Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC
Fourth Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 12/31/2008, Docket: RP09-158-000, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 113 Original Sheet No. 113
RATE SCHEDULE LNG
Liquefied Natural Gas Storage Service
1. AVAILABILITY
1.1 This open access rate schedule is available for the purchase from Transcontinental Gas
Pipe Line Company, LLC (hereinafter referred to as Seller) of a storage service
consisting of the liquefaction of natural gas, the storage of such liquefied natural
gas, and the gasification and delivery of such gas to any person, company or agency
(hereinafter referred to as Buyer), when:
(a) The Primary Point for receipt and/or delivery of gas by Seller to Buyer or for
Buyer's account of gas stored under this rate schedule is at, or upstream of, the
point where Seller's liquefaction plant connects with Seller's main line system
near Carlstadt, New Jersey; and
(b) When Buyer and Seller have executed a service agreement for service under this
rate schedule.
1.2 Service under this rate schedule is also available when Buyer has obtained released
firm capacity from a Rate Schedule LNG Buyer releasing such firm capacity (hereinafter
referred to as Releasing Shipper) from the existing Primary receipt/delivery point of
Releasing Shipper pursuant to Section 42 of the General Terms and Conditions.
2. APPLICABILITY AND CHARACTER OF SERVICE
2.1 Applicability
This rate schedule shall apply to the liquefaction and storage service rendered by
Seller to Buyer including service released under this rate schedule pursuant to
Section 42 of the General Terms and Conditions. Service shall be rendered pursuant to
the service agreement executed for service hereunder and subject to Part 284 of the
Commission's regulations. Service rendered under this rate schedule, within the
limitations described in Section 6 hereof, shall be considered to be firm, and shall
not be subject to curtailment or interruption except that caused by force majeure or
operating conditions beyond Seller's or Buyer's control.
2.2 Pre-granted Abandonment and Right of First Refusal
Section 284.221(d) of the Commission's regulations shall apply to service under this
rate schedule subject to the right of first refusal procedures, if applicable, as set
forth in Section 48 of the General Terms and Conditions.
2.3 Primary Point - For service under this rate schedule, Buyer shall have a point or
points identified as part of the service agreement which will be the Primary Point.
2.4 Secondary Point - For service under this rate schedule, Buyer may make withdrawals
from storage or make quantities available for storage returns at locations other than
the Primary Point. Such locations shall be deemed Secondary Points. Secondary Points
must be located in the same zone as the Buyer's Primary Point but may not be at points
of interconnection with interstate or intrastate pipelines or at locations on Seller's
system where measurement facilities do not exist.
2.5 For capacity release transactions, receipt and delivery points will be established by
the terms of the capacity release agreement. The rights of the Replacement Shipper at
any particular point shall be those rights of the Releasing Shipper.