Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company
First Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 07/01/2009, Docket: RP09-8-002, Status: Effective
Substitute Original Sheet No. 69 Substitute Original Sheet No. 69
Superseding: Original Sheet No. 69
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
3. REQUESTS FOR SERVICE/CREDIT EVALUATIONS (Continued)
3.2 Available Capacity. (Continued)
(c)Valuation of Bids. (Continued)
Where: P = percent of the rate or charge that the Shipper is
willing to pay.
R = rate or charge calculated as: The applicable maximum
authorized reservation charge(s) per Dth in effect at
the time of the bid for service.
i = FERC's annual interest rate divided by 12.
n = number of periods for which the bidder wishes to
contract.
The NPV formula will be affected by the term and rate requested.
In the event Transporter intends to entertain bids for service
under index-based or other Negotiated Rate Formulae, the future
value of which cannot be determined at the time of the bidding,
Transporter shall estimate the future revenues to be received
under the Negotiated Rate Formula using currently available data.
Unless otherwise specified in its open season posting, when
evaluating bids for long-term firm capacity with terms of one year
or more, Transporter shall adjust the NPVs of those shippers that
have not met the creditworthiness criteria of Section 3.5 of the
General Terms and Conditions of this tariff by applying an
additional factor: Shipper's probability of default for the
applicable bid term.
The NPV for non-creditworthy shippers is the discounted cash flow
of the bid according to the following formula, net of revenues
lost or affected by the requests for service:
n
(1 + i) - 1
Present Value per = P x R x (1-PD) x ____________
n
i(1 + i)
Where: P = percent of the rate or charge that the Shipper is
willing to pay.
R = rate or charge calculated as: The applicable maximum
authorized reservation charge(s) per Dth in effect at
the time of the bid for service. (continued)