East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC
Third Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 04/20/2008, Docket: RP08-277-000, Status: Effective
First Revised Sheet No. 316A First Revised Sheet No. 316A : Effective
Superseding: Second Sub Original Sheet No. 316A
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS (Continued)
6.2 Upon notification by Transporter that a Shipper has failed to satisfy
the credit criteria or subsequently during the term of the service
agreement no longer satisfies the credit criteria, such Shipper may
still obtain credit approval by Transporter if it pays any outstanding
balances due Transporter for service rendered or has complied with
Section 16 of the General Terms and Conditions with regard to such
balances and elects to provide one of the following forms of security:
(a) an advance deposit;
(b) a standby irrevocable letter of credit, acceptable to
Transporter, issued by a financial institution that satisfies
Transporter's credit appraisal;
(c) security interest in collateral found to be satisfactory to
Transporter; or
(d) a guarantee, acceptable to Transporter, by another person or
entity which satisfies Transporter's credit appraisal.
Transporter shall provide such Shipper with a written statement
supporting Transporter's request for the security amount requested at
the time such security is requested. If Transporter rejects the
security provided by Shipper in accordance with Section 6.2(b)-(d)
above, Transporter shall re-issue its request for the security and
include a written explanation for the rejection of the security
previously provided by Shipper. For a new Shipper or a Shipper
requesting a Billing Amendment, such security shall be calculated as
follows:
(1) For firm transportation or storage service, an amount equal to
the three (3) highest Months' worth of reservation charges at
the applicable maximum recourse rate during a contract Year;
(2) For interruptible transportation or storage service, an amount
equal to fifteen (15) Days of usage per Month for three (3)
Months multiplied by the arithmetic average of the applicable
commodity rate(s), multiplied by Shipper's Maximum Interruptible
Quantity;
(3) For Park and Loan service, the applicable maximum Park and Loan
Daily Charge multiplied by Shipper's Maximum Park Quantity or
Maximum Loan Quantity, as applicable, plus the value of any
quantity to be loaned to Shipper;
(4) For Capacity Release Umbrella agreements, Transporter will
accept any collateral amount submitted by Shipper in relation to
the request for the capacity release umbrella agreement;
however, Shipper will be required to comply with all of
Transporter's credit requirements at such time as Shipper
submits a bid to acquire released capacity pursuant to Section
3.14 of the General Terms and Conditions of this FERC Gas
Tariff;
(5) For other agreements (e.g., Operational Balancing Agreement), an
estimated imbalance quantity of 5,000 Dth per Month for three
(3) Months multiplied by the average of Transporter's cashout
prices for the latest three (3) Months.
For an existing Shipper, such security shall be equal to the highest
three (3) Months of activity (based on usage of in-kind and loan
agreements and the billed amounts, including cashout amounts, for all
other agreements) for all of Shipper's active service agreements
during the previous twelve (12) Months. For the purposes of this
section, the term "in-kind agreement" does not include Fuel
Reimbursement.