Midwestern Gas Transmission Company
Third Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 05/01/2009, Docket: RP09-554-000, Status: Effective
Tenth Revised Sheet No. 204 Tenth Revised Sheet No. 204
Superseding: Ninth Revised Sheet No. 204
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. DEFINITIONS (Continued)
o The term "Implementation Date" shall mean September 1, 1993.
o The term "In-Direction" shall mean a firm nomination line item that has a
nominated flow direction in the same direction as the nominating party's current
Transportation Path.
o The term "Lending Point" relative to a Buyer shall mean the Lending Points as
shown or referenced on Exhibit A to such Buyer's PAL Agreement where such Buyer
can borrow gas quantities on Company's system pursuant to such PAL Agreement.
o The term "long term firm service agreement" shall mean a firm transportation
agreement with a term of more than one year.
o The term "Mainline" shall mean the 30-inch diameter pipeline and appurtenant
facilities extending from an interconnection between Company and Tennessee Gas
Pipeline Company near Portland, Tennessee and extending to a point of
interconnection between Company and ANR Pipeline Company located near Joliet,
Illinois.
o The term "Maximum Balancing Quantity" shall mean the maximum Dekatherms per day
quantity of gas authorized by Balancing Provider to Company to deliver to the
Variable Load Point on an instantaneous basis as detailed on Exhibit A of the
Third Party Balancing Service Agreement.
o The term "Maximum Park and Loan (PAL) Quantity" shall mean the Dekatherms per day
of gas shown as the Maximum Park and Loan (PAL) Quantity that is relative to the
Parking Points and Lending Points shown on Exhibit A to a Buyer's PAL Agreement.
o The term "Mcf" shall mean 1,000 cubic feet of gas.
o The term "month" shall mean the period beginning at 9:00 A.M. CCT on the first
day of the calendar month and ending at 9:00 A.M. CCT on the first day of the
next succeeding calendar month.
o The term "Monthly Cash Out" shall mean payment pursuant to Section 6 of Company's
Rate Schedules LMS-MA or LMS-PA.
o The term "NAESB" shall mean the North American Energy Standards Board. The term
"WGQ" shall mean Wholesale Gas Quadrant.
o The term "Netting" shall describe the process of resolving imbalances for a Shipper
or its Agent within an Operational Impact Area. Company shall recognize two types
of Netting: summing and offsetting. Summing is the process of accumulation of all
imbalances above any applicable tolerance for a Shipper or its Agent. Offsetting
is the process of combining positive and negative imbalances above any applicable
tolerance for a Shipper or its Agent. [2.2.3/v1.5]
o The term "Nominating Party" shall mean a Shipper, or its Nomination Agent (one
who has been pre-designated by Shipper to serve in such role). If a Shipper
elects to use a Nomination Agent for a given service agreement, the Nomination
Agent replaces the Shipper as the sender of the nomination information as well as
the receiver of the nomination-related information from Company for such
agreement.