Panther Interstate Pipeline Energy, L.L.C.
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Effective Date: 02/01/2004, Docket: CP03-338-001, Status: Effective
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amount equal to all service fees and charges for a three month
period or the duration of the transportation service agreement,
whichever is shorter. Any Bidder or requestor for service must
satisfy these credit requirements before a bid or request is
deemed valid.
6.4 Suspension or Termination of Service: For an existing Shipper, if
Transporter determines that Shipper is no longer creditworthy,
Transporter may suspend service on five (5) Business Days' prior
notice unless Shipper provides security within that period for one
month of advance service, in addition to paying for the current
month's service and any outstanding amount (excluding any amount
as to which there is a good faith dispute). In addition, Shipper
must within 30 days provide security in advance equal to all fees
and charges for three months of service, or Transporter may
immediately suspend service. Transporter may terminate service on
30 days' prior notice (the notice may be concurrent with the
suspension notice above) if Shipper fails to satisfy the credit
requirements within the applicable notice period. Any notices
hereunder shall also be provided simultaneously to the Commission.
In addition, Transporter shall notify the Commission by the next
Business Day if a suspension or termination actually occurs.
6.5 Insolvency: For purposes herein, the insolvency of a Shipper
shall be conclusively demonstrated by the filing by Shipper or any
parent entity thereof (hereinafter collectively referred to as
"the Shipper") of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or the entry
of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises adjudging the Shipper bankrupt or insolvent, or
approving, as properly filed, a petition seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the
Shipper under the Federal Bankruptcy Act or any other applicable
federal or state law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the
Shipper or of any substantial part of its property, or the
ordering of the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs.
Insolvency may also be demonstrated by a filing made by a third
party for the involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency of Shipper.
6.6 Creditworthiness: A Shipper will be deemed creditworthy if (i)
its long-term unsecured debt securities are rated at least BBB- by
Standard & Poor's Corporation ("S&P") and at least Baa3 by Moody's
Investor Service ("Moody's") (provided, however, that if the