Richfield Gas Storage System

Substitute Volume No. 1

Effective Date: 08/01/1997, Docket: RP97-150-007, Status: Effective

First Revised Sheet No. 41A First Revised Sheet No. 41A : Superseded

Superseding: Original Sheet No. 41A

12. OPERATION OF RATE SCHEDULES IN CONJUNCTION WITH MARKETING AND

GATHERING AFFILIATES

Operation of Rate Schedules in Conjunction with Marketing

Affiliates. All terms and conditions contained herein shall be

applied in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner without

regard to whether the Gas stored is sold or transported by

Richfield, Richfield's marketing affiliates or any other party.

Richfield shall post the names of its current marketing

affiliates on its EBB. Other than telephone equipment, a

mainframe computer system and a Local Area Network, Richfield

does not share any facilities or operating personnel with its

marketing affiliates. The computer equipment, including access

to all computer data bases, is password protected in order to

maintain segregation of utilization and confidential access to

the system.

Operation of Rate Schedules in Conjunction With Gathering

Affiliates. Richfield will provide nondiscriminatory access to

all sources of supply in accordance with Part 284 of the

Commission's regulations and will not give Customers of any

gathering affiliate undue preference over Customers of

nonaffiliated gatherers or other customers in scheduling,

transportation, storage or curtailment priority.

Richfield will not condition or tie its agreement to provide

storage service to an agreement by the producer, customer, end-

user, or Customer relating to any service by any gathering

affiliate, any services by it on behalf of any gathering

affiliate, or any services in which a gathering affiliate is

involved.

Complaint Procedures. In the event a Customer or potential

Customer may have a complaint, the Customer or potential

Customer shall:

(a) Provide Richfield a written or oral description of the

complaint, including the identification of the request

for service rights, if applicable, by contacting

Richfield at the following:

Richfield Gas Storage System

P.O. Box 5493

Denver, CO 80217

(303) 595-3331

Fax: (303) 595-0480

(b) Richfield shall respond initially within two business

Days and in writing within 30 Days advising Customer or

potential Customer of the disposition of the complaint.