Portland Natural Gas Transmission System

Original Volume No.1

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Effective Date: 02/11/1999, Docket: CP96-248-009, Status: Effective

Original Sheet No.3 Portland Natural Gas Transmission System: Original Volume No.1

Original Sheet No.3 : Superseded

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

Portland Natural Gas Transmission System ("Transporter"), a partnership

formed under the laws of the State of Maine, is a natural gas company engaged

in the business of transporting on its System natural gas owned by Shippers.

Transporter's System extends in a southeasterly direction from a point on the

international border between the United States and Canada near North Troy,

Vermont, where Transporter's facilities interconnect with those of TransCanada

PipeLines Limited, through the States of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine to

an interconnection with the facilities of Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company near

Haverhill, Massachusetts. Transporter shall transport natural gas for

shippers only pursuant to written contracts, in the form of agreements

contained herein,and pursuant to authorization granted by the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission. Transporter is not a common carrier.