Portland Natural Gas Transmission System; Notice of Tariff Filing of Annual Charge Adjustment

Take notice that on September 3, 2002, Portland Natural Gas Transmission System (PNGTS) filed its annual Annual Charge Adjustment (ACA) filing. PNGTS states that, pursuant to Section 154.402 of the Commission's regulations and Section 17 of the General Terms and Conditions of its tariff, that its ACA surcharge of $0.0022 per dekatherm, will remain unchanged in the next fiscal year.

PNGTS states that copies of its filing were served on all jurisdictional customers and interested state commissions.

Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should file a motion to intervene or a protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Sections 385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations. All such motions or protests must be filed in accordance with Section 154.210 of the Commission's Regulations. 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 proceedings. Any person wishing to become a party must file a motion to intervene. This filing is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the “FERRIS” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For Assistance, call (202) 502-8222 or for TTY, (202) 208-1659. Comments, protests and interventions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site under the “e-Filing” link.