Gulf States Transmission Corporation

Original Volume No. 1

Effective Date: 11/01/1997, Docket: RP97-174-004, Status: Effective

3rd Sub Original Sheet No. 51A 3rd Sub Original Sheet No. 51A : Effective

Superseding: 2nd Sub Original Sheet No. 51A

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

(Continued)

15. SERVICE NOMINATIONS AND ALLOCATION OF AVAILABLE CAPACITY

15.1 Nominations (Continued)

(e) Transporter shall recognize an industry supported data element

subset used to identify an unique nomination.

(f) Transporter shall provide and Nominating Party, at its option,

can use the activity codes elements within the standard nomination data

elements. However, Nominating Party shall not be required to pre-nominate

information to support such activity codes.

(g) Ranking should be included in the list of data elements. Transportation service

providers should use service requester provided rankings when making reductions during the

scheduling process when this does not conflict with tariff-based rules.

(h) Receiver of nomination initiates confirmation with the caveat that the receiver of the

confirmation may relieve obligation of sender to send.

(i) All nominations should be considered original nominations and should be replaced to

changed.

When a nomination for a date range is received, each day within that range is considered

an original nomination. When a subsequent nomination is received for one or more days

within

that range, the previous nomination is superseded by the subsequent nomination only to the

extent of the days specified. The days of the previous nomination outside the range of the

subsequent nomination are unaffected. Nominations have a prospective effect only.

(j) Nominations received after the nominations deadline shall be

scheduled after the nominations received before the deadline.

(k) The sending party should adhere to nomination, confirmation, and

scheduling deadlines. It is the party receiving the request who has the right to waive the

deadline.

(l) At a receipt or delivery point, the lesser of rule (confirmed or nominated flow)

applies

when confirming. If no communication is received, the lesser of the new nomination or

previously scheduled quantity applies.