PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
   
   
     Central New York Oil And Gas Company, LLC ("CYNOG"), a
New York limited liability company, owns and causes to be
operated a natural gas storage facility and related
compression equipment and pipelines, collectively known as
the Stagecoach Storage Project, located in Tioga County, New
York.  The Stagecoach Storage Project receives, injects,
stores, withdraws and delivers natural gas transported in
interstate commerce, and is accordingly a "natural-gas
company" subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission under the Natural Gas Act of 1938, as
amended, 15 U.S.C.  717-717w.
   
     This Original Volume No. 1 of the FERC Gas Tariff of
CNYOG contains the Rates and Charges, Rate Schedules, Forms
of Service Agreements and the General Terms and Conditions
applicable to Storage Service performed by CYNOG pursuant to
the FSS and ISS Rate Schedules.