Centerpoint Energy Gas Transmission Company

Sixth Revised Volume No. 1

Effective Date: 03/18/2010, Docket: RP10-383-000, Status: Effective

First Revised Sheet No. 84 First Revised Sheet No. 84

Superseding: Original Sheet No. 84

RATE SCHEDULE FT-2

FIRM TRANSPORTATION SERVICE (WITH MINIMUM FLOW OBLIGATION)

(continued)

2. APPLICABILITY AND CHARACTER OF SERVICE (continued)

2.6 If Shipper, on any Day, fails to nominate by 11:45 a.m. in the

Timely Nomination Cycle an amount up to at least the MFO(s) or,

for whatever reason, does not tender and/or take deliveries of the

quantities of Gas up to its MFO(s) that are necessary for

Transporter to provide related Linked Firm Service nominated

during the same Timely Nomination Cycle, Shipper shall be subject

to a penalty of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), plus the applicable

Daily Index Price, for each Dekatherm of Gas that Shipper so fails

to nominate or take and/or tender.

2.7 Shipper shall be entitled to (i) nominate from any Pool or Receipt

Point or to any Delivery Point on a non-primary basis, as provided

for in Section 5, General Terms & Conditions of the Tariff; or

(ii) change any Primary Point(s) designated in its Agreement,

provided it does not affect Transporter's ability to provide

Linked Firm Service.

2.8 The rights, obligations, limitations and operational conditions

and restraints applicable to service under this Rate Schedule

shall be the same as those applicable to service under Rate

Schedule FT, unless inconsistent with the provisions of this Rate

Schedule or otherwise provided in this Tariff.

2.9 A Shipper under Rate Schedule FT or EFT may request to convert all

or part of its Contract Limitations to Rate Schedule FT-2 service,

subject to the availability of capacity and operational

limitations that may exist with respect to the requested firm

service. Transporter will evaluate such requests on a not unduly

discriminatory case-by-case basis. No such conversion shall

require Transporter to accept less than its applicable maximum

tariff rates for Rate Schedule FT-2 or rates negotiated under an

existing transaction, or terms and conditions different than those

provided in the Shipper's existing Service Agreement.

3. RATES:

3.1 The rate charged for service hereunder shall consist of:

(a) Reservation Charge: The currently effective Reservation

Charge shown in Transporter's Statement of Effective Rates

and Charges for Transportation of Gas contained in this

Tariff.