Extract to table

Section 4(a) provides, in substance, that all rates and charges made, demanded, or received by a natural gas company for or in connection with the transportation or sale of natural gas subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, and all rules and regulations affecting or pertaining to such rates or charges, must be just and reasonable

These schedules must be kept open for public inspection, reflecting the NGA’s broader filed-rate regime

Because no prior Commission-approved Ridgeline recourse rate exists, Ridgeline must establish the justness and reasonableness of the initial tariff and rate on a full evidentiary basis

In a Section 5 case, the complainant or the Commission must first show that an existing rate is unjust and unreasonable and then establish a just and reasonable replacement

In a Section 4 case, by contrast, the pipeline proposing the rate must affirmatively support the rate from the outset

For Ridgeline, this means that every material component of its proposed initial recourse rate must be supported by competent record evidence