Five-Year Review of the Oil Pipeline Index

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 18 CFR Part 342 [Docket No. RM26-6-000] ( printed page 22920) AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Order establishing index level. SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) issues this Final Order concluding its five-year review of the index level used to determine annual changes to oil pipeline rate ceilings. The Commission establishes an index level of Producer Price Index for Finished Goods minus 0.55% (PPI-FG-0.55%) for the five-year period beginning July 1, 2026. DATES: This order is effective June 29, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evan Steiner (Legal Information), Office of the General Counsel, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8792, Evan.Steiner@ferc.gov . Monil Patel (Technical Information), Office of Energy Market Regulation, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8296, Monil.Patel@ferc.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. On November 20, 2025, the Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking initiating the five-year review to establish the oil pipeline index level for the July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2031 period. [ 1 ] The NOPR requested comment regarding its proposal to adopt an index level of Producer Price Index for Finished Goods minus 1.42% (PPI-FG-1.42%) and any alternative methodologies for calculating the index level. [ 2 ] 2. For the reasons discussed below, we adopt an index level of PPI-FG-0.55%. The departure from the …