Notice2026-09998
Revisions to Oil Pipeline Regulations Pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 1992; Notice of Annual Change in the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods
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May 19, 2026
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29125-29126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09998]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RM93-11-000]
Revisions to Oil Pipeline Regulations Pursuant to the Energy
Policy Act of 1992; Notice of Annual Change in the Producer Price Index
for Finished Goods
The Commission's regulations include a methodology for oil
pipelines to change their rates through use of an index system that
establishes ceiling levels for such rates. The Commission bases the
index system, found at 18 CFR 342.3, on the annual change in the
Producer Price Index for Finished Goods (PPI-FG), minus zero point five
five percent (PPI-FG-0.55%). The Commission determined in an Order
Establishing Index Level,\1\ issued April 24, 2026, that PPI-FG-0.55%
is the appropriate oil pricing index factor for pipelines to use for
the five-year period commencing July 1, 2026.
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\1\ Five-Year Rev. of the Oil Pipeline Index, 195 FERC ] 61,062
(2026).
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The regulations provide that the Commission will publish annually
an index figure reflecting the final change in the PPI-FG after the
Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the final PPI-FG in May of each
calendar year. The annual average PPI-FG index figures were 257.7 for
2024 and 262.8 for 2025.\2\ Thus, the percent change (expressed as a
decimal) in the annual average PPI-FG from 2024 to 2025, minus 0.55%,
is positive 0.014290.\3\ Oil pipelines must multiply their July 1,
2025, through June 30, 2026 index ceiling levels by positive 1.014290
\4\ to compute their index ceiling levels for July 1, 2026, through
June 30, 2027, in accordance with 18 CFR 342.3(d). For guidance in
calculating the ceiling levels for each 12-month period beginning
January 1, 1995,\5\ see Explorer Pipeline Company, 71 FERC ] 61,416, at
n.6 (1995).
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\2\ Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes the final figure
in mid-May of each year. This figure is publicly available at <a href="http://www.bls.gov/ppi/home.htm">http://www.bls.gov/ppi/home.htm</a>. To obtain the BLS data, go to the ``PPI
Data'' menu across the top of the screen, click ``Databases,'' and
click on ``Top Picks'' of the Commodity Data including ``headline''
FD-ID indexes (Producer Price Index--PPI). At the next screen, under
the heading ``PPI Commodity Data,'' select the box, ``Finished
goods--WPUFD49207,'' then scroll to the bottom of this screen and
click on Retrieve data.
\3\ [262.8-257.7]/257.7 = 0.019790-0.0055 = 0.014290.
\4\ 1 + 0.014290 = 1.014290.
\5\ For a listing of all prior multipliers issued by the
Commission, see the Commission's website, <a href="https://www.ferc.gov/general-information-1/oil-pipeline-index">https://www.ferc.gov/general-information-1/oil-pipeline-index</a>.
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Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
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link. To access this document in eLibrary, type the docket number
excluding the last three digits of this document in the docket number
[[Page 29126]]
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User assistance is available for eLibrary and other aspects of the
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Dated: May 14, 2026.
Carlos D. Clay,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-09998 Filed 5-18-26; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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