Crossroads Pipeline Company
Original Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 06/01/1997, Docket: RP97-145-001, Status: Effective
Substitute Original Sheet No. 32 Substitute Original Sheet No. 32 : Effective
Superseding: Original Sheet No. 32
4.6 New Measurement Techniques: If at any time during the term
hereof, a new method or technique is developed with respect to
gas measurement, such new method or technique may be substituted
for the gas measurement set forth in this Article 4 upon mutual
agreement thereto by the parties. If turbine meters are used,
they shall be installed and operated in accordance with American
Gas Association Transmission Measurement Committee Report No. 7.
4.7 Computation of Billing Volume: The Billing Volume in dekatherms shall be
determined by multiplying the actual delivered volume as measured
for the billing month in Mcf by the Gross Heating Value of such gas
as defined in Paragraph 1.9 of the General Terms and Conditions of
this Tariff. All measurements shall be taken no later than five
business days after the end of the business month. If actual
delivered volumes are unavailable in time to prepare the billing,
such charges shall be based on estimated or nominated volumes and
Crossroads shall provide as a re-stated line item with new daily
and monthly total quantities in the succeeding month's billing,
an adjustment based on any difference between actual volumes and
estimated or nominated volumes. Any such prior period adjustments
shall be taken back to the appropriate production month. Measurement
data corrections should be processed within 6 months of the production
month with a 3 month rebuttal period. This standard shall not apply
in the case of deliberate omission or misrepresentation or mutual
mistake of fact. Parties' other statutory or contractual rights
shall not otherwise be diminished by this standard.
5. INSPECTION OF EQUIPMENT AND RECORDS
5.1 Verification of Computations: Each party shall have the
right at reasonable business hours to examine the books,
records and charts of the other party to the extent
necessary to verify the accuracy of any statement, charge
or computation made pursuant to the provisions of this Rate
Schedule.
If any such examination reveals an inaccuracy in any billing
theretofore made, the necessary adjustment to such billing
and payment shall be promptly made.
In the event an error is discovered in the amount billed in
any statement rendered by Crossroads, such error shall be
adjusted promptly; provided, however, that all statements
and billing shall be deemed correct and all claims and causes
of action for correction waived and released except to the
extent that a written request for adjustment or correction
has been received by Crossroads within twenty-four (24)
months from the date of such statement.
5.2 Inspection of Equipment and Data: Each party shall have the
right to inspect equipment installed or furnished by the
other, and the charts and other measurement or test data
of the other, at all times during regular business hours; but
the reading, calibration and adjustment of such equipment
and changing of charts shall be done only by the parry
installing or furnishing same. Unless the parties otherwise
agree, each parry shall preserve all