COLUMBIA GAS FILES SIGNIFICANT PLEADING FOR SHIPPER COOPERATION IN DEVISING GAS SUPPLY ADJUSTMENTS AS PIPELINE SYSTEM EXPERIENCES SEA- CHANGE IN GAS FLOW PATTERNS AND CONSUMER PROFILE; FERC SUSPENDS FILING AND SETS TECHNICAL CONFERENCE

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Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC (RP11-2253) recently answered comments filed by the Cities of Charlottesville and Richmond, Virginia (collectively, Cities); the Independent Oil & Gas Association of West Virginia, Inc. (IOGA), Indicated Shippers; Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC); Piedmont Natural Gas Co., Inc.; ProLiance Energy, LLC; and United States Gypsum Co., all of whom addressed Columbia's July 1 interim Transportation Costs Rate Adjustment (TCRA) filing. The so-called "Periodic TCRA Filing" was made under tariff provisions that authorize Columbia to file to adjust its TCRA rates on an annual basis "or at such other times as Transporter in its reasonable discretion determines necessary."