Equitrans, L. P.
Original Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 05/16/2010, Docket: RP10-616-000, Status: Effective
Fourth Revised Sheet No. 202 Fourth Revised Sheet No. 202
Superseding: Third Revised Sheet No. 202
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS (Continued)
1.6 The term "Btu" shall mean British thermal unit, and shall mean the
amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one (1) pound
of water one (1) degree Fahrenheit from fifty-nine (59) degrees
Fahrenheit to sixty (60) degrees Fahrenheit. For reporting
purposes, BTU conversion factors shall be reported to not less than
3 decimal places and Pressure Base conversion factors shall be
reported to not less than 6 decimal places. For calculation
purposes, not less than 6 decimal places shall be used for both
conversion factors.
1.7 The term "business day" shall mean Monday through Friday,
excluding Federal Banking Holidays for transactions in the U.S.,
and similar holidays for transactions occurring in Canada and
Mexico.
1.8 The term "Capacity Release Program" shall mean the mechanism for
Customers holding transportation and storage entitlements on the
Equitrans system to third parties.
1.9 The term "central clock time" (CCT) shall mean central daylight
time when daylight savings time is in effect and central standard
time when daylight savings time is not in effect.
1.10 The term "cubic foot" shall mean the volume of gas which occupies
one (1) cubic foot when such gas is at a temperature of sixty (60)
degrees Fahrenheit and a pressure of 14.73 psia.
1.11 The term "custody transfer point" shall mean any delivery point,
upstream of a Gathering Aggregation Point, at which natural gas is
delivered from Equitrans' gathering system to a third party.
1.12 The term "Customer" shall mean any entity that has entered into a
service agreement with Equitrans under one or more of Equitrans'
Rate Schedules.
1.13 The term "day" or "gas day" shall mean a period of twenty-four
(24) consecutive hours beginning and ending at 9:00 a.m. CCT.
1.14 The term "Dekatherm" (Dth) shall mean the quantity of heat energy
which is equivalent to 1,000,000 Btu. One dekatherm of gas shall
mean the quantity of gas which contains one dekatherm of energy.
1.15 The term "dry cubic foot" shall mean one cubic foot of anhydrous
gas (containing no water).
1.16 The term "EDI" shall mean electronic data interchange as defined
by the standards established by the North American Energy Standards
Board and approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.