Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (Entrega)
Second Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 09/01/2007, Docket: CP06-354-002, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 271 Original Sheet No. 271 : Effective
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
36. OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS (Contd.)
36.9 REFUND OF PENALTY AMOUNTS
The amounts collected as penalties by Transporter for each
Directional Notice or Critical Time Operational Flow Order shall
be refunded through an event-by-event calculation in the annual
reconciliation filing as referenced in Section 37 of these General
Terms and Conditions and as follows:
A. First, the amounts collected will be used to compensate
Transporter for any costs it has incurred (including any
compensation Transporter agreed to provide for voluntary
actions) to alleviate the conditions which resulted in the
issuance of the Directional Notice or in declaration of the
Critical Time Operational Flow Order.
B. Then, any remaining amounts will be refunded to all
Complying Shippers and other Shippers that did not incur
Directional Notice or Critical Time Operational Flow Order
penalties based on the method described in Section 37 of
these General Terms and Conditions.
C. In each instance when amounts are collected as penalties for
a Directional Notice or Critical Time Operational Flow
Order, Transporter shall have the right to review the
circumstances surrounding each penalty incurrence and, in
its judgment, may waive all or a portion of the amount
collected in excess of 100% of the Monthly Index Price. Any
such waiver shall be granted on a non-discriminatory basis
to all Shippers from whom penalties were collected in that
instance. Such waiver, if granted, shall be posted on
Transporter's Interactive Website, as required by applicable
FERC rules and regulations.
36.10 STANDARDS
A. In issuing Directional Notices, Critical Time Operational
Flow Orders or taking other operational control action under
this section, Transporter shall apply consistent and
objective engineering and operational criteria to define the
overall operational integrity of the System and acceptable
pressure levels to be maintained, to evaluate the imminent
nature of any threat to these factors, and to determine what
steps are necessary to preserve such factors. Such criteria
may be changed from time-to-time as operating experience
indicates.