Gas Transmission Northwest Corp.
Third Revised Volume No. 1-A
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Effective Date: 10/06/2003, Docket: RP04- 23-000, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 208 Original Sheet No. 208 : Effective
TRANSPORTATION GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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31. NEGOTIATED RATES
31.1 Availability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in this Tariff, including the provisions of the rate schedules
contained herein, GTN and Shipper may mutually agree to a
Negotiated Rate under any Agreement, provided that Shipper has
not acquired its capacity on a temporary basis under the
capacity release provisions of Paragraph 28 of these
Transportation General Terms and Conditions. If a portion of
the capacity under any existing Agreement is agreed to be priced
at Negotiated Rates, the existing maximum or discounted tariff
rates will continue to apply to the capacity not subject to the
Negotiated Rates. As a recourse to the Negotiated Rates, any
Shipper may receive service at applicable maximum tariff rates,
including surcharges. The Negotiated Rate may be less than,
equal to, or greater than the maximum and minimum applicable
tariff rate; may be based on a rate design other than
straight-fixed variable; and may include a minimum quantity.
GTN's Recourse Rates shall be available to any Shipper
that does not agree to a Negotiated Rate. Recourse Rates are set
forth on the Rate Sheets within this Tariff.
GTN and a Shipper may agree to a Negotiated Rate for the
entire term of a Transportation Service Agreement, or may agree
to a Negotiated Rate for some portion of the term of a
Transportation Agreement. GTN and Shipper may agree to
apply the Negotiated Rate to all or a portion of capacity under
Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement.
During the period a Negotiated Rate is in place, the Negotiated
Rate shall govern and apply to the Shipper's service under the
Negotiated Rate Agreement and the otherwise applicable rate,
rate component, charge or credit which the parties have agreed
to replace with the Negotiated Rate shall not apply to, or be
available to, the Shipper. Only those rates, rate components,
charges or credits identified by GTN and Shipper in
writing as being superceded by a Negotiated Rate shall be
ineffective during the period that the Negotiated Rate is
effective; all other rates, rate components, charges, or
credits prescribed, required, established or imposed by this
Rate Schedule or Tariff shall remain in effect. At the end
of the period during which the Negotiated Rate is in effect,
the otherwise applicable tariff rates or charges shall govern
any service provided to Shipper.
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