Midwestern Gas Transmission Company
Third Revised Volume No. 1
Contents / Previous / Next / Main Tariff Index
Effective Date: 07/09/2004, Docket: RP04-325-000, Status: Effective
First Revised Sheet No. 432 First Revised Sheet No. 432 : Effective
Superseding: Original Sheet No. 432
MIDWESTERN GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY
OPERATIONAL BALANCING AGREEMENT
(For Aggregator at Delivery Points)
ARTICLE 2- NOMINATIONS AND CONFIRMATIONS
(Continued)
confirmation, unless mutually agreed to otherwise. Balancing Party shall notify
Company of any errors in the Scheduled Quantities within two Business Days of receipt
of such information from Company. If Balancing Party fails to confirm the quantities
to be transported and/or purchased at any Delivery Point(s) in accordance with the
above, and such failure continues for two Business Days or more (whether or not such
days are consecutive) after 24 hours written notice to the Balancing Party by Company
for each occurrence of Balancing Party's failure to confirm, then such affected
Delivery Point(s) shall be deleted from Exhibit A upon written notice from Company at
the end of that calendar month.
2.2 Allocations Based on Scheduled Quantities - The Parties intend that the quantity
actually delivered at the Delivery Point(s) will equal the Scheduled Quantities.
Balancing Party shall use all reasonable efforts to ensure that the quantities
actually delivered at the Delivery Point(s) equal the Scheduled Quantities. Unless
prohibited by applicable law or regulation, all gas delivered by Company shall be
allocated each day based upon the Scheduled Quantities or by such other methods as
may be mutually agreed to by both Parties.
2.3 Allocation of Variances - The difference on any day between the Scheduled Quantities
and the actual quantity delivered at the Delivery Point(s) shall be the Daily
Variance and shall be allocated to this Agreement. The difference between the sum of
the Scheduled Quantities during a calendar month and the total actual quantity
delivered at the Delivery Point(s) during the calendar month shall be the Monthly
Operational Imbalance. Any Operational Imbalances will be resolved in accordance
with Article 3.
2.4 Unauthorized Overruns - On any day that Balancing Party takes gas in excess of the
Daily Limit applicable to a Delivery Point, Balancing Party shall be subject to an
Unauthorized Overrun Charge of fifteen ($15.00) for each Dekatherm of excess volumes
taken beyond a 2 percent allowable variation. The Daily Limit shall be posted in an
Operational Flow Order issued pursuant to Section 8 of Company's General Terms and
Conditions.
2.5 Reports on Actual Deliveries - Should Company not have the ability to monitor actual
deliveries at the Delivery Point on a daily basis, Balancing Party shall provide to
Company the best available information compiled on a daily basis on the actual
deliveries at such Delivery Point(s) within two Business Days after the date of
delivery.
Furthermore, the Balancing Party shall provide meter statements within three (3)
Business Days after the close of a month at any Delivery Point(s) where Company does
not operate the meter. If the Balancing Party does not provide such information or
meter statements at any Delivery Point(s), or the information provided contains
significant inaccuracies as reasonably determined by Company, and such conditions
continue for fifteen days or more (whether or not such days are consecutive) after
the first notice to the Balancing Party, then such Delivery Point(s) will be deleted
from Exhibit A upon written notice from Company at the end of that calendar month.
Any Delivery Point that is deleted from this Agreement in accordance with this
Section, may be added to Exhibit A in the future if the Parties mutually agree.