Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partner
Second Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 06/01/1996, Docket: RP96-217-000, Status: Effective
First Revised Sheet No. 32 First Revised Sheet No. 32 : Superseded
Superseding: ORIGINAL SHEET NO. 32
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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(continued)
12.4.9 AGREEMENT FOR USE OF
THE ACCELERATE ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM
This agreement is executed ________________________ , 199___ by and between
________________________________________________________________________ (ACCELERATE Subscriber),
and Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership (Great Lakes). For and in consideration of the
mutual covenants and provisions contained in this agreement and subject to all of the terms, provisions
and conditions set forth in it, ACCELERATE Subscriber and Great Lakes agree as follows:
ARTICLE I SCOPE OF AGREEMENT
Great Lakes shall make available to ACCELERATE Subscriber Great Lakes' ACCELERATE Electronic Bulletin
Board System (ACCELERATE). ACCELERATE Subscriber may use ACCELERATE: (1) to nominate quantities of
natural gas for receipt and delivery by Great Lakes pursuant to an existing service agreement under any
of Great Lakes' rate schedules; (2) to place notices and to bid for capacity under Great Lakes' capacity
release programs; (3) to contract with Great Lakes for temporary capacity release transactions awarded
under Great Lakes' capacity release programs by executing the applicable Award Acknowledgement through
ACCELERATE; and (4) to view such other information as Great Lakes may from time to time make available
to ACCELERATE Subscriber through ACCELERATE.
ARTICLE II TERMS AND CONDITIONS
ACCELERATE Subscriber's use of ACCELERATE shall be in accordance with and subject to: (1) Great
Lakes' effective FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, including any and all applicable
provisions of the General Terms and Conditions of that tariff (General Terms and Conditions); (2) any
superseding Great Lakes' FERC Gas Tariff authorized by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC);
and (3) the terms and conditions of any relevant rate schedules that appear in Great Lakes' effective
FERC Gas Tariffs or superseding FERC Gas Tariffs, all of which are expressly incorporated by reference
into this agreement.
Authorized Use and Confidentiality of ACCELERATE.
Use of ACCELERATE USERIDs and passwords by ACCELERATE Subscriber is limited to only those persons who
have been authorized by the ACCELERATE Subscriber to use ACCELERATE (Authorized Personnel), as indicated
in the Computer Access Request Form(s) attached to this agreement. Great Lakes shall provide each
Authorized Personnel with an individualized user identification code (USERID) and password. A reasonable
number of USERIDs and passwords will be provided for the use of each ACCELERATE subscriber. Use of such
USERIDs and passwords shall be sufficient to verify Subscriber as the party bound by any documents,
nominations, postings, bids or other information transmitted pursuant to such use.
The ACCELERATE Subscriber shall designate one or more Authorized Personnel (Designated Personnel) who
are additionally authorized: (1) to nominate under ACCELERATE Subscriber's existing service agreements
under any of Great Lakes' rate schedules; and/or (2) to perform the following functions upon ACCELERATE
under Great Lakes' capacity release program: (a) place notices upon ACCELERATE to acquire
capacity, (b) place notices upon ACCELERATE to release capacity, or (c) place binding bids to acquire
capacity; any of which will legally bind ACCELERATE Subscriber to any nomination, to any notice of
capacity release, or to any bid for capacity. The ACCELERATE Subscriber may also designate one or
more Authorized Personnel who are authorized to execute the applicable Award Acknowledgement form through
ACCELERATE for temporary capacity release transactions awarded through Great Lakes' capacity release
program and thereby legally bind Subscriber to such executed Award Acknowledgement. Such individual
shall be provided with a second and distinct password for performing the contracting function. Great
Lakes shall be entitled to rely upon