Northern Natural Gas Company

Fifth Revised Volume No. 1

Effective Date: 02/21/2009, Docket: RP09-232-000, Status: Effective

Fourth Revised Sheet No. 442B Fourth Revised Sheet No. 442B

Superseding: Third Revised Sheet No. 442B

Contract No._____________

FDD CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT

This Agreement entered into on this _____day of_____________________, is by and

among ________________, various FDD Shippers who execute this or an identical agreement

(Shipper(s)), if applicable, __________________ (Agent/Operator) and Northern Natural Gas

Company (Northern).

WHEREAS, Agent/Operator is the agent/operator for Shippers under various Firm Deferred

Delivery Service Agreements (FDD Agreements) with Northern; and

WHEREAS, Agent/Operator and Shippers wish to consolidate the FDD Agreements for purposes

of nominating, scheduling, balancing and invoicing; and

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the terms and conditions contained

herein, Agent/Operator, Northern and Shippers hereby agree as follows:

1. This Agreement shall be given a firm FDD service agreement contract number which shall be

utilized when making all nominations and scheduling service.

2. So long as a Shipper is a party to this Agreement, Shipper agrees to have Agent/Operator

nominate under this Agreement and neither Shipper nor Agent/Operator will nominate under

Shipper's individual Service Agreement (Northern/Shipper's contract number is referenced

after Shipper's signature hereto).

3. Shipper's Service Agreement shall maintain an inactive status during the time period

Shipper is a party to this Agreement. A Shipper must provide written notice to Northern

at least ten (10) days prior to the end of a month to withdraw as a party to this

Agreement (Notice to Terminate). Such withdrawal will be effective the first day of the

next month. The Notice to Terminate must represent that the agent has consented and must

inform Northern of the distribution of Shipper's account balance information, including

the volumes, the storage points associated with the volumes and the type of

transportation service used to inject the volumes into the storage account.

4. Shipper and Agent/Operator agree that Agent/Operator is the sole nominator and sole

agent/operator under Shipper's Service Agreement and this Agreement.