Revisions to Oil Pipeline Regulations Pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 1992; Notice of Annual Change in the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods, 33521-33522 [2016-12423]

Download as PDF sradovich on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 102 / Thursday, May 26, 2016 / Notices Description: Limited Comment of Kansas City Power & Light Company and Nebraska Public Power District on SPP Response to Deficiency Letter. Filed Date: 5/19/16. Accession Number: 20160519–5228. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/9/16. Docket Numbers: ER16–1747–000. Applicants: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Service Agreement No. 4460, Queue Position AA2–180 to be effective 4/20/2016. Filed Date: 5/20/16. Accession Number: 20160520–5067. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/10/16. Docket Numbers: ER16–1748–000. Applicants: Southern California Edison Company. Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 2016 Revised Added Facilities Rate under TO—Filing No. 5 to be effective 1/1/2016. Filed Date: 5/20/16. Accession Number: 20160520–5077. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/10/16. Docket Numbers: ER16–1749–000. Applicants: Southern California Edison Company. 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Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the proceeding. eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying facilities filings can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/ docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Dated: May 20, 2016. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016–12424 Filed 5–25–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission The Commission’s regulations include a methodology for oil pipelines to change their rates through use of an index system that establishes ceiling levels for such rates. The Commission bases the index system, found at 18 CFR 342.3, on the annual change in the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods (PPI–FG), plus one point two three percent (PPI–FG + 1.23). The Frm 00063 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 FERC ¶ 61,312 at P 52 (2015). of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes the final figure in mid-May of each year. This figure is publicly available from the Division of Industrial Prices and Price Indexes of the BLS, at 202–691– 7705, and in print in August in Table 1 of the annual data supplement to the BLS publication Producer Price Indexes via the Internet at https:// www.bls.gov/ppi/home.htm. To obtain the BLS data, scroll down to ‘‘PPI Databases’’ and click on ‘‘Top Picks’’ of the Commodity Data including ‘‘headline’’ FD–ID indexes (Producer Price Index— PPI). At the next screen, under the heading ‘‘Producer Price Index Commodity Data,’’ select the box, ‘‘Finished goods—WPUFD49207,’’ then scroll to the bottom of this screen and click on Retrieve data. 3 [193.9 ¥ 200.4]/200.4 =¥0.032435 + 0.0123 = ¥0.020135. 4 1¥0.020135 = 0.979865. 5 For a listing of all prior multipliers issued by the Commission, see the Commission’s Web site, https:// www.ferc.gov/industries/oil/gen-info/pipelineindex.asp. 2 Bureau Revisions to Oil Pipeline Regulations Pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 1992; Notice of Annual Change in the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods PO 00000 Commission determined in an Order Establishing Index Level,1 issued December 17, 2015, that PPI–FG + 1.23 is the appropriate oil pricing index factor for pipelines to use for the fiveyear period commencing July 1, 2016. The regulations provide that the Commission will publish annually, an index figure reflecting the final change in the PPI–FG, after the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the final PPI–FG in May of each calendar year. The annual average PPI–FG index figures were 200.4 for 2014 and 193.9 for 2015.2 Thus, the percent change (expressed as a decimal) in the annual average PPI–FG from 2014 to 2015, plus 1.23 percent, is negative 0.020135.3 Oil pipelines must multiply their July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016, index ceiling levels by positive 0.979865 4 to compute their index ceiling levels for July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017, in accordance with 18 CFR 342.3(d). For guidance in calculating the ceiling levels for each 12-month period beginning January 1, l995,5 see Explorer Pipeline Company, 71 FERC ¶ 61,416 at n.6 (1995). In addition to publishing the full text of this Notice in the Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print this Notice via the Internet through FERC’s Home Page (https:// www.ferc.gov) and in FERC’s Public Reference Room during normal business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time) at 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426. The full text of this Notice is available on FERC’s Home Page at the eLibrary link. To access this document in eLibrary, type the docket number excluding the last three digits of this document in the docket number field and follow other directions on the search page. User assistance is available for eLibrary and other aspects of FERC’s 1 153 [Docket No. RM93–11–000] 33521 E:\FR\FM\26MYN1.SGM 26MYN1 33522 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 102 / Thursday, May 26, 2016 / Notices Web site during normal business hours. For assistance, please contact the Commission’s Online Support at 1–866– 208–3676 (toll free) or 202–502–6652 (email at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov), or the Public Reference Room at 202– 502–8371, TTY 202–502–8659. E-Mail the Public Reference Room at public.referenceroom@ferc.gov. Dated: May 19, 2016. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016–12423 Filed 5–25–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. EL16–57–000] Constellation Power Source Generation, LLC; Notice of Institution of Section 206 Proceeding and Refund Effective Date On May 19, 2016, the Commission issued an order in Docket No. EL16–57– 000, pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824e (2012), instituting an investigation into the justness and reasonableness of Constellation Power Source Generation, LLC’s reactive power rates for its fleet in the Baltimore Gas and Electric Zone of PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. Constellation Power Source Generation, LLC, 155 FERC ¶ 61,181 (2016). The refund effective date in Docket No. EL16–57–000, established pursuant to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Dated: May 19, 2016. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016–12425 Filed 5–25–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission sradovich on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES [Docket Nos. EL16–43–000; QF16–259–001] Bright Light Capital, LLC; Notice of Supplement To Petiton for Declaratory Order Take notice that on May 18, 2016, pursuant to Rule 207 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (Commission) Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207(a)(2) (2015), Bright Light Capital, LLC (Petitioner) filed a supplement to its petition for VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:47 May 25, 2016 Jkt 238001 declaratory order, filed on March 3, 2016, in response to an informal request from the Commission staff. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in this proceeding must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Petitioner. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at https:// www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 5 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above proceeding are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on June 15, 2016. Dated: May 19, 2016. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016–12417 Filed 5–25–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. ER16–1732–000] Aurora Generation, LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section 204 Authorization This is a supplemental notice in the above-referenced proceeding of Aurora Generation, LLC’s application for market-based rate authority, with an accompanying rate tariff, noting that such application includes a request for blanket authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of future issuances of securities and assumptions of liability. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest should file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing protests with regard to the applicant’s request for blanket authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of future issuances of securities and assumptions of liability, is June 8, 2016. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at https:// www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 5 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above-referenced proceeding are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also available for electronic review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call E:\FR\FM\26MYN1.SGM 26MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 102 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33521-33522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12423]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM93-11-000]


Revisions to Oil Pipeline Regulations Pursuant to the Energy 
Policy Act of 1992; Notice of Annual Change in the Producer Price Index 
for Finished Goods

    The Commission's regulations include a methodology for oil 
pipelines to change their rates through use of an index system that 
establishes ceiling levels for such rates. The Commission bases the 
index system, found at 18 CFR 342.3, on the annual change in the 
Producer Price Index for Finished Goods (PPI-FG), plus one point two 
three percent (PPI-FG + 1.23). The Commission determined in an Order 
Establishing Index Level,\1\ issued December 17, 2015, that PPI-FG + 
1.23 is the appropriate oil pricing index factor for pipelines to use 
for the five-year period commencing July 1, 2016.
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    \1\ 153 FERC ] 61,312 at P 52 (2015).
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    The regulations provide that the Commission will publish annually, 
an index figure reflecting the final change in the PPI-FG, after the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the final PPI-FG in May of each 
calendar year. The annual average PPI-FG index figures were 200.4 for 
2014 and 193.9 for 2015.\2\ Thus, the percent change (expressed as a 
decimal) in the annual average PPI-FG from 2014 to 2015, plus 1.23 
percent, is negative 0.020135.\3\ Oil pipelines must multiply their 
July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016, index ceiling levels by positive 
0.979865 \4\ to compute their index ceiling levels for July 1, 2016, 
through June 30, 2017, in accordance with 18 CFR 342.3(d). For guidance 
in calculating the ceiling levels for each 12-month period beginning 
January 1, l995,\5\ see Explorer Pipeline Company, 71 FERC ] 61,416 at 
n.6 (1995).
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    \2\ Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes the final figure 
in mid-May of each year. This figure is publicly available from the 
Division of Industrial Prices and Price Indexes of the BLS, at 202-
691-7705, and in print in August in Table 1 of the annual data 
supplement to the BLS publication Producer Price Indexes via the 
Internet at https://www.bls.gov/ppi/home.htm. To obtain the BLS data, 
scroll down to ``PPI Databases'' and click on ``Top Picks'' of the 
Commodity Data including ``headline'' FD-ID indexes (Producer Price 
Index--PPI). At the next screen, under the heading ``Producer Price 
Index Commodity Data,'' select the box, ``Finished goods--
WPUFD49207,'' then scroll to the bottom of this screen and click on 
Retrieve data.
    \3\ [193.9 - 200.4]/200.4 =-0.032435 + 0.0123 = -0.020135.
    \4\ 1-0.020135 = 0.979865.
    \5\ For a listing of all prior multipliers issued by the 
Commission, see the Commission's Web site, https://www.ferc.gov/industries/oil/gen-info/pipeline-index.asp.
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    In addition to publishing the full text of this Notice in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an 
opportunity to view and/or print this Notice via the Internet through 
FERC's Home Page (https://www.ferc.gov) and in FERC's Public Reference 
Room during normal business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time) 
at 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426. The full text 
of this Notice is available on FERC's Home Page at the eLibrary link. 
To access this document in eLibrary, type the docket number excluding 
the last three digits of this document in the docket number field and 
follow other directions on the search page.
    User assistance is available for eLibrary and other aspects of 
FERC's

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Web site during normal business hours. For assistance, please contact 
the Commission's Online Support at 1-866-208-3676 (toll free) or 202-
502-6652 (email at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov), or the Public Reference 
Room at 202-502-8371, TTY 202-502-8659. E-Mail the Public Reference 
Room at public.referenceroom@ferc.gov.

    Dated: May 19, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-12423 Filed 5-25-16; 8:45 am]
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