Kern River Gas Transmission Company
Second Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 03/01/2008, Docket: RP08-177-000, Status: Effective
First Revised Sheet No. 527 First Revised Sheet No. 527 : Effective
Superseding: Original Sheet No. 527
RATE SCHEDULE CH-1
Kern River Firm Transportation Services
(Continued)
ARTICLE VII - MEASUREMENT AND MEASURING EQUIPMENT (Continued)
7.6 Installation and Operation. (Continued)
type generally accepted in industry practice by which the Volume of Gas
received from and delivered to Shipper will be measured. Where orifice
meters are used, they will be installed and operated in accordance with
ANSI/API 2530, September 1985, and any modifications and amendments
thereof, and applied in a practical manner. Where positive displacement
meters, turbine meters, ultrasonic meters, or other measuring devices
are used, they will be installed and operated in accordance with then-
current American Gas Association recommendations, where available. Btu
measuring equipment will be installed by Transporter at a location or
locations where the Total Heating Value of the Gas received and
delivered by Transporter can be satisfactorily determined. Btu
measurement may also be determined by Gas samples.
7.7 Check Measuring Equipment. Shipper may install, maintain and operate,
at its own expense, such check measuring equipment as desired, provided
that such equipment will not be installed on property containing
Transporter's measuring equipment at or near the Receipt or Delivery
Points. However, measurement of Gas for purposes of this tariff will be
done by means of the measuring equipment installed pursuant to Paragraph
7.6, except in cases specifically provided to the contrary in this
Section 7.
7.8 Notice of Equipment Tests. The party operating the measurement
facilities will provide 10 days prior written notice to the other party
of the time and location of all tests of Gas delivered hereunder or of
any equipment used in measuring or determining the nature or quality of
such Gas, in order that such other party may conveniently have its
representative present. Upon request and thirty (30) days written
notice, each party will submit to the other its records, together with
calculations therefrom, for inspection and verification, subject to
return within thirty (30) days after receipt.
7.9 Calibration and Test of Meters. The accuracy of Transporter's measuring
equipment will be verified by Transporter at reasonable intervals and,
if requested, in the presence of representatives of Shipper. In the
event Shipper will notify Transporter that it desires a special test of
any of Transporter's measuring equipment the parties will cooperate