Tennessee Customer Group Seeks Intervention in Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company L.L.C. Docket

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The Tennessee Customer Group has submitted a joint and several motion to intervene in the docket of Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company L.L.C., seeking to participate in the revision of the company's tariff. The intervention is in response to a filing made by Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company L.L.C. on September 30, 2025, which proposes to revise surcharges pursuant to its Pipeline Safety and Greenhouse Gas Cost Adjustment Mechanism. The Tennessee Customer Group is comprised of 22 municipal gas authorities and distribution systems that serve residential, commercial, and industrial consumers in their communities.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Tennessee Customer Group is comprised of 22 municipal gas authorities and distribution systems, including the Municipal Gas Authority of Mississippi, which is a joint action agency comprised in part of firm transportation and/or storage customers of Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company L.L.C.
  • The group seeks to intervene in the docket to protect the interests of their distribution customers, who are firm transportation and/or storage customers of Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company L.L.C.
  • The proposed tariff revision would result in the recovery of pipeline safety costs incurred by Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company L.L.C. for new legislation and regulatory requirements, as well as the cost of pipeline safety initiatives such as remotely actuated valves, wrinkle bends, and branch connections.
  • The Tennessee Customer Group has a direct and immediate interest in the proceeding, as their customers take firm transportation and storage service under Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company L.L.C.'s Rate Schedules FT-G and FT-GS.
  • The group's intervention seeks to ensure that the interests of their customers are represented in the Commission's action on the filing.

Statistics:

  • 22 municipal gas authorities and distribution systems comprise the Tennessee Customer Group.
  • 18 C.F.R. § 385.212 and 214 (2025) govern the procedure for intervals in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) proceedings.
  • October 14, 2025, is the date on which the Tennessee Customer Group submitted its motion to intervene.
  • November 1, 2025, is the proposed effective date for the revised tariff.

Sources:

  • 18 C.F.R. § 385.212 and 214 (2025)
  • Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company L.L.C. filing, dated September 30, 2025, in Docket No. RP25-1199-000.
  • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) official service list compiled by the Secretary in accordance with the requirements of Rule 2010 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure.
  • McCCarter & English, LLP, Philip Mone (202) 741-8212, pmone@mccarter.com.