[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 18, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 18CFR154.402]

[Page 462]
 
           TITLE 18--CONSERVATION OF POWER AND WATER RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 154--RATE SCHEDULES AND TARIFFS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart E--Limited Rate Changes
 
Sec. 154.402  ACA expenditures.

    (a) Requirements. Upon approval by the Commission, a natural gas 
pipeline company may adjust its rates, annually, to recover from its 
customers annual charges assessed by the Commission under part 382 of 
this chapter pursuant to an annual charge adjustment clause (ACA 
clause). The ACA clause must be filed with the Commission and indicate 
the amount of annual charges to be flowed through per unit of energy 
sold or transported (ACA unit charge). The ACA unit charge will be 
specified by the Commission at the time the Commission calculates the 
annual charge bills. A company must reflect the ACA unit charge in each 
of its rate schedules applicable to sales or transportation deliveries. 
The company must apply the ACA unit charge to the usage component of 
rate schedules with two-part rates. A company may recover annual charges 
through an ACA unit charge only if its rates do not otherwise reflect 
the costs of annual charges assessed by the Commission under 
Sec. 382.106(a) of this chapter. The applicable annual charge, required 
by Sec. 382.103 of this chapter, must be paid before the company applies 
the ACA unit charge.
    (b) Application for Rate Treatment Authorization. A company seeking 
authorization to use an ACA unit charge must file with the Commission a 
separate ACA tariff sheet containing:
    (1) A statement that the company is collecting an ACA per unit 
charge, as approved by the Commission, applicable to all the pipeline's 
sales and transportation schedules,
    (2) The per unit charge of the ACA,
    (3) The proposed effective date of the tariff change (30 days after 
the filing of the tariff sheet, unless a shorter period is specifically 
requested in a waiver petition and approved), and
    (4) A statement that the pipeline will not recover any annual 
charges recorded in FERC Account 928 in a proceeding under subpart D of 
this part.
    (c) Changes to the ACA unit charge must be filed annually, to 
reflect the annual charge unit rate authorized by the Commission each 
fiscal year.