Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Penalty Revenue Report

Take notice that on July 23, 2002, Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc. (Williams) tendered for filing revised schedules to its report of penalty revenue collected during Periods of Daily Balancing (PODB), filed April 30, 2002 in docket No. RP02-241-000.

Williams states that it made a filing on April 30, 2002 to report the amount of penalty revenue collected pursuant to the provisions of Article 9.6 of the General Terms and Conditions of its FERC Gas tariff during Periods of daily Balancing (PODB) occurring in the 1995-96 and 1996-97 winter heating seasons, and the proposed distribution of such revenue. Williams's April 30, 2002 filing contained several inadvertent errors related to Williams's interest calculations, the allocation of interest received between penalty categories, and an allocation of refunds to a party who should not have received a refund. A revised penalty Revenue Collected and revised penalty Distribution reports known as Revised Schedule 1 was filed.

Williams states that a copy of its filing was served on all participants listed on the service list maintained by the Commission in the docket referenced above, as well as all of Williams's jurisdictional customers and interested state commissions.

Any person desiring to protest this filing should file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with section 385.211 of the Commission's rules and regulations. All such protests must be filed on or before October 11, 2002. 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. 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) 502-8659. 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.