Month: October 2013

TariffShark Software Update Available

For our enterprise TariffShark customers, TariffShark Releases 3.4 and 4.0.2 are available NOW on TariffShark.com.

Hosted customers, your hosted servers will be updated prior to the November 12, 2013 effective date of the Filing Type changes.

Background and Details

FERC recently updated their eTariff Filing Type definitions.  In blog articles from October 21 and October 24, we described the changes in detail.  Today we are announcing the availability of TariffShark software releases that accommodate these changes.  Updated software, upgrade guides, and installation instructions are available NOW on the TariffShark website.
Note that only the following FERC programs are affected:
  • NGPA 311 Gas Pipelines 
  • Oil Pipelines
If you are already running a current TariffShark release (either R3.3 or R4.0.1), only the TariffShark database is affected by this update.  Simply download and run the database installer in order to bring your TariffShark installation up to the latest release.
If you are running a TariffShark release older than R3.3 or R4.0.1, there is a free upgrade path.  Consult the Releases page on the TariffShark.com website for more information.
Please contact TariffShark Support at 847-252-1611 or at support@tariffshark.com if you have any questions or concerns.

FERC Posts Additional Changes to eTariff Filing Types

Earlier today, October 24, 2013, FERC posted additional changes to the filing types for the NGPA 311 Gas Pipelines program on its eTariff webpage.  Here is a brief summary of the changes.

TOFC (Code) Filing Title (Description) Filing Category Description of Change
820 Statement of Conditions with Rates (Baseline)(fee) New Description and Citation updated
980 Rate Change Filing Compliance Description updated
990 Statement of Conditions with Rates (Baseline) Refiled Description updated
1300 Rate Change Filing Normal Description updated
1320 Statement of Conditions with Rates (Baseline)(fee) New Description and Citation updated
1330 Statement of Conditions with Rates (Baseline) New Description updated


As with the noticed changes we blogged about earlier in the week, these changes go into effect on November 12, 2013.  We are updating TariffShark with these additional changes and will blog again when the software update is available.

In the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact our support team.

FERC Posts Updated eTariff Filing Types

On October 11, 2013, FERC issued a notice of changes to filing types that affect NGPA 311 Gas Pipelines. The specific changes are described thoroughly in the notice and go into effect on November 12, 2013.

We are updating TariffShark to be compliant with the changes and will notify our customers when the update is available for download.

Though omitted from the notice, we discovered that several other changes had been included in the updated Type of Filing CSV file that FERC posts on its eTariff webpage.  The unnoticed changes affect Oil Pipelines, go into effect on November 12, 2013, and are summarized below.

TOFC (Code) Filing Title Filing Category Description of Change
830 Rate Changes, Initial Rates & Other Tariff Changes Normal Citation updated
870 Cancellation of Tariff (partial) Normal Citation updated
970 New company tariff (Baseline) New Citation updated
1230 Amendment Amendment New filing type
1250 Concurrence Normal New filing type

We are updating TariffShark with these Oil program changes at the same time as we accommodate the changes for NGPA 311 Gas Pipelines.  We will blog again when the software update is available.

In the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact our support team.