Southwest Gas Storage Company
Original Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 04/01/1999, Docket: CP97-237-001, Status: Effective
First Revised Sheet No. 95 First Revised Sheet No. 95 : Superseded
Superseding: Original Sheet No. 95
RATE SCHEDULE ISS (Continued)
INTERRUPTIBLE STORAGE SERVICE
quantities of natural gas to Buyer at the Point of
Delivery. Seller and Buyer shall, by mutual agreement,
establish the date of commencement of receipt and
redelivery of gas hereunder. Receipts and redeliveries of
gas hereunder shall be at uniform hourly and daily rates of
flow as nearly as practicable.
(b) Measurement shall be both volumetric and thermal, at a
temperature of 60ø Fahrenheit and at a pressure of 14.73
psia, and on the basis of the methods prescribed and
published by the American Gas Association in conjunction
with the ANSI/API 2530 Report as now and any subsequent
amendments thereof accepted and agreed upon between the
parties if orifice meters are used, and in accordance with
generally accepted industry practices, as mutually agreed
upon, if positive or turbine meters are used.
The Btu content (MMBtu) shall be determined by taking the
arithmetic average of the heating value as recorded by
recording calorimeter or other method of determination
generally accepted in the industry. Flowing temperature
shall be determined by a recording thermometer or EGM.
(c) Deliveries of gas at the Point of Receipt shall be at a
pressure sufficient to enter Sellerþs facilities at such
point. Redeliveries of gas at the Point of Delivery shall
be at such pressure as exists in Sellerþs facilities. Gas
received and redelivered shall be merchantable natural gas;
shall be free of water and hydrocarbons in liquid form;
shall contain not more than 7 pounds of water vapor per
MMcf; 1.0 grain of hydrogen sulphide and 20 grains of total
sulphur per 100 cubic feet, 2% of carbon dioxide (by
volume), and 50 parts per million of oxygen; and shall not
exceed 120ø Fahrenheit in temperature. The gas shall have
a total or gross heating value of not less than nine
hundred fifty (950) Btu and not more than one thousand two
hundred (1200) Btu per cubic foot. Seller shall not be
obligated to accept gas for storage which does not meet
these quality provisions.