Kinder Morgan Illinois Pipeline LLC
Original Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 12/01/2007, Docket: RP08- 34-000, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 203 Original Sheet No. 203 : Effective
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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16. PRE-GRANTED ABANDONMENT, CONTRACT ROLLOVERS AND RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL
16.1 GENERAL
Subject to Section 16.3, service performed by KMIP under
Part 284 of the Commission's Regulations shall expire, and shall be
automatically abandoned, upon contract termination under:
(a) any FTS transportation Agreement with a primary
term of less than one (1) Year; and (b) any ITS transportation
Agreement regardless of term. Service under any FTS transportation
Agreement with a term of one (1) Year or greater shall expire, and
shall be automatically abandoned, on contract termination unless
service is continued pursuant to Sections 16.2 or 16.3.
16.2 RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL
(a) Any Shipper under an FTS Agreement with a term of
one (1) Year or greater shall have the right to continue receiving
service after the expiration of its existing Agreement if, pursuant
to the Right of First Refusal procedures set forth in this Section
16.2, it matches the price and term offered for such service by any
other bidder; provided, however, that (irrespective of the price
offered by the existing Shipper or any bidder) KMIP shall not be
required to provide service at a discount from its applicable
maximum rate unless it otherwise agrees; and, provided further that
if a bid is submitted for a Negotiated Rate or Negotiated Rate
Formula under Section 31 of these General Terms and Conditions, the
existing Shipper need match only the value of that bid utilizing the
Recourse Rate in lieu of the Negotiated Rate or Negotiated Rate
Formula consistent with said Section 31.
(b) To exercise the Right of First Refusal, Shipper
must provide KMIP with notice of its intent to do so in a form
specified by KMIP and must submit such notice at least six (6)
Months prior to the expiration of the existing Agreement. KMIP
shall advise Shipper in writing of the date by which such notice
must be submitted at least three (3) Months prior to the last day on
which such notice can be made on a timely basis. Such notice must
specify a desired term of service and the desired MDQ in total and
at each Receipt and Delivery Point. If the requested MDQ is greater
than the existing MDQ in total and at each Receipt and Delivery
Point, any such increase shall be treated as a request for new
service under the applicable Rate Schedule and only the