Portland Natural Gas Transmission System
Second Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 09/01/2006, Docket: RP06-449-000, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 330 Original Sheet No. 330 : Effective
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS (Continued)
7.9 Shipper to Provide Information.
(a) Balancing. Prior to the first Day of each Month, Shippers shall
furnish to Transporter, either electronically or in writing, Shipper's good-
faith estimates of the Gas quantities Shipper intends to nominate for service
on each Day of such Month. Such good-faith estimates will be used by
Transporter for balancing purposes and shall not substitute for the Nomination
procedures outlined above, nor shall such good-faith estimates be made
available to Transporter's marketing affiliates unless the information is
posted simultaneously on Transporter's Interactive Internet Website.
(b) Other. Shipper shall endeavor to provide Transporter with all
information and material in the possession of or reasonably accessible to
Shipper and required by Transporter to calculate and verify Shipper's
Scheduled Quantity at Receipt and Delivery Point(s) each Day and to calculate
and verify the Total Heating Value, the quality specifications, and Shipper's
Maximum Daily Quantity at Receipt and Delivery Point(s) each Day.
7.10 Flow Rates.
(a) FT-Flex, FT, IT and PAL Receipts and Deliveries, and HRS at
Secondary Delivery Points. Shipper shall deliver and receive Gas in uniform
Daily quantities during any Month and in uniform hourly quantities during any
Day as nearly as possible at uniform hourly flows. Any departure from uniform
hourly quantities shall be allowed if mutually agreeable.
(b) HRS Receipts. Unless otherwise agreed, Shipper shall deliver, or
cause to be delivered and Transporter shall receive at each Receipt Point, Gas
in uniform hourly quantities during any Day.
(c) HRS Deliveries. Unless otherwise agreed, Transporter shall
deliver and Shipper shall receive, or cause to be received at a specified
Primary Delivery Point, Gas at up to the Maximum Hourly Flow Rate, and within
Shipper's MHQ, as provided in Shipper's Agreement. Transporter shall deliver
at secondary points subject to the provisions of Section 7.10(a) above and the
provisions of Section 4.3 of Rate Schedule HRS.
7.11 Pooling. If requested by a Shipper or supplier on Transporter's system,
Transporter will offer at least one pool. Deliveries from Receipt Points
should be able to be delivered directly into at least one pool, and Delivery
Points should be able to receive quantities from at least one pool, excluding
non-contiguous facilities.
7.12 Confirmation
(i) With respect to the Timely Nomination/confirmation process at a
Receipt or Delivery Point, in the absence of agreement to the contrary, the
lesser of the confirmation quantities should be the confirmed quantity. If
there is no response to a request for confirmation or an unsolicited
confirmation response, the lesser of the confirmation quantity or the
previously Scheduled Quantity should be the new confirmed quantity.
(ii) With respect to the processing of requests for increases during
the Intra-day Nomination/confirmation process, in the absence of agreement to
the contrary, the lesser of the confirmation quantities should be the new
confirmed quantity. If there is no response to a request for confirmation or
an unsolicited confirmation response, the previously Scheduled Quantity should
be the new confirmed quantity.