Southwest Gas Storage Company

First Revised Volume No. 1

Effective Date: 12/15/1999, Docket: RP00- 58-000, Status: Effective

Original Sheet No. 3 Original Sheet No. 3 : Effective

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

Southwest Gas Storage Company is a natural gas company engaged in the

business of providing natural gas storage service from the Borchers North

Field in Meade County, Kansas; North Hopeton Storage Field in Woods County,

Oklahoma; Waverly Storage Field in Morgan and Sangamon Counties, Illinois;

and, the Howell Storage Field in Livingston County, Michigan.

The storage of natural gas is undertaken by the Company only under

written contract acceptable to the Company after consideration of its

commitment to others, delivery capacity, and other factors deemed pertinent

by it.