

Statistics:

• $4.5625 per dekatherm (Dth) - the negotiated monthly demand rate for transportation services from a secondary receipt point to a secondary delivery point or from a primary receipt point to a secondary delivery point.
• $1.521 per Dth - the negotiated monthly demand rate for transportation services from a primary or secondary receipt point to a primary delivery point.
• May 30, 2025 - the effective date of the negotiated rate agreement.
• 3.47 - the tariff record number assigned to the negotiated rate agreement.
• 1,242 - the number of words in the transmittal letter submitted by Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC.
• 91 - the number of pages in the clean version of the tariff section and record submitted by Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC.

Sources:

• Transmittal letter submitted by Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC on October 31, 1996.
• Docket No. RP96-390-000.
• Section 154.207 - a regulation of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
• Section 154.7 - a regulation of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
• 74 FERC P 61,076 - a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) policy statement on alternatives to traditional cost-of-service ratemaking for natural gas pipelines.