Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, a Division of Tenneco, Inc. v. Federal Power Commission, Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation, Intervenors

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (Tennessee) petitions this court to review and set aside a letter order of the Federal Power Commission (the Commission) issued July 31, 1972, which rejected a “Purchased Gas Cost Tracking Rate Increase” filed by Tennessee. We find that the July 31st order was in direct conflict with a prior Commission order, and direct the July 31st order to be set aside. 1

A “tracking rate change” enables a pipeline to adjust its rates to reflect certain cost increases without following the detailed procedures required for a general rate change. In 1970 the Commission…