Gas Transmission Northwest Corp.
Third Revised Volume No. 1-A
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Effective Date: 04/16/2008, Docket: RP08-274-000, Status: Effective
Second Revised Sheet No. 127 Second Revised Sheet No. 127 : Effective
Superseding: First Revised Sheet No. 127
TRANSPORTATION GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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18. OPERATING PROVISIONS (Continued)
18.1 Firm Service (Continued)
For capacity that becomes available other than through the
circumstances identified in Paragraphs 28 and 33, requests for firm
capacity shall be accommodated in the following manner and subject to
the following conditions and limitations:
(a) In order to be eligible for firm capacity, a party requesting
service (requestor) must be deemed credit-worthy per Paragraph
18.3 and submit a valid request in accordance with the
provisions herein.
(b) Future Sales of Capacity: GTN may sell firm capacity with
service commencement dates more than one year in the future,
when such capacity is either available unsubscribed capacity or
capacity that will become available and is not subject to a
right of first refusal or unilateral evergreen provision, by
either conducting an open season or by selling such capacity on
a pre-arranged basis.
If GTN conducts an open season, it will post notice of the open
season on its Internet website for at least five (5) business
days to afford all potential shippers an opportunity to acquire
the capacity. Any potential shippers wishing to acquire
capacity may request an immediate or future commencement date
(if the capacity is currently available) or a future
commencement date (if the capacity will become available in the
future). GTN will award capacity on an NPV basis consistent
with Paragraph 18.1(e) of these General Terms and Conditions.
If GTN sells capacity on a pre-arranged basis, GTN will post
the terms of the pre-arranged transaction and other parties
will have an opportunity to bid on the capacity. At the time
GTN enters into a pre-arranged service agreement, GTN will post
a notice on its Internet website indicating that the pre-
arranged capacity will be subject to an open bidding process
within three (3) business days, even if such capacity has
already been subject to an open season bidding process and is
currently posted as available capacity. If another party
submits a bid with a higher incremental economic value, the
pre-arranged Shipper will have a one-time right to match the
higher bid in order to retain the capacity. If the
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