Columbia Gulf Transmission Company
Second Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 04/01/2004, Docket: RP00-326-004, Status: Suspended
Second Revised Sheet No. 91 Second Revised Sheet No. 91 : Suspended
Superseding: First Revised Sheet No. 91
IMS RATE SCHEDULE
IMBALANCE MANAGEMENT SERVICE
1. AVAILABILITY
(a) Service under this Rate Schedule is available from Columbia Gulf Transmission Company
(Transporter) to any Shipper provided that (i) Transporter has sufficient facilities and transportation
capacity available to receive gas from or on behalf of Shipper and deliver gas to or for Shipper, (ii) Shipper
has submitted a valid request for service under Section 3 (Requests for Service) of the General Terms and
Conditions, (iii) Shipper has executed an IMS Service Agreement with Transporter for short-term imbalance
management parking or lending service (IMS Parking Service or IMS Lending Service), and (iv) Shipper complies
with the provisions of this Rate Schedule and with all other applicable provisions of this Tariff.
2. APPLICABILITY AND CHARACTER OF SERVICE
(a) The service under this Rate Schedule is available to any Shipper who delivers gas to
Transporter (i) at Rayne, Louisiana or points north for delivery to points north of Rayne, Louisiana on
Transporter's mainline system, up to and including the interconnection of the facilities of Transporter and
Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation, and (ii) in Transporter's contiguous onshore and offshore lateral
systems.
(b) The service provided under this Rate Schedule shall be performed under Subpart B or G of Part
284 of the Commission's Regulations. Subject to the limitations set forth below, service under this Rate
Schedule shall consist of parking or lending gas on any Day; provided however, each IMS Parking Service or IMS
Lending Service under this Rate Schedule shall be provided for a maximum term of one (1) Day. Each IMS
Parking Service or IMS Lending Service shall be provided pursuant to a master IMS Service Agreement. Such
service shall be provided on an interruptible basis, subject to quantity limitations set forth in Shipper's
IMS Service Agreement, and shall consist of:
(i) IMS Parking Service. IMS Parking Service is an interruptible service which provides
for (1) the receipt by Transporter of gas quantities delivered by Shipper to the point(s) of service
agreed to by Transporter and Shipper on Transporter's system for receipt of parked quantities; (2)
Transporter holding the parked quantities on Transporter's system; and (3) the return of parked
quantities to Shipper at the same point(s), or other mutually agreed upon point(s) on Transporter's
system and within one (1) Day.
(ii) IMS Lending Service. IMS Lending Service is an interruptible service which provides
for (1) the receipt by Shipper of gas quantities from Transporter at the point(s) of service agreed
to by Transporter and Shipper on Transporter's system for delivery of loaned quantities of gas; and
(2) the subsequent return of the loaned quantities of gas to Transporter at the same point(s), or
other mutually agreed upon point(s) on Transporter's system and within one (1) Day.
(c) Shipper shall make any necessary arrangements with Transporter and/or third parties to
receive or deliver gas quantities at the designated point(s) of service for IMS Parking or IMS Lending Service
hereunder. Transportation service is not provided under this Rate Schedule. If Transporter and Shipper agree
that Shipper may receive parked quantities or return loaned quantities under this Rate Schedule at point(s)
other than the point(s) of the park or loan, then Shipper shall accomplish such transactions pursuant to
nominations under separate transportation agreement(s) with Transporter to effectuate the receipt or delivery
of gas to or from other point(s).