Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company

Second Revised Volume No. 1

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Effective Date: 11/01/1997, Docket: CP96-128-004, Status: Effective

Original Sheet No. 111 Original Sheet No. 111 : Effective

EASTERN SHORE NATURAL GAS COMPANY

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

(Continued)

11. Request for Service (Continued)

(d) Prepayment (Continued)

All prepayments made to Seller are to be sent to:

By check: Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company

P.O. Box 566

Wilmington, DE 19899

Re: Firm Transportation Prepayment

By wire transfer: PNC Bank

Wilmington, De.

Acct. No. 5684278110

Payable to Eastern Shore Natural Gas

Company

Re: Firm Transportation Prepayment

(e) Creditworthiness

(1) Seller shall not be required to provide service to

any Requesting Party that fails to meet Seller's

standards for creditworthiness. In this regard

Seller may require that Requesting Party provide the

following information:

(i) Current audited financial statements (to

include a balance sheet, income statement and

statement of cash flow), annual reports, 10-K

reports or other filings with regulatory

agencies, a list of all corporate affiliates,

parent companies and subsidiaries and any

reports from credit agencies which are

available. If audited financial statements are

not available, then Requesting Party also

should provide an attestation by its chief

financial officer that the information shown

in the unaudited statements submitted is true,

correct and a fair representation of Requesting

Party's financial condition;

(ii) A bank reference and at least three (3) trade

references. The results of reference checks

must show that Requesting Party's obligations

are being paid on a prompt basis;