REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA Notice of Utility Tariff Filing Notice of Utility Tariff FilingThe REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that Cook Inlet[...]

REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA - Notice of Utility Tariff Filing

Notice of Utility Tariff Filing

The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that Cook Inlet Natural Gas Storage Alaska, LLC (CINGSA) filed TA58-733, requesting approval of 2023 Expansion Inception Rates for service provided under its 2023 Expansion Firm Storage Service (FSS) Agreement and seeking to revise its rules to differentiate between Initial Capacity customers and the Expansion Customer.

In TA55-733, the Commission approved a form 2023 Expansion FSS Agreement between CINGSA and ENSTAR Natural Gas Company, LLC and required CINGSA to file proposed inception rates based on actual capital expenditures at least 45 days before providing expansion service under the agreement. With TA58-733, CINGSA proposes inception rates. In addition, CINGSA requests the rates be made effective immediately, on an interim and refundable basis, and proposes to update the inception rates following its first full calendar year of operations of the 2023 Expansion Project. A comparison of the Initial Capacity and 2023 Expansion rates is shown in the table below.

	Initial Capacity Tariff Rate	2023 Expansion Tariff Rate
FSS Reservation Rate	$5.0288/Mcf	$6.2699/Mcf
FSS Capacity Rate	$0.0686/Mcf	$0.2038/Mcf
FSS Injection/Withdrawal Rate	$0.0498/Mcf	$0.0981/Mcf
Overrun Storage Service Rate	$0.2152/Mcf	$0.3043/Mcf
Excess Storage Service Charge	$0.0686/Mcf	$0.2038/Mcf
Interruptible Storage Service (ISS) Rate	$0.2340/Mcf	$0.4100/Mcf
ISS Injection/Withdrawal Rate	$0.0498/Mcf	$0.0981/Mcf

This notice does not contain all requested revisions, and the Commission may approve a rate or classification that varies from those proposed. You may obtain information about this filing by contacting Chelsea N. Guintu, Manager of Regulatory and Planning at CINGSA, P. O. Box 190989, Anchorage, AK 99519-0989; phone: (907) 334-7620. The complete filing is also available for inspection at the Commission's office at 701 West Eighth Avenue, Suite 300, Anchorage, AK 99501; phone: (907) 276-6222, or may be viewed on the Commission's website at http://rca.alaska.gov by typing "TA58-733" in the Find a Matter search box.

To comment on this filing, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m., December 10, 2024, at the Commission address given above or at its website:

https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx

Please reference TA58-733 and include a statement that you have filed a copy of the comments with CINGSA at its address given above. Individuals or groups of people with disabilities, who require special accommodations, auxiliary aids or service, or alternative communication formats, please contact Sam Vukasin at (907) 276-6222, toll-free at 1-800-390-2782, or TTY/Alaska Relay at 7-1-1 or 1-800-770-8973, or send a request via electronic mail to [email protected] by December 3, 2024.

DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 26^th day of November, 2024.

REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA

John M. Espindola
Chair