El Paso Natural Gas Company

Second Revised Volume No. 1A

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Effective Date: 04/01/2010, Docket: RP10-454-001, Status: Effective

Second Revised Sheet No. 248 Second Revised Sheet No. 248

Superseding: First Revised Sheet No. 248

TRANSPORTATION GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

(Continued)

8. OPERATING PROVISIONS

8.1 FIRM SERVICE

Firm transportation service under this FERC Gas Tariff shall be provided

when, and to the extent that, Transporter determines that firm capacity is

available in Transporter's existing facilities or facilities to be

constructed pursuant to Section 4.7, which firm capacity is not subject to

a prior claim by another customer or another class of service. The

provisions of this Section 8.1 shall also be applicable to firm service

under special rate schedules contained in Transporter's Volume No. 2

Tariff.

(a) A valid request for firm transportation service under this FERC Gas

Tariff shall be in accordance with the procedures contained in

Section 4.

(b) Transporter shall not be required to perform or continue service on

behalf of any Shipper that fails to comply with the terms contained

in the GT&C, in particular, but without limitation, in Sections

8.1, 4 and 5.7 and any and all terms of the applicable rate

schedule and/or the terms of Shipper's TSA with Transporter.

(c) Upon request of Transporter, Shipper shall from time to time submit

estimates of hourly, daily, monthly and annual quantities of gas to

be transported, including peak hour and day requirements.

(d) Shipper shall deliver and receive Natural Gas in uniform hourly

quantities during any Day with operating variations to be kept to

the minimum feasible, except when specific hourly services are

being provided.

(e) Segmentation and Pathing. Shippers taking service pursuant to Rate

Schedules FT-1, FTH-V, FT-H, NNTD and/or NNTH are entitled to

receive firm primary transportation from a primary receipt point to

a primary delivery point using their Primary Receipt-to-Delivery

Flow Path. To the extent operationally feasible, a Shipper may

make use of its firm Primary Capacity by segmenting that capacity

into separate parts for its own use or for the purpose of releasing

that capacity to the secondary market.