Centerpoint Energy - Mississippi River

Third Revised Volume No. 1

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Effective Date: 08/01/1999, Docket: RP99-425-000, Status: Effective

Third Revised Sheet No. 121 Third Revised Sheet No. 121 : Effective

Superseding: Second Revised Sheet No. 121

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

(Continued)

8. NOMINATIONS, SCHEDULING, AND CURTAILMENT (Continued)

(i) Confirmation of Nominations. Unless the confirming

Parties have agreed to Confirmation by Exception, after the

nomination deadline for a cycle that has passed MRT will

contact the upstream pipeline or point operator for confirmation

of gas deliveries to MRT, and the downstream pipeline or point

operator for confirmation of gas receipts from MRT. The

confirmation process will be completed between MRT and the

appropriate pipeline or point operator by the times provided

in Section 8.1(f)(i). MRT will make available to Customers,

Pool Operators and point operators by the times provided in

Section 8.1(f)(i) all scheduled and confirmed quantities.

At a receipt or delivery point, unless MRT and the appropriate

pipeline or point operator agree otherwise, the following shall

be the confirmed quantities:

(A) For nominations submitted pursuant to Section 8.1(f)(i)(A)

above, and for intraday nominations (including nominations

pursuant to Section 8.1(f)(i)(B) above) which are increases,

the lesser of rule (confirmed or nominated flow) applies

when confirming.

(B) For nominations submitted during the nomination cycle

described in Section 8.1(f)(i)(A) above, if there is no

response to a Request for Confirmation or an unsolicited

Confirmation Response the lesser of the new nomination or

previously scheduled quantity applies.

(C) For nominations for increases submitted during the

nomination cycles pursuant to Sections 8.1(f)(i)(B),

(C) and (D) above, if there is no response to a Request for

Confirmation or an unsolicited Confirmation Response, the

previously scheduled quantity should be the new confirmed

quantity.

(D) For intraday nominations and nominations pursuant to Section

8.1(f)(i)(B) above which are decreases, the lesser of rule

(confirmed or nominated flow) applies when confirming, but

in any event no less than the elapsed-prorated-scheduled

quantity shall be confirmed.

(E) For intraday nominations and nominations pursuant to Section

8.1(f)(i)(B) above which are decreases, if there is no

response to a Request for Confirmation or an unsolicited

Confirmation Response, the greater of the nominated quantity

or the elapsed-prorated-scheduled quantity shall be

confirmed.