Mich. Admin. Code R. 460.875

Current through Vol. 24-21, December 1, 2024

Section R. 460.875 - Filing of rates, contracts, and regulations

Rule 25.

(1) Complete rate schedules, and rules and regulations governing each common purchaser's or common carrier's relations with its producers and distributors, shall be filed in compliance with commission order D-3096, or in pertinent superseding or modifying orders. In case all purchase contracts in a single field are identical, the filing of such contracts as provided in section 25(2) hereof, shall be considered as fulfillment by the common purchaser of this requirement.

(2) Every common purchaser or common carrier shall file with the commission a true and verified copy of any contracts for purchasing, receiving or supplying of gas within 30 days after the making thereof.

(3) No change shall be made in any filed rates, charges, rules or regulations without approval of the commission.

Distributors

Utilities distributing natural gas should also refer to and be governed by "standards of gas service," commission order no. 1982.

3. That attached hereto and made a part hereof is a map or plat of proposed line or lines, showing the dimensions and characters of such line or lines, compression stations, control valves and connections.

4. That attached hereto and made a part here of is an exhibit showing the gas reserves served by the proposed main or mains.

5. That attached hereto and made a part hereof is a schedule of the rates and prices at which the applicant herein will receive gas at delivery stations and a schedule of rates or charges at which it will deliver gas to connecting carriers or distributing lines or customers, and, in case it is proposed to operate as a carrier for hire, a schedule of the rates and charges to be made for the services to be performed by the applicant.

6. That attached hereto and made a part hereof are certified copies of all contracts now signed for the purchase or sale of natural gas.

7. That attached hereto and made a part hereof is a carefully compiled estimate by expert engineers setting forth the total cost of the completed project.

8. That attached hereto and made a part hereof is a carefully prepared estimate by competent engineers showing the anticipated revenue, operating expenses and earnings for a five-year period. And said petitioner, therefore, prays that the Michigan Public Service Commission, under the authority of Act No. 9, of the Public Acts of Michigan for the year 1929, may grant to said petitioner its approval of the said map or plat and of the construction of said line or lines and may determine that such line or lines, when constructed and in operation, will serve the convenience and necessity of the public.

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Above well locations are on the normal 10-acre pattern used in Walker-Talmadge oil field.

Those well locations shown in solid black represent Traverse oil wells that may be deepened or plugged back to obtain gas production with acreage factors as stated. On tracts of 20 acres or more, operator may deepen or plug back only 1 of the wells shown in black in order to secure maximum allowable for the tract. The deepening or plugging back of a second well on the same tract, regardless of size of tract, shall not increase the allowable. If, at the option of the producer, any of the above Traverse wells, other than those in solid black, are deepened or plugged back, they shall receive the usual acreage factor prescribed by commission's order D-2883, effective May 1, 1940.

Mich. Admin. Code R. 460.875

1979 AC