Centerpoint Energy - Mississippi River

Third Revised Volume No. 1

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Effective Date: 06/25/2009, Docket: RP09-612-000, Status: Effective

Ninth Revised Sheet No. 73 Ninth Revised Sheet No. 73

Superseding: Substitute Eighth Revised Sheet No. 73

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

(Continued)

1. DEFINITIONS (Continued)

The term "receipt point(s)" shall mean the point or points specified in

the Service Agreement where MRT agrees to receive gas for transportation for

the account of Customer, exclusive of fuel, including MRT's storage

facilities.

The term "Receipt Point MDQ" shall mean the maximum daily quantities of

natural gas, exclusive of fuel, which MRT agrees to receive for Customer at

each receipt point, or in the aggregate. For MRT's Rate Schedule FTS and Rate

Schedule SCT Customers hereunder, the total quantity of gas which MRT is

obligated to receive on any given day shall not exceed such Customer's MDQ,

exclusive of fuel, except as provided in Section 5.4(c)(ii) of these General

Terms and Conditions.

The term "Recourse Rate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section

19.2 of this tariff.

The term "Secondary Delivery Point(s)" shall mean the point or points

available to Customers under Rate Schedule FTS or SCT which are within those

rate zones in which the Customer currently holds capacity and that are not

designated as the Customer's Primary Delivery Point(s) or which Customer

desires to use in excess of its Primary Delivery Point MDQ; provided, that

Secondary Delivery Point(s) may only be utilized if deliveries to such points

are determined by MRT to be operationally feasible.

The term "Secondary Path" shall mean the pipeline capacity which may be

designated by a firm Customer during segmentation between a receipt point and

a delivery point, at least one of which is not within such Customer's Primary

Path. The creation of any Secondary Path must comply with the requirements of

Section 35 of these General Terms and Conditions.

The term "Secondary Receipt Point(s)" shall mean the receipt point(s)

available to Customers under Rate Schedules FTS or SCT that are not designated

as Customer's Primary Receipt Point(s) in its FTS or SCT Agreement or that are

designated as a Customer's Primary Receipt Point(s) but which Customer desires

to use in excess of its Primary Receipt Point MDQ.

The term "Service Agreement" shall mean, as applicable, an FTS

Agreement, SCT Agreement, ITS Agreement, FSS Agreement, ISS Agreement, PALS

Service Agreement or Replacement Capacity Agreement between MRT and Customer.