El Paso Natural Gas Company
Second Revised Volume No. 1A
Contents / Previous / Next / Main Tariff Index
Effective Date: 01/01/2009, Docket: RP08-426-000, Status: Effective
Third Revised Sheet No. 202E Third Revised Sheet No. 202E
Superseding: Second Revised Sheet No. 202E
TRANSPORTATION GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
(Continued)
1. DEFINITIONS (Continued)
1.53 "Premium Service Delivery Point" - A Delivery Point eligible for
enhanced firm transportation service (e.g., hourly rights, no-
notice, daily balancing) and/or interruptible swing service.
Premium Service Delivery Points will be identified on Transporter's
EBB. Transporter will update the list of Premium Service Delivery
Points as experience and operating conditions allow. Transporter's
determination of eligibility shall be based on, but may not be
limited to, the following:
(a) Except as provided below, the Delivery Point is equipped with
physical gas measurement equipment compatible with
Transporter's system and capable of registering hourly flows;
and
(b) The DP Operator agrees to receive variable hourly rates of
flow and agrees to operate the Delivery Point under a
Predetermined Allocation Agreement ("PDA") or under a
mutually agreed upon similar arrangement specifying the
allocation of deliveries to individual TSAs.
(c) Should the delivery meter be part of an aggregation of meters
under a D-Code, some or all of which have physical gas
measurement equipment compatible with Transporter's system
and capable of registering hourly flows, the quantities
delivered to any such individual meters in the D-Code shall
be deemed to have flowed on a ratable 1/24th basis if: 1)
hourly measurement equipment is not installed or 2) the
hourly measurement equipment does not have active telemetry
capability (temporary outages excepted) into the VISA system
on a real time basis.
1.53A "Premium Service Virtual Delivery Point" ("PSVP") - A Delivery
Point eligible for firm transportation service within the Permian
virtual area, pursuant to Rate Schedule FTH-V. PSVPs will be
identified on Transporter's EBB. Transporter will update the list
as new eligible points are identified or upon request(s) of Shipper
and/or DP Operator. Transporter's determination of eligibility
shall be based on, but may not be limited to, the following:
(a) Location, distance from Transporter's mainline, pressure
conditions, proximity to other Receipt and Delivery Points,
pipeline diameter; and
(b) Except as provided below, the Delivery Point is equipped with
physical gas measurement equipment compatible with
Transporter's system and capable of registering hourly flows;
and