Southern Natural Gas Company
Seventh Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 09/01/2003, Docket: RP00-476-004, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 212I.01 Original Sheet No. 212I.01 : Effective
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
(Continued)
41. OPERATIONAL FLOW ORDERS (OFOs)
41.2 Daily Market Demand Exceeds Capacity:
(a) Whenever COMPANY determines in its reasonable judgment that
system operations must be maintained within SHIPPERS' Daily
Entitlements, consistent with the criteria set forth in
Section 41.2(b) below, COMPANY shall notify SHIPPER that
gas taken in excess of either (i) its Daily Entitlement for
all of its Delivery Points, or (ii) the quantity of gas
allocated for delivery to SHIPPER at a specific Delivery
Point or group of Delivery Points at which it is a SHIPPER
or a nomination agent or an operator will be subject to
this Section 41.2. All SHIPPERS shall comply at any time of
day with a notice to limit the taking of gas to the maximum
quantity of gas permitted to be taken pursuant to the
several provisions of this Section 41.2. The notices under
this section shall be designated as being under one of
three operating conditions: Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 as
further described below. When COMPANY implements an
operational flow order under this Section or when COMPANY
changes the level of the operating condition from Level 1
to Normal, Level 1 to Level 2, Level 2 to Level 1 or Level
2 to Normal, COMPANY shall provide notice to its SHIPPERS
by e-mail pursuant to Section 18 of these General Terms and
Conditions and by posting such changes on its SoNet Premier
website. Notices to change to or from a Level 3 OFO shall
be delivered to SHIPPER by telephone. Notices shall be
given as soon as practicable but no shorter than the notice
periods set forth below. The notice will clearly specify
the Delivery Point or group of Delivery Points affected by
the OFO; and, except as provided under Section 41.2(c)
below, any Delivery Points to be grouped will be grouped
based on the current operating conditions on the System at
the time the notice is issued.