Millennium Pipeline Company, L. L. C.
Original Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 11/01/2009, Docket: RP10-17-000, Status: Effective
Second Revised Sheet No. 602 Second Revised Sheet No. 602
Superseding: First Revised Sheet No. 602
FORM OF ELECTRONIC CONTRACTING AGREEMENT
THIS ELECTRONIC CONTRACTING AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made as of
______________, 20___, by and among COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION, L.L.C., a
Delaware Limited Liability Company (Columbia Gas); COLUMBIA GULF TRANSMISSION
COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (Columbia Gulf); and MILLENNIUM PIPELINE
COMPANY, L.L.C., a Delaware limited partnership (Millennium), all with
offices at 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, S.E., Charleston, West Virginia 25314
("Pipeline") and ___________________ ("Subscriber"), with offices at
_____________________.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Pipeline and Subscriber have entered into or may in the future enter
into one or more new or amended Service Agreements or Assignment Agreements
pursuant to the provisions of Pipeline's effective FERC Gas Tariff, Original
Volume No. 1 (Tariff), on file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
or nonjurisdictional agreements or contracts (collectively "Contracts"); and
WHEREAS, Pipeline provides an Electronic Bulletin Board service through the
Navigates™, which includes an electronic data interchange component, pursuant
to Section 2 of the General Terms and Conditions (GTC) of the Tariff; and
WHEREAS, Pipeline and Subscriber desire to facilitate the provision and
receipt of service for their mutual benefit by entering into Contracts and
transacting business under such Contracts by electronically transmitting and
receiving data through Navigates™ in agreed formats ("Transactions") in
substitution for conventional paper-based documents, and further desire to
assure that such Transactions and Contracts are not legally invalid or
unenforceable as a result of the use of available electronic technologies;
and
WHEREAS, the terms and conditions governing electronic contracting are
contained in GTC Section 5.7;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein
contained and the benefits to be derived, the parties, intending to be
legally bound, agree as follows:
1. Any Contract entered into electronically between the parties is
governed by the provisions of said GTC Section 5.7, as it may be amended or
modified from time to time, which is incorporated herein by reference.
2. The provisions of GTC Sections 2 (Electronic Bulletin Board), 5
(Service Agreement), 15 (Force Majeure), 28 (Schedules and Contracts Subject
to Regulation and Revision) and 29 (Notices) of the Tariff are incorporated
herein by reference and shall bind the parties with respect to this
Agreement.