Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
FIFTH REVISED VOLUME NO. 1
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Effective Date: 08/01/2009, Docket: RP09-737-000, Status: Effective
Fifteenth Revised Sheet No. 305 Fifteenth Revised Sheet No. 305
Superseding: Fourteenth Revised Sheet No. 305
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS (continued)
26. The term "transportation path" for a firm transportation agreement shall mean the
zone of the primary receipt point, the zone of the primary delivery point and all
intermediate zones; provided that Transporter's Zone 3 shall not be in the
transportation path of any service that does not have a primary point in that zone.
For a Firm Transportation Agreement with Primary Receipt and Delivery Points solely
on an Incremental Lateral as defined in Article XVIII, Section 2 of the General
Terms and Conditions, the transportation path shall mean the Incremental Lateral,
and any such Incremental Lateral shall not be in the transportation path of any
service that does not have a Primary Receipt and Delivery Point on that Incremental
Lateral.
27. The term "PASSKEY" or "System" shall mean Transporter's computer information and
scheduling system accessed through Transporter's interactive Internet website or
through Electronic Data Interchange. "Electronic Data Interchange" or "EDI" shall
mean electronic communication through means other than Transporter's System, that
complies with the Electronic Delivery Mechanism Standards of the North American
Energy Standards Board ("NAESB").
28. The term "delegated quantity" shall mean the portion of a Shipper's transportation
quantity and of the maximum daily quantity at designated receipt and delivery points
for which a Shipper has assigned to an Agent its nominating, scheduling and other
administrative responsibilities pursuant to an Agency Authorization Agreement.
29. The term "Electronic Custody Transfer" or "ECT" shall mean the measurement of gas
flow, when gas is transferred from the custody of one party to another, using
electronic metering systems.
30. The terms "Central Clock Time" and "CCT" shall mean central daylight time when
daylight savings time is in effect and central standard time when daylight savings
time is not in effect.
31. The term "business day" shall mean Monday through Friday, excluding Federal Banking
Holidays for transactions in the United States, and similar holidays for transactions
occurring in Canada and Mexico.
32. As stated in NAESB Standards 1.2.3 and 1.3.18 (Version 1.8), pooling is: 1) the
aggregation of gas from multiple physical and/or logical points to a single physical
or logical point, and/or 2) the disaggregation of gas from a single physical or
logical point to multiple physical and/or logical points. Deliveries from receipt
points should be able to be delivered directly into at least one pool and delivery
points should be able to receive quantities from at least one pool, excluding non-
contiguous facilities.
33. The term "Pooling Area" shall refer to Supply Area Pooling Area, Market Area Pooling
Area or both Supply and Market Area Pooling Areas, as applicable.
34. The term "capacity path" shall mean the mainline pipeline path, up to the
transportation quantity under Shipper's firm transportation contract, from a
Shipper's Primary Receipt Point(s) to Primary Delivery Point(s), and the leg(s) of
Transporter's system, up to the transportation quantity associated with the Primary
Receipt Point(s) or Primary Delivery Point(s), where such points are located. For
segmented releases, the capacity path of the Replacement Shipper's contract shall be
that portion of the Releasing Shipper's capacity path released to the Replacement
Shipper up to the transportation quantity under the Replacement Shipper's contract
and the Releasing Shipper's capacity path shall be modified accordingly. Receipt
point nominations from Supply Area Pooling Areas shall be considered to be Secondary
Receipt Points within a Shipper's capacity path up to the transportation quantity
under Shipper's firm transportation contract associated with the respective leg of
Transporter's system. Receipt point nominations from Market Area Pooling Areas shall
be deemed to be Secondary Receipt Points either within or outside of the Shipper's
capacity path, depending on the Market Area Pooling Area's assigned geographic
location and the transportation quantity under Shipper's firm transportation quantity
associated with the respective leg of Transporter's system.