Portland Natural Gas Transmission System
Second Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 08/01/2010, Docket: RP10-885-000, Status: Effective
Second Revised Sheet No. 302 Second Revised Sheet No. 302
Superseding: Original Sheet No. 302
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS (Continued)
2.6 Delivery Point(s): shall mean a point or points at which
Transporter is authorized to make Gas available to or for the account of
Shipper. With respect to any Shipper, a Delivery Point shall be either
Primary or Secondary. The System Delivery Points are listed on Transporter s
Interactive Internet Website.
2.7 Dth: shall mean the quantity of heat energy which is 1,000,000
British Thermal Units.
2.8 Eastern Time: shall mean Eastern Daylight Savings Time when in
effect and Eastern Standard Time at all other times.
2.9 EDI: shall mean the Electronic Data Interchange as defined by
then-effective standards established by the Gas Industry Standards Board and
approved by the FERC.
2.10 Effective Service Period: shall mean the portion of a Year that a
FT Shipper's Maximum Contract Demand is available for nomination, which shall
be the entire year unless a lesser period is set forth on Schedules 1 and 2 of
the FT Transportation Contract.
2.11 FERC: shall mean the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or any
successor agency having jurisdiction over this Tariff.
2.12 Force Majeure: shall mean acts of God, strikes, lockouts,
sabotage, acts of the public enemy, wars, blockades, insurrections, riots,
epidemics, landslides, mudslides, lightning, snowstorms, ice storms,
earthquakes, fires, storms, floods, washouts, arrests and restraints of rulers
and peoples, civil disturbances, explosions, breakage of or accident to
machinery or lines of pipe, line freeze-ups, the binding order of any court or
governmental authority which has been resisted in good faith by all reasonable
legal means, and any other cause whatsoever, whether of the kind herein
enumerated, or otherwise which is not within the control of the party claiming
excuse and which by the exercise of due diligence such party is unable to
prevent or overcome. A failure to settle or prevent any strike or other
controversy with employees or with anyone purporting or seeking to represent
employees shall not be considered to be a matter within the control of the
party claiming excuse. Under no circumstances will lack of funds or finances,
or failure of or change in gas supply, markets or storage facilities or fields
be construed to constitute Force Majeure.
2.13 Gas: shall mean natural gas of the quality specified in Section 5
herein.
2.14 Gas Transportation Contract: shall mean a contract for firm or
interruptible service under this Tariff made by and between Transporter and
Shipper, or by and between Transporter and a Replacement Shipper.
Specifically, such term shall include the Gas Transportation Contracts for
Firm Transportation Service, Interruptible Transportation Service, FT-FLEX
Limited Firm Transportation Service, Hourly Reserve Service, Park and Loan
Service, and Gas Transportation Contracts with replacement Shippers, the forms
of which are included in this Tariff.