Cheniere Creole Trail Pipeline, L.P.
Original Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 04/28/2008, Docket: RP08-137-000, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 153 Original Sheet No. 153 : Pending
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
(Continued)
17. CREDITWORTHINESS
A. Transporter shall not be required to:
(i) execute a Transportation Service Agreement providing for service under
the applicable Rate Schedule for any Shipper who fails to meet Transporter's
standards for creditworthiness, or
(ii) initiate service for a Shipper who fails to meet Transporter's standards
for creditworthiness, or
(iii) continue transportation service for any Shipper who is or has become
insolvent or who, at Transporter's request, fails within a reasonable period
to demonstrate creditworthiness pursuant to Transporter's standards.
For purposes herein, the determination of Shipper's creditworthiness shall be
based upon:
(i) a credit rating of investment grade, defined as a rating of at least
"BBB-" by Standard & Poor's Corporation, or a rating of at least "Baa3" by
Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or
(ii) if Shipper is not rated by Standard & Poor's or Moody's financial rating
methodology, criteria and ratios which are generally acceptable in the natural
gas industry. In the event that Transporter determines that Shipper does not
have an acceptable rating as set forth above, Shipper may, at its own expense,
obtain a private rating from Standard & Poor's or Moody's, or as an
alternative, request that an independent accountant or an independent
financial consultant, mutually acceptable to Shipper and Transporter, prepare
an equivalent evaluation based on the financial rating methodology, criteria
and ratios generally acceptable in the natural gas industry as published by
the above rating agencies from time to time or
(iii) other factors such as the willingness of shipper to provide a corporate
guarantee from an entity acceptable to Transporter.