Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
FIFTH REVISED VOLUME NO. 1
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Effective Date: 11/01/2009, Docket: RP09-194-000, Status: Effective
Second Revised Sheet No. 231 Second Revised Sheet No. 231
Superseding: First Revised Sheet No. 231
RATE SCHEDULE FT-BH
FIRM TRANSPORTATION BACKHAUL SERVICE
1. AVAILABILITY
Service under this Rate Schedule shall be available until July 31, 1999 or such
later date approved by the Commission. This Rate Schedule is available for the
transportation of natural gas on a firm backhaul basis by Tennessee Gas Pipeline
Company (Transporter) for any Shipper:
(a) which has executed a Transportation Service Agreement wherein Transporter
agrees to transport natural gas for Shipper's account up to a specific
maximum daily Transportation Quantity; and
(b) which has caused its supplier of gas, if such supplier has retained
processing rights to the gas delivered to Shipper, to enter into a
Transportation Service Agreement for the transportation of any liquids
and any PTR quantities associated with the processing of gas received at
the Receipt Point(s) under Shipper's Transportation Service Agreement
after August 1, 1992.
2. APPLICABILITY AND CHARACTER OF SERVICE
2.1 Firm transportation service under this Rate Schedule shall be provided (i)
to the extent Transporter determines sufficient firm capacity is
available, (ii) to the extent Transporter determines sufficient forward
haul volumes are available, and (iii) if Shipper has satisfied the
requirements of Articles III and XXVIII of the General Terms and
Conditions; provided, however, Transporter shall not initiate service
under this Rate Schedule when Transporter's historical experience
indicates that sufficient forward haul service may not be available;
provided further, Transporter shall not commence service until Transporter
and Shipper have executed a Transportation Service Agreement. Shipper
shall have the right to enter into one or more Transportation Service
Agreements for the service provided under this Rate Schedule.
2.2 Transporter shall not be required to install, operate or maintain any
additional facilities in order to provide transportation service under
this Rate Schedule.
2.3 Transporter shall not be required to transport gas where the total
quantity of gas scheduled for transportation is less than that required to
operate existing compression facilities necessary to provide the
transportation service.
3. QUALIFICATION FOR SERVICE
3.1 All Shippers requesting firm transportation service must qualify pursuant
to Article XXVIII of the General Terms and Conditions of Transporter's
effective FERC Gas Tariff.
3.2 All Shippers requesting firm transportation service must execute a
Transportation Service Agreement in accord with the provisions of Article
XXVIII of the General Terms and Conditions of Transporter's effective FERC
Gas Tariff.
4. DELIVERY AND RECEIPT POINTS; PRESSURE; UNIFORM QUANTITIES
4.1 Primary Receipt Points: Subject to the availability of capacity, any
Eligible Receipt Point on Transporter's system, including storage service
points and Pooling Area Points, shall be eligible for designation as a
Primary Receipt Point for gas transported under this Rate Schedule. For
the purposes of this Rate