Discovery Gas Transmission LLC
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Effective Date: 02/27/2009, Docket: RP09-291-000, Status: Effective
Fifth Revised Sheet No. 155 Fifth Revised Sheet No. 155
Superseding: Fourth Revised Sheet No. 155
Except as provided for in Section 11.2.d.ii, for short-term
(one year or less) prearranged capacity releases, the offer
to release capacity will be posted in accordance with
Subsection 11.5. If Transporter does not receive a better
bid by the bid deadline, the prearranged bid will be deemed
the best bid, and a Confirmation Letter must be executed by
the prearranged Replacement Shipper in accordance with this
Section 11. If Transporter receives a better bid by the bid
deadline, the prearranged Replacement Shipper shall have one
(1) Business Day to match the terms of the better bid. If
the prearranged Replacement Shipper matches the better bid,
the capacity will be awarded to the prearranged Replacement
Shipper and a Confirmation Letter must be executed by the
prearranged Replacement Shipper. If the prearranged
Replacement Shipper fails to match the best bid, the capacity
will be awarded to the party making the best bid in
accordance with the terms specified in Subsection 11.7.
Bids for released capacity may not exceed the maximum rate
for the applicable rate schedules, except when the release is
for a term of one year or less, and/or a release to an asset
manager or a marketer participating in a state-approved
retail access program; and provided further, that the release
must take effect on or before one year from the date the
pipeline is notified of the release.
ii. Prearranged Releases Not Subject to Bidding - A Releasing
Shipper may release its FT-1 capacity to a prearranged
Replacement Shipper without prior bidding for the Released
Capacity in the following instances: 1) releases for thirty-
one (31) Days or less (subject to the limitations of this
Subsection); 2) long-term (more than one year) releases at
the maximum rate; 3) any release to an asset manager as
defined by Section 284.8(h) of the Commission's regulations;
and 4) any release to a marketer participating in a state-
approved retail access program as defined by Section
284.8(h) of the Commission's regulations. The Releasing
Shipper and its prearranged Replacement Shipper shall notify
Transporter of the terms of the prearranged release.
Transporter will post on its Internet web site (web site) an
announcement of the release within forty-eight (48) hours
after the commencement of the Transportation transaction
using the Released Capacity. The prearranged