Midwestern Gas Transmission Company

SECOND REVISED VOLUME NO. 1

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Effective Date: 09/01/1993, Docket: RS92- 41-003, Status: Effective

Original Sheet No. 160 Original Sheet No. 160 : Effective

PIPELINE BALANCING AGREEMENT

(For Use at Interconnections with Interstate Pipelines)

This Agreement is entered into this _____________, day of ________, 1993 by and

between Midwestern Gas Transmission Company, a Delaware corporation ("Transporter") and

____________, a ______________ corporation, ("Pipeline"). Transporter and Pipeline

shall be referred to herein as "Parties".

WHEREAS, the facilities operated by Transporter and by Pipeline interconnect at

the "Interconnection Point(s)" specified on Exhibit A attached hereto;

WHEREAS, Pipeline and Transporter either receive gas delivered at the

Interconnection Point(s), or deliver gas received at the Interconnection Point(s), and

Pipeline and Transporter have entered into agreements with others (hereinafter

"Shipper Agreements") whereby such Shippers cause gas to be delivered or received at

the Interconnection Points.

WHEREAS, the Pipeline will provide 24 hour a day, 365 day a year dispatch and has

the resources to alter the flow at the Receipt and/or Delivery Points; and

WHEREAS, the Receipt and/or Delivery Points are subject to flow control and the

flow is measured and reported through equipment meeting Electronic Custody Transfer

Standards.

NOW, THEREFORE, Pipeline and Transporter agree as follows:

ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS

The definitions found in Article I of Transporter's General Terms and Conditions

are incorporated herein by reference.

ARTICLE II - NOMINATIONS AND CONFIRMATIONS

2.1 Confirmation of Nominations - Prior to the first day of each month, the Parties

shall reconcile and confirm electronically or in writing the transportation

nominations received by each from Shippers for whom the Parties would deliver or

receive gas at the Interconnection Point(s). The quantities determined through

this reconciliation and confirmation shall be the "Scheduled Quantities". Any

changes to such Scheduled Quantities shall be effective only if agreed to

electronically or in writing by both Parties. Such communication regarding

changes shall be in a form mutually agreeable to the Parties. Nominations

received pursuant to the Shipper Agreements shall be confirmed electronically or

orally with subsequent confirmation in writing or as otherwise mutually agreed to

by both Parties.