Midwestern Gas Transmission Company
Third Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 11/01/2003, Docket: RP03-618-000, Status: Effective
Second Revised Sheet No. 101 Second Revised Sheet No. 101 : Effective
Superseding: First Revised Sheet No. 101
RATE SCHEDULE LMS-PA
LOAD MANAGEMENT SERVICE - RECEIPT POINTS
5. DAILY IMBALANCE CHARGE (Continued)
5.2 Calculation (Continued)
(d) Imbalance Tolerance Bandwidth - 120 Percent or Greater
On a Gas Day that the net pipeline position exceeds plus or minus
25,000 Dekatherms, any Balancing Party subject to the Daily Imbalance
Charge under this Rate Schedule whose Cumulative Imbalance is 1) equal to
or greater than 120 percent of that Balancing Party's ASQ and 2) has a
Cumulative Imbalance in the same direction (positive or negative) as the
net pipeline position will be notified by Company of its Daily Imbalance
position no later than 5:00 p.m. CCT the following Gas Day.
If the notified Balancing Party fails to take corrective action during the
Gas Day following Company's Daily Imbalance position notice pursuant to
this Subsection, such Balancing Party shall be assessed a Daily Imbalance
Charge per Dekatherm equal to four times the currently effective Maximum
Rate under Tennessee Gas Pipeline's Rate Schedule PAL. The Daily
Imbalance Charge under this Subsection shall apply only to those
quantities of the Cumulative Imbalance that are equal to or in excess of
120 percent of the Balancing Party's ASQ.
5.3 Treatment of Revenue
All amounts invoiced and collected by Company as payment of the Daily Imbalance
Charges assessed under this Rate Schedule, net of incremental administrative
charges, will be treated as LMS penalties and shall be allocated by Company to
Balancing Parties using the methodology set forth in Subsection 23.2 of the
General Terms and Conditions.