Centerpoint Energy Gas Transmission Company

Sixth Revised Volume No. 1

Effective Date: 05/01/2010, Docket: RP10-567-000, Status: Effective

Third Revised Sheet No. 445A Third Revised Sheet No. 445A

Superseding: Second Revised Sheet No. 445A

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

(continued)

10. ASSIGNMENT AND CURTAILMENT OF CAPACITY (continued)

Agreement or Service Agreement which provides for the

prospective sale of unsubscribed firm capacity

currently available or anticipated to become

available. If such Precedent Agreement or Service

Agreement provides for a service commencement date one

year or more in the future with respect to currently

available capacity or one year or more beyond the date

of the availability of anticipated capacity ("Pre-

arranged Service"), then Transporter, at the time it

enters into such an agreement, shall post a notice on

its Internet Web Site indicating that the capacity

subject to the Pre-arranged Service will be available

for open bidding for a period of no less than three

(3) Business Days during which a prospective Shipper

may submit a bid for such capacity, including

specifying an immediate or prospective service

commencement date, as applicable.

(ii) Transporter at any time may enter into Precedent

Agreements or Service Agreements for firm capacity

under Rate Schedule FT-2 and/or for Linked Firm

Service (as defined in Section 10.5 below) capacity

under Rate Schedules FT, EFT and PS (firm Pool

Transfer), which agreements will be referred to as

Pre-Arranged Service Agreements for purposes of

Section 10.4(d) below. At any time Transporter enters

into such agreements, which may be with one or more

Shippers, Transporter shall post a notice on its

Internet Web Site indicating that the capacity will be

available for separate open bidding for a period of no

less than three (3) Business Days, during which a

prospective Shipper may submit a bid for the

applicable capacity; provided that an FT-2 Shipper

shall have the priority to associated Linked Firm

Service capacity specified in Section 10.5 below, and

if the FT-2 Shipper exercises such priority then such

Linked Firm Service shall not be subject to open

bidding.