Bluewater Gas Storage, LLC
Original Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 12/01/2006, Docket: CP06-351-001, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 109 Original Sheet No. 109 : Effective
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
(Continued)
(5) If Prospective Customer has an on-going business
relationship with BLUEWATER, no delinquent balances
shall be outstanding for services BLUEWATER shall have
previously performed and Customer shall have paid its
account in the past according to the established terms
and not made deductions or withheld payment for claims
not authorized by contract;
(6) Prospective Customer shall confirm in writing that
no significant collection lawsuits or judgments are
outstanding which would seriously reflect upon the
business entity's ability to remain solvent;
(7) For prospective Customers that are state-regulated
local distribution companies, documentation provided by
each state regulatory commission (or equivalent
authority) having jurisdiction over the local
distribution company's rates establishing the existence
and effectiveness of an authorized gas cost recovery
mechanism which (x) provides for full recovery of both
gas commodity and transportation capacity costs and (y)
is afforded regulatory asset accounting treatment in
accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles;
(8) A Statement of prospective Customer's legal
composition and a statement of the length of time
Customer's business has been in operation; and
(9) Such other information as may be mutually agreed
to by BLUEWATER and prospective Customer.
(h) In the event prospective Customer cannot provide the
information specified in Section 3.3(g) above, it shall, if
applicable, provide that information for its parent company.
(i) BLUEWATER shall not be required to perform or to
continue service under any Rate Schedule on behalf of any Customer
or prospective Customer which is or has become insolvent or which,
at BLUEWATER's request, fails to demonstrate creditworthiness in
accordance with Section 3.3, and BLUEWATER may take such action as
is permitted in Section 28.2 of these General Terms and Conditions;
provided, however, that such Customer or prospective Customer may
receive service under any Rate Schedule if it provides Financial
Assurances pursuant to Section 31. For purposes of this Section
3.3(i), the insolvency of a Customer or prospective Customer shall
be conclusively demonstrated by the filing by Customer, or any
parent entity thereof or guarantor of Customer, of a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy or the entry of a decree or order by a court
having jurisdiction in the premises adjudging the Customer, or any
parent entity thereof or guarantor of Customer, bankrupt or
insolvent, or approving, as properly filed, a petition seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in
respect of the Customer, or any parent entity thereof or guarantor
of Customer, under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable
federal or state