Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
FIFTH REVISED VOLUME NO. 1
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Effective Date: 10/01/2003, Docket: RP00-477-007, Status: Effective
Sub Fourth Revised Sheet No. 360 Sub Fourth Revised Sheet No. 360 : Effective
Superseding: Second Revised Sheet No. 360
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS (continued)
3.4 Penalties: If a customer fails to comply with an Action Alert, it shall be
subject to a charge equal to $0.2198 each dekatherm of gas by which it
deviates from the requirements of the Action Alert. A customer will not
incur any Action Alert charges if (a) such charges would not have been
incurred but for its compliance with a Action Alert notice, (b) it can
demonstrate to Transporter's satisfaction that its noncompliance with the
Action Alert notice resulted in a benefit to the system, or (c) the volumes
subject to the Action Alert charges were traded with an offsetting imbalance
pursuant to the provisions of Rate Schedules LMS-MA and LMS-PA and the
customer can demonstrate to Transporter's satisfaction that such trade
resulted in a benefit to the system and that such trade did not result in the
customer transporting gas through the Action Alert area.
3.5 Liability of Transporter: Transporter shall not be liable for interruption or
curtailment of firm services in connection with an OFO unless the interruption
or curtailment was the direct result of Transporter's negligence or willful
misconduct. Otherwise, Transporter shall not be liable for any costs incurred
by an OFO Recipient in complying with an OFO including any damages that result
from any party failing to comply promptly and fully with an OFO. A
noncomplying party shall indemnify Transporter against any claims of
liability.
3.6 Unilateral Action: In the event (a) of non-response to an OFO, or (b) the
actions taken thereunder are insufficient to correct the system problem for
which it was issued, or (c) there is insufficient time to carry out the
procedures with respect to Action Alerts, Transporter may periodically take
unilateral action, including the curtailment of firm service, to maintain the
operational integrity of Transporter's system (or any portion thereof). For
purposes of this section, the operational integrity of Transporter's system
shall encompass the integrity of the physical system and the preservation of
physical assets and their performance (including the capability and
performance of storage fields), the overall operating performance of the
entire physical system as an entity (or any portion thereof) and the
maintenance (on a reliable and operationally sound basis) of total system
deliverability and the quality of gas delivered.
4. Critical Days: Transporter may call a Critical Day for all or part of its system
provided that the conditions specified in this Section are met. The Critical Day
shall be as localized as is reasonably practicable based on Transporter's good faith
and reasonable judgment, beginning with individual points, followed by contracts,
segments, zones and up to the entire system.
4.1 Critical Day One: In the event that Transporter determines, in its sole
discretion, that due to the existence of one or more of the conditions set
forth below, action is necessary to forestall the deterioration of operational
conditions on its system, Transporter may call a Critical Day One. The
conditions are:
(a) Transporter has allocated limited capacity pursuant to Article III,
Section 6 of the General Terms and Conditions and Shippers are in
contravention of such capacity allocation;
(b) Transporter's operational storage levels are below 10% or above 90% of
the total operational storage balance; and
(c) Transporter is experiencing loss or an inability to maintain line pack.